Andreescu headlines anticipated US Open entry list

NEW YORK, NY, USA - The USTA announced that 13 Grand Slam singles champions and nine of the Top 10 women in the world headline the initial women’s singles entry list for the 2020 US Open, to be played August 31-September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.

The field is led by World No.2 Simona Halep of Romania, a two-time Grand Slam champion; No.3  Karolina Pliskova

View Profile of the Czech Republic; No.4  Sofia Kenin

View Profile  of the United States, the 2020 Australian Open champion; No.5  Elina Svitolina

View Profile  of Ukraine; No.6  Bianca Andreescu

View Profile , of Canada, the defending US Open women’s singles champion; No.7 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands; No.8  Belinda Bencic

View Profile  of Switzerland; No.9 Serena Williams, of the United States, a six-time US Open and 23-time Grand Slam champion; and No.10  Naomi Osaka

View Profile  of Japan, the 2018 US Open and two-time Grand Slam champion.

Additional Grand Slam champions entered into the field include No.12 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, a two-time Grand Slam champion; No.16 Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain, a two-time Grand Slam champion; No.21 Angelique Kerber of Germany, the 2016 US Open and two-time Grand Slam champion, and No.32 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, the 2004 US Open and two-time Grand Slam champion.

No.127  Lizette Cabrera

View Profile , of Australia, is the last player to receive direct entry into the women’s singles field. Four players entered using protected rankings: No.78 Vera Zvonareva (RUS), a former world No.2; No.85 Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR); No.120 Vera Lapko (BLR); and No.123 Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL). Eight additional wild card entries will be selected by the USTA.

The WTA rankings as of August 3 were used to determine the US Open main draw entry list. Seeds will be determined and announced closer to the start of the event.