# 1976 Wimbledon Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Wimbledon_Championships > Source revision: 1298365634 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1976 Wimbledon Championships Date 21 June – 3 July Edition 90th Category Grand Slam Draw 128S / 64D Prize money £157,740 Surface Grass Location Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Venue All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Champions Men's singles Björn Borg Women's singles Chris Evert Men's doubles Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez Women's doubles Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova Mixed doubles Tony Roche / Françoise Dürr Boys' singles Heinz Günthardt Girls' singles Natasha Chmyreva ← 1975 · Wimbledon Championships · 1977 → The **1976 Wimbledon Championships** was a [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the [All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club](/source/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club) in [Wimbledon, London](/source/Wimbledon%2C_London), United Kingdom.[1][2] The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July 1976.[3] It was the 90th staging of the [Wimbledon Championships](/source/Wimbledon_Championships), and the second [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(tennis)) tennis event of 1976. Despite the ongoing drought and heatwave of 1976, the 90th staging of the tournament went ahead as planned. [Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) and [Chris Evert](/source/Chris_Evert) won the singles titles. ## Prize money The total prize money for 1976 championships was £157,740. The winner of the men's title earned £12,500 while the women's singles champion earned £10,000.[3][4] Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Men's singles £12,500 £7,000 £3,000 £1,500 £1,100 £500 £300 £150 Women's singles £10,000 £5,600 £2,400 £1,200 £600 £300 £200 £150 Men's doubles * £3,000 £1,500 £1,000 £500 £250 £0 £0 —N/a Women's doubles * £2,400 £1,200 £500 £250 £125 £0 £0 —N/a Mixed doubles * £1,000 £500 £300 £200 £100 £0 £0 —N/a * per team ## Champions ### Seniors #### Men's singles Main article: [1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles) [Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) defeated [Ilie Năstase](/source/Ilie_N%C4%83stase), 6–4, 6–2, 9–7[5] #### Women's singles Main article: [1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles) [Chris Evert](/source/Chris_Evert) defeated [Evonne Goolagong Cawley](/source/Evonne_Goolagong_Cawley), 6–3, 4–6, 8–6[6] #### Men's doubles Main article: [1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles) [Brian Gottfried](/source/Brian_Gottfried) / [Raúl Ramírez](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Ram%C3%ADrez) defeated [Ross Case](/source/Ross_Case) / [Geoff Masters](/source/Geoff_Masters), 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5[7] #### Women's doubles Main article: [1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles) [Chris Evert](/source/Chris_Evert) / [Martina Navratilova](/source/Martina_Navratilova) defeated [Billie Jean King](/source/Billie_Jean_King) / [Betty Stöve](/source/Betty_St%C3%B6ve), 6–1, 3–6, 7–5[8] #### Mixed doubles Main article: [1976 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_doubles) [Tony Roche](/source/Tony_Roche) / [Françoise Dürr](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_D%C3%BCrr) defeated [Dick Stockton](/source/Dick_Stockton_(tennis)) / [Rosie Casals](/source/Rosemary_Casals), 6–3, 2–6, 7–5[9] ### Juniors #### Boys' singles Main article: [1976 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Boys'_singles) [Heinz Günthardt](/source/Heinz_G%C3%BCnthardt) defeated [Peter Elter](/source/Peter_Elter), 6–4, 7–5[10] #### Girls' singles Main article: [1976 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Girls'_singles) [Natasha Chmyreva](/source/Natasha_Chmyreva) defeated [Marise Kruger](/source/Marise_Kruger), 6–3, 2–6, 6–1[11] ## Singles seeds Men's singles Arthur Ashe (fourth round, lost to Vitas Gerulaitis) Jimmy Connors (quarterfinals, lost to Roscoe Tanner) Ilie Năstase (final, lost to Björn Borg) Björn Borg (champion) Adriano Panatta (third round, lost to Charlie Pasarell) Guillermo Vilas (quarterfinals, lost to Björn Borg) Roscoe Tanner (semifinals, lost to Björn Borg) Raúl Ramírez (semifinals, lost to Ilie Năstase) Tom Okker (third round, lost to Phil Dent) John Newcombe (third round, lost to Bernard Mitton) Eddie Dibbs (withdrew before the tournament began) Tony Roche (fourth round, lost to Guillermo Vilas) Jaime Fillol (third round, lost to Onny Parun) Brian Gottfried (fourth round, lost to Björn Borg) Jan Kodeš (withdrew before the tournament began) Stan Smith (fourth round, lost to Jimmy Connors) Women's singles Chris Evert (champion) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (final, lost to Chris Evert) Virginia Wade (semifinals, lost to Evonne Goolagong Cawley) Martina Navratilova (semifinals, lost to Chris Evert) Olga Morozova (quarterfinals, lost to Chris Evert) Rosie Casals (quarterfinals, lost to Evonne Goolagong Cawley) Sue Barker (quarterfinals, lost to Martina Navrátilová) Kerry Reid (quarterfinals, lost to Virginia Wade) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-collins_1-0)** Collins, Bud (2010). *The Bud Collins History of Tennis* (2nd ed.). 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Retrieved 13 August 2017. ## External links - [Official Wimbledon Championships website](http://www.wimbledon.com/index.html) Preceded by 1976 French Open Grand Slams Succeeded by 1976 US Open v t e Wimbledon Championships Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Pre Open Era 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Open Era 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Open Era finalists v t e 1976 Grand Prix Tour « 1975 1977 » Triple Crown French Open Wimbledon US Open Grand Prix circuit Five star Tehran Stockholm Johannesburg Four star Rome Washington Louisville Indianapolis Montreal Los Angeles San Francisco Sydney Indoor Wembley Three star Hamburg Båstad North Conway Cincinnati Maui Barcelona Tokyo Outdoor Two star Australian Open Bournemouth Düsseldorf Gstaad Kitzbühel Hong Kong Manila Buenos Aires One star Munich Berlin Hilversum Brisbane Perth Paris Indoor Vienna Cologne Year-end championships Masters Team events Davis Cup v t e 1976 WTA Tour « 1975 1977 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) Virginia Slims Circuit Houston (S, D) Washington (S, D) Chicago (S, D) Akron (S, D) Detroit (S, D) Sarasota (S, D) San Francisco (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Boston (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D) Women's International Grand Prix Sydney 1 (S, D) Melbourne (S, D) Sydney 2 (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Bournemouth (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Rome (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Charlotte (S, D) Tokyo 1 (S, D) Palm Harbor (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Phoenix (S, D) Colgate International Series London (S, D) Palm Springs (S, D) Johannesburg (S, D) Team events Fed Cup Wightman Cup Virginia Slims Championships (S, D) Bridgestone Doubles Championships (D) WTA Championships (S, D) v t e « 1975 1976 in tennis 1977 » Grand Slam Australian Open French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open Tours Men WCT circuit WCT Finals Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix Commercial Union Assurance Masters Women WTA Tour Virginia Slims Championships National teams Men Davis Cup World Team Cup Women Federation Cup Wightman Cup Other World Team Tennis --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1976 Wimbledon Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Wimbledon_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Wimbledon_Championships?action=history)). 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