Akron 1976

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WTA WTA Tour Carpet Start: Feb 3, 1976 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Evonne Goolagong

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Mima Jausovec 6 6

Florenta Mihai 1 2

6 Rosie Casals 6 3 6

Greer Stevens 4 6 1

3 Evonne Goolagong 6 6

Lesley Hunt 3 2

Iris Riedel Kuhn 2 6 6

Cynthia Doerner 6 2 1

4 Olga Morozova 6 6

Mona Guerrant 4 1

5 Nancy Richey 6 6

Carrie Meyer 4 3

1 Virginia Wade 6 6

Joanne Russell 3 0

Quarterfinal

6 Rosie Casals 6 6

Mima Jausovec 3 1

3 Evonne Goolagong 6 6

Iris Riedel Kuhn 2 1

4 Olga Morozova 3 6 6

Sue Barker 6 2 4

1 Virginia Wade 6 7

5 Nancy Richey 3 5

Semifinal

3 Evonne Goolagong 4 7 6

6 Rosie Casals 6 5 1

1 Virginia Wade 6 7

4 Olga Morozova 1 6

Final

3 Evonne Goolagong 6 3 6

1 Virginia Wade 2 6 2

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Florenta Mihai	Sue Stap	6-4	6-2	·
Mima Jausovec	Glynis Coles	6-2	6-0	·
Rosie Casals	Kathy Kuykendall	3-6	6-2	6-3
Greer Stevens	Brigette Cuypers	6-4	7-5	·
Evonne Goolagong	Renata Tomanova	6-2	6-4	·
Lesley Hunt	Natasha Chmyreva	W/O
Cynthia Doerner	Wendy Overton	6-3	2-6	6-3
Iris Riedel Kuhn	Donna Ganz	6-3	6-0	·
Kathy May	Mariana Simionescu	7-5	4-6	6-1
Sue Barker	Marcie Louie	6-3	6-1	·
Mona Guerrant	Julie Anthony	6-1	6-1	·
Olga Morozova	Marina Kroschina	W/O
Carrie Meyer	Helen Gourlay	6-2	5-7	6-2
Nancy Richey	Elly Appel	6-4	6-1	·
Joanne Russell	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	6-4	6-4	·
Virginia Wade	Pam Teeguarden	6-2	6-3	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Evonne Goolagong	AUS	Winner
VW	Virginia Wade	GBR	Final
OM	Olga Morozova	URS	Semifinal
	Rosie Casals	USA	Semifinal
IK	Iris Riedel Kuhn	FRG	Quarterfinal
MJ	Mima Jausovec	SLO	Quarterfinal
NR	Nancy Richey	USA	Quarterfinal
	Sue Barker	GBR	Quarterfinal
CM	Carrie Meyer	USA	Round of 16
CD	Cynthia Doerner	AUS	Round of 16
FM	Florenta Mihai	ROU	Round of 16
GS	Greer Stevens	RSA	Round of 16
JR	Joanne Russell	USA	Round of 16
KM	Kathy May	USA	Round of 16
LH	Lesley Hunt	AUS	Round of 16
MG	Mona Guerrant	USA	Round of 16
AH	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	USA	Round of 32
BC	Brigette Cuypers	RSA	Round of 32
DG	Donna Ganz	USA	Round of 32
EA	Elly Appel	NED	Round of 32
GC	Glynis Coles	GBR	Round of 32
HG	Helen Gourlay	AUS	Round of 32
JA	Julie Anthony	USA	Round of 32
KK	Kathy Kuykendall	USA	Round of 32
ML	Marcie Louie	USA	Round of 32
MS	Mariana Simionescu	ROU	Round of 32
MK	Marina Kroschina	URS	Round of 32
NC	Natasha Chmyreva	URS	Round of 32
	Pam Teeguarden	USA	Round of 32
RT	Renata Tomanova	GER	Round of 32
SS	Sue Stap	USA	Round of 32
WO	Wendy Overton	USA	Round of 32