1981 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

January 2025 1981 US Open US Open – Women's singles qualifying US Open – Women's singles qualifying 1981 US Open (tennis) 1981 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.Rueb Andrew A Primer on Tournament Draws and Seeding https://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/a-primer-on-tournament-draws-and-seeding/ Straight Sets – Tennis Blog of the New York Times 3 August 2019 Seeds 30em USA Tina Mochizuki (qualified) AUS Linda Cassell (first round) NED Nanette Schutte (first round) USA Marita Redondo (first round) USA Lucy Gordon (qualifying competition, Lucky loser) BRA Cláudia Monteiro (first round) NED Mariëtte Pakker (first round) USA Shelley Solomon (first round) FRA Marie-Christine Calleja (qualified) USA Jill Davis (qualifying competition, Lucky loser) SWE Catrin Jexell (first round) USA Joni Urban (second round) AUS Pam Whytcross (first round) GBR Kate Brasher (qualified) USA Felicia Hutnick (qualified) USA Heather Ludloff (second round) Qualifiers 30em USA Tina Mochizuki USA Leigh-Anne Thompson GBR Kate Brasher USA Felicia Hutnick FRA Marie-Christine Calleja USA Barbara Gerken USA Jean Hepner USA Kate Gompert Lucky losers 30em USA Jill Davis USA Lucy Gordon USA Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer HUN Beatrix Klein Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 USA Tina Mochizuki 3 6 6   USA Shelby Torrance 6 4 1   USA Connie Yowell 6 6   USA Lori Miller 1 2   USA Gina Genovese 2 3   USA Lori McNeil 6 6   JPN Sonoe Yonezawa 62 1 10 USA Jill Davis 77 6 1 USA Tina Mochizuki 6 6   USA Connie Yowell 1 4   USA Lori McNeil 3 0 10 USA Jill Davis 6 6 1 USA Tina Mochizuki 6 2 6 10 USA Jill Davis 2 6 4 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 USA Joni Urban 2 77 77   USA Jean Nachand 6 62 63   USA Aleida Spex 7 6   TCH Helena Suková 5 4   USA Kay McDaniel 4 3   USA Penny Barg 6 6   USA Leigh-Anne Thompson 6 6 8 USA Shelley Solomon 3 1 12 USA Joni Urban 2 6 2   USA Aleida Spex 6 2 6   USA Penny Barg 4 2   USA Leigh-Anne Thompson 6 6   USA Aleida Spex 0r   USA Leigh-Anne Thompson 6 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 USA Marita Redondo 3 2   USA Kyle Copeland 6 6   HUN Beatrix Klein 6 77   GBR Clare Harrison 0 62   CAN Hélène Pelletier 0 1   USA Michaela Washington 6 6   NZL Chris Newton 3 6 1 14 GBR Kate Brasher 6 1 6   USA Kyle Copeland 65 7 1   HUN Beatrix Klein 77 5 6   USA Michaela Washington 77 1 4 14 GBR Kate Brasher 64 6 6   HUN Beatrix Klein 4 3 14 GBR Kate Brasher 6 6 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 15 USA Felicia Hutnick 7 6   USA Lisa Bublitz 5 4   CHI Silvana Urroz 6 6   USA Shannon Gordon 3 3   NED Karin Moos 2 6 1   USA Phyllis Blackwell 6 2 6   RSA 1928 Ilana Kloss 6 2 6 6 BRA Cláudia Monteiro 3 6 4 15 USA Felicia Hutnick 6 77   CHI Silvana Urroz 3 65   USA Phyllis Blackwell 2 6 3   RSA 1928 Ilana Kloss 6 2 6 15 USA Felicia Hutnick 0 7 6   RSA 1928 Ilana Kloss 6 5 1 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 USA Lucy Gordon 1 6 6   USA Vicki Beggs 6 3 1   USA Betsy Blaney 77 6   USA Julie Filkoff 61 3   USA Jenni Goodling 2 4   USA Cheryl Jones 6 6   USA Suzanne Jarell 2 1 9 FRA Marie-Christine Calleja 6 6 5 USA Lucy Gordon 6 6   USA Betsy Blaney 2 3   USA Cheryl Jones 64 3 9 FRA Marie-Christine Calleja 77 6 5 USA Lucy Gordon 6 1 3 9 FRA Marie-Christine Calleja 4 6 6 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 16 USA Heather Ludloff 6 6   USA Donna Rubin 4 2   USA Barbara Gerken 6 6   USA Cathy Farrell 1 1   USA Nancy Ornstein 6 3 2   USA Carol Watson 2 6 6   USA Louise Allen 3 6 6 3 NED Nanette Schutte 6 1 2 16 USA Heather Ludloff 2 2   USA Barbara Gerken 6 6   USA Carol Watson 3 1   USA Louise Allen 6 6   USA Barbara Gerken 6 6   USA Louise Allen 4 3 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 NED Mariëtte Pakker 65 0   USA Cissie Donigan 77 6   USA Jean Hepner 6 0 6   USA Caryn Copeland 2 6 1   USA Stephanie Hales 1 0   USA Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer 6 6   USA Genevieve Greiwe 7 6 11 SWE Catrin Jexell 5 3   USA Cissie Donigan 3 7 1   USA Jean Hepner 6 5 6   USA Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer 6 6   USA Genevieve Greiwe 2 2   USA Jean Hepner 2 6 6   USA Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer 6 3 4 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 AUS Pam Whytcross 0 1   USA Kate Gompert 6 6   USA Camille Benjamin 6 6   NZL Brenda Perry 2 2   CAN Angela Walker 4 4   USA Kathy O'Brien 6 6   USA Gretchen Rush 6 6 2 AUS Linda Cassell 2 1   USA Kate Gompert 6 3 6   USA Camille Benjamin 4 6 2   USA Kathy O'Brien 3 2   USA Gretchen Rush 6 6   USA Kate Gompert 6 6   USA Gretchen Rush 4 2 References External links 1981 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Singles Qualifying Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying Category:1981 WTA Tour