1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1976 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
Runners-up	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve
Score	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Draw	48 (3 Q )
Seeds	4

Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova defeated Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships. It was the only Wimbledon doubles title and third major doubles title for Evert, and the first Wimbledon doubles title and second doubles major title for Navratilova.

Ann Kiyomura and Kazuko Sawamatsu were the reigning champions, but Sawamatsu did not compete. Kiyomura partnered Mona Guerrant, but they lost in the third round to Lesley Charles and Sue Mappin.

Seeds

01.   Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve (final)

02.   Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova (champions)

03.   Olga Morozova / Virginia Wade (first round)

04.   Evonne Cawley / Peggy Michel (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	6	6
		Laura duPont Wendy Turnbull	3	3
								1	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	6	6
									Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	4	3
		Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	6	7
		Joyce Hume Winnie Wooldridge	4	5
															1	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	1	6	5
															2	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	6	3	7
		Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	6	6
		Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr	1	3
									Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	6	6
								2	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	8	8
	Q	Chris O'Neil Jenny Walker	3	0
	2	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	BJ King B Stöve	6	6
	Q	D Evers C Zeeman	4	1				1	BJ King B Stöve	w/o
									C Doerner M Redondo
															1	BJ King B Stöve	6	6
																A du Plooy S Walsh	3	0
									A-M Bruning S Greer	6	1	5
		A du Plooy S Walsh	6	6					A du Plooy S Walsh	4	6	7
		P Hogan V Ziegenfuss	3	4																		1	BJ King B Stöve	6	6
																							L duPont W Turnbull	3	3
									L Mottram B Thompson	3	0
		J Anthony P Teeguarden	6	6					J Anthony P Teeguarden	6	6
		M Gurdal M Van Haver	0	3												J Anthony P Teeguarden	6	3	2
		B Cuypers D Fromholtz	8	4												L duPont W Turnbull	1	6	6
		L duPont W Turnbull	9	6					L duPont W Turnbull	6	9
									R Maršíková R Tomanová	2	8

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	O Morozova V Wade	4	4
		M Guerrant A Kiyomura	6	6					M Guerrant A Kiyomura	6	6
									J Connor Y Vermaak	0	0
																M Guerrant A Kiyomura	5	6	4
																L Charles S Mappin	7	4	6
									G Coles F Mihai	6	1	5
		F Bonicelli A-M Nasuelli	1	4					L Charles S Mappin	4	6	7
		L Charles S Mappin	6	6																			L Charles S Mappin	6	7
		C Martinez J Stratton	6	3																			J Hume W Wooldridge	4	5
		J Hume W Wooldridge	8	6					J Hume W Wooldridge	w/o
									E Vessies-Appel T Zwaan
																J Hume W Wooldridge	0	6	6
																M Kruger E Vlotman	6	2	4
									M Kruger E Vlotman	6	6
		V Burton C Molesworth	5	7	1			LL	D Jevans C Matison	3	1
	LL	D Jevans C Matison	7	5	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		K May E Norton	4	3
		D Boshoff I Kloss	6	6					D Boshoff I Kloss	6	6
									H Eisterlehner I Riedel	3	1
																D Boshoff I Kloss	6	8
																L Hunt G Stevens	1	6
									L Beaven T Fretz	4	2
		L Blachford A Coe	2	2					L Hunt G Stevens	6	6
		L Hunt G Stevens	6	6																			D Boshoff I Kloss	6	6
		R Casals F Dürr	6	6																			R Casals F Dürr	1	3
		K Kuykendall I Bentzer	2	2					R Casals F Dürr	6	6
									V Ruzici M Simionescu	3	3
																R Casals F Dürr	7	9
															4	E Cawley M Michel	5	7
									B Buckley L Thomas	1	5
		I Fernández de Soto M Jaušovec	2	5				4	E Cawley M Michel	6	7
	4	E Cawley M Michel	6	7

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								Q	C O'Neil J Walker	6	7
		J Fayter M Tyler	6	6					J Fayter M Tyler	2	5
		L Tenney R Tenney	0	2											Q	C O'Neil J Walker	9	6
	Q	J Morton J Wilton	6	2	1											S Mehmedbasich M Wikstedt	8	4
		S Mehmedbasich M Wikstedt	3	6	6				S Mehmedbasich M Wikstedt	3	6	6
									P Bostrom J Metcalf	6	4	1
																						Q	C O'Neil J Walker	3	0
																						2	C Evert M Navratilova	6	6
									J Dimond W Paish	7	3
		J Evert T Holladay	6	8	4				E Nagelsen J Russell	9	6
		E Nagelsen J Russell	4	9	6											E Nagelsen J Russell	3	4
															2	C Evert M Navratilova	6	6
									A McMillan R Whitehouse	1	4
		S Barker N Chmyreva	3	2				2	C Evert M Navratilova	6	6
	2	C Evert M Navratilova	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation