WTA Wimbledon 1976 Draw, Results & Schedule

Chris Evert won the 1976 Wimbledon, defeating Evonne Goolagong 6-3 4-6 8-6 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom, from June 21 to July 5, 1976. The match log contains 95 recorded singles results for this edition.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion
Chris Evert
def. Evonne Goolagong , 6-3 4-6 8-6
Dates
Jun 21 — Jul 5
Location
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Wimbledon 1976 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Chris Evert 6-3 4-6 8-6 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data Jul 5, 1976* F
SF (2)
Chris Evert 6-3 4-6 6-4 Martina Navratilova H2H Match data Jul 4, 1976* SF
Evonne Goolagong 6-1 6-2 Virginia Wade H2H Match data Jul 4, 1976* SF
QF (4)
Evonne Goolagong 7-5 6-3 Rosie Casals H2H Match data Jul 2, 1976* QF
Virginia Wade 6-4 6-2 Kerry Reid H2H Match data Jul 2, 1976* QF
Chris Evert 6-3 6-0 Olga Morozova H2H Match data Jul 2, 1976* QF
Martina Navratilova 6-3 3-6 7-5 Sue Barker H2H Match data Jul 2, 1976* QF
R16 (8)
Olga Morozova 6-4 4-6 6-1 Natasha Chmyreva H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-0 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
Chris Evert 6-2 6-2 Betty Stove H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
Virginia Wade 2-6 6-3 7-5 Marise Kruger H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
Martina Navratilova 2-6 6-3 7-5 Francoise Durr H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
Rosie Casals 6-2 7-5 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
Kerry Reid 3-6 6-3 6-1 Greer Stevens H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
Sue Barker 2-6 6-2 6-1 Marcela Bueno H2H Match data Jun 30, 1976* R16
R32 (16)
Martina Navratilova 6-1 6-4 Lea Antonoplis H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Rosie Casals 6-4 6-2 Terry Holladay H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Marise Kruger 8-6 6-4 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Kerry Reid 7-5 4-2 (ret.) Cynthia Doerner H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Virginia Wade 6-3 6-3 Peggy Michel H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Mima Jausovec 8-6 6-0 Aleida Spex H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Francoise Durr 6-4 6-4 Joanne Russell H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Betty Stove 6-3 6-2 Beth Norton H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Sue Barker 3-6 7-5 6-2 Valerie Ziegenfuss H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Natasha Chmyreva 7-5 6-4 Ilana Kloss H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Greer Stevens 6-2 5-7 9-7 Renata Tomanova H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Marcela Bueno 6-4 3-6 6-3 Mona Guerrant H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Olga Morozova 6-4 6-1 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Chris Evert 6-1 6-0 Lesley Hunt H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Dianne Fromholtz 6-4 9-8 Julie Anthony H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
Evonne Goolagong 6-1 6-1 Corinne Molesworth H2H Match data Jun 27, 1976* R32
R64 (32)
Joanne Russell 6-4 6-1 Janice Metcalf H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Beth Norton 6-3 9-8 Elizabeth Vlotman H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Betty Stove 6-1 6-2 Sue Saliba H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Natasha Chmyreva 6-1 6-3 Jeanne Evert H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Peggy Michel 6-2 6-2 Brigette Cuypers H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Wendy Turnbull 6-2 6-4 Patti Hogan H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Mona Guerrant 6-1 6-1 Chris Newton H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Lesley Hunt 6-0 6-4 Winnie Shaw H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Cynthia Doerner 6-2 6-1 Veronica Burton H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Kerry Reid 6-4 1-6 6-2 Pam Teeguarden H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Sue Barker 6-4 7-5 Cecilia Martinez H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Valerie Ziegenfuss 3-6 6-3 6-1 Kathy Kuykendall H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Lea Antonoplis 6-3 6-2 Iris Riedel Kuhn H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Mima Jausovec 4-6 6-4 6-2 Ingrid Bentzer H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Olga Morozova 6-2 6-0 Mary Mclean H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Ilana Kloss 6-2 6-2 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Marcela Bueno 6-4 3-6 8-6 Bunny Bruning H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Francoise Durr 3-6 6-3 7-5 Jackie Fayter H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Renata Tomanova 6-3 3-6 9-7 Kathleen Harter H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Terry Holladay 6-4 9-8 Alison Mcmillan H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Martina Navratilova 6-2 6-1 Michele Gurdal H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Regina Marsikova 6-2 6-4 Tory Ann Fretz H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Corinne Molesworth 2-6 7-5 7-5 Annette Van Zyl H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Rosie Casals 6-2 6-4 Patricia Bostrom H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Marise Kruger 6-3 6-4 Heidi Eisterlehner H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Dianne Fromholtz 6-0 6-4 Kathy May H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Evonne Goolagong 6-0 7-5 Martina Walsh H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Julie Anthony 6-2 6-4 Naoko Sato H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Aleida Spex 6-3 6-4 Isabel Fernandez De Soto H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Greer Stevens 6-0 6-1 Fiorella Bonicelli H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Virginia Wade 6-1 6-0 Sue Mappin H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
Chris Evert 6-0 6-0 Annette Coe H2H Match data Jun 25, 1976* R64
R128 (32)
Betty Stove 6-3 6-0 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Olga Morozova 6-3 6-1 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Tory Ann Fretz 7-5 7-5 Lindsay Blachford H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Martina Navratilova 3-6 6-1 6-3 Laura Dupont H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Dianne Fromholtz 6-1 6-4 Yvonne Vermaak H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Terry Holladay 6-2 6-2 Sabina Simmonds H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Evonne Goolagong 6-2 7-5 Elly Appel H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Mona Guerrant 9-7 6-2 Gail Sherriff H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Marise Kruger 6-2 6-4 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jackie Fayter 6-2 6-4 Tine Zwaan H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Joanne Russell 6-3 5-7 6-4 Lesley Charles H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Chris Evert 6-1 6-1 Linda Thomas H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Brigette Cuypers 6-2 6-4 Wendy Gilchrist H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Natasha Chmyreva 6-1 6-1 Belinda Thompson H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Mareen Louie Harper 6-3 6-3 Vicki Lancaster Kerr H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Valerie Ziegenfuss 6-3 6-4 Laurie Tenney H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Rosie Casals 6-3 6-2 Lindsey Beaven H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Kerry Reid 6-4 6-4 Marita Redondo H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Lea Antonoplis 6-3 6-1 Susie Mehmedbasich H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Winnie Shaw 7-5 6-0 Mariana Simionescu H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Julie Anthony 6-2 6-2 Anthea Stewart H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Ingrid Bentzer 6-4 8-6 Glynis Coles H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Kathleen Harter 6-4 7-5 Florenta Mihai H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Patti Hogan 6-4 5-7 6-2 Linky Boshoff H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Virginia Wade 6-3 6-4 Michelle Tyler H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Beth Norton 7-5 6-3 Chris Matison H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Corinne Molesworth 6-3 8-6 Rowena Sanders H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Sue Barker 6-1 7-5 Mimi Wikstedt H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Marcela Bueno 6-4 6-4 Robin Tenney H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Aleida Spex 6-3 8-6 Christina Sandberg H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Greer Stevens 6-3 6-4 Linda Mottram H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128
Cynthia Doerner 6-2 6-2 Jenny Dimond H2H Match data Jun 23, 1976* R128

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Wimbledon held?
Wimbledon is held in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.
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