The Most Unpredictable US Open Ever: Previewing The Women’s Draw

The top seeds from 9 to 16 and the odds of the eve

9. Johanna Konta

2019 US Open: QF, defeated by Elina Svitolina.

Best career result: QF (2019)

10. Garbiñe Muguruza

2019 US Open: 1^st round, defeated by Alison Riske.

Best career result: 4^th round (2017)

11. Elena Rybakina

2019 US Open: 1^st round, defeated by Karolina Muchova.

Best result: 1^st round (2019)

12. Marketa Vondrousova

2019 US Open: absent

Best career result: 3^rd round (2018)

13. Alison Riske

2019 US Open: 2^nd round, defeated by Jelena Ostapenko.

Best career result: 4^th round (2013)

14. Anett Kontaveit

2019 US Open: 3^rd round, retired due to illness.

Best result: 4^th round (2015)

15. Maria Sakkari

2019 US Open: 3^rd round, defeated by Ashleigh Barty.

Best career result: 3^rd round (2017, 2019)

16. Elise Mertens

2019 US Open: QF, defeated by Bianca Andreescu.

Best career result: QF (2019)

ODDS

Finally, let’s see how the bookies are feeling on the eve of the US Open. Albeit with very few objective results to back it up, the people at Oddschecker trust Serena Williams, with a little margin on others at 11/2. Right behind her, Naomi Osaka (the 2018 champion) is to be found at 6, followed by the Australian Open champion, Sofia Kenin, and by never-Slammer Karolina Pliskova at 10, while Aryna Sabalenka and Petra Kvitova are at 12.

Similarly, bookies.com puts Osaka and Williams on par, at 4, then Kenin at 8, Pliskova at 9, Madison Keys at 13, and Kvitova at 14