1977 Australian Open (January)

1977 Australian Open (January)
Date 3 – 9 January[1]
Edition 65th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Grass
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Venue Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Roscoe Tanner[2]
Women's Singles
Australia Kerry Melville Reid[3]
Men's Doubles
United States Arthur Ashe / Australia Tony Roche[4]
Women's Doubles
Australia Dianne Fromholtz / Australia Helen Gourlay[5]

The 1977 Australian Open (January) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.[1] The tournament was held from 3 to 9 January 1977.[1] Due to a scheduling change two Australian Opens took place in 1977 with the second taking place in December.

Seniors

Men's singles

United States Roscoe Tanner defeated Argentina Guillermo Vilas, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3

  • It was Tanner's 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

Australia Kerry Melville Reid defeated Australia Dianne Fromholtz, 7–5, 6–2

  • It was Melville's 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

United States Arthur Ashe / Australia Tony Roche defeated United States Charlie Pasarell / United States Erik Van Dillen, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

Australia Dianne Fromholtz / Australia Helen Gourlay defeated Australia Kerry Melville Reid / United States Betsy Nagelsen, 5–7, 6–1, 7–5

Juniors

Boys' singles

Australia Brad Drewett[6]

Girls' singles

Australia Pamela Baily[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Australian Open 1977 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "List of Australian Open men's champions". Reuters. 31 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Australian Open 1977 - Women's Singles". ITFTennis.com.
  4. ↑ "Australian Open 1977 - Men's Doubles". ITFTennis.com.
  5. ↑ "Australian Open 1977 - Women's Doubles". ITFTennis.com.
  6. ↑ "Honour Roll - Boys' Singles". AustralianOpen.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Honour Roll - Girls' Singles". AustralianOpen.com0. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010.


Preceded by
1976 US Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1977 French Open
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