title: 1976 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
text: # 1976 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
  
  Arthur Ashe was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Harold Solomon.
  
  Björn Borg won in the final 1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–1 against Guillermo Vilas.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
  
  * Arthur Ashe (quarterfinals)
  * Guillermo Vilas (final)
  * Björn Borg (champion)
  * Raúl Ramirez (quarterfinals)
  * Dick Stockton (semifinals)
  * Eddie Dibbs (quarterfinals)
  * Harold Solomon (quarterfinals)
  * Robert Lutz (semifinals)
  
  ## 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
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Arthur Ashe | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Harold Solomon | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Harold Solomon | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | Harold Solomon | 5 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 3 | Björn Borg | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Björn Borg | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Björn Borg | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Eddie Dibbs | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Eddie Dibbs | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | Björn Borg | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
  | 5 | Dick Stockton | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
  | 4 | Raúl Ramirez | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Raúl Ramirez | 3 | 6 | 6 | | 5 | Dick Stockton | 5 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Robert Lutz | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  