1997 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

Women's singles qualifying
1997 US Open

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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. 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

1. Fang Li
2. Ludmila Richterová
3. Samantha Smith
4. Olga Lugina
5. Nicole Pratt
6. Pavlina Nola
7. Angélica Gavaldón
8. Nathalie Dechy

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

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

External links

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