| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1977 U.S. Clay Court Championships | |
| Champions |  Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss |
| Runners-up |  Mary Carillo Wendy Overton |
| Final score | 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 |
Linky Boshoff and Ilana Kloss retained their title by defeating Mary Carillo and Wendy Overton in the final. [1]
| First round [2] [3] | Quarterfinals [3] [4] | Semifinals [4] | Final [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Boshoff I Kloss | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Bruning L Forood | 4 | 1 | L Boshoff I Kloss | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Meyer  H Sparre | 3 | 5 | B Cuypers Y Vermaak | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Cuypers Y Vermaak | 6 | 7 | L Boshoff I Kloss | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| L duPont K May | 6 | 6 | L duPont K May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Fox K Harter | 1 | 4 | L duPont K May | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Liess M Struthers | 3 | 4 |  M Gurdal  N Sato | 4 | 7 | ? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Gurdal N Sato | 6 | 6 | L Boshoff I Kloss | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Hamm  I Riedel | 7 | 6 | M Carillo W Overton | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Louie J Stratton | 5 | 3 | M Hamm I Riedel | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Kuykendall K Latham | 3 | 6 | 4 |  L Charles G Coles | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Charles G Coles | 6 | 3 | 6 | L Charles G Coles | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 F Bonicelli K Ebbinghaus | 3 | 6 | 7 | M Carillo W Overton | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Doerner  R Giscafré | 6 | 2 | 9 | C Doerner R Giscafré | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Hunt H Eisterlehner | 6 | 2 | 2 | M Carillo W Overton | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Carillo W Overton | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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