2018 US Open Seeds: French Champs Halep, Nadal No. 1s; Serena Gets Bump
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The seedings for the upcoming US Open were released today by the tournament. True to form, the men’s seeds went along with the last ATP Rankings, put defending champion Rafael Nadal at No. 1, 5-time winner Roger Federer at 2, 2009 titlist Juan Martin del Potro at 3 and world No. 4 Alexander Zverev at 4.
Recent Wimbledon and Cincinnati winner Novak Djokovic stayed at No. 6 meaning he could be a quarterfinal opponent for Nadal, Federer, del Potro or Zverev. That will be determined when the draw is made Thursday afternoon.
Plus, two former champions Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray are among the many dangerous floaters.
In the women’s draw, Simona Halep will be the top seed at the US Open for a first time. The Romanian cannot lose her No. 1 ranking at the event. The top 4 women’s seeds have won the last four Slams.
But the news is Serena Williams who was bumped up from a 26 to a 17 seed, thus avoiding a Top 8 player in the third round. Venus is the 16 seed, which may have prevented the tournament from placing Serena higher because then Venus would have fallen into the lesser 17-24 seed grouping.
If anyone in the Top 16 does pull out before the schedule is made – Venus has been battling a knee injury – Serena would be the big beneficiary (another reason to put her at 17!)
Last year, Nadal beat Kevin Anderson to win the men’s title. Sloane Stephens upended countrywoman Madison Keys to win the women’s crown.
2018 US Open Men’s Singles Seeds
1. Rafael Nadal, Spain
2. Roger Federer, Switzerland
3. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina
4. Alexander Zverev, Germany
5. Kevin Anderson, South Africa
6. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
7. Marin Cilic, Croatia
8. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria
9. Dominic Thiem, Austria
10. David Goffin, Belgium
11. John Isner, United States
12. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain
13. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina
14. Fabio Fognini, Italy
15. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece
16. Kyle Edmund, Great Britain
17. Lucas Pouille, France
18. Jack Sock, United States
19. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain
20. Borna Coric, Croatia
21. Kei Nishikori, Japan
22. Marco Cecchinato, Italy
23. Hyeon Chung, South Korea
24. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia and Herzegovina
25. Milos Raonic, Canada
26. Richard Gasquet, France
27. Karen Khachanov, Russia
28. Denis Shapovalov, Canada
29. Adrian Mannarino, France
30. Nick Kyrgios, Australia
31. Fernando Verdasco, Spain
32. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia
2018 US Open Women’s Singles Seeds
1. Simona Halep, Romania
2. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
3. Sloane Stephens, United States
4. Angelique Kerber, Germany
5. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
6. Caroline Garcia, France
7. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine
8. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic
9. Julia Goerges, Germany
10. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia
11. Daria Kasatkina, Russia
12. Garbiñe Muguruza, Spain
13. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands
14. Madison Keys, United States
15. Elise Mertens, Belgium
16. Venus Williams, United States
17. Serena Williams, United States
18. Ashleigh Barty, Australia
19. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia
20. Naomi Osaka, Japan
21. Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania
22. Maria Sharapova, Russia
23. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic
24. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States
25. Daria Gavrilova, Australia
26. Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus
27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia
28. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia
29. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia
30. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain
31. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia
32. Maria Sakkari, Greece
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