2021 US Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2021 US Open
2020 Champion	Naomi Osaka
Details
Draw	128 (8 WC )
Events

Naomi Osaka is the defending champion.^[1]

This is the first Grand Slam since the 2011 French Open where neither Venus Williams nor Serena Williams participated in the tournament, as well as the first time that neither of the Williams sisters played at the US Open since 2003.^[2]

Seeds

01. Ashleigh Barty

02. Aryna Sabalenka

03. Naomi Osaka

04. Karolína Plíšková

05. Elina Svitolina

06. Bianca Andreescu

07. Iga Świątek

08. Barbora Krejčíková

09. Garbiñe Muguruza

10. Petra Kvitová

11. Belinda Bencic

12. Simona Halep

13. Jennifer Brady

14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

15. Elise Mertens

16. Angelique Kerber

17. Maria Sakkari

18. Victoria Azarenka

19. Elena Rybakina

20. Ons Jabeur

21. Coco Gauff

22. Karolína Muchová

23. Jessica Pegula

24. Paula Badosa

25. Daria Kasatkina

26. Danielle Collins

27. Jeļena Ostapenko

28. Anett Kontaveit

29. Veronika Kudermetova

30. Petra Martić

31. Yulia Putintseva

32. Ekaterina Alexandrova

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Flag Icon Key
List of National Flags

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top half

Section 1

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

1

A Barty

V Zvonareva

C Burel

29

22

C Liu

WC

H Baptiste

S Zhang

Q/LL

13

J Brady

Section 2

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

11

B Bencic

A Rus

M Trevisan

WC

C Vandeweghe

M Doi

WC

23

28

PR

Q/LL

F Ferro

Q/LL

7

I Świątek

Section 3

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

4

WC

Z Diyas

WC

Q/LL

30

24

Q/LL

WC

A Krueger

A Riske

14

A Pavlyuchenkova

Section 4

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

10

Q/LL

17

27

Q/LL

L Davis

Q/LL

V Golubic

6

B Andreescu

Bottom half

Section 5

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

5

Q/LL

Q/LL

25

19

Q/LL

A Li

Q/LL

C Giorgi

12

S Halep

Section 6

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

16

Q/LL

M Keys

21

C Gauff

31

Y Putintseva

K Kanepi

LA Fernandez

Q/LL

WC

A Parks

Q/LL

M Bouzková

3

N Osaka

Section 7

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

8

B Krejčíková

Q/LL

WC

J Konta

32

18

PR

9

Section 8

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

15

Q/LL

PR

20

26

PR

K Juvan

B Pera

T Zidanšek

N Stojanović

2

A Sabalenka

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of August 23, 2021. Rank and points before are as of August 30, 2021.

As a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system, players are defending the greater of their points from the 2019 and 2020 tournaments.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending from 2019 or 2020	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	10,185	240	10	9,955	First round vs Vera Zvonareva
2	2	Aryna Sabalenka	7,010	70	10	6,950	First round vs Nina Stojanović
3	3	Naomi Osaka	6,666	2,000	10	4,676	First round vs Marie Bouzková
4	4	Karolína Plíšková	5,530	240	10	5,300	First round vs Caty McNally [WC]
5	5	Elina Svitolina		780	10		First round vs [Q]
6	7	Bianca Andreescu	4,537	2,000	10	2,547	First round vs Viktorija Golubic
7	8	Iga Świątek	4,461	130	10	4,341	First round vs [Q]
8	9	Barbora Krejčíková	4,273	(35)^†	10	4,248	First round vs [Q]
9	10	Garbiñe Muguruza	4,210	70	10	4,150	First round vs Donna Vekić
10	11	Petra Kvitová	4,170	240	10	3,940	First round vs Polona Hercog
11	12	Belinda Bencic	4,170	780	10	3,400	First round vs Arantxa Rus
12	13	Simona Halep	3,881	70	10	3,821	First round vs Camila Giorgi
13	14	Jennifer Brady	3,489	780+29	10+15	2,705	First round vs [Q]
14	15	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	3,420	70	10	3,360	First round vs Alison Riske
15	16	Elise Mertens	3,330	430	10	2,910	First round vs Rebecca Peterson
16	17	Angelique Kerber	3,245	240	10	3,015	First round vs Dayana Yastremska
17	18	Maria Sakkari	3,210	240	10	2,980	First round vs Marta Kostyuk
18	19	Victoria Azarenka	3,160	1,300	10	1,870	First round vs Tereza Martincová
19	20	Elena Rybakina	3,083	70	10	3,023	First round vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
20	21	Ons Jabeur	2,975	130	10	2,855	First round vs Alizé Cornet
21	23	Coco Gauff	2,875	130	10	2,755	First round vs Magda Linette
22	24	Karolína Muchová	2,862	240	10	2,632	First round vs Sara Sorribes Tormo
23	25	Jessica Pegula	2,425	130	10	2,305	First round vs Anastasia Potapova
24	26	Paula Badosa	2,343	30+110	10+30	2,243	First round vs Alison Van Uytvanck
25	27	Daria Kasatkina	2,340	10	10	2,340	First round vs Tsvetana Pironkova
26		Danielle Collins	2,270	70	10	2,210	First round vs Carla Suárez Navarro [PR]
27		Jeļena Ostapenko	2,170	130	10	2,050	First round vs Nadia Podoroska
28		Anett Kontaveit		240	10		First round vs Samantha Stosur [PR]
29	31	Veronika Kudermetova	2,040	10	10	2,040	First round vs Sorana Cîrstea
30	32	Petra Martić	2,005	240	10	1,775	First round vs [Q]
31	33	Yulia Putintseva	1,910	430	10	1,490	First round vs Kaia Kanepi
32		Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,866	70	10	1,806	First round vs Sara Errani

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019 or 2020. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending from 2019 or 2020	Points after	Withdrawal reason
6	Sofia Kenin	5,030	240	4,790	Positive COVID-19 test
22	Serena Williams	2,891	1,300	1,591	Hamstring injury

Other entry information

Wild card entries

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

Sofia Kenin^[5] → replaced by Lucky loser
Laura Siegemund → replaced by Kaja Juvan
Patricia Maria Țig^[6] → replaced by Claire Liu
Wang Qiang^[7] → replaced by Lucky loser^[a]^[b]
Serena Williams → replaced by Lucky loser
Venus Williams → replaced by Lucky loser
Zheng Saisai^[4] → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
Zhu Lin^[4] → replaced by Sara Errani

^ Kirsten Flipkens was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but she later withdrew due to ongoing left ankle injury.^[8]
^ After Flipkens's withdrawal from the event, Venus Williams was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but also withdrew due to a leg injury.^[5]

References

^ "Naomi Osaka fights back to sink Victoria Azarenka and regain US Open". The Guardian. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ "Venus Williams joins Serena in withdrawing from US Open: 'Not the best news'". New York Post. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "Ashlyn Krueger crowned singles and doubles champion at USTA Billie Jean King Girls' 18s National Championships". www.sdnews.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chiesa, Victoria (July 21, 2021). "Ashleigh Barty, Naomi Osaka lead 2021 US Open women's entry list". US Open. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Sofia Kenin, Milos Raonic withdraw from 2021 US Open". US Open. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
^ "STAN WAWRINKA WITHDRAWS FROM US OPEN, MOVING ANDY MURRAY INTO MAIN DRAW". Tennis.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
^ "Wang Out, Flipkens In US Open". Tennis Now. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ "Flipkens Out, Venus in US Open Main Draw". Tennis Now. August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

External links

Preceded by 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2022 Australian Open – Women's Singles

[9] Kirsten Flipkens was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but she later withdrew due to ongoing left ankle injury.^[8]

[10] After Flipkens's withdrawal from the event, Venus Williams was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but also withdrew due to a leg injury.^[5]

[1] "Naomi Osaka fights back to sink Victoria Azarenka and regain US Open". The Guardian. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

[2] "Venus Williams joins Serena in withdrawing from US Open: 'Not the best news'". New York Post. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[3] "Ashlyn Krueger crowned singles and doubles champion at USTA Billie Jean King Girls' 18s National Championships". www.sdnews.com.

[WomensEntryList-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chiesa, Victoria (July 21, 2021). "Ashleigh Barty, Naomi Osaka lead 2021 US Open women's entry list". US Open. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[Kenin,_Williams,_Williams_out-5] "Sofia Kenin, Milos Raonic withdraw from 2021 US Open". US Open. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

[6] "STAN WAWRINKA WITHDRAWS FROM US OPEN, MOVING ANDY MURRAY INTO MAIN DRAW". Tennis.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[7] "Wang Out, Flipkens In US Open". Tennis Now. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[8] "Flipkens Out, Venus in US Open Main Draw". Tennis Now. August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

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Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X)^† French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
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