1996 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
• # 🇧🇪 Stephanie Devillé (qualified)

• # 🇨🇦 Rene Simpson (first round)

• # 🇵🇱 Aleksandra Olsza (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Kerry-Anne Guse (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Adriana Gerši (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Adriana Serra Zanetti (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Bettina Fulco (second round)

• # 🇮🇱 Anna Smashnova (first round)

• # 🇸🇰 Radka Zrubáková (qualified)

• # 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Annabel Ellwood (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # Tina Križan (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇦 Olga Lugina (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Mercedes Paz (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Noëlle van Lottum (second round)

• # 🇱🇺 Anne Kremer (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇧🇪 Stephanie Devillé

• # 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova

• # 🇺🇸 Laxmi Poruri

• # 🇮🇹 Adriana Serra Zanetti

• # 🇲🇽 Angélica Gavaldón

• # 🇵🇱 Aleksandra Olsza

• # 🇸🇰 Radka Zrubáková

• # 🇦🇷 María José Gaidano

Lucky losers
• # Tina Križan

• # 🇦🇺 Annabel Ellwood