WTA
1976 season
91 tour-level events.
Leaders
Wins
- 1Sue Barker66-24
- 2Chris Evert65-5
- 3Evonne Goolagong56-7
- 4Virginia Wade51-19
- 5Dianne Fromholtz45-14
Win % (20+ matches)
- 1Chris Evert93%
- 2Evonne Goolagong89%
- 3Helga Masthoff81%
- 4Dianne Fromholtz76%
- 5Kerry Reid76%
Biggest titles
All 91 events| Date | Tournament | Final | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1976 | Roland Garros Grand Slam · Clay · 64 draw | Sue Barker d. Renata Tomanova 6-2 0-6 6-2 | |
| Jun 21, 1976 | Wimbledon Grand Slam · Grass · 96 draw | Chris Evert d. Evonne Goolagong 6-3 4-6 8-6 | |
| Sep 1, 1976 | US Open Grand Slam · Clay · 96 draw | Chris Evert d. Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-0 |
Leaderboard
79 players with 20+ matches. Tap a column to sort. Percentages use raw serve and return counts; TB = tiebreaks, Decider = deciding sets.
| # | Player | M | W-L | Win % | Titles | Ace % | 1st won | 2nd won | Hold % | Ret pts | Break % | TB | Decider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally GreerUSA | 22 | 4-18 | 18.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 1-9 |
| 2 | Laurie TenneyUSA | 23 | 6-17 | 26.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 1-5 |
| 3 | Naoko SatoJPN | 23 | 6-17 | 26.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 4 | Pam TeeguardenUSA | 21 | 7-14 | 33.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| 5 | Jackie FayterGBR | 22 | 8-14 | 36.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| 6 | Cecilia MartinezUSA | 29 | 9-20 | 31.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-6 |
| 7 | Ingrid BentzerSWE | 25 | 10-15 | 40.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| 8 | Kathleen HarterUSA | 28 | 10-18 | 35.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 3-6 |
| 9 | Maria BuenoBRA | 21 | 10-11 | 47.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 5-6 |
| 10 | Susie MehmedbasichUSA | 32 | 10-22 | 31.3% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 11 | Wendy OvertonUSA | 27 | 10-17 | 37.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 2-4 |
| 12 | Linda ThomasUSA | 29 | 11-18 | 37.9% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 13 | Sharon Walsh PeteUSA | 23 | 11-12 | 47.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 14 | Lindsey BeavenGBR | 28 | 11-17 | 39.3% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-7 |
| 15 | Ann Kiyomura HayashiUSA | 29 | 12-17 | 41.4% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 4-7 |
| 16 | Valerie ZiegenfussUSA | 32 | 12-20 | 37.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 3-6 |
| 17 | Annette Van ZylRSA | 20 | 12-8 | 60.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 18 | Iris Riedel KuhnFRG | 28 | 12-16 | 42.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 4-4 |
| 19 | Bunny BruningUSA | 37 | 13-24 | 35.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-9 |
| 20 | Lea AntonoplisUSA | 22 | 13-9 | 59.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-2 |
| 21 | Glynis ColesGBR | 38 | 13-25 | 34.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-7 |
| 22 | Heidi EisterlehnerGER | 31 | 13-18 | 41.9% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-5 |
| 23 | Marcie LouieUSA | 29 | 13-16 | 44.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-5 | 6-2 |
| 24 | Chris OneilAUS | 20 | 14-6 | 70.0% | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 25 | Janet NewberryUSA | 24 | 14-10 | 58.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 7-1 |
| 26 | Beth NortonUSA | 25 | 14-11 | 56.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 2-4 |
| 27 | Julie AnthonyUSA | 30 | 14-16 | 46.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-5 |
| 28 | Nancy RicheyUSA | 23 | 14-9 | 60.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-5 |
| 29 | Yvonne VermaakRSA | 32 | 14-18 | 43.8% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-7 |
| 30 | Mona GuerrantUSA | 29 | 15-14 | 51.7% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-4 | 2-8 |
| 31 | Fiorella BonicelliURU | 23 | 15-8 | 65.2% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 32 | Carrie MeyerUSA | 31 | 15-16 | 48.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 9-3 |
| 33 | Elly AppelNED | 33 | 16-17 | 48.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 5-4 |
| 34 | Corinne MolesworthGBR | 26 | 16-10 | 61.5% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 35 | Greer StevensRSA | 29 | 17-12 | 58.6% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-4 |
| 36 | Ruta GerulaitisUSA | 31 | 17-14 | 54.8% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 9-7 |
| 37 | Cynthia DoernerAUS | 43 | 17-26 | 39.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-3 | 8-11 |
| 38 | Michele GurdalBEL | 38 | 17-21 | 44.7% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-3 |
| 39 | Mariana SimionescuROU | 34 | 18-16 | 52.9% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-8 |
| 40 | Sue MappinGBR | 31 | 18-13 | 58.1% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 41 | Marise KrugerRSA | 27 | 18-9 | 66.7% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| 42 | Francoise DurrFRA | 37 | 18-19 | 48.6% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6-2 | 5-6 |
| 43 | Natasha ChmyrevaURS | 30 | 18-12 | 60.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-5 |
| 44 | Ilana KlossRSA | 35 | 18-17 | 51.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-3 |
| 45 | Joanne RussellUSA | 34 | 19-15 | 55.9% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 7-2 |
| 46 | Kathy KuykendallUSA | 37 | 19-18 | 51.4% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-8 |
| 47 | Isabel Fernandez De SotoCOL | 39 | 19-20 | 48.7% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-2 | 6-2 |
| 48 | Jeanne EvertUSA | 36 | 20-16 | 55.6% | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 3-5 |
| 49 | Florenta MihaiROU | 40 | 20-20 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 9-2 |
| 50 | Gail SherriffFRA | 32 | 20-12 | 62.5% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-5 |
| 51 | Janice MetcalfUSA | 36 | 20-16 | 55.6% | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-6 |
| 52 | Kathy MayUSA | 32 | 20-12 | 62.5% | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 10-2 |
| 53 | Linda MottramGBR | 30 | 21-9 | 70.0% | 4 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 54 | Lesley CharlesGBR | 34 | 22-12 | 64.7% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-8 |
| 55 | Brigette CuypersRSA | 41 | 22-19 | 53.7% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 10-9 |
| 56 | Linky BoshoffRSA | 46 | 23-23 | 50.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-10 |
| 57 | Betsy NagelsenUSA | 51 | 23-28 | 45.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 6-7 |
| 58 | Mary StruthersUSA | 43 | 24-19 | 55.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-7 |
| 59 | Olga MorozovaURS | 34 | 24-10 | 70.6% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-3 | 6-3 |
| 60 | Marita RedondoUSA | 44 | 24-20 | 54.5% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 7-8 |
| 61 | Lesley HuntAUS | 46 | 25-21 | 54.3% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-2 | 5-7 |
| 62 | Renata TomanovaGER | 51 | 27-24 | 52.9% | 2 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 5-7 |
| 63 | Regina MarsikovaCZE | 45 | 28-17 | 62.2% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-5 | 12-7 |
| 64 | Terry HolladayUSA | 49 | 29-20 | 59.2% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6-3 | 6-6 |
| 65 | Kerry ReidAUS | 41 | 31-10 | 75.6% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-3 | 10-3 |
| 66 | Michelle TylerGBR | 46 | 31-15 | 67.4% | 4 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-4 |
| 67 | Wendy TurnbullAUS | 55 | 32-23 | 58.2% | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 9-8 |
| 68 | Laura DupontUSA | 57 | 33-24 | 57.9% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 11-8 |
| 69 | Helga MasthoffFRG | 42 | 34-8 | 81.0% | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 6-1 |
| 70 | Mima JausovecSLO | 55 | 37-18 | 67.3% | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-4 | 11-6 |
| 71 | Betty StoveNED | 61 | 40-21 | 65.6% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4-4 | 9-8 |
| 72 | Martina NavratilovaUSA | 57 | 41-16 | 71.9% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4-1 | 11-9 |
| 73 | Virginia RuziciROU | 68 | 41-27 | 60.3% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 14-11 |
| 74 | Rosie CasalsUSA | 62 | 42-20 | 67.7% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6-2 | 10-7 |
| 75 | Dianne FromholtzAUS | 59 | 45-14 | 76.3% | 3 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 12-7 |
| 76 | Virginia WadeGBR | 70 | 51-19 | 72.9% | 2 / 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7-7 | 15-7 |
| 77 | Evonne GoolagongAUS | 63 | 56-7 | 88.9% | 6 / 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-4 | 6-1 |
| 78 | Chris EvertUSA | 70 | 65-5 | 92.9% | 9 / 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6-4 | 12-2 |
| 79 | Sue BarkerGBR | 90 | 66-24 | 73.3% | 3 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-5 | 20-8 |