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.

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Leigh-Anne Eldredge

• # 🇺🇸 Penny Barg

• # 🇳🇿 Julie Richardson

• # 🇺🇸 Kim Sands

• # 🇺🇸 Nicole Arendt

• # 🇺🇸 Deeann Hansel

• # 🇺🇸 Elly Hakami

• # 🇦🇺 Susan Leo

Lucky losers
• # 🇺🇸 Lea Antonoplis

• # 🇦🇷 Mariana Pérez Roldán