1976 Agfa Colour Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1976 Agfa Colour Cup
ChampionPoland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
Runner-upAustralia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Ray Moore
Score6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Draw24
Seeds2

The 1976 Agfa Colour Cup – Doubles was an event of the 1976 Agfa Colour Cup tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, West Germany, between 26 May and 4 June 1976. The draw consited of 24 teams and two of them were seeded. François Jauffret and Jan Kodeš were the defending Agfa Colour Cup doubles champions but did not participate in this edition. The first-seeded team of Wojciech Fibak and Karl Meiler won the doubles title after a win in the final against unseeded pairing Bob Carmichael and Ray Moore, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. Poland Wojciech Fibak / West Germany Karl Meiler (Champions)
  2. Australia Dick Crealy / Spain Juan Gisbert (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
6 6
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
3 4
1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
6 4 6
Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Raymond Moore
4 6 4
Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Raymond Moore
4 6 6
2 Australia Dick Crealy
Spain Juan Gisbert
6 3 4

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
7 6
West Germany Ulrich Pinner
West Germany Werner Zirngibl
6 6 West Germany Ulrich Pinner
West Germany Werner Zirngibl
5 1
France Jean-François Caujolle
France Patrick Proisy
3 0 1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
6 5 6
Colombia Iván Molina
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.
2 7 4
Colombia Iván Molina
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.
3 7 6
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Czechoslovakia Pavel Huťka
6 6 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Czechoslovakia Pavel Huťka
6 5 2
West Germany Klaus Eberhard
West Germany Frank Gebert
3 4 1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
6 6
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
3 4
India Anand Amritraj
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
6 3
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6 6 Sweden Kjell Johansson
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
7 6
Chile Jaime Fillol
Chile Álvaro Fillol
4 3 Sweden Kjell Johansson
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6 7
Spain José Higueras
Spain Antonio Munoz
4 6
Spain José Higueras
Spain Antonio Munoz
6 6
Sweden Birger Andersson
Sweden Jan-Eric Palm
2 5 Hungary Szabolcs Baranyi
Hungary Róbert Machán
4 4
Hungary Szabolcs Baranyi
Hungary Róbert Machán
6 7

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Greece Nicolas Kelaidis
Belgium Bernard Mignot
7 6 0
United States Mike Cahill
United States Tim Gullikson
6 7 6 United States Mike Cahill
United States Tim Gullikson
6 7
United States John Andrews
Australia Colin Dibley
3 6
United States Mike Cahill
United States Tim Gullikson
3 3
West Germany Rolf Gehring
West Germany Ulrich Marten
6 4 3 Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Raymond Moore
6 6
India Sashi Menon
Serbia Nikola Špear
1 6 6 India Sashi Menon
Serbia Nikola Špear
5 3
Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Raymond Moore
7 6
Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Raymond Moore
4 6 6
South Africa Pat Cramer
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
7 5 4 2 Australia Dick Crealy
Spain Juan Gisbert
6 3 4
South Africa Byron Bertram
South Africa John Yuill
6 7 6 South Africa Byron Bertram
South Africa John Yuill
1 6
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
6 7
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
6 4 4
2 Australia Dick Crealy
Spain Juan Gisbert
3 6 6
Czechoslovakia František Pála
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
2 4
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Sweden Rolf Norberg
4 3 2 Australia Dick Crealy
Spain Juan Gisbert
6 6
2 Australia Dick Crealy
Spain Juan Gisbert
6 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1977). World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. p. 116. ISBN 9780354090117.
  2. ^ "1976 Düsseldorf – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).