1976 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
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Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

 defeated Evonne Goolagong
Evonne Goolagong
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the...

 6-3 6-0 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1976 US Open.

See also:
1976 US Open - Men's Singles
1976 US Open - Men's Singles
Jimmy Connors defeated Björn Borg 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1976 US Open. See also:-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* r. = retired-Final Eight:-Section 1:-Section 2:...


Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


  1.   Chris Evert
    Chris Evert
    Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

     (Champion)

  2.   Evonne Goolagong
    Evonne Goolagong
    Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the...

     (Finalist)

  3.   Martina Navratilova (First round)

  4.   Virginia Wade
    Virginia Wade
    Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...

     (Second round)

  5.   Nancy Richey
    Nancy Richey
    Nancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States.Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles . She was ranked World No...

     (Second round)

  6.   Rosie Casals (Quarterfinalist)

  7.   Kerry Reid
    Kerry Reid
    Kerry Melville Reid, MBE, is a former professional tennis player from Australia. During her 17-year career, Reid won one Grand Slam singles title and 26 other singles titles and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments. Reid was included in the year-end world top ten rankings for 12...

     (Second round)

  8.   Olga Morozova
    Olga Morozova
    Olga Vasilyevna Morozova is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the runner up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:...

     (Third round)



  1.   Sue Barker
    Sue Barker
    Susan Barker, MBE is an English television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won the women's singles title at the French Open and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3...

     (Fourth round)

  2.   Dianne Fromholtz
    Dianne Fromholtz
    Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments...

     (Semifinalist)

  3.   Mona Guerrant
    Mona Guerrant
    Mona Guerrant, also known as Mona Guerrant-Schallau or Mona Schallau was an American professional tennis player.She was born in Marengo, Iowa.-Doubles 4 :-References:*...

     (First round)

  4.   Françoise Durr
    Françoise Durr
    Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....

     (Fourth round)

  5.   Natasha Chmyreva (Quarterfinalist)

  6.   Carrie Meyer (First round)

  7.   Terry Holladay
    Terry Holladay
    Terry Holladay is an American former professional tennis player who played between 1974 and 1987, reaching the quarter finals of both the U.S...

     (Fourth round)

  8.   Betty Stöve
    Betty Stöve
    Betty Stöve is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.-Career:...

     (First round)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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