| The draw for the first round of the $15 million U.S. Open championships, which begins Aug. 28 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows (wc-wild card):
Martina Hingis (1), Switzerland, vs. Alina Jidkova, Russia
Qualifier vs. Kristina Brandi, United States
Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, vs. Qualifier
Katalin Marosi, Hungary, vs. Tathiana Garbin, Italy
Qualifier vs. Ai Sugiyama, Japan
Qualifier vs. Kristie Boogert, Netherlands
Qualifier vs. Iroda Tulyaganova, Uzbekistan
Nicole Pratt, Australia, vs. Sandrine Testud (11), France
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Jennifer Capriati (15), United States, vs. Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland
Miroslava Vavrinec, Switzerland, vs. Henrieta Nagyova, Slovakia
Adriana Gersi, Czech Republic, vs. Jennifer Hopkins, United States
Cara Black, Zimbabwe, vs. Nathalie Dechy, France
Chanda Rubin, United States, vs. Asa Carlsson, Sweden
Barbara Schett, Austria, vs. Silvia Farina, Italy
Olga Barabanschikova, Belarus, vs. Anne Kremer, Luxembourg
wc-Tracy Almeda-Singian, United States, vs. Monica Seles (6), United States
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Venus Williams (3), United States, vs. Anne-Gaelle Sidot, France
Anastasia Myskina, Russia, vs. Kveta Hrdlickova, Czech Republic
Meghann Shaughnessy, United States, vs. Karina Habsudova, Slovakia
Pavlina Nola, Bulgaria, vs. Jana Nejedly, Canada
Rita Grande, Italy, vs. Catalina Cristea, Romania
Magui Serna, Spain, vs. Patricia Wartusch, Austria
wc-Brie Rippner, United States, vs. Jana Kandarr, Germany
wc-Sandra Cacic, United States, vs. Amanda Coetzer (13), South Africa
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Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (9), Spain, vs. Joannette Kruger, South Africa
Sonya Jeyaseelan, Canada, vs. Amelie Cocheteux, France
Rita Kuti Kis, Hungary, vs. Marissa Irvin, United States
Sarah Pitkowski, France, vs. wc-Allison Bradshaw, United States
wc-Ansley Cargill, United States, vs. wc-Dawn Buth, United States
wc-Mashona Washington, United States, vs. Qualifier
Maria Alejandra Vento, Venezuela, vs. Sabine Appelmans, Belgium
Qualifier vs. Nathalie Tauziat (8), France
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Conchita Martinez (7), Spain, vs. Amy Frazier, United States
Qualifier vs. Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo, Spain
Tara Snyder, United States, vs. Elena Dementieva, Russia
Sylvia Plischke, Austria, vs. Paola Suarez, Argentina
Shinobu Asagoe, Japan, vs. Qualifier
Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, vs. Qualifier
Lilia Osterloh, United States, vs. Cristina Torrens-Valero, Spain
Qualifier vs. Dominique Van Roost (14), Belgium
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Anke Huber (10), Germany, vs. Meilen Tu, United States
Tatiana Panova, Russia, vs. Qualifier
Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, vs. Qualifier
Els Callens, Belgium, vs. Erika de Lone, United States
Rusandra Dragomir, Romania, vs. wc-Kristen Schlukebir, United States
Lisa Raymond, United States, vs. Magdalena Grzybowska, Poland
Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgaria, vs. Yi Jing-Qian, China
Alexandra Stevenson, United States, vs. Mary Pierce (4), France
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Serena Williams (5), United States, vs. Tina Pisnik, Slovenia
Nadejda Petrova, Russia, vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Giulia Casoni, Italy
Rossana De Los Rios, Paraguay, vs. Lubomira Bacheva, Bulgaria
Qualifier vs. Silvija Talaja, Croatia
Qualifier vs. Amanda Hopkins, United States
Anna Smashnova, Israel, vs. Jelena Dokic, Australia
Miriam Oremans, Netherlands, vs. Julie Halard-Decugis (16), France
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Anna Kournikova (12), Russia, vs. Holly Parkinson, United States
Sandra Kleinova, Czech Republic, vs. Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russia
Denisa Chladkova, Czech Republic, vs. Fabiola Zuluaga, Colombia
Florencia Labat, Argentina, vs. Justine Henin, Belgium
Virginia Ruano-Pascual, Spain, vs. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia
Angeles Montolio, Spain, vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand
Kim Clijsters, Belgium, vs. Marta Marrero, Spain
Gala Leon Garcia, Spain, vs. Lindsay Davenport (2), United States
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