1997 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
1997 US Open

Seeds

  1. Fang Li (Qualified)
  2. Nathalie Dechy (Qualified)
  3. Sonya Jeyaseelan (First round)
  4. Samantha Smith (Qualified)
  5. Angélica Gavaldón (Qualified)
  6. Mana Endo (First round)
  7. Lenka Němečková (First round)
  8. Siobhan Drake-Brockman (Qualifying Competition)
  9. Marlene Weingärtner (Second round)
  10. Jana Nejedly (First round)
  11. Seda Noorlander (Second round)
  12. Kristine Kunce (Second round)
  13. Haruka Inoue (First round)
  14. Olga Lugina (Qualified)
  15. Sylvia Plischke (Qualifying Competition)
  16. Nicole Pratt (Qualified)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

Key

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

  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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