WTA US Open seeds: Osaka as 1st seeded after winning last year

Thursday, 22 August 2019 at 18:54

Naomi Osaka was seeded last year as 20th, but this year the current world no.1 will defend the title and will be seeded as number 1.

As we are used to, there are always more women candidates to win the Grand Slam than among men, where the Big 3 takes all of the trophies.

This year, Naomi Osaka will be seeded as first, aiming to defend the title and thus the first place in the WTA ranking. She is followed by Barty and Pliskova, who have a good chance of becoming world number 1 after the US Open, as they are just a few points behind Osaka, who will have to defend 2000 points.

Serena Williams will definitely want to win her 24th Grand Slam title to level the record of Margaret Court. But do not forget the 2017 champion Sloane Stephens, who is seeded as 11th.

Another American, Keys, who won the Western & Southern Open last week will be seeded as 10th. And all eyes will be on young talent from Canada, Bianca Andreescu, who returned to the Rogers Cup after being injured and managed to win it.

2019 US Open Women’s Singles Seeds

1. Naomi Osaka, Japan

2. Ashleigh Barty, Australia

3. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic

4. Simona Halep, Romania

5. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine

6. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic

7. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands

8. Serena Williams, United States

9. Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus

10. Madison Keys, United States

11. Sloane Stephens, United States