2020_Australian_Open_–_Main_draw_wildcard_entries

2020 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

2020 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

Tennis tournament


The 2020 Australian Open wildcard playoffs and entries are a group of events and internal selections to choose the eight men and eight women singles wildcard entries for the 2020 Australian Open, as well as seven male and seven female doubles teams plus eight mixed-doubles teams.

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Wildcard entries

Men's singles

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Women's singles

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Men's doubles

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Women's doubles

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Mixed doubles

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American Wildcard Challenge

The USTA awarded a wildcard to the man and woman that earned the most ranking points across a group of three ATP/Challenger hardcourt events in the October and November 2019. For the men, the events included ATP Paris, Shenzhen, Charlottesville, Playford, Bratislava, Knoxville, Kobe, Houston, Champaign, Helsinki, Ortisei and Pune events. For the women, the events included Macon, Poitiers, Saguenay, Tyler, Toronto, Liuzhou, Nantes, Las Vegas, Shenzhen, Houston, Taipei and Tokyo events. For men, only the best two results from the three weeks of events were taken into account. While for women only the best three results from the four weeks of events were taken into account. Any player who otherwise qualified for the main draw of was excluded from wildcard considerations (as happened, in the case of Marcos Giron).

Men's standings

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Women's standings

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Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff

The Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off featured 16-players in the men's and women's singles draws and took place from 4 to 8 December 2019 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Chinese Taipei Jason Jung (final)
  2. Japan Tatsuma Ito (winner)
  3. India Ramkumar Ramanathan (first round)
  4. Uzbekistan Denis Istomin (first round)
  5. South Korea Lee Duck-hee (semifinals)
  6. South Korea Nam Ji-sung (quarterfinals)
  7. India Sasikumar Mukund (quarterfinals)
  8. Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua (first round)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Chinese Taipei J Jung 6 6
WC China Cui Jie 3 4 1 Chinese Taipei J Jung 6 6
8 Chinese Taipei T-h Yang 3 3 Q Japan Y Mochizuki 1 4
Q Japan Yuki Mochizuki 6 6 1 Chinese Taipei J Jung 6 6
3 India R Ramanathan 3 0 5 South Korea D-h Lee 2 1
China Ze Zhang 6 6 China Ze Zhang 5 3
5 South Korea D-h Lee 6 6 5 South Korea D-h Lee 7 6
Q Japan S Shimabukuro 2 1 1 Chinese Taipei J Jung 5 4
Q India Sidharth Rawat 3 2 2 Japan T Ito 7 6
7 India S Mukund 6 6 7 India S Mukund 4 3
South Korea Y-s Chung 7 6 South Korea Y-s Chung 6 6
4 Uzbekistan D Istomin 5 3 South Korea Y-s Chung 6 4 4
WC China Bu Yunchaokete 4 0 2 Japan T Ito 1 6 6
6 South Korea J-s Nam 6 6 6 South Korea J-s Nam 6 1 1
Q Japan Jumpei Yamasaki 2 2 2 Japan T Ito 3 6 6
2 Japan T Ito 6 6

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. South Korea Han Na-lae (winner)
  2. Japan Ayano Shimizu (final)
  3. Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan (first round)
  4. South Korea Jang Su-jeong (quarterfinals)
  5. Japan Junri Namigata (quarterfinals)
  6. China Sun Ziyue (first round)
  7. Japan Eri Hozumi (quarterfinals)
  8. South Korea Kim Da-bin (first round)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 South Korea N-l Han 6 6
Japan E Hayashi 3 2 1 South Korea N-l Han 6 6
7 Japan E Hozumi 6 6 7 Japan E Hozumi 1 1
WC China X Sun 3 2 1 South Korea N-l Han 6 6
4 South Korea S-j Jang 6 6 Q Chinese Taipei K-c Chang 0 4
Q China X Jiang 3 3 4 South Korea S-j Jang 1 5
6 China Z Sun 6 4 0 Q Chinese Taipei K-c Chang 6 7
Q Chinese Taipei K-c Chang 4 6 6 1 South Korea N-l Han 6 6
WC China Q Tang 0 77 7 2 Japan A Shimizu 2 2
8 South Korea D-b Kim 6 64 5 WC China Q Tang 6 3 1
Q South Korea S-h Park 6 6 Q South Korea S-h Park 4 6 6
3 Chinese Taipei Y-h Lee 4 1 Q South Korea S-h Park 4 2
Q China Q Ye 2r 2 Japan A Shimizu 6 6
5 Japan J Namigata 3 5 Japan J Namigata 4 1
WC Papua New Guinea A Tere-Apisah 1 6 2 2 Japan A Shimizu 6 6
2 Japan A Shimizu 6 1 6

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. China Gong Maoxin / China Zhang Ze (final)
  2. South Korea Nam Ji-sung / South Korea Song Min-kyu (winners)
  3. India Arjun Kadhe / India Ramkumar Ramanathan (quarterfinals)
  4. New Zealand Rhett Purcell / Japan Jumpei Yamasaki (semifinals)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China M Gong
China Ze Zhang
6 6
China Cui Jie
China Bu Yunchaokete
2 0
1 China M Gong
China Ze Zhang
77 6
Japan Y Mochizuki
Japan S Shimabukuro
63 3
3 India A Kadhe
India R Ramanathan
3 6 [11]
Japan Yuki Mochizuki
Japan S Shimabukuro
6 6 Japan Y Mochizuki
Japan S Shimabukuro
6 3 [13]
Chinese Taipei H-y Peng
Chinese Taipei T-h Yang
3 4 1 China M Gong
China Ze Zhang
6 2 [6]
2 South Korea J-s Nam
South Korea M-k Song
4 6 [10]
China Zhao Zhao
China Zheng Baoluo
5 6 [3]
4 New Zealand R Purcell
Japan Jumpei Yamasaki
7 4 [10]
4 New Zealand R Purcell
Japan J Yamasaki
5 3
2 South Korea J-s Nam
South Korea M-k Song
7 6
China Li Zekai
China Lu Pengyu
2 4
2 South Korea J-s Nam
South Korea M-k Song
6 6

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. China Jiang Xinyu / China Tang Qianhui (semifinals)
  2. Japan Eri Hozumi / Japan Junri Namigata (quarterfinals)
  3. South Korea Choi Ji-hee / South Korea Han Na-lae (semifinals)
  4. Chinese Taipei Chen Pei-hsuan / Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-chieh (quarterfinals)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China X Jiang
China Q Tang
w/o
South Korea D-b Kim
China Q Ye
6 6 South Korea D-b Kim
China Q Ye
Japan E Hayashi
Papua New Guinea A Tere-Apisah
2 2 1 China X Jiang
China Q Tang
6 3 [7]
South Korea S-j Jang
South Korea N-r Kim
4 6 [10]
4 Chinese Taipei P-h Chen
Chinese Taipei Y-c Hsieh
6 2r
South Korea S-j Jang
South Korea N-r Kim
3 2
South Korea S-j Jang
South Korea N-r Kim
2 6 [7]
Chinese Taipei Y-h Lee
Chinese Taipei F-h Wu
6 3 [10]
Chinese Taipei K-c Chang
Chinese Taipei C-w Hsu
5 3
3 South Korea J-h Choi
South Korea N-l Han
7 6
3 South Korea J-h Choi
South Korea N-l Han
1 2
Chinese Taipei Y-h Lee
Chinese Taipei F-h Wu
6 2 [10] Chinese Taipei Y-h Lee
Chinese Taipei F-h Wu
6 6
China X Sun
China Z Sun
2 6 [5] Chinese Taipei Y-h Lee
Chinese Taipei F-h Wu
6 6
2 Japan E Hozumi
Japan J Namigata
4 4

Australian Wildcard Playoff

The December Showdown is held annually for two weeks in December. The Showdown includes age championships for 12/u, 14/u, 16/u and 18/u age categories. It also hosts the 2020 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 9–15 December 2019 at Melbourne Park, offering a main draw singles wildcard for men and women and a main draw women's doubles wildcard.

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Australia Alex Bolt (semifinals)
  2. Australia Andrew Harris (first round)
  3. Australia Max Purcell (final)
  4. Australia Aleksandar Vukic (quarterfinals)
  5. Australia Harry Bourchier (quarterfinals)
  6. Australia John-Patrick Smith (winner)
  7. Australia Luke Saville (quarterfinals)
  8. Australia Maverick Banes (semifinals)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia A Bolt 63 6 62 3
Australia B Mott 77 4 77 3r 1 Australia A Bolt 6 2 6 6
Australia T Fancutt 3 3 77 6 3 7 Australia L Saville 4 6 3 4
7 Australia L Saville 6 6 65 4 6 1 Australia A Bolt 63 2 3
3 Australia M Purcell 6 6 6 3 Australia M Purcell 77 6 6
WC Australia D Sweeny 0 0 4 3 Australia M Purcell 77 6 6
WC Australia C Puttergill 3 3 3 5 Australia H Bourchier 64 3 1
5 Australia H Bourchier 6 6 6 3 Australia M Purcell 3 4 1
6 Australia J-P Smith 6 77 6 6 Australia J-P Smith 6 6 6
Australia B Walkin 3 61 3 6 Australia J-P Smith 6 615 6 6
Australia Jacob Grills 4 4 3 4 Australia A Vukic 3 717 3 1
4 Australia A Vukic 6 6 6 6 Australia J-P Smith 6 6 6
8 Australia M Banes 77 6 6 8 Australia M Banes 2 1 3
WC Australia R Hijikata 62 4 1 8 Australia M Banes 4 6 4 7 7
WC Australia T Schoolkate 4 77 6 3 6 WC Australia T Schoolkate 6 0 6 5 5
2 Australia A Harris 6 62 2 6 2

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Australia Maddison Inglis (quarterfinals)
  2. Australia Lizette Cabrera (withdrew)
  3. Australia Destanee Aiava (quarterfinals)
  4. Australia Arina Rodionova (winner)
  5. Australia Ellen Perez (first round)
  6. Australia Jaimee Fourlis (first round)
  7. Australia Belinda Woolcock (semifinals)
  8. Australia Abbie Myers (semifinals)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia M Inglis 2 6 6
WC Australia C Kempenaers-Pocz 6 3 4 1 Australia M Inglis 3 2
Australia A Bai 3 4 7 Australia B Woolcock 6 6
7 Australia B Woolcock 6 6 7 Australia B Woolcock 2 6 2
4 Australia Ar Rodionova 6 6 4 Australia Ar Rodionova 6 4 6
WC Australia S Tomic 1 2 4 Australia Ar Rodionova 7 6
Australia O Tjandramulia 6 4 6 Australia O Tjandramulia 5 0
6 Australia J Fourlis 1 6 4 4 Australia Ar Rodionova 6 7
5 Australia E Perez 3 1 Australia S Sanders 4 5
Australia S Sanders 6 6 Australia S Sanders 6 6
WC Australia T Gibson 1 62 3 Australia D Aiava 2 3
3 Australia D Aiava 6 77 Australia S Sanders 77 6
8 Australia A Myers 5 6 6 8 Australia A Myers 61 2
Australia A Bozovic 7 3 4 8 Australia A Myers 6 4 6
WC Australia G Da Silva-Fick 6 4 7 WC Australia G Da Silva-Fick 2 6 3
Alt Australia A Parnaby 2 6 5

Women's doubles

Seeds

Draw

First round Semifinals Final
               
1 Australia J Fourlis
Australia Ar Rodionova
66 0
WC Australia T Gibson
Australia A Poulos
78 6
WC Australia T Gibson
Australia A Poulos
77 4 2
Australia A Bozovic
Australia A Marshall
64 6 6
3 Australia A Myers
Australia B Woolcock
3 4
Australia A Bozovic
Australia A Marshall
6 6
Australia A Bozovic
Australia A Marshall
6 6
4 Australia G Da Silva-Fick
Australia O Tjandramulia
2 3
Australia A Parnaby
Australia S Tomic
6 1 68
4 Australia G Da Silva-Fick
Australia O Tjandramulia
4 6 710
4 Australia G Da Silva-Fick
Australia O Tjandramulia
w/o
2 Australia D Aiava
Australia L Cabrera
Australia Laura Ashley
Australia I Bozicevic
4 2
2 Australia D Aiava
Australia L Cabrera
6 6

Notes

  1. Marcos Giron was the original winner for the USTA Wildcard Challenge alongside CoCo Vandeweghe. However, when some original players in the entry list field withdrew from the tournament, Giron was moved up directly entering to the main draw as an alternate. His runner-up, Michael Mmoh replaced him.

References

  1. "Vandeweghe, Giron win 2020 Australian Open Wild Card Challenges". USTA. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. "Pauline Parmentier, Hugo Gaston and Diane Parry earn Australian Open WC's". Tennis World USA. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. "From washing boats to Australian Open main draw". Australian Associated Press. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. "Maria Sharapova awarded AO2020 wildcard". Tennis Australia. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

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