Australian Open 1977 (December) / men's doubles

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 doubles
1977 (January) ◄ 1977 (December) ► 1978
Grand Slams 1977 men's doubles
Australian Open (January) Australian Open (December) French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

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

The defending champions were Arthur Ashe and Tony Roche .

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

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

John Alexander Phil Dent

7th

6th

6th

Colin Dibley Chris tile

6th

3

1

John Alexander Phil Dent

6th

6th

7th

Ray Ruffel's Allan Stone

7th

7th

5

Cliff Letcher Stan Smith

6th

6th

3

7th

Ray Ruffel's Allan Stone

7th

4th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

J. Alexander P. Dent

7th

6th

G. Braun D. Collings

5

1

1

J. Alexander P. Dent

4th

6th

6th

S. Docherty E. Teltscher

7th

6th

S. Docherty E. Teltscher

6th

3

3

OLD

Amandan T. Embree

6th

2

1

J. Alexander P. Dent

4th

6th

12

M. Anderson B. Drewett

6th

6th

8th

B. Fairlie K. Meiler

6th

4th

10

A. Gardiner B. Giltinan

3

4th

M. Anderson B. Drewett

3

5

P. Campbell J. Thamin

3

3

8th

B. Fairlie K. Meiler

6th

7th

8th

B. Fairlie K. Meiler

6th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

6th

C. Dibley C. tile

6th

7th

B. Carmichael C. Lewis

0

6th

6th

C. Dibley C. tile

6th

6th

T. Clements T. Stone

6th

3

2

J. Marks B. Scanlon

4th

4th

J. Marks B. Scanlon

4th

6th

6th

6th

C. Dibley C. tile

6th

6th

V. Eke C. Sylvan

6th

4th

6th

4th

T. Gullikson G. Masters

4th

4th

J. Feaver J. James

3

6th

4th

V. Eke C. Sylvan

4th

4th

D. Carter W. Maher

5

4th

4th

T. Gullikson G. Masters

6th

6th

4th

T. Gullikson G. Masters

7th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

3

J. Newcombe T. Roche

6th

6th

T. Little N. Phillips

3

4th

3

J. Newcombe T. Roche

6th

6th

P. Dougherty R. Kelly

3

2

J. Bartlett T. Rocavert

3

4th

J. Bartlett T. Rocavert

6th

6th

3

J. Newcombe T. Roche

3

6th

7th

S. Carnahan B. Phillips-Moore

4th

7th

3

5

C. Letcher S. Smith

6th

3

9

C. Fancutt L. Hall

6th

6th

6th

C. Fancutt L. Hall

2

2

S. Clarke W. Durham

3

3

5

C. Letcher S. Smith

6th

6th

5

C. Letcher S. Smith

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

R. Ruffels A. Stone

6th

6th

W. Lloyd P. McNamee

3

1

7th

R. Ruffels A. Stone

7th

7th

J. Andrew W. Lofgren

6th

4th

W. Blocher G. Hardie

6th

6th

W. Blocher G. Hardie

7th

6th

7th

R. Ruffels A. Stone

6th

7th

R. Frawley G. Thomson

4th

5

R. Drysdale, R. Lewis

3

5

R. Drysdale, R. Lewis

6th

7th

R. Drysdale, R. Lewis

6th

6th

P. McNamara J. Trickey

1

4th

2

S. Ball K. Warwick

4th

3

2

S. Ball K. Warwick

6th

6th

Web links

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