Guillermo Vilas defeated Brian Gottfried in the final, 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1977 French Open. It was his first major singles title, becoming the first Argentine to win a singles major.
Adriano Panatta was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Raúl Ramírez. Two time champion, Bjorn Borg, skipped the tournament to play World TeamTennis
Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Guillermo Vilas is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals) Adriano Panatta (quarterfinals) Guillermo Vilas (champion) Eddie Dibbs (second round) Brian Gottfried (finalist) Raúl Ramírez (semifinals) Harold Solomon (fourth round) Antonio Muñoz (second round) Wojciech Fibak (quarterfinals) Stan Smith (fourth round) Corrado Barazzutti (first round) Robert Lutz (first round) Jan Kodeš (fourth round) Jaime Fillol Sr. (first round) Balázs Taróczy (third round) François Jauffret (second round)
Draw
Finals
Bottom half Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links ATP – 1977 French Open men's singles draw 1977 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation