1996 US Open – Men's singles qualifying

January 2025 1996 US Open qualgrandslam 1996 US Open (tennis) 1996 US Open – Men'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 FRA Lionel Roux (second round) ESP Ignacio Truyol-Turrion (second round) - NED Dennis van Scheppingen (first round) RSA Neville Godwin (qualified) ITA Cristiano Caratti (first round) ARM Sargis Sargsian (first round) ECU Luis Morejón (second round) ITA Gianluca Pozzi (qualified) MEX Alejandro Hernandez (second round) USA Steve Bryan (first round) SEN Yahiya Doumbia (first round) GER Lars Burgsmüller (first round) IND Leander Paes (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ARG Franco Squillari (first round) AUS Ben Ellwood (qualified) BRA Roberto Jabali (qualifying competition, lucky loser) GER Martin Sinner (qualifying competition) CZE David Škoch (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ARG Patricio Arnold (second round) VEN Jimy Szymanski (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ITA Vincenzo Santopadre (second round) FRA Gérard Solvès (first round) GER Dirk Dier (qualified) GER Jörn Renzenbrink (first round) EGY Tamer El-Sawy (qualified) GBR Danny Sapsford (qualifying competition) ISR Eyal Ran (second round) ARG Gastón Etlis (first round) NED Jacco Eltingh (qualifying competition) ECU Pablo Campana (qualified) GBR Chris Wilkinson (second round) Qualifiers 30em ECU Pablo Campana USA David Caldwell SUI Filippo Veglio BRA Jaime Oncins RSA Neville Godwin RSA David Nainkin AUS Pat Cash EGY Tamer El-Sawy ITA Gianluca Pozzi GER Dirk Dier ROU Andrei Pavel GER Tommy Haas FRA Frederic Vitoux PAR Ramón Delgado AUS Peter Tramacchi AUS Ben Ellwood Lucky losers 30em VEN Jimy Szymanski BRA Roberto Jabali IND Leander Paes CZE David Škoch Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 FRA Lionel Roux 4 6 6   ARG Daniel Orsanic 6 4 0   GBR Mark Petchey 3 3   ZIM Wayne Black 6 6   GBR Luke Milligan 3 2   ROU Răzvan Sabău 6 6 WC USA Adam Peterson 6 6 4 31 ECU Pablo Campana 7 4 6 1 FRA Lionel Roux 2 6   ZIM Wayne Black 6 7   ROU Răzvan Sabău 6 6 3 31 ECU Pablo Campana 7 4 6   ZIM Wayne Black 4 4 31 ECU Pablo Campana 6 6 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 ESP Ignacio Truyol-Turrion 6 7   USA Christopher Pressley 2 5   ARG Diego del Río 7 3 2 WC USA David Caldwell 5 6 6   ITA Claudio Pistolesi 4 4   COL Mario Rincón 6 6   USA Stephen Herdoiza 4 0 32 GBR Chris Wilkinson 6 6 2 ESP Ignacio Truyol-Turrion 6 1 WC USA David Caldwell 7 6   COL Mario Rincón 6 6 6 32 GBR Chris Wilkinson 7 3 4 WC USA David Caldwell 6 6   COL Mario Rincón 0 4 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 Alt FRA Pier Gauthier 6 6   SWE Federico Rovai 2 2   GBR Nick Gould 6 3 6   RSA Robbie Koenig 4 6 4   SUI Filippo Veglio 6 3 6   ROU Gabriel Trifu 4 6 3   USA Geoff Grant 3 7 6 29 ARG Gastón Etlis 6 6 3 Alt FRA Pier Gauthier 2 7 6   GBR Nick Gould 6 5 1   SUI Filippo Veglio 7 1 6   USA Geoff Grant 6 6 1 Alt FRA Pier Gauthier 2 4   SUI Filippo Veglio 6 6 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 NED Dennis van Scheppingen 4 3   MEX Leonardo Lavalle 6 6   GER Sascha Nensel 5 3   BRA Jaime Oncins 7 6 WC USA Paul Goldstein 4 6 0   USA Steve Campbell 6 4 6   NGR Sulieman Ladipo 6 4 30 NED Jacco Eltingh 7 6   MEX Leonardo Lavalle 6 6 1   BRA Jaime Oncins 4 7 6   USA Steve Campbell 3 2 30 NED Jacco Eltingh 6 6   BRA Jaime Oncins 6 6 30 NED Jacco Eltingh 4 4 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 RSA Neville Godwin 6 6   NED Martijn Belgraver 1 2   RSA Chris Haggard 3 6 6   FRA Jérôme Hanquez 6 3 4 WC USA Ryan Wolters 6 1 WC USA Jeff Salzenstein 7 6   GER Jan Weinzierl 3 6 28 ISR Eyal Ran 6 7 5 RSA Neville Godwin 6 7   RSA Chris Haggard 3 5 WC USA Jeff Salzenstein 7 5 6 28 ISR Eyal Ran 6 7 2 5 RSA Neville Godwin 6 6 WC USA Jeff Salzenstein 0 4 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 6 ITA Cristiano Caratti 3 7 4   USA Glenn Weiner 6 6 6   AUT Gerald Mandl 5 5   RSA David Nainkin 7 7   USA Michael Sell 6 1 7   VEN Maurice Ruah 4 6 5   AUS Mark Draper 4 4 27 GBR Danny Sapsford 6 6   USA Glenn Weiner 4 7 4   RSA David Nainkin 6 5 6   USA Michael Sell 2 1 27 GBR Danny Sapsford 6 6   RSA David Nainkin 6 5 6 27 GBR Danny Sapsford 1 7 1 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 ARM Sargis Sargsian 4 6   IND Mahesh Bhupathi 6 7   USA Louis Gloria 1 2   ESP Tati Rascón 6 6   ITA Diego Nargiso 2 6 WC AUS Pat Cash 6 7   MEX Luis Herrera 3 7 6 25 GER Jörn Renzenbrink 6 6 0   IND Mahesh Bhupathi 6 0   ESP Tati Rascón 7 6 WC AUS Pat Cash 6 6   MEX Luis Herrera 0 2   ESP Tati Rascón 2 3 WC AUS Pat Cash 6 6 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 ECU Luis Morejón 6 7   JPN Satoshi Iwabuchi 2 5   USA Ivan Baron 7 1 2   GBR Andrew Richardson 5 6 6   GBR David Draper 4 7 7   GER Michael Geserer 6 5 6   GER Björn Jacob 6 1 5 26 EGY Tamer El-Sawy 4 6 7 8 ECU Luis Morejón 6 6   GBR Andrew Richardson 7 7   GBR David Draper 3 1 26 EGY Tamer El-Sawy 6 6   GBR Andrew Richardson 2 5 26 EGY Tamer El-Sawy 6 7 Ninth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 ITA Gianluca Pozzi 6 1   AUS Grant Doyle 1 0r   CIV Claude N'Goran 6 6 4   USA Rob Givone 4 7 6   ITA Mosé Navarra 6 6   ISR Noam Behr 3 4   GER Lars Rehmann 6 7 23 FRA Gérard Solvès 4 6 9 ITA Gianluca Pozzi 6 7   USA Rob Givone 2 5   ITA Mosé Navarra 3 7 7   GER Lars Rehmann 6 6 5 9 ITA Gianluca Pozzi 7 6   ITA Mosé Navarra 5 2 Tenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 MEX Alejandro Hernandez 6 6   JPN Yasufumi Yamamoto 1 1   AUS Paul Kilderry 6 5 2   JPN Gouichi Motomura 4 7 6 WC USA Mashiska Washington 6 6 WC USA Alex Reichel 3 4   FRA Olivier Delaître 1 4 24 GER Dirk Dier 6 6 10 MEX Alejandro Hernandez 1 4   JPN Gouichi Motomura 6 6 WC USA Mashiska Washington 3 6 3 24 GER Dirk Dier 6 3 6   JPN Gouichi Motomura 6 6 3 24 GER Dirk Dier 7 2 6 Eleventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 USA Steve Bryan 3 1   ROU Andrei Pavel 6 6   BLR Max Mirnyi 5 6 3   MKD Aleksandar Kitinov 7 4 6   RSA David Adams 1 6 6   USA David DiLucia 6 4 2   ITA Massimo Ardinghi 3 5 21 VEN Jimy Szymanski 6 7   ROU Andrei Pavel 6 6   MKD Aleksandar Kitinov 3 0   RSA David Adams 6 6 2 21 VEN Jimy Szymanski 7 3 6   ROU Andrei Pavel 6 6 21 VEN Jimy Szymanski 1 3 Twelfth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 SEN Yahiya Doumbia 6 4   FRA Stéphane Huet 7 6   POL Wojciech Kowalski 6 3 1   USA Brian MacPhie 4 6 6   GER Tommy Haas 6 7   CAN Albert Chang 3 5   SUI Lorenzo Manta 6 0r 22 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 3 1   FRA Stéphane Huet 6 6   USA Brian MacPhie 2 2   GER Tommy Haas 7 7 22 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 6 5   FRA Stéphane Huet 2 2   GER Tommy Haas 6 6 Thirteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 GER Lars Burgsmüller 6 1 1r   NZL Steven Downs 4 6 0   FRA Frederic Vitoux 6 6   FRA Lionel Barthez 3 4   ITA Daniele Balducci 5 4   ARG Guillermo Cañas 7 6   BRA Nelson Aerts 0 2 19 CZE David Škoch 6 6   NZL Steven Downs 2 0   FRA Frederic Vitoux 6 6   ARG Guillermo Cañas 4 7 4 19 CZE David Škoch 6 5 6   FRA Frederic Vitoux 6 6 19 CZE David Škoch 0 2 Fourteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 14 IND Leander Paes 6 7   FR Yugoslavia Bojan Vujić 1 6   COL Miguel Tobón 6 7 WC RSA Donavan September 3 6   GER Christian Vinck 6 4 1   PAR Ramón Delgado 1 6 6   MEX Oscar Ortiz 3 6 20 ARG Patricio Arnold 6 7 14 IND Leander Paes 6 6   COL Miguel Tobón 2 2   PAR Ramón Delgado 7 6 20 ARG Patricio Arnold 6 1 14 IND Leander Paes 5 4   PAR Ramón Delgado 7 6 Fifteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 15 ARG Franco Squillari 6 5 5   AUS Peter Tramacchi 4 7 7   CZE Petr Pála 3 2   GBR Colin Beecher 6 6   USA Mark Merklein 6 7   HAI Ronald Agénor 0 6   USA Justin Gimelstob 6 3 5 17 BRA Roberto Jabali 4 6 7   AUS Peter Tramacchi 5 6 7   GBR Colin Beecher 7 4 6   USA Mark Merklein 3 7 3 17 BRA Roberto Jabali 6 6 6   AUS Peter Tramacchi 6 6 17 BRA Roberto Jabali 4 3 Sixteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 16 AUS Ben Ellwood 6 6   GER Arne Thoms 1 3   FRA Maxime Huard 0 0r   SWE Fredrik Utgren 6 1   USA Bryan Shelton 6 6   SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren 4 3   USA Bill Behrens 3 1 18 GER Martin Sinner 6 6 16 AUS Ben Ellwood 6 6   SWE Fredrik Utgren 1 3   USA Bryan Shelton 6 6 18 GER Martin Sinner 7 7 16 AUS Ben Ellwood 6 2 6 18 GER Martin Sinner 4 6 2 References External links 1996 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying