French Open 1976

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French Open 1976
Date: May 31-May 13 June 1976
Edition: 75th  French Open
Place: Roland Garros, Paris
Covering: sand
Defending champion
Men's singles : SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Chris Evert
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
MexicoMexico 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
Mixed : UruguayUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli Thomaz cook
Brazil 1968Brazil 
winner
Men's singles : ItalyItaly Adriano Panatta
Ladies singles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : UruguayUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli Gail Lovera
FranceFrance 
Mixed : South Africa 1961South Africa Ilana Kloss Kim Warwick
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1976

The 75th French Open 1976 was a tennis clay court tournament of the Grand Slam class , which was organized by the ILTF . It took place from May 31 to June 13, 1976 in Roland Garros , Paris , France .

Defending champions in the singles were Björn Borg for men and Chris Evert for women. In the men's doubles Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions , in the women's doubles Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova and in the mixed Fiorella Bonicelli and Thomaz Koch .

Men's singles

Main article: French Open 1976 / men's singles

Seeding list
No. player Round reached

01. SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg Quarter finals
02. ArgentinaArgentina Guillermo Vilas Quarter finals
03. Spain 1945Spain Manuel Orantes Quarter finals
04th United StatesUnited States Arthur Ashe Round of 16

05. MexicoMexico Raúl Ramírez Semifinals

06th United StatesUnited States Eddie Dibbs Semifinals

07th United StatesUnited States Harold Solomon final

08th. ItalyItaly Adriano Panatta victory
No. player Round reached
09.

10. United StatesUnited States Brian Gottfried Round of 16

11. Poland 1944Poland Wojciech Fibak Round of 16

12. AustraliaAustralia John Newcombe 1 round

13. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 3rd round

14th ChileChile Jaime Fillol Round of 16

15th ItalyItaly Corrado Barazzutti Round of 16

16. FranceFrance François Jauffret Round of 16

Ladies singles

Main article: French Open 1976 / women singles

Seeding list
No. Player Round reached

01. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sue Barker victory
02. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Helga Masthoff Quarter finals
03. United StatesUnited States Marita Redondo Round of 16
04th

05. UruguayUruguay Fiorella Bonicelli 2nd round

Men's doubles

Main article: French Open 1976 / men's doubles

Seeding list
No. pairing Round reached

01. Spain 1945Spain Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes
Spain 1945Spain 
Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
MexicoMexico 
final

Ladies doubles

Main article: French Open 1976 / women's doubles

Seeding list

It is neither on the ITF website nor on the WTA website how the seeding list was composed, as no information can be found there.


Mixed

Main article: French Open 1976 / Mixed

Seeding list

unknown

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