Nadal Named Top US Open Seed

The USTA announced that world No. 1 Rafael Nadal will be the top seed at the 2010 US Open in men’s singles. 

For 2010, the US Open followed the ATP World Tour rankings to determine the men’s singles seeds.  This is the ninth consecutive year that the US Open has seeded 32 players in both singles events.

1  Rafael Nadal
2  Roger Federer
3  Novak Djokovic
4  Andy Murray
5  Robin Soderling
6  Nikolay Davydenko
7  Tomas Berdych
8  Fernando Verdasco
9  Andy Roddick
10 David Ferrer
11 Marin Cilic
12 Mikhail Youzhny
13 Jurgen Melzer
14 Nicolas Almagro
15 Ivan Ljubicic
16 Marcos Baghdatis
17 Gael Monfils
18 John Isner
19 Mardy Fish
20 Sam Querrey
21 Albert Montanes
22 Juan Carlos Ferrero
23 Feliciano Lopez
24 Ernests Gulbis
25 Stanislas Wawrinka
26 Thomaz Bellucci
27 Fernando Gonzalez
28 Radek Stepanek
29 Philipp Kohlschreiber
30 Juan Monaco
31 David Nalbandian
32 Lleyton Hewitt

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Wozniacki Named Top US Open Seed

The USTA announced that Caroline Wozniacki has been named the top seed in women’s singles at the 2010 US Open. 

For 2010, the US Open followed the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings to determine the women’s singles seeds.  This is the ninth consecutive year that the US Open has seeded 32 players in both singles events.



1  Caroline Wozniacki
2  Kim Clijsters
3  Venus Williams
4  Jelena Jankovic
5  Samantha Stosur
6  Francesca Schiavone
7  Vera Zvonareva
8  Li Na
9  Agnieszka Radwanska
10 Victoria Azarenka
11 Svetlana Kuznetsova
12 Elena Dementieva
13 Marion Bartoli
14 Maria Sharapova
15 Yanina Wickmayer
16 Shahar Peer
17 Nadia Petrova
18 Aravane Rezai
19 Flavia Pennetta
20 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
21 Zheng Jie
22 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
23 Maria Kirilenko
24 Daniela Hantuchova
25 Alexandra Dulgheru
26 Lucie Safarova
27 Petra Kvitova
28 Alisa Kleybanova
29 Alona Bondarenko
30 Yaroslava Shvedova
31 Kaia Kanepi
32 Tsvetana Pironkova