Entries Pour in to Australian Open

Written by: Staff on 15th December 2011

Entries Pour in to Australian Open |

All but two of the top 100 players in the world will contest the 2012 Australian Open, with only world number 13 Robin Soderling and number 69 Alisa Kleybanova absent through illness. Soderling is still battling with the effects of mononucleosis, and Kleybanova is undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

The 104 direct acceptances into the men’s draw include Tommy Haas, Fernando Gonzalez, Benjamin Becker and Paul-Henri Mathieu, all of whom used their injury protected rankings. The women’s draw includes 108 direct acceptances, with Timea Bacsinszky and Anna Chakvetadze both using protected rankings as they return from injury.

Venus Williams, currently ranked 105, has also made the cut. She has not played an official event since withdrawing from her second-round US Open match after being diagnosed with auto immune disease Sjögren’s Syndrome.

The men’s field will be completed by 16 qualifiers and eight wildcards, while the women’s field has 12 qualifiers and eight wildcards to be added.

Topics: Australian Open