1977 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
1977 tennis event results
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Björn Borg was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1977 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
| Champion |  Jimmy Connors |
| Runner-up | Dick Stockton |
| Score | 6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Draw | 8 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Jimmy Connors won in the final 6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 against Dick Stockton.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Jimmy Connors (champion)- Dick Stockton (final)
Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)
Wojciech Fibak (quarterfinals)- Vitas Gerulaitis (semifinals)
- Eddie Dibbs (semifinals)
Adriano Panatta (quarterfinals)
Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jimmy Connors
| 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Adriano Panatta
| 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jimmy Connors
| 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Eddie Dibbs
| 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Ilie Năstase
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Eddie Dibbs
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jimmy Connors
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dick Stockton
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Vitas Gerulaitis
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Wojciech Fibak
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Vitas Gerulaitis
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dick Stockton
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Cliff Drysdale
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dick Stockton
| 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1977 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw (Archived[link removed] 2009-05-06)