1976 Pacific Southwest Open – Doubles
Appearance
Doubles | |
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1976 Pacific Southwest Open | |
Champion | Bob Lutz Stan Smith |
Runner-up | Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell |
Score | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
Draw | 32 |
Seeds | 8 |
The 1976 Pacific Southwest Open – Doubles was an event of the 1975 Pacific Southwest Open tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, in the United States, between September 16 and September 22, 1975. The draw comprised 32 teams of which eight were seeded. Anand Amritraj and Vijay Amritraj were the defending Pacific Southwest Open doubles champions but lost in the quarterfinals. Fifth-seeded team of Bob Lutz and Stan Smith won the title by defeating the sixth-seeded team Arthur Ashe and Charlie Pasarell in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.[1][2]
Seeds
[edit]- Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez (quarterfinals)
- Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart (second round)
- Bob Hewitt / Geoff Masters (semifinals)
- Marty Riessen / Erik van Dillen (quarterfinals)
- Bob Lutz / Stan Smith (champions)
- Arthur Ashe / Charlie Pasarell (final)
- Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone (semifinals)
- Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
7 | Ray Ruffels Allan Stone | 7 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
5 | Bob Lutz Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
5 | Bob Lutz Stan Smith | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
6 | Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
3 | Bob Hewitt Geoff Masters | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
6 | Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Top half
[edit]Bottom half
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1977). World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 97–98. ISBN 9780354090117.
- ^ "1976 Los Angeles – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).