1977 Australian Open (December) – Men's Singles


First-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis defeated John Lloyd 6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the December, 1977 Australian Open. Roscoe Tanner was the defending champion, but was upset in the first round by Chris Lewis.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Vitas Gerulaitis is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Vitas Gerulaitis
  2. Roscoe Tanner '
  3. Tony Roche '
  4. Ken Rosewall '
  5. Phil Dent '
  6. John Alexander '
  7. Stan Smith '
  8. Tim Gullikson

    Qualifying

Draw

Key

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4