2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

2014 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
Date	December – January
Edition	102nd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Location	Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The 2014 Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs and Entries are a group of events and internal selections to choose the eight men and women wildcard entries for the 2014 Australian Open. Tennis Australia awards eight wildcards each for the men's and women's professional singles and doubles competitions.

Four wildcards each were awarded by internal selection to Australian players.^[1] Also, one wildcard each was given to the winners of the Australian Wildcard Playoff, a tournament between Australian players who did not receive direct entry into the draw.^[2] Jordan Thompson and Casey Dellacqua were the winners of this tournament.

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 another playoff, held 20 to 22 December, 2013, determined the two US-American players receiving wildcards.^[3]

Since the Australian Open are 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 with Wu Di and Tang Haochen, both from China, winning the tournament.^[4] At the same event, one male and one female doubles team won wildcards (results see below), and one wildcard each was contested in boys and girls singles, with Sun Fajing and Zheng Wushuang winning the tournament respectively.

Wildcard Entries

These are the wildcard qualifiers, from both internal selections and playoffs.

Men's Singles Wildcard Entries

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
CHN	Wu Di	Asia-Pacific Wildcard – Playoff
AUS	Jordan Thompson	Australian Wildcard – Playoff
USA	Steve Johnson	USA Wildcard – Playoff
FRA	Lucas Pouille	French Wildcard – Internal Selection
AUS	James Duckworth	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection [5]
AUS	Samuel Groth	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection
AUS	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection
AUS	Nick Kyrgios	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection

Women's Singles Wildcard Entries

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
CHN	Tang Haochen	Asia-Pacific Wildcard – Playoff
AUS	Casey Dellacqua	Australian Wildcard – Playoff
USA	Sachia Vickery	USA Wildcard – Playoff
FRA	Pauline Parmentier	French Wildcard – Internal Selection
AUS	Jarmila Gajdošová	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection
AUS	Storm Sanders	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection
AUS	Olivia Rogowska	Australian Wildcard – Internal Selection

Men's Doubles Wildcard Entries

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
IND  NZL	Yuki Bhambri Michael Venus	Asia-Pacific Wildcard – Playoff

Women's Doubles Wildcard Entries

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
CHN  JPN	Han Xinyun Miki Miyamura	Asia-Pacific Wildcard – Playoff

Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff

Men's Singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Jimmy Wang	6	6
		Cai Zhao	0	1
								1	Jimmy Wang	2	4
								4	Zhang Ze	6	6
	4	Zhang Ze	5	6	6
	WC	Wang Chieh-Fu	7	2	2
															4	Zhang Ze	0	3
															3	Wu Di	6	6
	WC	Li Zhe	3	3
	3	Wu Di	6	6
								3	Wu Di	7^8	6
								2	Yuki Bhambri	6^6	4
	Q	Zhu Zhicheng	2	1
	2	Yuki Bhambri	6	6

Women's Singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Liu Fangzhou	6	6
	WC	Yang Zhaoxuan	3	4
									Liu Fangzhou	2	1
								3	Risa Ozaki	6	6
	3	Risa Ozaki	6	6
	WC	Chan Chin-wei	2	4
															3	Risa Ozaki	3	3
															Q	Tang Haochen	6	6
	Q	Tang Haochen	6	6
	Q	Han Xinyun	1	1
								Q	Tang Haochen	7^7	6
									Wang Yafan	6^3	2
		Wang Yafan	6	6
	2	Erika Sema	4	1

Men's Doubles

Semifinals

Final

1

Lee Hsin-han   Peng Hsien-yin

6^0

7^7

[7]

4

Gong Maoxin   Li Zhe

7^7

6^4

[10]

4

Gong Maoxin   Li Zhe

6^3

6

[5]

2

Yuki Bhambri   Michael Venus

7^7

1

[10]

3/WC

Wang Chieh-fu   Jimmy Wang

2

0

2

Yuki Bhambri   Michael Venus

6

6

Women's Doubles

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Chan Chin-wei   Xu Yifan	6	4	[10]
		Tang Haochen   Yang Zhaoxuan	4	6	[12]
									Tang Haochen   Yang Zhaoxuan	6	4	[8]
								2	Han Xinyun   Miki Miyamura	4	6	[10]
	WC	Ran Tian   Wang Yafan	3	1
	2	Han Xinyun   Miki Miyamura	6	6

Australian Wildcard Playoff

The Australian Wildcard Playoff took place from Tuesday, December 9, to Sunday, December 15, 2013.

Men's Singles

	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	John-Patrick Smith	6	6	6
		Marc Polmans	4	4	4					1	John-Patrick Smith	6	6	7
	7	Dane Propoggia	6	7	7^7					7	Dane Propoggia	4	4	5
		Gavin van Peperzeel	4	5	6^1														1	John-Patrick Smith	6^4	4	6	3
	4	Jordan Thompson	6	6	5	7^7													4	Jordan Thompson	7^7	6	2	6
		Blake Mott	2	4	7	6^3				4	Jordan Thompson	6^1	6	7^8	6
	5	Alex Bolt	7	6	6					5	Alex Bolt	7^7	2	6^6	3
		Oliver Anderson	5	3	4																							4	Jordan Thompson	6	6	4	4	6
		Max Purcell	1	1	1																							3	Benjamin Mitchell	3	2	6	6	1
	6	Andrew Whittington	6	6	6					6	Andrew Whittington	4	4	4
		Harry Bourchier	4	1	0					3	Benjamin Mitchell	6	6	6
	3	Benjamin Mitchell	6	6	6														3	Benjamin Mitchell	6	6	6
		Bradley Mousley	4	6^2	6	6	5												8	Luke Saville	2	4	1
	8	Luke Saville	6	7^7	2	2	7			8	Luke Saville	6	6	6
		Akira Santillan	6	6	4	4	6				Akira Santillan	4	4	2
	2	Matt Reid	2	2	6	6	3

^[6]

Women's Singles

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Casey Dellacqua	6	6
		Maddison Inglis	2	1				1	Casey Dellacqua	0	6	6
	6	Monique Adamczak	6	6				6	Monique Adamczak	6	1	2
		Azra Hadzic	4	3											1	Casey Dellacqua	7	6
	4	Jarmila Gajdošová	6	6											8	Tammi Patterson	5	3
		Jelena Dokic	2	4				4	Jarmila Gajdošová	5	6	3
	8	Tammi Patterson	6	6				8	Tammi Patterson	7	2	6
		Sara Tomic	2	4																		1	Casey Dellacqua	5	6	6
		Kimberly Birrell	1	7	6																	3	Arina Rodionova	7	1	0
	5	Storm Sanders	6	5	8			5	Storm Sanders
		Sally Peers	3	1				3	Arina Rodionova	w/o
	3	Arina Rodionova	6	6											3	Arina Rodionova	6	6
		Olivia Tjandramulia	3	1											7	Viktorija Rajicic	1	4
	7	Viktorija Rajicic	6	6				7	Viktorija Rajicic	6	3	6
		Jessica Moore	5	6	9				Jessica Moore	2	6	2
	2	Anastasia Rodionova	7	1	7

^[7]

US Wildcard Playoff

Men's Singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Denis Kudla	6	6
		Jarmere Jenkins	4	1
								1	Denis Kudla	3	6^5
								4	Tennys Sandgren	6	7^7
	4	Tennys Sandgren	6	6
		Austin Krajicek	3	0
															4	Tennys Sandgren	6	3	6	6^5	1
															3	Steve Johnson	4	6	0	7^7	6
		Bjorn Fratangelo	3	6^2
	3	Steve Johnson	6	7^7
								3	Steve Johnson	6	6
									Chase Buchanan	0	4
		Chase Buchanan	4	7^7	6
	2	Rhyne Williams	6	6^4	3

Women's Singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Shelby Rogers	6	6
		Sanaz Marand	4	2
								1	Shelby Rogers	4	5
								4	Victoria Duval	6	7
	4	Victoria Duval	7	7
		Maria Sanchez	5	5
															4	Victoria Duval	2	3
																Sachia Vickery	6	6
		Nicole Gibbs	6	3	5
	3	Grace Min	4	6	7
								3	Grace Min	3	7^7	4
									Sachia Vickery	6	6^3	6
		Sachia Vickery	4	6	6
	2	Madison Brengle	6	4	3

References

1. ″Lucky eight snare remaining Australian Apen wildcards″, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 2014, retrieved 8 January 2014
2. "tennis.com.au". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
3. "australianwildcard.com". australianwildcard.com. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
4. "Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off – Tournaments – Tennis Australia". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
5. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-08/eight-aussie-wildcards-announced-for-australian-open/5190168
6. http://tournaments.tennis.com.au/sport/draw.aspx?id=4CF449CC-ABDF-4E57-B66D-F506A158936D&draw=1
7. http://tournaments.tennis.com.au/sport/draw.aspx?id=4CF449CC-ABDF-4E57-B66D-F506A158936D&draw=3