1987 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
• # 🇸🇪 Maria Lindström (first round)

• # Wiltrud Probst (qualified)

• # 🇸🇪 Carina Karlsson (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Emiko Okagawa (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Cammy MacGregor (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Catherine Suire (first round)

• # 🇵🇱 Iwona Kuczyńska (qualified)

• # Andrea Holíková (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Marie-Christine Calleja (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Penny Barg (second round)

• # 🇳🇿 Belinda Cordwell (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Anna-Maria Fernandez (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Caterina Nozzoli (qualifying competition)

• # 🇦🇺 Jenny Byrne (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Emmanuelle Derly (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Susan Leo (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇫🇷 Julie Halard-Decugis

• # 🇧🇷 Patricia Medrado

• # Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

• # Radka Zrubáková

• # 🇵🇱 Iwona Kuczyńska

• # 🇫🇷 Emmanuelle Derly

• # 🇺🇸 Cammy MacGregor

• # Wiltrud Probst