1976 Italian Open | |
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Date | 23–30 May |
Edition | 33rd |
Draw | 64MS/64WS/32MD/16WD |
Surface | Clay court / outdoor |
Location | Rome, Italy |
Venue | Foro Italico |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
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Men's doubles | |
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The 1976 Italian Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that was played by men on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The men's tournament was part of the 1976 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix while the women's tournament was part of the 1976 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from 23 May until 30 May 1976. The singles titles were won by Third-seeded Adriano Panatta and Mima Jaušovec. In his first-round match Panatta survived 11 match points against Kim Warwick. [3]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Third round | Second round | First round | Total |
Men's singles | $30,000 | $13,000 | $6,500 | $3,400 | $1,700 | $1,000 | $500 | $115,200 |
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Women's singles | $5,000 | $2,500 | $1,250 | $800 | $500 | $350 | $200 | $26,000 |
Men's doubles | $6,000 | $3,500 | $2,000 | $800 | — | $0 | $0 | $16,700 |
Women's doubles | $1,500 | $900 | $500 | $300 | — | — | $0 | $4,600 |
Source: World of Tennis 1977 [3]
Adriano Panatta defeated
Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 7–6, 6–2, 7–6
Mima Jaušovec defeated
Lesley Hunt 6–1, 6–3
Brian Gottfried /
Raúl Ramírez defeated
Geoff Masters /
John Newcombe 7–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
[a]
Linky Boshoff /
Ilana Kloss defeated
Virginia Ruzici /
Mariana Simionescu 6–1, 6–2