Australian Open qualifying officially gets underway tomorrow at Melbourne Park as 25 Aussies will be looking to punch their ticket toward the main draw.
Of those Australians, 17 have been granted wildcards into the qualifying draw due to commencing 2023 with a lower ranking compared to the rest of the field.
Below is the entry list for the players who will be partaking on home soil:
Key:
WC = Wildcard
PR = Protected Ranking
Australian entrants - Men’s Singles:
- John Millman (207) - PR
- Li Tu (255)
- Dane Sweeny (256) - WC
- Tristan Schoolkate (260) - WC
- Philip Sekulic (277) - WC
- Omar Jasika (342) - WC
- Jeremy Jin (718) - WC
- Edward Winter (749) - WC
- Pavle Marinkov (1103) - WC
- Hayden Jones (1309) - WC
The main headline revolves around John Millman’s final hurrah after announcing his retirement from tennis after this month’s Australian Open. Failing to gain a wildcard into the main draw, the 34-year-old will aim to add more memories to a fantastic career, including a stunning win against Roger Federer at the fourth round of the 2018 US Open.
Speaking to Channel Nine in Brisbane after communicating his desire to hang up the racquet, Millman still remains adamant that he has what it takes to compete.
“I still feel as though my level is top-100 tennis. It’s just week-in, week-out I wasn’t able to do that with my body,” he said.
Philip Sekulic, 20, has recently been touted with a bright future thanks to his rise inside the top 300 and some priceless exposure to big tournaments at the end of last season, including a round of 16 appearance against world number 25 Lorenzo Musetti at the Chengdu Open and a first round showing to face world number 46 Lorenzo Sonego at the Shanghai Masters.
Having his sights set on ending a seven-year drought, 26-year-old Omar Jasika hopes to enter the Australian Open main draw for the first time since 2017 when he lost to former world number 3 David Ferrer.
Making waves during qualifying at Melbourne Park in 2022, Edward Winter, 19, defeated number 4 seed and former Australian Open quarter-finalist Gilles Simon for the biggest win of his young career.
Keep an eye on two exciting players ranked outside the top 1100 in Hayden Jones and Pavle Marinkov, with the latter defeating world number 119 Luca Nardi in straight sets at the Canberra Challenger event last week.
Australian Open Qualifying Draw:
John Millman v Alessandro Giannessi (Italy)
Millman:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (main draw)
Aus Open best result - Third round (2016, 2020 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam Qualifying W/L record - 1/1
Giannessi:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - Third round (2022 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 1/2
Li Tu v Joris De Loore (Belgium)
Li Tu:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - First round (2021 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 2/3
De Loore:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2020 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 3/4
Dane Sweeny v Matteo Gigante (Italy)
Sweeny:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Third round (2021 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 1/2
Gigante:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - N/A
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 3/3
Tristan Schoolkate v Sho Shimabukuro (Japan)
Schoolkate:
2023 Aus Open - Third round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Third round (2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 2/1
Shimabukuro:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - N/A
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 6/0
Philip Sekulic v Oriol Roca Batalla (Spain)
Sekulic:
2023 Aus Open - First round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Roca Batalla:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - Second round (2016 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - N/A
Omar Jasika v Dalibor Svrcina (Czech Republic)
Jasika:
2023 Aus Open - First round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2015 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Svrcina:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (Main draw)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2023 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 4/3
Jeremy Jin v Flavio Cobolli [2] (Italy)
Jin:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - Second round (2022 Juniors)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - N/A
Cobolli:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 3/3
Edward Winter v Franco Agamenone (Italy)
Winter:
2023 Aus Open - First round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2022 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Agamenone:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - First round (2022, 2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 0/4
Pavle Marinkov v Riccardo Bonadio (Italy)
Marinkov:
2023 Aus Open - Third round (Juniors)
Aus Open best result - Third round (2023 juniors)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - N/A
Bonadio:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 1/2
Hayden Jones v Camilo Ugo Carabelli [31] (Argentina)
Jones:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Juniors)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 juniors)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - N/A
Ugo Carabelli:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - First round (2022 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 2/2
Australian entrants - Women’s Singles:
- Arina Rodionova (114)
- Astra Sharma (124)
- Storm Hunter (172)
- Priscilla Hon (206)
- Destanee Aiava (212)
- Jaimee Fourlis (215)
- Seone Mendez (243) - WC
- Talia Gibson (270) - WC
- Maddison Inglis (285) - WC
- Petra Hule (435) - WC
- Kayla McPhee (440) - WC
- Melisa Ercan (511) - WC
- Ivana Popovic (665) - WC
- Maya Joint (737) - WC
- Emerson Jones (792) - WC
Two victories at the Brisbane International to commence the 2024 season has been nothing but deserved for Arina Rodionova, who won 78 games and seven ITF titles last year to achieve a career-high ranking of 113. Despite not being enough to be offered a wildcard, the 34-year-old is peaking at just the right time ahead of the first major of the year.
Storm Hunter, Astra Sharma, and Priscilla Hon are arguably the biggest chance to survive the qualifying rounds from an Australian perspective, given their experience on the tour and Grand Slam experience in the qualifiers.
Aside from Taylah Preston, Perth-born teenager Talia Gibson impressed last year with her results, picking up two ITF titles and stringing together some positive wins to build her confidence.
Known best for her incredible journey to the third round of the Australian Open two years ago, Maddison Inglis is a player who always seems to produce her best tennis down under and may well cause a surprise during qualifying.
Three debutants will step onto the grand slam qualifying scene with Melisa Ercan, Maya Joint, and Emerson Jones looking to make a name for themselves and take advantage of an incredible opportunity.
The only all-Australian matchup for the first round of qualifying sees Hon and Jones forced to do battle for a place in the second round up for grabs.
Australian Open Qualifying Draw: Australian Women
Arina Rodioniva [7] v Leolia Jeanjean (France)
Rodionova:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2020 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record: 1/4
Jeanjean:
2023 Aus Open - First round (main draw)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record: 4/2
Astra Sharma v Francisca Jorge (Portugal)
Sharma:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2019 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 1/2
Jorge:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - N/A
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record: N/A
Storm Hunter v Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
Hunter:
Aus Open 2023 - First round (Main draw)
Aus Open best result - First round (2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 6/0 (N/A on hard courts)
Kanepi:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Main draw)
Aus Open best result - Quarter-finals (2022 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - N/A
Priscilla Hon v Emerson Jones (Australia)
Hon:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2020 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 3/4 (2/2 on hard courts)
Jones:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - N/A
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - N/A
Destanee Aiava v Chloé Paquet (France)
Aiava:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - First round (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 1/1 (1/1 on hard courts)
Paquet:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Jaimee Fourlis v Renata Zarazúa [2] (Mexico)
Forlis:
2023 Aus Open - First round (main draw)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2017 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 3/3 (0/1 on hard courts)
Zarazúa:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - Second round (2021 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - N/A
Seone Mendez v Hailey Baptiste [19] (USA)
Mendez:
2023 Aus Open - First round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2022 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Baptiste:
2023 Aus Open - First round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2022 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 0/2
Talia Gibson v Andreea Mitu (Romania)
Gibson:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2022 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Mitu:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - First round (2016 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - N/A
Maddison Inglis v Nuria Parrizas-Diaz [14] (Spain)
Inglis:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Third round (2022 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Parrizas-Diaz:
2023 Aus Open - Third round (Main draw)
Aus Open best result - First round (2022 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 1/1
Petra Hule v Brenda Fruhvirtová [10] (Czech Republic)
Hule:
2023 Aus Open - First round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Fruhvirtová:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Main draw)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 8/2
Kayla McPhee v Erika Andreeva [5] (Russia)
McPhee:
2023 Aus Open - First round (qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2019 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - 0/1
Andreeva:
2023 Aus Open - Third round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Third round (2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 8/3
Melisa Ercan v Yuriko Miyazaki (Great Britain)
Ercan:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Juniors)
Aus Open best result - First round (2023 juniors)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - N/A
Miyazaki:
2023 Aus Open - Third round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Third round (2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 6/2
Ivana Popovic v Tena Lukas (Croatia)
Popovic:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - First round (2020, 2021 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - N/A
Lukas:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - N/A
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - N/A
Maya Joint v Natalija Stevanović (Serbia)
Joint:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - N/A
2023 Grand Slam qualifying W/L record - N/A
Stevanović:
2023 Aus Open - First round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - First round (2020, 2021, 2023 qualifiers)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 3/3
Emerson Jones v Priscilla Hon (Australia)
Jones:
2023 Aus Open - N/A
Aus Open best result - N/A
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - N/A
Hon:
2023 Aus Open - Second round (Qualifiers)
Aus Open best result - Second round (2020 main draw)
2023 Grand Slam W/L qualifying record - 3/4
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