1985 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
• # 🇺🇸 Kris Kinney (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Masako Yanagi (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Tina Mochizuki (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Marie-Christine Calleja (first round)

• # Lea Plchová (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Corinne Vanier (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Penny Barg (second round)

• # 🇮🇹 Caterina Nozzoli (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Linda Howell (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Heather Ludloff (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Candy Reynolds (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Kathleen Cummings (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Jenny Byrne (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Jennifer Mundel (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Herreman (first round)

• # 🇵🇪 Pilar Vásquez (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇨🇦 Jane Young

• # 🇺🇸 Barbara Jordan

• # 🇺🇸 Susan Sloane

• # 🇺🇸 Marianne Werdel

• # 🇺🇸 Caroline Kuhlman

• # 🇸🇪 Maria Lindström

• # 🇺🇸 Anna-Maria Fernandez

• # 🇺🇸 Eleni Rossides

Lucky losers
• # 🇺🇸 Jennifer Mundel