1976 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1976 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Champions	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie
Runners-up	Syd Ball Kim Warwick
Final score	4–6, 6–4, 7–6

Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Ismail El Shafei and Brian Fairlie won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 against Syd Ball and Kim Warwick.

Seeds

1. Ross Case / Geoff Masters (First Round)
2. Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Syd Ball   Kim Warwick	DEF
		Mark Edmondson   John Marks
									Syd Ball   Kim Warwick	6	4	6
									Ismail El Shafei   Brian Fairlie	4	6	7
		Ismail El Shafei   Brian Fairlie	7	6
	2	Ray Ruffels   Allan Stone	5	4

Top Half

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

1

R Case   G Masters

S Ball   K Warwick

DEF

S Ball   K Warwick

[8]

D Crealy   C Kachel

[6]

S Ball   K Warwick

[8]

H Pfister   B Walts

[3]

G Mayer   J Trickey

H Pfister   B Walts

DEF

H Pfister   B Walts

DEF

J Bartlett   A Gardiner

S Ball   K Warwick

DEF

M Edmondson   J Marks

B Drewett   R Kelly

[4]

M Edmondson   J Marks

[8]

M Edmondson   J Marks

[8]

F Gebert   B Scanlon

[5]

M Edmondson   J Marks

[8]

J Newcombe   K Rosewall

[4]

J C Hagey   P McNamee

[8]

Tim Gullikson   Tom Gullikson

[8]

J Newcombe   K Rosewall

[9]

J Newcombe   K Rosewall

[9]

Bottom Half

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

B Carmichael   P Dent

[4]

R Reid   R Thung

[8]

R Reid   R Thung

[2]

I El Shafei   B Fairlie

[8]

I El Shafei   B Fairlie

[9]

J Delaney   B Martin

[6]

D Stockton   R Tanner

[8]

E Friedler   J Karzen

[8]

E Friedler   J Karzen

[2]

D Stockton   R Tanner

[8]

I El Shafei   B Fairlie

7

6

2

R Ruffels   A Stone

5

4

P Kronk   C Letcher

[9]

S Docherty   E Ewert

[5]

S Menon   J Whitlinger

[8]

S Menon   J Whitlinger

[8]

P Kronk   C Letcher

[2]

P McNamara   T Waltke

[6]

2

R Ruffels   A Stone

[8]

C Lewis   R Simpson

[8]

C Lewis   R Simpson

[1]

2

R Ruffels   A Stone

[8]

External links

• 1976 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships Doubles Draw