2016 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Main article: 2016 Australian Open
2016 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
Date October 2015 – January 2016
Edition 104th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Location United States (6 places across the country)
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The 2016 Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs and Entries was a group of events and internal selections to choose the eight men and eight women singles wildcard entries for the 2016 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. This took place from 14 to 20 December 2015.

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 USTA awarded the entry to the player with the most points over three pre-selected events in USA over October and November 2015.[1]

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. This took pace from 2 to 6 December 2015.[2]

Remaining wildcards were awarded by internal Australian selection.

For the first time, a new initiative was put in place for rewarding women's wildcards. A wildcard race was put in place by Tennis Australia to offer the highest Australian points earner from the 2015 Canberra Tennis International and 2015 Bendigo Women's International a main draw wildcard. The singles wildcard was won by Tammi Patterson and the doubles wildcard was won by Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders. Also for the first time, the winner of the girls' 18 and under national championships was rewarded a main draw wildcard.

Wildcard entries

Men's Singles

Country Name Method of Qualification
 JPN Yoshihito Nishioka Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 FRA Quentin Halys French internal selection
 USA Noah Rubin American Wildcard Challenge
 AUS James Duckworth Australian Wildcard Playoff
 AUS Lleyton Hewitt Australian internal selection
 AUS Omar Jasika[3] Australian internal selection
 AUS Matthew Ebden Australian internal selection
 AUS Jordan Thompson Australian internal selection

Women's Singles

Country Name Method of Qualification
 CHN Han Xinyun Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 FRA Océane Dodin French internal selection
 USA Samantha Crawford American Wildcard Challenge
 AUS Tammi Patterson Australian Wildcard Challenge
 AUS Maddison Inglis Australian Wildcard Playoff
 AUS Priscilla Hon Australian 18/u Champion
 AUS Kimberly Birrell Australian internal selection
 AUS Storm Sanders Australian internal selection

Men's Doubles

Country Name Method of Qualification
 TPE
 TPE
Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua
Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 AUS
 AUS
Alex Bolt
Andrew Whittington
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
James Duckworth
John Millman
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Sam Groth
Lleyton Hewitt
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Omar Jasika
Nick Kyrgios
Australian internal selection
 USA
 USA
Austin Krajicek
Donald Young
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Luke Saville
John-Patrick Smith
Australian internal selection

Women's Doubles

Country Name Method of Qualification
 JPN
 JPN
Shuko Aoyama
Makoto Ninomiya
Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
 AUS
 AUS
Jessica Moore
Storm Sanders
Australian Wildcard Challenge
 AUS
 AUS
Alison Bai
Naiktha Bains
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Kimberly Birrell
Priscilla Hon
Australian internal selection
 SVK
 AUS
Daniela Hantuchová
Jarmila Wolfe
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Tammi Patterson
Olivia Rogowska
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Ellen Perez
Belinda Woolcock
Australian internal selection

Mixed Doubles

Country Name Method of Qualification
 AUS
 AUS
Kimberly Birrell
John Millman
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Daria Gavrilova
Luke Saville
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Maddison Inglis
Benjamin Mitchell
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Jessica Moore
Marc Polmans
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Anastasia Rodionova
Chris Guccione
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Arina Rodionova
Matt Reid
Australian internal selection
 AUS
 AUS
Ajla Tomljanović
Nick Kyrgios
Australian internal selection
 CHN
 KOR
Zheng Saisai
Chung Hyeon
Australian internal selection

Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff

The Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff events took place in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China from Monday, November 30 to Sunday, December 6, 2015. A total of 26 male and 30 female players from Asia/Pacific zone took part in singles events (including qualifying competitions), with Yoshihito Nishioka from Japan[4] and Han Xinyun from China gaining the Australian Open entry. Both doubles events consisted of 18 male and 19 female teams, with Hsieh Cheng-peng & Yang Tsung-hua and Shuko Aoyama & Makoto Ninomiya winning the wild cards. Junior playoff events were also held, and Chinese players Mu Tao and Wang Xiyu won the wild card entries into the Boys' and Girls' main events, respectively.[5]

Men's Singles

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1  Japan Yoshihito Nishioka 6 6  
Q  China Wu Hao 1 4     1  Japan Y Nishioka 6 6  
WC  China Sun Fajing 6 7     WC  China F Sun 2 4  
5  China Wu Di 3 5       1  Japan Y Nishioka 6 6  
4  China Bai Yan 6 77       6  China Z Li 4 2  
WC  China Gong Xiao 3 64     4  China Y Bai
Q  China Qi Xi 3 1     6  China Z Li w/o  
6  China Li Zhe 6 6       1  Japan Y Nishioka 3 6 6
8  Indonesia Christopher Rungkat 6 6       7  Chinese Taipei J Jung 6 2 3
Q  China Zhu Zhicheng 2 4     8  Indonesia C Rungkat 4 64  
WC  Japan Toshihide Matsui     3  Chinese Taipei T-h Yang 6 77  
3  Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua w/o       3  Chinese Taipei T-h Yang 2 2
7  Chinese Taipei Jason Jung 6 6       7  Chinese Taipei J Jung 6 6  
WC  Philippines Ruben Gonzales 4 2     7  Chinese Taipei J Jung 2 7 6
Q  China Zhou Shenghao 2 1     2  China Z Zhang 6 5 3  
2  China Zhang Ze 6 6  

Women's Singles

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1  China Wang Yafan 6 6  
Q  Japan Akari Inoue 2 0     1  China Y Wang 6 6  
WC  Japan Shiho Akita 5 5     7  Japan S Aoyama 4 4  
7  Japan Shuko Aoyama 7 7       1  China Y Wang 6 4 6  
3  Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan 6 6       5  China J Lu 2 6 1  
WC  China Sun Xuliu 4 4     3  Chinese Taipei Y-h Lee 64 1
Q  China Gai Ao 1 6 1     5  China J Lu 77 6  
5  China Lu Jingjing 6 4 6       1  China Y Wang 1 0
6  South Korea Han Na-lae 5 0       2  China X Han 6 6
Q  China Tian Ran 7 6     Q  China R Tian 1 4  
LL  China Ye Qiuyu 1 3     4/WC  Thailand V Wongteanchai 6 6  
4/WC  Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6 6       4/WC  Thailand V Wongteanchai 2 2
8  China You Xiaodi 7 3 0r       2  China X Han 6 6  
Q  China Xun Fangying 5 6 3     Q  China F Xun 2 2
 China Gao Xinyu 5 0     2  China X Han 6 6  
2  China Han Xinyun 7 6  

Men's Doubles

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1  China Gong Maoxin
 Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin
65 6 [7]  
 Japan Toshihide Matsui
 Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
77 2 [10]      Japan T Matsui
 Indonesia C Rungkat
6 5 [4]  
3  Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
 Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua
6 65 [10]     3  Chinese Taipei C-p Hsieh
 Chinese Taipei T-h Yang
2 7 [10]  
 Philippines Ruben Gonzales
 Chinese Taipei Jason Jung
4 77 [8]       3  Chinese Taipei C-p Hsieh
 Chinese Taipei T-h Yang
6 78
 China Wu Di
 Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan
5 4       2  China Y Bai
 China Z Li
4 66
4  Chinese Taipei Lee Hsin-han
 China Zhang Ze
7 6     4  Chinese Taipei H-h Lee
 China Z Zhang
4 63
WC  China Gong Pengxiang
 China Qi Xi
0 4     2  China Y Bai
 China Z Li
6 77  
2  China Bai Yan
 China Li Zhe
6 6  

Women's Doubles

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1  Japan Shuko Aoyama
 Japan Makoto Ninomiya
6 6  
 Japan Shiho Akita
 Japan Akari Inoue
1 3     1  Japan S Aoyama
 Japan M Ninomiya
65 6 [10]  
3  South Korea Han Na-lae
 Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
6 6     3  South Korea N-l Han
 Chinese Taipei Y-h Lee
77 2 [4]  
 China Gao Xinyu
 China Xun Fangying
2 0       1  Japan S Aoyama
 Japan M Ninomiya
6 78
WC  Chinese Taipei Chen Pei-hsuan
 Chinese Taipei Huang Hsiang-wen
0 3       2  Thailand V Wongteanchai
 China Z Yang
0 66
4  China Han Xinyun
 China Lu Jingjing
6 6     4  China X Han
 China J Lu
3 6 [5]
 China Chen Jiahui
 China Ye Qiuyu
4 4     2  Thailand V Wongteanchai
 China Z Yang
6 4 [10]  
2  Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
 China Yang Zhaoxuan
6 6  

Australian Wildcard Playoff

The December Showdown was held between 5 to 20 December. This Showdown included the Wildcard Playoff as well as 18/u, 16/u, 14/u and 12/u National Championships. [6] The men's wildcard playoff was won by top seed James Duckworth who defeated Benjamin Mitchell in the final by a walkover. Mitchell was forced to pull out of the final to be in Brisbane with his partner whom was due to give birth. The women's wildcard playoff was won by unseeded teen Maddison Inglis, who defeated newlywed Arina Rodionova in the final.

Men's Singles

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1  Australia Duckworth 6 65 6 6    
 Australia Bourchier 3 77 2 3       1  Australia Duckworth 6 6 6    
 Australia Polmans 3 2 6 4        Australia Polmans 4 4 3    
5  Australia Bolt 6 6 4 1r         1  Australia Duckworth 4 6 79 710    
3  Australia Saville 2 6 6 6         7  Australia Matosevic 6 3 67 68    
 Australia Grills 6 3 2 3       3  Australia Saville 3 2 2    
 Australia Banes 6 1 63 6 3     7  Australia Matosevic 6 6 6      
7  Australia Matosevic 3 6 77 4 6       1  Australia Duckworth w/o
8  Australia Barton 6 6 6           4  Australia Mitchell
 Australia Jasika 4 3 3         8  Australia Barton 65 77 2 0    
 Australia Anderson 1 2 4         4  Australia Mitchell 77 65 6 6    
4  Australia Mitchell 6 6 6           4  Australia Mitchell 2 77 77 6  
6  Australia Peperzeel 3 63 6 4          Australia Mousley 6 63 62 4    
 Australia Mousley 6 77 4 6        Australia Mousley 4 7 4 77 6
 Australia Reid 3 2 1         2  Australia Thompson 6 5 6 65 4  
2  Australia Thompson 6 6 6      

Women's Singles

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1  Australia Rogowska 3 2  
 Australia McPhee 6 6      Australia McPhee 3 5  
 Australia Inglis 6 3 6      Australia Inglis 6 7  
8  Australia Hives 4 6 0        Australia Inglis 6 2 6  
4  Australia Bai 6 3 0        Australia Bains 2 6 2  
 Australia Woolcock 2 6 6      Australia Woolcock 4 65
 Australia Bains 6 5 6      Australia Bains 6 77  
9  Australia Peers 3 7 1        Australia Inglis 6 6
6  Australia Sanders 6 6       2  Australia Rodionova 4 2
Alt  Australia Cabrera 3 2     6  Australia Sanders 4 6 8  
 Australia Myers 6 6      Australia Myers 6 2 6  
3  Australia Moore 3 4       6  Australia Sanders 6 4 5
7  Australia Tjandramulia 4 77 4       2  Australia Rodionova 1 6 7  
 Australia Aiava 6 65 6      Australia Aiava 2 4
 Australia Svinos 1 3     2  Australia Rodionova 6 6  
2  Australia Rodionova 6 6  

NB: Kimberly Birrell was the number 5 seed, but withdrew prior to the commencement of play.

Girls' Singles

For the first time in Australian Open history, the winner of the girls' 18/U Championships will receive a main draw wildcard into the 2016 Australian Open. The wildcard was won by top seed Priscilla Hon who defeated wildcard playoff winner Maddison Inglis in the final.

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1  Australia Priscilla Hon 6 6  
WC  Australia Petra Hule 2 2     1  Australia Priscilla Hon 3 77 712  
5  Australia Naiktha Bains 65 3     4  Australia Olivia Tjandramulia 6 62 610  
4  Australia Olivia Tjandramulia 77 6       1  Australia Priscilla Hon 6 77
3  Australia Sara Tomic 2 1       7  Australia Maddison Inglis 2 65
6  Australia Destanee Aiava 6 6     6  Australia Destanee Aiava 5 2
WC  Australia Kaylah McPhee 7 64 1     7  Australia Maddison Inglis 7 6  
7  Australia Maddison Inglis 5 77 6  

NB: Kimberly Birrell was the number 2 seed.

Mixed Doubles

The 'Win a Wildcard' competition held by Tennis Australia allowed any person over the age of 16 entry into the competition. State championships were held across the period of November and December and the finals were held at Melbourne Park on 20 December. The entire competition was played using the Fast4 Tennis method. The competition was won by Bradley Mousley and Jessica Moore who had secured a wildcard into the 2016 Australian Open mixed doubles event. However, Mousley withdrew from the event, and Moore partnered Marc Polmans.

  Semifinals Final
                     
2  Australia Aaron Addison
 Australia Alana Parnaby
1 3  
4  Australia James Frawley
 Australia Alison Bai
4 4     4  Australia James Frawley
 Australia Alison Bai
1 0
3  Australia Scott Puodziunas
 Australia Ashling Sumner
3 3     1  Australia Bradley Mousley
 Australia Jessica Moore
4 4
1  Australia Bradley Mousley
 Australia Jessica Moore
4 4  

External Links

References

  1. "AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILD CARD CHALLENGE". www.usta.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. "2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN ASIA PACIFIC WILDCARD PLAYOFF FACT SHEET" (PDF). www.tennis.com.au. September 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. "JASIKA GETS AUSSIE OPEN WILDCARD". www.skynewssport.com.au. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. "Nishioka, Han win Australian Open wildcards". tennis.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  5. "AO Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. "DECEMBER SHOWDOWN: THE BATTLE BEGINS THIS WEEKEND". www.tennis.com.au. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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