2017 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

2017 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
2017 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
Date	November 2016 – January 2017
Edition	105th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Location	(various) United States; Zhuhai, Guangdong, China; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The 2017 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 2017 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	Michael Mmoh	American Wildcard Challenge
UZB	Denis Istomin	Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
FRA	Quentin Halys	French internal selection
AUS	Omar Jasika	Australian Wildcard Playoff
AUS	Sam Groth	Australian internal selection^[1]
AUS	Alex De Minaur	Australian internal selection^[2]
AUS	Andrew Whittington	Australian internal selection^[2]
AUS	Christopher O'Connell	Australian internal selection

Women's singles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
USA	Kayla Day	American Wildcard Challenge
THA	Luksika Kumkhum	Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
FRA	Myrtille Georges	French internal selection
AUS	Jaimee Fourlis	Australian Wildcard Playoff
AUS	Destanee Aiava	Australian 18/u Champion
AUS	Lizette Cabrera	Australian internal selection ^[3]
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	Australian internal selection
AUS	Arina Rodionova	Australian internal selection ^[4]

Men's doubles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
TPE TPE	Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua	Asian Wildcard Playoff
AUS AUS	Matthew Barton Matthew Ebden	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Alex Bolt Bradley Mousley	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Alex De Minaur Max Purcell	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Marc Polmans Andrew Whittington	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Luke Saville Jordan Thompson	Australian internal selection

Women's doubles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
TPE JPN	Chan Chin-wei Junri Namigata	Asian Wildcard Playoff
AUS AUS	Jessica Moore Storm Sanders	Australian Wildcard Challenge
AUS AUS	Destanee Aiava Alicia Smith	Australian Wildcard Playoff
AUS AUS	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Alison Bai Lizette Cabrera	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Kimberly Birrell Priscilla Hon	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Ellen Perez Olivia Tjandramulia	Australian internal selection

Mixed doubles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
AUS AUS	Destanee Aiava Marc Polmans	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Casey Dellacqua Matt Reid	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Daria Gavrilova Luke Saville	Australian internal selection
SUI IND	Martina Hingis Leander Paes	Australian internal selection
FRA FRA	Pauline Parmentier Nicolas Mahut	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Sally Peers John Peers	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Arina Rodionova John-Patrick Smith	Australian internal selection
AUS AUS	Samantha Stosur Sam Groth	Australian internal selection

US Wildcard Challenge

The US awarded a wildcard to the man and woman that earned the most ranking points across a group of three Challenger/ITF hardcourt events in the United States in October and November 2016. For the men, it was the Charlottesville, Knoxville and Champaign Challengers and for the women, it was Macon, Scottsdale and Waco. Only the best two results from the three challengers were taken into account with the winners being teenagers Michael Mmoh and Kayla Day. These players were announced on 18 November 2016.^[5]^[6]

Men's standings

Place	Player	Charlottesville	Knoxville	Champaign	Total Results	Best Two Results
1	Michael Mmoh	7	80	15	102	95
2	Reilly Opelka	80	–	7	87	87
3	Jared Donaldson	15	29	29	73	58
4	Mackenzie McDonald	29	15	–	44	44
5	Stefan Kozlov	–	29	7	36	36

Women's standings

Place	Player	Macon	Scottsdale	Waco	Total Results	Best Two Results
1	Kayla Day	80	29	–	109	109
2	Grace Min	29	15	48	92	77
3	Danielle Collins	48	1	15	64	63
4	Kristie Ahn	1	48	1	50	49
5	Jennifer Brady	8	29	1	38	37
5	Samantha Crawford	8	1	29	38	37

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 28 November to 4 December 2016 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.^[7]

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Denis Istomin (winner)

2. Lee Duck-hee (final)

3. Wu Di (semifinals)

4. Li Zhe (first round)

5. Prajnesh Gunneswaran (semifinals)

6. Kwon Soon-woo (first round)

7. Gao Xin (first round)

8. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (quarterfinals)

Draw

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	D Istomin	6	6
WC	F Sun	2	0		1	D Istomin	6	6
7	X Gao	0^r			LL	H Wu	2	2
LL	Wu Hao	1								1	D Istomin	6	1	11
4	Zhe Li	6²	4							5	P Gunneswaran	2	6	9
Q	FC Alcantara	7⁷	6		Q	FC Alcantara	4	1
5	P Gunneswaran	4	6	6	5	P Gunneswaran	6	6
WC	Gong Xiao	6	4	2											1	D Istomin	7	6
Q	Li Zhaotai	6⁶	0												2	D-h Lee	5	1
8	VS Prashanth	7⁸	6		8	VS Prashanth	6	3	4
WC	T-h Yang	2	3		3	D Wu	4	6	6
3	D Wu	6	6							3	D Wu	2	7	5
Q	R Gonzales	6	6							2	D-h Lee	6	5	7
6	S-w Kwon	3	4		Q	R Gonzales	6	3	4
Q	Qi Xi	2	6	1	2	D-h Lee	4	6	6
2	D-h Lee	6	4	6

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Hsieh Su-wei (quarterfinals, withdrew)

2. Chang Kai-chen (final)

3. Luksika Kumkhum (winner)

4. Sabina Sharipova (first round)

5. Junri Namigata (semifinals)

6. Lu Jingjing (quarterfinals)

7. Kyōka Okamura (first round)

8. Ankita Raina (quarterfinals)

Draw

First round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	S-w Hsieh	6	6
	P Plipuech	3	4		1	S-w Hsieh
5/WC	J Namigata	6	6		5/WC	J Namigata	w/o
Q	C-w Hsu	4	2						5/WC	J Namigata	6	1	1
3	L Kumkhum	6	6						3	L Kumkhum	4	6	6
WC	Chen Siyu	0	0		3	L Kumkhum	6	6
7	K Okamura	4	3			V Wongteanchai	3	0
	V Wongteanchai	6	6											3	L Kumkhum	6	6
Q	S Tan	1	2											2	K-c Chang	4	3
6	J Lu	6	6		6	J Lu	6⁵	5
Q	X You	6	5	6	Q	X You	7⁷	7
4	S Sharipova	1	7	1					Q	X You	4	1
Q	J Kang	2	1						2	K-c Chang	6	6
8/WC	A Raina	6	6		8/WC	A Raina	1	1
WC	F Xun	5	3		2	K-c Chang	6	6
2	K-c Chang	7	6

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Zhe Li / Yi Chu-huan (semifinals)

2. Peng Hsien-yin / Di Wu (quarterfinals)

3. Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua (winners)

4. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (final)

Draw

First round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

				1	Zhe Li C-h Yi	6	6
	FC Alcantara R Gonzales	6	6		FC Alcantara R Gonzales	3	4
WC	Wu Hao Yu Bingyu	1	3						1	Zhe Li C-h Yi	1	6²
									3	C-p Hsieh T-h Yang	6	7⁷
				3	C-p Hsieh T-h Yang	6	6
					X Gong Zha Li	2	1
													3	C-p Hsieh T-h Yang	6	6
													4	J Nedunchezhiyan VS Prashanth	1	4
					X Gao F Sun
				4	J Nedunchezhiyan VS Prashanth	w/o
									4	J Nedunchezhiyan VS Prashanth	6	6
										P Gong X Qi	1	2
					P Gong X Qi	2	6	[10]
				2	H-y Peng D Wu	6	4	[8]

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Peangtarn Plipuech / Varatchaya Wongteanchai (semifinals)

2. Lu Jingjing / You Xiaodi (semifinals)

3. Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen (final)

4. Ankita Raina / Sabina Sharipova (quarterfinals)

Draw

First round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

				1	P Plipuech V Wongteanchai	1	6	[10]
WC	Chen Siyu Yang Yidi	2	0	WC	S-y Hsieh S-w Hsieh	6	3	[4]
WC	S-y Hsieh S-w Hsieh	6	6						1	P Plipuech V Wongteanchai	3	2
									3	K-c Chang C-w Hsu	6	6
				3	K-c Chang C-w Hsu	7	6
	J Kang Yih Li	w/o			J Kang Yih Li	5	2
WC	Chen Yu Mulan Kamoe												3	K-c Chang C-w Hsu	6	3	[8]
	C-w Chan J Namigata	6	6											C-w Chan J Namigata	1	6	[10]
	H Guo X Jiang	3	0		C-w Chan J Namigata	3	6	[10]
				4	A Raina S Sharipova	6	2	[8]
										C-w Chan J Namigata	7⁸	6
	L Kumkhum F Xun	7	6						2	J Lu X You	6⁶	2
WC	Yix Li X Sun	5	3		L Kumkhum F Xun	5	1
				2	J Lu X You	7	6

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 2017 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 12–18 December 2016 at Melbourne Park.^[8] For the first time, a women's doubles playoff will be contested, with the winner receiving a main draw wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open women's doubles. For the second time in a row, the winner of the girls' 18/u championship will be given a main draw wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open.

Men's singles

Seeds

Andrew Whittington (quarterfinals)
Sam Groth (quarterfinals)
Marinko Matosevic (first round)
Marc Polmans (quarterfinals)
John-Patrick Smith (final)
Christopher O'Connell (semifinals)
Luke Saville (first round; retired)
Blake Mott (semifinals)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

1	A Whittington	6	6	4	3	6
	M Purcell	3	3	6	6	2	1	A Whittington	5	4	6⁹
	M Banes	6	4	4	1		5	J-P Smith	7	6	7¹¹
5	J-P Smith	3	6	6	6									5	J-P Smith	7⁷	7	6⁴	6
4	M Polmans	6	6	6										8	B Mott	6²	5	7⁷	0
	Scott Jones	2	4	0			4	M Polmans	2	2	3
	H Bourchier	6	6⁵	1	1		8	B Mott	6	6	6
8	B Mott	3	7⁷	6	6															5	J-P Smith	7⁷	2	0	4
7	L Saville	4	7⁹	1	1^r																O Jasika	6²	6	6	6
	Gavin van Peperzeel	6	6⁷	6	2			G van Peperzeel	4	0	2
	O Jasika	4	4	6	6	6		O Jasika	6	6	6
3	M Matosevic	6	6	4	3	4									O Jasika	6	6	6
6	C O'Connell	6	7⁷	6										6	C O'Connell	1	1	2
	A De Minaur	2	6³	2			6	C O'Connell	7	3	7	4	8
	D Kelly	3	7⁷	7⁷	4	8	2	S Groth	5	6	5	6	6
2	S Groth	6	6⁵	6³	6	10

Women's singles

Seeds

Arina Rodionova (quarterfinals)
Alison Bai (semifinals)
Jaimee Fourlis (winner)
Naiktha Bains (quarterfinals)
Tammi Patterson (first round)
Olivia Tjandramulia (semifinals)
Sara Tomic (quarterfinals)
Priscilla Hon (first round)

Draw

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Ar Rodionova	6	6
	B Woolcock	1	0		1	Ar Rodionova	3	6	5
	E Perez	2	1		6	O Tjandramulia	6	1	7
6	O Tjandramulia	6	6							6	O Tjandramulia	5	2
3	J Fourlis	6	6							3	J Fourlis	7	6
	V Rajicic	3	4		3	J Fourlis	4	6	6
	K McPhee	6	6			K McPhee	6	3	1
8	P Hon	4	4												3	J Fourlis	7⁸	7
5	T Patterson	1	7⁹	6												A Myers	6⁶	5
	A Myers	6	6⁷	8		A Myers	6	6
	M Haet	1	3		4	N Bains	4	3
4	N Bains	6	6								A Myers	6	4	6
7	S Tomic	4								2	A Bai	3	6	4
	M Inglis	0^r			7	S Tomic	4	7⁸	3
	Angelique Svinos	3	4		2	A Bai	6	6⁶	6
2	A Bai	6	6

Women's doubles

Seeds

Naiktha Bains / Abbie Myers (final)
Ellen Perez / Olivia Tjandramulia (semifinals)
Tammi Patterson / Sally Peers (semifinals; retired)
Destanee Aiava / Alicia Smith (winners)

Draw

First round				Semifinals					Final

1	Naiktha Bains Abbie Myers	6	6

WC	Jaimee Fourlis Jeanette Lin	1	3
				1	Naiktha Bains Abbie Myers	6	0

				3	Tammi Patterson Sally Peers	2	0^r
3	Tammi Patterson Sally Peers	6	6

	Maddison Inglis Belinda Woolcock	3	4
									1	Naiktha Bains Abbie Myers	5	3

									4	Destanee Aiava Alicia Smith	7	6
WC	Kaylah McPhee Kaitlin Staines	6⁴	1

4	Destanee Aiava Alicia Smith	7⁷	6
				4	Destanee Aiava Alicia Smith	6	3	[10]

				2	Ellen Perez Olivia Tjandramulia	4	6	[7]
	Masa Jovanovic Angelique Svinos	3	0

2	Ellen Perez Olivia Tjandramulia	6	6

Boys' singles

Seeds

Alexei Popyrin (round robin)
Stefan Skadarka (round robin)
Mislav Bosnjak (quarterfinals)
Kody Pearson (final)
Adam Walton (semifinals)
Matthew Dellavedova (quarterfinals)
Alexander Crnokrak (round robin)
Benard Nkomba (quarterfinals)

Draw

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Lucas Vuradin	6	1	6

WC	Chase Ferguson	2	6	2
						Lucas Vuradin	1	4

					4	Kody Pearson	6	6
4	Kody Pearson	6	6

3	Mislav Bosnjak	4	4
									4	Kody Pearson	2	6	4

									WC	Scott Jones	6	4	6
5	Adam Walton	7⁷	6

6	Matthew Dellavedova	6¹	2
					5	Adam Walton	4	2

					WC	Scott Jones	6	6
8	Benard Nkomba	6	3	3

WC	Scott Jones	1	6	6

Girls' singles

Seeds

Destanee Aiava (winner)
Jaimee Fourlis (final)
Sara Tomic (quarterfinals)
Priscilla Hon (quarterfinals)
Maddison Inglis (semifinals)
Kaylah McPhee (semifinals)
Michaela Haet (quarterfinals)
Gabriella Da Silva-Fick (round robin)

Draw

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Destanee Aiava	7	6

	Alexandra Bozovic	5	1
				1	Destanee Aiava	6	6

				6	Kaylah McPhee	0	3
6	Kaylah McPhee	6	7

4	Priscilla Hon	4	5
								1	Destanee Aiava	7	6

								2	Jaimee Fourlis	5	3
3	Sara Tomic	6⁴	1

5	Maddison Inglis	7⁷	6
				5	Maddison Inglis	1	3

				2	Jaimee Fourlis	6	6
7	Michaela Haet	2	2

2	Jaimee Fourlis	6	6

References

^ "Groth granted Open wildcard". 21 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "De Minaur, Whittington Get Wild Cards for Australian Open". Associated Press. 2 January 2017.
^ "Lizette Cabrera has been handed a wildcard into the Australian Open". Courier Mail. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^ "Rodionova secures final women's wildcard for Australian Open 2017". Aus Open. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ "Mmoh wins challenge, secures Australian Open wild card". Tennis USA. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^ "MMOH, DAY AWARDED AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARDS". Tennis Australia. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^ "ZHUHAI TO HOST ASIA PACIFIC WILDCARD PLAY-OFF". Tennis Australia. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
^ "AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARD PLAY-OFF". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

External links

[1] "Groth granted Open wildcard". 21 December 2016.

[De_Minaur-2] "De Minaur, Whittington Get Wild Cards for Australian Open". Associated Press. 2 January 2017.

[3] "Lizette Cabrera has been handed a wildcard into the Australian Open". Courier Mail. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

[4] "Rodionova secures final women's wildcard for Australian Open 2017". Aus Open. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[5] "Mmoh wins challenge, secures Australian Open wild card". Tennis USA. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[6] "MMOH, DAY AWARDED AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARDS". Tennis Australia. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[7] "ZHUHAI TO HOST ASIA PACIFIC WILDCARD PLAY-OFF". Tennis Australia. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

[8] "AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARD PLAY-OFF". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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