1991 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

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.[1]

Women's Singles Qualifying
1991 US Open

Seeds

1. Isabelle Demongeot (Second round)
2. Mana Endo (Second round)
3. Sandrine Testud (Second round)
4. Nana Smith (First round)
5. Maja Živec-Škulj (First round)
6. Eugenia Maniokova (Qualified)
7. Stephanie Rottier (Qualified)
8. Petra Kamstra (First round)
9. Sandra Wasserman (Second round)
10. Nathalie Herreman (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
11. Rene Simpson (Qualified)
12. Miriam Oremans (First round)
13. Ann Henricksson (Second round)
14. Misumi Miyauchi (First round)
15. Katarzyna Nowak (Qualified)
16. Michelle Jaggard-Lai (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers

1. Dominique Monami
2. Rene Simpson
3. Katarzyna Nowak
4. Sybille Niox-Château
5. Eugenia Maniokova
6. Eva Pfaff
7. Stephanie Rottier
8. Renata Marcinkowska

Lucky losers

1. Nathalie Herreman

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Isabelle Demongeot	6	4	6
		Nathalie Housset	3	6	2
								1	Isabelle Demongeot	2	3
									Dominique Monami	6	6
		Dominique Monami	7	6
		Ann Devries	5	2
																Dominique Monami	7	6
																Katrina Adams	5	1
	WC	Iwalani McCalla	3	4
		Katrina Adams	6	6
									Katrina Adams	6	6
								13	Ann Henricksson	3	2
		Andrea Farley	2	1
	13	Ann Henricksson	6	6

Second qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	11	Rene Simpson	6	6
		Rennae Stubbs	1	4
								11	Rene Simpson	6	7^7
									Stacey Schefflin	2	6^5
		Stacey Schefflin	6	6
		Amy Jönsson Raaholt	4	1
															11	Rene Simpson	5	6	7
																Jill Hetherington	7	3	5
		Camille Benjamin	4	5
		Jill Hetherington	6	7
									Jill Hetherington	7	6
									Mary-Lou Daniels	5	2
		Mary-Lou Daniels	4	6	6
	5	Maja Živec-Škulj	6	0	0

Third qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Sandrine Testud	6	7^7
		Cláudia Chabalgoity	3	6^3
								3	Sandrine Testud	3	4
									Sarah Loosemore	6	6
	WC	Hana Guy	4	0
		Sarah Loosemore	6	6
																Sarah Loosemore	3	0
															15	Katarzyna Nowak	6	6
	WC	Kori Davidson	1	7	3
		Caroline Kuhlman	6	5	6
									Caroline Kuhlman	3	3
								15	Katarzyna Nowak	6	6
		Jo-Anne Faull	4	2
	15	Katarzyna Nowak	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	9	Sandra Wasserman	6	6
		Elly Hakami	3	2
								9	Sandra Wasserman	0	5
									Sybille Niox-Château	6	7
		Sybille Niox-Château	6	6
		Kumiko Okamoto	2	3
																Sybille Niox-Château	7^7	6
																Christína Papadáki	6^1	3
	WC	Akemi Nishiya	4	2
	WC	Anne Miller	6	6
								WC	Anne Miller	2	1
									Christína Papadáki	6	6
		Christína Papadáki	3	7^7	6
	8	Petra Kamstra	6	6^4	4

Fifth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Eugenia Maniokova	1	6	7
		Lisa Raymond	6	4	5
								6	Eugenia Maniokova	6	6
									Luanne Spadea	4	2
		Luanne Spadea	3	6	6
	WC	Nicole London	6	4	3
															6	Eugenia Maniokova	3	7	6
																Sandy Collins	6	5	4
		Beverly Bowes	6	5	2
		Louise Allen	2	7	6
									Louise Allen	6	5	4
									Sandy Collins	1	7	6
		Sandy Collins	4	6	7^7
	14	Misumi Miyauchi	6	4	6^5

Sixth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	12	Miriam Oremans	1	4
		Cammy MacGregor	6	6
									Cammy MacGregor	2	6	3
									Louise Field	6	3	6
		Nicole Pratt	3	4
		Louise Field	6	6
																Louise Field	6^6	2
																Eva Pfaff	7^8	6
		Eva Pfaff	6	6
		Claudine Toleafoa	2	4
									Eva Pfaff	4	6	6
									Amanda Grunfeld	6	4	1
		Amanda Grunfeld	3	7^7	6
	4	Nana Smith	6	6^5	4

Seventh qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Stephanie Rottier	6	6
		Anouschka Popp	3	0
								7	Stephanie Rottier	6	7
									Maïder Laval	3	5
		Alysia May	4	4
		Maïder Laval	6	6
															7	Stephanie Rottier	6	6
															16	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	1	4
		Caroline Vis	6	6
		Christiane Hofmann	4	3
									Caroline Vis	3	4
								16	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6	6
		Belinda Cordwell	1	4
	16	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	10	Nathalie Herreman	6	6
	WC	Nicole Hummel	1	1
								10	Nathalie Herreman	6	6
								WC	Pam Nelson	3	3
	WC	Pam Nelson	6	6
		Maureen Drake	2	2
															10	Nathalie Herreman	4	3
																Renata Baranski	6	6
		Kristine Kunce	6^1	5
		Renata Baranski	7^7	7
									Renata Baranski	7^7	4	6
								2	Mana Endo	6^1	6	3
		Pilar Vásquez	3	2
	2	Mana Endo	6	6

References

1. Rueb, Andrew. "A Primer on Tournament Draws and Seeding". Straight Sets – Tennis Blog of the New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

External links

• 1991 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation