Australian Open – Wildcards

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This article displays the wildcards awarded at the [[Australian Open]] each year since 1996.

==Women's Singles==
===Wildcards given to French players===
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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| Year
! width=160 | Player
|-
|[[2000 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2000]]
|[[Virginie Razzano]]
|-
|[[2001 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2001]]
|[[Virginie Razzano]]
|-
|[[2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2002]]
|[[Mary Pierce]]
|-
|[[2003 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2003]]
|[[Camille Pin]]
|-
|[[2004 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2004]]
|[[Tatiana Golovin]]
|-
|[[2005 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2005]]
|[[Capucine Rousseau]]
|-
|[[2006 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2006]]
|[[Alizé Cornet]]
|-
|[[2007 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2007]]
|[[Youlia Fedossova]]
|-
|[[2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2008]]
|[[Mathilde Johansson]]
|-
|[[2009 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2009]]
|[[Kristina Mladenovic]]
|-
|[[2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2010]]
|[[Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro]]
|-
|[[2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2011]]
|[[Caroline Garcia]]
|-
|[[2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2012]]
|[[Aravane Rezaï]]
|-
|[[2013 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2013]]
|[[Caroline Garcia]]
|-
|[[2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2014]]
|[[Pauline Parmentier]]
|-
|[[2015 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2015]]
|[[Océane Dodin]]
|-
|[[2016 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2016]]
|[[Océane Dodin]]
|-
|[[2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2017]]
|[[Myrtille Georges]]
|-
|[[2018 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2018]]
|[[Jessika Ponchet]]
|-
|[[2019 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2019]]
|[[Clara Burel]]
|-
|[[2020 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2020]]
|[[Pauline Parmentier]]
|-
|}

===Wildcards given to American players===
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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| Year
! width=160 | Player
|-
|[[2007 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2007]]
|[[Madison Brengle]]
|-
|[[2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2008]]
|[[Madison Brengle]]
|-
|[[2009 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2009]]
|[[Christina McHale]]
|-
|[[2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2010]]
|[[Coco Vandeweghe]]
|-
|[[2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2011]]
|[[Lauren Davis]]
|-
|[[2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2012]]
|[[Madison Keys]]
|-
|[[2013 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2013]]
|[[Madison Keys]]
|-
|[[2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2014]]
|[[Sachia Vickery]]
|-
|[[2015 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2015]]
|[[Irina Falconi]]
|-
|[[2016 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2016]]
|[[Samantha Crawford]]
|-
|[[2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2017]]
|[[Kayla Day]]
|-
|[[2018 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2018]]
|[[Kristie Ahn]]
|-
|[[2019 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2019]]
|[[Whitney Osuigwe]]
|-
|[[2020 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2020]]
|[[Coco Vandeweghe]]
|-
|}

===Wildcards given to Asia-Pacific players===
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 nation.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! style="width:76px;"| Year
! style="width:150px;"| Country
! style="width:230px;" | Player
|-
|[[1997 Australian Open – Women's Singles|1997]]
|
|[[Chen Li (tennis)|Chen Li]]
|-
|[[1998 Australian Open – Women's Singles|1998]]
|
|[[Nirupama Vaidyanathan]]
|-
|[[1999 Australian Open – Women's Singles|1999]]
|
|[[Park Sung-hee]]
|-
|[[2000 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2000]]
|
|[[Yi Jing-Qian]]
|-
|[[2001 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2001]]
|
|[[Janet Lee]]
|-
|[[2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2002]]
|
|[[Cho Yoon-jeong]]
|-
|[[2003 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2003]]
|
|[[Akiko Morigami]]
|-
|[[2004 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2004]]
|
|[[Chuang Chia-jung]]
|-
|[[2005 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2005]]
|
|[[Sania Mirza]]
|-
|[[2006 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2006]]
|
|[[Akgul Amanmuradova]]
|-
|[[2007 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2007]]
|
|[[Iroda Tulyaganova]]
|-
|[[2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2008]]
|
|[[Iroda Tulyaganova]]
|-
|[[2009 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2009]]
|
|[[Yuan Meng]]
|-
|[[2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2010]]
|
|[[Sesil Karatantcheva]]
|-
|[[2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2011]]
|
|[[Chang Kai-chen]]
|-
|[[2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2012]]
|
|[[Zhang Shuai]]
|-
|[[2013 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2013]]
|
|[[Zhang Yuxuan]]
|-
|[[2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2014]]
|
|[[Tang Haochen]]
|-
|[[2015 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2015]]
|
|[[Chang Kai-chen]]
|-
|[[2016 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2016]]
|
|[[Han Xinyun]]
|-
|[[2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2017]]
|
|[[Luksika Kumkhum]]
|-
|[[2018 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2018]]
|
|[[Wang Xinyu]]
|-
|[[2019 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2019]]
|
|[[Peng Shuai]]
|-
|[[2020 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2020]]
|
|[[Han Na-lae]]
|-
|}

[[Category:Tennis]]
[[Category:Tennis in Australia]]
[[Category:Sport in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Australian Open]]
[[Category:Tennis in France]]
[[Category:Tennis in the United States]]

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