1985 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
1985 US Open

Seeds

1. Kris Kinney (First round)
2. Masako Yanagi (Second round)
3. Tina Mochizuki (Second round)
4. Marie-Christine Calleja (First round)
5. Lea Plchová (First round)
6. Corinne Vanier (Second round)
7. Penny Barg (Second round)
8. Caterina Nozzoli (First round)
9. Linda Howell (First round)
10. Heather Ludloff (Second round)
11. Candy Reynolds (First round)
12. Kathleen Cummings (Second round)
13. Jenny Byrne (First round)
14. Jennifer Mundel (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
15. Nathalie Herreman (First round)
16. Pilar Vásquez (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers

1. Jane Young
2. Barbara Jordan
3. Susan Sloane
4. Marianne Werdel
5. Caroline Kuhlman
6. Maria Lindström
7. Anna-Maria Fernandez
8. Eleni Rossides

Lucky losers

1. Jennifer Mundel

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Kris Kinney	3	7^7	3
		Jane Young	6	6^4	6
									Jane Young	7	7^7
									Eileen Tell	5	6^4
		Carin Anderholm	0	6	4
		Eileen Tell	6	3	6
																Jane Young	6	6
																Caryn Copeland	1	2
		Laura Golarsa	6	4	3
		Julie Richardson	1	6	6
									Julie Richardson	2	2
									Caryn Copeland	6	6
		Caryn Copeland	6	7^7
	9	Linda Howell	2	6^3

Second qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	14	Jennifer Mundel	6	6
		Renáta Tomanová	0	4
								14	Jennifer Mundel	7	6
									Rina Einy	5	3
		Kim Steinmetz	1	4
		Rina Einy	6	6
															14	Jennifer Mundel	5	4
																Barbara Jordan	7	6
		Trey Lewis	3	2
		Barbara Jordan	6	6
									Barbara Jordan	6	6
								6	Corinne Vanier	2	3
		Heather Crowe	7^7	4	0
	6	Corinne Vanier	6^2	6	6

Third qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Marie-Christine Calleja	3	2
		Maeve Quinlan	6	6
									Maeve Quinlan	2	4
									Susan Sloane	6	6
		Susan Sloane	6	6
		Jill Hetherington	1	1
																Susan Sloane	6	6
															16	Pilar Vásquez	1	4
		Sabina Simmonds	6	6^4	6
		Hélène Pelletier	3	7^7	0
									Sabina Simmonds	6^3	5
								16	Pilar Vásquez	7^7	7
		Jamie Golder	6	4	4
	16	Pilar Vásquez	2	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	11	Candy Reynolds	6	6^4	4
		Pam Whytcross	3	7^7	6
									Pam Whytcross	6	6
									Louise Allen	3	3
		Marianne Groat	6	3	4
		Louise Allen	2	6	6
																Pam Whytcross	6^4	5
																Marianne Werdel	7^7	7
		Ronni Reis	4	3
		Federica Bonsignori	6	6
									Federica Bonsignori	4	6	1
									Marianne Werdel	6	3	6
		Marianne Werdel	4	6	6
	8	Caterina Nozzoli	6	2	4

Fifth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Penny Barg	6	5	6
		Catrin Jexell	3	7	1
								7	Penny Barg	4	4
									Caroline Kuhlman	6	6
		Kirsten Dreyer	3	2
		Caroline Kuhlman	6	6
																Caroline Kuhlman	6	6
																Laura Bernstein	4	3
		Karen Dewis	4	6	6
		Kim Sands	6	3	1
									Karen Dewis	4	2
									Laura Bernstein	6	6
		Laura Bernstein	6^4	6	7
	15	Nathalie Herreman	7^7	1	5

Sixth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	10	Heather Ludloff	4	6	6
		Kumiko Okamoto	6	1	3
								10	Heather Ludloff	3	4
									Barbie Bramblett	6	6
		Barbie Bramblett	6	6
		Paula Smith	2	3
																Barbie Bramblett	3	1
																Maria Lindström	6	6
		Maria Lindström	6	6
		Colleen Carney	2	2
									Maria Lindström	2	6	6
								3	Tina Mochizuki	6	2	3
		Kylie Copeland	1	1
	3	Tina Mochizuki	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Lea Plchová	3	4
		Anna-Maria Fernandez	6	6
									Anna-Maria Fernandez	6	6
									Renee Blount	3	4
		Jane Forman	5	6^3
		Renee Blount	7	7^7
																Anna-Maria Fernandez	6	6
																Nathalie Tauziat	4	4
		Cecilia Fernandez-Parker	6	6
		Elisabeth Ekblom	4	0
									Cecilia Fernandez-Parker	5	4
									Nathalie Tauziat	7	6
		Nathalie Tauziat	6	6
	13	Jenny Byrne	3	0

Eighth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	12	Kathleen Cummings	6	6
		Csilla Bartos-Cserepy	4	1
								12	Kathleen Cummings	7	4	6^6
									Susan Rimes	5	6	7^8
		Chris Gillis	6	2	3
		Susan Rimes	3	6	6
																Susan Rimes	3	6^3
																Eleni Rossides	6	7^7
		Eleni Rossides	6	7^7
		Karolina Karlsson	3	6^3
									Eleni Rossides	7^8	6
								2	Masako Yanagi	6^6	2
		Emiko Okagawa	7	4	5
	2	Masako Yanagi	5	6	7

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.

External links

• 1985 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation