1997 US Open – Women's singles qualifying
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{{Infobox tennis tournament event|1997|US Open|
| before_name = US Open – Women's singles qualifying
| after_name = US Open – Women's singles qualifying
}}
{{Main|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.{{cite web |last1=Rueb |first1=Andrew |title=A Primer on Tournament Draws and Seeding |url=https://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/a-primer-on-tournament-draws-and-seeding/ |website=Straight Sets – Tennis Blog of the New York Times |accessdate=3 August 2019}}
Seeds
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Li (qualified)
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy (qualified)
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Samantha Smith (qualified)
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Angélica Gavaldón (qualified)
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Mana Endo (first round)
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Němečková (first round)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Siobhan Drake-Brockman (qualifying competition)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Marlene Weingärtner (second round)
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Jana Nejedly (first round)
- {{flagicon|NED}} Seda Noorlander (second round)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce (second round)
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruka Inoue (first round)
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Lugina (qualified)
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Sylvia Plischke (qualifying competition)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt (qualified)
}}
Qualifiers
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Li
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Ludmila Richterová
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Samantha Smith
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Lugina
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Pavlina Nola
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Angélica Gavaldón
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy
}}
Qualifying draw
{{Draw key}}
=First qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Li
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Jane Chi
| RD1-score2-1=3
| RD1-score2-2=3
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|GER}} Sandra Klösel
| RD1-score3-1=2
| RD1-score3-2=65
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|SWE}} Kristina Triska
| RD1-score4-1=6
| RD1-score4-2=77
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Tatarkova
| RD1-score5-1=6
| RD1-score5-2=3
| RD1-score5-3=6
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ROU}} Raluca Sandu
| RD1-score6-1=2
| RD1-score6-2=6
| RD1-score6-3=1
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Nino Louarsabishvili
| RD1-score7-1=6
| RD1-score7-2=2
| RD1-score7-3=64
| RD1-seed8=11
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|NED}} Seda Noorlander
| RD1-score8-1=3
| RD1-score8-2=6
| RD1-score8-3=77
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Li
| RD2-score1-1=6
| RD2-score1-2=6
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|SWE}} Kristina Triska
| RD2-score2-1=0
| RD2-score2-2=1
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Tatarkova
| RD2-score3-1=7
| RD2-score3-2=6
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=11
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|NED}} Seda Noorlander
| RD2-score4-1=5
| RD2-score4-2=4
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Li
| RD3-score1-1=6
| RD3-score1-2=6
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Tatarkova
| RD3-score2-1=2
| RD3-score2-2=3
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
=Second qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=10
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|CAN}} Jana Nejedly
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=4
| RD1-score1-3=5
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Laxmi Poruri
| RD1-score2-1=1
| RD1-score2-2=6
| RD1-score2-3=7
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|HUN}} Virág Csurgó
| RD1-score3-1=3
| RD1-score3-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=2
| RD1-seed4=WC
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Katrina Adams
| RD1-score4-1=6
| RD1-score4-2=2
| RD1-score4-3=6
| RD1-seed5=WC
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA}} Holly Parkinson
| RD1-score5-1=4
| RD1-score5-2=6
| RD1-score5-3=2
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|CZE}} Ludmila Richterová
| RD1-score6-1=6
| RD1-score6-2=1
| RD1-score6-3=6
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|IND}} Nirupama Sanjeev
| RD1-score7-1=6
| RD1-score7-2=6
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=6
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|JPN}} Mana Endo
| RD1-score8-1=2
| RD1-score8-2=2
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Laxmi Poruri
| RD2-score1-1=4
| RD2-score1-2=1
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-seed2=WC
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Katrina Adams
| RD2-score2-1=6
| RD2-score2-2=6
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|CZE}} Ludmila Richterová
| RD2-score3-1=6
| RD2-score3-2=7
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|IND}} Nirupama Sanjeev
| RD2-score4-1=3
| RD2-score4-2=5
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=WC
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Katrina Adams
| RD3-score1-1=4
| RD3-score1-2=4
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|CZE}} Ludmila Richterová
| RD3-score2-1=6
| RD3-score2-2=6
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
=Third qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=4
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|GBR}} Samantha Smith
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=65
| RD1-score1-3=6
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|SLO}} Tina Križan
| RD1-score2-1=2
| RD1-score2-2=77
| RD1-score2-3=1
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|AUS}} Rennae Stubbs
| RD1-score3-1=6
| RD1-score3-2=5
| RD1-score3-3=6
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ARG}} María José Gaidano
| RD1-score4-1=0
| RD1-score4-2=7
| RD1-score4-3=3
| RD1-seed5=WC
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller
| RD1-score5-1=6
| RD1-score5-2=7
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|CZE}} Ludmila Varmužová
| RD1-score6-1=2
| RD1-score6-2=5
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Dhenin
| RD1-score7-1=4
| RD1-score7-2=5
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=15
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|AUT}} Sylvia Plischke
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score8-2=7
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=4
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|GBR}} Samantha Smith
| RD2-score1-1=2
| RD2-score1-2=6
| RD2-score1-3=6
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Rennae Stubbs
| RD2-score2-1=6
| RD2-score2-2=3
| RD2-score2-3=3
| RD2-seed3=WC
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller
| RD2-score3-1=3
| RD2-score3-2=6
| RD2-score3-3=2
| RD2-seed4=15
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUT}} Sylvia Plischke
| RD2-score4-1=6
| RD2-score4-2=3
| RD2-score4-3=6
| RD3-seed1=4
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|GBR}} Samantha Smith
| RD3-score1-1=6
| RD3-score1-2=6
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=15
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|AUT}} Sylvia Plischke
| RD3-score2-1=3
| RD3-score2-2=3
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
=Fourth qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=14
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Lugina
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor
| RD1-score2-1=3
| RD1-score2-2=1
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|CAN}} Maureen Drake
| RD1-score3-1=78
| RD1-score3-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Li-Ling
| RD1-score4-1=66
| RD1-score4-2=3
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ARG}} Mercedes Paz
| RD1-score5-1=2
| RD1-score5-2=6
| RD1-score5-3=6
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|GER}} Miriam Schnitzer
| RD1-score6-1=6
| RD1-score6-2=1
| RD1-score6-3=4
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA}} Debbie Graham
| RD1-score7-1=3
| RD1-score7-2=3
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=8
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|AUS}} Siobhan Drake-Brockman
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score8-2=6
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=14
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Lugina
| RD2-score1-1=6
| RD2-score1-2=5
| RD2-score1-3=7
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|CAN}} Maureen Drake
| RD2-score2-1=4
| RD2-score2-2=7
| RD2-score2-3=5
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ARG}} Mercedes Paz
| RD2-score3-1=5
| RD2-score3-2=6
| RD2-score3-3=4
| RD2-seed4=8
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Siobhan Drake-Brockman
| RD2-score4-1=7
| RD2-score4-2=4
| RD2-score4-3=6
| RD3-seed1=14
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Lugina
| RD3-score1-1=6
| RD3-score1-2=6
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=8
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Siobhan Drake-Brockman
| RD3-score2-1=2
| RD3-score2-2=4
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
=Fifth qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=7
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Němečková
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=5
| RD1-score1-3=66
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ISR}} Anna Smashnova
| RD1-score2-1=3
| RD1-score2-2=7
| RD1-score2-3=78
| RD1-seed3=WC
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Cristina Moros
| RD1-score3-1=0
| RD1-score3-2=4
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=WC
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen
| RD1-score4-1=6
| RD1-score4-2=6
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA}} Meghann Shaughnessy
| RD1-score5-1=77
| RD1-score5-2=6
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|FRA}} Amélie Cocheteux
| RD1-score6-1=64
| RD1-score6-2=2
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|ARG}} Bettina Fulco
| RD1-score7-1=3
| RD1-score7-2=1
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=16
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score8-2=6
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ISR}} Anna Smashnova
| RD2-score1-1=6
| RD2-score1-2=5
| RD2-score1-3=4
| RD2-seed2=WC
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen
| RD2-score2-1=2
| RD2-score2-2=7
| RD2-score2-3=6
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Meghann Shaughnessy
| RD2-score3-1=7
| RD2-score3-2=5
| RD2-score3-3=1
| RD2-seed4=16
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt
| RD2-score4-1=5
| RD2-score4-2=7
| RD2-score4-3=6
| RD3-seed1=WC
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen
| RD3-score1-1=4
| RD3-score1-2=63
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=16
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt
| RD3-score2-1=6
| RD3-score2-2=77
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
=Sixth qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=13
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|JPN}} Haruka Inoue
| RD1-score1-1=3
| RD1-score1-2=66
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|FRA}} Magalie Lamarre
| RD1-score2-1=6
| RD1-score2-2=78
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|LUX}} Anne Kremer
| RD1-score3-1=77
| RD1-score3-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|GBR}} Lucie Ahl
| RD1-score4-1=61
| RD1-score4-2=1
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|KOR}} Park Sung-hee
| RD1-score5-1=6
| RD1-score5-2=77
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Cenková
| RD1-score6-1=4
| RD1-score6-2=61
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|BUL}} Pavlina Nola
| RD1-score7-1=7
| RD1-score7-2=6
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=3
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|CAN}} Sonya Jeyaseelan
| RD1-score8-1=5
| RD1-score8-2=4
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|FRA}} Magalie Lamarre
| RD2-score1-1=2
| RD2-score1-2=6
| RD2-score1-3=64
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|LUX}} Anne Kremer
| RD2-score2-1=6
| RD2-score2-2=4
| RD2-score2-3=77
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|KOR}} Park Sung-hee
| RD2-score3-1=4
| RD2-score3-2=2
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|BUL}} Pavlina Nola
| RD2-score4-1=6
| RD2-score4-2=6
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|LUX}} Anne Kremer
| RD3-score1-1=2
| RD3-score1-2=3
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|BUL}} Pavlina Nola
| RD3-score2-1=6
| RD3-score2-2=6
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
=Seventh qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=5
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|MEX}} Angélica Gavaldón
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Hosoki
| RD1-score2-1=3
| RD1-score2-2=2
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe
| RD1-score3-1=7
| RD1-score3-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|POR}} Sofia Prazeres
| RD1-score4-1=5
| RD1-score4-2=2
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|BEL}} Nancy Feber
| RD1-score5-1=3
| RD1-score5-2=3
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer
| RD1-score6-1=6
| RD1-score6-2=6
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|GBR}} Karen Cross
| RD1-score7-1=4
| RD1-score7-2=2
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=12
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score8-2=6
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=5
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|MEX}} Angélica Gavaldón
| RD2-score1-1=6
| RD2-score1-2=6
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe
| RD2-score2-1=1
| RD2-score2-2=0
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer
| RD2-score3-1=6
| RD2-score3-2=2
| RD2-score3-3=6
| RD2-seed4=12
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce
| RD2-score4-1=2
| RD2-score4-2=6
| RD2-score4-3=1
| RD3-seed1=5
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|MEX}} Angélica Gavaldón
| RD3-score1-1=6
| RD3-score1-2=63
| RD3-score1-3=6
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer
| RD3-score2-1=1
| RD3-score2-2=77
| RD3-score2-3=4
}}
=Eighth qualifier=
{{8TeamBracket|byes=1
| sets = 3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Qualifying competition
| team-width=175
| RD1-seed1=9
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|GER}} Marlene Weingärtner
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|CRO}} Silvija Talaja
| RD1-score2-1=4
| RD1-score2-2=4
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=WC
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Mashona Washington
| RD1-score3-1=6
| RD1-score3-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=WC
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Julie Steven
| RD1-score4-1=3
| RD1-score4-2=2
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Brioukhovets
| RD1-score5-1=6
| RD1-score5-2=1
| RD1-score5-3=0
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|MAD}} Dally Randriantefy
| RD1-score6-1=2
| RD1-score6-2=6
| RD1-score6-3=6
| RD1-seed7=WC
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA}} Samantha Reeves
| RD1-score7-1=2
| RD1-score7-2=4
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=2
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score8-2=6
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=9
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|GER}} Marlene Weingärtner
| RD2-score1-1=4
| RD2-score1-2=6
| RD2-score1-3=3
| RD2-seed2=WC
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Mashona Washington
| RD2-score2-1=6
| RD2-score2-2=0
| RD2-score2-3=6
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|MAD}} Dally Randriantefy
| RD2-score3-1=4
| RD2-score3-2=1
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=2
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy
| RD2-score4-1=6
| RD2-score4-2=6
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=WC
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Mashona Washington
| RD3-score1-1=3
| RD3-score1-2=5
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy
| RD3-score2-1=6
| RD3-score2-2=7
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/US-open/usa/1997/w-sl-usa-01a-1997/draws-and-results/ 1997 US Open – Women's draws and results] at the International Tennis Federation
{{U.S. Open Qualifying drawsheets}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1997 US Open - Women's Singles Qualifying}}