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2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

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The 2019 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 2019 Australian Open, as well as seven male and seven female doubles teams plus eight mixed-doubles teams.

2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
DateNovember 2018 – January 2019
Edition107th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Location(various) United States
Zhuhai, China
Melbourne, Australia
← 2018 · Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries · 2020 →

Wildcard entries

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Men's singles

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Country Name Method of Qualification
  USA Jack Sock[1] American Wildcard Challenge
  CHN Li Zhe[1] Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[2] French internal selection
  AUS James Duckworth[3] Australian Wildcard Playoff
  AUS Jason Kubler[1] Australian internal selection
  AUS Alex Bolt[4] Australian internal selection
  AUS Marc Polmans[4] Australian internal selection
  AUS Alexei Popyrin[4] Australian internal selection

Women's singles

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Country Name Method of Qualification
  USA Whitney Osuigwe[1] American Wildcard Challenge
  CHN Peng Shuai[1] Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
  FRA Clara Burel[2] French internal selection
  AUS Priscilla Hon[1] Australian Wildcard Challenge
  AUS Kimberly Birrell[3] Australian Wildcard Playoff
  AUS Ellen Perez[5] Australian internal selection
  AUS Destanee Aiava[5] Australian internal selection
  AUS Zoe Hives[5] Australian internal selection

Men's doubles

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Country Name Method of Qualification
  CHN
  CHN 		Gong Maoxin
Zhang Ze 		Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
  AUS
  AUS 		Alex Bolt
Marc Polmans 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		James Duckworth
Jordan Thompson 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Blake Ellis
Alexei Popyrin 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Lleyton Hewitt
John-Patrick Smith 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Nick Kyrgios
Matt Reid 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Max Purcell
Luke Saville 		Australian internal selection

Women's doubles

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Country Name Method of Qualification
  TPE
  TPE 		Chang Kai-chen
Hsu Ching-wen 		Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
  AUS
  AUS 		Destanee Aiava
Naiktha Bains 		Australian Wildcard Playoff
  AUS
  AUS 		Ellen Perez
Arina Rodionova 		Australian Wildcard Challenge
  AUS
  AUS 		Alison Bai
Zoe Hives 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Kimberly Birrell
Priscilla Hon 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Lizette Cabrera
Jaimee Fourlis 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Astra Sharma
Isabelle Wallace 		Australian internal selection

Mixed doubles

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Country Name Method of Qualification
  AUS
  AUS 		Monique Adamczak
Matt Reid 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Priscilla Hon
Alexei Popyrin 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Maddison Inglis
Jason Kubler 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Jessica Moore
Andrew Whittington 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  AUS 		Astra Sharma
John-Patrick Smith 		Australian internal selection
  AUS
  IND 		Samantha Stosur
Leander Paes 		Australian internal selection
  POL
  POL 		Iga Świątek
Łukasz Kubot 		Australian internal selection
  CHN
  AUS 		Zhang Shuai
John Peers 		Australian internal selection

American Wildcard Challenge

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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 2018. For the men, the events included ATP Paris, $75K Canberra, $75K Charlottesville, $75K+H Shenzhen, €106K+H Bratislava, €85K+H Mouilleron-le-Captif, $150K+H Bangalore, $150K+H Houston, $75K Champaign and $50K+H Kobe events. For the women, the events included $80K Macon, $80K Tyler and $80K Las Vegas and $150K+H Houston. 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. The winners of the wildcard challenge were Jack Sock and Whitney Osuigwe.

Men's standings

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Place Player ATP Paris
Canberra
Charlottesville
Shenzhen 		Bratislava
Mouilleron-le-Captif
Knoxville 		Bangalore
Houston
Champaign
Kobe 		Best Two Results[6]
1 Jack Sock 180 — — 180
2 Reilly Opelka — 80 80 160
3 Bradley Klahn 29 7 125 154
4 Tommy Paul 80 — 29 109
5 Roy Smith — — 75 75

Women's standings

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Place Player Macon Tyler Las Vegas Houston Best Three Results[7]
1 Whitney Osuigwe 10 115 — 35 160
2 Varvara Lepchenko 115 10 1 15 140
3 Lauren Davis 10 21 10 95 126
4 Nicole Gibbs 1 10 70 15 95
5 Danielle Lao 21 42 21 — 84

Australian Women's Wildcard Challenge

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Tennis Australia awarded a singles wildcard and a doubles wildcard to the Australian women that earned the most ranking points across a group of two ITF hardcourt events in the October and November 2018. The events included the 2018 Bendigo Women's International and the 2018 Canberra Tennis International. The winner of the wildcards were Priscilla Hon, and Ellen Perez and Arina Rodionova.

Singles standings

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Place Player Bendigo Canberra Total Points
1 Priscilla Hon 80 8 88
2 Zoe Hives 1 80 81
3 Olivia Rogowska 15 48 63
4 Ellen Perez 48 8 56
5 Astra Sharma 15 29 44

Doubles standings

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Place Player Bendigo Canberra Total Points
1 Ellen Perez
Arina Rodionova		 80 80 160
2 Destanee Aiava
Naiktha Bains		 29 48 77
3 Lizette Cabrera
Jaimee Fourlis		 15 29 44
4 Alison Bai
Zoe Hives		 29 1 30
5 Priscilla Hon
Olivia Rogowska		 0 29 29

Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff

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The Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off featured 16-players in the men's and women's singles draws and took place from 26 November to 2 December 2018 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.

Men's singles

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Seeds

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  1.   Lee Duck-hee (semifinals)
  2.   Zhang Ze (final)
  3.   Li Zhe (winner)
  4.   Yang Tsung-hua (first round)
  5.   Chung Yun-seong (quarterfinals)
  6.   Kaichi Uchida (semifinals)
  7.   Renta Tokuda (quarterfinals)
  8.   Wu Di (first round)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   D-h Lee 6 6
  Liu Hanyi 1 2 1   D-h Lee 6 6
  A Kadhe 63 1 7   R Tokuda 4 4
7   Renta Tokuda 77 6 1   D-h Lee 65 3
3   Z Li 78 6 3   Z Li 77 6
WC   Cui Jie 66 1 3   Z Li 6 6
WC   R Te 61 1 5   Y-s Chung 4 4
5   Y-s Chung 77 6 3   Z Li 1 77 6
6   K Uchida 77 5 78 2   Ze Zhang 6 62 4
  T-l Wu 64 7 66 6   K Uchida 6 6
  Y-h Hsu 6 6   Y-h Hsu 2 2
4   T-h Yang 3 1 6   K Uchida 4 1
8   D Wu 2 3 2   Ze Zhang 6 6
WC   C Sinclair 6 6 WC   C Sinclair 1 1
  Sidharth Rawat 4 2 2   Ze Zhang 6 6
2   Ze Zhang 6 6

Women's singles

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Seeds

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  1.   Peng Shuai (winner)
  2.   Jang Su-jeong (quarterfinals)
  3.   Xun Fangying (first round)
  4.   Peangtarn Plipuech (first round)
  5.   Mai Minokoshi (first round)
  6.   Hiroko Kuwata (first round)
  7.   Pranjala Yadlapalli (quarterfinals)
  8.   Wang Xinyu (first round)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   S Peng 6 7
  M Imanishi 0 5 1   S Peng 6 5 6
WC   A Tere-Apisah 4 6 7 WC   A Tere-Apisah 3 7 0
6   H Kuwata 6 4 5 1   S Peng 6 6
4   P Plipuech 3 4 WC   X You 2 2
WC   X You 6 6 WC   X You 4
WC   Gai Ao 6 77 WC   A Gai 3r
5   Mai Minokoshi 2 63 1   S Peng 6 1
7   P Yadlapalli 6 2 77 Q   K-c Chang 2 0r
Q   Mana Ayukawa 2 6 63 7   P Yadlapalli 2 5
Q   C Muramatsu 6 6 Q   C Muramatsu 6 7
3   F Xun 3 3 Q   C Muramatsu 3 3
8   Xin Wang 7 4 1 Q   K-c Chang 6 6
Q   K-c Chang 5 6 6 Q   K-c Chang 3 7 7
Q   M Hontama 1 2 2   S-j Jang 6 5 5
2   S-j Jang 6 6

Men's doubles

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Seeds

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  1.   Gong Maoxin /   Zhang Ze (winners)
  2.   Hsieh Cheng-peng /   Yang Tsung-hua (quarterfinals)
  3.   Sriram Balaji /   Arjun Kadhe (semifinals)
  4.   Toshihide Matsui /   Kaito Uesugi (final)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   M Gong
  Ze Zhang 		7 6
  Zheng Baoluo
  Zhou Xinmu 		3 0   Y-h Hsu
  T-l Wu 		5 4
  Y-h Hsu
  T-l Wu 		6 6 1   M Gong
  Ze Zhang 		6 6
3   S Balaji
  A Kadhe 		4 2
3   S Balaji
  A Kadhe 		6 4 [16]
  R Te
  D Wu 		1 6 [14]
1   M Gong
  Ze Zhang 		6 6
4   T Matsui
  K Uesugi 		1 2
  Cui Jie
  Liu Hanyi 		4 2
4   T Matsui
  K Uesugi 		6 6
4   T Matsui
  K Uesugi 		6 2 [11]
  H-y Peng
  J Wang 		6 6   H-y Peng
  J Wang 		0 6 [9]
  C Sinclair
  P-l Yeung 		2 3   H-y Peng
  J Wang 		6 4 [10]
2   C-p Hsieh
  T-h Yang 		4 6 [7]

Women's doubles

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Seeds

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  1.   Jiang Xinyu /   Tang Qianhui (semifinals)
  2.   Rika Fujiwara /   Hsieh Shu-ying (quarterfinals)
  3.   Peangtarn Plipuech /   Ye Qiuyu (quarterfinals)
  4.   Xun Fangying /   You Xiaodi (quarterfinals)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   X Jiang
  Q Tang 		6 6
  P-h Chen
  F-h Wu 		4 64   R Kajitani
  H Kuwata 		4 4
  Robu Kajitani
  H Kuwata 		6 77 1   X Jiang
  Q Tang 		2 6 [8]
  K-c Chang
  C-w Hsu 		6 2 [10]
4   F Xun
  X You 		5 64
  X Sun
  Zhao Qianqian 		1 4   K-c Chang
  C-w Hsu 		7 77
  K-c Chang
  C-w Hsu 		6 6   K-c Chang
  C-w Hsu 		6 1 [12]
  Cao Yajing
  Zhao Xichen 		2 2   E Hayashi
  M Imanishi 		2 6 [10]
  E Hayashi
  M Imanishi 		6 6   E Hayashi
  M Imanishi 		6 6
3   P Plipuech
  Q Ye 		3 3
  E Hayashi
  M Imanishi 		3 6 [10]
  S Feng
  J Kang 		62 1   E Sema
  A Tere-Apisah 		6 3 [7]
  E Sema
  A Tere-Apisah 		77 6   E Sema
  A Tere-Apisah 		6 6
2   R Fujiwara
  S-y Hsieh 		4 3

Australian Wildcard Playoff

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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 2019 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 10 to 16 December 2018 at Melbourne Park, offering a main draw singles wildcard for men and women and a main draw women's doubles wildcard.

Men's singles

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Seeds

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  1.   Alex Bolt (semifinals)
  2.   John-Patrick Smith (quarterfinals)
  3.   James Duckworth (winner)
  4.   Max Purcell (first round)
  5.   Akira Santillan (quarterfinals)
  6.   Maverick Banes (semifinals)
  7.   Bradley Mousley (first round)
  8.   Andrew Harris (first round)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   A Bolt 6 6 77
WC   A Vukic 3 4 65 1   A Bolt 6 66 6 6
  Jacob Grills 1 5 4 5   A Santillan 2 78 2 0
5   A Santillan 6 7 6 1   A Bolt 2 4 1
4   M Purcell 6 1 4 3 WC   L Saville 6 6 6
  D Kelly 4 6 6 6   D Kelly 5 6 2 63
WC   L Saville 6 6 6 WC   L Saville 7 3 6 77
7   B Mousley 3 4 4 WC   L Saville 3 7 5 62
8   A Harris 78 2 5 78 3 3   J Duckworth 6 5 7 77
WC   R Hijikata 66 6 7 66 6 WC   R Hijikata 3 4 6 3
  B Ellis 7 4 5 2 3   J Duckworth 6 6 3 6
3   J Duckworth 5 6 7 6 3   J Duckworth 64 7 6 6
6   M Banes 6 77 6 6   M Banes 77 5 1 3
WC   C O'Connell 4 63 0 6   M Banes 6 63 1 6 6
  J Beale 2 5 7 3 2   J-P Smith 4 77 6 0 2
2   J-P Smith 6 7 5 6

Women's singles

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Seeds

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  1.   Arina Rodionova (quarterfinals)
  2.   Ellen Perez (semifinals)
  3.   Jaimee Fourlis (quarterfinals)
  4.   Zoe Hives (semifinals)
  5.   Astra Sharma (final)
  6.   Lizette Cabrera (first round)
  7.   Destanee Aiava (first round)
  8.   Kimberly Birrell (winner)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Ar Rodionova 6 1
WC   O Tjandramulia 1 0r 1   Ar Rodionova 1 1
  I Wallace 6 1 4 5   A Sharma 6 6
5   A Sharma 3 6 6 5   A Sharma 3 6 6
4   Z Hives 6 6 4   Z Hives 6 4 3
  N Bains 4 3 4   Z Hives 6 6
  K McPhee 6 6   K McPhee 2 0
6   L Cabrera 2 4 5   A Sharma 4 2
8   K Birrell 7 6 8   K Birrell 6 6
WC   G Da Silva-Fick 5 1 8   K Birrell 6 77
WC   M Inglis 4 66 3   J Fourlis 4 64
3   J Fourlis 6 78 8   K Birrell 6 6
7   D Aiava 4 4 2   E Perez 4 4
  A Myers 6 6   A Myers 4 77 3
WC   A Bozovic 7 1 4 2   E Perez 6 61 6
2   E Perez 5 6 6

Women's doubles

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Seeds

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  1.   Destanee Aiava /   Naiktha Bains (winners)
  2.   Lizette Cabrera /   Jaimee Fourlis (semifinals)
  3.   Alison Bai /   Zoe Hives (semifinals)
  4.   Olivia Tjandramulia /   Belinda Woolcock (first round)

Draw

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First round Semifinals Final
               
1   D Aiava
  N Bains 		6 6
  M Inglis
  K McPhee 		3 1
1   D Aiava
  N Bains 		3 6 [10]
3   A Bai
  Z Hives 		6 1 [4]
WC   A Marshall
  A Poulos 		3 5
3   A Bai
  Z Hives 		6 7
1   D Aiava
  N Bains 		6 6
  A Sharma
  I Wallace 		2 3
4   O Tjandramulia
  B Woolcock 		4 3
  A Sharma
  I Wallace 		6 6
  A Sharma
  I Wallace 		6 4 [12]
2   L Cabrera
  J Fourlis 		4 6 [10]
WC   A Bozovic
  S Mendez 		4 2
2   L Cabrera
  J Fourlis 		6 6

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Priscilla Hon and Jason Kubler are awarded Australian Open and Brisbane International wildcards". Tennis Australia. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Open d'Australie : wild-card pour Jo-Wilfried Tsonga et Clara Burel". L'Équipe. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Birrell and Duckworth win Aussie Open wildcard playoffs". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Popyrin, Polmans, Bolt awarded Australian Open 2019 wildcards". Australian Open. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Australian Open Wildcards for Aiava, Perez and Hives". Tennis Australia. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 AUS Open WC Challenge – Men" (PDF). usta.com.
  7. ^ "2019 AUS Open WC Challenge – Women" (PDF). usta.com.
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