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