# 1976 Western Championships

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Tennis tournament

1976 Western Championships Date July 12–18 Edition 76th Category Grand Prix Circuit (Three star) Draw 64S / 32D Prize money $100,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Cincinnati, Ohio, US Venue Old Coney Champions Singles Roscoe Tanner[1] Doubles Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen[2] ← 1975 · Cincinnati Open · 1977 →

The **1976 Western Championships**, also known as Cincinnati Open, was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at the Sunlite Swim and Tennis Club at [Old Coney](/source/Coney_Island%2C_Cincinnati%2C_Ohio) in [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati), [Ohio](/source/Ohio) in the United States. It was the 76th edition of the tournament and was part of the Three Star category of the [1976 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit](/source/1976_Grand_Prix_(tennis)). The tournament was held from July 12 through July 18, 1976. Second-seeded [Roscoe Tanner](/source/Roscoe_Tanner) won the singles title.

## Finals

### Singles

[Roscoe Tanner](/source/Roscoe_Tanner) defeated [Eddie Dibbs](/source/Eddie_Dibbs) 7–6, 6–3

- It was Tanner's 1st singles title of the year and the 5th of his career.

### Doubles

[Stan Smith](/source/Stan_Smith) / [Erik van Dillen](/source/Erik_van_Dillen) defeated [Eddie Dibbs](/source/Eddie_Dibbs) / [Harold Solomon](/source/Harold_Solomon) 6–1, 6–1

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1976 Cincinnati – Singles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1976/draws?matchType=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1976 Cincinnati – Doubles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1976/draws?matchType=doubkes). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.cincytennis.com)

- [ATP tournament profile](http://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview)

- [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/cincinnati/usa/1976/m-gp-usa-29a-1976/draws-and-results/)

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