1976 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1976 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Champions	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie
Runners-up	Syd Ball Kim Warwick
Score	4–6, 6–4, 7–6

Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Ismail El Shafei and Brian Fairlie won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 against Syd Ball and Kim Warwick.

Seeds

1. Ross Case / Geoff Masters (first round)
2. Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• 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

	Semifinals							Final
		Syd Ball Kim Warwick	DEF
		Mark Edmondson John Marks
									Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6	4	6
									Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	4	6	7
		Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	7	6
	2	Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	5	4

Top half

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

1

R Case G Masters

S Ball K Warwick

DEF

S Ball K Warwick

[8]

D Crealy C Kachel

[6]

S Ball K Warwick

[8]

H Pfister B Walts

[3]

G Mayer J Trickey

H Pfister B Walts

DEF

H Pfister B Walts

DEF

J Bartlett A Gardiner

S Ball K Warwick

DEF

M Edmondson J Marks

B Drewett R Kelly

[4]

M Edmondson J Marks

[8]

M Edmondson J Marks

[8]

F Gebert B Scanlon

[5]

M Edmondson J Marks

[8]

J Newcombe K Rosewall

[4]

J C Hagey P McNamee

[8]

Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson

[8]

J Newcombe K Rosewall

[9]

J Newcombe K Rosewall

[9]

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

B Carmichael P Dent

[4]

R Reid R Thung

[8]

R Reid R Thung

[2]

I El Shafei B Fairlie

[8]

I El Shafei B Fairlie

[9]

J Delaney B Martin

[6]

D Stockton R Tanner

[8]

E Friedler J Karzen

[8]

E Friedler J Karzen

[2]

D Stockton R Tanner

[8]

I El Shafei B Fairlie

7

6

2

R Ruffels A Stone

5

4

P Kronk C Letcher

[9]

S Docherty E Ewert

[5]

S Menon J Whitlinger

[8]

S Menon J Whitlinger

[8]

P Kronk C Letcher

[2]

P McNamara T Waltke

[6]

2

R Ruffels A Stone

[8]

C Lewis R Simpson

[8]

C Lewis R Simpson

[1]

2

R Ruffels A Stone

[8]

External links

• 1976 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships Doubles Draw