2015 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

2015 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
Date	20 October 2014 – 12 January 2015
Edition	103rd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Location	United States (6 places across the country) Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China Melbourne, 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 Qualification
CHN	Zhang Ze	Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
FRA	Lucas Pouille	French internal selection
USA	Denis Kudla	American Wildcard Challenge
AUS	Jordan Thompson	Australian Wildcard Playoff
AUS	James Duckworth	Australian internal selection
AUS	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Australian internal selection
AUS	John Millman	Australian internal selection
AUS	Luke Saville	Australian internal selection

Women's Singles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
TPE	Chang Kai-chen	Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
FRA	Océane Dodin	French internal selection
USA	Irina Falconi	American Wildcard Challenge
AUS	Daria Gavrilova	Australian Wildcard Playoff
AUS	Arina Rodionova	Australian internal selection
AUS	Olivia Rogowska	Australian internal selection
AUS	Storm Sanders	Australian internal selection
CHN	Duan Yingying	Australian internal selection

Men's Doubles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
TPE  CHN	Lee Hsin-han Zhang Ze	Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
AUS  AUS	Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	James Duckworth Luke Saville	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Matthew Ebden Matt Reid	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Omar Jasika John-Patrick Smith	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	John Millman Benjamin Mitchell	Australian internal selection

Women's Doubles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
CHN  CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan Ye Qiuyu	Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
AUS  AUS	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Naiktha Bains Sara Tomic	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Kimberly Birrell Priscilla Hon	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Daria Gavrilova Storm Sanders	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Maddison Inglis Alexandra Nancarrow	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	Australian internal selection

Mixed Doubles

Country	Name	Method of Qualification
AUS  AUS	Sam Thompson Masa Jovanovic	Australian Wildcard Playoff
TPE  CHN	Chang Kai-chen Zhang Ze	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Casey Dellacqua John Peers	Australian internal selection
AUS  IND	Jarmila Gajdošová Mahesh Bhupathi	Australian internal selection
AUS  AUS	Daria Gavrilova Luke Saville	Australian internal selection
SLO  AUS	Andreja Klepač Chris Guccione	Australian internal selection
AUS  BLR	Arina Rodionova Max Mirnyi	Australian 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 China^[1] 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.^[2]

Men's Singles

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
1	Hiroki Moriya	6^3	4
Q	Purav Raja	7^7	6				Q	Purav Raja	6	4	6
WC	Gong Maoxin	6	4	3				Wu Di	4	6	3
	Wu Di	3	6	6										Q	Purav Raja	3	3
	Yuki Bhambri	7^7	6											4	Zhang Ze	6	6
Q	Wesley Whitehouse	6^3	3					Yuki Bhambri	2	1
	Wang Chuhan	2	3				4	Zhang Ze	6	6
4	Zhang Ze	6	6																		4	Zhang Ze	6	6
3	Chung Hyeon	6	6																			Li Zhe	4	4
WC	Zhao Cai	2	0				3	Chung Hyeon	4	6	6
WC	Ji-Sung Nam	6	6				WC	Ji-Sung Nam	6	4	3
Q	Xi Qi	1	1											3	Chung Hyeon	3	5
	Li Zhe	7^7	6												Li Zhe	6	7
WC	Bumpei Sato	6^4	4					Li Zhe	6	6
Q	Sho Katayama	6	1	4			2	Yoshihito Nishioka	2	4
2	Yoshihito Nishioka	3	6	6

Women's Singles

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
1	Zhu Lin	0	4
	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6	6					Tamarine Tanasugarn	6	6
Q	Wang Yan	1	3					Nao Hibino	0	0
	Nao Hibino	6	6												Tamarine Tanasugarn	3	6	6
4	Miharu Imanishi	6	6											WC	Xu Shilin	6	1	2
WC	Zhang Yuxuan	4	3				4	Miharu Imanishi	6	2	4
Q	Chan Chin-wei	1	5				WC	Xu Shilin	3	6	6
WC	Xu Shilin	6	7																			Tamarine Tanasugarn	3	0
WC	Chang Kai-chen	6	6																		WC	Chang Kai-chen	6	6
Q	Lee Ya-hsuan	3	3				WC	Chang Kai-chen	6	6
	Rika Fujiwara	6	2	7				Rika Fujiwara	1	3
3	Zhang Kailin	4	6	5										WC	Chang Kai-chen	6	3	7
	Yang Zhaoxuan	3	6^5											2	Eri Hozumi	0	6	5
WC	Jang Su-jeong	6	7^7				WC	Jang Su-jeong	3	6^2
Q	Ankita Raina	2	1				2	Eri Hozumi	6	7^7
2	Eri Hozumi	6	6

Men's Doubles

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	Gong Maoxin   Peng Hsien-yin	4	6	[8]
WC	Hao Wu   Yibing Wu	7^7	3	[3]				Chung Hyeon   Ji Sung Nam	6	4	[10]
	Chung Hyeon   Ji Sung Nam	6^4	6	[10]											Chung Hyeon   Ji Sung Nam	3	4
														4	Lee Hsin-han   Zhang Ze	6	6
							4	Lee Hsin-han   Zhang Ze	6	6
	Wang Chuhan   Wu Di	6	6					Wang Chuhan   Wu Di	4	2
	Zhao Cai   Changwei Peng	2	3																		4	Lee Hsin-han   Zhang Ze	2	6	[10]
WC	Jia Qi Huang   Chuanqi Su	3	3																		2	Ruben Gonzales   Purav Raja	6	1	[8]
WC	Sergey Belov   Wesley Whitehouse	6	6				WC	Sergey Belov   Wesley Whitehouse	1	2
							3	Yuki Bhambri   Li Zhe	6	6
														3	Yuki Bhambri   Li Zhe	7^7	6^5	[8]
	Sho Katayama   Bumpei Sato	6	6											2	Ruben Gonzales   Purav Raja	6^4	7^7	[10]
WC	Xi Qi   Zihao Xia	2	3					Sho Katayama   Bumpei Sato	6^5	3
							2	Ruben Gonzales   Purav Raja	7^7	6

Women's Doubles

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	Chan Chin-wei   Liang Chen	1	6	[12]
	Xu Shilin   Zhang Yuxuan	6	3	[12]				Xu Shilin   Zhang Yuxuan	6	2	[10]
	Chang Kai-chen   Tamarine Tanasugarn	3	6	[10]										1	Chan Chin-wei   Liang Chen	7^7	6
														4	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai   Peangtarn Plipuech	6^5	3
							4	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai   Peangtarn Plipuech	3	6	[10]
	You Xiaodi   Zhu Lin	6	5	[9]			WC	Lee Ya-hsuan   Zhang Ying	6	2	[7]
WC	Lee Ya-hsuan   Zhang Ying	1	7	[11]																	1	Chan Chin-wei   Liang Chen	2	3
WC	Yang Zhaoxuan   Ye Qiuyu	3	6	[10]																	WC	Yang Zhaoxuan   Ye Qiuyu	6	6
Alt	Guo Xiaoxuan   Sun Xuliu	6	4	[3]			WC	Yang Zhaoxuan   Ye Qiuyu	6	6
							3	Rika Fujiwara   Hsieh Shu-ying	2	3
														WC	Yang Zhaoxuan   Ye Qiuyu	6	6
	Jang Su-jeong   Zhang Kailin	6	6											2	Eri Hozumi   Makoto Ninomiya	3	2
WC	Li Yihong   Wang Yan	4	4					Jang Su-jeong   Zhang Kailin	4	1
							2	Eri Hozumi   Makoto Ninomiya	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.^[3]

Men's Singles

First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
1	Luke Saville	7^7	6^3	6	6
	Christopher O'Connell	6^4	7^7	2	4				1	Luke Saville	3	6	6	6
8	Gavin van Peperzeel	6	6	6					8	Gavin van Peperzeel	6	3	4	4
	Mitchell Robins	2	2	2														1	Luke Saville
3	Alex Bolt	6^3	6^4	6	6^4													5	Jordan Thompson	w/o
WC	Marc Polmans	7^7	7^7	2	7^7				WC	Marc Polmans	3	3	1
5	Jordan Thompson	7^7	6	5					5	Jordan Thompson	6	6	6
WC	Harry Jake Bourchier	6^2	4	2^r																							5	Jordan Thompson	6	6	1	6^2	9
	Andrew Whittington	6^5	3	2																							2	John-Patrick Smith	1	3	6	7^7	7
6	Dane Propoggia	7^7	6	6					6	Dane Propoggia	2	7^7	4	4
WC	Akira Santillan	4	3	1					4	Benjamin Mitchell	6	6^5	6	6
4	Benjamin Mitchell	6	6	6														4	Benjamin Mitchell	4	4	4
WC	Blake Mott	5	6	6	6													2	John-Patrick Smith	6	6	6
7	Maverick Banes	7	2	1	3				WC	Blake Mott	2	4	3
	Jacob Grills	4	6^4	1					2	John-Patrick Smith	6	6	6
2	John-Patrick Smith	6	7^7	6

Women's Singles

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
1	Olivia Rogowska	6	6
WC	Seone Mendez	1	0				1	Olivia Rogowska	6	6
8	Alison Bai	1	6	7			8	Alison Bai	4	4
	Isabella Holland	6	2	5										1	Olivia Rogowska	1	3
3	Daria Gavrilova	6	7^7											3	Daria Gavrilova	6	6
	Lizette Cabrera	1	6^2				3	Daria Gavrilova	6	6
Alt	Zoe Hives	4	4				WC	Abbie Myers	4	4
WC	Abbie Myers	6	6																		3	Daria Gavrilova	6	6
WC	Olivia Tjandramulia	6^6	6	6																	4	Arina Rodionova	4	2
5	Jessica Moore	7^8	3	4			WC	Olivia Tjandramulia	3	4
WC	Sara Tomic	0	2				4	Arina Rodionova	6	6
4	Arina Rodionova	6	6											4	Arina Rodionova	6	6
WC	Maddison Inglis	6	6											WC	Naiktha Bains	3	1
7	Alexandra Nancarrow	3	1				WC	Maddison Inglis	6	0	3
WC	Naiktha Bains	6	3				WC	Naiktha Bains	3	6	6
2	Anastasia Rodionova	4	1^r

Mixed Doubles

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Gavin Van Peperzeel   Ashling Sumner	4
	A2	Robert Kennedy   Kay-Leigh Nicholas	1			A1	Gavin Van Peperzeel   Ashling Sumner	1
	B1	Patrick Flynn   Helen Parsons	1			B2	Sam Thompson   Masa Jovanovic	4
	B2	Sam Thompson   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.^[4]

References

1. "Ze Zhang Wins Australian Open Wild Card". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. "AO Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
3. "Australian Open 2015 Wildcard Playoff". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
4. "Australian Open Wildcard Challenge". USTA.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.