# 1976 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's doubles

Juan Gisbert and Manuel Orantes were the defending champions, but they fell in the first round. Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez claimed the title and $7,000 first-prize money following victory over Fred McNair and Sherwood Stewart in the final.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez (champions)
* Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart (final)
* Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes (first round)
* Jimmy Connors / Erik van Dillen (withdrew — Connors' back strain)
* Wojciech Fibak / Karl Meiler (second round)
* Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (quarterfinals)
* Eddie Dibbs / Harold Solomon (second round)
* Ricardo Cano / Guillermo Vilas (quarterfinals)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 5 | 1 | | 1 | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart | 2 | 2 |
| | Željko Franulović Onny Parun | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I El Shafei B Fairlie | 2 | 4 | | 1 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Crealy K Warwick | 4 | 6 | | | I Molina J Velasco | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Molina J Velasco | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | J Fassbender H-J Pohmann | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | J Fassbender H-J Pohmann | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | J Delaney T Gullikson | 4 | 5 | | 6 | J Fassbender H-J Pohmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Borowiak B Martin | 2 | 6 | | | A Amritraj H Kary | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amritraj H Kary | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | J Gisbert M Orantes | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | P Cornejo J Fillol | 5 | 1 |
| | M Edmondson J Marks | 1 | 7 | 6 | | M Edmondson J Marks | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Reid R Thung | 6 | 4 | 2 | | P Cornejo J Fillol | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Cornejo J Fillol | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | P Cornejo J Fillol | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | R Cano G Vilas | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | R Cano G Vilas | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | G Battrick N Holmes | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | R Cano G Vilas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mottram N Špear | 6 | 7 | | | B Mottram N Špear | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Jauffret D Naegelen | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | B Teacher T Waltke | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Álvarez V Pecci | 6 | 6 | | E Álvarez V Pecci | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K McMillan B Phillips-Moore | 2 | 2 | 5 | W Fibak K Meiler | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | W Fibak K Meiler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | E Álvarez V Pecci | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Ž Franulović O Parun | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Ž Franulović O Parun | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Bunis R Fisher | 2 | 5 | | Ž Franulović O Parun | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dowdeswell S Menon | w/o | | | C Dowdeswell S Menon | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Connors E van Dillen | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ž Franulović O Parun | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| | B Bertram P Cramer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | F McNair S Stewart | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| | P Fleming F Taygan | 3 | 4 | | B Bertram P Cramer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Cahill J Whitlinger | 4 | 5 | 7 | E Dibbs H Solomon | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Dibbs H Solomon | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | B Bertram P Cramer | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Á Betancur Á Fillol | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | F McNair S Stewart | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Amaya P DuPré | 6 | 6 | | V Amaya P DuPré | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Pfister B Scanlon | 6 | 3 | 2 | F McNair S Stewart | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | F McNair S Stewart | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |