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WORLD NO. 1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

NAMED TOP WOMEN’S SEED AT 2011 US OPEN


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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[DavidQD]

Tournament Name: 2011 US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA
Dates: AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 11, 2011/QUALIFYING: AUGUST 23-26, 2011
Prize Money: US $TBD
SITE: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Flushing, NY 11368
SURFACE: Hard–Deco Turf II
BALL: Wilson Extra Duty/Regular Duty for Mixed Doubles
WEB SITE: www.usopen.org

Qualifying draw: Monday, August 22, TBA
Main draw: Thursday, August 25, 12:00 p.m.
Men's doubles draw: Sunday, August 28, TBA
Mixed doubles draw: Monday, August 29, 12:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 2000
F: 1200
SF: 720
QF: 360
R16: 180
R32: 90
R64: 45
R128: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q32: 16
Q64: 8
Q128: 0

Entry deadline: July 18, 2011
Seeding: August 22, 2011

Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
Federer, Roger SUI 3
Murray, Andy GBR 4
Soderling, Robin SWE 5
Ferrer, David ESP 6
Monfils, Gael FRA 7
Berdych, Tomas CZE 8
Fish, Mardy USA 9
1Roddick, Andy USA 10
Gasquet, Richard FRA 11
Melzer, Jurgen AUT 12
Troicki, Viktor SRB 13
Almagro, Nicolas ESP 14
Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 15
Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 16
Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 17
Simon, Gilles FRA 18
Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 19
Mayer, Florian GER 20
Haas, Tommy GER @20
Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 21
Verdasco, Fernando ESP 22
Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 23
Lopez, Feliciano ESP 24
Nalbandian, David ARG 25
Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 26
Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 27
Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 29
Llodra, Michael FRA 30
Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 31
Cilic, Marin CRO 32
Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 33
Anderson, Kevin RSA 34
Isner, John USA 35
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 37
Fognini, Fabio ITA 38
Seppi, Andreas ITA 39
Malisse, Xavier BEL 40
Dodig, Ivan CRO 41
Monaco, Juan ARG 42
Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 43
Andujar, Pablo ESP 44
Karlovic, Ivo CRO @44
Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 45
Golubev, Andrey KAZ 46
Granollers, Marcel ESP 47
Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 48
Montanes, Albert ESP 49
Mannarino, Adrian FRA 51
Nishikori, Kei JPN 52
Starace, Potito ITA 53
Haase, Robin NED 54
Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 55
Gonzalez, Fernando CHI @55
Stepanek, Radek CZE 57
Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 59
Kubot, Lukasz POL 60
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 61
Giraldo, Santiago COL 62
Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 63
Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 64
Hanescu, Victor ROU 65
Sweeting, Ryan USA 66
Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 67
Devvarman, Somdev IND 68
Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 69
Istomin, Denis UZB 70
Rosol, Lukas CZE 71
Riba, Pere ESP 72
Tomic, Bernard AUS 73
Haider-Maurer, Andreas AUT 74
Rochus, Olivier BEL 75
Kavcic, Blaz SLO 76
Andreev, Igor RUS 77
Petzschner, Philipp GER 78
Sela, Dudi ISR 79
Berlocq, Carlos ARG 80
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 81
Muller, Gilles LUX 82
Ramos, Albert ESP 83
Berrer, Michael GER 84
Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 85
Prodon, Eric FRA 86
Bachinger, Matthias GER 87
Volandri, Filippo ITA 88
Mello, Ricardo BRA 89
Kamke, Tobias GER 90
Blake, James USA 91
Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 92
Falla, Alejandro COL 93
Gil, Frederico POR 94
Darcis, Steve BEL 95
Machado, Rui POR 96
Mahut, Nicolas FRA 97
Beck, Karol SVK 98
Junqueira, Diego ARG 99
Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 100
Gicquel, Marc FRA 101
Russell, Michael USA 102
de Bakker, Thiemo NED 104
Cipolla, Flavio ITA 105
Ito, Tatsuma JPN 106
Zeballos, Horacio ARG 107
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(WC) Benneteau, Julien FRA (FFT)
(WC) Ginepri, Robby USA
(WC) Harrison, Ryan USA
(WC) Matosevic, Marinko AUS (TA)
(WC) Johnson, Steve USA (NCAA champion)
(WC) Sock, Jack USA (Kalamazoo champion)
(WC) Young, Donald USA
(WC) Reynolds, Bobby USA (USTA playoff champion)

[DavidQD]

Tournament: US Open
Dates: August 29 - September 11, 2011
Location: Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY, USA
Tier: Grand Slam
Prize Money: $0
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Jim Curley


1 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
2 Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
3 Kim Clijsters (BEL)
4 Maria Sharapova (RUS)
5 Elena Dementieva (RUS) Retired
5 Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
6 Petra Kvitova (CZE)
7 Na Li (CHN)
8 Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
9 Marion Bartoli (FRA)
10 Samantha Stosur (AUS)
11 Andrea Petkovic (GER)
12 Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
13 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
14 Shuai Peng (CHN)
15 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
16 Justine Henin (BEL) Retired
16 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
17 Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
18 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
19 Roberta Vinci (ITA)
20 Julia Goerges (GER)
21 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
22 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
23 Sabine Lisicki (GER)
24 Shahar Peer (ISR)
25 Nadia Petrova (RUS)
26 Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
27 Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
28 Lucie Safarova (CZE)
29 Serena Williams (USA)
30 Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
31 Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
32 Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
33 Kaia Kanepi (EST)
34 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)
35 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
36 Venus Williams (USA)
37 Tamira Paszek (AUT)
38 Sara Errani (ITA)
39 Rebecca Marino (CAN)
40 Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
41 Polona Hercog (SLO)
42 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
43 Elena Vesnina (RUS)
44 Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
45 Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
46 Ayumi Morita (JPN)
47 Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
48 Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
49 Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
50 Iveta Benesova (CZE)
51 Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
52 Ksenia Pervak (RUS)
53 Tathiana Garbin (ITA)
53 Simona Halep (ROU)
54 Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
55 Alberta Brianti (ITA)
55 Patty Schnyder (SUI)
56 Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
57 Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
58 Gisela Dulko (ARG)
59 Petra Martic (CRO)
60 Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
61 Elena Baltacha (GBR)
62 Greta Arn (HUN)
63 Sania Mirza (IND)
64 Johanna Larsson (SWE)
65 Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
66 Christina McHale (USA)
67 Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)
68 Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
69 Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
70 Monica Niculescu (ROU)
71 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
72 Vera Dushevina (RUS)
73 Jelena Dokic (AUS)
74 Virginie Razzano (FRA)
75 Laura Pous-Tio (ESP)
76 Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
77 Jie Zheng (CHN)
78 Irina Falconi (USA)
79 Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
80 Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
81 Arantxa Rus (NED)
82 Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
83 Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)
84 Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR)
85 Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
86 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT)
87 Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)
88 Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
89 Kristina Barrois (GER)
90 Marina Erakovic (NZL)
91 Vesna Dolonts (RUS)
92 Alize Cornet (FRA)
93 Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
94 Mirjana Lucic (CRO)
95 Stephanie Dubois (CAN)
96 Shuai Zhang (CHN)
97 Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
98 Dinara Safina (RUS)
99 Mona Barthel (GER)
100 Anne Keothavong (GBR)
101 Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
102 Olga Govortsova (BLR)
103 Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
104 Heather Watson (GBR)
105 Vania King (USA)
106 Misaki Doi (JPN)
107 Angelique Kerber (GER)
108 Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU)
109 Iryna Bremond (FRA)
110 Sloane Stephens (USA)
111 Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
112 Jill Craybas (USA)
113 Coco Vandeweghe (USA)
114 Aravane Rezai (FRA)
115 Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)
116 Urszula Radwanska (POL)
117 Alison Riske (USA)
118 Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)
119 Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)
120 Melanie Oudin (USA)
121 Zuzana Kucova (SVK)
122 Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)
123 Eva Birnerova (CZE)
124 Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
125 Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
126 Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)
127 Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)
128 Mandy Minella (LUX)

[bestworkother]

So in addition to pursuing Slam #14, Serena will also (because she won the USO Series) be trying to take Kim's place in the record books for the single largest payday in womens' sports history.

Kim set the record with her 2.2 Million payday from the '05 Open .

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WORLD NO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC NAMED 2011 US OPEN MEN’S TOP SEED

Five Grand Slam Singles Champions Among the Seeded Players Including Four Former US Open Champions
FLUSHING, N.Y., August 24, 2011 – The USTA announced today that world No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, has been named the top seed in men’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 Men’s Singles Championship is presented by Mercedes-Benz USA.



Djokovic, a three-time Grand Slam champion who is seeking his first US Open title, is the No. 1 seed at the US Open for the first time. He will be followed by No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain, the defending US Open champion; No. 3 Roger Federer of Switzerland, a five-time US Open champion; and No. 4 Andy Murray of Great Britain, the 2008 US Open runner-up.

For 2011, the US Open followed the ATP World Tour rankings to determine the men’s singles seeds. This is the tenth consecutive year that the US Open has seeded 32 players in both singles events.

Djokovic, 24, holds a 57-2 record leading up to this year’s US Open. He has won nine titles this year, including five ATP World Tour Masters Series events, along with his second Australian Open and first Wimbledon titles. Djokovic is a two-time US Open runner-up; he lost to Nadal last year, and to Federer in 2007.

For the first time in his career, Mardy Fish will be the highest-seeded American at No. 8. 2003 US Open champion Andy Roddick is seeded No. 21 and John Isner is seeded No. 28.

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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[CuittisIL]

So in addition to pursuing Slam #14, Serena will also (because she won the USO Series) be trying to take Kim's place in the record books for the single largest payday in womens' sports history.

Kim set the record with her 2.2 Million payday from the '05 Open .

Not that she needs anymore motivation, but she did tell Pam after winning in Toronto that she could use the extra money since she's been out so long.

LOL - I can't wait until the USO!!!

[DavidQD]

ESPN is airing both the men's and women's draw live at noon today. TAT should have the draws up as soon after they're posted online as possible.

Sorry for the error. Its ESPN.

[moopogyOvenny]

I spy a sneaky little 5th seed in the women's draw.

[Guaranano]

I spy a sneaky little 5th seed in the women's draw.

LOL. I didn't even notice that.

[bestworkother]

I spy a sneaky little 5th seed in the women's draw.

Ever wonder if she thinks to herself "why didn't I give it one more year" ?

[FelixQY]

I spy a sneaky little 5th seed in the women's draw.

and 16th seed

[DavidQD]

The 5th and 16th seed situation in the WTA players list still hasn't been corrected on the official site. Weird.

[TeemFilla]

Wishful thinking on the part of the organizers of the US Open?

[beneitpedro]

And they still have Dinara, Alisa, and Bacsinszky on the list, all of whom withdrew quite a while ago. Solid work USO

[Switiespils]

So far:
Nole/Monfils
Fed/Fish
Murray/Soderling
Rafa/Ferrer

[bestworkother]

What was going on with the draw show? Wertheim has posted the following tweets:

jon_wertheim Jon Wertheim
RT @zootennis: RT @NeilHarmanTimes Basically, this is how NOT to do a grand slam tournament draw. A mess

8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply »
jon_wertheim Jon Wertheim
What is going on with this draw show? Once again someone is dropping the ball....

[Switiespils]

So far:
Nole/Monfils (Berdych)
Fed/Fish (Tsonga)
Murray/Soderling (delpo, Isner)
Rafa/Ferrer (Roddick)

[Switiespils]

Nole/Dodig
Dolgopolov/Gasquet
Berdych/Tipsy
Granollers/Monfils

Fed/Cilic
Stepanek/Troicki
Tsonga/ Verdasco
Fish/Llodra

Soderling/Isner
Delpo/Simon
Wawrinka/Chela
Lopez/Murray

Ferrer/Mayer
Roddick/Almagro
Youzhny/Melzer
Rafa/Ljubicic

[FelixQY]

What was going on with the draw show? Wertheim has posted the following tweets:

and it is not live.

The draw is made before they go in, with the exception of the seeds from No.3 to No.32 in both sections. Totally ridiculous

http://twitter.com/#!/NeilHarmanTimes

[Switiespils]

Caro/Li Na
Vika/Franny
Sharapova/Kvitova
Vera/Bartoli