1976 Australian Open – Men's Singles


Unseeded Mark Edmondson upset defending champion John Newcombe 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1976 Australian Open. Ranked 212 in the world at the time, Edmondson is still the lowest ranked player ever to win a Grand Slam tournament since the rankings were introduced in 1973. Edmondson is also the most recent Australian player to win the Australian Open Men's singles title.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Mark Edmondson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Ken Rosewall '
  2. John Newcombe '
  3. Tony Roche '
  4. Stan Smith '
  5. Phil Dent '
  6. Geoff Masters '
  7. Ross Case '
  8. Allan Stone '
  9. Bob Carmichael '
  10. Charlie Pasarell '
  11. Ray Ruffels '
  12. Brian Fairlie '
  13. Dick Crealy '
  14. Kim Warwick '
  15. Ray Moore '
  16. Syd Ball '

    Draw

Key

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4