2016 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

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.

Main article: 2016 Australian Open
2016 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
DateOctober 2015 – January 2016
Edition104th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
LocationUnited States (6 places across the country)
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

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

Men's Doubles
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Gong Maoxin
Peng Hsien-yin 		65 6 [7]
Toshihide Matsui
Christopher Rungkat 		77 2 [10] T Matsui
C Rungkat 		6 5 [4]
3 Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua 		6 65 [10] 3 C-p Hsieh
T-h Yang 		2 7 [10]
Ruben Gonzales
Jason Jung 		4 77 [8] 3 C-p Hsieh
T-h Yang 		6 78
Wu Di
Yi Chu-huan 		5 4 2 Y Bai
Z Li 		4 66
4 Lee Hsin-han
Zhang Ze 		7 6 4 H-h Lee
Z Zhang 		4 63
WC Gong Pengxiang
Qi Xi 		0 4 2 Y Bai
Z Li 		6 77
2 Bai Yan
Li Zhe 		6 6

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

Australian Wildcard Playoff

The December Showdown was held between 5 and 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 James Duckworth 6 65 6 6
Harry Bourchier 3 77 2 3 1 J Duckworth 6 6 6
Marc Polmans 3 2 6 4 M Polmans 4 4 3
5 Alex Bolt 6 6 4 1r 1 J Duckworth 4 6 79 710
3 Luke Saville 2 6 6 6 7 M Matosevic 6 3 67 68
Jacob Grills 6 3 2 3 3 L Saville 3 2 2
Maverick Banes 6 1 63 6 3 7 M Matosevic 6 6 6
7 Marinko Matosevic 3 6 77 4 6 1 J Duckworth w/o
8 Matthew Barton 6 6 6 4 B Mitchell
Omar Jasika 4 3 3 8 M Barton 65 77 2 0
Oliver Anderson 1 2 4 4 B Mitchell 77 65 6 6
4 Benjamin Mitchell 6 6 6 4 B Mitchell 2 77 77 6
6 Gavin van Peperzeel 3 63 6 4 B Mousley 6 63 62 4
Bradley Mousley 6 77 4 6 B Mousley 4 7 4 77 6
Matt Reid 3 2 1 2 J Thompson 6 5 6 65 4
2 Jordan Thompson 6 6 6

Women's Singles
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Olivia Rogowska 3 2
Kaylah McPhee 6 6 K McPhee 3 5
Maddison Inglis 6 3 6 M Inglis 6 7
8 Zoe Hives 4 6 0 M Inglis 6 2 6
4 Alison Bai 6 3 0 N Bains 2 6 2
Belinda Woolcock 2 6 6 B Woolcock 4 65
Naiktha Bains 6 5 6 N Bains 6 77
9 Sally Peers 3 7 1 M Inglis 6 6
6 Storm Sanders 6 6 2 Ar Rodionova 4 2
Alt Lizette Cabrera 3 2 6 S Sanders 4 6 8
Abbie Myers 6 6 A Myers 6 2 6
3 Jessica Moore 3 4 6 S Sanders 6 4 5
7 Olivia Tjandramulia 4 77 4 2 Ar Rodionova 1 6 7
Destanee Aiava 6 65 6 D Aiava 2 4
Angelique Svinos 1 3 2 Ar Rodionova 6 6
2 Arina 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 Priscilla Hon 6 6
WC Petra Hule 2 2 1 Priscilla Hon 3 77 712
5 Naiktha Bains 65 3 4 Olivia Tjandramulia 6 62 610
4 Olivia Tjandramulia 77 6 1 Priscilla Hon 6 77
3 Sara Tomic 2 1 7 Maddison Inglis 2 65
6 Destanee Aiava 6 6 6 Destanee Aiava 5 2
WC Kaylah McPhee 7 64 1 7 Maddison Inglis 7 6
7 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 Aaron Addison
Alana Parnaby 		1 3
4 James Frawley
Alison Bai 		4 4 4 James Frawley
Alison Bai 		1 0
3 Scott Puodziunas
Ashling Sumner 		3 3 1 Bradley Mousley
Jessica Moore 		4 4
1 Bradley Mousley
Jessica Moore 		4 4

References
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  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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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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