The junior boys' and girls' singles draws are now released, with Cruz Hewitt and Emerson Jones headlining the Aussies at Melbourne Park.
10 players in the boys' and girls' fields will represent Australia at the upcoming tournament, set to commence on Saturday, January 18.
Tasting main draw qualifying action as a wildcard in his loss against veteran Nikoloz Basilashvili last week, Hewitt is projected to face top-seed Jan Kumstat of the Czech Republic in the second-round.
But the 16-year-old Aussie will have to get past qualifier Moobeen Kim, ranked No.72 in the ITF junior rankings.
Hewitt, ranked 12 places higher, won three junior titles in 2024 as he continues to develop.
Cooper Kose, Daniel Jovanovski, Nikolas Baker, Ethan Domingo, Jake Dembo, Jeffrey Strydom and Ymerali Ibraimi make up seven Aussie wildcards.
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Emerson Jones will look to go one better in the junior girls' event, arriving as the No.1 seed and full of confidence.
The 16-year-old lost the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior finals last year, but a memorable victory against world No.35 Xinyu Wang at the Adelaide International earlier this month shows signs of a promising prospect emerging.
Jones, who won the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals in October, faces qualifier Anastasia Lizunova in the opening-round before a projected meeting with No.2 seed Mika Stojsavljevic in the final.
Alana Subasic, 17, achieved a career-high and current ranking of No.31 on the junior circuit, projected to face third-seed Jeline Vandromme in the third-round.
16-year-old Ava Beck will also be hoping for a deep run, having claimed the female Junior Athlete of the Year Award at October's Tennis Victoria awards.
She joins Jizelle Sibai, Koharu Nishikawa, Sarah Mildren, Tori Russell, Tahlia Kokkinis and Emilie Chen to enter via wildcards.
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