1976 Italian Open (tennis)

1976 Italian Open
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
Adriano Panatta[1]
Women's singles
Mima Jaušovec
Men's doubles
Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez[2]
Women's doubles
Linky Boshoff / Ilana Kloss

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]

Finals

Men's singles

Adriano Panatta defeated Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 7–6, 6–2, 7–6

Women's singles

Mima Jaušovec defeated Lesley Hunt 6–1, 6–3

Men's doubles

Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez defeated Geoff Masters / John Newcombe 7–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3^[a]

Women's doubles

Linky Boshoff / Ilana Kloss defeated Virginia Ruzici / Mariana Simionescu 6–1, 6–2

Prize money

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
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]

Notes

1. The final was stopped at two sets all due to bad light and the final set was played on 15 September during the Grow Professional doubles Championship in The Woodlands, TX, USA.

References

1. "1976 Rome – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "1976 Rome – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. John Barrett, ed. (1977). World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 77–79. ISBN 9780354090117.

External links

• Official website
• ITF – Tournament details Archived 2016-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
• ATP tournament profile
• WTA tournament profile