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	Isabelle Demongeot	6	4	6
		Nathalie Housset	3	6	2
								1	Isabelle Demongeot	2	3
									Dominique Monami	6	6
		Dominique Monami	7	6
		Ann Devries	5	2
																Dominique Monami	7	6
																Katrina Adams	5	1
	WC	Iwalani McCalla	3	4
		Katrina Adams	6	6
									Katrina Adams	6	6
								13	Ann Henricksson	3	2
		Andrea Farley	2	1
	13	Ann Henricksson	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Rene Simpson	6	6
		Rennae Stubbs	1	4
								11	Rene Simpson	6	77
									Stacey Schefflin	2	65
		Stacey Schefflin	6	6
		Amy Jönsson Raaholt	4	1
															11	Rene Simpson	5	6	7
																Jill Hetherington	7	3	5
		Camille Benjamin	4	5
		Jill Hetherington	6	7
									Jill Hetherington	7	6
									Mary-Lou Daniels	5	2
		Mary-Lou Daniels	4	6	6
	5	Maja Živec-Škulj	6	0	0

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Sandrine Testud	6	77
		Cláudia Chabalgoity	3	63
								3	Sandrine Testud	3	4
									Sarah Loosemore	6	6
	WC	Hana Guy	4	0
		Sarah Loosemore	6	6
																Sarah Loosemore	3	0
															15	Katarzyna Nowak	6	6
	WC	Kori Davidson	1	7	3
		Caroline Kuhlman	6	5	6
									Caroline Kuhlman	3	3
								15	Katarzyna Nowak	6	6
		Jo-Anne Faull	4	2
	15	Katarzyna Nowak	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Sandra Wasserman	6	6
		Elly Hakami	3	2
								9	Sandra Wasserman	0	5
									Sybille Niox-Château	6	7
		Sybille Niox-Château	6	6
		Kumiko Okamoto	2	3
																Sybille Niox-Château	77	6
																Christína Papadáki	61	3
	WC	Akemi Nishiya	4	2
	WC	Anne Miller	6	6
								WC	Anne Miller	2	1
									Christína Papadáki	6	6
		Christína Papadáki	3	77	6
	8	Petra Kamstra	6	64	4

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Eugenia Maniokova	1	6	7
		Lisa Raymond	6	4	5
								6	Eugenia Maniokova	6	6
									Luanne Spadea	4	2
		Luanne Spadea	3	6	6
	WC	Nicole London	6	4	3
															6	Eugenia Maniokova	3	7	6
																Sandy Collins	6	5	4
		Beverly Bowes	6	5	2
		Louise Allen	2	7	6
									Louise Allen	6	5	4
									Sandy Collins	1	7	6
		Sandy Collins	4	6	77
	14	Misumi Miyauchi	6	4	65

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Miriam Oremans	1	4
		Cammy MacGregor	6	6
									Cammy MacGregor	2	6	3
									Louise Field	6	3	6
		Nicole Pratt	3	4
		Louise Field	6	6
																Louise Field	66	2
																Eva Pfaff	78	6
		Eva Pfaff	6	6
		Claudine Toleafoa	2	4
									Eva Pfaff	4	6	6
									Amanda Grunfeld	6	4	1
		Amanda Grunfeld	3	77	6
	4	Nana Smith	6	65	4

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Stephanie Rottier	6	6
		Anouschka Popp	3	0
								7	Stephanie Rottier	6	7
									Maïder Laval	3	5
		Alysia May	4	4
		Maïder Laval	6	6
															7	Stephanie Rottier	6	6
															16	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	1	4
		Caroline Vis	6	6
		Christiane Hofmann	4	3
									Caroline Vis	3	4
								16	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6	6
		Belinda Cordwell	1	4
	16	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Nathalie Herreman	6	6
	WC	Nicole Hummel	1	1
								10	Nathalie Herreman	6	6
								WC	Pam Nelson	3	3
	WC	Pam Nelson	6	6
		Maureen Drake	2	2
															10	Nathalie Herreman	4	3
																Renata Baranski	6	6
		Kristine Kunce	61	5
		Renata Baranski	77	7
									Renata Baranski	77	4	6
								2	Mana Endo	61	6	3
		Pilar Vásquez	3	2
	2	Mana Endo	6	6

References

External links

• 1991 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation