2020 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
# 2020 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

The 2020 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 2020 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 |
| JPN | Tatsuma Ito | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff |
| FRA | Hugo Gaston | French internal selection |
| AUS | John-Patrick Smith | Australian Wildcard Playoff |
| AUS | Christopher O'Connell | Australian internal selection |
| AUS | Marc Polmans | Australian internal selection |
| AUS | Alex Bolt | Australian internal selection |
| AUS | Andrew Harris | Australian internal selection |

### Women's singles

| Country | Name | Method of Qualification |
| - | - | - |
| USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | American Wildcard Challenge |
| KOR | Han Na-lae | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff |
| FRA | Pauline Parmentier | French internal selection |
| AUS | Arina Rodionova | Australian Wildcard Playoff |
| AUS | Astra Sharma | Australian internal selection |
| AUS | Lizette Cabrera | Australian internal selection |
| AUS | Priscilla Hon | Australian internal selection |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | Australian internal selection |

### Men's doubles

| Country | Name | Method of Qualification |
| - | - | - |
| KOR KOR | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff |
| AUS AUS | Alex Bolt Matthew Ebden | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | James Duckworth Marc Polmans | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Blake Ellis Alexei Popyrin | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Andrew Harris Christopher O'Connell | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Lleyton Hewitt Jordan Thompson | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Max Purcell Luke Saville | Australian internal selection |

### Women's doubles

| Country | Name | Method of Qualification |
| - | - | - |
| TPE TPE | Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff |
| AUS AUS | Alexandra Bozovic Amber Marshall | Australian Wildcard Playoff |
| AUS AUS | Destanee Aiava Lizette Cabrera | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Jaimee Fourlis Arina Rodionova | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Priscilla Hon Storm Sanders | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Jessica Moore Astra Sharma | Australian internal selection |

### Mixed doubles

| Country | Name | Method of Qualification |
| - | - | - |
| AUS ESP | Monique Adamczak David Vega Hernández | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Jessica Moore Matthew Ebden | Australian internal selection |
| LAT IND | Jeļena Ostapenko Leander Paes | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Ellen Perez Luke Saville | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Arina Rodionova Andrew Harris | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Storm Sanders Marc Polmans | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Astra Sharma John-Patrick Smith | Australian internal selection |
| AUS AUS | Belinda Woolcock Blake Mott | Australian internal selection |

## American Wildcard Challenge

The USTA awarded a wildcard to the man and woman that earned the most ranking points across a group of three ATP/Challenger hardcourt events in the October and November 2019. For the men, the events included ATP Paris, Shenzhen, Charlottesville, Playford, Bratislava, Knoxville, Kobe, Houston, Champaign, Helsinki, Ortisei and Pune events. For the women, the events included Macon, Poitiers, Saguenay, Tyler, Toronto, Liuzhou, Nantes, Las Vegas, Shenzhen, Houston, Taipei and Tokyo events. For men, only the best two results from the three weeks of events were taken into account. While for women only the best three results from the four weeks of events were taken into account. Any player who otherwise qualified for the main draw of was excluded from wildcard considerations (as happened, in the case of Marcos Giron).

### Men's standings

| Place | Player | ATP Paris Shenzhen Charlottesville Playford | Bratislava Knoxville Kobe | Houston Champaign Helsinki Ortisei Pune | Best Two Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marcos Giron | 15 | — | 125 | 140 |
| 2 | Michael Mmoh | 0 | 80 | 25 | 105 |
| 3 | J. J. Wolf | 3 | 7 | 80 | 87 |
| 4 | Mitchell Krueger | 7 | — | 45 | 52 |
| 5 | Sebastian Korda | 3 | 3 | 48 | 51 |

### Women's standings

| Place | Player | Macon Poitiers Saguenay | Tyler Toronto Liuzhou Nantes | Las Vegas Shenzhen | Houston Taipei Tokyo | Best Three Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CoCo Vandeweghe | 21 | 21 | — | 95 | 137 |
| 2 | Katerina Stewart | 115 | — | 1 | — | 116 |
| 3 | Francesca Di Lorenzo | 8 | 80 | — | 1 | 89 |
| 4 | Alexa Glatch | — | 70 | 15 | 1 | 86 |
| 5 | Danielle Lao | 42 | 42 | — | 1 | 85 |

## 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 4 to 8 December 2019 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.

### Men's singles

**Seeds**

* Jason Jung (final)
* Tatsuma Ito (winner)
* Ramkumar Ramanathan (first round)
* Denis Istomin (first round)
* Lee Duck-hee (semifinals)
* Nam Ji-sung (quarterfinals)
* Sasikumar Mukund (quarterfinals)
* Yang Tsung-hua (first round)

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Jung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Cui Jie | 3 | 4 | 1 | J Jung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T-h Yang | 3 | 3 | Q | Y Mochizuki | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Yuki Mochizuki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | J Jung | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | R Ramanathan | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 5 | D-h Lee | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Ze Zhang | 6 | 6 | | Ze Zhang | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D-h Lee | 6 | 6 | 5 | D-h Lee | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Shimabukuro | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Jung | 5 | 4 |
| Q | Sidharth Rawat | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Ito | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | S Mukund | 6 | 6 | 7 | S Mukund | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-s Chung | 7 | 6 | | Y-s Chung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Istomin | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | Y-s Chung | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Bu Yunchaokete | 4 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | T Ito | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | J-s Nam | 6 | 6 | 6 | J-s Nam | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Jumpei Yamasaki | 2 | 2 | 2 | T Ito | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Women's singles

**Seeds**

* Han Na-lae (winner)
* Ayano Shimizu (final)
* Lee Ya-hsuan (first round)
* Jang Su-jeong (quarterfinals)
* Junri Namigata (quarterfinals)
* Sun Ziyue (first round)
* Eri Hozumi (quarterfinals)
* Kim Da-bin (first round)

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | N-l Han | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hayashi | 3 | 2 | | 1 | N-l Han | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Hozumi | 6 | 6 | | 7 | E Hozumi | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | X Sun | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | N-l Han | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | S-j Jang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | K-c Chang | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | X Jiang | 3 | 3 | | 4 | S-j Jang | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Z Sun | 6 | 4 | 0 | Q | K-c Chang | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K-c Chang | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N-l Han | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Q Tang | 0 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Shimizu | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | D-b Kim | 6 | $6^4$ | 5 | WC | Q Tang | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S-h Park | 6 | 6 | | Q | S-h Park | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Y-h Lee | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | Q | S-h Park | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | Q Ye | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | 2 | A Shimizu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | J Namigata | 3 | | | 5 | J Namigata | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Tere-Apisah | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | A Shimizu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Shimizu | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Men's doubles

**Seeds**

* Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze (final)
* Nam Ji-sung / Song Min-kyu (winners)
* Arjun Kadhe / Ramkumar Ramanathan (quarterfinals)
* Rhett Purcell / Jumpei Yamasaki (semifinals)

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | M Gong Ze Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Cui Jie Bu Yunchaokete | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | M Gong Ze Zhang | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Y Mochizuki S Shimabukuro | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | A Kadhe R Ramanathan | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| Yuki Mochizuki S Shimabukuro | 6 | 6 | | Y Mochizuki S Shimabukuro | 6 | 3 | [13] | | | | | | | | | |
| H-y Peng T-h Yang | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Gong Ze Zhang | 6 | 2 | [6] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J-s Nam M-k Song | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | Zhao Zhao Zheng Baoluo | 5 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | R Purcell Jumpei Yamasaki | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 4 | R Purcell J Yamasaki | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | J-s Nam M-k Song | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | Li Zekai Lu Pengyu | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | J-s Nam M-k Song | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Women's doubles

**Seeds**

* Jiang Xinyu / Tang Qianhui (semifinals)
* Eri Hozumi / Junri Namigata (quarterfinals)
* Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae (semifinals)
* Chen Pei-hsuan / Hsieh Yu-chieh (quarterfinals)

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | X Jiang Q Tang | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| D-b Kim Q Ye | 6 | 6 | | | D-b Kim Q Ye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Hayashi A Tere-Apisah | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | X Jiang Q Tang | 6 | 3 | [7] | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | S-j Jang N-r Kim | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | P-h Chen Y-c Hsieh | 6 | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | S-j Jang N-r Kim | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | S-j Jang N-r Kim | 2 | 6 | [7] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Y-h Lee F-h Wu | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | | | | | K-c Chang C-w Hsu | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | J-h Choi N-l Han | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | J-h Choi N-l Han | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Y-h Lee F-h Wu | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | Y-h Lee F-h Wu | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| X Sun Z Sun | 2 | 6 | [5] | | Y-h Lee F-h Wu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | E Hozumi J Namigata | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

## 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 2020 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 9–15 December 2019 at Melbourne Park, offering a main draw singles wildcard for men and women and a main draw women's doubles wildcard.

### Men's singles

**Seeds**

* Alex Bolt (semifinals)
* Andrew Harris (first round)
* Max Purcell (final)
* Aleksandar Vukic (quarterfinals)
* Harry Bourchier (quarterfinals)
* John-Patrick Smith (winner)
* Luke Saville (quarterfinals)
* Maverick Banes (semifinals)

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A Bolt | $6^3$ | 6 | $6^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mott | $7^7$ | 4 | $7^7$ | $3^r$ | | 1 | A Bolt | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Fancutt | 3 | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | 3 | 7 | L Saville | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L Saville | 6 | 6 | $6^5$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | 1 | A Bolt | $6^3$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | M Purcell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Purcell | $7^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | D Sweeny | 0 | 0 | 4 | | | 3 | M Purcell | $7^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Puttergill | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | 5 | H Bourchier | $6^4$ | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | H Bourchier | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Purcell | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | J-P Smith | 6 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J-P Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | B Walkin | 3 | $6^1$ | 3 | | | 6 | J-P Smith | 6 | $6^{15}$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jacob Grills | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | 4 | A Vukic | 3 | $7^{17}$ | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Vukic | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J-P Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | M Banes | $7^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Banes | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | R Hijikata | $6^2$ | 4 | 1 | | | 8 | M Banes | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Schoolkate | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | T Schoolkate | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Harris | 6 | $6^2$ | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Women's singles

**Seeds**

* Maddison Inglis (quarterfinals)
* Lizette Cabrera (withdrew)
* Destanee Aiava (quarterfinals)
* Arina Rodionova (winner)
* Ellen Perez (first round)
* Jaimee Fourlis (first round)
* Belinda Woolcock (semifinals)
* Abbie Myers (semifinals)

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M Inglis | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Kempenaers-Pocz | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | M Inglis | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bai | 3 | 4 | | 7 | B Woolcock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Woolcock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | B Woolcock | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Ar Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | Ar Rodionova | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Tomic | 1 | 2 | | 4 | Ar Rodionova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Tjandramulia | 6 | 4 | 6 | | O Tjandramulia | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Fourlis | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Ar Rodionova | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | E Perez | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Sanders | 4 | 5 |
| | S Sanders | 6 | 6 | | | S Sanders | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Gibson | 1 | $6^2$ | | 3 | D Aiava | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Aiava | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | S Sanders | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | A Myers | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | A Myers | $6^1$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | A Bozovic | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | A Myers | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Da Silva-Fick | 6 | 4 | 7 | WC | G Da Silva-Fick | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | A Parnaby | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Women's doubles

**Seeds**

* Jaimee Fourlis / Arina Rodionova (first round)
* Destanee Aiava / Lizette Cabrera (semifinals, withdrew)
* Abbie Myers / Belinda Woolcock (first round)
* Gabriella Da Silva-Fick / Olivia Tjandramulia (final)

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Fourlis Ar Rodionova | $6^6$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Gibson A Poulos | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Gibson A Poulos | $7^8$ | 6 | | WC | T Gibson A Poulos | $7^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | A Bozovic A Marshall | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | A Myers B Woolcock | 3 | 4 | | | A Bozovic A Marshall | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Bozovic A Marshall | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bozovic A Marshall | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Bozovic A Marshall | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Da Silva-Fick O Tjandramulia | 2 | 3 |
| | A Parnaby S Tomic | 6 | 1 | $6^8$ | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Da Silva-Fick O Tjandramulia | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | G Da Silva-Fick O Tjandramulia | 4 | 6 | $7^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | G Da Silva-Fick O Tjandramulia | 4 | 6 | $7^{10}$ | 4 | G Da Silva-Fick O Tjandramulia | w/o | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | D Aiava L Cabrera | | | | | | | |
| | Laura Ashley I Bozicevic | 4 | 2 | | 2 | D Aiava L Cabrera | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Aiava L Cabrera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
