Vitas Gerulaitis defeated
John Lloyd in the final, 6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the December 1977 Australian Open.
Roscoe Tanner was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to
Chris Lewis.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Vitas Gerulaitis is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Vitas Gerulaitis (champion)
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Roscoe Tanner ''(first round)''
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Tony Roche
Anthony Dalton Roche AO MBE (born 17 May 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player.
A native of Tarcutta, Roche played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title, t ...
''(first round)''
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Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player. He won a record 23 Majors in singles, including eight Grand Slam singles titles and, before the Open Era, a reco ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Phil Dent ''(second round)''
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John Alexander ''(semifinals)''
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Stan Smith
Stanley Roger Smith (born December 14, 1946) is an American former professional tennis player. Smith is best known to non-tennis players as the namesake of a popular brand of tennis shoes. A world No. 1 player and two-time major singles cha ...
''(third round)''
#
Tim Gullikson ''(third round)''
Qualifying
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
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* 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
Final eight
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
External links
Australian Open (December 1977) on ATPWorldTour.com1977 Australian Open (December) – Men's draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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