Priscilla Hon has led the Australian charge in the first round of US Open qualifying, beating France’s Harmony Tan in straight sets to seal her place in round two.

Queenslander Hon, the highest-ranked Australian woman in qualifying and seeded 25th, claimed a 6-4 7-5 win on Monday to seal a meeting with Germany’s Katharina Hobgarski as she seeks a place in the main draw of the season’s final grand slam.

Fellow Aussie Maddison Inglis beat Greek player Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6-3 6-4 to set-up an intriguing domestic clash with compatriot Lizette Cabrera, who saw off Poland’s Katarzyna Kawa 6-1 6-7 6-3 at Flushing Meadows.

Nineteen-year-old Melburnian Jaimee Fourlis recovered from losing the opening set to overcome Germany’s Antonia Lottner 5-7 6-4 6-4 and secure a match-up with Russian Ludmilla Samsonova.

Russian-born Aussie Arina Rodionova also moved into the second round as she proved too good for Hungarian Fanny Stollar with a comfortable 6-4 6-2 victory.

Ellen Perez, Zoe Hives, Destanee Aiava and Kaylah McPhee are the other Australian women in qualifying due to play later on Monday.

Australia’s Alex Bolt was an early casualty in the men’s qualifying event, the 28th seed exiting 6-3 6-3 to Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan while Marc Polmans also failed to progress, losing 6-3 6-4 to Japan’s Yuichi Sugita.

Andrew Harris was due to take to court seven against French eighth seed Gregoire Barrere later on Monday while fellow Aussies James Duckworth, John-Patrick Smith, Akira Santillan and Max Purcell are scheduled to play on Tuesday.