1976 Australian Open – Men's singles
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| Champion | Australia Mark Edmondson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runner-up | Australia John Newcombe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Score | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Draw | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seeds | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976 tennis event results
Main article: 1976 Australian Open
Mark Edmondson defeated defending champion John Newcombe in the final, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1976 Australian Open. Unseeded at the tournament and ranked world No. 212 at the time, Edmondson remains the lowest ranked man to win a singles major since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. Edmondson is also the most recent Australian to win the Australian Open men's singles title.
Seeds
[edit ]The seeded players are listed below. Mark Edmondson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
- Australia Ken Rosewall (semifinals)
- Australia John Newcombe (final)
- Australia Tony Roche (quarterfinals)
- United States Stan Smith (third round)
- Australia Phil Dent (second round)
- Australia Geoff Masters (second round)
- Australia Ross Case (quarterfinals)
- Australia Allan Stone (second round)
- Australia Bob Carmichael (first round)
- United States Charlie Pasarell (third round)
- Australia Ray Ruffels (semifinals)
- New Zealand Brian Fairlie (third round)
- Australia Dick Crealy (quarterfinals)
- Australia Kim Warwick (third round)
- South Africa Ray Moore (third round)
- Australia Syd Ball (third round)
Draw
[edit ]Final eight
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Australia Ken Rosewall
6
3
6
6
Australia Brad Drewett
4
6
2
2
1
Australia Ken Rosewall
1
6
2
4
Australia Mark Edmondson
6
2
6
6
13
Australia Dick Crealy
5
6
2
Australia Mark Edmondson
7
7
6
Australia Mark Edmondson
6
6
7
6
2
Australia John Newcombe
7
3
6
1
11
Australia Ray Ruffels
7
2
6
7
6
3
Australia Tony Roche
6
6
7
6
4
11
Australia Ray Ruffels
4
4
6
2
Australia John Newcombe
6
6
7
2
Australia John Newcombe
6
6
6
Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
1
Australia K Rosewall
6
6
6
Australia M Anderson
3
6
6
6
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
4
United States S Smith
7
6
6
Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
United Kingdom R Drysdale
2
6
4
4
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
2
Australia J Newcombe
7
6
7