1977 Australian Open (December)

1977 Australian Open (December)
Date	19 – 31 December^[1]
Edition	66th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Grass
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^[1]
Venue	Kooyong 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]

The 1977 Australian Open (December) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[1] The tournament 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.

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 4th 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]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Ray Kelly^[7]

Girls' singles

Amanda Tobin^[8]

References

1 2 3 4 "Australian Open 1977 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
↑ "Vitas Bounces Back For Australian Title". Rome News-Tribune. 1 January 1978.
↑ "Evonne Captures Fourth". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 2 January 1978.
↑ "Australian Open 1977 - Men's Doubles". ITFTennis.com.
1 2 "Australian Open 1977 - Women's Doubles". ITFTennis.com.
↑ Mona Guerrant
↑ "Honour Roll - Boys' Singles". AustralianOpen.com.
↑ "Honour Roll - Girls' Singles". AustralianOpen.com.

Preceded by 1977 US Open	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 1978 French Open

Australian Open

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Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles

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