Women's singles qualifying
1996 US Open

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

  1. Belgium Stephanie Devillé (qualified)
  2. Canada Rene Simpson (first round)
  3. Poland Aleksandra Olsza (qualified)
  4. Australia Kerry-Anne Guse (second round)
  5. Czech Republic Adriana Gerši (first round)
  6. Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti (qualified)
  7. Argentina Bettina Fulco (second round)
  8. Israel Anna Smashnova (first round)
  9. Slovakia Radka Zrubáková (qualified)
  10. Russia Anna Kournikova (qualified)
  11. Australia Annabel Ellwood (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  12. Slovenia Tina Križan (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  13. Ukraine Olga Lugina (first round)
  14. Argentina Mercedes Paz (second round)
  15. France Noëlle van Lottum (second round)
  16. Luxembourg Anne Kremer (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Belgium Stephanie Devillé 6 6
  Japan Yuka Yoshida 1 0
1 Belgium Stephanie Devillé 6 6
  Italy Laura Golarsa 4 1
  Italy Laura Golarsa 6 6
  Germany Marketa Kochta 0 1
1 Belgium Stephanie Devillé 2 6 77
  Australia Rachel McQuillan 6 2 64
  Australia Rachel McQuillan 6 6
  United States Janet Lee 4 3
  Australia Rachel McQuillan 6 1 6
15 France Noëlle van Lottum 3 6 1
WC United States Melissa Zimpfer 0 0
15 France Noëlle van Lottum 6 6

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
10 Russia Anna Kournikova 6 6
  Canada Jana Nejedly 1 2
10 Russia Anna Kournikova 77 6
  Hungary Virág Csurgó 61 3
  Poland Katarzyna Nowak 4 4
  Hungary Virág Csurgó 6 6
10 Russia Anna Kournikova 6 77
  Greece Christína Papadáki 2 62
  Greece Christína Papadáki 77 6
  France Lea Ghirardi 61 2
  Greece Christína Papadáki 3 77 4
  Netherlands Seda Noorlander 6 61 2r
  Netherlands Seda Noorlander 6 6
8 Israel Anna Smashnova 2 3

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Australia Kerry-Anne Guse 6 6
  Russia Julia Lutrova 2 3
4 Australia Kerry-Anne Guse 1 3
  United States Laxmi Poruri 6 6
  United States Laxmi Poruri 6 6
  United Kingdom Clare Wood 3 0
  United States Laxmi Poruri 3 6 6
  Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili 6 2 1
  Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili 6 6
  Australia Nicole Pratt 2 4
  Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili 7 6
14 Argentina Mercedes Paz 5 0
WC United States Samantha Reeves 7 2 2
14 Argentina Mercedes Paz 5 6 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
11 Australia Annabel Ellwood 6 6
  France Caroline Dhenin 1 0
11 Australia Annabel Ellwood 6 6
  Venezuela María Vento 4 2
  Venezuela María Vento 6 6
  Hungary Katalin Marosi 4 1
11 Australia Annabel Ellwood 6 3 2
6 Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti 0 6 6
  United States Erika deLone 6 6
  United Kingdom Rachel Viollet 3 1
  United States Erika deLone 6 2 62
6 Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti 4 6 77
  Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan 3 6 4
6 Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 4 6

Fifth qualifier

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

Sixth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
12 Slovenia Tina Križan 6 6
  Czech Republic Lenka Cenková 4 4
12 Slovenia Tina Križan 7 6
  Sweden Maria Strandlund 5 2
  Sweden Maria Strandlund 6 6
WC United States Kelly Pace 4 4
12 Slovenia Tina Križan 1 5
3 Poland Aleksandra Olsza 6 7
  Australia Kristine Kunce 0 6 6
  Czech Republic Lenka Němečková 6 4 2
  Australia Kristine Kunce 4 2
3 Poland Aleksandra Olsza 6 6
WC United States Christine Neuman 1 4
3 Poland Aleksandra Olsza 6 6

Seventh qualifier

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

Eighth qualifier

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

References

  1. Rueb, Andrew. "A Primer on Tournament Draws and Seeding". Straight Sets – Tennis Blog of the New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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