1982 Australian Open – Men's singles

Defending champion Johan Kriek defeated Steve Denton in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1982 Australian Open. Kriek saved a match point en route to the title, against Paul McNamee in the semifinals. The format of this year's tournament was best of 5 sets in the first two rounds, best of 3 sets in rounds 3 and 4, then best of 5 sets for the rest of the tournament.

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


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Johan Kriek (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Steve Denton (final)
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Mark Edmondson (first round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Brian Teacher (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Tim Mayotte (third round)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Hank Pfister (semifinals)
 * 7) 🇦🇺 John Alexander (fourth round)
 * 8) 🇳🇿 Chris Lewis (third round)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 John Sadri (fourth round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Tim Wilkison (third round)
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Jeff Borowiak (fourth round)
 * 12) 🇵🇾 Víctor Pecci (first round)
 * 13) 🇦🇺 Phil Dent (fourth round)
 * 14) 🇳🇿 Russell Simpson (second round)
 * 15) 🇺🇸 Fritz Buehning (first round)
 * 16) 🇦🇺 Paul McNamee (semifinals)