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

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Fang Li	6	6
		Jane Chi	3	3
								1	Fang Li	6	6
									Kristina Triska	0	1
		Sandra Klösel	2	65
		Kristina Triska	6	77
															1	Fang Li	6	6
																Elena Tatarkova	2	3
		Elena Tatarkova	6	3	6
		Raluca Sandu	2	6	1
									Elena Tatarkova	7	6
								11	Seda Noorlander	5	4
		Nino Louarsabishvili	6	2	64
	11	Seda Noorlander	3	6	77

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Jana Nejedly	6	4	5
		Laxmi Poruri	1	6	7
									Laxmi Poruri	4	1
								WC	Katrina Adams	6	6
		Virág Csurgó	3	6	2
	WC	Katrina Adams	6	2	6
															WC	Katrina Adams	4	4
																Ludmila Richterová	6	6
	WC	Holly Parkinson	4	6	2
		Ludmila Richterová	6	1	6
									Ludmila Richterová	6	7
									Nirupama Sanjeev	3	5
		Nirupama Sanjeev	6	6
	6	Mana Endo	2	2

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Samantha Smith	6	65	6
		Tina Križan	2	77	1
								4	Samantha Smith	2	6	6
									Rennae Stubbs	6	3	3
		Rennae Stubbs	6	5	6
		María José Gaidano	0	7	3
															4	Samantha Smith	6	6
															15	Sylvia Plischke	3	3
	WC	Karin Miller	6	7
		Ludmila Varmužová	2	5
								WC	Karin Miller	3	6	2
								15	Sylvia Plischke	6	3	6
		Caroline Dhenin	4	5
	15	Sylvia Plischke	6	7

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Olga Lugina	6	6
		Jane Taylor	3	1
								14	Olga Lugina	6	5	7
									Maureen Drake	4	7	5
		Maureen Drake	78	6
		Chen Li-Ling	66	3
															14	Olga Lugina	6	6
															8	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	2	4
		Mercedes Paz	2	6	6
		Miriam Schnitzer	6	1	4
									Mercedes Paz	5	6	4
								8	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	7	4	6
		Debbie Graham	3	3
	8	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Lenka Němečková	6	5	66
		Anna Smashnova	3	7	78
									Anna Smashnova	6	5	4
								WC	Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	2	7	6
	WC	Cristina Moros	0	4
	WC	Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
															WC	Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	4	63
															16	Nicole Pratt	6	77
		Meghann Shaughnessy	77	6
		Amélie Cocheteux	64	2
									Meghann Shaughnessy	7	5	1
								16	Nicole Pratt	5	7	6
		Bettina Fulco	3	1
	16	Nicole Pratt	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Haruka Inoue	3	66
		Magalie Lamarre	6	78
									Magalie Lamarre	2	6	64
									Anne Kremer	6	4	77
		Anne Kremer	77	6
		Lucie Ahl	61	1
																Anne Kremer	2	3
																Pavlina Nola	6	6
		Park Sung-hee	6	77
		Lenka Cenková	4	61
									Park Sung-hee	4	2
									Pavlina Nola	6	6
		Pavlina Nola	7	6
	3	Sonya Jeyaseelan	5	4

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Angélica Gavaldón	6	6
		Yuko Hosoki	3	2
								5	Angélica Gavaldón	6	6
									Lorna Woodroffe	1	0
		Lorna Woodroffe	7	6
		Sofia Prazeres	5	2
															5	Angélica Gavaldón	6	63	6
																Larissa Schaerer	1	77	4
		Nancy Feber	3	3
		Larissa Schaerer	6	6
									Larissa Schaerer	6	2	6
								12	Kristine Kunce	2	6	1
		Karen Cross	4	2
	12	Kristine Kunce	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Marlene Weingärtner	6	6
		Silvija Talaja	4	4
								9	Marlene Weingärtner	4	6	3
								WC	Mashona Washington	6	0	6
	WC	Mashona Washington	6	6
	WC	Julie Steven	3	2
															WC	Mashona Washington	3	5
															2	Nathalie Dechy	6	7
		Elena Brioukhovets	6	1	0
		Dally Randriantefy	2	6	6
									Dally Randriantefy	4	1
								2	Nathalie Dechy	6	6
	WC	Samantha Reeves	2	4
	2	Nathalie Dechy	6	6

References

External links

• 1997 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation