1977 Alan King Tennis Classic – Singles
# 1977 Alan King Tennis Classic – Singles

First-seeded Jimmy Connors retained his title, defeating second-seeded Raúl Ramírez in the final.

## Seeds

* Jimmy Connors (champion)
* Raúl Ramírez (final)
* Roscoe Tanner (first round)
* Adriano Panatta (first round)
* Ken Rosewall (second round)
* Mark Cox (first round)
* Stan Smith (quarterfinals)
* Bob Lutz (second round)
* Cliff Drysdale (second round)
* Jaime Fillol (quarterfinals)
* Cliff Richey (first round)
* John Alexander (quarterfinals)
* Phil Dent (first round)
* Bill Scanlon (second round)
* Brian Fairlie (first round)
* Vijay Amritraj (first round)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jimmy Connors | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Bob Hewitt | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Bob Hewitt | 3 | 5 | 1 | Jimmy Connors | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Raúl Ramírez | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| | Colin Dibley | 4 | 6 | 2 | Raúl Ramírez | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Connors | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Bengtson | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | J Connors | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Gullikson | 6 | 7 | | | T Gullikson | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | V Amritraj | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Connors | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 9 | C Drysdale | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | S Smith | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | O Parun | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | C Drysdale | 7 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mitton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | S Smith | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Smith | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Connors | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | K Rosewall | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Hewitt | 3 | 5 |
| | C Pasarell | 4 | 6 | | 5 | K Rosewall | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Moore | 4 | 2 | | 12 | J Alexander | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | J Alexander | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | J Alexander | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | |
| 13 | P Dent | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | B Hewitt | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Hewitt | 2 | 6 | 7 | | B Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Edmondson | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Edmondson | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Tanner | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | A Panatta | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Riessen | 6 | 6 | | | M Riessen | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pattison | 4 | 4 | | 14 | B Scanlon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | B Scanlon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Riessen | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 11 | C Richey | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | C Dibley | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Dibley | 6 | 2 | 6 | | C Dibley | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Laver | 6 | 6 | | | R Laver | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Cox | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Dibley | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | B Lutz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | R Ramírez | 6 | 7 |
| | B Martin | 1 | 3 | | 8 | B Lutz | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Masters | 3 | 6 | | 10 | J Fillol | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | J Fillol | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 10 | J Fillol | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| 15 | B Fairlie | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | R Ramírez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Teacher | 6 | 6 | | | B Teacher | 7 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Borowiak | 4 | 1 | | 2 | R Ramírez | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Ramírez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
