1976 US Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1976 US Open
Final
Champion Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
Runner-up Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher
Score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw64
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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Main article: 1976 US Open (tennis)

Jimmy Connors and Ilie Năstase were the defending champions but only Ilie Năstase competed that year with Vitas Gerulaitis. Vitas Gerulaitis and Ilie Năstase lost in the second round to Paul Kronk and Cliff Letcher.

Tom Okker and Marty Riessen won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Paul Kronk and Cliff Letcher.

Seeds

  1. Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez (second round)
  2. Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart (quarterfinals)
  3. Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan (quarterfinals)
  4. Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (champions)
  5. Bob Lutz / Stan Smith (third round)
  6. Chico Hagey / Nick Saviano (third round)
  7. Vitas Gerulaitis / Ilie Năstase (second round)
  8. Arthur Ashe / Charlie Pasarell (first round)
  9. Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj (quarterfinals)
  10. Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone (semifinals)
  11. Björn Borg / Wojtek Fibak (second round)
  12. Ricardo Cano / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (second round)
  13. n.a.
  14. Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kodeš (first round)
  15. Dick Stockton / Roscoe Tanner (third round)
  16. John Alexander / Phil Dent (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
Byron Bertram
Bernard Mitton 		2 4
10 Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone 		6 6
10 Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone 		4 3
Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher 		6 6
3 Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan 		5 6 1
Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher 		7 4 6
Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher 		4 4
4 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6 6
9 Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj 		6 4 3
4 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		2 6 6
4 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6 7
Colin Dowdeswell
Chris Kachel 		3 6
Colin Dowdeswell
Chris Kachel 		2 7 7
2 Fred McNair
Sherwood Stewart 		6 5 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 B Gottfried
R Ramírez 		6 6 6
Á Betancur
J Velasco 		7 1 1 1 B Gottfried
R Ramírez 		6 3 6
B Bertram
B Mitton 		6 6 B Bertram
B Mitton 		4 6 7
R Norberg
T Svensson 		1 4 B Bertram
B Mitton 		6 6
16 J Alexander
P Dent 		6 7 6 P Fleming
F Taygan 		3 1
L Gottfried
J McEnroe 		7 6 3 16 J Alexander
P Dent 		7 4 3
W Brown
B Teacher 		3 4 P Fleming
F Taygan 		6 6 6
P Fleming
F Taygan 		6 6 B Bertram
B Mitton 		2 4
5 B Lutz
S Smith 		6 6 10 R Ruffels
A Stone 		6 6
V Amaya
P DuPré 		4 3 5 B Lutz
S Smith 		6 6
D Joubert
D Schneider 		2 2 J Bartlett
N Fraser 		0 1
J Bartlett
N Fraser 		6 6 5 B Lutz
S Smith 		3 6 4
10 R Ruffels
A Stone 		6 6 10 R Ruffels
A Stone 		6 3 6
E Álvarez
B Prajoux 		4 4 10 R Ruffels
A Stone 		6 6
S Krulevitz
T Waltke 		6 3 3 D Bohrnstedt
M Mitchell 		4 2
D Bohrnstedt
M Mitchell 		4 6 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 B Hewitt
F McMillan 		6 6
Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson 		4 2 3 B Hewitt
F McMillan 		5 6 6
R Reid
R Thung 		7 6 R Reid
R Thung 		7 4 2
A Gardiner
J James 		6 1 3 B Hewitt
F McMillan 		6 6
15 D Stockton
R Tanner 		6 7 15 D Stockton
R Tanner 		2 3
O Bengtson
J McManus 		1 6 15 D Stockton
R Tanner 		7 4 6
H Pfister
B Scanlon 		6 6 H Pfister
B Scanlon 		6 6 4
D Crealy
K McMillan 		3 3 3 B Hewitt
F McMillan 		5 6 1
7 V Gerulaitis
I Năstase 		6 6 P Kronk
C Letcher 		7 4 6
H Günthardt
H Hoyt 		4 4 7 V Gerulaitis
I Năstase 		1 5
P Kronk
C Letcher 		6 7 P Kronk
C Letcher 		6 7
M Bahrami
M Fishbach 		2 5 P Kronk
C Letcher 		6 6 6
14 J Hřebec
J Kodeš 		4 1r P Cramer
M Estep 		4 7 2
P Cramer
M Estep 		6 4 P Cramer
M Estep 		6 6
W Cashman
W Drake 		2 6 2 T Moor
B Seewagen 		4 2
T Moor
B Seewagen 		6 3 6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
S Siegel
S Turner 		1 2
J Delaney
M Machette 		6 6 J Delaney
M Machette 		3 3
I El Shafei
B Fairlie 		5 3 9 A Amritraj
V Amritraj 		6 6
9 A Amritraj
V Amritraj 		7 6 9 A Amritraj
V Amritraj 		7 5 7
M Santana
E Scott 		3 4 6 R Case
G Masters 		5 7 5
C Hagey
N Saviano 		6 6 C Hagey
N Saviano 		6 5
S Ball
K Warwick 		6 6 1 6 R Case
G Masters 		7 7
6 R Case
G Masters 		7 3 6 9 A Amritraj
V Amritraj 		6 4 3
N Špear
B Taróczy 		3 3 4 T Okker
M Riessen 		2 6 6
C Graebner
F Stolle 		6 6 C Graebner
F Stolle 		6 6
B Manson
B Walts 		4 2 11 B Borg
W Fibak 		3 4
11 B Borg
W Fibak 		6 6 C Graebner
F Stolle 		4 7 3
T Kakulia
A Metreveli 		6 2 6 4 T Okker
M Riessen 		6 6 6
Á Fillol
J Fillol 		3 6 4 T Kakulia
A Metreveli 		4 3
J Andrew
R Benavides 		2 0 4 T Okker
M Riessen 		6 6
4 T Okker
M Riessen 		6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
F Pála
B Phillips-Moore 		1 7 0
C Dowdeswell
C Kachel 		6 5 6 C Dowdeswell
C Kachel 		w/o
C Dibley
S Menon 		3 6 4 12 R Cano
H-J Pohmann
12 R Cano
H-J Pohmann 		6 4 6 C Dowdeswell
C Kachel 		6 6
T Palafox
P Rennert 		2 3 I Țiriac
G Vilas 		2 4
P Fishbach
R Moore 		6 6 P Fishbach
R Moore 		3 6 4
I Țiriac
G Vilas 		6 6 I Țiriac
G Vilas 		6 4 6
8 A Ashe
C Pasarell 		2 4 C Dowdeswell
C Kachel 		2 7 7
E Friedler
J Karzen 		4 6 3 2 F McNair
S Stewart 		6 5 6
H Fitzgibbon
H Richardson 		6 3 6 H Fitzgibbon
H Richardson 		0r
M Edmondson
J Marks 		6 6 M Edmondson
J Marks 		4
T Martinez
T Noonan 		1 3 M Edmondson
J Marks 		7 6 6
J Feaver
J Lloyd 		6 6 6 2 F McNair
S Stewart 		5 7 7
M Cahill
J Whitlinger 		7 4 3 J Feaver
J Lloyd 		2 4
J Ganzábal
J-L Haillet 		6 3 2 2 F McNair
S Stewart 		6 6
2 F McNair
S Stewart 		3 6 6

References

  1. ^ "Winners of Individual and Team Championships During 1976". nytimes.com.
  2. ^ "Connors Defeats Borg for Open Crown". nytimes.com.