1990 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
• # -

• # 🇧🇷 Cláudia Chabalgoity (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Akiko Kijimuta (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇬🇧 Sara Gomer (second round)

• # 🇳🇿 Claudine Toleafoa (second round)

• # 🇨🇦 Rene Simpson (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce (qualifying competition)

• # 🇵🇱 Renata Baranski (qualified)

• # Eva Pfaff (first round)

• # 🇳🇿 Julie Richardson (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Pascale Etchemendy (first round)

• # 🇬🇧 Samantha Smith (second round)

• # Elena Brioukhovets (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Kristin Godridge (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇷 Andrea Vieira (second round)

• # 🇱🇺 Karin Kschwendt (qualified)

• # 🇵🇪 Pilar Vásquez (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇱🇺 Karin Kschwendt

• # 🇵🇱 Renata Baranski

• # 🇬🇧 Clare Wood

• # Miriam Oremans

• # 🇺🇸 Andrea Farley

• # 🇺🇸 Eleni Rossides

• # 🇺🇸 Sandy Collins

• # 🇨🇦 Maureen Drake

Lucky losers
• # 🇯🇵 Akiko Kijimuta