It's one of the toughest qualifying draws ever at the ASB Classic with the highest ranked player Jelena Kostanic at 84 in the world and the cut-off for direct entrants at 190.
The calibre of the field makes the job of the four Kiwi wildcards difficult to say the least, but not impossible.
Fifteen-year-old Aucklander Sacha Jones has a ranking of 776 and has drawn Taiwanese player Su-wei Hsieh who is ranked at 138.
Shona Lee, 17 faces talented Luxembourg player Claudine Schaul who is currently at 172 but has been as high as 41 in the world.
Lee is at 706.
Unranked 16-year-old Kairangi Vano of Auckland is up against Japan's Ryoko Fuda who has a ranking of 163. Vano is second on court four from 10am.
Tracey O'Connor the most experience of the Kiwi quartet plays Austrian Yvonne Meusburger. O'Connor is listed at 626 while Meusburger is 135.
The last direct entrant is American Jessica Kirkland at 190 who plays third seed and 2002 ASB Classic finalist Tatiana Panova in the first round.
Another American Ashley Harkleroad the 2004 finalist at the ASB Classic plays talented Hungarian Agnes Szavay.
Second seed in the qualifying Severine Bremond of France plays 2000 Classic champion and former top-20 player Anne Kremer while Meilen Tu the 2001 champion plays fellow American Shanay Perry.
Qualifying starts at 10am on Saturday 31 and Sunday and is free to the public.
Qualifying draw from top of draw to bottom:
(1)Jelena Kostanic(CRO) v Barbora Strycova(CZE), Natalie Grandin(RSA) v Kristina Barrois(GER), Claudine Schaul(LUX) v (WC)Shona Lee(NZL), Agnes
Szavay(HUN) v (6)Ashley Harkleroad(USA), (2)Severine Bremond(FRA) v Anne Kremer(LUX), Abigail Spears(USA) v Yaroslava Shvedova(RUS), Kathrin
Woerle(GER) v Marie-eve Pelletier(CAN), Mariya Koryttseva(UKR) v (8)Camille Pin(FRA), (3)Tatiana Panova(RUS) v Jessica Kirkland(USA), (WC)Kairangi Vano(NZL) v Ryoko Fuda(JPN), Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) v Clarisa Fernandez(ARG), Shanay Perry(USA) v (7)Meilen Tu(USA), (4)Galina
Voskoboeva(RUS) v Tzipora Obziler(ISR), Yvonne Meusburger(AUT) v (WC)Tracey O'Connor(NZL), Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) v (WC)Sacha Jones(NZL), Mervana Jugic-Salkic(BIH) v (5)Martina Muller(GER).
Schedule for Saturday December 31
Centre Court - 10am start
(1)Jelena Kostanic(CRO) v Barbora Strycova(CZE) followed by Shanay Perry(USA) v (7)Meilen Tu(USA) f.b Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) v (WC)Sacha Jones(NZL) f.b Agnes Szavay(HUN) v (6)Ashley Harkleroad(USA) f.b Claudine Schaul(LUX) v (WC)Shona Lee(NZL) f.b Yvonne Meusburger(AUT) v (WC)Tracey O'Connor(NZL) Court 4 - 10am start (4)Galina Voskoboeva(RUS) v Tzipora Obziler(ISR) followed by (WC)Kairangi Vano(NZL) v Ryoko Fuda(JPN) f.b (2)Severine Bremond(FRA) v Anne Kremer(LUX) f.b Mervana Jugic-Salkic(BIH) v (5)Martina Muller(GER) f.b (3)Tatiana Panova(RUS) v Jessica Kirkland(USA).
Court 6 - 10am start
Natalie Grandin(RSA) v Kristina Barrois(GER) f.b Kathrin Woerle(GER) v Marie-eve Pelletier(CAN) f.b Abigail Spears(USA) v Yaroslava Shvedova(RUS) f.b Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) v Clarisa Fernandez(ARG) f.b Mariya Koryttseva(UKR) v (8)Camille Pin(FRA)
