1998 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

January 2025 1998 US Open qualgrandslam 1998 US Open (tennis) 1998 US Open – Women's singles The qualifying rounds for the 1998 US Open were played from 25 to 29 August 1998 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Seeds 30em GER Jana Kandarr (second round) USA Lilia Osterloh (qualifying competition) JPN Haruka Inoue (second round) USA Jolene Watanabe (second round) RUS Elena Makarova (qualifying competition) ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti (first round) FRA Émilie Loit (second round) ESP Conchita Martínez Granados (qualifying competition) CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan (second round) NED Seda Noorlander (first round) ITA Francesca Lubiani (second round) BEL Els Callens (qualifying competition) BEL Laurence Courtois (qualified) AUT Karin Kschwendt (second round) BUL Pavlina Stoyanova (qualified) AUS Annabel Ellwood (qualifying competition) ROU Raluca Sandu (qualified) JPN Shinobu Asagoe (qualifying competition) USA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen (second round) RSA Surina De Beer (qualifying competition) COL Fabiola Zuluaga (qualified) FRA Laurence Andretto (first round) UKR Olga Lugina (second round) POL Aleksandra Olsza (qualified) CAN Maureen Drake (first round) GRE Christína Papadáki (qualifying competition) JPN Rika Hiraki (second round) LUX Anne Kremer (qualified) CRO Silvija Talaja (qualifying competition) RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya (qualified) ITA Tathiana Garbin (first round) RSA Liezel Horn (qualified) Qualifiers 30em GER Marlene Weingärtner ROU Raluca Sandu USA Jackie Trail USA Jean Okada COL Fabiola Zuluaga BEL Laurence Courtois POL Aleksandra Olsza GER Miriam Schnitzer USA Jill Craybas BUL Pavlina Stoyanova RSA Liezel Horn SLO Tina Križan CZE Ludmila Richterová FR Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk LUX Anne Kremer RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya Draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 GER Jana Kandarr 6 6 USA Erika deLone 4 3 GER Jasmin Wöhr 3 6 1 GER Marlene Weingärtner 6 4 6 ESP Eva Bes 6 6 BEL Daphne van de Zande 3 2 AUS Trudi Musgrave 63 7 2 20 RSA Surina De Beer 77 5 6 1 GER Jana Kandarr 1 6 3 GER Marlene Weingärtner 6 3 6 ESP Eva Bes 0 5 20 RSA Surina De Beer 6 7 GER Marlene Weingärtner 3 77 6 20 RSA Surina De Beer 6 64 0 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 17 ROU Raluca Sandu 6 77 PAR 1990 Larissa Schaerer 4 61 SVK Janette Husárová 5 6 1 FRA Noëlle van Lottum 7 3 6 JPN Saori Obata 6 6 JPN Naoko Kijimuta 1 2 HUN Anna Földényi 3 3 16 AUS Annabel Ellwood 6 6 17 ROU Raluca Sandu 7 6 FRA Noëlle van Lottum 5 1 JPN Saori Obata 4 78 3 16 AUS Annabel Ellwood 6 66 6 17 ROU Raluca Sandu 3 6 6 16 AUS Annabel Ellwood 6 3 2 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 ITA Francesca Lubiani 6 7 ISR Hila Rosen 3 5 WC USA Jackie Trail 7 2 7 FRA Ségolène Berger 5 6 5 CZE Lenka Cenková 3 2 AUS Kristine Kunce 6 6 KOR Kim Eun-ha 77 3 6 25 CAN Maureen Drake 64 6 4 11 ITA Francesca Lubiani 6 4 3 WC USA Jackie Trail 1 6 6 AUS Kristine Kunce 77 6 KOR Kim Eun-ha 64 1 WC USA Jackie Trail 6 3 6 AUS Kristine Kunce 4 6 4 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 31 ITA Tathiana Garbin 2 1r CZE Radka Pelikánová 6 2 USA Katie Schlukebir 3 6 3 WC USA Jean Okada 6 1 6 GBR Lorna Woodroffe 6 7 ARG María Fernanda Landa 3 5 SVK Zuzana Váleková 61 1 5 RUS Elena Makarova 77 6 CZE Radka Pelikánová 4 3 WC USA Jean Okada 6 6 GBR Lorna Woodroffe 1 1 5 RUS Elena Makarova 6 6 WC USA Jean Okada 6 7 5 RUS Elena Makarova 2 5 Fifth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 JPN Haruka Inoue 6 6 WC USA Victoria Hunt 2 0 JPN Misumi Miyauchi 3 0 RUS Nadia Petrova 6 6 HUN Virág Csurgó 5 3 MEX Jessica Fernández 7 6 USA Jane Chi 2 6 3 21 COL Fabiola Zuluaga 6 2 6 3 JPN Haruka Inoue 3 1 RUS Nadia Petrova 6 6 MEX Jessica Fernández 2 1 21 COL Fabiola Zuluaga 6 6 RUS Nadia Petrova 64 6 4 21 COL Fabiola Zuluaga 77 3 6 Sixth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 29 CRO Silvija Talaja 6 6 ITA Sandra Cecchini 3 2 ARG Celeste Contín 3 4 AUT Evelyn Fauth 6 6 ISR Tzipora Obziler 6 3 2 GBR Louise Latimer 1 6 6 FRA Karolina Jagieniak 4 0 13 BEL Laurence Courtois 6 6 29 CRO Silvija Talaja 4 710 6 AUT Evelyn Fauth 6 68 2 GBR Louise Latimer 4 1 13 BEL Laurence Courtois 6 6 29 CRO Silvija Talaja 5 2 13 BEL Laurence Courtois 7 6 Seventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 6 6 KOR Jeon Mi-ra 1 4 CAN Patricia Hy-Boulais 6 5 3 AUT Patricia Wartusch 4 7 6 CZE Milena Nekvapilová 4 3 ESP Paula Hermida 6 6 KAZ Irina Selyutina 2 2 24 POL Aleksandra Olsza 6 6 9 CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 4 2 AUT Patricia Wartusch 6 6 ESP Paula Hermida 0 3 24 POL Aleksandra Olsza 6 6 AUT Patricia Wartusch 1 2 24 POL Aleksandra Olsza 6 6 Eighth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 210 27 JPN Rika Hiraki 6 6 ITA Germana Di Natale 3 3 USA Aurandrea Narvaez 0 3 GER Miriam Schnitzer 6 6 TUN Selima Sfar 77 4 2 HUN Kira Nagy 62 6 6 GBR Karen Cross 6 4 3 8 ESP Conchita Martínez Granados 4 6 6 27 JPN Rika Hiraki 4 1 GER Miriam Schnitzer 6 6 HUN Kira Nagy 3 2 8 ESP Conchita Martínez Granados 6 6 GER Miriam Schnitzer 6 6 8 ESP Conchita Martínez Granados 1 1 Ninth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Émilie Loit 6 7 GER Christina Singer 1 5 WC USA Jill Craybas 6 6 WC USA Sarah Taylor 1 2 CZE Petra Langrová 4 6 4 BUL Svetlana Krivencheva 6 2 6 NED Amanda Hopmans 0 6 4 23 UKR Olga Lugina 6 2 6 7 FRA Émilie Loit 4 64 WC USA Jill Craybas 6 77 BUL Svetlana Krivencheva 6 6 23 UKR Olga Lugina 3 3 WC USA Jill Craybas 7 2 6 BUL Svetlana Krivencheva 5 6 3 Tenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 18 JPN Shinobu Asagoe 6 3 6 GER Gabriela Kučerová 2 6 2 FRA Sophie Georges 6 6 USA Eleni Rossides 3 0 HUN Nóra Köves 6 1 6 CZE Denisa Chládková 2 6 3 HUN Petra Mandula 6 4 4 15 BUL Pavlina Stoyanova 1 6 6 18 JPN Shinobu Asagoe 3 6 6 FRA Sophie Georges 6 3 1 HUN Nóra Köves 3 66 15 BUL Pavlina Stoyanova 6 78 18 JPN Shinobu Asagoe 6 0 3 15 BUL Pavlina Stoyanova 3 6 6 Eleventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 195 10 NED Seda Noorlander 6 4 4 GBR Joanne Ward 4 6 6 ESP Gisela Riera Roura 5 4 USA Lindsay Lee 7 6 AUS Siobhan Drake-Brockman 77 6 ITA Francesca Romano 63 2 GBR Lucie Ahl 3 1 32 RSA Liezel Horn 6 6 GBR Joanne Ward 4 2 USA Lindsay Lee 6 6 AUS Siobhan Drake-Brockman 3 5 32 RSA Liezel Horn 6 7 USA Lindsay Lee 3 4 32 RSA Liezel Horn 6 6 Twelfth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 22 FRA Laurence Andretto 4 4 INA Wynne Prakusya 6 6 KOR Cho Yoon-jeong 4 6 6 USA Ann Wunderlich 6 2 4 ROU Mira Radu 78 3 1 SLO Tina Križan 66 6 6 ESP Alicia Ortuño 2 0 4 USA Jolene Watanabe 6 6 INA Wynne Prakusya 6 2 1 KOR Cho Yoon-jeong 3 6 6 SLO Tina Križan 2 6 6 4 USA Jolene Watanabe 6 2 1 KOR Cho Yoon-jeong 3 4 SLO Tina Križan 6 6 Thirteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 190 6 ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti 66 5 HUN Petra Gáspár 78 7 IND Nirupama Vaidyanathan 6 0 2 CZE Ludmila Richterová 1 6 6 AUS Amanda Grahame 3 6 6 ARG Geraldine Aizenberg 6 4 1 SLO Petra Rampre 3 2 19 USA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6 HUN Petra Gáspár 4 2 CZE Ludmila Richterová 6 6 AUS Amanda Grahame 5 7 6 19 USA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 7 5 4 CZE Ludmila Richterová 7 1 6 AUS Amanda Grahame 5 6 1 Fourteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 26 GRE Christína Papadáki 77 77 GBR Julie Pullin 65 65 RUS Elena Dementieva 64 2 ITA Alice Canepa 77 6 FR Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk 7 6 CAN Martina Nejedly 5 4 GBR Claire Taylor 1 0 14 AUT Karin Kschwendt 6 6 26 GRE Christína Papadáki 6 6 ITA Alice Canepa 3 4 FR Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk 6 6 14 AUT Karin Kschwendt 4 4 26 GRE Christína Papadáki 6 1 1 FR Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk 3 6 6 Fifteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 BEL Els Callens 65 6 6 AUS Rennae Stubbs 77 2 1 GER Julia Abe 6 6 CZE Eva Martincová 2 1 Alt AUS Lisa McShea 5 6 77 ITA Maria Paola Zavagli 7 3 65 AUS Evie Dominikovic 6 4 2 28 LUX Anne Kremer 4 6 6 12 BEL Els Callens 4 6 6 GER Julia Abe 6 3 3 Alt AUS Lisa McShea 2 0 28 LUX Anne Kremer 6 6 12 BEL Els Callens 4 1 28 LUX Anne Kremer 6 6 Sixteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 205 30 RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya 5 6 7 AUS Catherine Barclay 7 3 5 WC USA Holly Parkinson 6 6 POL Katarzyna Nowak 0 2 WC USA Tracy Singian 6 4 6 WC USA Jennifer Poulos 4 6 4 ESP Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 0 2 2 USA Lilia Osterloh 6 6 30 RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya 6 6 WC USA Holly Parkinson 2 1 WC USA Tracy Singian 5 2 2 USA Lilia Osterloh 7 6 30 RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya 7 5 2 USA Lilia Osterloh 5 5 References Official Results Archive (WTA) 1998 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