1988 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
• # 🇫🇷 Catherine Suire (qualified)

• # Céline Cohen (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Elizabeth Smylie (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Lea Antonoplis (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Jenny Byrne (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇳🇿 Julie Richardson (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Emmanuelle Derly (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Anna Ivan (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Susan Mascarin (qualifying competition)

• # Jana Pospíšilová (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Donna Faber (first round)

• # Amanda Coetzer (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Niurka Sodupe (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Maria Strandlund (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Pam Casale (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇫🇷 Catherine Suire

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Green

• # 🇯🇵 Kumiko Okamoto

• # 🇺🇸 Kim Steinmetz

• # 🇳🇿 Julie Richardson

• # 🇦🇺 Jo-Anne Faull

• # Tine Scheuer-Larsen

• # 🇬🇧 Clare Wood

Lucky losers
• # 🇦🇺 Jenny Byrne