1996 US Open – Men'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]

Men's singles qualifying
1996 US Open
Events
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
WC Singlesmenwomenquad
WC Doublesmenwomenquad
Legendsmenwomenmixed
← 1995 ·US Open· 1997 →

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

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
1 Lionel Roux466
  Daniel Orsanic640
1 Lionel Roux26
  Wayne Black67
  Mark Petchey33
  Wayne Black66
  Wayne Black44
31 Pablo Campana66
  Luke Milligan32
  Răzvan Sabău66
  Răzvan Sabău663
31 Pablo Campana746
WC Adam Peterson664
31 Pablo Campana746

Second qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
2 Ignacio Truyol-Turrion67
  Christopher Pressley25
2 Ignacio Truyol-Turrion61
WC David Caldwell76
  Diego del Río732
WC David Caldwell566
WC David Caldwell66
  Mario Rincón04
  Claudio Pistolesi44
  Mario Rincón66
  Mario Rincón666
32 Chris Wilkinson734
  Stephen Herdoiza40
32 Chris Wilkinson66

Third qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
Alt Pier Gauthier66
  Federico Rovai22
Alt Pier Gauthier276
  Nick Gould651
  Nick Gould636
  Robbie Koenig464
Alt Pier Gauthier24
  Filippo Veglio66
  Filippo Veglio636
  Gabriel Trifu463
  Filippo Veglio716
  Geoff Grant661
  Geoff Grant376
29 Gastón Etlis663

Fourth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
4 Dennis van Scheppingen43
  Leonardo Lavalle66
  Leonardo Lavalle661
  Jaime Oncins476
  Sascha Nensel53
  Jaime Oncins76
  Jaime Oncins66
30 Jacco Eltingh44
WC Paul Goldstein460
  Steve Campbell646
  Steve Campbell32
30 Jacco Eltingh66
  Sulieman Ladipo64
30 Jacco Eltingh76

Fifth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
5 Neville Godwin66
  Martijn Belgraver12
5 Neville Godwin67
  Chris Haggard35
  Chris Haggard366
  Jérôme Hanquez634
5 Neville Godwin66
WC Jeff Salzenstein04
WC Ryan Wolters61
WC Jeff Salzenstein76
WC Jeff Salzenstein756
28 Eyal Ran672
  Jan Weinzierl36
28 Eyal Ran67

Sixth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
6 Cristiano Caratti374
  Glenn Weiner666
  Glenn Weiner474
  David Nainkin656
  Gerald Mandl55
  David Nainkin77
  David Nainkin656
27 Danny Sapsford171
  Michael Sell617
  Maurice Ruah465
  Michael Sell21
27 Danny Sapsford66
  Mark Draper44
27 Danny Sapsford66

Seventh qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
7 Sargis Sargsian46
  Mahesh Bhupathi67
  Mahesh Bhupathi60
  Tati Rascón76
  Louis Gloria12
  Tati Rascón66
  Tati Rascón23
WC Pat Cash66
  Diego Nargiso26
WC Pat Cash67
WC Pat Cash66
  Luis Herrera02
  Luis Herrera376
25 Jörn Renzenbrink660

Eighth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
8 Luis Morejón67
  Satoshi Iwabuchi25
8 Luis Morejón66
  Andrew Richardson77
  Ivan Baron712
  Andrew Richardson566
  Andrew Richardson25
26 Tamer El-Sawy67
  David Draper477
  Michael Geserer656
  David Draper31
26 Tamer El-Sawy66
  Björn Jacob615
26 Tamer El-Sawy467

Ninth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
9 Gianluca Pozzi61
  Grant Doyle10r
9 Gianluca Pozzi67
  Rob Givone25
  Claude N'Goran664
  Rob Givone476
9 Gianluca Pozzi76
  Mosé Navarra52
  Mosé Navarra66
  Noam Behr34
  Mosé Navarra377
  Lars Rehmann665
  Lars Rehmann67
23 Gérard Solvès46

Tenth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
10 Alejandro Hernandez66
  Yasufumi Yamamoto11
10 Alejandro Hernandez14
  Gouichi Motomura66
  Paul Kilderry652
  Gouichi Motomura476
  Gouichi Motomura663
24 Dirk Dier726
WC Mashiska Washington66
WC Alex Reichel34
WC Mashiska Washington363
24 Dirk Dier636
  Olivier Delaître14
24 Dirk Dier66

Eleventh qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
11 Steve Bryan31
  Andrei Pavel66
  Andrei Pavel66
  Aleksandar Kitinov30
  Max Mirnyi563
  Aleksandar Kitinov746
  Andrei Pavel66
21 Jimy Szymanski13
  David Adams166
  David DiLucia642
  David Adams662
21 Jimy Szymanski736
  Massimo Ardinghi35
21 Jimy Szymanski67

Twelfth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
12 Yahiya Doumbia64
  Stéphane Huet76
  Stéphane Huet66
  Brian MacPhie22
  Wojciech Kowalski631
  Brian MacPhie466
  Stéphane Huet22
  Tommy Haas66
  Tommy Haas67
  Albert Chang35
  Tommy Haas77
22 Vincenzo Santopadre65
  Lorenzo Manta60r
22 Vincenzo Santopadre31

Thirteenth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
13 Lars Burgsmüller611r
  Steven Downs460
  Steven Downs20
  Frederic Vitoux66
  Frederic Vitoux66
  Lionel Barthez34
  Frederic Vitoux66
19 David Škoch02
  Daniele Balducci54
  Guillermo Cañas76
  Guillermo Cañas474
19 David Škoch656
  Nelson Aerts02
19 David Škoch66

Fourteenth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
14 Leander Paes67
  Bojan Vujić16
14 Leander Paes66
  Miguel Tobón22
  Miguel Tobón67
WC Donavan September36
14 Leander Paes54
  Ramón Delgado76
  Christian Vinck641
  Ramón Delgado166
  Ramón Delgado76
20 Patricio Arnold61
  Oscar Ortiz36
20 Patricio Arnold67

Fifteenth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
15 Franco Squillari655
  Peter Tramacchi477
  Peter Tramacchi567
  Colin Beecher746
  Petr Pála32
  Colin Beecher66
  Peter Tramacchi66
17 Roberto Jabali43
  Mark Merklein67
  Ronald Agénor06
  Mark Merklein373
17 Roberto Jabali666
  Justin Gimelstob635
17 Roberto Jabali467

Sixteenth qualifier

First roundSecond roundQualifying competition
               
16 Ben Ellwood66
  Arne Thoms13
16 Ben Ellwood66
  Fredrik Utgren13
  Maxime Huard00r
  Fredrik Utgren61
16 Ben Ellwood626
18 Martin Sinner462
  Bryan Shelton66
  Lars-Anders Wahlgren43
  Bryan Shelton66
18 Martin Sinner77
  Bill Behrens31
18 Martin Sinner66

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