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.
Wildcard entries
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
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.
Men's standings
Women's standings
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 Istomin (winner) Lee Duck-hee (final) Wu Di (semifinals) Li Zhe (first round)
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (semifinals) Kwon Soon-woo (first round) Gao Xin (first round) Vijay Sundar Prashanth (quarterfinals)
Draw
Women's singles
Seeds
Hsieh Su-wei (quarterfinals, withdrew) Chang Kai-chen (final) Luksika Kumkhum (winner) Sabina Sharipova (first round)
Junri Namigata (semifinals) Lu Jingjing (quarterfinals) Kyōka Okamura (first round) Ankita Raina (quarterfinals)
Draw
Men's doubles
Seeds
Zhe Li / Yi Chu-huan (semifinals) Peng Hsien-yin / Di Wu (quarterfinals)
Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua (winners) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (final)
Draw
Women's doubles
Seeds
Peangtarn Plipuech / Varatchaya Wongteanchai (semifinals) Lu Jingjing / You Xiaodi (semifinals)
Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen (final) Ankita Raina / Sabina Sharipova (quarterfinals)
Draw
Australian Wildcard Playoff
The December Showdown is held annually for two weeks in December. The Showdown includes age championships for 12/u, 14/u, 16/u and 18/u age categories. It also hosts the 2017 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 12–18 December 2016 at Melbourne Park. For the first time, a women's doubles playoff will be contested, with the winner receiving a main draw wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open women's doubles. For the second time in a row, the winner of the girls' 18/u championship will be given a main draw wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open.