The 2012 Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs and Entries are a group of events and internal selections to choose the 8 men and women wildcard entries for the 2012 Australian Open. Tennis Australia will award eight wildcards for the men's and women's professional singles competitions. Former Australian Grand Slam champions, Pat Rafter and Todd Woodbridge will help to select the four discretionary wildcards in the men's draw. In an agreement with the United States Tennis Association, Tennis Australia will give one man and one woman from the United States a wildcard into the Australian Open. Tennis Australia also has a similar agreement with the French Tennis Federation. The Australian Open is promoted as "the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific"; one male and one female player from this geographical area will be awarded a wildcard. The final wildcard will be awarded to the winner of the Australian Open wildcard playoff, a tournament between Australian players, who do not receive direct entry into the draw. Tennis Australia may also decide to give doubles wildcards to Asian participants, based on need and availability.
Wildcard entries These are the wildcard qualifiers, from both internal selections and playoffs.
Men's singles Country Name Method of Qualification Lleyton HewittHEWITT HANDED OPEN WILDCARD | Sporting Life - Tennis | Tennis matches of 2011, Andy Murray Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection Marinko Matosevic Australian Open Playoff Wildcard - Australia James Duckworth Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection Benjamin Mitchell Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection Jesse Levine Australian Open Playoff Wildcard - USA Kenny de Schepper Australian Open Playoff Wildcard - France Tatsuma Ito Asian Wildcard - Internal Selection Greg Jones Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection
Women's singles Country Name Method of Qualification Ashleigh BartyPocket rocket Barty books AO main draw berth – Articles – News and Photos – Australian Open Tennis Championships 2012 – Official Site by IBM Australian Open Playoff Wildcard - Australia Casey Dellacqua Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection Madison Keys Australian Open Playoff Wildcard - USA Aravane Rezaï Australian Open Playoff Wildcard - France Olivia Rogowska Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection Zhang Shuai Asian-Pacific Wildcard - Internal Selection Isabella Holland Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection Bojana Bobusic Australian Wildcard - Internal Selection
US Playoffs
Men's singles
US Playoffs
Women's singles
Australian Playoffs – Men The Australian playoffs were run by Tennis Australia, with the top 24 men's Australian players who would not be direct qualifiers, or those already selected for an internal wildcard into the main draw, competing.Tennis Australia – Australian Open 2012 Playoff – General
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Australian Playoffs – Women The Australian playoffs were run by Tennis Australia, with the top 16 women's Australian players who would not be direct qualifiers, or those already selected for an internal wildcard into the main draw, competing.Tennis Australia
Finals The top player in each group moves to the final stage.
Blue group Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 3. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4. steering-committee decision.
Magenta group Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 3. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4. steering-committee decision.
Green group Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 3. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4. steering-committee decision.
Yellow group Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 3. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4. steering-committee decision.
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