1976 South American Championships – Singles

Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion and won in the final 62, 62, 63 against Jaime Fillol.

Singles
1976 South American Championships
1975 ChampionArgentina Guillermo Vilas
ChampionArgentina Guillermo Vilas
Runner-upChile Jaime Fillol
Score62, 62, 63

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Argentina Guillermo Vilas (champion)
  2. Chile Jaime Fillol (final)
  3. Italy Paolo Bertolucci (semifinals)
  4. Paraguay Víctor Pecci (quarterfinals)
  5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović (quarterfinals)
  6. United Kingdom Mark Cox (second round)
  7. Spain José Higueras (quarterfinals)
  8. Argentina Ricardo Cano (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

  • NB: The final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final

Final
1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6    
2 Chile Jaime Fillol 2 2 3    

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6  
  Argentina P Gorostiaga 3 4   1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6  
  Chile J Pinto-Bravo 4 6 6   Chile J Pinto-Bravo 1 3  
  Colombia Á Betancur 6 3 2 1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6  
  Austria H Kary 6 6   7 Spain J Higueras 3 4  
  Colombia J Velasco, Sr. 1 4     Austria H Kary 2 0  
  United States T Fontana 1 1   7 Spain J Higueras 6 6  
7 Spain J Higueras 6 6   1 Argentina G Vilas 6 6 6
3 Italy P Bertolucci 4 7 6 3 Italy P Bertolucci 7 3 0
  Brazil C Kirmayr 6 5 1 3 Italy P Bertolucci 3 6 6
  Colombia I Molina 6 3 4   Spain A Muñoz 6 2 0
  Spain A Muñoz 2 6 6 3 Italy P Bertolucci 6 7  
  Chile P Rodríguez 6 4 10 5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 4 5  
  Argentina L Álvarez 4 6 12   Argentina L Álvarez 3 1  
  Chile Á Fillol 4 2   5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 6 6  
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 6 6  

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 United Kingdom M Cox 6 6 6
  Brazil J Soares 7 1 2 6 United Kingdom M Cox 6 4 6
  Bolivia R Benavides 7 2 1   Brazil T Koch 3 6 8
  Brazil T Koch 6 6 6   Brazil T Koch 3 6 6
  Argentina H Varela 2 6 4 4 Paraguay V Pecci 6 3 4
  Chile P Cornejo 6 3 6   Chile P Cornejo 2 0  
  Argentina T Vázquez 5 3   4 Paraguay V Pecci 6 6  
4 Paraguay V Pecci 7 6     Brazil T Koch 2 1  
8 Argentina R Cano 4 6 6 2 Chile J Fillol 6 6  
  Argentina E Caviglia 6 4 2 8 Argentina R Cano 6 7  
  Argentina J Ganzábal 7 6     Argentina J Ganzábal 1 6  
  Spain E Mandarino 6 2   8 Argentina R Cano 4 6 4
  Chile B Prajoux 6 6   2 Chile J Fillol 6 4 6
  France J Thamin 3 1     Chile B Prajoux 3 4  
  United States N Holmes 7 3 3 2 Chile J Fillol 6 6  
2 Chile J Fillol 5 6 6
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