1987 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]

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Maria Lindström	5	4
		Julie Halard-Decugis	7	6
									Julie Halard-Decugis	6	6
									Melissa Brown	2	3
		Melissa Brown	6	7
		Jane Forman	3	5
																Julie Halard-Decugis	6	7
															14	Jenny Byrne	4	5
		Jenny Klitch	3	2
		Regina Rajchrtová	6	6
									Regina Rajchrtová	4	3
								14	Jenny Byrne	6	6
		Masako Yanagi	4	3
	14	Jenny Byrne	6	6

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Marie-Christine Calleja	6	6
		María José Llorca	2	0
								9	Marie-Christine Calleja	6	6
									Anne Grousbeck	1	0
		Julie Richardson	6	2	4
		Anne Grousbeck	4	6	6
															9	Marie-Christine Calleja	4	1
																Patricia Medrado	6	6
		Patricia Medrado	6	6
		Susan Mascarin	3	1
									Patricia Medrado	6	6
									Katrina Adams	1	0
		Katrina Adams	6	1	6
	6	Catherine Suire	3	6	4

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Carina Karlsson	77	6
		Cecilia Fernandez-Parker	64	2
								3	Carina Karlsson	6	4	4
									Kathy Foxworth	3	6	6
		Noelle Porter	4	7	66
		Kathy Foxworth	6	5	78
																Kathy Foxworth	3	4
																Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		Sybille Niox-Château	6	2	2
		Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	2	6	6
									Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	3	7	6
									Amy Schwartz	6	5	3
		Amy Schwartz	6	6
	16	Susan Leo	3	1

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Belinda Cordwell	6	77
		Emilse Longo	3	60
								11	Belinda Cordwell	6	6
									Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	3	2
		Amy Jönsson Raaholt	2	2
		Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6	6
															11	Belinda Cordwell	2	2
																Radka Zrubáková	6	6
		Ginny Purdy	3	2
		Radka Zrubáková	6	6
									Radka Zrubáková	6	6
									Cláudia Monteiro	1	2
		Cláudia Monteiro	1	7	6
	8	Andrea Holíková	6	5	3

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Iwona Kuczyńska	3	6	6
		Yukie Koizumi	6	0	4
								7	Iwona Kuczyńska	6	6
									Kateřina Böhmová	3	2
		Kateřina Böhmová	6	6
		Gabriela Dinu	3	3
															7	Iwona Kuczyńska	6	6
															13	Caterina Nozzoli	2	1
		Jamie Golder	0	1
		Sandy Collins	6	6
									Sandy Collins	4	3
								13	Caterina Nozzoli	6	6
		Iwalani McCalla	2	4
	13	Caterina Nozzoli	6	6

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Emmanuelle Derly	6	6
		Susan Rimes	3	1
								15	Emmanuelle Derly	3	6	6
									Marcella Mesker	6	4	2
		Marcella Mesker	6	6
		Sonia Hahn	1	1
															15	Emmanuelle Derly	2	7	6
																Silvia La Fratta	6	5	2
		Kim Sands	1	2
		Silvia La Fratta	6	6
									Silvia La Fratta	7	6
								4	Emiko Okagawa	5	0
		Pilar Vásquez	4	4
	4	Emiko Okagawa	6	6

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Cammy MacGregor	6	6
		Kris Kinney	1	0
								5	Cammy MacGregor	7	6
									Valda Lake	5	4
		Helena Dahlström	0	3
		Valda Lake	6	6
															5	Cammy MacGregor	6	6
																Louise Allen	2	3
		Louise Allen	7	6
		Lise Gregory	5	4
									Louise Allen	6	6
								10	Penny Barg	4	1
		Elizabeth Alexander	4	2
	10	Penny Barg	6	6

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Anna-Maria Fernandez	3	2
		Linda Ferrando	6	6
									Linda Ferrando	2	3
									Marianne van der Torre	6	6
		Marianne van der Torre	6	6
		Deeann Hansel	2	3
																Marianne van der Torre	3	6	5
															2	Wiltrud Probst	6	4	7
		Lea Antonoplis	6	6
		Debbie Graham	4	4
									Lea Antonoplis	77	3	3
								2	Wiltrud Probst	61	6	6
		Candy Reynolds	2	3
	2	Wiltrud Probst	6	6

• 1987 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation