Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 2 ...

defeated

Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks. Borg won 66 singles titles during his caree ...

in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(11–9), 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1976 US Open. It was his second US Open singles title and fourth

major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

singles title overall. It was Borg's first of four runner-up finishes at the US Open, his career-best result at the event. Manuel Orantes was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Borg.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below.

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. #

''(champion)'' #

''(finalist)'' # Guillermo Vilas ''(semifinalist)'' #

Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He won the French Open in 1976 French Open – Men's singles, 1976, becoming the first Italian man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major ...

''(second round)'' # Ilie Năstase ''(semifinalist)'' # Manuel Orantes ''(quarterfinalist)'' # Arthur Ashe ''(second round)'' # Raúl Ramírez ''(second round)'' # Eddie Dibbs ''(quarterfinalist)'' # Harold Solomon ''(first round)'' # Roscoe Tanner ''(fourth round)'' # Stan Smith ''(fourth round)'' #

Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti (; born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former tennis player from Italy. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978. After the end of his player career Barazzutti was a coach (sport), non-playing ...

''(second round)'' #

Wojtek Fibak Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, al ...

''(first round)'' #

Brian Gottfried Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is an American retired tennis player who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. He was the runner-up in singles at the 1977 French Open – Men's singles, 1977 F ...

''(fourth round)'' #

Vitas Gerulaitis Vytautas "Vitas" Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1978. Gerulaitis won the men's si ...

''(fourth round)''

Draw

Key

* Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL =

Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw. This can occur when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness ...

* r = Retired

Final eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1976 US Open Men's Singles draw1976 US Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1976 US Open - Men's Singles Men's singles US Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles