1997 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

January 2025 1997 US Open qualgrandslam 1997 US Open (tennis) 1997 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 CHN Fang Li (qualified) FRA Nathalie Dechy (qualified) CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round) GBR Samantha Smith (qualified) MEX Angélica Gavaldón (qualified) JPN Mana Endo (first round) CZE Lenka Němečková (first round) AUS Siobhan Drake-Brockman (qualifying competition) GER Marlene Weingärtner (second round) CAN Jana Nejedly (first round) NED Seda Noorlander (second round) AUS Kristine Kunce (second round) JPN Haruka Inoue (first round) UKR Olga Lugina (qualified) AUT Sylvia Plischke (qualifying competition) AUS Nicole Pratt (qualified) Qualifiers 30em CHN Fang Li CZE Ludmila Richterová GBR Samantha Smith UKR Olga Lugina AUS Nicole Pratt BUL Pavlina Nola MEX Angélica Gavaldón FRA Nathalie Dechy Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 CHN Fang Li 6 6   USA Jane Chi 3 3   GER Sandra Klösel 2 65   SWE Kristina Triska 6 77   UKR Elena Tatarkova 6 3 6   ROU Raluca Sandu 2 6 1   GEO 1990 Nino Louarsabishvili 6 2 64 11 NED Seda Noorlander 3 6 77 1 CHN Fang Li 6 6   SWE Kristina Triska 0 1   UKR Elena Tatarkova 7 6 11 NED Seda Noorlander 5 4 1 CHN Fang Li 6 6   UKR Elena Tatarkova 2 3 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 CAN Jana Nejedly 6 4 5   USA Laxmi Poruri 1 6 7   HUN Virág Csurgó 3 6 2 WC USA Katrina Adams 6 2 6 WC USA Holly Parkinson 4 6 2   CZE Ludmila Richterová 6 1 6   IND Nirupama Sanjeev 6 6 6 JPN Mana Endo 2 2   USA Laxmi Poruri 4 1 WC USA Katrina Adams 6 6   CZE Ludmila Richterová 6 7   IND Nirupama Sanjeev 3 5 WC USA Katrina Adams 4 4   CZE Ludmila Richterová 6 6 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 GBR Samantha Smith 6 65 6   SLO Tina Križan 2 77 1   AUS Rennae Stubbs 6 5 6   ARG María José Gaidano 0 7 3 WC USA Karin Miller 6 7   CZE Ludmila Varmužová 2 5   FRA Caroline Dhenin 4 5 15 AUT Sylvia Plischke 6 7 4 GBR Samantha Smith 2 6 6   AUS Rennae Stubbs 6 3 3 WC USA Karin Miller 3 6 2 15 AUT Sylvia Plischke 6 3 6 4 GBR Samantha Smith 6 6 15 AUT Sylvia Plischke 3 3 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 14 UKR Olga Lugina 6 6   AUS Jane Taylor 3 1   CAN Maureen Drake 78 6   CHN Chen Li-Ling 66 3   ARG Mercedes Paz 2 6 6   GER Miriam Schnitzer 6 1 4   USA Debbie Graham 3 3 8 AUS Siobhan Drake-Brockman 6 6 14 UKR Olga Lugina 6 5 7   CAN Maureen Drake 4 7 5   ARG Mercedes Paz 5 6 4 8 AUS Siobhan Drake-Brockman 7 4 6 14 UKR Olga Lugina 6 6 8 AUS Siobhan Drake-Brockman 2 4 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 CZE Lenka Němečková 6 5 66   ISR Anna Smashnova 3 7 78 WC USA Cristina Moros 0 4 WC USA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6   USA Meghann Shaughnessy 77 6   FRA Amélie Cocheteux 64 2   ARG Bettina Fulco 3 1 16 AUS Nicole Pratt 6 6   ISR Anna Smashnova 6 5 4 WC USA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 2 7 6   USA Meghann Shaughnessy 7 5 1 16 AUS Nicole Pratt 5 7 6 WC USA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 4 63 16 AUS Nicole Pratt 6 77 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 JPN Haruka Inoue 3 66   FRA Magalie Lamarre 6 78   LUX Anne Kremer 77 6   GBR Lucie Ahl 61 1   KOR Park Sung-hee 6 77   CZE Lenka Cenková 4 61   BUL Pavlina Nola 7 6 3 CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 5 4   FRA Magalie Lamarre 2 6 64   LUX Anne Kremer 6 4 77   KOR Park Sung-hee 4 2   BUL Pavlina Nola 6 6   LUX Anne Kremer 2 3   BUL Pavlina Nola 6 6 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 MEX Angélica Gavaldón 6 6   JPN Yuko Hosoki 3 2   GBR Lorna Woodroffe 7 6   POR Sofia Prazeres 5 2   BEL Nancy Feber 3 3   PAR Larissa Schaerer 6 6   GBR Karen Cross 4 2 12 AUS Kristine Kunce 6 6 5 MEX Angélica Gavaldón 6 6   GBR Lorna Woodroffe 1 0   PAR Larissa Schaerer 6 2 6 12 AUS Kristine Kunce 2 6 1 5 MEX Angélica Gavaldón 6 63 6   PAR Larissa Schaerer 1 77 4 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 GER Marlene Weingärtner 6 6   CRO Silvija Talaja 4 4 WC USA Mashona Washington 6 6 WC USA Julie Steven 3 2   UKR Elena Brioukhovets 6 1 0   MAD Dally Randriantefy 2 6 6 WC USA Samantha Reeves 2 4 2 FRA Nathalie Dechy 6 6 9 GER Marlene Weingärtner 4 6 3 WC USA Mashona Washington 6 0 6   MAD Dally Randriantefy 4 1 2 FRA Nathalie Dechy 6 6 WC USA Mashona Washington 3 5 2 FRA Nathalie Dechy 6 7 References External links 1997 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 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