1976 WTA Tour

1976 WTA Tour
	File:Chris Evert.jpg Chris Evert finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in her career. She won twelve singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open.
Details
Duration	26 December 1975–2 December 1976
Edition	4th
Tournaments	38
Categories	Grand Slam (4); Virginia Slims championships; Virginia Slims Circuit (10); Women's International Grand Prix (10); Non-tour events (12)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	United States Chris Evert (12)
Most finals	United States Chris Evert (16)
Prize money ; leader	United States Chris Evert ($343,165)
Points leader	United States Chris Evert (16.990)
	← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the Virginia Slims Circuit, was now an 11-week tour of the United States, and the Woman's International Grand Prix. The 1976 tour was the first full season using the official ranking system and these rankings were used to determine acceptance into the tournaments.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

This is a calendar of all events which were part of either the Virginia Slims circuit or the Women's International Grand Prix in the year 1976, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. Also included are the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1976 Virginia Slims Championships, the 1976 Federation Cup and a number of events not affiliated with either tour.^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Virginia Slims Championships
Virginia Slims Circuit
Women's International Grand Prix
Non-tour events
Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
26 Dec	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Grass – 56S/24D Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–2	Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová	Australia Helen Gourlay Cawley Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom	Australia Lesley Bowrey West Germany Heidi Eisterlehner West Germany Helga Masthoff Australia Christine Matison
26 Dec		Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley Australia Helen Gourlay Cawley 8–1	Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová	Australia Helen Gourlay Cawley Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom
5 Jan	L‟Eggs World Series Austin, United States Non-tour event – hard – 32S/8D Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–3, 7–6	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley	United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Martina Navratilova
12 Jan	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/12D Singles – Doubles	United States Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–4	United States Chris Evert	United States Rosie Casals United States Nancy Gunter	United Kingdom Sue Barker Soviet Union Olga Morozova United States Marcie Louie Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
12 Jan		France Françoise Dürr United States Rosie Casals 6–0, 7–5	United States Martina Navratilova United States Chris Evert	United States Rosie Casals United States Nancy Gunter
19 Jan	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, United States Virginia Slims $75,000 – carpet (i)– 32S/8D Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–2, 6–1	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United Kingdom Sue Barker United States Terry Holladay	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec Soviet Union Olga Morozova Australia Lesley Hunt Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva
19 Jan		Soviet Union Olga Morozova United Kingdom Virginia Wade 7–6, 6–2	United States Wendy Overton United States Mona Guerrant	United Kingdom Sue Barker United States Terry Holladay
26 Jan	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/10D Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 3–6, 6–4, 6–2	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United States Martina Navratilova United States Nancy Gunter	Australia Cynthia Doerner Soviet Union Olga Morozova Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva United States Wendy Overton
26 Jan		Soviet Union Olga Morozova United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–7^(4–5), 6–4, 6–4	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley United States Martina Navratilova

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Feb	Virginia Slims of Akron Akron, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–2, 3–6, 6–2	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United States Rosie Casals Soviet Union Olga Morozova	West Germany Iris Riedel United States Nancy Gunter Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec United Kingdom Sue Barker
3 Feb		South Africa Brigitte Cuypers United States Mona Guerrant 6–4, 7–6^(5–4)	United Kingdom Glynis Coles Romania Florența Mihai	United States Rosie Casals Soviet Union Olga Morozova
17 Feb	Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–4, 6–2	United States Rosie Casals	United States Terry Holladay United States Marita Redondo	Netherlands Elly Appel-Vessies United States Marcie Louie Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Ann Kiyomura
17 Feb		United States Mona Guerrant United States Ann Kiyomura 6–3, 6–4	United States Chris Evert Netherlands Betty Stöve	United States Terry Holladay United States Marita Redondo
24 Feb	Virginia Slims of Sarasota Sarasota, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–3, 6–0	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley	United States Martina Navratilova United States Rosie Casals	United States Carrie Meyer United States Mona Guerrant Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec Australia Lesley Hunt
24 Feb		United States Martina Navratilova Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–1, 6–0	United States Mona Guerrant United States Ann Kiyomura

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Mar	Virginia Slims of San Francisco San Francisco, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/8D Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 7–5, 7–6^(5–2)	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley	United States Terry Holladay United States Marita Redondo	United States Rosie Casals United States Martina Navratilova United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Nancy Gunter
1 Mar		United States Billie Jean King Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–1	United States Rosie Casals France Françoise Dürr	United States Terry Holladay United States Marita Redondo
15 Mar	Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/10D Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–1, 6–1	United States Martina Navratilova	Australia Kerry Reid United States Marita Redondo	South Africa Greer Stevens Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Carrie Meyer Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva
15 Mar		United States Mona Guerrant United States Ann Kiyomura 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	South Africa Greer Stevens United States Marita Redondo	Australia Kerry Reid United States Marita Redondo
22 Mar	Virginia Slims of Boston Boston, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/12D Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–2, 6–0	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United States Rosie Casals Australia Dianne Fromholtz	Australia Kerry Reid Australia Lesley Hunt Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec
22 Mar		United States Mona Guerrant United States Ann Kiyomura 3–6, 6–1, 7–5	United States Rosie Casals France Françoise Dürr	United States Rosie Casals Australia Dianne Fromholtz
29 Mar	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Philadelphia, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/11D Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 7–6^(5–3)	United States Chris Evert	United Kingdom Virginia Wade United Kingdom Sue Barker	Australia Dianne Fromholtz Soviet Union Olga Morozova Australia Kerry Reid United States Rosie Casals
29 Mar		United States Billie Jean King Netherlands Betty Stöve 7–6^(5–4), 6–4	United States Rosie Casals France Françoise Dürr	United Kingdom Virginia Wade United Kingdom Sue Barker

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 April	Virginia Slims Championships Los Angeles, United States Year-end championships Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 16S (8RR) Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 5–7, 6–3	United States Chris Evert	United States Rosie Casals (3rd) United States Martina Navratilova (4th)	United Kingdom Sue Barker (5th) United States Marita Redondo (6th) United Kingdom Virginia Wade (7th) France Françoise Dürr (8th)
	Monte Carlo Open Monte Carlo, Monaco Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	West Germany Helga Masthoff 6–4, 6–2	Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli
		West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus West Germany Helga Masthoff 6–3, 7–5	France Rosie Darmon France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau
19 April	Bridgestone Doubles Championships Tokyo, Japan Women's International Grand Prix $100,000 – Carpet (i) – 7D Doubles	United States Billie Jean King Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–2	United States Mona Guerrant United States Ann Kiyomura	United States Evert / Czechoslovakia Navrátilová Soviet Union Morozova / United Kingdom Wade	/ United Kingdom Coles / Romania Mihai Australia Sieler / Australia Hunt United States Casals / France Dürr
26 April	Family Circle Cup Amelia Island, United States Women's International Grand Prix Clay – $110,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–2, 6–2	Australia Kerry Reid	United States Mary Struthers United Kingdom Sue Barker	Netherlands Betty Stöve Australia Lesley Hunt South Africa Ilana Kloss United States Nancy Gunter
26 April		South Africa Linky Boshoff South Africa Ilana Kloss 6–3, 6–2	United States Kathy Kuykendall United States Valerie Ziegenfuss	United States Mary Struthers United Kingdom Sue Barker

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 May	Coca-Cola British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff 5–7, 6–3, 6–3	United Kingdom Sue Barker	France Gail Lovera South Africa Linky Boshoff	United Kingdom Linda Mottram United Kingdom Belinda Thompson United Kingdom Glynis Coles Australia Wendy Turnbull
10 May		South Africa Linky Boshoff South Africa Ilana Kloss 6–3, 6–2	United Kingdom Lesley Charles United Kingdom Sue Mappin	France Gail Lovera South Africa Linky Boshoff
17 May	German Open Hamburg, West Germany Women's International Grand Prix $30,000 – clay Singles – Doubles	United Kingdom Sue Barker 6–3, 6–1	Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová	Romania Virginia Ruzici Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec	West Germany Iris Riedel West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff United Kingdom Glynis Coles Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková
17 May		South Africa Linky Boshoff South Africa Ilana Kloss 4–6, 7–5, 6–1	United States Laura duPont Australia Wendy Turnbull
24 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy Women's International Grand Prix $30,000 – clay Singles – Doubles	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec 6–1, 6–3	Australia Lesley Hunt	Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková Romania Florența Mihai	United Kingdom Sue Barker South Africa Linky Boshoff France Gail Lovera United States Beth Norton
24 May		South Africa Linky Boshoff South Africa Ilana Kloss 6–1, 6–2	Romania Virginia Ruzici Romania Mariana Simionescu	Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková Romania Florența Mihai
31 May 7 June	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – 64S/22D/24X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	United Kingdom Sue Barker 6–2, 0–6, 6–2	Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová	Romania Florența Mihai Romania Virginia Ruzici	West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff United States Kathy Kuykendall Czechoslovakia Miloslava Holubová Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková
		Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli France Gail Lovera 6–3, 6–2	United States Kathleen Harter West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff
		South Africa Ilana Kloss Australia Kim Warwick 5–7, 7–6, 6–2	South Africa Linky Boshoff Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 Jun	Colgate International Eastbourne, Great Britain Women's International Grand Prix $25,000 – grass Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 8–6, 6–3	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	Soviet Union Olga Morozova United States Martina Navratilova	Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Rosie Casals United States Betsy Nagelsen United States Mona Guerrant
14 Jun		United States Chris Evert / United States Martina Navratilova vs Soviet Union Olga Morozova / United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–1, 1–1 not finished due to rain
21 Jun 28 Jun	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – 96S/48D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–3, 4–6, 8–6	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley	United States Martina Navratilova United Kingdom Virginia Wade	Soviet Union Olga Morozova United Kingdom Sue Barker Australia Kerry Reid United States Rosie Casals
		United States Chris Evert United States Martina Navratilova 6–1, 3–6, 7–5	United States Billie Jean King Netherlands Betty Stöve
		France Françoise Dürr Australia Tony Roche 6–3, 2–6, 7–5	United States Rosie Casals Australia Dick Stockton

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up
5 Jul	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	Belgium Michele Gurdal 4-6, 6–2, 6–3	France Gail Chanfreau
		United States Betsy Nagelsen Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 6–4	South Africa Brigitte Cuypers South Africa Annette DuPlooy
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová 6–3, 6–2	Sweden Helena Anliot
		Colombia Isabel Fernández de Soto Sweden Mimmi Wikstedt 6–1, 7–6	Australia Lesley Hunt Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
12 Jul	Head Open Kitzbühel, Austria Non-tour event Clay Singles – Doubles	Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 5–7, 6–2	Romania Virginia Ruzici
12 Jul		Sweden Helena Anliot Sweden Mimmi Wikstedt 6–4, 2–6, 7–5	West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus West Germany Heidi Eisterlehner

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 Aug	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Women's International Grand Prix $35,000 – clay Singles – Doubles	United States Kathy May 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	South Africa Brigitte Cuypers	Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff	Australia Lesley Hunt United States Laura duPont United States Mary Struthers South Africa Linky Boshoff
9 Aug		Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli Colombia Isabel Fernández de Soto 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	France Gail Chanfreau United States Julie Heldman
16 Aug	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Women's International Grand Prix $35,000 – clay Singles – Doubles	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec 6–2, 6–0	Australia Lesley Hunt	Romania Virginia Ruzici Australia Cynthia Doerner	United Kingdom Sue Barker United States Kathy May Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková United States Laura duPont
		Australia Cynthia Doerner United States Janet Newberry 6–7, 6–3, 6–1	United States Sue Barker United States Pam Teeguarden	Romania Virginia Ruzici Australia Cynthia Doerner
	WTA Westchester Invitational Harrison, United States Non-tour event Clay	United States Beth Norton 1–6, 7–5, 6–3	United States Ruta Gerulaitis	United States Janet Newberry United States Mary Carillo	United States Laura duPont United States Janice Metcalf United States Cecilia Martinez United States Wendy Overton
23 Aug	Federation Cup Philadelphia, United States Federation Cup Carpet (i) – 31 teams knockout	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2–1	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
23 Aug	Tennis Week Open Orange, United States Non-tour event Clay	South Africa Marise Kruger 6–3, 6–2	United States Lea Antonoplis	France Florence Guédy United States Renée Richards	United States Linda Thomas United States Susan Mehmedbasich United States Carrie Meyer United States Kathy Harter
30 Aug 6 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Clay – 64S/32D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–3, 6–0	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec Australia Dianne Fromholtz	Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva Romania Virginia Ruzici United States Zenda Liess United States Rosie Casals
		South Africa Linky Boshoff South Africa Ilana Kloss 6–1, 6–4	Soviet Union Olga Morozova United Kingdom Virginia Wade
		United States Billie Jean King Australia Phil Dent 3–6, 6–2, 7–5	Netherlands Betty Stöve South Africa Frew McMillan

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
13 Sep	US Indoor Championships Atlanta, United States Women's International Grand Prix $75,000 – carpet (i) Singles – Doubles	United Kingdom Virginia Wade 5–7, 7–5, 7–5	Netherlands Betty Stöve	Australia Dianne Fromholtz Australia Wendy Turnbull	United Kingdom Winnie Shaw South Africa Marise Kruger South Africa Brigitte Cuypers United States JoAnne Russell
13 Sep		United States Rosie Casals France Françoise Dürr 6–0, 6–4	Netherlands Betty Stöve United Kingdom Virginia Wade	Australia Dianne Fromholtz Australia Wendy Turnbull
27 Sep	Toray Sillook Open Tokyo, Japan Non-tour event $50,000 – carpet (i)	Netherlands Betty Stöve 1–6, 6–4, 6–3	Australia Margaret Court	United States Valerie Ziegenfuss (3rd) Australia Lesley Hunt (4th)	United States Betsy Nagelsen United States Rayni Fox United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Marita Redondo

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Oct	Thunderbird Classic Phoenix, United States Women's International Grand Prix $60,000 – hard Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–1, 7–5	Australia Dianne Fromholtz	Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Martina Navratilova	United States Terry Holladay United States JoAnne Russell United States Billie Jean King United States Mona Guerrant
4 Oct		United States Billie Jean King Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–2, 6–1	South Africa Linky Boshoff South Africa Ilana Kloss	Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Martina Navratilova
11 Oct	World Invitational Tennis Classic Hilton Head Island, United States Non-tour event Clay Draw	Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–4	United Kingdom Virginia Wade
11 Oct		United Kingdom Sue Barker Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	United States Martina Navratilova United Kingdom Virginia Wade

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Nov	Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Non-tour event Clay	Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–1, 6–1	Belgium Michele Gurdal
1 Nov	Wightman Cup Crystal Palace, London, Great Britain Hard (i) Team event	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5–2	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
25 Nov	Gunze World Tennis Tokyo & Kobe, Japan Non-tour event $100,000 – hard (i)	United States Chris Evert 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)	United Kingdom Sue Barker	United States Rosie Casals United States Martina Navratilova	Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová France Françoise Dürr United States Ann Kiyomura United States Jeanne Evert
25 Nov		United Kingdom Sue Barker United States Ann Kiyomura 4–6, 6–3, 6–1	United States Rosie Casals France Françoise Dürr

Rankings

Below are the 1976 WTA year-end rankings (December 31, 1976) Singles competition:

Singles Year-end Ranking^[3]
No	Player Name	Points	1975	Change
1	File:Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert (USA)	16.990	1	=
2	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS)	16.326	5	+3
3	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade (GBR)	10.933	2	-1
4	File:Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova (USA)	10.272	3	-1
5	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dianne Fromholtz (AUS)	8.012	20	+15
6	File:Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Casals (USA)	7.644	12	+6
7	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve (NED)	7.158	22	+15
8	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry Melville (AUS)	7.064	10	+2
9	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova (USSR)	6.523	7	-2
10	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sue Barker (GBR)	6.480	19	+9
11	File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Mima Jaušovec (YUG)	5.702	40	+29
12	File:Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Gunter (USA)	5.525	8	-4
13	File:Flag of the United States.svg Terry Holladay (USA)	4.132	26	+13
14	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Chmyreva (USSR)	5.066	21	+7
15	File:Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr (FRA)	4.639	9	-6
16	File:Flag of the United States.svg Marita Redondo (USA)	4.603	60	+44
17	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Greer Stevens (RSA)	4.522	48	+31
18	File:Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Russell (USA)	4.493	35	+17
19	File:Flag of the United States.svg Kathy May (USA)	4.277	57	+38
20	File:Flag of the United States.svg Mona Guerrant (USA)	4.236	NR	NR

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "WTA Tour Finals" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
↑ "About the WTA". www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
↑ "Women's International Computerized Rankings" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 5 December 1976.

External links

[WTACalendar1976-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "WTA Tour Finals" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2012-07-14.

[2] "About the WTA". www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-07-14.

[3] "Women's International Computerized Rankings" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 5 December 1976.

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Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Virginia Slims Circuit	Houston (S, D) Washington (S, D) Chicago (S, D) Akron (S, D) Detroit (S, D) Sarasota (S, D) San Francisco (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Boston (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D)
Women's International Grand Prix	Sydney 1 (S, D) Melbourne (S, D) Sydney 2 (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Bournemouth (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Rome (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Charlotte (S, D) Tokyo 1 (S, D) Palm Harbor (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Phoenix (S, D)
Colgate International Series	London (S, D) Palm Springs (S, D) Johannesburg (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup Wightman Cup
Virginia Slims Championships (S, D) Bridgestone Doubles Championships (D) WTA Championships (S, D)

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File:Chris Evert.jpg Chris Evert finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in her career. She won twelve singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open.
Duration	26 December 1975–2 December 1976
Edition	4th
Tournaments	38
Categories	Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims championships Virginia Slims Circuit (10) Women's International Grand Prix (10) Non-tour events (12)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	United States Chris Evert (12)
Most finals	United States Chris Evert (16)
Prize money leader	United States Chris Evert ($343,165)
Points leader	United States Chris Evert (16.990)
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