Carlos Alcaraz will defend his US Open title because the No 1 seed when the ultimate Grand Slam of the yr will get underway in New York on Monday. The Spaniard, who moved again to the highest of the world rankings after beating Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, got here unstuck towards his Serbian rival within the ultimate of the Cincinatti Open final Sunday however edged out the 23-time Grand Slam champion by simply 20 factors to take the highest seed place at Flushing Meadows.

It is the third time that Murcia native Alacaraz has been put in as the highest seed for a Grand Slam after he was awarded the berth at each SW19 and the French Open. Alacaraz was set to be the No 1 seed on the Australian Open in January as effectively, earlier than withdrawing with an harm.

With Djokovic second seed, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev is positioned third. Danish star Holger Rune takes his highest-ever Grand Slam seeding in fourth, adopted by Casper Ruud, Jannik Sinner, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev. The American pair of Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe completes the highest 10.

Other US stars to make it into the record of 32 seeded gamers within the males's draw embrace Tommy Paul (14), Chris Eubanks (28) and Sebastian Korda (31). It is a big second for Georgia-born Eubanks who's seeded for the primary time in his profession having solely damaged into the world's high 100 earlier this yr.

The 27-year-old one his maiden ATP title in Mallorca every week earlier than making it to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, propelling him into the highlight.

Britain has two seeded representatives with Cameron Norrie ranked sixteenth and Dan Evans twenty sixth, however Andy Murray is 5 locations exterior the rankings and won't be seeded. Notable absentees within the males's draw embrace Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios who're each nonetheless recovering from accidents which have wrecked their seasons, whereas Jan-Lennard Struff and Denis Shapovalov have each withdrawn.

In the ladies's draw, there isn't any Emma Raducanu. She is lacking after present process wrist surgical procedure as she appears to deal with an issue that has rendered her season a write-off. The 19-year-old grew to become the primary Brit to win a Grand Slam title since Virginia Wade when she surprised the tennis world in New York two years in the past with out dropping a set.

Polish star Iga Swiatek is the highest seed for the seventh consecutive time. Despite struggling a shock defeat to Coco Gauff within the Cincinnati Open semifinals, she remains to be world No 1 and can look to defend her title because the primary seed.

Aryna Sabalenka takes second spot, adopted by Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Ons Jabeur, Cincinnati Open winner Gauff, Caroline Garcia, Maria Sakkari, Marketa Vondrousova and Karolina Muchova who was crushed by Gauff in Sunday's WTA 1000 occasion ultimate.

2023 US Open males’s singles seeds

1. Carlos Alcaraz

2. Novak Djokovic

3. Daniil Medvedev

4. Holger Rune

5. Casper Ruud

6. Jannik Sinner

7. Stefanos Tsitsipas

8. Andrey Rublev

9. Taylor Fritz

10. Frances Tiafoe

11. Karen Khachanov

12. Alexander Zverev

13. Alex de Minaur

14. Tommy Paul

15. Felix Auger-Aliassime

16. Cameron Norrie

17. Hubert Hurkacz

18. Lorenzo Musetti

19. Grigor Dimitrov

20. Francisco Cerundolo

21. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

22. Adrian Mannarino

23. Nicolas Jarry

24. Tallon Griekspoor

25. Alexander Bublik

26. Dan Evans

27. Borna Coric

28. Christopher Eubanks

29. Ugo Humbert

30. Tomas Martin Etcheverry

31. Sebastian Korda

32. Laslo Djere

2023 US Open girls’s singles seeds

1. Iga Swiatek

2. Aryna Sabalenka

3. Jessica Pegula

4. Elena Rybakina

5. Ons Jabeur

6. Coco Gauff

7. Caroline Garcia

8. Maria Sakkari

9. Marketa Vondrousova

10. Karolina Muchova

11. Petra Kvitova

12. Barbora Krejcikova

13. Daria Kasatkina

14. Liudmila Samsonova

15. Belinda Bencic

16. Veronika Kudermetova

17. Madison Keys

18. Victoria Azarenka

19. Beatriz Haddad Maia

20. Jeļena Ostapenko

21. Donna Vekic

22. Ekaterina Alexandrova

23. Zheng Qinwen

24. Magda Linette

25. Karolina Pliskova

26. Elina Svitolina

27. Anastasia Potapova

28. Anhelina Kalinina

29. Elisabetta Cocciaretto

30. Sorana Cirstea

31. Marie Bouzkova

32. Elise Mertens