The three rounds of the 2012 Australian Open tennis qualifying finished last week.  On the men’s side, there were a total of 16 qualifiers from the 128 player draw.  On the women’s side, there were 12 women to advance to the main draw from the 96 player qualifying draw.  As always, the qualies included some seasoned veterans, players on the comeback from injuries, as well as junior stars on the rise.  

The list of qualifiers includes:

Men:
•    Florent Serra – France
•    Peter Gojowczyk – Germany
•    Danai Udomchoke – Thailand
•    Andrey Golubev - Kazakhstan
•    James Ward – Great Britain
•    Jesse Huta Galung – Netherlands
•    Lukas Lacko – Slovakia
•    Denis Kudla – United States
•    Jurgen Zopp – Estonia
•    Matteo Viola – Italy
•    Alexander Kudryavtsev – Russia
•    Roberto Bautista –Agut – Spain
•    Frederik Nielsen – Denmark
•    Alex Kuznetsov – United States
•    Bjorn Phau – Germany
•    Ilya Marchenko – Ukraine
•    Rik de Voest – South Africa (lucky loser)

Women:
•    Laura Robson – Great Britain
•    Irena Pavlovic – France
•    Andrea Hlavackova - Czech Republic
•    Stefanie Voegele – Switzerland
•    Alison Riske – United States
•    Maria Joao Koehler – Portugal
•    Paula Ormaechea – Argentina
•    Nina Bratchikova – Russia
•    Valeria Savinykh – Russia
•    Kai-Chen Chang – Taipei
•    Varvara Lepchenko – United States
•    Jamie Hampton – United States