Doubles
1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Champion	Ray Ruffels Allan Stone
Runner-up	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger
Score	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Draw	32
Seeds	2

The 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States from August 23 through August 30, 1976. The draw comprised 32 teams of which two were seeded. Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships doubles champions but lost in the first round. The unseeded team of Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez won the title by defeating the team of Mike Cahill and John Whitlinger, also unseeded, in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6.^[1][2][3]

Seeds

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Mark Edmondson John Marks	2	4
		Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6	6
								Ray Ruffels Allan Stone		3	6	7
								Mike Cahill John Whitlinger		6	3	6
		Charlie Pasarell Stan Smith	6	1
		Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	7	6

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4	6	2
		Mark Edmondson John Marks	6	3	6				Mark Edmondson John Marks	6	6
		Ramiro Benavides František Pála	3	3					Iván Molina Jairo Velasco Sr.	1	4
		Iván Molina Jairo Velasco Sr.	6	6												Mark Edmondson John Marks	2	6	6
		John Alexander Mike Estep	7	6												John Alexander Mike Estep	6	4	4
		Raz Reid Rolf Thung	6	4					John Alexander Mike Estep	1	6	6
		Hank Pfister Bill Scanlon	6	6	7				Hank Pfister Bill Scanlon	6	4	3
		Pat DuPré Ferdi Taygan	7	0	6																		Mark Edmondson John Marks	2	4
		Ross Case Geoff Masters	4	6																			Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6	6
		Jim McManus Tenny Svensson	6	7					Jim McManus Tenny Svensson	1	1
		Gerald Battrick Norman Holmes	6	1r					Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6	6
		Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	7	3												Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	0	6	3
		Éric Deblicker Jean-Louis Haillet	2	1												Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6	3	6
		Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6	6					Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6	6
		Jiří Hřebec Hans Kary	2	2					Jeff Borowiak Bob Hewitt	1	1
		Jeff Borowiak Bob Hewitt	6	6

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6	6
		Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	3	4					Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	7	7
		Cliff Letcher Kim Warwick	6	6					Cliff Letcher Kim Warwick	6	6
		Pat Cramer Steve Krulevitz	3	0												Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	3	4
		Jerry Cromwell Paul Sullivan	2	7	2											Charlie Pasarell Stan Smith	6	6
		Bill Cashman Bill Drake	6	5	6				Bill Cashman Bill Drake	3	2
		Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	3	1r					Charlie Pasarell Stan Smith	6	6
		Charlie Pasarell Stan Smith	6	3																			Charlie Pasarell Stan Smith	6	1
		Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	6	6																			Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	7	6
		Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	4	1					Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	7	5	6
		Elio Lito Alvarez Víctor Pecci	6	6	6				Elio Lito Alvarez Víctor Pecci	6	7	4
		Álvaro Betancur Jun Kuki	3	7	2											Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon
		Paul Kronk Frew McMillan	6	6	5											Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	w/o
		Jim Delaney Mike MacHette	7	3	7				Jim Delaney Mike MacHette	6	3
		Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	w/o						Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	7	6
	2	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes

References

External links

• ITF tournament edition details