Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual US Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held over several days before the event.^[1]

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6	77
		Karim Strohmeier-Merino	3	64
								1	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	1	4
									Sandy Collins	6	6
		Anna Ivan	2	1
		Sandy Collins	6	6
																Sandy Collins	6	6
															WC	Susan Gilchrist	2	2
	WC	Susan Gilchrist	6	77
		Leigh-Anne Eldredge	3	61
								WC	Susan Gilchrist	6	6
									Maya Kidowaki	4	0
		Maya Kidowaki	3	6	6
	13	Natalia Medvedeva	6	3	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Akemi Nishiya	6	6
		Maïder Laval	2	0
								11	Akemi Nishiya	6	6
									Kimberly Po	1	4
		Kimberly Po	6	4	6
		Magdalena Maleeva	4	6	2
															11	Akemi Nishiya	2	6	5
															7	Nathalie Herreman	6	1	7
		Patricia Hy-Boulais	4	3
		Pilar Vásquez	6	6
									Pilar Vásquez	4	3
								7	Nathalie Herreman	6	6
		Luciana Tella	2	0
	7	Nathalie Herreman	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Florencia Labat	6	6
		Silvia Farina Elia	1	2
								4	Florencia Labat	6	2	7
									Clare Wood	1	6	5
		Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	3	2
		Clare Wood	6	6
															4	Florencia Labat	3	2
																Pascale Paradis	6	6
		Pascale Paradis	6	7
		Valda Lake	2	5
									Pascale Paradis	6	6
								16	Gisele Miró	1	2
		Amy Schwartz	2	2
	16	Gisele Miró	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Marie-Christine Damas	1	1
		Iva Budařová	6	6
									Iva Budařová	6	3	0
									Kate Gompert	4	6	6
		Kate Gompert	2	6	6
		Amanda Grunfeld	6	4	1
																Kate Gompert	6	5	0
															5	Sophie Amiach	1	7	6
		Lea Antonoplis	6	0	6
		Pam Casale	3	6	4
									Lea Antonoplis	5	3
								5	Sophie Amiach	7	6
		Carin Bakkum	2	2
	5	Sophie Amiach	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	8	Julie Halard-Decugis	6	4	6
		Masako Yanagi	4	6	1
								8	Julie Halard-Decugis	6	7
									Adriana Villagrán	3	5
		Adriana Villagrán	77	6
		Jeri Ingram	64	3
															8	Julie Halard-Decugis	6	6
															WC	Shannan McCarthy	2	1
		Maria Lindström	6	4	1
	WC	Jessica Emmons	4	6	6
								WC	Jessica Emmons	4	0
								WC	Shannan McCarthy	6	6
	WC	Shannan McCarthy	6	7
	14	Julie Richardson	1	5

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Renata Baranski	1	6	6
	WC	Shawn Foltz	6	4	0
								15	Renata Baranski	6	6
								WC	Iwalani McCalla	4	1
	WC	Iwalani McCalla	6	6
		Elly Hakami	3	3
															15	Renata Baranski	3	1
															WC	Lisa Raymond	6	6
	WC	Lisa Raymond	6	6
		Angélica Gavaldón	2	3
								WC	Lisa Raymond	6	6
									Lisa Green	3	3
		Lisa Green	4	7	6
	3	Eva Švíglerová	6	5	2

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Iwona Kuczyńska	1	2
		Ei Iida	6	6
									Ei Iida	4	7	6
								WC	Debbie Graham	6	5	4
		Heather Ludloff	4	3
	WC	Debbie Graham	6	6
																Ei Iida	4	6	7
																Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	6	3	5
		Robyn Field	77	4	5
		Linda Barnard	65	6	7
									Linda Barnard	4	7	5
									Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	6	5	7
		Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	5	7	6
	12	Catherine Suire	7	5	2

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Leona Lásková	0	1
		Anne Simpkin	6	6
									Anne Simpkin	6	5	65
									Andrea Leand	1	7	77
		Andrea Leand	6	4	6
		Kathrin Keil	1	6	4
																Andrea Leand	4	64
																Laxmi Poruri	6	77
	WC	Tanya Stasiuk	0	3
		Laxmi Poruri	6	6
									Laxmi Poruri	6	6
								2	Kristine Kunce	1	1
		Andrea Holíková	3	2
	2	Kristine Kunce	6	6

References

External links

• 1989 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation