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Australians Ellen Perez, Zoe Hives and Akira Santillan will miss out on the US Open after being knocked out of the qualifiers.

Priscilla Hon and Jamiee Fourlis are the last Australian players left in the US Open qualifiers after three of their compatriots were eliminated.

Ellen Perez, Zoe Hives and Akira Santillan will miss out on the main draw next week after the trio fell in the penultimate qualifying round at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.

Perez was beaten by Romanian Ana Bogdan 6-4 7-6 while Hives fell to American Caroline Dolehide 6-1 7-6 (7-2).

In the men's qualifiers, Santillan slogged it out with Mario Vilella Martinez but the Spaniard eventually prevailed 6-7 6-4 6-2.

Santillan was the last Australian man standing after James Duckworth and John-Patrick Smith exited in the previous round.

The trio's elimination means Hon and Fourlis are the only Australians with a chance to increase the Australian contingent at this year's Open.

Hon faces Czech Denisa Allertova on Friday while Fourlis tackles Slovak Jana Cepelova.