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32 qualifiers – 16 men and 16 women – have each booked their spots in the US Open’s main draw. Now that they’ve been placed in the draw, let’s have a look at all 32, starting with the women.

See the US Open Women's Singles Draw, complete with qualifiers, here

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Ana Konjuh, Croatia / round one opponent: Leylah Fernandez - Konjuh, a 2016 US Open quarterfinalist, has overcome four elbow surgeries and risen to 88 in the WTA rankings from outside the Top-500 since January.

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia / round one opponent: Ashlyn Krueger - Schmiedlova, a former World No.26, makes her 27th main draw at the Grand Slam level. Currently ranked 93, reached the third round in New York in 2015.

Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Spain / round one opponent: Varvara Gracheva - 30-year-old Parrizas Dias will make her Grand Slam main draw debut. She's 47-13 across all levels in 2021 with six titles, including one at Bastad (WTA 125).

Emma Raducanu, Great Britain / round one opponent: Jennifer Brady - Raducano reached the round of 16 on her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in July. She has gone 14-4 in her last 18 matches (all levels), since her Wimbledon run began.

Cristina Bucsa, Spain / round one opponent: round one opponent: Jil Teichmann - Ranked 161, Bucsa will make her Slam debut this week in New York.

Rebecca Marino, Canada / round one opponent: Elina Svitolina - Marino is set to play the main draw at the US Open for the first time since 2011. The 30-year-old from Vancouver, a former World No. 38, was out of the sport for seven years while she battled mental health issues.

Elena Gabriela Ruse, Romania: round one opponent: Marketa Vondrousova - Ruse, ranked 108, has never contested a main draw match at the US Open. She has lost both of her Grand Slam singles matches, at Wimbledon in 2018 and 2019.

Katie Boulter, Great Britain / round one opponent: Liudmila Samsonova - The 25-year-old Liecester native will make her US Open debut. She has appeared at the Australian Open and Wimbledon three times each.

Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greece / round one opponent: Anna Blinkova - There are 16 letters in the 24-year-old's last name. She's making her Slam debut.

Astra Sharma, Australia / round one opponent: Barbora Krejcikova - Ranked 114, Sharma is 0-2 lifetime at the US Open, and 3-10 lifetime at the Slams.

Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic / round one opponent: Danka Kovinic - Make it 31 main draw appearances at the majors for the Czech, but she has only been to the third round twice, and never at the US Open, where she is 3-6 lifetime.

Harriet Dart, Great Britain / round one opponent: Caroline Garcia - 25-year-old Dart, ranked 151, is 0-1 lifetime at the US Open.

Olga Danilovic, Serbia / round one opponent: Alycia Parks - Danilovic, ranked 145, gets the world No. 246 in her first round match. Not a bad way to make a US Open debut for the 20-year-old.

Dalma Galfi, Hungary / round one opponent: Petra Martic - Galfi, ranked 152, makes her Slam debut.

Rebeka Masarova, Spain / round one opponent: Ana Bogdan - Basel born Masarova will contest her first main draw at a Slam under Spain's flag. She's ranked 231.

Jamie Loeb, USA / round one opponent: Iga Swiatek - the pride of Ossining, New York gets to play the US Open for the first time since 2015. She'll make her second main draw appearance at a major.


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