1976 South American Championships – Singles

1976 South American Championships ARG Guillermo Vilas ARG Guillermo Vilas CHI Jaime Fillol 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 singles doubles ATP Buenos Aires ATP Buenos Aires (November) Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 against Jaime Fillol. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. ARG Guillermo Vilas (champion) CHI Jaime Fillol (final) ITA Paolo Bertolucci (semifinals) PAR Víctor Pecci (quarterfinals) SFR Yugoslavia Željko Franulović (quarterfinals) GBR Mark Cox (second round) ESP 1945 José Higueras (quarterfinals) ARG Ricardo Cano (quarterfinals) Draw NB: The final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets. Final y 5 Final 1 ARG Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6     2 CHI Jaime Fillol 2 2 3     Section 1 y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 ARG G Vilas 6 6     ARG P Gorostiaga 3 4     CHI J Pinto-Bravo 4 6 6   COL Á Betancur 6 3 2   AUT H Kary 6 6     COL J Velasco, Sr. 1 4     USA T Fontana 1 1   7 ESP 1945 J Higueras 6 6   3 ITA P Bertolucci 4 7 6   BRA 1968 C Kirmayr 6 5 1   COL I Molina 6 3 4   ESP 1945 A Muñoz 2 6 6   CHI P Rodríguez 6 4 10   ARG L Álvarez 4 6 12   CHI Á Fillol 4 2   5 SFR Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 6 6   1 ARG G Vilas 6 6     CHI J Pinto-Bravo 1 3     AUT H Kary 2 0   7 ESP 1945 J Higueras 6 6   3 ITA P Bertolucci 3 6 6   ESP 1945 A Muñoz 6 2 0   ARG L Álvarez 3 1   5 SFR Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 6 6   1 ARG G Vilas 6 6   7 ESP 1945 J Higueras 3 4   3 ITA P Bertolucci 6 7   5 SFR Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 4 5   1 ARG G Vilas 6 6 6 3 ITA P Bertolucci 7 3 0 Section 2 y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 GBR M Cox 6 6 6   BRA 1968 J Soares 7 1 2   BOL R Benavides 7 2 1   BRA 1968 T Koch 6 6 6   ARG H Varela 2 6 4   CHI P Cornejo 6 3 6   ARG T Vázquez 5 3   4 PAR V Pecci 7 6   8 ARG R Cano 4 6 6   ARG E Caviglia 6 4 2   ARG J Ganzábal 7 6     ESP 1945 E Mandarino 6 2     CHI B Prajoux 6 6     FRA J Thamin 3 1     USA N Holmes 7 3 3 2 CHI J Fillol 5 6 6 6 GBR M Cox 6 4 6   BRA 1968 T Koch 3 6 8   CHI P Cornejo 2 0   4 PAR V Pecci 6 6   8 ARG R Cano 6 7     ARG J Ganzábal 1 6     CHI B Prajoux 3 4   2 CHI J Fillol 6 6     BRA 1968 T Koch 3 6 6 4 PAR V Pecci 6 3 4 8 ARG R Cano 4 6 4 2 CHI J Fillol 6 4 6   BRA 1968 T Koch 2 1   2 CHI J Fillol 6 6   External links 1976 South American Championships Singles draw Singles