2017 US Open – Women's singles

Sloane Stephens defeated Madison Keys in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 US Open.^[1] It was her first major title. Stephens was the first player using a protected ranking to win a major title, and the second unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the US Open (after Kim Clijsters in 2009).^[2][3] It was the first all-American final at the US Open since 2002; for the first time at a major since the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, all four semifinalists were American, and all from the same country overall.^[4]

Women's singles
2017 US Open
Champion	Sloane Stephens
Runner-up	Madison Keys
Score	6–3, 6–0
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32

Main article: 2017 US Open (tennis)

Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Naomi Osaka.^[5] Kerber was the second US Open defending champion to lose in the first round, after Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2005.^[6] Osaka would go on to win the title the next year.

Garbiñe Muguruza became the new world No. 1 after Karolína Plíšková failed to defend her finalist points. Eight of the top nine seeds (with the exception of Kerber) were in contention for the top ranking.^[7]

This was Maria Sharapova's first major since the 2016 Australian Open, following a suspension for violating anti-doping rules. She was awarded a wildcard into the main draw, and was defeated by Anastasija Sevastova in the fourth round.^[8]

Venus Williams became the first player in history to reach the semifinals of the US Open 10 years apart and then do so another 10 years apart, in 1997, 2007, and 2017. (Her younger sister, Serena Williams, would join her in doing so at the 1999, 2009, and 2019 US Opens.) Kaia Kanepi was the first qualifier to reach the quarterfinals since Barbara Gerken in 1981, and was the lowest-ranked player ever to reach a major quarterfinal, being ranked No. 418.^[9]

This was the final major appearance for former world No. 1 Jelena Janković, who lost to Petra Kvitová in the first round. Janković would formally retire from tennis five years later.

Seeds

01.   Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)

02.   Simona Halep (first round)

03.   Garbiñe Muguruza (fourth round)

04.   Elina Svitolina (fourth round)

05.   Caroline Wozniacki (second round)

06.   Angelique Kerber (first round)

07.   Johanna Konta (first round)

08.   Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)

09.   Venus Williams (semifinals)

10.   Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)

11.   Dominika Cibulková (second round)

12.   Jeļena Ostapenko (third round)

13.   Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals)

14.   Kristina Mladenovic (first round)

15.   Madison Keys (final)

16.   Anastasija Sevastova (quarterfinals)

17.   Elena Vesnina (third round)

18.   Caroline Garcia (third round)

19.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round)

20.   CoCo Vandeweghe (semifinals)

21.   Ana Konjuh (first round)

22.   Peng Shuai (second round)

23.   Barbora Strýcová (second round)

24.   Kiki Bertens (first round)

25.   Daria Gavrilova (second round)

26.   Anett Kontaveit (first round)

27.   Zhang Shuai (third round)

28.   Lesia Tsurenko (first round)

29.   Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (second round)

30.   Julia Görges (fourth round)

31.   Magdaléna Rybáriková (third round)

32.   Lauren Davis (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Karolína Plíšková	64	3
	20	CoCo Vandeweghe	77	6
								20	CoCo Vandeweghe	1	2
								15	Madison Keys	6	6
	15	Madison Keys	6	6
	Q	Kaia Kanepi	3	3
															15	Madison Keys	3	0
															PR	Sloane Stephens	6	6
	9	Venus Williams	6	3	77
	13	Petra Kvitová	3	6	62
								9	Venus Williams	1	6	5
								PR	Sloane Stephens	6	0	7
	PR	Sloane Stephens	6	3	77
	16	Anastasija Sevastova	3	6	64

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	Ka Plíšková	6	6
		M Linette	2	1				1	Ka Plíšková	2	6	6
		V Cepede Royg	0	6	1			Q	N Gibbs	6	3	4
	Q	N Gibbs	6	1	6										1	Ka Plíšková	3	7	6
		R Ozaki	6	65	77										27	S Zhang	6	5	4
	Q	D Lao	3	77	65				R Ozaki	0	3
	PR	S Lisicki	77	3	0			27	S Zhang	6	6
	27	S Zhang	64	6	6																	1	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	23	B Strýcová	6	6																			J Brady	1	0
		M Doi	1	3				23	B Strýcová	1	1
		J Brady	6	3	6				J Brady	6	6
		A Petkovic	4	6	1											J Brady	6	4	77
	WC	T Townsend	4	6	3											M Niculescu	3	6	63
		A Bogdan	6	4	6				A Bogdan	2	6	3
		M Niculescu	6	6					M Niculescu	6	3	6
	14	K Mladenovic	3	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	10	A Radwańska	6	77
		P Martić	4	63				10	A Radwańska	7	6
	Q	S Zhuk	63	3					Y Putintseva	5	2
		Y Putintseva	77	6											10	A Radwańska	5	6	4
		O Jabeur	6	7											20	C Vandeweghe	7	4	6
	WC	B Minor	1	5					O Jabeur	66	2
		A Riske	6	3	4			20	C Vandeweghe	78	6
	20	C Vandeweghe	2	6	6																	20	C Vandeweghe	6	77
	26	A Kontaveit	77	1	4																		L Šafářová	4	62
		L Šafářová	65	6	6				L Šafářová	6	3	6
		N Hibino	6	4	7				N Hibino	1	6	2
		C Bellis	3	6	5											L Šafářová	6	6
		K Nara	6	6												K Nara	3	2
		S Sorribes Tormo	1	2					K Nara	6	3	6
		M Vondroušová	6	4	62			8	S Kuznetsova	3	6	3
	8	S Kuznetsova	4	6	77

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	E Svitolina	6	65	6
		K Siniaková	0	77	3			4	E Svitolina	6	6
		E Rodina	77	6					E Rodina	4	4
		E Bouchard	62	1											4	E Svitolina	6	7
		S Rogers	6	4	6											S Rogers	4	5
	WC	K Day	2	6	4				S Rogers	78	4	77
	Q	A Kiick	2	1				25	D Gavrilova	66	6	65
	25	D Gavrilova	6	6																		4	E Svitolina	62	6	4
	17	E Vesnina	6	6																		15	M Keys	77	1	6
	Q	A Blinkova	1	3				17	E Vesnina	6	6
		M Brengle	2	3					K Flipkens	4	4
		K Flipkens	6	6											17	E Vesnina	6	4	1
		T Maria	6	6											15	M Keys	2	6	6
	WC	A Kratzer	1	1					T Maria	3	4
		E Mertens	3	66				15	M Keys	6	6
	15	M Keys	6	78

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	12	J Ostapenko	6	1	6
		L Arruabarrena	2	6	1			12	J Ostapenko	6	6
	Q	L Kerkhove	1	3					S Cîrstea	4	4
		S Cîrstea	6	6											12	J Ostapenko	3	2
		D Kasatkina	67	6	6											D Kasatkina	6	6
		Q Wang	79	2	3				D Kasatkina	7	6
		C McHale	3	6	6				C McHale	5	3
	19	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	3	2																		D Kasatkina	4	4
	28	L Tsurenko	3	1																		Q	K Kanepi	6	6
		Y Wickmayer	6	6					Y Wickmayer	4	2
	Q	K Kanepi	0	6	6			Q	K Kanepi	6	6
		F Schiavone	6	4	2										Q	K Kanepi	6	2	7
		D Allertová	6	77												N Osaka	3	6	5
	Q	R Peterson	2	65					D Allertová	3	6	5
		N Osaka	6	6					N Osaka	6	4	7
	6	A Kerber	3	1

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	C Wozniacki	6	7
	Q	M Buzărnescu	1	5				5	C Wozniacki	2	77	1
		M Barthel	2	1					E Makarova	6	65	6
		E Makarova	6	6												E Makarova	1	6	3
	Q	İ Soylu	4	2												C Suárez Navarro	6	3	6
		C Suárez Navarro	6	6					C Suárez Navarro	4	77	6
		M Puig	4	77	64			29	M Lučić-Baroni	6	64	2
	29	M Lučić-Baroni	6	64	77																		C Suárez Navarro	3	6	1
	24	K Bertens	3	4																		9	V Williams	6	3	6
		M Sakkari	6	6					M Sakkari	7	6
		R Hogenkamp	5	5				WC	Ar Rodionova	5	3
	WC	Ar Rodionova	7	7												M Sakkari	3	4
		P Parmentier	6	0	66										9	V Williams	6	6
		O Dodin	3	6	78				O Dodin	5	4
	Q	V Kužmová	3	6	2			9	V Williams	7	6
	9	V Williams	6	3	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	13	P Kvitová	7	7
		J Janković	5	5				13	P Kvitová	6	6
		H Watson	4	4					A Cornet	1	2
		A Cornet	6	6											13	P Kvitová	6	6
	Q	A Zaja	2	3											18	C Garcia	0	4
		E Alexandrova	6	6					E Alexandrova	6	3	0
	Q	T Martincová	0	1				18	C Garcia	4	6	6
	18	C Garcia	6	6																		13	P Kvitová	77	6
	31	M Rybáriková	6	6																		3	G Muguruza	63	3
		C Giorgi	3	4				31	M Rybáriková	77	77
		Kr Plíšková	6	6					Kr Plíšková	64	63
	PR	M Eguchi	2	2											31	M Rybáriková	1	1
	Q	C Liu	68	63											3	G Muguruza	6	6
		Y Duan	710	77					Y Duan	4	0
		V Lepchenko	0	3				3	G Muguruza	6	6
	3	G Muguruza	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	7	J Konta	6	3	4
		A Krunić	4	6	6				A Krunić	6	6
	PR	A Tomljanović	7	6				PR	A Tomljanović	3	2
		J Larsson	5	4												A Krunić	3	3
		S Zheng	6	3	6										30	J Görges	6	6
		A Van Uytvanck	4	6	1				S Zheng	2	1
		A Beck	1	0				30	J Görges	6	6
	30	J Görges	6	6																		30	J Görges	3	6	1
	21	A Konjuh	6	0	1																	PR	S Stephens	6	3	6
		A Barty	4	6	6				A Barty	6	79
		A Sasnovich	6	6					A Sasnovich	1	67
		J Boserup	2	2												A Barty	2	4
	PR	S Stephens	7	6											PR	S Stephens	6	6
		R Vinci	5	1				PR	S Stephens	6	5	6
		J Čepelová	77	3	2			11	D Cibulková	2	7	3
	11	D Cibulková	65	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	16	A Sevastova	7	6
		C Witthöft	5	1				16	A Sevastova	6	6
		I-C Begu	2	67				Q	K Kozlova	4	4
	Q	K Kozlova	6	79											16	A Sevastova	6	6
		D Vekić	6	6												D Vekić	2	3
		B Haddad Maia	2	1					D Vekić	6	6
	WC	A Hesse	4	1				22	S Peng	0	2
	22	S Peng	6	6																		16	A Sevastova	5	6	6
	32	L Davis	5	5																		WC	M Sharapova	7	4	2
	WC	S Kenin	7	7				WC	S Kenin	6	4	77
		N Vikhlyantseva	6	4	1			Q	S Vickery	3	6	60
	Q	S Vickery	4	6	6										WC	S Kenin	5	2
		V Golubic	5	7	5										WC	M Sharapova	7	6
		T Babos	7	5	7				T Babos	77	4	1
	WC	M Sharapova	6	4	6			WC	M Sharapova	64	6	6
	2	S Halep	4	6	3

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seeds are based on the rankings as of August 21, 2017. Rank and points before are as of August 28, 2017.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Karolína Plíšková	6,390	1,300	430	5,520	Quarterfinals lost to CoCo Vandeweghe [20]
2	2	Simona Halep	6,385	430	10	5,965	First round lost to Maria Sharapova [WC]
3	3	Garbiñe Muguruza	5,860	70	240	6,030	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [13]
4	4	Elina Svitolina	5,530	130	240	5,640	Fourth round lost to Madison Keys [15]
5	5	Caroline Wozniacki	5,350	780	70	4,640	Second round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
6	6	Angelique Kerber	5,146	2,000	10	3,156	First round lost to Naomi Osaka
7	7	Johanna Konta	4,750	240	10	4,520	First round lost to Aleksandra Krunić
8	8	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4,410	70	70	4,410	Second round lost to Kurumi Nara
9	9	Venus Williams	4,216	240	780	4,756	Semifinals lost to Sloane Stephens [PR]
10	11	Agnieszka Radwańska	3,570	240	130	3,460	Third round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe [20]
11	10	Dominika Cibulková	3,830	130	70	3,770	Second round lost to Sloane Stephens [PR]
12	12	Jeļena Ostapenko	3,382	10	130	3,502	Third round lost to Daria Kasatkina
13	14	Petra Kvitová	3,120	240	430	3,310	Quarterfinals lost to Venus Williams [9]
14	13	Kristina Mladenovic	3,155	70	10	3,095	First round lost to Monica Niculescu
15	16	Madison Keys	2,343	240	1,300	3,403	Runner-up, lost to Sloane Stephens [PR]
16	17	Anastasija Sevastova	2,295	430	430	2,295	Quarterfinals lost to Sloane Stephens [PR]
17	18	Elena Vesnina	2,140	130	130	2,140	Third round lost to Madison Keys [15]
18	19	Caroline Garcia	2,135	130	130	2,135	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [13]
19	21	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,065	130	10	1,945	First round lost to Christina McHale
20	22	CoCo Vandeweghe	1,994	10	780	2,764	Semifinals lost to Madison Keys [15]
21	23	Ana Konjuh	1,805	430	10	1,385	First round lost to Ashleigh Barty
22	24	Peng Shuai	1,800	10	70	1,860	Second round lost to Donna Vekić
23	25	Barbora Strýcová	1,725	10	70	1,785	Second round lost to Jennifer Brady
24	27	Kiki Bertens	1,670	10	10	1,670	First round lost to Maria Sakkari
25	20	Daria Gavrilova	2,075	10	70	2,135	Second round lost to Shelby Rogers
26	29	Anett Kontaveit	1,630	10	10	1,630	First round lost to Lucie Šafářová
27	26	Zhang Shuai	1,685	130	130	1,685	Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková [1]
28	30	Lesia Tsurenko	1,625	240	10	1,395	First round lost to Yanina Wickmayer
29	31	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	1,615	70	70	1,615	Second round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro
30	33	Julia Görges	1,570	70	240	1,740	Fourth round lost to Sloane Stephens [PR]
31	32	Magdaléna Rybáriková	1,577	0	130	1,707	Third round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza [3]
32	34	Lauren Davis	1,476	70	10	1,416	First round lost to Sofia Kenin [WC]

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but they were not entered or withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
15	Serena Williams	2,810	780	2,030	Pregnancy[10]
28	Timea Bacsinszky	1,658	70	1,588	Left thigh and wrist injury

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Kayla Day^[11]
• Amandine Hesse^[12]
• Sofia Kenin^[11][A]
• Ashley Kratzer^[11][B]
• Brienne Minor^[13][C]
• Arina Rodionova
• Maria Sharapova^[11]
• Taylor Townsend^[11]

Protected ranking

• Sloane Stephens (26) (champion)
• Ajla Tomljanović (75)
• Sabine Lisicki (92)
• Misa Eguchi (109)

Qualifiers

Main article: 2017 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

• Anna Blinkova
• Mihaela Buzărnescu
• Nicole Gibbs
• Kaia Kanepi
• Lesley Kerkhove
• Allie Kiick
• Kateryna Kozlova
• Viktória Kužmová
• Danielle Lao
• Claire Liu
• Tereza Martincová
• Rebecca Peterson
• İpek Soylu
• Sachia Vickery
• Anna Zaja
• Sofya Zhuk

Withdrawals

• † Serena Williams (9) → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp (99)
• † Laura Siegemund (36) → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich (100)
• † Yaroslava Shvedova (83) → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck (101)
• † Bethanie Mattek-Sands (90) → replaced by Ons Jabeur (102)
• † Kristína Kučová (95) → replaced by Viktorija Golubic (103)
• † Mandy Minella (104) → replaced by Julia Boserup (105)
• ‡ Sara Errani (87) → replaced by Denisa Allertová (106)
• ‡ Timea Bacsinszky (23) → replaced by Pauline Parmentier (107)
• ‡ Anna-Lena Friedsam (50 PR) → replaced by Ana Bogdan (108)
• ‡ Samantha Stosur (38) → replaced by Annika Beck (109)
• ‡ Victoria Azarenka (6 PR) → replaced by Misa Eguchi (109 PR)^[D]

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list

Championship match statistics

Category	Stephens	Keys
1st serve %	33/44 (75%)	40/55 (73%)
1st serve points won	24 of 33 = 73%	20 of 40 = 50%
2nd serve points won	7 of 11 = 64%	6 of 15 = 40%
Total service points won	31 of 44 = 70.45%	26 of 55 = 47.27%
Aces	0	3
Double faults	0	1
Winners	10	18
Unforced errors	6	30
Net points won	4 of 4 = 100%	9 of 15 = 60%
Break points converted	5 of 12 = 42%	0 of 3 = 0%
Return points won	29 of 55 = 53%	13 of 44 = 30%
Total points won	60	39
Source

Notes

1. Winner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Stockton, California, Sacramento, California and Lexington, Kentucky
2. Winner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament
3. Winner of the women's singles tournament in the 2017 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
4. Last direct acceptance