The qualifying rounds for the 1997 US Open were played from 20 to 23 August 1997 in the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, United States.

Seeds

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Virág Csurgó Flora Perfetti	7	65	4
		Ludmila Richterová Pavlina Stoyanova	5	77	6
									Ludmila Richterová Pavlina Stoyanova	6	3	6
									Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski	3	6	3
		Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski	6	2	7
	8	Caroline Dhenin Valda Lake	4	6	5

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Nino Louarsabishvili Kaoru Shibata	7	2	6
	WC	Jane Chi Kelly Pace	5	6	4
								4	Nino Louarsabishvili Kaoru Shibata	77	3	4
								WC	Anne Miller Julie Steven	64	6	6
	WC	Anne Miller Julie Steven	6	6
	6	Karin Kschwendt Nirupama Vaidyanathan	2	3

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Nancy Feber Liezel Horn	4	6	6
		Sylvia Plischke Marlene Weingärtner	6	2	1
								5	Nancy Feber Liezel Horn	2	66
								3	Lisa McShea Amanda Wainwright	6	78
		Olga Barabanschikova Sofia Prazeres	4	3
	3	Lisa McShea Amanda Wainwright	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Elly Hakami Rebecca Jensen	4	3
	WC	Cristina Moros Julie Scott	6	6
								WC	Cristina Moros Julie Scott	6	6
								2	Erika deLone Nicole Pratt	4	3
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi Katalin Marosi	4r
	2	Erika deLone Nicole Pratt	4

References

• Official Results Archive (WTA)
• 1997 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation