1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles

August 2023 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships AUS Ray Ruffels AUS Allan Stone USA Mike Cahill USA John Whitlinger 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 singles doubles 32 2 The 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States from August 23 through August 30, 1976. The draw comprised 32 teams of which two were seeded. Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships doubles champions but lost in the first round. The unseeded team of Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez won the title by defeating the team of Mike Cahill and John Whitlinger, also unseeded, in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6.Borg stops Solomon for Pro Tennis Championship https://www.newspapers.com/image/521366882/ The Capital Times AP August 31, 1976 18 Newspapers.com limitedWorld of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook 1977 Macdonald and Janes London 9780354090117 95–96 John Barrett John Barrett (tennis)1976 Boston – Doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/boston/417/1976/draws?matchtype=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Seeds 30em USA Brian Gottfried / MEX Raúl Ramírez (first round) ESP 1939 Juan Gisbert Sr. / ESP 1939 Manuel Orantes (first round, withdrew) Draw Finals Semifinals Final AUS Mark Edmondson AUS John Marks 2 4 AUS Ray Ruffels AUS Allan Stone 6 6 USA Charlie Pasarell USA Stan Smith 6 1 USA Mike Cahill USA John Whitlinger 7 6 AUS Ray Ruffels AUS Allan Stone 3 6 7 USA Mike Cahill USA John Whitlinger 6 3 6 Top half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 USA Brian Gottfried MEX Raúl Ramírez 4 6 2 AUS Mark Edmondson AUS John Marks 6 3 6 BOL Ramiro Benavides TCH František Pála 3 3 COL Iván Molina COL Jairo Velasco Sr. 6 6 AUS John Alexander USA Mike Estep 7 6 USA Raz Reid NED Rolf Thung 6 4 USA Hank Pfister USA Bill Scanlon 6 6 7 USA Pat DuPré USA Ferdi Taygan 7 0 6 AUS Ross Case AUS Geoff Masters 4 6 USA Jim McManus SWE Tenny Svensson 6 7 GBR Gerald Battrick USA Norman Holmes 6 1r ARG Ricardo Cano CHI Belus Prajoux 7 3 FRA Éric Deblicker FRA Jean-Louis Haillet 2 1 AUS Ray Ruffels AUS Allan Stone 6 6 TCH Jiří Hřebec AUT Hans Kary 2 2 USA Jeff Borowiak RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 6 6 AUS Mark Edmondson AUS John Marks 6 6 COL Iván Molina COL Jairo Velasco Sr. 1 4 AUS John Alexander USA Mike Estep 1 6 6 USA Hank Pfister USA Bill Scanlon 6 4 3 USA Jim McManus SWE Tenny Svensson 1 1 ARG Ricardo Cano CHI Belus Prajoux 6 6 AUS Ray Ruffels AUS Allan Stone 6 6 USA Jeff Borowiak RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 1 1 AUS Mark Edmondson AUS John Marks 2 6 6 AUS John Alexander USA Mike Estep 6 4 4 ARG Ricardo Cano CHI Belus Prajoux 0 6 3 AUS Ray Ruffels AUS Allan Stone 6 3 6 AUS Mark Edmondson AUS John Marks 2 4 AUS Ray Ruffels AUS Allan Stone 6 6 Bottom half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals ITA Paolo Bertolucci ITA Adriano Panatta 6 6 USA Tim Gullikson USA Tom Gullikson 3 4 AUS Cliff Letcher AUS Kim Warwick 6 6 RSA 1928 Pat Cramer USA Steve Krulevitz 3 0 USA Jerry Cromwell USA Paul Sullivan 2 7 2 USA Bill Cashman USA Bill Drake 6 5 6 EGY Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 3 1r USA Charlie Pasarell USA Stan Smith 6 3 USA Eddie Dibbs USA Harold Solomon 6 6 CHI Patricio Cornejo CHI Jaime Fillol 4 1 ARG Elio Lito Alvarez PAR Víctor Pecci 6 6 6 COL Álvaro Betancur JPN Jun Kuki 3 7 2 AUS Paul Kronk RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 6 5 USA Jim Delaney USA Mike MacHette 7 3 7 USA Mike Cahill USA John Whitlinger w/o 2 ESP 1945 Juan Gisbert Sr. ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes ITA Paolo Bertolucci ITA Adriano Panatta 7 7 AUS Cliff Letcher AUS Kim Warwick 6 6 USA Bill Cashman USA Bill Drake 3 2 USA Charlie Pasarell USA Stan Smith 6 6 USA Eddie Dibbs USA Harold Solomon 7 5 6 ARG Elio Lito Alvarez PAR Víctor Pecci 6 7 4 USA Jim Delaney USA Mike MacHette 6 3 USA Mike Cahill USA John Whitlinger 7 6 ITA Paolo Bertolucci ITA Adriano Panatta 3 4 USA Charlie Pasarell USA Stan Smith 6 6 USA Eddie Dibbs USA Harold Solomon USA Mike Cahill USA John Whitlinger w/o USA Charlie Pasarell USA Stan Smith 6 1 USA Mike Cahill USA John Whitlinger 7 6 References External links ITF tournament edition details Category:1976 Grand Prix (tennis) 1976 Doubles