1985 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

Women's singles qualifying
1985 US Open
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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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]

Seeds

  1. United States Kris Kinney (first round)
  2. Japan Masako Yanagi (second round)
  3. United States Tina Mochizuki (second round)
  4. France Marie-Christine Calleja (first round)
  5. Czechoslovakia Lea Plchová (first round)
  6. France Corinne Vanier (second round)
  7. United States Penny Barg (second round)
  8. Italy Caterina Nozzoli (first round)
  9. United States Linda Howell (first round)
  10. United States Heather Ludloff (second round)
  11. United States Candy Reynolds (first round)
  12. United States Kathleen Cummings (second round)
  13. Australia Jenny Byrne (first round)
  14. United States Jennifer Mundel (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  15. France Nathalie Herreman (first round)
  16. Peru Pilar Vásquez (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 United States Kris Kinney 3 77 3
  Canada Jane Young 6 64 6
  Canada Jane Young 7 77
  United States Eileen Tell 5 64
  Sweden Carin Anderholm 0 6 4
  United States Eileen Tell 6 3 6
  Canada Jane Young 6 6
  United States Caryn Copeland 1 2
  Italy Laura Golarsa 6 4 3
  New Zealand Julie Richardson 1 6 6
  New Zealand Julie Richardson 2 2
  United States Caryn Copeland 6 6
  United States Caryn Copeland 6 77
9 United States Linda Howell 2 63

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
14 United States Jennifer Mundel 6 6
  West Germany Renáta Tomanová 0 4
14 United States Jennifer Mundel 7 6
  United Kingdom Rina Einy 5 3
  United States Kim Steinmetz 1 4
  United Kingdom Rina Einy 6 6
14 United States Jennifer Mundel 5 4
  United States Barbara Jordan 7 6
  United States Trey Lewis 3 2
  United States Barbara Jordan 6 6
  United States Barbara Jordan 6 6
6 France Corinne Vanier 2 3
  United States Heather Crowe 77 4 0
6 France Corinne Vanier 62 6 6

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 France Marie-Christine Calleja 3 2
  United States Maeve Quinlan 6 6
  United States Maeve Quinlan 2 4
  United States Susan Sloane 6 6
  United States Susan Sloane 6 6
  Canada Jill Hetherington 1 1
  United States Susan Sloane 6 6
16 Peru Pilar Vásquez 1 4
  Italy Sabina Simmonds 6 64 6
  Canada Hélène Pelletier 3 77 0
  Italy Sabina Simmonds 63 5
16 Peru Pilar Vásquez 77 7
  United States Jamie Golder 6 4 4
16 Peru Pilar Vásquez 2 6 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
11 United States Candy Reynolds 6 64 4
  Australia Pam Whytcross 3 77 6
  Australia Pam Whytcross 6 6
  United States Louise Allen 3 3
  Canada Marianne Groat 6 3 4
  United States Louise Allen 2 6 6
  Australia Pam Whytcross 64 5
  United States Marianne Werdel 77 7
  United States Ronni Reis 4 3
  Italy Federica Bonsignori 6 6
  Italy Federica Bonsignori 4 6 1
  United States Marianne Werdel 6 3 6
  United States Marianne Werdel 4 6 6
8 Italy Caterina Nozzoli 6 2 4

Fifth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
7 United States Penny Barg 6 5 6
  Sweden Catrin Jexell 3 7 1
7 United States Penny Barg 4 4
  United States Caroline Kuhlman 6 6
  United States Kirsten Dreyer 3 2
  United States Caroline Kuhlman 6 6
  United States Caroline Kuhlman 6 6
  United States Laura Bernstein 4 3
  Canada Karen Dewis 4 6 6
  United States Kim Sands 6 3 1
  Canada Karen Dewis 4 2
  United States Laura Bernstein 6 6
  United States Laura Bernstein 64 6 7
15 France Nathalie Herreman 77 1 5

Sixth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
10 United States Heather Ludloff 4 6 6
  Japan Kumiko Okamoto 6 1 3
10 United States Heather Ludloff 3 4
  United States Barbie Bramblett 6 6
  United States Barbie Bramblett 6 6
  United States Paula Smith 2 3
  United States Barbie Bramblett 3 1
  Sweden Maria Lindström 6 6
  Sweden Maria Lindström 6 6
  Australia Colleen Carney 2 2
  Sweden Maria Lindström 2 6 6
3 United States Tina Mochizuki 6 2 3
  United States Kyle Copeland 1 1
3 United States Tina Mochizuki 6 6

Seventh qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
5 Czechoslovakia Lea Plchová 3 4
  United States Anna-Maria Fernandez 6 6
  United States Anna-Maria Fernandez 6 6
  United States Renee Blount 3 4
  United States Jane Forman 5 63
  United States Renee Blount 7 77
  United States Anna-Maria Fernandez 6 6
  France Nathalie Tauziat 4 4
  United States Cecilia Fernandez-Parker 6 6
  Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom 4 0
  United States Cecilia Fernandez-Parker 5 4
  France Nathalie Tauziat 7 6
  France Nathalie Tauziat 6 6
13 Australia Jenny Byrne 3 0

Eighth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
12 United States Kathleen Cummings 6 6
  Hungary Csilla Bartos-Cserepy 4 1
12 United States Kathleen Cummings 7 4 66
  United States Susan Rimes 5 6 78
  United States Chris Gillis 6 2 3
  United States Susan Rimes 3 6 6
  United States Susan Rimes 3 63
  United States Eleni Rossides 6 77
  United States Eleni Rossides 6 77
  Sweden Karolina Karlsson 3 63
  United States Eleni Rossides 78 6
2 Japan Masako Yanagi 66 2
  Japan Emiko Okagawa 7 4 5
2 Japan Masako Yanagi 5 6 7

References

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