1976 Australian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
1976 Australian Open
Champion Mark Edmondson
Runner-up John Newcombe
Score6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Draw64
Seeds16

Mark Edmondson defeated defending champion John Newcombe in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1976 Australian Open. Unseeded at the tournament and ranked world No. 212 at the time, Edmondson remains the lowest ranked man to win a singles major since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. Edmondson is also the most recent Australian to win the Australian Open men's singles title.

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