| Women's singles qualifying | |
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| 1982 Australian Open |
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1982 Australian Open .
Manuela Maleeva (qualified)
Beverly Mould (first round)
Anna-Maria Fernandez (first round) Barbara Jordan (first round) Paula Smith (qualified)
Sue Saliba (qualified) Chris O'Neil (qualified) Kim Steinmetz (first round)| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Manuela Maleeva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Maree Booth | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Manuela Maleeva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Brenda Remilton-Ward | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Brenda Remilton-Ward | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kim Sands | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Rebecca Bryant | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bernadette Randall | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bernadette Randall | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Chris O'Neil | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| Karen Smith | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Chris O'Neil | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Barbara Jordan | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
 Christiane Jolissaint | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Christiane Jolissaint | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Lilian Drescher | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lilian Drescher | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Petra Huber | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
 Annabel Croft | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Elizabeth Minter | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Elizabeth Minter | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Sue Saliba | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| Karin Stampfli | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Sue Saliba | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Kim Steinmetz | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Heather Ludloff | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Heather Ludloff | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
 Renáta Tomanová | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Renáta Tomanová | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Julie Salmon | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Annette Gulley | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Sherry Acker | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Sherry Acker | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Renee Blount | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Renee Blount | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Anna-Maria Fernandez | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Paula Smith | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
 Yvette Flu | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Paula Smith | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
 Lena Sandin | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lena Sandin | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Catrin Jexell | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| Amanda Brown | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Amanda Tobin | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Amanda Tobin | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Pam Whytcross | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pam Whytcross | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Beverly Mould | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
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Barbara Paulus was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Conchita Martínez.
Elizabeth Sayers and John Fitzgerald were the defending champions but lost in the final 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Manuela Maleeva and Tom Gullikson.
Manuela Maleeva and Tom Gullikson were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Kathleen Horvath and Leif Shiras.
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