# 1976 Louisville Open

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Tennis tournament

1976 Louisville Open Date July 26 – August 2 Edition 7th Category Grand Prix (Four Star) Draw 64S / 32D Prize money $125,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Louisville, Kentucky, US Venue Louisville Tennis Center Champions Singles Harold Solomon[1] Doubles Byron Bertram / Pat Cramer[2] ← 1975 · Louisville Open · 1977 →

The **1976 Louisville Open**, also known as the **Louisville International Tennis Classic**, was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [outdoor clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at the [Louisville Tennis Center](/source/Louisville_Tennis_Center) in [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky) in the United States. It was the seventh edition of the [tournament](/source/Louisville_Open) and was held from 26 July through 2 August 1976. The tournament was part of the [Grand Prix tennis circuit](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit) and categorized as Four Star. The singles final was won by [Harold Solomon](/source/Harold_Solomon) who received $20,000 first prize money.[3][4]

## Finals

### Singles

[Harold Solomon](/source/Harold_Solomon) defeated [Wojciech Fibak](/source/Wojciech_Fibak) 6–2, 7–5

- It was Solomon's 3rd singles title of the year and the 8th of his career.

### Doubles

[Byron Bertram](/source/Byron_Bertram) / [Pat Cramer](/source/Pat_Cramer) defeated [Stan Smith](/source/Stan_Smith) / [Erik van Dillen](/source/Erik_van_Dillen) 6–3, 6–4

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1976 Louisville – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/louisville/663/1976/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1976 Louisville – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/louisville/663/1976/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1977_3-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1977). *World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook*. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 88, 89. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780354090117](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780354090117).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Solomon tips Fibak in finals at Louisville"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nSQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=00YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6606%2C512461). *Park City Daily News*. August 3, 1976.

## External links

- [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/louisville/usa/1976/m-gp-usa-31a-1976/draws-and-results/)

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