Former world No.5 Eugenie Bouchard has been handed a Hobart International wildcard as she looks to move on from her dismal 2017 campaign.
The world No.82 will contest the Australian Open lead-up tournament in January after she represents Canada at the Hopman Cup.
Bouchard joins top-40 players Elise Mertens, Alize Cornet, Shuai Zhang and Sorana Cirstea in Hobart, where she lost to Cornet in the final last year.
Bouchard began the year ranked 46th before a string of poor results, having not won a WTA match since August.
She reached the Australian Open semi-finals in 2014.