Australian Open 1977 (December)

◄ Australian Open 1977 (December) ►
Date:	19. – 31. December 1977
Edition:	66th  Australian Open
Place:	Melbourne
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Roscoe Tanner
Ladies singles :	Kerry Reid
Men's double :	Arthur Ashe Tony Roche
Ladies doubles :	Dianne Fromholtz Helen Gourlay
winner
Men's singles :	Vitas gerulaitis
Ladies singles :	Evonne Cawley
Men's double :	Ray Ruffel's Allan Stone
Ladies doubles :	Evonne Cawley Helen Cawley Mona Guerrant Kerry Reid
Grand Slams 1977
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The 66 Australian Open 1977 (December) was a Grand Slam tennis grass court tournament hosted by the ITF . It took place from December 19 to 31, 1977 in Melbourne , Australia .

Defending champions in the singles were Roscoe Tanner in the men and Kerry Reid in the women. In the men's doubles were Arthur Ashe and Tony Roche , in women's doubles Dianne Fromholtz and Helen Gourlay the defending champions.

Men's singles

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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

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Evonne Cawley victory 02.  Sue Barker Semifinals 03.  Kerry Reid Semifinals 04th  Mona Guerrant Quarter finals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Helen Cawley final 06th  Helena Anliot 1 round 07th  Kathleen Harter Quarter finals 08th.  Rayni Fox Quarter finals

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  John Alexander Phil Dent   final 02.  Syd Ball Kim Warwick   Round of 16 03.  John Newcombe Tony Roche   Quarter finals 04th  Tim Gullikson Geoff Masters   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Cliff Letcher Stan Smith   Semifinals 06th  Colin Dibley Chris tile   Semifinals 07th  Ray Ruffel's Allan Stone   victory 08th.  Brian Fairlie Karl Meiler   Quarter finals

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Evonne Cawley Helen Cawley   victory 02.  Mona Guerrant Kerry Reid   victory 03.  Helena Anliot Sue Barker   1 round 04th  Christine Matison Pam Whytcross   Semifinals

Mixed

No mixed competitions were held at the Australian Open between 1970 and 1986.

Web links

• Official website