| Men's singles qualifying | |
|---|---|
| 1969 US Open |
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 | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
 Peter Burwash | |||||||||||||
 Rodney Susman | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Peter Burwash | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dave Harmon | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Dave Harmon | |||||||||||||
 Wanaro N'Godrella | w/o | ||||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
 John Hammill | |||||||||||||
 Jaime Andrew | w/o | ||||||||||||
| John Hammill | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Proisy | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Proisy | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Steve Spiegel | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
 Lito Álvarez | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 John McDonald | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lito Álvarez | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
 Jasjit Singh | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jasjit Singh | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||
| William Monan | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Robert Potthast | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Connors | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Larry Turville | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Terry Ehlers | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
 Armando Cornejo Seckel | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Steve Ross | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Michael Sprengelmeyer | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Robert Barker | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Woody Blocher | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Thierry Bernasconi | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Peter Fishbach | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Austin | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
 Max Senior | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Inderjit Singh | 4 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Max Senior | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Toki Kobayashi | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Toki Kobayashi | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Pancho Walthall | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Roy Sprengelmeyer | |||||||||||||
| Steven Turner | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Roy Sprengelmeyer | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Chauncey Steele | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chauncey Steele | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
 Ramiro Benavides | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Roscoe Tanner | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Larry Collins | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Roscoe Tanner | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Leo Rolle | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Leo Rolle | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Steve Krulevitz | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Paul Sullivan | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Gerry Perry | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Rudy Hernando | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ken Stuart | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Walter Johnson | |||||||||||||
| G. Turner Howard III | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Walter Johnson | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| George Taylor | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||
| George Taylor | |||||||||||||
| Jerry Van Linge | w/o | ||||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
 Jaime Subirats | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Howe | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jaime Subirats | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Edward Hoehn | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Edward Hoehn | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| William Cullen | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Bailey Brown | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Robert Odasz | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bailey Brown | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||
| James Rombeau | 3 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||||
| James Rombeau | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jun Kuki | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.