1982 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.

Seeds
• # Elizabeth Gordon (first round)

• # 🇵🇪 Pilar Vásquez (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Doherty (second round)

• # Kateřina Skronská (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Tina Mochizuki (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Phyllis Blackwell (qualifying competition)

• # Yvette Flu (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Elizabeth Smylie (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Susan Rimes (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Carmen Perea (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Laura Bernstein (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Joyce Portman (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Heather Ludloff (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Annabel Croft (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Pam Whytcross (qualified)

• # 🇨🇦 Carling Bassett-Seguso (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇫🇷 Sophie Amiach

• # 🇺🇸 Amy Holton

• # 🇬🇧 Kate Brasher

• # Germaine Ohaco

• # 🇺🇸 Laura Bernstein

• # 🇺🇸 Heather Ludloff

• # 🇺🇸 Jean Hepner

• # 🇦🇺 Pam Whytcross

Lucky losers
• # 🇵🇪 Pilar Vásquez