WORLD NO. 1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI NAMED TOP SEED AT US OPEN

Written by: Staff on 23rd August 2011

WORLD NO. 1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI NAMED TOP SEED AT US OPEN

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark reacts during her fourth round match against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 27 June 2011. EPA/NEIL MUNNS |

FLUSHING, N.Y., August 23, 2011 – The USTA announced today that world No. 1 Caroline

Wozniacki of Denmark has been named the top seed in women’s singles at the 2011 US Open.

The 2011 US Open will be played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in

Flushing, N.Y., August 29 – September 11. The US Open Women’s Singles Championship is

presented by JPMorgan Chase.

Wozniacki, the 2009 US Open runner-up, is the No. 1 seed at the US Open for the second

consecutive year and is seeking her first Grand Slam title. She will be followed by No. 2 seed

Vera Zvonareva of Russia, who reached the final of both the US Open and Wimbledon last

year. 2006 US Open champion Maria Sharapova of Russia is seeded third, followed by No. 4

seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Three-time US Open champion Serena Williams is seeded

No. 28.

For 2011, the US Open followed the WTA rankings to determine the women’s singles seeds.

This is the tenth consecutive year that the US Open has seeded 32 players in both singles

events.

“After careful deliberation regarding Serena Williams’ seeding, we decided to maintain the

objective criteria in place to determine the women’s singles seeds at this year’s US Open,” said

Jim Curley, US Open Tournament Director and Chief Professional Tournaments Officer, USTA.

Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic is seeded fifth, and 2011

French Open champion Li Na of China is seeded sixth. 2010 French Open champion

Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Marion Bartoli of France are seeded seventh and eighth,

respectively.

The singles draws for the 2011 US Open will be revealed live during a one-hour special edition

of SportsCenter on ESPN, Thursday, August 25 at 12 PM ET. Defending US Open men’s

champion Rafael Nadal will make an appearance from the USTA Billie Jean King National

Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.

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