1996 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

Women's singles qualifying
1996 US Open

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

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.

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

• 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
• SR = Special ranking

External links

• 1996 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation