2012 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

Sixteen players qualified for the women's singles event in the 2012 US Open tennis championship. They were selected from 128 entrants in a three-round knockout qualifying competition.

Seeds
• # 🇸🇰 Magdaléna Rybáriková (qualified)

• # Chan Yung-jan (qualifying competition, retired)

• # 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová (qualifying competition)

• # Eleni Daniilidou (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇪🇸 María Teresa Torró Flor (first round)

• # 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko (qualified)

• # 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (second round)

• # Chang Kai-chen (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Olivia Rogowska (received wildcard to main draw)

• # 🇫🇷 Aravane Rezaï (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (qualified)

• # Michelle Larcher de Brito (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Eva Birnerová (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Paula Ormaechea (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Dinah Pfizenmaier (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Laura Pous Tió (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Claire Feuerstein (first round)

• # 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková (qualified)

• # 🇯🇵 Erika Sema (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi (first round)

• # 🇷🇺 Valeria Savinykh (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Alberta Brianti (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Annika Beck (first round)

• # 🇷🇴 Edina Gallovits-Hall (qualified)

• # 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens (qualified)

• # Stefanie Vögele (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis (second round)

• # 🇦🇹 Yvonne Meusburger (second round)

• # Maria João Koehler (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Alexa Glatch (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Tatjana Malek (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # 🇸🇰 Magdaléna Rybáriková

• # 🇩🇪 Tatjana Malek

• # 🇮🇹 Nastassja Burnett

• # 🇺🇸 Samantha Crawford

• # 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova

• # 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko

• # 🇷🇴 Edina Gallovits-Hall

• # 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta

• # 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens

• # 🇮🇱 Julia Glushko

• # 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena Vecino

• # 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina

• # 🇷🇺 Olga Puchkova

• # 🇷🇺 Alla Kudryavtseva

• # Stefanie Vögele

• # 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková

Lucky loser
• # Eleni Daniilidou