Virginia Slims of Houston 1976

Virginia Slims of Houston 1976
date	January 12, 1976 - January 18, 1976
Edition	6th
navigation	1975  ◄  1976  ►  1977
WTA tour
venue	Houston United States
Tournament number	706
category	Virginia Slims Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
Prize money	US $ 75,000
Last year's winner	Chris Evert
Last year's winner (double)	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
Winner	Martina Navrátilová
Winner (doubles)	Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals
Status: February 22, 2019

The 1976 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament in Houston . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1976 and took place from January 12th to 18th, 1076.

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

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

C. Evert

7th

7th

S. Barker

6th

6th

C. Evert

6th

6th

R. Casals

3

3

R. Casals

7th

6th

O. Morosowa

6th

0

C. Evert

3

4th

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

K. Gunter

6th

6th

M. Louie

2

2

N. Gunter

7th

0

5

M. Navrátilová

5

6th

7th

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

R. Tomanová

0

4th

Double

Results

	final
		F. Dürr R. Casals	6th	7th
		C. Evert M. Navrátilová	0	5

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 Houston 1976 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage