WTA US Open 1976 Draw, Results & Schedule

Chris Evert won the 1976 US Open, defeating Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-0 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in New York, United States, from September 1 to September 14, 1976. The match log contains 95 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
Chris Evert
def. Evonne Goolagong , 6-3 6-0
Dates
Sep 1 — Sep 14
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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Results

US Open 1976 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Chris Evert DEF 6-3 6-0 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data Sep 14, 1976* F
SF (2)
Chris Evert DEF 6-3 6-1 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data Sep 13, 1976* SF
Evonne Goolagong 7-6 6-0 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data Sep 13, 1976* SF
QF (4)
Dianne Fromholtz 6-1 6-3 Zenda Liess H2H Match data Sep 11, 1976* QF
Chris Evert DEF 6-1 6-2 Natasha Chmyreva H2H Match data Sep 11, 1976* QF
Evonne Goolagong 6-1 6-2 Rosie Casals H2H Match data Sep 11, 1976* QF
Mima Jausovec 6-2 6-1 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data Sep 11, 1976* QF
R16 (8)
Rosie Casals 7-5 6-1 Terry Holladay H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
Virginia Ruzici 6-3 6-3 Beth Norton H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
Evonne Goolagong 6-2 6-2 Francoise Durr H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
Chris Evert DEF 6-1 6-0 Sue Barker H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
Dianne Fromholtz 6-2 6-4 Janet Newberry H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
Mima Jausovec 6-0 1-0 (ret.) Marcie Louie H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
Natasha Chmyreva 3-6 6-4 6-3 Kathy Kuykendall H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
Zenda Liess 6-3 6-4 Wendy Overton H2H Match data Sep 9, 1976* R16
R32 (16)
Virginia Ruzici 7-6 6-2 Ingrid Bentzer H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Marcie Louie 6-4 7-6 Jackie Fayter H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Beth Norton 6-1 6-4 Lea Antonoplis H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Terry Holladay 4-6 7-5 6-3 Kristien Shaw H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Chris Evert DEF 6-0 6-0 Glynis Coles H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Sue Barker 6-4 6-0 Helen Gourlay H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Kathy Kuykendall 6-4 6-3 Olga Morozova H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Rosie Casals 7-5 6-0 Marcela Bueno H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Janet Newberry 7-5 3-6 6-2 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Natasha Chmyreva 6-2 6-3 Renata Tomanova H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Mima Jausovec 6-4 6-2 Ruta Gerulaitis H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Dianne Fromholtz 6-4 6-4 Joanne Russell H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Zenda Liess 6-4 6-2 Mary Hamm H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Evonne Goolagong 7-6 6-3 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Wendy Overton 6-1 6-2 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
Francoise Durr 2-6 6-4 6-3 Elly Appel H2H Match data Sep 7, 1976* R32
R64 (32)
Marcie Louie 6-7 6-3 6-2 Julie Anthony H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Ingrid Bentzer 6-3 6-2 Raquel Giscafre H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Natasha Chmyreva 7-5 5-7 6-3 Lesley Hunt H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Zenda Liess 5-5 (ret.) Kerry Reid H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Rosie Casals 7-5 1-6 7-5 Annette Van Zyl H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Kristien Shaw 6-3 6-3 Marise Kruger H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Beth Norton 3-6 6-4 6-0 Kathy May H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-1 Valerie Ziegenfuss H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Francoise Durr 6-0 6-3 Sabina Simmonds H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Wendy Overton 6-1 6-1 Jeanne Evert H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Sue Barker 6-1 6-1 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Olga Morozova 6-1 6-1 Pam Teeguarden H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Renata Tomanova 6-1 6-3 Susie Mehmedbasich H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Ruta Gerulaitis 6-3 2-6 6-1 Mariana Simionescu H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Mary Hamm 7-5 6-2 Gail Sherriff H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Helen Gourlay 7-6 6-4 Michelle Tyler H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Ann Kiyomura Hayashi 6-3 6-2 Laura Dupont H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Terry Holladay 6-3 6-3 Patricia Medrado H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Elly Appel 6-1 6-3 Nancy Yeargin H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Mima Jausovec 6-3 6-3 Virginia Wade CH H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Chris Evert DEF 6-1 6-0 Greer Stevens H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Betsy Nagelsen 6-3 6-3 Brigette Cuypers H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Glynis Coles 3-6 7-5 7-5 Mary Struthers H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Marcela Bueno 2-6 6-1 6-1 Lindsey Beaven H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Joanne Russell 6-1 6-4 Roberta Stark H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Regina Marsikova 6-1 6-2 Stephanie Tolleson H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Kathy Kuykendall 6-1 6-3 Sally Moore H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Janet Newberry 6-3 7-5 Bunny Bruning H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Lea Antonoplis 6-3 6-4 Marcy Okeefe H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Dianne Fromholtz 6-1 6-2 Iris Riedel Kuhn H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Jackie Fayter 6-7 6-3 6-2 Lele Forood H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64
Virginia Ruzici 3-6 7-6 7-5 Nancy Richey H2H Match data Sep 4, 1976* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R128 (32)
Janet Newberry 1-6 6-4 6-3 Martina Navratilova H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Mariana Simionescu 6-3 7-6 Sue Stap H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Brigette Cuypers 7-5 6-2 Robin Tenney H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Joanne Russell 6-1 7-6 Lynn Epstein H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Betsy Nagelsen 7-5 6-3 Linky Boshoff H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jackie Fayter 4-6 6-3 6-4 Barbara Hallquist H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Zenda Liess 6-0 6-2 Betty Ann Grubb H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Mima Jausovec 6-3 6-1 Cynthia Doerner H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Bunny Bruning 6-3 6-2 Fiorella Bonicelli H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nancy Richey 6-3 7-6 Kathleen Harter H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Ann Kiyomura Hayashi 6-1 6-4 Sally Greer H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Mary Hamm 6-2 7-6 Marita Redondo H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Wendy Overton 6-0 7-5 Diane Desfor H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Lele Forood 5-7 7-5 7-5 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Kerry Reid 6-3 6-1 Linda Thomas H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Marcie Louie 6-3 5-7 6-4 Janice Metcalf H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Virginia Ruzici 6-4 6-4 Ilana Kloss H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Lea Antonoplis 6-4 6-4 Karen Susman H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Kathy May 3-6 6-1 7-6 Mona Guerrant H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Gail Sherriff 6-2 6-1 Isabel Fernandez De Soto H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Beth Norton 6-0 6-1 Elvira Weisenberger H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Virginia Wade CH 6-1 6-2 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Julie Anthony 6-4 6-3 Betty Stove H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ruta Gerulaitis 6-2 6-1 Laurie Tenney H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Iris Riedel Kuhn 4-6 6-3 6-4 Tine Zwaan H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Roberta Stark 6-2 7-5 Florenta Mihai H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Laura Dupont 6-4 6-0 Carrie Meyer H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Marcy Okeefe 6-1 7-5 Peggy Michel H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Jeanne Evert 6-0 6-3 Rayni Fox H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Ingrid Bentzer 6-1 7-5 Mimi Wikstedt H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Raquel Giscafre 6-0 6-3 Wendy Gilchrist H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128
Dianne Fromholtz 6-1 6-1 Michele Gurdal H2H Match data Sep 3, 1976* R128

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  1. Chris Evert 6 titles

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  1. Venus Williams 26 appearances

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