1996 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

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]

Women's Singles Qualifying
1996 US Open
Main articles: 1996 US Open (tennis) and 1996 US Open – Women's Singles

Seeds
  1. Stephanie Devillé (Qualified)
  2. Rene Simpson (First round)
  3. Aleksandra Olsza (Qualified)
  4. Kerry-Anne Guse (Second round)
  5. Adriana Gerši (First round)
  6. Adriana Serra Zanetti (Qualified)
  7. Bettina Fulco (Second round)
  8. Anna Smashnova (First round)
  9. Radka Zrubáková (Qualified)
  10. Anna Kournikova (Qualified)
  11. Annabel Ellwood (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
  12. Tina Križan (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
  13. Olga Lugina (First round)
  14. Mercedes Paz (Second round)
  15. Noëlle van Lottum (Second round)
  16. Anne Kremer (First round)

Qualifiers
  1. Stephanie Devillé
  2. Anna Kournikova
  3. Laxmi Poruri
  4. Adriana Serra Zanetti
  5. Angélica Gavaldón
  6. Aleksandra Olsza
  7. Radka Zrubáková
  8. María José Gaidano

Lucky losers
  1. Tina Križan
  2. Annabel Ellwood

Qualifying draw

Key

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