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.