1986 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
1986 US Open

Main articles: 1986 US Open (tennis) and 1986 US Open – Women's Singles

Qualifiers

1. Leigh-Anne Eldredge
2. Penny Barg
3. Julie Richardson
4. Kim Sands
5. Nicole Arendt
6. Deeann Hansel
7. Elly Hakami
8. Susan Leo

Lucky losers

1. Lea Antonoplis
2. Mariana Pérez Roldán

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
		Patricia Tarabini	2	2
		Renee Blount	6	6
									Renee Blount	3	5
									Leigh-Anne Eldredge	6	7
		Leigh-Anne Eldredge	7^7	6
		Monica Lundqvist	6^5	1
																Leigh-Anne Eldredge	6	7^7
																Susan Rimes	2	6^4
		Jane Holdren	1	2
		Susan Rimes	6	6
									Susan Rimes	7^7	7^8
									Sophie Amiach	6^3	6^6
		Sophie Amiach	6	6
		Helena Dahlström	3	1

Second qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
		Kerri Reiter	6^2	1
		Jenni Goodling	7^7	6
									Jenni Goodling	6	5	0
									Laura Bernstein	2	7	6
		Laura Bernstein	7	6
		Melissa Brown	5	4
																Laura Bernstein	6	6^5	4
																Penny Barg	4	7^7	6
		Chris Gillis	3	2
		Penny Barg	6	6
									Penny Barg	6	6
									Lisa Spain-Short	2	4
		Kumiko Okamoto	6^5	6	4
		Lisa Spain-Short	7^7	4	6

Third qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
		Mariana Pérez Roldán	6	6
		Amy Schwartz	4	2
									Mariana Pérez Roldán	3	6	6
									Trisha Laux	6	2	4
		Trisha Laux	6	6
		Karolina Karlsson	4	3
																Mariana Pérez Roldán	6	0	4
																Julie Richardson	3	6	6
		Julie Richardson	6	7^7
		Halle Cioffi	2	6^5
									Julie Richardson	7^7	6
									Belinda Cordwell	6^3	3
		Andrea Leand	7	3	3
		Belinda Cordwell	5	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
		Nicole Bradtke	6	6
		Renata Baranski	3	0
									Nicole Bradtke	4	1
									Louise Allen	6	6
		Louise Allen	4	6	6
		Akemi Nishiya	6	3	1
																Louise Allen	3	7^7	4
																Kim Sands	6	6^4	6
		Sandy Collins	6	6
		Marcela Skuherská	1	1
									Sandy Collins	6^4	3
									Kim Sands	7^7	6
		Catrin Jexell	4	2
		Kim Sands	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
		Beth Norton	4	2
		Nicole Arendt	6	6
									Nicole Arendt	6	6
									Kathy Hofer	4	2
		Barbara Jordan	4	7^7	3
		Kathy Hofer	6	6^5	6
																Nicole Arendt	4	6	6
																Wiltrud Probst	6	4	2
		Wiltrud Probst	6	6
		Rebecca Bryant	2	4
									Wiltrud Probst	3	6	6
									Kay McDaniel	6	4	4
		Kay McDaniel	6	7^7
		Akiko Kijimuta	2	6^2

Sixth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
		Maria Lindström	3	2
		Monique Javer	6	6
									Monique Javer	2	1
									Deeann Hansel	6	6
		Micki Schillig	7	2	1
		Deeann Hansel	5	6	6
																Deeann Hansel	6	6
																Heliane Steden	4	0
		Heliane Steden	6	6
		Caryn Copeland	1	4
									Heliane Steden	2	6	6
									Silke Meier	6	3	3
		Michelle Jaggard-Lai	3	6	4
		Silke Meier	6	3	6

Seventh qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
		Lea Antonoplis	6	6
		Corinne Vanier	3	1
									Lea Antonoplis	7	6
									Jana Novotná	5	3
		Jana Novotná	6	4	6
		Sabine Hack	0	6	3
																Lea Antonoplis	7^7	2	0
																Elly Hakami	6^5	6	6
		Jenny Klitch	4	3
		Elly Hakami	6	6
									Elly Hakami	6	6
									Cecilia Fernandez-Parker	3	4
		Stephanie London	4	6^0
		Cecilia Fernandez-Parker	6	7^7

Eighth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
		Bettina Fulco	6	1	6
		Kim Steinmetz	1	6	4
									Bettina Fulco	5	6	2
									Susan Leo	7	1	6
		Susan Leo	6	6
		Leslie Allen	3	2
																Susan Leo	7	6
																Jane Forman	5	3
		Jane Forman	6	7
		Diane Farrell	3	5
									Jane Forman	6	3	6
									Pilar Vásquez	2	6	3
		Pilar Vásquez	5	7	6
		Amy Holton	7	5	4

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

• 1986 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation