2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

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.

Wildcard entries

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

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 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

Women's standings

Australian Women's Wildcard Challenge

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

Doubles standings

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 26 November to 2 December 2018 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. South KoreaLee Duck-hee (semifinals)
  2. ChinaZhang Ze (final)
  3. ChinaLi Zhe (winner)
  4. Chinese TaipeiYang Tsung-hua (first round)
  5. South KoreaChung Yun-seong (quarterfinals)
  6. JapanKaichi Uchida (semifinals)
  7. JapanRenta Tokuda (quarterfinals)
  8. ChinaWu Di (first round)

Draw

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1South KoreaD-h Lee66
ChinaLiu Hanyi121South KoreaD-h Lee66
IndiaA Kadhe6317JapanR Tokuda44
7JapanRenta Tokuda7761South KoreaD-h Lee653
3ChinaZ Li7863ChinaZ Li776
WCChinaCui Jie6613ChinaZ Li66
WCChinaR Te6115South KoreaY-s Chung44
5South KoreaY-s Chung7763ChinaZ Li1776
6JapanK Uchida775782ChinaZe Zhang6624
Chinese TaipeiT-l Wu647666JapanK Uchida66
Chinese TaipeiY-h Hsu66Chinese TaipeiY-h Hsu22
4Chinese TaipeiT-h Yang316JapanK Uchida41
8ChinaD Wu232ChinaZe Zhang66
WCNorthern Mariana IslandsC Sinclair66WCNorthern Mariana IslandsC Sinclair11
IndiaSidharth Rawat422ChinaZe Zhang66
2ChinaZe Zhang66

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. ChinaPeng Shuai (winner)
  2. South KoreaJang Su-jeong (quarterfinals)
  3. ChinaXun Fangying (first round)
  4. ThailandPeangtarn Plipuech (first round)
  5. JapanMai Minokoshi (first round)
  6. JapanHiroko Kuwata (first round)
  7. IndiaPranjala Yadlapalli (quarterfinals)
  8. ChinaWang Xinyu (first round)

Draw

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1ChinaS Peng67
JapanM Imanishi051ChinaS Peng656
WCPapua New GuineaA Tere-Apisah467WCPapua New GuineaA Tere-Apisah370
6JapanH Kuwata6451ChinaS Peng66
4ThailandP Plipuech34WCChinaX You22
WCChinaX You66WCChinaX You4
WCChinaGai Ao677WCChinaA Gai3r
5JapanMai Minokoshi2631ChinaS Peng61
7IndiaP Yadlapalli6277QChinese TaipeiK-c Chang20r
QJapanMana Ayukawa26637IndiaP Yadlapalli25
QJapanC Muramatsu66QJapanC Muramatsu67
3ChinaF Xun33QJapanC Muramatsu33
8ChinaXin Wang741QChinese TaipeiK-c Chang66
QChinese TaipeiK-c Chang566QChinese TaipeiK-c Chang377
QJapanM Hontama122South KoreaS-j Jang655
2South KoreaS-j Jang66

Men's doubles

Seeds

Draw

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1ChinaM Gong
ChinaZe Zhang
76
ChinaZheng Baoluo
ChinaZhou Xinmu
30Chinese TaipeiY-h Hsu
Chinese TaipeiT-l Wu
54
Chinese TaipeiY-h Hsu
Chinese TaipeiT-l Wu
661ChinaM Gong
ChinaZe Zhang
66
3IndiaS Balaji
IndiaA Kadhe
42
3IndiaS Balaji
IndiaA Kadhe
64[16]
ChinaR Te
ChinaD Wu
16[14]
1ChinaM Gong
ChinaZe Zhang
66
4JapanT Matsui
JapanK Uesugi
12
ChinaCui Jie
ChinaLiu Hanyi
42
4JapanT Matsui
JapanK Uesugi
66
4JapanT Matsui
JapanK Uesugi
62[11]
Chinese TaipeiH-y Peng
Chinese TaipeiJ Wang
66Chinese TaipeiH-y Peng
Chinese TaipeiJ Wang
06[9]
Northern Mariana IslandsC Sinclair
Hong KongP-l Yeung
23Chinese TaipeiH-y Peng
Chinese TaipeiJ Wang
64[10]
2Chinese TaipeiC-p Hsieh
Chinese TaipeiT-h Yang
46[7]

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. ChinaJiang Xinyu / ChinaTang Qianhui (semifinals)
  2. JapanRika Fujiwara / Chinese TaipeiHsieh Shu-ying (quarterfinals)
  3. ThailandPeangtarn Plipuech / ChinaYe Qiuyu (quarterfinals)
  4. ChinaXun Fangying / ChinaYou Xiaodi (quarterfinals)

Draw

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1ChinaX Jiang
ChinaQ Tang
66
Chinese TaipeiP-h Chen
Chinese TaipeiF-h Wu
464JapanR Kajitani
JapanH Kuwata
44
JapanRobu Kajitani
JapanH Kuwata
6771ChinaX Jiang
ChinaQ Tang
26[8]
Chinese TaipeiK-c Chang
Chinese TaipeiC-w Hsu
62[10]
4ChinaF Xun
ChinaX You
564
ChinaX Sun
ChinaZhao Qianqian
14Chinese TaipeiK-c Chang
Chinese TaipeiC-w Hsu
777
Chinese TaipeiK-c Chang
Chinese TaipeiC-w Hsu
66Chinese TaipeiK-c Chang
Chinese TaipeiC-w Hsu
61[12]
ChinaCao Yajing
ChinaZhao Xichen
22JapanE Hayashi
JapanM Imanishi
26[10]
JapanE Hayashi
JapanM Imanishi
66JapanE Hayashi
JapanM Imanishi
66
3ThailandP Plipuech
ChinaQ Ye
33
JapanE Hayashi
JapanM Imanishi
36[10]
ChinaS Feng
ChinaJ Kang
621JapanE Sema
Papua New GuineaA Tere-Apisah
63[7]
JapanE Sema
Papua New GuineaA Tere-Apisah
776JapanE Sema
Papua New GuineaA Tere-Apisah
66
2JapanR Fujiwara
Chinese TaipeiS-y Hsieh
43

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 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

Seeds

  1. AustraliaAlex Bolt (semifinals)
  2. AustraliaJohn-Patrick Smith (quarterfinals)
  3. AustraliaJames Duckworth (winner)
  4. AustraliaMax Purcell (first round)
  5. AustraliaAkira Santillan (quarterfinals)
  6. AustraliaMaverick Banes (semifinals)
  7. AustraliaBradley Mousley (first round)
  8. AustraliaAndrew Harris (first round)

Draw

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1AustraliaA Bolt6677
WCAustraliaA Vukic34651AustraliaA Bolt66666
AustraliaJacob Grills1545AustraliaA Santillan27820
5AustraliaA Santillan6761AustraliaA Bolt241
4AustraliaM Purcell6143WCAustraliaL Saville666
AustraliaD Kelly4666AustraliaD Kelly56263
WCAustraliaL Saville666WCAustraliaL Saville73677
7AustraliaB Mousley344WCAustraliaL Saville37562
8AustraliaA Harris78257833AustraliaJ Duckworth65777
WCAustraliaR Hijikata6667666WCAustraliaR Hijikata3463
AustraliaB Ellis74523AustraliaJ Duckworth6636
3AustraliaJ Duckworth56763AustraliaJ Duckworth64766
6AustraliaM Banes67766AustraliaM Banes77513
WCAustraliaC O'Connell46306AustraliaM Banes663166
AustraliaJ Beale25732AustraliaJ-P Smith477602
2AustraliaJ-P Smith6756

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. AustraliaArina Rodionova (quarterfinals)
  2. AustraliaEllen Perez (semifinals)
  3. AustraliaJaimee Fourlis (quarterfinals)
  4. AustraliaZoe Hives (semifinals)
  5. AustraliaAstra Sharma (final)
  6. AustraliaLizette Cabrera (first round)
  7. AustraliaDestanee Aiava (first round)
  8. AustraliaKimberly Birrell (winner)

Draw

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1AustraliaAr Rodionova61
WCAustraliaO Tjandramulia10r1AustraliaAr Rodionova11
AustraliaI Wallace6145AustraliaA Sharma66
5AustraliaA Sharma3665AustraliaA Sharma366
4AustraliaZ Hives664AustraliaZ Hives643
AustraliaN Bains434AustraliaZ Hives66
AustraliaK McPhee66AustraliaK McPhee20
6AustraliaL Cabrera245AustraliaA Sharma42
8AustraliaK Birrell768AustraliaK Birrell66
WCAustraliaG Da Silva-Fick518AustraliaK Birrell677
WCAustraliaM Inglis4663AustraliaJ Fourlis464
3AustraliaJ Fourlis6788AustraliaK Birrell66
7AustraliaD Aiava442AustraliaE Perez44
AustraliaA Myers66AustraliaA Myers4773
WCAustraliaA Bozovic7142AustraliaE Perez6616
2AustraliaE Perez566

Women's doubles

Seeds

Draw

First roundSemifinalsFinal
               
1AustraliaD Aiava
AustraliaN Bains
66
AustraliaM Inglis
AustraliaK McPhee
31
1AustraliaD Aiava
AustraliaN Bains
36[10]
3AustraliaA Bai
AustraliaZ Hives
61[4]
WCAustraliaA Marshall
AustraliaA Poulos
35
3AustraliaA Bai
AustraliaZ Hives
67
1AustraliaD Aiava
AustraliaN Bains
66
AustraliaA Sharma
AustraliaI Wallace
23
4AustraliaO Tjandramulia
AustraliaB Woolcock
43
AustraliaA Sharma
AustraliaI Wallace
66
AustraliaA Sharma
AustraliaI Wallace
64[12]
2AustraliaL Cabrera
AustraliaJ Fourlis
46[10]
WCAustraliaA Bozovic
AustraliaS Mendez
42
2AustraliaL Cabrera
AustraliaJ Fourlis
66

References

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