USTA Reveals Some of Players in Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs

Written by: Staff on 12th November 2011

USTA Reveals Some of Players in Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs

Jack Sock of the US hits a return to Andy Roddick of the US during their second round match on the fifth day of the 2011 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA 02 September 2011. The US Open runs through 11 September 2011. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |

Seven players have accepted invitations to participate in the 2011 Kia Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, to be held December 16-18, at the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in Atlanta. The complete field for the eight-man and eight-woman playoff will be announced as players are confirmed.

The four women who will compete include: Oudin (Marietta, Ga.), Jamie Hampton, Alison Riske and Coco Vandeweghe.

Three men have been identified so far. They are Robby Ginepri, Denis Kudla, and Jack Sock. The final nine players will be named shortly.

The USTA and Tennis Australia have a reciprocal agreement in which men’s and women’s singles main draw wild cards into the 2011 US Open and the 2012 Australian Open are exchanged.