Former Australian Open winners Stan Wawrinka and Victoria Azarenka have both been awarded wild cards into this year's US Open.
Wawrinka, who won his third slam title at Flushing Meadows two years ago, has found life difficult since coming back from knee surgery in January and missed out on automatic entry with his ranking down at 151.
Azarenka returned to the tour last summer after having her first child, but a custody battle with the father of her toddler son Leo left her unable to take him outside America and she did not play a tournament between Wimbledon last year and Indian Wells in March.
The Belarusian, runner-up at the US Open in 2012 and 2013 - the same two years she triumphed at Melbourne Park - has been unable to reach her previous heights and was also ranked outside the cut-off for the year's final grand slam, although she has since climbed back inside the top 100.
Russian veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova, the champion in New York 14 years ago, has also been given a wild card.
Jason Kubler, 25, currently ranked No.109 in the world, will make his US Open main-draw debut after being Tennis Australia's reciprocal wildcard for the year's final grand slam event.
The Australian women's US Open wildcard will be awarded to the winner of an eight-player play-off event being held in New Haven this weekend.
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