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 QualificationMichael MmohAmerican Wildcard ChallengeTatsuma ItoAsia-Pacific Wildcard PlayoffHugo GastonFrench internal selectionJohn-Patrick SmithAustralian Wildcard PlayoffChristopher O'ConnellAustralian internal selectionMarc PolmansAustralian internal selectionAlex BoltAustralian internal selectionAndrew HarrisAustralian internal selection
Women's singles Country Name Method of QualificationCoCo VandewegheAmerican Wildcard ChallengeHan Na-laeAsia-Pacific Wildcard PlayoffPauline ParmentierFrench internal selectionArina RodionovaAustralian Wildcard PlayoffAstra SharmaAustralian internal selectionLizette CabreraAustralian internal selectionPriscilla HonAustralian internal selectionMaria SharapovaAustralian internal selection
Men's doubles Country Name Method of Qualification Nam Ji-sungSong Min-kyuAsia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff Alex BoltMatthew EbdenAustralian internal selection James DuckworthMarc PolmansAustralian internal selection Blake EllisAlexei PopyrinAustralian internal selection Andrew HarrisChristopher O'ConnellAustralian internal selection Lleyton HewittJordan ThompsonAustralian internal selection Max PurcellLuke SavilleAustralian internal selection
Women's doubles Country Name Method of Qualification Lee Ya-hsuanWu Fang-hsienAsia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff Alexandra BozovicAmber MarshallAustralian Wildcard Playoff Destanee AiavaLizette CabreraAustralian internal selection Jaimee FourlisArina RodionovaAustralian internal selection Priscilla HonStorm SandersAustralian internal selection Maddison InglisKaylah McPheeAustralian internal selection Jessica MooreAstra SharmaAustralian internal selection
Mixed doubles Country Name Method of Qualification Monique AdamczakDavid Vega HernándezAustralian internal selection Jessica MooreMatthew EbdenAustralian internal selection Jeļena OstapenkoLeander PaesAustralian internal selection Ellen PerezLuke SavilleAustralian internal selection Arina RodionovaAndrew HarrisAustralian internal selection Storm SandersMarc PolmansAustralian internal selection Astra SharmaJohn-Patrick SmithAustralian internal selection Belinda WoolcockBlake MottAustralian 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
Draw
Women's singles
Seeds
Draw
Men's doubles
Seeds
Draw
Women's doubles
Seeds
Draw
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
Draw
Women's singles
Seeds
Draw
Women's doubles
Seeds
Draw
Notes
References
External links Asia/Pacific Wildcard Playoff Australian Wildcard Playoff USTA Wildcard Challenge