1977 French Open – Men's singles

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.

Adriano Panatta was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Raúl Ramírez.

Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Guillermo Vilas is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


 * 1) 🇷🇴 Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇮🇹 Adriano Panatta (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇦🇷 Guillermo Vilas (champion)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Eddie Dibbs (second round)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried (finalist)
 * 6) 🇲🇽 Raúl Ramírez (semifinals)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Harold Solomon (fourth round)
 * 8) 🇪🇸 Antonio Muñoz (second round)
 * 9) 🇵🇱 Wojtek Fibak (quarterfinals)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Stan Smith (fourth round)
 * 11) 🇮🇹 Corrado Barazzutti (first round)
 * 12) 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz (first round)
 * 13)  Jan Kodeš (fourth round)
 * 14) 🇨🇱 Jaime Fillol Sr. (first round)
 * 15) 🇭🇺 Balázs Taróczy (third round)
 * 16) 🇫🇷 François Jauffret (second round)

Key

 * Q = Qualifier
 * WC = Wild card
 * LL = Lucky loser
 * r = Retired