ATP US Open 1976 Draw, Results & Schedule

Jimmy Connors won the 1976 US Open, defeating Bjorn Borg 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in New York, United States, from September 1 to September 15, 1976. The match log contains 125 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
def. Bjorn Borg , 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4
Dates
Sep 1 — Sep 15
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money

Results

Match type
US Open 1976 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Jimmy Connors CH 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4 Bjorn Borg H2H Match data Sep 15, 1976* F
SF (2)
Bjorn Borg 6-3 6-3 6-4 Ilie Nastase CH H2H Match data Sep 14, 1976* SF
Jimmy Connors CH 6-4 6-2 6-1 Guillermo Vilas H2H Match data Sep 14, 1976* SF
QF (4)
Jimmy Connors CH 7-5 6-3 6-1 Jan Kodes H2H Match data Sep 12, 1976* QF
Bjorn Borg 4-6 6-0 6-2 5-7 6-4 Manuel Orantes DEF H2H Match data Sep 12, 1976* QF
Ilie Nastase CH 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 Dick Stockton H2H Match data Sep 12, 1976* QF
Guillermo Vilas 6-1 2-6 7-6 7-6 Eddie Dibbs H2H Match data Sep 12, 1976* QF
R16 (8)
Eddie Dibbs 6-2 6-4 6-2 Colin Dowdeswell H2H Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
Jimmy Connors CH 6-4 6-3 6-1 Vitas Gerulaitis H2H Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
Ilie Nastase CH 7-5 6-7 1-6 7-6 6-4 Roscoe Tanner H2H Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
Jan Kodes 6-4 7-6 2-6 7-6 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
Bjorn Borg 6-7 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 Brian Gottfried H2H Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
Dick Stockton 6-3 7-5 6-4 Jairo Velasco Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
Manuel Orantes DEF 3-6 1-6 6-2 7-6 6-1 Stan Smith CH H2H Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
Guillermo Vilas 7-5 6-4 6-0 Teimuraz Kakulia Match data Sep 10, 1976* R16
R32 (16)
Jimmy Connors CH 7-5 6-3 Fred Mcnair Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Colin Dowdeswell 7-6 6-2 Bob Lutz H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Manuel Orantes DEF 6-2 6-4 Allan Stone H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Roscoe Tanner 6-2 6-4 Kim Warwick H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Jan Kodes 6-2 7-5 Cliff Richey H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Dick Stockton 6-2 7-6 Raymond Moore H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Guillermo Vilas 6-3 (ret.) Kjell Johansson H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Teimuraz Kakulia 6-7 7-6 6-3 John Yuill Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Ilie Nastase CH 6-2 7-5 Marty Riessen H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Vitas Gerulaitis 4-6 6-3 6-2 Zeljko Franulovic H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Jairo Velasco 6-4 6-2 Bill Scanlon Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Stan Smith CH 6-0 6-1 Ricardo Cano H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Brian Gottfried 6-2 6-2 Tom Okker H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Frew Mcmillan 6-4 6-1 Trey Waltke H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Eddie Dibbs 7-6 7-6 John Alexander H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Bjorn Borg 6-3 6-3 John Lloyd Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
R64 (31)
Ricardo Cano 7-6 5-7 6-3 Gerald Battrick H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Fred Mcnair 6-7 6-1 6-0 Mark Cox Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
John Yuill 6-3 7-6 Corrado Barazzutti H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Dick Stockton 6-1 6-2 Sashi Menon H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Eddie Dibbs 6-2 6-1 Henry Bunis H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Bill Scanlon 6-3 7-6 Adriano Panatta H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 6 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Bjorn Borg 4-6 6-2 7-6 Jaime Fillol H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Guillermo Vilas 6-2 6-4 Ross Case H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Teimuraz Kakulia 6-4 6-4 Alvin Gardiner Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Roscoe Tanner 7-6 7-6 Jim Delaney H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Bob Lutz 6-1 6-4 Butch Seewagen H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Allan Stone 6-0 6-1 Ismail El Shafei Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Frew Mcmillan 3-6 6-1 6-4 Ray Ruffels H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Brian Gottfried 6-4 7-5 Alex Metreveli Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Marty Riessen 6-3 7-6 Norman Holmes H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
John Lloyd 6-4 6-0 Nick Saviano Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Manuel Orantes DEF 7-6 6-2 Jorge Andrew H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Cliff Richey 6-0 6-2 Larry Gottfried H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Kim Warwick 6-4 7-5 Victor Pecci H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Jan Kodes 6-1 6-2 Arthur Ashe CH H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Ilie Nastase CH 7-6 4-6 7-6 Hans Jurgen Pohmann H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
John Alexander 6-1 6-3 Van Winitsky H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Tom Okker 6-3 7-5 Jose Higueras H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2 6-2 Steve Krulevitz H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Stan Smith CH 6-0 6-1 Terry Moor H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Zeljko Franulovic 6-3 6-4 Gene Mayer H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Raymond Moore 3-6 6-2 7-5 Geoff Masters H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Colin Dowdeswell 6-4 6-4 Raul Ramirez H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 4 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Trey Waltke 6-3 6-3 Billy Martin H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Jimmy Connors CH 6-1 6-0 Peter Fleming H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
Kjell Johansson 6-4 5-7 6-4 Jean Francois Caujolle H2H Match data Sep 5, 1976* R64
R128 (63)
Van Winitsky 6-3 1-6 7-5 Sherwood Stewart Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Marty Riessen 4-6 6-4 6-3 Mike Machette H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4 6-1 Bruce Manson H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Ismail El Shafei 4-6 6-3 6-4 Eric Deblicker Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Teimuraz Kakulia 7-5 7-6 Mark Edmondson Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Cliff Richey 6-4 7-6 Victor Amaya H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Gene Mayer 6-4 6-1 Paolo Bertolucci H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jorge Andrew 7-6 6-3 Bernie Mitton H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Dick Stockton 6-3 6-1 Byron Bertram H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Trey Waltke 6-4 6-3 Frantisek Pala H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jairo Velasco 6-2 6-3 Ferdi Taygan Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Ricardo Cano 7-5 6-4 John Whitlinger H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Raul Ramirez 7-6 6-0 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Ilie Nastase CH (def.) Onny Parun H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jean Francois Caujolle 6-1 6-1 Jim Mcmanus H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jimmy Connors CH 6-3 6-3 Bob Hewitt H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Frew Mcmillan 7-5 6-1 Brian Teacher H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Victor Pecci 7-5 6-3 Juan Gisbert Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Kim Warwick 6-4 6-4 Vijay Amritraj H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
John Yuill 6-1 6-2 Steve Turner H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Adriano Panatta 6-1 7-6 Ove Bengtson H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Bjorn Borg 6-2 6-2 Cliff Letcher Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Barry Phillips Moore 6-2 6-2 Tony Giammalva Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Mark Cox 6-3 6-7 6-2 Jean Louis Haillet H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Bill Scanlon 6-2 6-1 Matt Mitchell H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Arthur Ashe CH 7-6 6-3 John James H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Sashi Menon 6-3 7-5 John Bartlett H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Butch Seewagen 6-7 6-3 6-1 Mark Meyers H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Larry Gottfried 7-6 6-3 Colin Dibley H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Manuel Orantes DEF 7-5 6-1 Jun Kuki H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Steve Krulevitz 7-6 7-5 Balazs Taroczy H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jim Delaney 6-3 7-6 Ivan Molina H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Terry Moor 6-4 3-6 6-2 Rolf Norberg H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Raymond Moore 7-5 6-7 6-2 Wojtek Fibak H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Nick Saviano 4-6 6-3 6-1 Grover Raz Reid H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Ray Ruffels 7-5 6-1 Mike Cahill H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Zeljko Franulovic 7-6 6-1 Belus Prajoux H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Alvin Gardiner 6-3 2-6 6-3 Ramiro Benavides H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Colin Dowdeswell 6-0 6-4 Brian Fairlie H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Henry Bunis 6-2 5-7 6-4 Eric Friedler H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
John Alexander 6-4 6-2 Buster C Mottram H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Corrado Barazzutti 6-4 6-0 Paul Kronk Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Brian Gottfried 6-1 6-1 Jiri Hrebec H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Stan Smith CH 6-3 6-4 Syd Ball H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Kjell Johansson 6-1 4-6 6-3 Andrew Pattison Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Roscoe Tanner 6-3 6-4 Mike Estep H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jan Kodes 6-2 6-2 Phil Dent H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jose Higueras 4-6 7-6 6-4 Butch Walts H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Peter Fleming 7-5 7-6 Julian Ganzabal H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Bob Lutz 6-4 6-2 Pat Dupre H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Norman Holmes 6-0 6-7 6-1 Dick R Bohrnstedt Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Ross Case 2-6 6-3 7-5 Zan Guerry H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Geoff Masters 7-6 6-2 Dick Crealy H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Hans Jurgen Pohmann 7-6 6-3 Erik Van Dillen Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Allan Stone 6-2 6-2 Hans Kary H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Billy Martin 7-5 6-4 Harold Solomon H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Gerald Battrick 7-6 7-5 Alvaro Betancur H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Tom Okker 6-3 6-3 Nicola Spear H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Alex Metreveli 6-1 6-3 Rolf Thung Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Eddie Dibbs 6-2 6-2 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jaime Fillol 6-4 6-3 Juan Diaz Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-4 David Schneider H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
John Lloyd 6-3 6-1 Pat Cramer Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for US Open.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles. 3 players share this record.

  1. Jimmy Connors 5 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

  1. Novak Djokovic 10 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Jimmy Connors 98 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

  1. Jimmy Connors 22 appearances

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent US Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Carlos Alcaraz #1 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 Jannik Sinner #2 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Jannik Sinner #1 6-3 6-4 7-5 Taylor Fritz #12 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Novak Djokovic #2 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 Daniil Medvedev #3 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Carlos Alcaraz #4 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Casper Ruud #7 H2H Match data 2022 Hard
Daniil Medvedev #2 6-4 6-4 6-4 Novak Djokovic #1 H2H Match data 2021 Hard

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