1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1976 Wimbledon Championships s USA Brian Gottfried MEX Raúl Ramírez AUS Ross Case AUS Geoff Masters 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1976 Wimbledon Championships Vitas Gerulaitis and Sandy Mayer were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ross Case and Geoff Masters. Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez defeated Case and Masters in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th This was Gottfried and Ramírez' first and only Wimbledon title, and second Grand Slam overall. Seeds 1 1 USA Brian Gottfried / MEX Raúl Ramírez (champions) 2 4 USA Jimmy Connors / ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase (second round) 3 2 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan (first round) 4 3 NED Tom Okker / USA Marty Riessen (second round) 5 4 USA Bob Lutz / USA Stan Smith (semifinals) 6 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis / USA Sandy Mayer (quarterfinals) 7 1 POL 1928 Wojciech Fibak / FRG Karl Meiler (quarterfinals) 8 2 USA Fred McNair / USA Sherwood Stewart (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 1 USA Brian GottfriedMEX Raúl Ramírez 6 6 3 6 7 POL 1928 Wojciech FibakFRG Karl Meiler 4 4 6 2 IND Anand AmritrajIND Vijay Amritraj 6 3 6 3 6 USA Mike EstepUSA Tom Gorman 3 6 3 6 4 6 USA Vitas GerulaitisUSA Sandy Mayer 6 6 8 3 1 AUS Ross CaseAUS Geoff Masters 3 4 9 6 6 5 USA Bob LutzUSA Stan Smith 6 6 6 AUS Syd BallYUG Niki Pilić 3 1 3 1 USA Brian GottfriedMEX Raúl Ramírez 6 7 8 IND Anand AmritrajIND Vijay Amritraj 3 5 6 AUS Ross CaseAUS Geoff Masters 6 6 6 5 USA Bob LutzUSA Stan Smith 4 3 4 1 USA Brian GottfriedMEX Raúl Ramírez 3 6 8 2 7 AUS Ross CaseAUS Geoff Masters 6 3 6 6 5 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA B GottfriedMEX R Ramírez 7 8 9 6 6 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche 9 9 7 3 4 LL RSA 1928 M MyburgUSA R Van't Hof 6 6 6 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 1 3 0 USA J BorowiakPAK H Rahim 6 3 6 6 LL AUS P CampbellUSA L Parker 4 6 1 4 COL I MolinaHUN B Taróczy 3 1r URS 1955 A MetreveliURS 1955 K Pugaev 6 3 7 POL 1928 W FibakFRG K Meiler 6 8 7 6 CHI P CornejoCHI J Fillol 3 9 5 3 FRA É DeblickerUSA T Gullikson 6 6 5 6 USA R DellUSA W Martin 4 3 7 4 RSA 1928 R MooreUSA E van Dillen 6 8 6 4 USA J DelaneyIND S Menon 4 9 8 6 Q USA P FlemingUSA B Teacher 8 9 6 3 4 FRA F JauffretFRA P Proisy 9 8 4 6 6 1 USA B GottfriedMEX R Ramírez 3 6 6 6 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 6 3 4 4 USA J BorowiakPAK H Rahim 8 5 6 3 6 URS 1955 A MetreveliURS 1955 K Pugaev 6 7 2 6 3 7 POL 1928 W FibakFRG K Meiler 6 6 6 FRA É DeblickerUSA T Gullikson 3 2 3 USA J DelaneyIND S Menon 6 7 7 FRA F JauffretFRA P Proisy 3 5 5 1 USA B GottfriedMEX R Ramírez 8 6 8 USA J BorowiakPAK H Rahim 6 1 6 7 POL 1928 W FibakFRG K Meiler 6 4 4 6 8 USA J DelaneyIND S Menon 4 6 6 3 6 1 USA B GottfriedMEX R Ramírez 6 6 3 6 7 POL 1928 W FibakFRG K Meiler 4 4 6 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 8 4 6 3 IND A AmritrajIND V Amritraj 9 6 3 6 YUG Ž FranulovićNZL O Parun 8 6 8 6 VEN 1930 J AndrewBOL R Benavides 9 4 6 4 Q NZL P LangsfordBRA 1968 J Soares 7 8 3 AUS P DentRHO A Pattison 9 9 6 GBR G BattrickGBR J Feaver 7 6 3 7 USA J McManusUSA A Neely 5 2 6 5 8 USA F McNairUSA S Stewart 4 5 6 6 3 EGY 1972 I El ShafeiNZL B Fairlie 6 7 3 4 6 Q FRA J-B ChanfreauUSA W Redondo 5 4 4 USA M EstepUSA T Gorman 7 6 6 RHO C DowdeswellAUS A Stone 6 3 6 6 Q GBR M FarrellGBR S Warboys 3 6 2 4 USA G ReidNED R Thung 7 9 6 4 4 USA V AmayaUSA G Hardie 9 7 3 6 6 IND A AmritrajIND V Amritraj 6 6 6 YUG Ž FranulovićNZL O Parun 3 4 2 AUS P DentRHO A Pattison 6 6 9 8 GBR G BattrickGBR J Feaver 8 4 7 6 EGY 1972 I El ShafeiNZL B Fairlie 6 6 7 3 USA M EstepUSA T Gorman 8 3 9 6 RHO C DowdeswellAUS A Stone 6 7 9 USA V AmayaUSA G Hardie 4 5 8 IND A AmritrajIND V Amritraj 6 6 6 AUS P DentRHO A Pattison 3 4 4 USA M EstepUSA T Gorman 6 5 3 6 14 RHO C DowdeswellAUS A Stone 4 7 6 4 12 IND A AmritrajIND V Amritraj 6 3 6 3 6 USA M EstepUSA T Gorman 3 6 3 6 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR R DrysdaleGBR J Smith 8 6 6 LL AUS B DrewettAUS P McNamara 6 1 2 GBR R LewisGBR M Robinson 6 9 6 USA N HolmesAUS B Phillips-Moore 3 8 4 USA R StocktonUSA R Tanner 8 2 3 LL MEX R ChávezMEX E Montaño 9 6 6 Q USA E MayerUSA E Scott w/o 6 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer USA A AsheUSA C Pasarell 6 3 4 6 3 AUS R CrealyAUS K Warwick 3 6 6 3 6 SWE B BorgARG G Vilas 6 2 AUS P KronkYUG N Špear 4 3r AUS R CaseAUS G Masters 9 6 8 6 FRA J-F CaujolleFRA G Goven 8 3 9 1 ARG J GanzábalBRA 1968 C Kirmayr 4 2 2 4 NED T OkkerUSA M Riessen 6 6 6 GBR R DrysdaleGBR J Smith 2 4 6 8 6 GBR R LewisGBR M Robinson 6 6 3 6 4 LL MEX R ChávezMEX E Montaño 4 4 2 6 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer 6 6 6 AUS R CrealyAUS K Warwick 4 2 3 SWE B BorgARG G Vilas 6 6 6 AUS R CaseAUS G Masters 6 8 6 4 NED T OkkerUSA M Riessen 4 6 3 GBR R DrysdaleGBR J Smith 4 1 9 2 6 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer 6 6 8 6 SWE B BorgARG G Vilas w/o AUS R CaseAUS G Masters 6 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer 6 6 8 3 1 AUS R CaseAUS G Masters 3 4 9 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS R CarmichaelAUS R Ruffels 7 6 4 6 6 AUS N FraserAUS L Hoad 9 2 6 3 3 ITA A PanattaROM 1965 I Țiriac 8 6 3 7 6 GBR M CoxRSA 1928 C Drysdale 9 3 6 5 3 ARG E ÁlvarezPAR 1954 V Pecci 5 6 6 5 6 ARG R CanoCHI B Prajoux 7 4 4 7 4 GBR D LloydGBR J Lloyd 6 1 5 4 5 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 4 6 7 6 FRG J FassbenderFRG H-J Pohmann 0 4 8 RSA 1928 B BertramRSA 1928 B Mitton 6 6 9 AUS E EwertAUS C Kachel GBR C MottramGBR R Taylor w/o USA J AndrewsAUS C Dibley 6 4 7 8 AUS S BallYUG N Pilić 3 6 9 9 USA M CahillUSA J Whitlinger 4 6 6 0 2 2 USA J ConnorsROM 1965 I Năstase 6 4 2 6 6 AUS R CarmichaelAUS R Ruffels 4 9 3 4 ITA A PanattaROM 1965 I Țiriac 6 8 6 6 ARG L ÁlvarezPAR 1954 V Pecci 1 4 4 5 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 6 6 6 RSA 1928 B BertramRSA 1928 B Mitton 6 3 6 6 AUS E EwertAUS C Kachel 3 6 3 2 AUS S BallYUG N Pilić 9 7 2 1 11 2 USA J ConnorsROM 1965 I Năstase 8 5 6 6 9 ITA A PanattaROM 1965 I Țiriac 3 7 8 5 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 6 9 9 RSA 1928 B BertramRSA 1928 B Mitton 4 6 3 7 4 AUS S BallYUG N Pilić 6 3 6 5 6 5 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 6 6 6 AUS S BallYUG N Pilić 3 1 3 References External links 1976 MD Wimbledon 1976 – Doubles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1976/draws?matchType=doubles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 21 November 2017 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles