2020 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

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.

2020 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
DateNovember 2019 – January 2020
Edition108th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Location(various) United States
Zhuhai, China
Melbourne, Australia
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Wildcard entries

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Men's singles

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CountryNameMethod of Qualification
 USAMichael Mmoh[a][1]American Wildcard Challenge
 JPNTatsuma Ito[2]Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 FRAHugo Gaston[3]French internal selection
 AUSJohn-Patrick Smith[4]Australian Wildcard Playoff
 AUSChristopher O'Connell[5]Australian internal selection
 AUSMarc Polmans[5]Australian internal selection
 AUSAlex BoltAustralian internal selection
 AUSAndrew HarrisAustralian internal selection

Women's singles

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CountryNameMethod of Qualification
 USACoCo Vandeweghe[1]American Wildcard Challenge
 KORHan Na-lae[2]Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 FRAPauline Parmentier[3]French internal selection
 AUSArina Rodionova[6]Australian Wildcard Playoff
 AUSAstra Sharma[5]Australian internal selection
 AUSLizette Cabrera[5]Australian internal selection
 AUSPriscilla Hon[5]Australian internal selection
 RUSMaria Sharapova[7]Australian internal selection

Men's doubles

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CountryNameMethod of Qualification
 KOR
 KOR
Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu[8]
Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 AUS
 AUS
Alex Bolt
Matthew Ebden
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
James Duckworth
Marc Polmans
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Blake Ellis
Alexei Popyrin
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Andrew Harris
Christopher O'Connell
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Lleyton Hewitt
Jordan Thompson
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Max Purcell
Luke Saville
Australian internal selection

Women's doubles

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CountryNameMethod of Qualification
 TPE
 TPE
Lee Ya-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien[8]
Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 AUS
 AUS
Alexandra Bozovic
Amber Marshall[9]
Australian Wildcard Playoff
 AUS
 AUS
Destanee Aiava
Lizette Cabrera
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Jaimee Fourlis
Arina Rodionova
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Priscilla Hon
Storm Sanders
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Maddison Inglis
Kaylah McPhee
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Jessica Moore
Astra Sharma
Australian internal selection

Mixed doubles

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CountryNameMethod of Qualification
 AUS
 ESP
Monique Adamczak
David Vega Hernández
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Jessica Moore
Matthew Ebden
Australian internal selection
 LAT
 IND
Jeļena Ostapenko
Leander Paes
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Ellen Perez
Luke Saville
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Arina Rodionova
Andrew Harris
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Storm Sanders
Marc Polmans
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Astra Sharma
John-Patrick Smith
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Belinda Woolcock
Blake Mott
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 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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PlacePlayerATP Paris
Shenzhen
Charlottesville
Playford
Bratislava
Knoxville
Kobe
Houston
Champaign
Helsinki
Ortisei
Pune
Best Two Results
1Marcos Giron15125140
2Michael Mmoh08025105
3J. J. Wolf378087
4Mitchell Krueger74552
5Sebastian Korda334851

Women's standings

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PlacePlayerMacon
Poitiers
Saguenay
Tyler
Toronto
Liuzhou
Nantes
Las Vegas
Shenzhen
Houston
Taipei
Tokyo
Best Three Results
1CoCo Vandeweghe212195137
2Katerina Stewart1151116
3Francesca Di Lorenzo880189
4Alexa Glatch7015186
5Danielle Lao4242185

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 4 to 8 December 2019 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.

Men's singles

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Seeds

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

Draw

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First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 J Jung66
WC Cui Jie341 J Jung66
8 T-h Yang33Q Y Mochizuki14
Q Yuki Mochizuki661 J Jung66
3 R Ramanathan305 D-h Lee21
Ze Zhang66 Ze Zhang53
5 D-h Lee665 D-h Lee76
Q S Shimabukuro211 J Jung54
Q Sidharth Rawat322 T Ito76
7 S Mukund667 S Mukund43
Y-s Chung76 Y-s Chung66
4 D Istomin53 Y-s Chung644
WC Bu Yunchaokete402 T Ito166
6 J-s Nam666 J-s Nam611
Q Jumpei Yamasaki222 T Ito366
2 T Ito66

Women's singles

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Seeds

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

Draw

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First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 N-l Han66
E Hayashi321 N-l Han66
7 E Hozumi667 E Hozumi11
WC X Sun321 N-l Han66
4 S-j Jang66Q K-c Chang04
Q X Jiang334 S-j Jang15
6 Z Sun640Q K-c Chang67
Q K-c Chang4661 N-l Han66
WC Q Tang07772 A Shimizu22
8 D-b Kim6645WC Q Tang631
Q S-h Park66Q S-h Park466
3 Y-h Lee41Q S-h Park42
Q Q Ye2r2 A Shimizu66
5 J Namigata35 J Namigata41
WC A Tere-Apisah1622 A Shimizu66
2 A Shimizu616

Men's doubles

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Seeds

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

Draw

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First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 M Gong
Ze Zhang
66
Cui Jie
Bu Yunchaokete
20
1 M Gong
Ze Zhang
776
Y Mochizuki
S Shimabukuro
633
3 A Kadhe
R Ramanathan
36[11]
Yuki Mochizuki
S Shimabukuro
66 Y Mochizuki
S Shimabukuro
63[13]
H-y Peng
T-h Yang
341 M Gong
Ze Zhang
62[6]
2 J-s Nam
M-k Song
46[10]
Zhao Zhao
Zheng Baoluo
56[3]
4 R Purcell
Jumpei Yamasaki
74[10]
4 R Purcell
J Yamasaki
53
2 J-s Nam
M-k Song
76
Li Zekai
Lu Pengyu
24
2 J-s Nam
M-k Song
66

Women's doubles

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Seeds

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Draw

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First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 X Jiang
Q Tang
w/o
D-b Kim
Q Ye
66 D-b Kim
Q Ye
E Hayashi
A Tere-Apisah
221 X Jiang
Q Tang
63[7]
S-j Jang
N-r Kim
46[10]
4 P-h Chen
Y-c Hsieh
62r
S-j Jang
N-r Kim
32
S-j Jang
N-r Kim
26[7]
Y-h Lee
F-h Wu
63[10]
K-c Chang
C-w Hsu
53
3 J-h Choi
N-l Han
76
3 J-h Choi
N-l Han
12
Y-h Lee
F-h Wu
62[10] Y-h Lee
F-h Wu
66
X Sun
Z Sun
26[5] Y-h Lee
F-h Wu
66
2 E Hozumi
J Namigata
44

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 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

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Seeds

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

Draw

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First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 A Bolt636623
B Mott774773r1 A Bolt6266
T Fancutt3377637 L Saville4634
7 L Saville6665461 A Bolt6323
3 M Purcell6663 M Purcell7766
WC D Sweeny0043 M Purcell7766
WC C Puttergill3335 H Bourchier6431
5 H Bourchier6663 M Purcell341
6 J-P Smith67766 J-P Smith666
B Walkin36136 J-P Smith661566
Jacob Grills4434 A Vukic371731
4 A Vukic6666 J-P Smith666
8 M Banes77668 M Banes213
WC R Hijikata62418 M Banes46477
WC T Schoolkate477636WC T Schoolkate60655
2 A Harris662262

Women's singles

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Seeds

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

Draw

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First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 M Inglis266
WC C Kempenaers-Pocz6341 M Inglis32
A Bai347 B Woolcock66
7 B Woolcock667 B Woolcock262
4 Ar Rodionova664 Ar Rodionova646
WC S Tomic124 Ar Rodionova76
O Tjandramulia646 O Tjandramulia50
6 J Fourlis1644 Ar Rodionova67
5 E Perez31 S Sanders45
S Sanders66 S Sanders66
WC T Gibson1623 D Aiava23
3 D Aiava677 S Sanders776
8 A Myers5668 A Myers612
A Bozovic7348 A Myers646
WC G Da Silva-Fick647WC G Da Silva-Fick263
Alt A Parnaby265

Women's doubles

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Seeds

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Draw

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First roundSemifinalsFinal
               
1 J Fourlis
Ar Rodionova
660
WC T Gibson
A Poulos
786
WC T Gibson
A Poulos
7742
A Bozovic
A Marshall
6466
3 A Myers
B Woolcock
34
A Bozovic
A Marshall
66
A Bozovic
A Marshall
66
4 G Da Silva-Fick
O Tjandramulia
23
A Parnaby
S Tomic
6168
4 G Da Silva-Fick
O Tjandramulia
46710
4 G Da Silva-Fick
O Tjandramulia
w/o
2 D Aiava
L Cabrera
Laura Ashley
I Bozicevic
42
2 D Aiava
L Cabrera
66

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ a b "Vandeweghe, Giron win 2020 Australian Open Wild Card Challenges". USTA. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Han, Ito secure Australian Open 2020 spots". Tennis Australia. 9 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Pauline Parmentier, Hugo Gaston and Diane Parry earn Australian Open WC's". Tennis World USA. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ "JP Smith wins Australian Open 2020 Wildcard". Tennis Australia. 15 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e "From washing boats to Australian Open main draw". Australian Associated Press. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Arina Rodionova wins AO Play-Off". Tennis Australia. 15 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Maria Sharapova awarded AO2020 wildcard". Tennis Australia. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Top seeds Han, Jung into Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off finals". Tennis Australia. 8 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Smith v Purcell in AO Play-Off Final". Tennis Australia. 13 December 2019.
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