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Australian Open-2 1977

ATP Grand Slam Grass Start: Dec 19, 1977 Draw: 64 63 matches
Champion: Vitas Gerulaitis

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 6
Dick Bohrnstedt 4 4 4
Ray Ruffels 6 3 6 6
8 Tim Gullikson 3 6 4 3
4 Ken Rosewall 6 4 6 4 9
Allan Stone 4 6 4 6 7
6 John Alexander 7 6 6 6
Bill Scanlon 6 7 1 2
John Newcombe 6 7 7
7 Stan Smith 3 6 5
John Lloyd 6 6 6
Cliff Letcher 2 4 2
Robin Drysdale 6 7 7
Karl Meiler 3 6 6
Bob Giltinan 6 6 7
Chris Lewis 3 3 6
Quarterfinal
1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 6 6
Ray Ruffels 7 4 4 2
6 John Alexander 7 7 4 6
4 Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 1
John Lloyd 3 6 7 7
John Newcombe 6 3 5 5
Bob Giltinan 6 6 3 7
Robin Drysdale 4 4 6 6
Semifinal
1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 6
6 John Alexander 1 2 4
John Lloyd 6 6 6
Bob Giltinan 4 2 0
Final
1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 7 5 3 6
John Lloyd 3 6 7 6 2

Early rounds

Round of 64 32 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Vitas Gerulaitis John Marks 7-6 6-0 6-1 · ·
Brad Drewett Rod Frawley 7-6 6-2 6-7 2-6 6-2
Dick Bohrnstedt Onny Parun 6-2 6-4 6-7 6-4 ·
John James John Bartlett 6-0 6-3 1-6 6-2 ·
Paul Mcnamee Kim Warwick 7-5 6-7 7-6 7-5 ·
Ray Ruffels Warren Maher 6-4 7-6 3-6 6-1 ·
Noel Phillips Bob Carmichael 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-3 ·
Tim Gullikson Peter Mcnamara 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-6 6-3
Ken Rosewall Dale Collings 6-4 7-6 6-3 · ·
Bill Lloyd Bill Lofgren 7-5 6-2 6-2 · ·
Barry Phillips Moore Christophe Casa 6-0 7-6 7-5 · ·
Allan Stone Scott Carnahan 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-1 ·
Bill Scanlon Brian Fairlie 6-3 6-2 6-3 · ·
Alvin Gardiner Douglas Palm 7-5 · · · ·
Chris Kachel Mal Anderson 7-6 7-5 · · ·
John Alexander Woody Blocher 6-2 6-2 7-5 · ·
Stan Smith John Feaver 7-5 6-3 6-4 · ·
Dick Crealy Peter Campbell 6-2 7-6 5-7 6-3 ·
John Newcombe Brian Teacher 6-3 7-6 6-3 · ·
Colin Dibley Eliot Teltscher 6-3 6-2 6-2 · ·
John Lloyd Syd Ball 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4
Jorge Andrew Terry Rocavert 7-5 6-4 6-2 · ·
Cliff Letcher Tim Wilkison 6-2 7-6 6-1 · ·
Richard Lewis Tony Roche 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
Phil Dent Mike Machette 4-6 6-2 5-7 6-1 6-2
Robin Drysdale Steve Docherty 6-3 6-4 6-4 · ·
Peter Feigl Eric Friedler 7-6 6-7 7-6 3-6 6-4
Karl Meiler Tom Gorman 6-7 6-2 6-1 6-3 ·
Jan Norback Gilles Moretton 6-7 1-6 6-3 6-4 7-5
Bob Giltinan George Hardie 6-3 6-2 6-4 · ·
Geoff Masters Christopher Sylvan 6-4 6-4 6-3 · ·
Chris Lewis Roscoe Tanner 3-6 6-3 6-2 1-6 6-4
Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4
Vitas Gerulaitis Brad Drewett 6-4 6-3 6-3 ·
Dick Bohrnstedt John James 6-2 6-4 6-7 6-4
Ray Ruffels Paul Mcnamee 6-3 6-2 6-3 ·
Tim Gullikson Noel Phillips 6-2 6-2 6-1 ·
Ken Rosewall Bill Lloyd 6-3 6-2 6-3 ·
Allan Stone Barry Phillips Moore 6-1 6-1 6-1 ·
Bill Scanlon Alvin Gardiner 6-2 2-6 6-3 6-4
John Alexander Chris Kachel 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-2
Stan Smith Dick Crealy 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-3
John Newcombe Colin Dibley 6-4 7-6 6-3 ·
John Lloyd Jorge Andrew 0-6 6-3 7-6 6-2
Cliff Letcher Richard Lewis 7-6 6-2 3-6 6-2
Robin Drysdale Phil Dent 7-6 6-1 6-4 ·
Karl Meiler Peter Feigl 7-6 6-7 6-2 2-1
Bob Giltinan Jan Norback 7-6 6-3 6-4 ·
Chris Lewis Geoff Masters 6-0 6-3 6-3 ·

Players (64)

PlayerCountryReached
Vitas Gerulaitis Vitas Gerulaitis USA Winner
John Lloyd John Lloyd GBR Final
BG Bob Giltinan AUS Semifinal
John Alexander John Alexander AUS Semifinal
John Newcombe John Newcombe AUS Quarterfinal
Ken Rosewall Ken Rosewall AUS Quarterfinal
Ray Ruffels Ray Ruffels AUS Quarterfinal
RD Robin Drysdale GBR Quarterfinal
AS Allan Stone AUS Round of 16
BS Bill Scanlon USA Round of 16
Chris Lewis Chris Lewis NZL Round of 16
CL Cliff Letcher AUS Round of 16
DB Dick Bohrnstedt USA Round of 16
KM Karl Meiler GER Round of 16
Stan Smith Stan Smith USA Round of 16
Tim Gullikson Tim Gullikson USA Round of 16
AG Alvin Gardiner AUS Round of 32
Barry Phillips Moore Barry Phillips Moore AUS Round of 32
BL Bill Lloyd AUS Round of 32
Brad Drewett Brad Drewett AUS Round of 32
CK Chris Kachel AUS Round of 32
Colin Dibley Colin Dibley AUS Round of 32
Dick Crealy Dick Crealy AUS Round of 32
Geoff Masters Geoff Masters AUS Round of 32
JN Jan Norback SWE Round of 32
JJ John James AUS Round of 32
JA Jorge Andrew VEN Round of 32
NP Noel Phillips AUS Round of 32
PM Paul Mcnamee AUS Round of 32
PF Peter Feigl AUT Round of 32
PD Phil Dent AUS Round of 32
RL Richard Lewis GBR Round of 32
BL Bill Lofgren USA Round of 64
Bob Carmichael Bob Carmichael AUS Round of 64
BF Brian Fairlie NZL Round of 64
BT Brian Teacher USA Round of 64
CC Christophe Casa FRA Round of 64
CS Christopher Sylvan USA Round of 64
DC Dale Collings AUS Round of 64
DP Douglas Palm SWE Round of 64
ET Eliot Teltscher USA Round of 64
EF Eric Friedler USA Round of 64
GH George Hardie USA Round of 64
GM Gilles Moretton FRA Round of 64
JB John Bartlett AUS Round of 64
JF John Feaver GBR Round of 64
JM John Marks AUS Round of 64
KW Kim Warwick AUS Round of 64
MA Mal Anderson AUS Round of 64
MM Mike Machette USA Round of 64
Onny Parun Onny Parun NZL Round of 64
PC Peter Campbell AUS Round of 64
PM Peter Mcnamara AUS Round of 64
RF Rod Frawley AUS Round of 64
Roscoe Tanner Roscoe Tanner USA Round of 64
SC Scott Carnahan USA Round of 64
SD Steve Docherty AUS Round of 64
SB Syd Ball AUS Round of 64
TR Terry Rocavert AUS Round of 64
TW Tim Wilkison USA Round of 64
TG Tom Gorman USA Round of 64
Tony Roche Tony Roche AUS Round of 64
WM Warren Maher AUS Round of 64
WB Woody Blocher USA Round of 64