1988 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.

Women's singles qualifying
1988 US Open

Main articles: 1988 US Open (tennis) and 1988 US Open – Women's singles

Seeds

1. Catherine Suire (qualified)
2. Céline Cohen (first round)
3. Elizabeth Smylie (first round)
4. Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer (first round)
5. Lea Antonoplis (second round)
6. Jenny Byrne (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
7. Julie Richardson (qualified)
8. Emmanuelle Derly (qualifying competition)
9. Anna Ivan (qualifying competition)
10. Susan Mascarin (qualifying competition)
11. Jana Pospíšilová (second round)
12. Donna Faber (first round)
13. Amanda Coetzer (first round)
14. Niurka Sodupe (first round)
15. Maria Strandlund (first round)
16. Pam Casale (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Catherine Suire
2. Lisa Green
3. Kumiko Okamoto
4. Kim Steinmetz
5. Julie Richardson
6. Jo-Anne Faull
7. Tine Scheuer-Larsen
8. Clare Wood

Lucky losers

1. Jenny Byrne

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	Catherine Suire	77	77
		Pilar Vásquez	61	65
								1	Catherine Suire	6	6
									Lindsay Bartlett	3	4
		Tina Mochizuki	6	5	3
		Lindsay Bartlett	2	7	6
															1	Catherine Suire	6	6
															10	Susan Mascarin	3	3
		Deeann Hansel	4	1
	WC	Shannan McCarthy	6	6
								WC	Shannan McCarthy	6	65	1
								10	Susan Mascarin	3	77	6
		Cathy Caverzasio	4	6	4
	10	Susan Mascarin	6	1	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Jana Pospíšilová	63	6	6
		Marcella Mesker	77	1	3
								11	Jana Pospíšilová	2	5
								WC	Lisa Green	6	7
	WC	Lisa Green	6	1	7
		Akemi Nishiya	4	6	5
															WC	Lisa Green	7	77
															6	Jenny Byrne	5	65
		Yukie Koizumi	5	4
	WC	Eleni Rossides	7	6
								WC	Eleni Rossides	3	4
								6	Jenny Byrne	6	6
		Patricia Hy-Boulais	5	1
	6	Jenny Byrne	7	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Elizabeth Smylie	4	4
		Rachel McQuillan	6	6
									Rachel McQuillan	6	77
									Emiko Okagawa	0	65
		Gabriela Mosca	2	0
		Emiko Okagawa	6	6
																Rachel McQuillan	5	0
																Kumiko Okamoto	7	6
		Anna-Maria Fernandez	3	4
		Kumiko Okamoto	6	6
									Kumiko Okamoto	77	6
									Sybille Niox-Château	62	2
		Sybille Niox-Château	4	6	6
	15	Maria Strandlund	6	4	3

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Niurka Sodupe	65	2
		Leigh-Anne Eldredge	77	6
									Leigh-Anne Eldredge	2	2
									Kim Steinmetz	6	6
		Louise Allen	3	3
		Kim Steinmetz	6	6
																Kim Steinmetz	6	2	6
															8	Emmanuelle Derly	2	6	0
		Vicki Nelson-Dunbar	4	6	2
		Andrea Vieira	6	2	6
									Andrea Vieira	1	3
								8	Emmanuelle Derly	6	6
		Carin Bakkum	1	0
	8	Emmanuelle Derly	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Julie Richardson	6	6
		Catherine Bonnet	3	0
								7	Julie Richardson	3	6	6
									Cammy MacGregor	6	1	3
	WC	Teri Whitlinger	0	4
		Cammy MacGregor	6	6
															7	Julie Richardson	6	64	6
															9	Anna Ivan	2	77	4
	WC	Jessica Emmons	6	6
	WC	Andrea Farley	4	4
								WC	Jessica Emmons	2	3
								9	Anna Ivan	6	6
		Sarah Loosemore	1	3
	9	Anna Ivan	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Donna Faber	3	1
		Jo-Anne Faull	6	6
									Jo-Anne Faull	6	6
								WC	Iwalani McCalla	1	2
	WC	Iwalani McCalla	77	6
		Inmaculada Varas	62	4
																Jo-Anne Faull	6	6
																Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	4	3
		Lise Gregory	2	6	65
		Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	6	3	77
									Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	6	6
									Sandy Collins	3	1
		Sandy Collins	6	4	6
	4	Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer	1	6	3

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Lea Antonoplis	7	6
		Louise Field	5	4
								5	Lea Antonoplis	0	3
									Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6	6
		Penny Barg	4	5
		Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6	7
																Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6	6
																Marie-Christine Calleja	2	2
	WC	Sandra Birch	6	6
		Melissa Brown	4	2
								WC	Sandra Birch	5	0
									Marie-Christine Calleja	7	6
		Marie-Christine Calleja	6	6
	13	Amanda Coetzer	4	3

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Pam Casale	6	64	6
		Alison Scott	4	77	1
								16	Pam Casale	6	6
									Jeri Ingram	2	3
		Jeri Ingram	6	6
		Cynthia MacGregor	4	1
															16	Pam Casale	2	1
																Clare Wood	6	6
		Julie Salmon	5	60
		Amy Schwartz	7	77
									Amy Schwartz	2	1
									Clare Wood	6	6
		Clare Wood	77	4	6
	2	Céline Cohen	65	6	0

External links

• 1988 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation