1996 US Open – Men's singles qualifying

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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. ^[1]

Seeds

1. Lionel Roux (second round)
2. Ignacio Truyol-Turrion (second round)
3. -
4. Dennis van Scheppingen (first round)
5. Neville Godwin (qualified)
6. Cristiano Caratti (first round)
7. Sargis Sargsian (first round)
8. Luis Morejón (second round)
9. Gianluca Pozzi (qualified)
10. Alejandro Hernandez (second round)
11. Steve Bryan (first round)
12. Yahiya Doumbia (first round)
13. Lars Burgsmüller (first round)
14. Leander Paes (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
15. Franco Squillari (first round)
16. Ben Ellwood (qualified)
17. Roberto Jabali (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
18. Martin Sinner (qualifying competition)
19. David Škoch (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
20. Patricio Arnold (second round)
21. Jimy Szymanski (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
22. Vincenzo Santopadre (second round)
23. Gérard Solvès (first round)
24. Dirk Dier (qualified)
25. Jörn Renzenbrink (first round)
26. Tamer El-Sawy (qualified)
27. Danny Sapsford (qualifying competition)
28. Eyal Ran (second round)
29. Gastón Etlis (first round)
30. Jacco Eltingh (qualifying competition)
31. Pablo Campana (qualified)
32. Chris Wilkinson (second round)

Qualifiers

1. Pablo Campana
2. David Caldwell
3. Filippo Veglio
4. Jaime Oncins
5. Neville Godwin
6. David Nainkin
7. Pat Cash
8. Tamer El-Sawy
9. Gianluca Pozzi
10. Dirk Dier
11. Andrei Pavel
12. Tommy Haas
13. Frederic Vitoux
14. Ramón Delgado
15. Peter Tramacchi
16. Ben Ellwood

Lucky losers

1. Jimy Szymanski
2. Roberto Jabali
3. Leander Paes
4. David Škoch

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Lionel Roux	4	6	6
		Daniel Orsanic	6	4	0
								1	Lionel Roux	2	6
									Wayne Black	6	7
		Mark Petchey	3	3
		Wayne Black	6	6
																Wayne Black	4	4
															31	Pablo Campana	6	6
		Luke Milligan	3	2
		Răzvan Sabău	6	6
									Răzvan Sabău	6	6	3
								31	Pablo Campana	7	4	6
	WC	Adam Peterson	6	6	4
	31	Pablo Campana	7	4	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	2	Ignacio Truyol-Turrion	6	7
		Christopher Pressley	2	5
								2	Ignacio Truyol-Turrion	6	1
								WC	David Caldwell	7	6
		Diego del Río	7	3	2
	WC	David Caldwell	5	6	6
															WC	David Caldwell	6	6
																Mario Rincón	0	4
		Claudio Pistolesi	4	4
		Mario Rincón	6	6
									Mario Rincón	6	6	6
								32	Chris Wilkinson	7	3	4
		Stephen Herdoiza	4	0
	32	Chris Wilkinson	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	Alt	Pier Gauthier	6	6
		Federico Rovai	2	2
								Alt	Pier Gauthier	2	7	6
									Nick Gould	6	5	1
		Nick Gould	6	3	6
		Robbie Koenig	4	6	4
															Alt	Pier Gauthier	2	4
																Filippo Veglio	6	6
		Filippo Veglio	6	3	6
		Gabriel Trifu	4	6	3
									Filippo Veglio	7	1	6
									Geoff Grant	6	6	1
		Geoff Grant	3	7	6
	29	Gastón Etlis	6	6	3

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Dennis van Scheppingen	4	3
		Leonardo Lavalle	6	6
									Leonardo Lavalle	6	6	1
									Jaime Oncins	4	7	6
		Sascha Nensel	5	3
		Jaime Oncins	7	6
																Jaime Oncins	6	6
															30	Jacco Eltingh	4	4
	WC	Paul Goldstein	4	6	0
		Steve Campbell	6	4	6
									Steve Campbell	3	2
								30	Jacco Eltingh	6	6
		Sulieman Ladipo	6	4
	30	Jacco Eltingh	7	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Neville Godwin	6	6
		Martijn Belgraver	1	2
								5	Neville Godwin	6	7
									Chris Haggard	3	5
		Chris Haggard	3	6	6
		Jérôme Hanquez	6	3	4
															5	Neville Godwin	6	6
															WC	Jeff Salzenstein	0	4
	WC	Ryan Wolters	6	1
	WC	Jeff Salzenstein	7	6
								WC	Jeff Salzenstein	7	5	6
								28	Eyal Ran	6	7	2
		Jan Weinzierl	3	6
	28	Eyal Ran	6	7

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Cristiano Caratti	3	7	4
		Glenn Weiner	6	6	6
									Glenn Weiner	4	7	4
									David Nainkin	6	5	6
		Gerald Mandl	5	5
		David Nainkin	7	7
																David Nainkin	6	5	6
															27	Danny Sapsford	1	7	1
		Michael Sell	6	1	7
		Maurice Ruah	4	6	5
									Michael Sell	2	1
								27	Danny Sapsford	6	6
		Mark Draper	4	4
	27	Danny Sapsford	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Sargis Sargsian	4	6
		Mahesh Bhupathi	6	7
									Mahesh Bhupathi	6	0
									Tati Rascón	7	6
		Louis Gloria	1	2
		Tati Rascón	6	6
																Tati Rascón	2	3
															WC	Pat Cash	6	6
		Diego Nargiso	2	6
	WC	Pat Cash	6	7
								WC	Pat Cash	6	6
									Luis Herrera	0	2
		Luis Herrera	3	7	6
	25	Jörn Renzenbrink	6	6	0

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	8	Luis Morejón	6	7
		Satoshi Iwabuchi	2	5
								8	Luis Morejón	6	6
									Andrew Richardson	7	7
		Ivan Baron	7	1	2
		Andrew Richardson	5	6	6
																Andrew Richardson	2	5
															26	Tamer El-Sawy	6	7
		David Draper	4	7	7
		Michael Geserer	6	5	6
									David Draper	3	1
								26	Tamer El-Sawy	6	6
		Björn Jacob	6	1	5
	26	Tamer El-Sawy	4	6	7

Ninth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Gianluca Pozzi	6	1
		Grant Doyle	1	0r
								9	Gianluca Pozzi	6	7
									Rob Givone	2	5
		Claude N'Goran	6	6	4
		Rob Givone	4	7	6
															9	Gianluca Pozzi	7	6
																Mosé Navarra	5	2
		Mosé Navarra	6	6
		Noam Behr	3	4
									Mosé Navarra	3	7	7
									Lars Rehmann	6	6	5
		Lars Rehmann	6	7
	23	Gérard Solvès	4	6

Tenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Alejandro Hernandez	6	6
		Yasufumi Yamamoto	1	1
								10	Alejandro Hernandez	1	4
									Gouichi Motomura	6	6
		Paul Kilderry	6	5	2
		Gouichi Motomura	4	7	6
																Gouichi Motomura	6	6	3
															24	Dirk Dier	7	2	6
	WC	Mashiska Washington	6	6
	WC	Alex Reichel	3	4
								WC	Mashiska Washington	3	6	3
								24	Dirk Dier	6	3	6
		Olivier Delaître	1	4
	24	Dirk Dier	6	6

Eleventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Steve Bryan	3	1
		Andrei Pavel	6	6
									Andrei Pavel	6	6
									Aleksandar Kitinov	3	0
		Max Mirnyi	5	6	3
		Aleksandar Kitinov	7	4	6
																Andrei Pavel	6	6
															21	Jimy Szymanski	1	3
		David Adams	1	6	6
		David DiLucia	6	4	2
									David Adams	6	6	2
								21	Jimy Szymanski	7	3	6
		Massimo Ardinghi	3	5
	21	Jimy Szymanski	6	7

Twelfth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Yahiya Doumbia	6	4
		Stéphane Huet	7	6
									Stéphane Huet	6	6
									Brian MacPhie	2	2
		Wojciech Kowalski	6	3	1
		Brian MacPhie	4	6	6
																Stéphane Huet	2	2
																Tommy Haas	6	6
		Tommy Haas	6	7
		Albert Chang	3	5
									Tommy Haas	7	7
								22	Vincenzo Santopadre	6	5
		Lorenzo Manta	6	0r
	22	Vincenzo Santopadre	3	1

Thirteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Lars Burgsmüller	6	1	1r
		Steven Downs	4	6	0
									Steven Downs	2	0
									Frederic Vitoux	6	6
		Frederic Vitoux	6	6
		Lionel Barthez	3	4
																Frederic Vitoux	6	6
															19	David Škoch	0	2
		Daniele Balducci	5	4
		Guillermo Cañas	7	6
									Guillermo Cañas	4	7	4
								19	David Škoch	6	5	6
		Nelson Aerts	0	2
	19	David Škoch	6	6

Fourteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Leander Paes	6	7
		Bojan Vujić	1	6
								14	Leander Paes	6	6
									Miguel Tobón	2	2
		Miguel Tobón	6	7
	WC	Donavan September	3	6
															14	Leander Paes	5	4
																Ramón Delgado	7	6
		Christian Vinck	6	4	1
		Ramón Delgado	1	6	6
									Ramón Delgado	7	6
								20	Patricio Arnold	6	1
		Oscar Ortiz	3	6
	20	Patricio Arnold	6	7

Fifteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Franco Squillari	6	5	5
		Peter Tramacchi	4	7	7
									Peter Tramacchi	5	6	7
									Colin Beecher	7	4	6
		Petr Pála	3	2
		Colin Beecher	6	6
																Peter Tramacchi	6	6
															17	Roberto Jabali	4	3
		Mark Merklein	6	7
		Ronald Agénor	0	6
									Mark Merklein	3	7	3
								17	Roberto Jabali	6	6	6
		Justin Gimelstob	6	3	5
	17	Roberto Jabali	4	6	7

Sixteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Ben Ellwood	6	6
		Arne Thoms	1	3
								16	Ben Ellwood	6	6
									Fredrik Utgren	1	3
		Maxime Huard	0	0r
		Fredrik Utgren	6	1
															16	Ben Ellwood	6	2	6
															18	Martin Sinner	4	6	2
		Bryan Shelton	6	6
		Lars-Anders Wahlgren	4	3
									Bryan Shelton	6	6
								18	Martin Sinner	7	7
		Bill Behrens	3	1
	18	Martin Sinner	6	6

References

1. Rueb, Andrew. "A Primer on Tournament Draws and Seeding". Straight Sets – Tennis Blog of the New York Times. Retrieved August 3, 2019.

External links

• 1996 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation