Australian Open 1977 (December) / men's singles

Australian Open 1977 (December)
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Australian Open 1977 (December men's singles
1977 (January) ◄ 1977 (December) ► 1978
Grand Slams 1977 men's singles
Australian Open (January) Australian Open (December) French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

Men's singles at the Australian Open 1977 (December)

The defending champion was Roscoe Tanner .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Vitas gerulaitis victory 02.  Roscoe Tanner 1 round 03.  Tony Roche 1 round 04th  Ken Rosewall Quarter finals 05.  Phil Dent 2nd round 06th  John Alexander Semifinals 07th  Stan Smith Round of 16 08th.  Tim Gullikson Round of 16

No. player Round reached 09.   retreat 10.   retreat 11.   retreat 12.  John Lloyd final 13.  Colin Dibley 2nd round 14th  Karl Meiler Round of 16 15th  Bill Scanlon Round of 16 16.  Kim Warwick 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Vitas gerulaitis

6th

6th

6th

6th

John Alexander

1

2

4th

1

Vitas gerulaitis

6th

7th

5

3

6th

12

John Lloyd

3

6th

7th

6th

2

12

John Lloyd

6th

6th

6th

Q

Bob Giltinan

4th

2

0

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

V. Gerulaitis

7th

6th

6th

J. Marks

5

0

1

1

V. Gerulaitis

6th

6th

6th

Q

R. Frawley

6th

2

7th

6th

2

Q

B. Drewett

4th

3

3

Q

B. Drewett

7th

6th

6th

2

6th

1

V. Gerulaitis

6th

6th

6th

O. Parun

2

4th

7th

4th

D. Bohrnstedt

4th

4th

4th

D. Bohrnstedt

6th

6th

6th

6th

D. Bohrnstedt

6th

6th

6th

6th

J. James

6th

6th

1

6th

J. James

2

4th

7th

4th

J. Bartlett

0

3

6th

2

1

V. Gerulaitis

6th

6th

6th

6th

16

K. Warwick

5

7th

6th

5

R. Ruffels

7th

4th

4th

2

P. McNamee

7th

6th

7th

7th

P. McNamee

3

2

3

R. Ruffels

6th

7th

3

6th

R. Ruffels

6th

6th

6th

W. Maher

4th

6th

6th

1

R. Ruffels

6th

3

6th

6th

B. Carmichael

2

6th

3

4th

8th

T. Gullikson

3

6th

4th

3

Q

N. Phillips

6th

4th

6th

6th

Q

N. Phillips

2

2

1

P. McNamara

6th

3

6th

6th

3

8th

T. Gullikson

6th

6th

6th

8th

T. Gullikson

3

6th

2

7th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

K. Rosewall

6th

7th

6th

Q

D. Collings

4th

6th

3

4th

K. Rosewall

6th

6th

6th

W. Lloyd

7th

6th

6th

W. Lloyd

3

2

3

W. Lofgren

5

2

2

4th

K. Rosewall

6th

4th

6th

4th

9

B. Phillips-Moore

6th

7th

7th

A. Stone

4th

6th

4th

6th

7th

C. Casa

0

6th

5

B. Phillips-Moore

1

1

1

A. Stone

3

6th

6th

6th

A. Stone

6th

6th

6th

S. Carnahan

6th

2

4th

1

4th

K. Rosewall

6th

6th

6th

1

15th

B. Scanlon

6th

6th

6th

6th

J. Alexander

7th

7th

4th

6th

B. Fairlie

3

2

3

15th

B. Scanlon

6th

2

6th

6th

D. Palm

5

r

A. Gardiner

2

6th

3

4th

A. Gardiner

7th

15th

B. Scanlon

6th

7th

1

2

Q

M. Anderson

6th

5

r

6th

J. Alexander

7th

6th

6th

6th

C. tile

7th

7th

C. tile

3

4th

7th

2

W. Blocher

2

2

5

6th

J. Alexander

6th

6th

5

6th

6th

J. Alexander

6th

6th

7th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

S. Smith

7th

6th

6th

J. Feaver

5

3

4th

7th

S. Smith

4th

6th

7th

6th

D. Crealy

6th

7th

5

6th

D. Crealy

6th

3

6th

3

Q

P. Campbell

2

6th

7th

3

7th

S. Smith

3

6th

5

J. Newcombe

6th

7th

6th

J. Newcombe

6th

7th

7th

B. Teacher

3

6th

3

J. Newcombe

6th

7th

6th

E. Teltscher

3

2

2

13

C. Dibley

4th

6th

3

13

C. Dibley

6th

6th

6th

J. Newcombe

6th

3

5

5

12

J. Lloyd

4th

6th

4th

6th

6th

12

J. Lloyd

3

6th

7th

7th

S. Ball

6th

3

6th

4th

4th

12

J. Lloyd

0

6th

7th

6th

T. Rocavert

5

4th

2

J. Andrew

6th

3

6th

2

J. Andrew

7th

6th

6th

12

J. Lloyd

6th

6th

6th

T. Wilkison

2

6th

1

C. Letcher

2

4th

2

C. Letcher

6th

7th

6th

C. Letcher

7th

6th

3

6th

R. Lewis

4th

4th

6th

6th

6th

R. Lewis

6th

2

6th

2

3

T. Roche

6th

6th

3

3

3

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

P. Dent

4th

6th

5

6th

6th

M. Machette

6th

2

7th

1

2

5

P. Dent

6th

1

4th

S. Docherty

3

4th

4th

R. Drysdale

7th

6th

6th

R. Drysdale

6th

6th

6th

R. Drysdale

6th

7th

7th

E. Friedler

6th

7th

6th

6th

4th

14th

K. Meiler

3

6th

6th

Q

P. Feigl

7th

6th

7th

3

6th

Q

P. Feigl

6th

7th

2

1

r

T. Gorman

7th

2

1

3

14th

K. Meiler

7th

6th

6th

2

14th

K. Meiler

6th

6th

6th

6th

R. Drysdale

4th

4th

6th

6th

LL

G. Moretton

7th

6th

3

4th

5

Q

B. Giltinan

6th

6th

3

7th

J. Norback

6th

1

6th

6th

7th

J. Norback

6th

3

4th

Q

B. Giltinan

6th

6th

6th

Q

B. Giltinan

7th

6th

6th

G. Hardie

3

2

4th

Q

B. Giltinan

6th

6th

7th

G. Masters

6th

6th

6th

C. Lewis

3

3

6th

LL

C. Sylvan

4th

4th

3

G. Masters

0

3

3

C. Lewis

3

6th

6th

1

6th

C. Lewis

6th

6th

6th

2

R. Tanner

6th

3

2

6th

4th

Web links

• Draw of the Australian Open on ITFtennis.com (English)