At the US Open, Evert again faced Cawley in the final. This time, she won in decisive fashion, defeating Cawley 6–3, 6–0. Evert lost only 12 games during the entire tournament, setting a record for the fewest games lost by a Grand Slam champion in Open Era history, although she only played six matches due to the draw having 96 players instead of 128 as is standard today. Evert later called 1976 "the best year of my life."
