Virginia Slims of Chicago 1976

Virginia Slims of Chicago 1976
date	January 25, 1976 - January 31, 1976
Edition	5
navigation	1975  ◄  1976  ►  1977
WTA tour
venue	Chicago United States
Tournament number	716
category	Virginia Slims Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
Prize money	US $ 75,000
Last year's winner	Margaret Court
Last year's winner (double)	Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová
Winner	Evonne Cawley
Winner (doubles)	Olga Morosowa Virginia Wade
As of January 11, 2020

The 1976 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament in Chicago . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1976 and took place from January 25 to 31, 1976.

singles

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Semifinals

final

V. Wade

6th

6th

C. Doerner

4th

2

V. Wade

1

7th

7th

N. Gunter

6th

5

5

N. Gunter

7th

1

6th

O. Morosowa

5

6th

1

V. Wade

6th

3

2

E. Cawley

3

6th

6th

E. Cawley

6th

4th

6th

N. Chmyrjowa

0

6th

3

E. Cawley

7th

6th

M. Navrátilová

6th

2

M. Navrátilová

1

6th

6th

W. Overton

6th

3

1

Double

Results

	final
		O. Morosowa V. Wade	6th	6th	6th
		E. Cawley M. Navrátilová	7th	4th	4th

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Virginia Slims of Chicago 1976 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage