2015 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

2015 Australian Open 2015 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries 20 October 2014 – 12 January 2015 103rd Grand Slam (ITF) United States (6 places across the country) Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, ChinaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia The 2015 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 2015 Australian Open, as well as seven male and seven female doubles teams plus eight mixed doubles teams. One wildcard each was given to the winners of the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff, a tournament between Australian players who did not receive direct entry into the draw. In an agreement with the United States Tennis Association and the French Tennis Federation, Tennis Australia gives one man and one woman from the United States and France each a wildcard into the Australian Open. The French players were chosen by internal selection, while 2014 USTA Pro Circuit's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge determined the two American players receiving wildcards. Since the Australian Open is promoted as the "Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific", one male and one female player from this geographical area were awarded a wildcard. This was decided through the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff. At the same event, one male and one female doubles team won wildcards, and one wildcard each was contested in boys and girls singles. Remaining wildcards were awarded by internal Australian selection. Wildcard entries Men's singles Country Name Method of qualificationCHNZhang ZeAsia-Pacific Wildcard PlayoffFRALucas PouilleFrench internal selectionUSADenis KudlaAmerican Wildcard ChallengeAUSJordan ThompsonAustralian Wildcard PlayoffAUSJames DuckworthAustralian internal selectionAUSThanasi KokkinakisAustralian internal selectionAUSJohn MillmanAustralian internal selectionAUSLuke SavilleAustralian internal selection Women's singles Country Name Method of qualificationTPEChang Kai-chenAsia-Pacific Wildcard PlayoffFRAOcéane DodinFrench internal selectionUSAIrina FalconiAmerican Wildcard ChallengeAUSDaria GavrilovaAustralian Wildcard PlayoffAUSArina RodionovaAustralian internal selectionAUSOlivia RogowskaAustralian internal selectionAUSStorm SandersAustralian internal selectionCHNDuan YingyingAustralian internal selection Men's doubles Country Name Method of qualificationTPE CHNLee Hsin-han Zhang ZeAsia-Pacific Wildcard PlayoffAUS AUSAlex Bolt Andrew WhittingtonAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSJames Duckworth Luke SavilleAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSMatthew Ebden Matt ReidAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSOmar Jasika John-Patrick SmithAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSThanasi Kokkinakis Nick KyrgiosAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSJohn Millman Benjamin MitchellAustralian internal selection Women's doubles Country Name Method of qualificationCHN CHNYang Zhaoxuan Ye QiuyuAsia-Pacific Wildcard PlayoffAUS AUSMonique Adamczak Olivia RogowskaAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSNaiktha Bains Sara TomicAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSKimberly Birrell Priscilla HonAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSDaria Gavrilova Storm SandersAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSMaddison Inglis Alexandra NancarrowAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSJessica Moore Abbie MyersAustralian internal selection Mixed doubles Country Name Method of qualificationAUS AUSSam Thompson Masa JovanovicAustralian Wildcard PlayoffTPE CHNChang Kai-chen Zhang ZeAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSCasey Dellacqua John PeersAustralian internal selectionAUS INDJarmila Gajdošová Mahesh BhupathiAustralian internal selectionAUS AUSDaria Gavrilova Luke SavilleAustralian internal selectionSLO AUSAndreja Klepač Chris GuccioneAustralian internal selectionAUS BLRArina Rodionova Max MirnyiAustralian internal selection Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff The Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff events took place in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China from Monday, November 24 to Sunday, November 30, 2014. A total of 21 male and 32 female players from Asia/Pacific zone took part in singles events (including qualifying competitions), with Zhang Ze from Chinahttp://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/12/49/Australian-Open-Wild-Card-Ze-Zhang.aspx Ze Zhang Wins Australian Open Wild Card ATPWorldTour.com 27 December 2014 and Chang Kai-chen from Chinese Taipei gaining the Australian Open entry. Both doubles events consisted of 12 teams each, with Lee Hsin-han & Zhang Ze and Yang Zhaoxuan & Ye Qiuyu winning the wild cards. Junior playoff events were also held, and Chinese players Wu Yibing and Gao Xinyu won the wild card entries into the Boys' and Girls' main events, respectively.http://www.tennis.com.au/tournaments/pro-tournaments/asia-pacific-australian-open-wildcard-play-off AO Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off Tennis.com.au 27 December 2014 Men's singles y 3 1 y First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 JPN Hiroki Moriya 63 4 Q IND Purav Raja 77 6 WC CHN Gong Maoxin 6 4 3 CHN Wu Di 3 6 6 IND Yuki Bhambri 77 6 Q NZL Wesley Whitehouse 63 3 CHN Wang Chuhan 2 3 4 CHN Zhang Ze 6 6 3 KOR Chung Hyeon 6 6 WC CHN Zhao Cai 2 0 WC KOR Ji-Sung Nam 6 6 Q CHN Xi Qi 1 1 CHN Li Zhe 77 6 WC JPN Bumpei Sato 64 4 Q JPN Sho Katayama 6 1 4 2 JPN Yoshihito Nishioka 3 6 6 Q IND Purav Raja 6 4 6 CHN Wu Di 4 6 3 IND Yuki Bhambri 2 1 4 CHN Zhang Ze 6 6 3 KOR Chung Hyeon 4 6 6 WC KOR Ji-Sung Nam 6 4 3 CHN Li Zhe 6 6 2 JPN Yoshihito Nishioka 2 4 Q IND Purav Raja 3 3 4 CHN Zhang Ze 6 6 3 KOR Chung Hyeon 3 5 CHN Li Zhe 6 7 4 CHN Zhang Ze 6 6 CHN Li Zhe 4 4 Women's singles y 3 1 y First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 CHN Zhu Lin 0 4 THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 6 Q CHN Wang Yan 1 3   JPN Nao Hibino 6 6 4 JPN Miharu Imanishi 6 6   WC CHN Zhang Yuxuan 4 3   Q TPE Chan Chin-wei 1 5 WC CHN Xu Shilin 6 7 WC TPE Chang Kai-chen 6 6 Q TPE Lee Ya-hsuan 3 3 JPN Rika Fujiwara 6 2 7 3 CHN Zhang Kailin 4 6 5 CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 3 65   WC KOR Jang Su-jeong 6 77   Q IND Ankita Raina 2 1   2 JPN Eri Hozumi 6 6   THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 6 JPN Nao Hibino 0 0 4 JPN Miharu Imanishi 6 2 4 WC CHN Xu Shilin 3 6 6 WC TPE Chang Kai-chen 6 6 JPN Rika Fujiwara 1 3 WC KOR Jang Su-jeong 3 62 2 JPN Eri Hozumi 6 77 THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 3 6 6 WC CHN Xu Shilin 6 1 2 WC TPE Chang Kai-chen 6 3 7 2 JPN Eri Hozumi 0 6 5 THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 3 0   WC TPE Chang Kai-chen 6 6   Men's doubles y 3 1 y First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final WC CHN Hao WuCHN Yibing Wu 77 3 [3]   KOR Chung HyeonKOR Ji Sung Nam 64 6 [10] CHN Wang ChuhanCHN Wu Di 6 6 CHN Zhao CaiCHN Changwei Peng 2 3 WC CHN Jia Qi HuangCHN Chuanqi Su 3 3 WC NZL Sergey BelovNZL Wesley Whitehouse 6 6 JPN Sho KatayamaJPN Bumpei Sato 6 6   WC CHN Xi QiCHN Zihao Xia 2 3   1 CHN Gong MaoxinTPE Peng Hsien-yin 4 6 [8] KOR Chung HyeonKOR Ji Sung Nam 6 4 [10] 4 TPE Lee Hsin-hanCHN Zhang Ze 6 6 CHN Wang ChuhanCHN Wu Di 4 2 WC NZL Sergey BelovNZL Wesley Whitehouse 1 2 3 IND Yuki BhambriCHN Li Zhe 6 6 JPN Sho KatayamaJPN Bumpei Sato 65 3 2 PHI Ruben GonzalesIND Purav Raja 77 6 KOR Chung HyeonKOR Ji Sung Nam 3 4 4 TPE Lee Hsin-hanCHN Zhang Ze 6 6 3 IND Yuki BhambriCHN Li Zhe 77 65 [8] 2 PHI Ruben GonzalesIND Purav Raja 64 77 [10] 4 TPE Lee Hsin-hanCHN Zhang Ze 2 6 [10] 2 PHI Ruben GonzalesIND Purav Raja 6 1 [8] Women's doubles y 3 1 y First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final CHN Xu ShilinCHN Zhang Yuxuan 6 3 [12]   TPE Chang Kai-chenTHA Tamarine Tanasugarn 3 6 [10] CHN You XiaodiCHN Zhu Lin 6 5 [9] WC TPE Lee Ya-hsuanCHN Zhang Ying 1 7 [11] WC CHN Yang ZhaoxuanCHN Ye Qiuyu 3 6 [10] Alt CHN Guo XiaoxuanCHN Sun Xuliu 6 4 [3] KOR Jang Su-jeongCHN Zhang Kailin 6 6   WC CHN Li YihongCHN Wang Yan 4 4   1 TPE Chan Chin-weiCHN Liang Chen 1 6 [12] CHN Xu ShilinCHN Zhang Yuxuan 6 2 [10] 4 THA Nicha LertpitaksinchaiTHA Peangtarn Plipuech 3 6 [10] WC TPE Lee Ya-hsuanCHN Zhang Ying 6 2 [7] WC CHN Yang ZhaoxuanCHN Ye Qiuyu 6 6 3 JPN Rika FujiwaraTPE Hsieh Shu-ying 2 3 KOR Jang Su-jeongCHN Zhang Kailin 4 1 2 JPN Eri HozumiJPN Makoto Ninomiya 6 6 1 TPE Chan Chin-weiCHN Liang Chen 77 6 4 THA Nicha LertpitaksinchaiTHA Peangtarn Plipuech 65 3 WC CHN Yang ZhaoxuanCHN Ye Qiuyu 6 6 2 JPN Eri HozumiJPN Makoto Ninomiya 3 2 1 TPE Chan Chin-weiCHN Liang Chen 2 3 WC CHN Yang ZhaoxuanCHN Ye Qiuyu 6 6 Australian Wildcard Playoff The Australian Wildcard Playoff events took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from Monday, December 15 to Sunday, December 21, 2014. A total of 16 male and 16 female Australian players took part in singles events, with Jordan Thompson and Daria Gavrilova gaining the Australian Open entry. Mixed Doubles event was played in a Round robin format, where 11 teams competed in two groups. The top four mixed doubles teams then played in a knock-out tournament, where Sam Thompson and Masa Jovanovic won the wild card.http://tournaments.tennis.com.au/sport/draws.aspx?id=0DFF8201-58BD-4EF3-8149-1D6DF03063C2 Australian Open 2015 Wildcard Playoff Tennis.com.au 27 December 2014 Men's singles y 5 1 y First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 AUS Luke Saville 77 63 6 6 AUS Christopher O'Connell 64 77 2 4 8 AUS Gavin van Peperzeel 6 6 6   AUS Mitchell Robins 2 2 2 3 AUS Alex Bolt 63 64 6 64 WC AUS Marc Polmans 77 77 2 77 5 AUS Jordan Thompson 77 6 5 WC AUS Harry Bourchier 62 4 2r AUS Andrew Whittington 65 3 2 6 AUS Dane Propoggia 77 6 6 WC AUS Akira Santillan 4 3 1 4 AUS Benjamin Mitchell 6 6 6 WC AUS Blake Mott 5 6 6 6 7 AUS Maverick Banes 7 2 1 3 AUS Jacob Grills 4 64 1 2 AUS John-Patrick Smith 6 77 6 1 AUS Luke Saville 3 6 6 6 8 AUS Gavin van Peperzeel 6 3 4 4 WC AUS Marc Polmans 3 3 1 5 AUS Jordan Thompson 6 6 6 6 AUS Dane Propoggia 2 77 4 4 4 AUS Benjamin Mitchell 6 65 6 6 WC AUS Blake Mott 2 4 3 2 AUS John-Patrick Smith 6 6 6 1 AUS Luke Saville 5 AUS Jordan Thompson w/o 4 AUS Benjamin Mitchell 4 4 4 2 AUS John-Patrick Smith 6 6 6 5 AUS Jordan Thompson 6 6 1 62 9 2 AUS John-Patrick Smith 1 3 6 77 7 Women's singles y 3 1 y First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 AUS Olivia Rogowska 6 6 WC AUS Seone Mendez 1 0 8 AUS Alison Bai 1 6 7   AUS Isabella Holland 6 2 5 3 AUS Daria Gavrilova 6 77     AUS Lizette Cabrera 1 62   Alt AUS Zoe Hives 4 4 WC AUS Abbie Myers 6 6 WC AUS Olivia Tjandramulia 66 6 6 5 AUS Jessica Moore 78 3 4 WC AUS Sara Tomic 0 2   4 AUS Arina Rodionova 6 6   WC AUS Maddison Inglis 6 6   7 AUS Alexandra Nancarrow 3 1   WC AUS Naiktha Bains 6 3   2 AUS Anastasia Rodionova 4 1r   1 AUS Olivia Rogowska 6 6 8 AUS Alison Bai 4 4 3 AUS Daria Gavrilova 6 6   WC AUS Abbie Myers 4 4   WC AUS Olivia Tjandramulia 3 4 4 AUS Arina Rodionova 6 6 WC AUS Maddison Inglis 6 0 3 WC AUS Naiktha Bains 3 6 6 1 AUS Olivia Rogowska 1 3 3 AUS Daria Gavrilova 6 6 4 AUS Arina Rodionova 6 6 WC AUS Naiktha Bains 3 1   3 AUS Daria Gavrilova 6 6   4 AUS Arina Rodionova 4 2   Mixed doubles y n 1 y Semifinals Final 175 A1 AUS Gavin van PeperzeelAUS Ashling Sumner 4 A2 AUS Robert KennedyAUS Kay-Leigh Nicholas 1 B1 AUS Pat FlynnAUS Helen Parsons 1 B2 AUS Sam ThompsonAUS Masa Jovanovic 4 A1 AUS Gavin van PeperzeelAUS Ashling Sumner 1 B2 AUS Sam ThompsonAUS Masa Jovanovic 4 American Wildcard Challenge The Australian Open Wild Card Challenge for male players consisted of: Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger (27 October – 2 November, Charlottesville, Virginia), Knoxville Challenger (3 November – 9 November, Knoxville, Tennessee), JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana (10 November – 17 November, Champaign, Illinois). The Australian Open Wild Card Challenge for female players consisted of: USTA Tennis Classic of Macon (20 October – 26 October, Macon, Georgia), John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge (27 October – 2 November, New Braunfels, Texas), South Seas Island Resort Women's Pro Classic (3 November – 9 November, Captiva Island, Florida). Denis Kudla and Irina Falconi who earned the most ATP World Tour or WTA ranking points at those selected USTA Pro Circuit events received wild cards to compete in the 2015 Australian Open main draw.http://www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Pro-Circuit/2015_australian_open_wild_card_challenge_standings/ Australian Open Wildcard Challenge USTA.com 27 December 2014 10 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910182730/http://www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Pro-Circuit/2015_australian_open_wild_card_challenge_standings/ dead References *