# 1977 New Zealand Open – Singles

Vijay Amritraj defeated Tim Wilkison 7–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 to win the 1977 New Zealand Open singles competition. Onny Parun was the champion but did not defend his title.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Vijay Amritraj (champion)
* Chris Lewis (semifinals)
* Russell Simpson (quarterfinals)
* Anand Amritraj (second round)
* Richard Lewis (semifinals)
* Steve Docherty (second round)
* Paul McNamee (first round)
* Bob Giltinan (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q - Qualifier
NB: The Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final were the best of 5 sets while the First and Second Round were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Vijay Amritraj | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| | Tim Wilkison | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | V Amritraj | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Collings | 4 | 2 | | 1 | V Amritraj | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Campbell | 4 | 4 | | Q | D Brown | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | V Amritraj | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P McNamee | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | P McNamara | 0 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | N Kelaidis | 6 | 7 | | | N Kelaidis | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Slater | 6 | 2 | | | P McNamara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P McNamara | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | V Amritraj | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | R Simpson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | R Lewis | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| | S Mott | 4 | 5 | | 3 | R Simpson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Smith | 4 | 6 | 4 | | J Trickey | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Trickey | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | R Simpson | 5 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | R Lewis | 7 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Hawkes | 4 | 2 | | 5 | R Lewis | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Langsford | 6 | 6 | | | P Langsford | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Bailey | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Q | G Oliver | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Wilkison | 6 | 6 | 6 | | T Wilkison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Mills | 6 | 1 | | 6 | S Docherty | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Docherty | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Wilkison | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | W Lofgren | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Ewert | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | E Ewert | 6 | 6 | | | E Ewert | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Myers | 0 | 1 | | 4 | A Amritraj | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Amritraj | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Wilkison | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| | M Bahrami | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | R Frawley | 6 | 6 | | | R Frawley | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Holladay | 7 | 6 | | | J Holladay | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | B Giltinan | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | R Frawley | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | D Martin, Jr. | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Simmonds | 6 | 7 | | Q | D Simmonds | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Braun | 1 | 1 | | 2 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |