2017 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
The 2017 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 2017 Australian Open, as well as seven male and seven female doubles teams plus eight mixed-doubles teams.
US Wildcard Challenge
The US awarded a wildcard to the man and woman that earned the most ranking points across a group of three Challenger/ITF hardcourt events in the United States in October and November 2016. For the men, it was the Charlottesville, Knoxville and Champaign Challengers and for the women, it was Macon, Scottsdale and Waco. Only the best two results from the three challengers were taken into account with the winners being teenagers Michael Mmoh and Kayla Day. These players were announced on 18 November 2016.Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
The Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off featured 16-players in the men's and women's singles draws and took place from 28 November to 4 December 2016 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.Men's singles
Seeds
Denis IstominLee Duck-hee '
Wu Di '
Li Zhe '
Prajnesh Gunneswaran '
Kwon Soon-woo '
Gao Xin '
Vijay Sundar Prashanth ''''
Women's singles
Seeds
Hsieh Su-wei 'Chang Kai-chen '
Luksika Kumkhum
Sabina Sharipova '
Junri Namigata '
Lu Jingjing '
Kyōka Okamura '
Ankita Raina ''''
Men's doubles
Seeds
Zhe Li / Yi Chu-huan 'Peng Hsien-yin / Di Wu '
Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Vijay Sundar Prashanth ''''
Women's doubles
Seeds
Peangtarn Plipuech / Varatchaya Wongteanchai 'Lu Jingjing / You Xiaodi '
Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen
Ankita Raina / Sabina Sharipova ''''