Champions' hall
Tournament
Australian Open-2
Grass · Grand Slam · 2 editions
Period1977ATP + WTA
Editions2with results
Matches94in the database
Champions2different players
Participants96different players
Record book
1977 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Vitas Gerulaitis6 matches · 100% win rate6
- 2 Evonne Goolagong5 matches · 100% win rate5
- 3 John Lloyd6 matches · 83.3% win rate5
- 4 Bob Giltinan5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 5 John Alexander5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 6 Helen Gourlay5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 7 Ken Rosewall4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 8 John Newcombe4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 9 Ray Ruffels4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 10 Robin Drysdale4 matches · 75% win rate3
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsHow the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
ATP · youngest Vitas Gerulaitis23 years, 4 months1977
ATP · oldest Vitas Gerulaitis23 years, 4 months1977
WTA · youngest Evonne Goolagong26 years, 4 months1977
WTA · oldest Evonne Goolagong26 years, 4 months1977
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 1Vitas Gerulaitis · 1977 ATP
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
1campaign
Record holder: Evonne Goolagong · 1 time
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–2 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Jan Norback defeated Gilles Moretton
6-7 1-6 6-3 6-4 7-5Richard Lewis defeated Tony Roche
4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1977 · ATP and WTA1977ATP
Champion
Vitas GerulaitisFinal: Vitas Gerulaitis × John Lloyd
6-3 7-6 5-7 3-6 6-2
December 19, 1977 · 63 matchesSee all results →1977WTA
Champion
Evonne GoolagongFinal: Evonne Goolagong × Helen Gourlay
6-3 6-0
December 19, 1977 · 31 matchesSee all results →