1977 Australian Open (December)

The 1977 Australian Open (December) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was the 66th edition of the tournament and was held from 19 to 31 December 1977.[1] Due to a scheduling change two Australian Opens took place in 1977 with the first taking place in January. Vitas Gerulaitis and Evonne Goolagong Cawley won the singles titles.

1977 Australian Open (December)
Date19–31 December[1]
Edition66th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceGrass
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
VenueKooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
Vitas Gerulaitis[2]
Women's Singles
Evonne Goolagong Cawley[3]
Men's Doubles
Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone[4]
Women's Doubles
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley[5]
Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid[5]

Seniors

Men's singles
Main article: 1977 Australian Open (December) – Men's Singles

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated John Lloyd, 6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–2

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

Women's singles
Main article: 1977 Australian Open (December) – Women's Singles

Evonne Goolagong Cawley defeated Helen Gourlay Cawley, 6–3, 6–0

  • It was Goolagong Cawley's 6th career Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone defeated John Alexander / Phil Dent, 7–6, 7–6

Women's doubles

Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley vs. Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid, shared due to rained out final [6]

Mixed doubles
Competition not held between 1970 and 1986.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Ray Kelly[7]

Girls' singles

Amanda Tobin[8]

References
  1. "Australian Open 1977 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. "Vitas Bounces Back For Australian Title". Rome News-Tribune. 1 January 1978.
  3. "Evonne Captures Fourth". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 2 January 1978.
  4. "Australian Open 1977 - Men's Doubles". ITFTennis.com.
  5. "Australian Open 1977 - Women's Doubles". ITFTennis.com.
  6. Mona Guerrant
  7. "Honour Roll - Boys' Singles". AustralianOpen.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010.
  8. "Honour Roll - Girls' Singles". AustralianOpen.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010.
Preceded by
January 1977 Australian Open		 Australian Open Succeeded by
1978 Australian Open
Preceded by
1977 US Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1978 French Open
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