2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
Date	November 2018 – January 2019
Edition	107th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Location	(various) United States ; Zhuhai, China ; Melbourne, Australia

Last updated December 30, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lee Duck-hee (semifinals)
Zhang Ze (final)
Li Zhe (winner)
Yang Tsung-hua (first round)
Chung Yun-seong (quarterfinals)
Kaichi Uchida (semifinals)
Renta Tokuda (quarterfinals)
Wu Di (first round)

Draw

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

Seeds

Peng Shuai (winner)
Jang Su-jeong (quarterfinals)
Xun Fangying (first round)
Peangtarn Plipuech (first round)
Mai Minokoshi (first round)
Hiroko Kuwata (first round)
Pranjala Yadlapalli (quarterfinals)
Wang Xinyu (first round)

Draw

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	3^r
5	Mai Minokoshi	2	6³											1	S Peng	6	1
7	P Yadlapalli	6	2	7⁷										Q	K-c Chang	2	0^r
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

Seeds

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

Draw

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

Seeds

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

Draw

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

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

Alex Bolt (semifinals)
John-Patrick Smith (quarterfinals)
James Duckworth (winner)
Max Purcell (first round)
Akira Santillan (quarterfinals)
Maverick Banes (semifinals)
Bradley Mousley (first round)
Andrew Harris (first round)

Draw

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

Seeds

Arina Rodionova (quarterfinals)
Ellen Perez (semifinals)
Jaimee Fourlis (quarterfinals)
Zoe Hives (semifinals)
Astra Sharma (final)
Lizette Cabrera (first round)
Destanee Aiava (first round)
Kimberly Birrell (winner)

Draw

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Ar Rodionova	6	1
WC	O Tjandramulia	1	0^r		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

Seeds

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

Draw

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

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2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

Contents

Wildcard entries

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

American Wildcard Challenge

Men's standings

Women's standings

Australian Women's Wildcard Challenge

Singles standings

Doubles standings

Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff

Men's singles

Seeds

Draw

Women's singles

Seeds

Draw

Men's doubles

Seeds

Draw

Women's doubles

Seeds

Draw

Australian Wildcard Playoff

Men's singles

Seeds

Draw

Women's singles

Seeds

Draw

Women's doubles

Seeds

Draw

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References

External links