2008 Australian Open Main Draw - Wildcard Playoff
Melbourne Park, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
December 15-21, 2007
Draw: 16 Player Draw
Tournament Format: Round Robin – 4 pools of 4 players
Top 2 in each pool progress to crossover Quarter Finals
Match Format: Best of three (3) tie break sets

Acceptances:
1. All athletes ranked ATP - 250 or better* (based on 4 December 2007 rankings release. Male players who achieve the required ranking between 3 Dec and 10 Dec (Burnie Challenger) will be awarded a wildcard)
2. 18s Optus Australian Championships - Singles Winners
3. Australian Pro Circuit Points Race Winners

Round Robin

Group A
Samuel Groth
Alun Jones
Brydan Klein
Mark Philippoussis
(ALT)Mark Verryth

Group B
Andrew Coelho
Colin Ebelthite
Greg Jones
Jospeh Sirianni

Group C
Carsten Ball
(ALT)Kadel Hansel
Rameez Junaid
Nick Lindahl
Andrew Thomas

Group D
Miles Armstrong
Matthew Ebden
Adam Feeney
Nathan Healey


Schedule of plays

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Group A
Samuel Groth d. Alun Jones 6-3 1-6 6-3
Mark Philippoussis d. Brydan Klein 6-3 7-5

Group B
Andrew Coelho d. Greg Jones 6-4 7-5
Jospeh Sirianni d. Colin Ebelthite 6-2 6-4

Group C
Carsten Ball d. Andrew Thomas 6-1 6-0
Nick Lindahl d. Rameez Junaid 7-5 6-2

Group D
Matt Ebden d. Miles Armstrong 7-6(4) 6-3
Nathan Healey d. Adam Feeney 1-6 6-3 7-5


Sunday, December 16, 2007

Group A
Samuel Groth d. Mark Philippoussis 6-4 6-3
(ALT)Mark Verryth d. Brydan Klein 4-6 3-4 ret. [Mark Verryth replaces Alun Jones]

Group B
Colin Ebelthite d. Andrew Coelho 6-1 6-1
Jospeh Sirianni d. Greg Jones 6-4 6-2

Group C
Carsten Ball d. Rameez Junaid 7-6(5) 6-3
Nick Lindahl d. (ALT)Kadel Hansel 7-6(4) 6-3 [Kadel Hansel replaces Andrew Thomas]

Group D
Miles Armstrong d. Nathan Healey 7-6() 6-4
Adam Feeney d. Matt Ebden 3-6 7-5 6-2

Monday, December 16, 2007

Group A
Brydan Klein d. Samuel Groth 7-5 6-4
Mark Philippoussis vs (ALT)Mark Verryth not played (Philippoussis had a knee injury)

Group B
Joseph Sirianni d. Greg Jones 6-2 6-2
Colin Ebelthite d. Andrew Coelho 2-6 6-4 7-5

Group C
Nick Lindahl d. Carsten Ball w/o
Rameez Junaid d. (ALT)Kaden Hansel 6-1 6-3

Group D
Adam Feeney d. Miles Armstrong 4-6 7-6(11) 7-6(4)
Matt Ebden d. Nathan Healey 4-6 5-5 ret.


Group A
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Samuel Groth 4 4-2 33-20 (+13)
2. Mark Philippoussis 4 4-2 32-20 (+12)
3. Brydan Klein 4 4-2 33-22 (+11)
4. Mark Verryth (replaced Alun Jones) 0 0-6 0-36 (-36)

In this standings are calculating results:
Alun Jones (Mark Verryth) lost all matches by 6-0 6-0

Group B
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Joseph Sirianni 6 6-0 36-16 (+20)
2. Colin Ebelthite 2 4-3 33-29 (+4)
3. Andrew Coelho 2 3-4 34-36 (-2)
4. Greg Jones 0 0-6 15-37 (-22)

Group C
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Nick Lindahl 4 4-2 34-20 (+14)
2. Rameez Junaid 4 4-2 31-17 (+14)
3. Carsten Ball 4 4-2 29-21 (+8)
4. Kaden Hansel (replaces Andrew Thomas) 0 0-6 0-36 (-36)

In this standings are calculating results:
Andrew Thomas (Kaden Hansel) lost all matches by 6-0 6-0

Group D
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Adam Feeney 6 6-3 50-43 (+7)
2. Matthew Ebden 4 3-3 35-36 (-1)
3. Miles Armstrong 2 3-4 40-41 (-1)
4. Nathan Healey 0 2-4 33-38 (-5)


Quarterfinals
Samuel Groth d. Nick Lindahl 6-3 ret.
Adam Feeney d. Colin Ebelthite 4-6 6-3 7-5
Brydan Klein d. Rameez Junaid 6-4 6-2   [Klein replaces Mark Philippousis]
Joseph Sirianni d. Matt Ebden 6-3 6-4

Semifinals
Adam Feeney d. Samuel Groth 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Joseph Sirianni d. Brydan Klein 6-4 6-3

Finals
Joseph Sirianni d. Adam Feeney 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4

Joseph Sirianni obtains a (WC) into the main draw of Australian Open 2008.