Monica Seles (USA) [1] vs bye
Rita Kuti-Kis (HUN) vs Miroslava Vavrinec (SUI) [Q]
Yuka Yoshida (JPN) [Q] vs Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) [WC]
Alexandra Stevenson (USA) [WC] vs Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [7]

Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA) [4] vs bye
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) vs Nicole Pratt (AUS)
Joannette Kruger (RSA) [Q] vs Corina Morariu (USA)
Sylvia Plischke (AUT) vs Kristina Brandi (USA) [6]

Amy Frazier (USA) [5] vs Fabiola Zuluaga (COL)
Angeles Montolio (ESP) vs Lilia Osterloh (USA)
Anna Smashnova (ISR) vs Daja Bedanova (CZE) [Q]
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [3] vs bye

Jelena Dokic (AUS) [8] vs Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)
Rita Grande (ITA) vs Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS) [WC]
Paola Suarez (ARG) vs Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
Serena Williams (USA) [2] vs bye