Australian Open – Wildcards
A history[1] of the wildcard players awarded at the Australian Open since 1996.[2][3]
Wildcards given to French players[edit]
Since 2000, the Tennis Australia has agreements with the French Tennis Federation to give one French player a wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open; in return, an Australian player is given the same into the French Open later in the year.[4]
Wildcards given to American players[edit]
Since 2007, the Tennis Australia has agreements with the United States Tennis Association to give one American player a wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open; in return, an Australian player is given the same into the U.S. Open later in the year.
Men's singles[edit]
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Women's singles[edit]
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Wildcards given to Asia-Pacific players[edit]
The Australian Open is officially promoted as the 'Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific'. Hence, one Wildcard into the main draw (since 1996) is given to a player representing an Asia-Pacific[5] nation.
Year | Country | Player |
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1997 | ![]() |
Chen Li |
1998 | ![]() |
Nirupama Vaidyanathan |
1999 | ![]() |
Park Sung-hee |
2000 | ![]() |
Yi Jing-Qian |
2001 | ![]() |
Janet Lee |
2002 | ![]() |
Cho Yoon-jeong |
2003 | ![]() |
Akiko Morigami |
2004 | ![]() |
Chuang Chia-jung |
2005 | ![]() |
Sania Mirza |
2006 | ![]() |
Akgul Amanmuradova |
2007 | ![]() |
Iroda Tulyaganova |
2008 | ![]() |
Iroda Tulyaganova |
2009 | ![]() |
Yuan Meng |
2010 | ![]() |
Sesil Karatantcheva |
2011 | ![]() |
Chang Kai-chen |
2012 | ![]() |
Zhang Shuai |
2013 | ![]() |
Zhang Yuxuan |
2014 | ![]() |
Tang Haochen |
2015 | ![]() |
Chang Kai-chen |
2016 | ![]() |
Han Xinyun |
2017 | ![]() |
Luksika Kumkhum |
2018 | ![]() |
Wang Xinyu |
2019 | ![]() |
Peng Shuai |
2020 | ![]() |
Han Na-lae |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Alcaraz Awarded Madrid Wild Card". www.tennisnow.com. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ↑ "Wildcards". ausopen.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ↑ "Australian Open 2017, Day 13, as it happened: Serena Williams clinches 23, Kontinen/Peers win men's doubles title-Sports News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ↑ "Wild cards". Heavy Topspin. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ↑ "Returns and Reunions: 10 Things to Know about Doha". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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