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French Open champion Alexander Zverev and two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka are the No. 1 seeds in the singles draw at the US Open, the United States Tennis Association announced Thursday, Aug. 27.
The singles tournament in the year’s last Grand Slam starts Sunday, Aug. 30, and runs through the women’s final on Sept. 12 and the men’s championship on Sept. 13.
The seeds are based on the current official ATP and WTA rankings, and players ranked behind injured players or those not playing in the tournament will move up the seeding list, which is why Zverev, ranked second in the world, is the top seed this year.
There are five Americans total in the top 10 seeds of both the men’s and women’s draws (Jessica Pegula (No. 3), Coco Gauff (No. 4), Ben Shelton (No. 8), Taylor Fritz (No. 9) and Amanda Anisimova (No. 10).
Potential quarterfinals in the men’s draw include Alexander Zverev (1) vs. Alex de Minaur (6), Felix Auger-Aliassime (3) vs. Flavio Cobolli (5), Daniil Medvedev (7) vs. Novak Djokovic (4), Ben Shelton (8) vs. Carlos Alcaraz (2).
The women’s draw packs a punch for potential quarterfinals matchups with Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs Linda Nosková (6), Coco Gauff (4) vs. Mirra Andreeva (5), Jessica Pegula (3) vs. Karolína Muchová (7), Iga Świątek(8) vs. Elena Rybakina (2).
Alcaraz begins his title defense against Roman Safiullin, who is ranked No. 98 in the world, while Sabalenka’s first-round opponent is Camila Osorio of Colombia.
Here are the top seeds in the men’s and women’s singles draw:
US Open men’s singles top seeds
- 1 – Alexander Zverev (GER)
- 2 – Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
- 3 – Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
- 4 – Novak Djoković (SRB)
- 5 – Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
- 6 – Alex de Minaur (AUS)
- 7 – Daniil Medvedev
- 8 – Ben Shelton (USA)
- 9 – Taylor Fritz (USA)
- 10 – Arthur Fils (FRA)
- 11 – Frances Tiafoe (USA)
- 12 – Rafael Jódar (ESP)
- 13 – Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
- 14 – Learner Tien (USA)
- 15 – Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
- 16 – Brandon Nakashima (USA)
- 17 – Jakub Menšík (CZE)
- 18 – Jiří Lehečka (CZE)
- 19 – Casper Ruud (NOR)
- 20 – Tommy Paul (USA)
- 21 – Luciano Darderi (ITA)
- 22 – Valentin Vacherot (MON)
- 23 – Andrey Rublev
- 24 – Fran Cerundolo (ARG)
- 25 – Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
- 26 – Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)
- 27 – Tomás Martín Etcheverry (ARG)
- 28- Alexander Blockx (BEL)
- 29- Cameron Norrie (GBR)
- 30 – Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
- 31- Zizou Bergs (BEL)
- 32 – Ignacio Buse (PER)
US Open women’s singles top seeds
- 1 – Aryna Sabalenka
- 2 – Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
- 3 – Jessica Pegula (USA)
- 4 – Coco Gauff (USA)
- 5 – Mirra Andreeva
- 6 – Linda Nosková (CZE)
- 7 – Karolína Muchová (CZE)
- 8 – Iga Świątek (POL)
- 9 – Elina Svitolina (UKR)
- 10 – Amanda Anisimova (USA)
- 11 – Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
- 12 – Belinda Bencic (SUI)
- 13 – Naomi Osaka (JPN)
- 14 – Iva Jovic (USA)
- 15 – Diana Shnaider
- 16 – Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)
- 17 – Alexandra Eala (PHI)
- 18 – Ekaterina Alexandrova
- 19 – Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
- 20 – Maja Chwalinska (POL)
- 21 – Anna Kalinskaya
- 22 – Madison Keys (USA)
- 23 – Elise Mertens (BEL)
- 24 – Anastasia Potapova (AUT)
- 25 – Marie Bouzková (CZE)
- 26 – Emma Navarro (USA)
- 27 – Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)
- 28 – Sára Bejlek (CZE)
- 29 – Ann Li (USA)
- 30 – Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)
- 31 – Leylah Fernández (CAN)
- 32 – Maria Sakkari (GRE)