Virginia Slims of Washington 1976

Virginia Slims of Washington 1976
date	January 18, 1976 - January 25, 1976
Edition	5
navigation	1975  ◄  1976  ►  1977
WTA tour
venue	Washington, DC United States
Tournament number	704
category	Virginia Slims Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
Prize money	US $ 75,000
Last year's winner	Martina Navrátilová
Last year's winner (double)	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve
Winner	Chris Evert
Winner (doubles)	Olga Morosowa Virginia Wade
As of January 31, 2020

The 1976 Virginia Slims of Washington was a women's tennis tournament in Washington, DC The carpet court tournament was part of the 1976 WTA Tour and took place January 18-25, 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

C. Evert

6th

6th

M. Jaušovec

3

1

C. Evert

6th

6th

S. Barker

4th

4th

S. Barker

1

7th

6th

O. Morosowa

6th

5

2

C. Evert

6th

6th

V. Wade

2

1

T. Holladay

7th

7th

L. Hunt

6th

6th

T. Holladay

4th

2

V. Wade

6th

6th

V. Wade

6th

6th

N. Chmyrjowa

2

1

Double

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

	final
		O. Morosowa V. Wade	7th	6th
		M. Guerrant W. Overton	6th	2

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF; 2.2 MB) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Virginia Slims of Washington 1976 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage