USTA Player Development announces the eight men and eight women who are invited to participate in the 2011 Australian Open Wild Card Playoff, being held at the Racquet Club of the South on December 16-18. The winners will receive main-draw singles wild cards into the men’s and women’s draws at the 2012 Australian Open.
WTA players include: 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin, Fed Cup player Coco Vandeweghe, 2011 U.S. Open girls’ singles titlist Grace Min, 15-year-old Taylor Townsend, Madison Keys, Gail Brodsky, Jaime Hampton and Alison Riske.
The men’s field includes 2005 U.S. Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri , 2010 U.S. Open boys’ champion Jack Sock, 2011 NCAA champion Steve Johnson, Bobby Reynolds, Denis Kudla, Daniel Kosakowski, Rhyne Williams and Jesse Levine.