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The 2018 Australian Open wildcard playoffs and entries are a group of events and internal selections to choose the eight men and eight women singles wildcard entries for the 2018 Australian Open, as well as seven male and seven female doubles teams plus eight mixed-doubles teams.
| Country | width=160 | Name | width=300 | Method of Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States | Tim Smyczek | American Wildcard Challenge | ||
 Korea, Republic of | Kwon Soon-woo | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff | ||
 France | Corentin Moutet | French internal selection | ||
 Australia | Alex De Minaur | Australian Wildcard Playoff | ||
| Australia | Thanasi Kokkinakis | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia | Alex Bolt | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia | Jason Kubler | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia | Alexei Popyrin | Australian internal selection |
| Country | width=160 | Name | width=300 | Method of Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Kristie Ahn | American Wildcard Challenge | ||
 China | Wang Xinyu | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff | ||
| France | Jessika Ponchet | French internal selection | ||
| Australia | Destanee Aiava | Australian Wildcard Playoff | ||
| Australia | Olivia Rogowska | Australian Wildcard Challenge | ||
| Australia | Jaimee Fourlis | Australian 18/U Championships | ||
| Australia | Ajla Tomljanović | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia | Lizette Cabrera | Australian internal selection |
| Country | width=160 | Name | width=300 | Method of Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thailand Thailand | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff | ||
| Australia Australia | Sam Groth Lleyton Hewitt | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Alex Bolt Bradley Mousley | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | James Duckworth | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Matthew Ebden John Millman | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Thanasi Kokkinakis Jordan Thompson | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Max Purcell Luke Saville | Australian internal selection |
| Country | width=160 | Name | width=300 | Method of Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China China | Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui | Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff | ||
| Australia Australia | Alison Bai Zoe Hives | Australian Wildcard Challenge | ||
| Australia Australia | Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock | Australian Wildcard Playoff | ||
| Australia Australia | Naiktha Bains Isabelle Wallace | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Kimberly Birrell Jaimee Fourlis | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Priscilla Hon Ajla Tomljanović | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Jessica Moore Ellen Perez | Australian internal selection |
| Country | width=160 | Name | width=300 | Method of Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Australia | Monique Adamczak Matthew Ebden | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Lizette Cabrera Alex Bolt | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Zoe Hives Bradley Mousley | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Priscilla Hon Matt Reid | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Ellen Perez Andrew Whittington | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Arina Rodionova John-Patrick Smith | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Storm Sanders Marc Polmans | Australian internal selection | ||
| Australia Australia | Samantha Stosur Sam Groth | Australian internal selection |
The USTA awarded a wildcard to the man and woman that earned the most ranking points across a group of three ATP/Challenger hardcourt events in the October and November 2017. For the men, the events included ATP Paris, $75K Canberra, $75K Charlottesville, $75K+H Shenzhen, €106K+H Bratislava, €85K+H Mouilleron-le-Captif, $50K+H Kobe, $75K Knoxville, $75K Champaign and $50K+H Pune events. For the women, the events included $80K Macon, $80K Tyler and $80K Waco. Only the best two results from the three weeks of challengers were taken into account with the winners being Tim Smyczek and Taylor Townsend.
| Place | width=160 | Player | width=140 | width=140 | Bratislava Mouilleron-le-Captif Kobe Knoxville | width=140 | Champaign Pune | width=100 | Best Two Results[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Smyczek | 80 | 80 | 160 | ||||||
| 2 | 15 | 48 | — | 63 | ||||||
| 48 | — | 15 | 63 | |||||||
| 15 | 48 | 63 | ||||||||
| 5 | — | 15 | 29 | 44 |
| Place | width=160 | Player | width=140 | Macon | width=140 | Tyler | width=140 | Waco | width=100 | Best Two Results[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kristie Ahn | 1 | 115 | 116 | ||||||
| 3 | 42 | 42 | 84 | |||||||
| 4 | 70 | 10 | 80 | |||||||
| 10 | 70 | — | 80 |
Tennis Australia awarded a singles wildcard and a doubles wildcard to the Australian women that earned the most ranking points across a group of two ITF hardcourt events in the October and November 2017. The events included the 2017 Canberra Tennis International and the 2017 Bendigo Women's International. The winners of the wildcards were Olivia Rogowska, and Alison Bai and Zoe Hives, respectively.
| Place | width=160 | Player | width=100 | Canberra | width=100 | Bendigo | width=100 | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia Rogowska | 80 | 48 | 128 | ||||
| 2 | 48 | 8 | 56 | |||||
| 3 | 29 | 1 | 30 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||||
| 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | |||||
| 1 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
| 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Place | width=160 | Player | width=100 | Canberra | width=100 | Bendigo | width=100 | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alison Bai Zoe Hives | 1 | 80 | 81 | ||||
| 2 | 48 | 29 | 77 | |||||
| 3 | 15 | 1 | 16 | |||||
| 1 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
The Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off featured 16-players in the men's and women's singles draws and took place from 29 November to 3 December 2017 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.
The December Showdown is held annually for two weeks in December. The Showdown includes age championships for 12/u, 14/u, 16/u and 18/u age categories. It also hosts the 2018 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 11–17 December 2017 at Melbourne Park, offering a main draw singles wildcard for men and women and a main draw women's doubles wildcard. The winner of the girls' 18/u championship will also be given a main draw wildcard into the 2018 Australian Open.