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1976 South American Championships – Singles

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Singles
1976 South American Championships
1975 ChampionArgentina Guillermo Vilas
Final
ChampionArgentina Guillermo Vilas
Runner-upChile Jaime Fillol
Score6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 against Jaime Fillol.

Seeds

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A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Argentina Guillermo Vilas (champion)
  2. Chile Jaime Fillol (final)
  3. Italy Paolo Bertolucci (semifinals)
  4. Paraguay Víctor Pecci (quarterfinals)
  5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović (quarterfinals)
  6. United Kingdom Mark Cox (second round)
  7. Spain José Higueras (quarterfinals)
  8. Argentina Ricardo Cano (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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  • NB: The final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final

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Final
1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6    
2 Chile Jaime Fillol 2 2 3    

Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6  
  Argentina P Gorostiaga 3 4   1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6  
  Chile J Pinto-Bravo 4 6 6   Chile J Pinto-Bravo 1 3  
  Colombia Á Betancur 6 3 2 1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6  
  Austria H Kary 6 6   7 Spain J Higueras 3 4  
  Colombia J Velasco, Sr. 1 4     Austria H Kary 2 0  
  United States T Fontana 1 1   7 Spain J Higueras 6 6  
7 Spain J Higueras 6 6   1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6 6
3 Italy P Bertolucci 4 7 6 3 Italy P Bertolucci 7 3 0
  Brazil C Kirmayr 6 5 1 3 Italy P Bertolucci 3 6 6
  Colombia I Molina 6 3 4   Spain A Muñoz 6 2 0
  Spain A Muñoz 2 6 6 3 Italy P Bertolucci 6 7  
  Chile P Rodríguez 6 4 10 5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 4 5  
  Argentina L Álvarez 4 6 12   Argentina L Álvarez 3 1  
  Chile Á Fillol 4 2   5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 6 6  
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 6 6  

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 United Kingdom M Cox 6 6 6
  Brazil J Soares 7 1 2 6 United Kingdom M Cox 6 4 6
  Bolivia R Benavides 7 2 1   Brazil T Koch 3 6 8
  Brazil T Koch 6 6 6   Brazil T Koch 3 6 6
  Argentina H Varela 2 6 4 4 Paraguay V Pecci 6 3 4
  Chile P Cornejo 6 3 6   Chile P Cornejo 2 0  
  Argentina T Vázquez 5 3   4 Paraguay V Pecci 6 6  
4 Paraguay V Pecci 7 6     Brazil T Koch 2 1  
8 Argentina R Cano 4 6 6 2 Chile J Fillol 6 6  
  Argentina E Caviglia 6 4 2 8 Argentina R Cano 6 7  
  Argentina J Ganzábal 7 6     Argentina J Ganzábal 1 6  
  Spain E Mandarino 6 2   8 Argentina R Cano 4 6 4
  Chile B Prajoux 6 6   2 Chile J Fillol 6 4 6
  France J Thamin 3 1     Chile B Prajoux 3 4  
  United States N Holmes 7 3 3 2 Chile J Fillol 6 6  
2 Chile J Fillol 5 6 6
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