1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1976 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
Runners-up	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve
Final score	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Details
Draw	48 (3 Q )
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed
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Ann Kiyomura and Kazuko Sawamatsu were the defending champions, but Sawamatsu did not compete. Kiyomura partnered with Mona Guerrant, but they lost in the third round to Lesley Charles and Sue Mappin.

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.^[1] It was the only Wimbledon title and 3rd Grand Slam title for Evert, and the 1st Wimbledon title and 2nd Grand Slam title for Navratilova, in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds[]

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

Draw[]

Key[]

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
									C Doerner M Redondo	w/o
															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
									E Vessies-Appel T Zwaan	w/o
																J Hume W Wooldridge	0	6	6
																M Kruger	6	2	4
									M Kruger	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
									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 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

References[]

External links[]

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