1982 Australian Open – Men's Singles


First-seeded Johan Kriek successfully defended his title, defeating Steve Denton 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1982 Australian Open, what was the rematch of the previous year.
The format of this year's tournament was best of 5 sets in the first 2 rounds, best of 3 sets in rounds 3 and 4, then best of 5 sets for the rest of the tournament.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Johan Kriek is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Johan Kriek
  2. Steve Denton '
  3. Mark Edmondson '
  4. Brian Teacher '
  5. Tim Mayotte '
  6. Hank Pfister '
  7. John Alexander '
  8. Chris Lewis '
  9. John Sadri '
  10. Tim Wilkison '
  11. Jeff Borowiak '
  12. Víctor Pecci '
  13. Phil Dent '
  14. Russell Simpson '
  15. Fritz Buehning '
  16. Paul McNamee

    Qualifying

Draw

Final eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8