2009 Australian Open Main Draw - Wildcard Playoff
Melbourne Park, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
December 15-21, 2008
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

Final Acceptance List
1 Luczak, Peter 156
2 Sirianni, Joseph 182
3 Smeets, Robert 199
4 Ball, Carsten 204
5 Ebelthite, Colin 256
6 Klein, Brydan 258
7 Groth, Samuel 265
8 Ebden, Matt 304
9 Matosevic, Marinko 335
10 Jones, Greg 413
11 Millman, John 558
12 McKenzie, Brendan 758
13 Tomic, Bernard 775
14 Kelly, Dayne 982
15 Propoggia, Dane 1058
16 Verryth, Mark 1668

Alternates
1 Reid, Matt
2 Thomas, Andrew
3 Gregory, Andrew


Groups

Group Blue
Players
1.Peter Luczak
2. Brendan McKenzie
3. Greg Jones
4. Brydan Klein

Group Green
Players
1. Joseph Sirianni
2. Dane Propoggia
3. Bernard Tomic
4. Colin Ebelthite

Group Magenta
Players
1. Robert Smeets
2. Matt Ebden
3. John Millman
4. Marinko Matosevic

Group Yellow
Players
1. Carsten Ball
2. DayneKelly
3. Mark Verryth
4. Samuel Groth


Monday, December 15, 2008

Group Blue
Peter Luczak d. Brendan McKenzie 6-2 6-3
Brydan Klein d. Greg Jones 7-6(5) 6-1

Group Green
Joseph Sirianni d. Dane Propoggia 7-5 6-1
Colin Ebelthite d. Bernard Tomic 3-6 6-3 7-6(6)

Group Magenta
Robert Smeets d. Matt Ebden 6-2 6-0
Marinko Matosevic d. John Millman 6-4 6-2

Group Yellow
Carsten Ball d. Dayne Kelly 6-4 6-0
Mark Verryth d. Samuel Groth 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4


Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Group Blue
Peter Luczak d. Brydan Klein 6-2 6-4
Brendan McKenzie d. Greg Jones 7-5 7-6(4)

Group Green
Joseph Sirianni d. Colin Ebelthite 7-5 7-6
Bernard Tomic d. Dane Propoggia 6-7 6-4 3-0 ret.

Group Magenta
Marinko Matosevic d. Robert Smeets 4-6 6-2 6-1
Matt Ebden d. John Millman 6-1 7-5

Group Yellow
Samuel Groth d. Mark Verryth 6-3 6-1
Carsten Ball d. Dayne Kelly 6-4 6-4


Wednesday, December 17, 2008


Group Blue
Peter Luczak d. Stephen Hoh 7-5 6-2   [Stephen Hoh replaces Greg Jones]
Brendan Mckenzie d. Brydan Klein 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4

Group Green
Joseph Sirianni d. Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-1
(ALT)Andrew Thomas d. Colin Ebelthite 5-7 2-1 ret.   [Andrew Thomas replaces Dane Propoggia]

Group Magenta
Robert Smeets d. John Millman 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-4
Matt Ebden d. Marinko Matosevic 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2

Group Yellow
Samuel Groth d. Carsten Ball 6-4 5-7 7-6(3)
(ALT)Andrew Gregory d. Dayne Kelly 3-6 6-3 6-1   [Andrew Gregory replaces Mark Verryth]


Group Blue
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Peter Luczak 3 6 - 0 37 - 18
2. Brendan Mckenzie 2 4 - 3 35 - 39
2. Brydan Klein 1 3 - 4 35 - 35
4. Greg Jones 0 0 - 4 18 - 27
5. Stephen Hoh 0 0 - 2 7 - 13

Group Green
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Joseph Sirianni 2 6 - 0 39 - 21
2. Colin Ebelthite 1 2 - 5 35 - 35
3. Bernard Tomic 1 3 - 5 34 - 40
4. Andrew Thomas 1 2 - 0 7 - 8
5. Dane Propoggia 0 1 - 4 17 - 28

Group Magenta
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Marinko Matosevic 2 5 - 3 39 - 33
1. Robert Smeets 2 5 - 3 40 - 35
1. Matt Ebden 2 4 - 3 33 - 29
4. John Millman 0 1 - 6 29 - 44

Group Yellow
Standings Pts Sets Games
1. Samuel Groth 2 5 - 3 46 - 40
2. Carsten Ball 2 5 - 2 24 - 8
3. Andrew Gregory 1 2 - 1 15 - 10
4. Mark Verryth 1 2 - 3 19 - 28
5. Dayne Kelly 0 0 - 4 12 - 24


Quarterfinals
Colin Ebelthite d. Peter Luczak 6-4 6-2
Marinko Matosevic d. Carsten Ball 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3
Sam Groth d. Robert Smeets 7-6(4) 6-3
Joseph Sirianni d. Brendan Mckenzie 5-7 6-1 6-1

Semifinals
Colin Ebelthite d. Marinko Matosevic 6-4 6-4
Samuel Groth d. Joseph Sirianni 6-4 7-6(5)

Finals
Colin Ebelthite d. Samuel Groth 1-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-4

Ebelthite obtains a main draw wild card for the Aus.Open