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	Stephanie Devillé	6	6
		Yuka Yoshida	1	0
								1	Stephanie Devillé	6	6
									Laura Golarsa	4	1
		Laura Golarsa	6	6
		Marketa Kochta	0	1
															1	Stephanie Devillé	2	6	77
																Rachel McQuillan	6	2	64
		Rachel McQuillan	6	6
		Janet Lee	4	3
									Rachel McQuillan	6	1	6
								15	Noëlle van Lottum	3	6	1
	WC	Melissa Zimpfer	0	0
	15	Noëlle van Lottum	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Anna Kournikova	6	6
		Jana Nejedly	1	2
								10	Anna Kournikova	77	6
									Virág Csurgó	61	3
		Katarzyna Nowak	4	4
		Virág Csurgó	6	6
															10	Anna Kournikova	6	77
																Christína Papadáki	2	62
		Christína Papadáki	77	6
		Lea Ghirardi	61	2
									Christína Papadáki	3	77	4
									Seda Noorlander	6	61	2r
		Seda Noorlander	6	6
	8	Anna Smashnova	2	3

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Kerry-Anne Guse	6	6
		Julia Lutrova	2	3
								4	Kerry-Anne Guse	1	3
									Laxmi Poruri	6	6
		Laxmi Poruri	6	6
		Clare Wood	3	0
																Laxmi Poruri	3	6	6
																Nino Louarsabishvili	6	2	1
		Nino Louarsabishvili	6	6
		Nicole Pratt	2	4
									Nino Louarsabishvili	7	6
								14	Mercedes Paz	5	0
	WC	Samantha Reeves	7	2	2
	14	Mercedes Paz	5	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Annabel Ellwood	6	6
		Caroline Dhenin	1	0
								11	Annabel Ellwood	6	6
									María Vento	4	2
		María Vento	6	6
		Katalin Marosi	4	1
															11	Annabel Ellwood	6	3	2
															6	Adriana Serra Zanetti	0	6	6
		Erika deLone	6	6
		Rachel Viollet	3	1
									Erika deLone	6	2	62
								6	Adriana Serra Zanetti	4	6	77
		Sonya Jeyaseelan	3	6	4
	6	Adriana Serra Zanetti	6	4	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Adriana Gerši	4	4
		Petra Gáspár	6	6
									Petra Gáspár	6	6
									Elena Brioukhovets	3	3
		Amélie Cocheteux	3	77	2
		Elena Brioukhovets	6	64	6
																Petra Gáspár	1	6	3
																Angélica Gavaldón	6	3	6
		Andrea Temesvári	4	4
		Elena Tatarkova	6	6
									Elena Tatarkova	1	4
									Angélica Gavaldón	6	6
		Angélica Gavaldón	6	6
	16	Anne Kremer	2	2

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Tina Križan	6	6
		Lenka Cenková	4	4
								12	Tina Križan	7	6
									Maria Strandlund	5	2
		Maria Strandlund	6	6
	WC	Kelly Pace	4	4
															12	Tina Križan	1	5
															3	Aleksandra Olsza	6	7
		Kristine Kunce	0	6	6
		Lenka Němečková	6	4	2
									Kristine Kunce	4	2
								3	Aleksandra Olsza	6	6
	WC	Christine Neuman	1	4
	3	Aleksandra Olsza	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Bettina Fulco	6	4	7
	WC	Jeri Ingram	2	6	5
								7	Bettina Fulco	1	3
									Maureen Drake	6	6
		Maureen Drake	6	6
		Denisa Krajčovičová	3	2
																Maureen Drake	2	6	5
															9	Radka Zrubáková	6	3	7
		Olga Barabanschikova	6	77
	WC	Mashona Washington	4	62
									Olga Barabanschikova	4	4
								9	Radka Zrubáková	6	6
	WC	Stephanie Mabry	3	4
	9	Radka Zrubáková	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Olga Lugina	3	0
		Miho Saeki	6	6
									Miho Saeki	6	64	7
								WC	Tara Snyder	0	77	5
	WC	Tara Snyder	6	7
		Karin Miller	2	5
																Miho Saeki	63	1
																María José Gaidano	77	6
		María José Gaidano	6	6
		Paula Hermida	4	4
									María José Gaidano	6	6
									Meilen Tu	2	4
		Meilen Tu	3	6	6
	2	Rene Simpson	6	1	4

References

External links

• 1996 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation