Woodman leads a wheelchair that makes historical past at AO 2025 | 21 January, 2025 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Making his first Grand Slam win on the highest degree, Jin Woodman will lead the best Australian doubles group in Australian Open historical past.

Melbourne, VIC, 21 January 2025 | Jackson Mansell

On the age of six, Jin Woodman was within the stands at Melbourne Park as Dylan Alcott received his first file fifteenth Grand Slam on the 2015 Australian Open.

That day would encourage Woodman to chase his desires and in the future emulate the efforts of his idol.

“Once I was six years outdated, like my first time right here at AO, I noticed Dylan Alcott win his first Grand Slam. I stated to myself, ‘I need to be in that court docket, go to the AO [and] they characterize Australia,” he recalled.

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“After he received, I greeted him and requested for his autograph. He then instructed me ‘go and chase your desires, I’ll see you within the large courts in the future’. I believed it was a joke, nevertheless it really made me imagine in myself like, ‘You already know what, I’ll commit, I will see you in court docket’.”

On the Australian Open 2025, the 15-year-old will lead Australia’s greatest illustration within the Quad Wheelchair singles at Melbourne Park, becoming a member of Heath Davidson and Finn Broadbent within the draw.

On Tuesday, Woodman will face Davidson in his Grand Slam debut – one thing that offers the Victorian blended emotions.

“It feels superb because it’s my first AO on quads, [playing on] house floor and every part,” he stated. “My household and mates are very completely satisfied for me, so I am nervous and completely satisfied on the similar time, pondering that tomorrow, I am enjoying with one other Aussie [front of] a big crowd over [Court 6]. Due to this fact, it’s good that each one efforts are fruitful, like going to different nations. Taking part in nicely is worthwhile.”

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{The teenager} has developed by leaps and bounds. Ranked No.2 on this planet in boys singles and No.20 on this planet in quad singles, Woodman received 5 quad singles titles in 2024. He additionally competed within the US Open Junior Wheelchair Championships.

World No.9 Heath Davidson is Australia’s highest ranked participant in all classes. The 37-year-old shall be hoping to enhance on his look within the quarterfinals of the 2024 Australian Open, the place he misplaced to Donald Ramphadi in three units.

Wildcard Finn Broadbent rounds out the Australian quad singles subject. He faces fourth seed Ahmet Kaplan within the opening spherical. The 23-year-old has reached a excessive degree since enjoying within the quarterfinals of the Megasaray Cup final yr.

Broadbent has since damaged into the highest 30 and has represented Australia within the BNP Paribas World Workforce Cup.

Anderson Parker headlined the boys’s wheelchair competitors. After his greatest win of the season thus far in 2024, the 26-year-old will play World No.1 Tokito Oda within the first spherical, as he goals for his first Grand Slam victory.

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