International tennis championships of Germany 1977 / men's singles

This article describes the results of the men's singles at the 1977 International Tennis Championships in Germany .

Seeding list

16 players were seeded, including Guillermo Vilas at No. 1 and Manuel Orantes at No. 2.

qualification

On May 7th and 8th, a three-round qualification was played, from which the following eight players qualified for the main tournament:

Qualifiers
Pavel Huťka	Robin Drysdale
Carlos Kirmayr	David Schneider
Vladimír Zedník	Bob Carmichael
František Pála	Álvaro Fillol

Tournament schedule

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier

r = retired

Results

Up to the quarter-finals the game was played on two winning sets and from the semi-finals on three winning sets.

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

Buster Mottram

3

6th

3

2

Paolo Bertolucci

6th

3

6th

6th

Paolo Bertolucci

6th

4th

6th

6th

Manuel Orantes

3

6th

2

3

Jaime Fillol

2

6th

3

1

Manuel Orantes

6th

1

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

G. Vilas

6th

6th

Q

P. Huťka

1

2

G. Vilas

6th

6th

Q

C. Kirmayr

4th

0

r

J.-L. Haillet

2

3

J.-L. Haillet

6th

1

G. Vilas

6th

6th

K. Meiler

3

7th

6th

J.-F. Caujolle

4th

1

F. Gebert

6th

5

3

K. Meiler

6th

4th

4th

V. Amaya

2

4th

J.-F. Caujolle

3

6th

6th

J.-F. Caujolle

6th

6th

G. Vilas

6th

3

4th

B. Taróczy

6th

6th

B. Mottram

4th

6th

6th

K. Eberhard

2

3

B. Taróczy

6th

7th

I. Țiriac

6th

6th

I. Țiriac

4th

6th

J. Fassbender

2

3

B. Taróczy

3

3

B. Mottram

6th

6th

B. Mottram

6th

6th

Q

V. Zedník

3

3

B. Mottram

6th

6th

R. Gehring

7th

6th

R. Gehring

3

3

J. Delaney

5

0

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Ph. Dent

6th

7th

P. DuPré

1

6th

Ph. Dent

7th

6th

6th

O. Parun

6th

6th

O. Parun

5

7th

4th

P. Kronk

1

0

Ph. Dent

6th

6th

8th

R. Norberg

6th

6th

C. Dowdeswell

7th

3

10

Á. Betancur

2

0

R. Norberg

6th

5

1

J. Higueras

6th

3

4th

C. Dowdeswell

2

7th

6th

C. Dowdeswell

3

6th

6th

C. Dowdeswell

0

6th

5

A. Zugarelli

4th

6th

7th

P. Bertolucci

6th

4th

7th

Q

F. Pála

6th

1

5

A. Zugarelli

6th

4th

6th

S. Menon

3

2

S. Krulevitz

3

6th

3

S. Krulevitz

6th

6th

A. Zugarelli

6th

3

4th

P. Bertolucci

6th

6th

P. Bertolucci

4th

6th

6th

I. Molina

1

1

P. Bertolucci

3

7th

6th

K. Warwick

6th

6th

K. Warwick

6th

5

3

R. Cano

3

4th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

W. Zirngibl

6th

6th

C. Letcher

3

2

W. Zirngibl

5

6th

6th

J. Yuill

6th

2

6th

J. Yuill

7th

3

1

V. Pecci

2

6th

4th

W. Zirngibl

6th

6th

U. Pinner

6th

7th

F. Jauffret

2

3

R. Lewis

1

6th

U. Pinner

2

5

U. Marten

4th

2

F. Jauffret

6th

7th

F. Jauffret

6th

6th

W. Zirngibl

4th

1

Q

R. Drysdale

6th

4th

2

J. Fillol

6th

6th

J. Velasco

4th

6th

6th

J. Velasco

4th

3

B. Prajoux

3

6th

6th

B. Prajoux

6th

6th

Ž. Franulović

6th

4th

3

B. Prajoux

2

2

J. Ganzabal

4th

3

J. Fillol

6th

6th

N. Pilic

6th

6th

N. Pilic

5

3

H. Kary

3

2

J. Fillol

7th

6th

J. Fillol

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

P. Parent

6th

1

B. Hewitt

7th

6th

B. Hewitt

2

6th

6th

J. Hřebec

2

2

D. Crealy

6th

4th

1

D. Crealy

6th

6th

B. Hewitt

7th

6th

B. Bertram

6th

6th

B. Fairlie

5

4th

Ch. Hagey

2

4th

B. Bertram

7th

3

2

B. Mitton

1

6th

3

B. Fairlie

6th

6th

6th

B. Fairlie

6th

1

6th

B. Hewitt

2

4th

Kj. Johansson

6th

6th

M. Orantes

6th

6th

Q

D. Schneider

3

3

Kj. Johansson

7th

7th

Q

B. Carmichael

6th

1

M. Edmondson

6th

5

M. Edmondson

7th

6th

Kj. Johansson

3

2

I. El Shafei

6th

6th

M. Orantes

6th

6th

J. Soler

2

3

I. El Shafei

2

2

Q

Á. Fillol

2

1

M. Orantes

6th

6th

M. Orantes

6th

6th

swell

• Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from May 9 to 16, 1977, available in the online archive of http://www.abendblatt.de (fee required)
• Tennis, official body of the German Tennis Federation , Volume 31, Issue 11 (June 1st, 1977 edition)

Web links

• The tournament schedule on the ATP website