1976 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
# 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |
