1978 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.^[1]

Qualifiers[]

Qualifying draw[]

Key[]

First qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Joyce Portman		6	6
	Leslie Allen		3	1
								Joyce Portman		2	3
								Felicia Hutnick		6	6
	Felicia Hutnick		6	6
	Paulina Peled		2	1
															Felicia Hutnick		6	6
															Naoko Sato		1	0
			3	6	6
	Nerida Gregory		6	2	3
										4	1
								Naoko Sato		6	6
	Naoko Sato		6	3	6
			3	6	4

Second qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Bettina Bunge		6	6
			2	0
								Bettina Bunge		6	6
								Trey Lewis		4	2
	Trey Lewis		6	6
	Lindsey Beaven		0	1
															Bettina Bunge		6	6
																	2	0
			6	3	6
	Lisa Doherty		1	6	0
										3	6	65
										6	1	77
			6	6
	Chris Newton		2	4

Third qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Kim Sands		6	6
			1	0
								Kim Sands		6	3	1
								Wendy White		4	6	6
	Wendy White		6	6
	Leanne Harrison		4	2
															Wendy White		6	7
															Sally Greer		3	5
	Susan Hagey		3	6	6
	Kaye Hallam		6	2	3
								Susan Hagey		1	3
								Sally Greer		6	6
	Sally Greer		6	6
	Beatrix Klein		3	0

Fourth qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Ivanna Madruga		6	6
			1	0
								Ivanna Madruga		77	6
										65	2
			7	6
	Jane Preyer		5	2
															Ivanna Madruga		6	6
															Sue Mappin		4	2
	Kate Glancy		6	6
			3	3
								Kate Glancy		4	1
								Sue Mappin		6	6
	Sue Mappin		6	6
			2	0

Fifth qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Sonoe Yonezawa		3	6	6
			6	2	4
								Sonoe Yonezawa		6	6
										2	1
			1	6	6
	Nancy Ornstein		6	4	3
															Sonoe Yonezawa		6	0	6
																	4	6	2
			6	6
	Brenda Perry		3	1
										6	7
								Sherry Acker		1	5
	Sherry Acker		6	6
	Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer		2	1

Sixth qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Rayni Fox		6	6
			3	3
								Rayni Fox		1	1
								Anna-Maria Fernandez		6	6
	Anna-Maria Fernandez		6	6
			4	3
															Anna-Maria Fernandez		6	6
															Kay McDaniel		3	1
	Nancy Yeargin		6	6
	Marcie Louie		1	4
								Nancy Yeargin		4	3
								Kay McDaniel		6	6
	Kay McDaniel		64	6	6
	Linda Siegel		77	3	2

Seventh qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Elly Appel-Vessies		6	6
	Sue Stap		0	1
								Elly Appel-Vessies		6	6
								Kym Ruddell		1	0
	Kym Ruddell		3	6	6
			6	3	4
															Elly Appel-Vessies		6	7
															Karen Hantze Susman		4	5
	Kathy O'Brien		6	6
			2	2
								Kathy O'Brien		65	1
								Karen Hantze Susman		77	6
	Karen Hantze Susman		6	6
	Dominique Beillan		3	2

Eighth qualifier[]

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Renee Blount		6	6
	Heather Ludloff		3	1
								Renee Blount		4	2
								Diane Morrison		6	6
	Diane Morrison		7	6
	Jane Stratton		5	3
															Diane Morrison		1	0
															Kathy Jordan		6	6
	Sabina Simmonds		6	6
	Sandy Stap		4	4
								Sabina Simmonds		1	1
								Kathy Jordan		6	6
	Kathy Jordan		6	6
			0	4

References[]

External links[]

• 1978 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation