1990 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.

Women's singles qualifying
1990 US Open

Main articles: 1990 US Open (tennis) and 1990 US Open – Women's singles

Seeds

1. -
2. Cláudia Chabalgoity (first round)
3. Akiko Kijimuta (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
4. Sara Gomer (second round)
5. Claudine Toleafoa (second round)
6. Rene Simpson (qualifying competition)
7. Mary Pierce (qualifying competition)
8. Renata Baranski (qualified)
9. Eva Pfaff (first round)
10. Julie Richardson (first round)
11. Pascale Etchemendy (first round)
12. Samantha Smith (second round)
13. Elena Brioukhovets (second round)
14. Kristin Godridge (qualifying competition)
15. Andrea Vieira (second round)
16. Karin Kschwendt (qualified)
17. Pilar Vásquez (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Karin Kschwendt
2. Renata Baranski
3. Clare Wood
4. Miriam Oremans
5. Andrea Farley
6. Eleni Rossides
7. Sandy Collins
8. Maureen Drake

Lucky losers

1. Akiko Kijimuta

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
• SR = Special ranking

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	17	Pilar Vásquez	64	1
		Kirrily Sharpe	77	6
									Kirrily Sharpe	6	65	6
									Lise Gregory	4	77	3
		Sybille Niox-Château	6	4	3
		Lise Gregory	1	6	6
																Kirrily Sharpe	2	2
															16	Karin Kschwendt	6	6
		Heather Ludloff	2	5
		Noëlle van Lottum	6	7
									Noëlle van Lottum	3	2
								16	Karin Kschwendt	6	6
		Amy Schwartz	0	1
	16	Karin Kschwendt	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Julie Richardson	64	4
		Sophie Amiach	77	6
									Sophie Amiach	6	6
									Hellas ter Riet	2	2
		Ei Iida	4	3
		Hellas ter Riet	6	6
																Sophie Amiach	4	4
															8	Renata Baranski	6	6
		Tracey Morton-Rodgers	3	5
		Kate Gompert	6	7
									Kate Gompert	7	64	4
								8	Renata Baranski	5	77	6
		Louise Allen	3	6	3
	8	Renata Baranski	6	1	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Akiko Kijimuta	77	7
	Alt	Maria Lindström	65	5
								3	Akiko Kijimuta	6	6
									Catherine Suire	3	2
	WC	Julie Shiflet	4	4
		Catherine Suire	6	6
															3	Akiko Kijimuta	1	6	0
																Clare Wood	6	3	6
		Anouschka Popp	1	2
		Luanne Spadea	6	6
									Luanne Spadea	6	1	2
									Clare Wood	1	6	6
		Clare Wood	6	77
	11	Pascale Etchemendy	1	64

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Elena Brioukhovets	6	6
		Andrea Strnadová	1	3
								13	Elena Brioukhovets	6	1	3
									Miriam Oremans	1	6	6
		Miriam Oremans	6	6
		Maïder Laval	4	1
																Miriam Oremans	6	1	6
															6	Rene Simpson	4	6	3
	WC	Beth Herr	2r
		Shawn Foltz	5
									Shawn Foltz	2	2
								6	Rene Simpson	6	6
		Erika deLone	4	6	0
	6	Rene Simpson	6	3	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Mary Pierce	6	6
	WC	Shannan McCarthy	3	1
								7	Mary Pierce	77	6
									Pascale Paradis	65	2
		Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	3	4
		Pascale Paradis	6	6
															7	Mary Pierce	1	6	4
																Andrea Farley	6	3	6
	WC	Susan Gilchrist	6	6
		Tamaka Takagi	3	4
								WC	Susan Gilchrist	1	7	2
									Andrea Farley	6	5	6
		Andrea Farley	2	6	6
	9	Eva Pfaff	6	1	3

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Samantha Smith	3	6	77
		Stacey Schefflin	6	2	61
								12	Samantha Smith	4	65
								WC	Rachel Jensen	6	77
	WC	Nicole Hummel	77	2	3
	WC	Rachel Jensen	65	6	6
															WC	Rachel Jensen	1	0
																Eleni Rossides	6	6
		Kumiko Okamoto	79	3	2
		Eleni Rossides	67	6	6
									Eleni Rossides	6	4	6
								4	Sara Gomer	0	6	2
		Iva Budařová	3	3
	4	Sara Gomer	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Claudine Toleafoa	6	6
		Marketa Kochta	3	2
								5	Claudine Toleafoa	5	2
									Sandy Collins	7	6
		Sandy Collins	7	6
		Robyn Field	5	2
																Sandy Collins	65	6	6
															14	Kristin Godridge	77	3	4
		Jo-Anne Faull	3	3
	WC	Sandra Birch	6	6
								WC	Sandra Birch	4	3
								14	Kristin Godridge	6	6
		Réka Szikszay	2	0
	14	Kristin Godridge	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Andrea Vieira	6	7
		Leona Lásková	4	5
								15	Andrea Vieira	2	2
									Maureen Drake	6	6
		Maureen Drake	7	6
		Akemi Nishiya	5	3
																Maureen Drake	6	7
																Akiko Gooden	0	5
		Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer	3	5
	WC	Lisa Bonder	6	7
								WC	Lisa Bonder	4	4
									Akiko Gooden	6	6
		Akiko Gooden	6	4	6
	2	Cláudia Chabalgoity	4	6	0

External links

• 1990 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation