Gerald Patterson Gerald Leighton Patterson MC (17 December 1895 – 13 June 1967) was an Australian tennis player. Patterson was active in the decade following World War I. During his career he won three Grand Slam tournaments in the singles event as well as ...

defeated Jack Hawkes 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 18–16, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles Tennis title at the 1927 Australian Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below.

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. #

''(champion)'' #

Jim Willard Arthur James Willard (22 April 1893 – 10 June 1968), better known as ''Jim Willard'', was an Australian tennis player. Tennis career Willard won two mixed doubles titles alongside Daphne Akhurst at the Australasian Championships, the futu ...

''(semifinals)'' # Jack Hawkes ''(finalist)'' # Jack Crawford ''(quarterfinals)'' # Bob Schlesinger ''(quarterfinals)'' # Jack Cummings ''(third round)'' #

Gar Moon Edgar "Gar" Moon (3 December 1904 – 26 May 1976) was a tennis player from Australia who was best known for winning the 1930 Australian Championships – Men's singles title. He also won the 1932 Men's Doubles title with Jack Crawford. He wo ...

''(semifinals)'' #

Pat O'Hara Wood Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player. O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now the ...

''(third round)''

Draw

Key

* Q =

Qualifier In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure which ''modifies'' the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts as a modifier in the noun phrase "red ball", provi ...

* WC = Wild card * LL =

Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...

* r =

Retired Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...

Final eight

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Men's Singles,1927 1927 in Australian tennis Men's Singles