1996 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

January 2025 1996 US Open qualgrandslam 1996 US Open (tennis) 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.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 BEL Stephanie Devillé (qualified) CAN Rene Simpson (first round) POL Aleksandra Olsza (qualified) AUS Kerry-Anne Guse (second round) CZE Adriana Gerši (first round) ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti (qualified) ARG Bettina Fulco (second round) ISR Anna Smashnova (first round) SVK Radka Zrubáková (qualified) RUS Anna Kournikova (qualified) AUS Annabel Ellwood (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SLO Tina Križan (qualifying competition, lucky loser) UKR Olga Lugina (first round) ARG Mercedes Paz (second round) FRA Noëlle van Lottum (second round) LUX Anne Kremer (first round) Qualifiers 30em BEL Stephanie Devillé RUS Anna Kournikova USA Laxmi Poruri ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti MEX Angélica Gavaldón POL Aleksandra Olsza SVK Radka Zrubáková ARG María José Gaidano Lucky losers 30em SLO Tina Križan AUS Annabel Ellwood Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 BEL Stephanie Devillé 6 6   JPN Yuka Yoshida 1 0   ITA Laura Golarsa 6 6   GER Marketa Kochta 0 1   AUS Rachel McQuillan 6 6   USA Janet Lee 4 3 WC USA Melissa Zimpfer 0 0 15 FRA Noëlle van Lottum 6 6 1 BEL Stephanie Devillé 6 6   ITA Laura Golarsa 4 1   AUS Rachel McQuillan 6 1 6 15 FRA Noëlle van Lottum 3 6 1 1 BEL Stephanie Devillé 2 6 77   AUS Rachel McQuillan 6 2 64 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 RUS Anna Kournikova 6 6   CAN Jana Nejedly 1 2   POL Katarzyna Nowak 4 4   HUN Virág Csurgó 6 6   GRE Christína Papadáki 77 6   FRA Lea Ghirardi 61 2   NED Seda Noorlander 6 6 8 ISR Anna Smashnova 2 3 10 RUS Anna Kournikova 77 6   HUN Virág Csurgó 61 3   GRE Christína Papadáki 3 77 4   NED Seda Noorlander 6 61 2r 10 RUS Anna Kournikova 6 77   GRE Christína Papadáki 2 62 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 AUS Kerry-Anne Guse 6 6   RUS Julia Lutrova 2 3   USA Laxmi Poruri 6 6   GBR Clare Wood 3 0   GEO 1990 Nino Louarsabishvili 6 6   AUS Nicole Pratt 2 4 WC USA Samantha Reeves 7 2 2 14 ARG Mercedes Paz 5 6 6 4 AUS Kerry-Anne Guse 1 3   USA Laxmi Poruri 6 6   GEO 1990 Nino Louarsabishvili 7 6 14 ARG Mercedes Paz 5 0   USA Laxmi Poruri 3 6 6   GEO 1990 Nino Louarsabishvili 6 2 1 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 AUS Annabel Ellwood 6 6   FRA Caroline Dhenin 1 0   VEN María Vento 6 6   HUN Katalin Marosi 4 1   USA Erika deLone 6 6   GBR Rachel Viollet 3 1   CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 3 6 4 6 ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 4 6 11 AUS Annabel Ellwood 6 6   VEN María Vento 4 2   USA Erika deLone 6 2 62 6 ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti 4 6 77 11 AUS Annabel Ellwood 6 3 2 6 ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti 0 6 6 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 CZE Adriana Gerši 4 4   HUN Petra Gáspár 6 6   FRA Amélie Cocheteux 3 77 2   UKR Elena Brioukhovets 6 64 6   HUN Andrea Temesvári 4 4   UKR Elena Tatarkova 6 6   MEX Angélica Gavaldón 6 6 16 LUX Anne Kremer 2 2   HUN Petra Gáspár 6 6   UKR Elena Brioukhovets 3 3   UKR Elena Tatarkova 1 4   MEX Angélica Gavaldón 6 6   HUN Petra Gáspár 1 6 3   MEX Angélica Gavaldón 6 3 6 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 SLO Tina Križan 6 6   CZE Lenka Cenková 4 4   SWE Maria Strandlund 6 6 WC USA Kelly Pace 4 4   AUS Kristine Kunce 0 6 6   CZE Lenka Němečková 6 4 2 WC USA Christine Neuman 1 4 3 POL Aleksandra Olsza 6 6 12 SLO Tina Križan 7 6   SWE Maria Strandlund 5 2   AUS Kristine Kunce 4 2 3 POL Aleksandra Olsza 6 6 12 SLO Tina Križan 1 5 3 POL Aleksandra Olsza 6 7 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 ARG Bettina Fulco 6 4 7 WC USA Jeri Ingram 2 6 5   CAN Maureen Drake 6 6   SVK Denisa Krajčovičová 3 2   BLR Olga Barabanschikova 6 77 WC USA Mashona Washington 4 62 WC USA Stephanie Mabry 3 4 9 SVK Radka Zrubáková 6 6 7 ARG Bettina Fulco 1 3   CAN Maureen Drake 6 6   BLR Olga Barabanschikova 4 4 9 SVK Radka Zrubáková 6 6   CAN Maureen Drake 2 6 5 9 SVK Radka Zrubáková 6 3 7 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 UKR Olga Lugina 3 0   JPN Miho Saeki 6 6 WC USA Tara Snyder 6 7   USA Karin Miller 2 5   ARG María José Gaidano 6 6   ESP Paula Hermida 4 4   USA Meilen Tu 3 6 6 2 CAN Rene Simpson 6 1 4   JPN Miho Saeki 6 64 7 WC USA Tara Snyder 0 77 5   ARG María José Gaidano 6 6   USA Meilen Tu 2 4   JPN Miho Saeki 63 1   ARG María José Gaidano 77 6 References External links 1996 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Singles Qualifying Women's Singles Qualifying Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying