{"id":36631,"date":"2024-01-16T05:51:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T18:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=36631"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T01:45:13","slug":"wildcards-announced-for-australian-open-2024-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2024\/01\/16\/wildcards-announced-for-australian-open-2024-junior-championships","title":{"rendered":"Wildcards Announced for Australian Open 2024 Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eleven of Australia’s leading junior talents have been handed coveted main-draw wildcards into the Australian Open 2024 Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

This includes Victorian Daniel Jovanovski and New South Wales’ Giselle Guillen, the winners of the 16\/u Australian Junior Tour Masters titles at the December Showdown last month.<\/p>\n

Cruz Hewitt, the 15-year-old son of former world No.1 Lleyton Hewitt, has also received a wildcard and will make his main-draw debut at junior Grand Slam level.<\/p>\n

The promising Hewitt is currently the 14th highest-ranked 2008-born boy in the ITF World Tour junior rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australian Open 2024 Junior Championships<\/strong>
\nMain-draw wildcards<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boys’ singles<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nGirls’ singles<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Player<\/em><\/td>\nAge<\/em><\/td>\nRank<\/em><\/td>\nPlayer<\/em><\/td>\nAge<\/em><\/td>\nRank<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hugh Winter (AUS)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n60<\/td>\nKimiko Cooper (AUS)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n166<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ty Host (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n187<\/td>\nGiselle Guillen (AUS)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jerome Estephan (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n193<\/td>\nTahlia Kokkinis (AUS)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n277<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cruz Hewitt (AUS)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n199<\/td>\nKoharu Nishikawa (AUS)<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n423<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rohan Hazratwala (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n201<\/td>\nRenee Alame (AUS)<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Jovanovski (AUS)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n289<\/td>\nCarolina Bohrer Martins (BRA)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n819<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diego Eduardo Munoz (BOL)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n176<\/td>\nKsenia Efremova (FRA)<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryo Tabata (JPN)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n209<\/td>\nRiko Kikawada (JPN)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n1451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Japanese players Ryo Tabata and Riko Kikawada earned their wildcards through winning the Dunlop Road to AO Junior Championships in 2023, while Bolivia’s\u00a0Diego Eduardo Munoz and Brazilian\u00a0Carolina Bohrer Martins won the\u00a0South American wildcard play-offs.<\/p>\n

A further 12 Australians received wildcards into the Australian Open 2024 junior qualifying competition, which will be played at Traralgon from Wednesday this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australian Open 2024 Junior Championships<\/strong>
\nQualifying wildcards<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boys’ singles<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nGirls’ singles<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Player<\/em><\/td>\nAge<\/em><\/td>\nRank<\/em><\/td>\nPlayer<\/em><\/td>\nAge\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nRank<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jarrod Joyce (AUS)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n253<\/td>\nLily Taylor (AUS)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Gadecki (AUS)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n301<\/td>\nGabby Gregg (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonas Hahn (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n310<\/td>\nKristina Tai (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n204<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lachlan McFadzean (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n396<\/td>\nGabriella Villegas (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zane Stevens (AUS)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n505<\/td>\nAlana Subasic (AUS)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oscar Andrews (AUS)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n1199<\/td>\nAva Beck (AUS)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n375<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Australian Open 2024 Junior Championships will be played at Melbourne Park from 20-27 January.<\/p>\n

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