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
12. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia
13. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland
14. Angelique Kerber, Germany
15. Bianca Andreescu, Canada
16. Johanna Konta, Great Britain
17. Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic
18. Qiang Wang, China
19. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
20. Sofia Kenin, United States
21. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia
22. Petra Martic, Croatia
23. Donna Vekic, Croatia
24. Garbiñe Muguruza, Spain
25. Elise Mertens, Belgium
26. Julia Goerges, Germany
27. Caroline Garcia, France
28. Carla Suárez Navarro, Spain
29. Su-Wei Hsieh, Chinese Taipei
30. Maria Sakkari, Greece
31. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic
32. Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine