1977 Australian Open (December) – Men's doubles

Arthur Ashe and Tony Roche were the defending champions.

Men's doubles
1977 Australian Open (December)
Final
Champion	Ray Ruffels Allan Stone
Runner-up	John Alexander Phil Dent
Score	7–6, 7–6
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Seeds

1.   John Alexander /   Phil Dent (final)
2.   Syd Ball /   Kim Warwick (second round)
3.   John Newcombe /   Tony Roche (quarterfinals)
4.   Tim Gullikson /   Geoff Masters (quarterfinals)
5.   Cliff Letcher /   Stan Smith (semifinals)
6.   Colin Dibley /   Chris Kachel (semifinals)
7.   Ray Ruffels /   Allan Stone (champion)
8.   Brian Fairlie /   Karl Meiler (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	John Alexander   Phil Dent	7	6
	6	Colin Dibley   Chris Kachel	6	3
								1	John Alexander   Phil Dent	6	6
								7	Ray Ruffels   Allan Stone	7	7
	5	Cliff Letcher   Stan Smith	6	6	3
	7	Ray Ruffels   Allan Stone	7	4	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	J Alexander   P Dent	7	6
		G Braun   D Collings	5	1				1	J Alexander   P Dent	4	6	6
		S Docherty   E Teltscher	6	2					C Casa   G Moretton	6	3	3
		C Casa   G Moretton^[1]	7	6											1	J Alexander   P Dent	4	6	12
		M Anderson   B Drewett	6	6											8	B Fairlie   K Meiler	6	4	10
		A Gardiner   B Giltinan	3	4					M Anderson   B Drewett	3	5
		P Campbell   J Thamin	3	3				8	B Fairlie   K Meiler	6	7
	8	B Fairlie   K Meiler	6	6																		1	J Alexander   P Dent	7	6
	6	C Dibley   C Kachel	6	7																		6	C Dibley   C Kachel	6	3
		B Carmichael   C Lewis	0	6				6	C Dibley   C Kachel	6	6
		T Clements   T Stone	6	3	2				J Marks   B Scanlon	4	4
		J Marks   B Scanlon	4	6	6										6	C Dibley   C Kachel	6	6
		V Eke   C Sylvan	6	4	6										4	T Gullikson   G Masters	4	4
		J Feaver   J James	3	6	4				V Eke   C Sylvan	4	4
		D Carter   W Maher	5	4				4	T Gullikson   G Masters	6	6
	4	T Gullikson   G Masters	7	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	3	J Newcombe   T Roche	6	6
		T Little   N Phillips	3	4				3	J Newcombe   T Roche	6	6
		P Dougherty   R Kelly	3	2					J Bartlett   T Rocavert	3	4
		J Bartlett   T Rocavert	6	6											3	J Newcombe   T Roche	3	6	7
		S Carnahan   B Phillips-Moore	4	7	3										5	C Letcher   S Smith	6	3	9
		C Fancutt   L Hall	6	6	6				C Fancutt   L Hall	2	2
		S Clarke   W Durham	3	3				5	C Letcher   S Smith	6	6
	5	C Letcher   S Smith	6	6																		5	C Letcher   S Smith	6	6	3
	7	R Ruffels   A Stone	6	6																		7	R Ruffels   A Stone	7	4	6
		W Lloyd   P McNamee	3	1				7	R Ruffels   A Stone	7	7
		J Andrew   W Lofgren	6	4					W Blocher   G Hardie	6	6
		W Blocher   G Hardie	7	6											7	R Ruffels   A Stone	6	7
		R Frawley   G Thomson	4	5												R Drysdale   R Lewis	3	5
		R Drysdale   R Lewis	6	7					R Drysdale   R Lewis	6	6
		P McNamara   J Trickey	1	4				2	S Ball   K Warwick	4	3
	2	S Ball   K Warwick	6	6

References

1. "SPORTS RESULTS Tennis". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 January 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via Trove.

External links

• 1977 Australian Open (December) – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation