Vitas Gerulaitis defeated John Lloyd 6-3 7-6 5-7 3-6 6-2 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the December, 1977 Australian Open.

''See also:

1977 Australian Open (December) - Women's Singles

1977 Australian Open (December) - Men's Doubles

1977 Australian Open (December) - Women's Doubles

1977 Australian Open (December) - Mixed Doubles

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Vitas Gerulaitis is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1. Vitas Gerulaitis, (Champion)
2. Roscoe Tanner, (First Round)
3. Tony Roche, (First Round)
4. Ken Rosewall, (Quarterfinals)
5. Phil Dent, (Second Round)
6. John Alexander, (Semifinals)
7. Stan Smith, (Third Round)
8. Tim Gullikson, (Third Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• L = Loser
• r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

• Australian Open (December 1977) on ATPtennis.com
• Australian Open (December 1977) on tenniscorner.net