2017 tennis event results
Sloane Stephens defeatedMadison Keys in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the2017 US Open .[ 1] It was her firstmajor title. Stephens was the first player using aprotected ranking to win a major title, and the second unseeded woman in theOpen Era to win theUS Open (afterKim Clijsters in2009 ).[ 2] [ 3] It was the first all-American final at the US Open since2002 ; for the first time at a major since the1985 Wimbledon Championships , all four semifinalists were American, and all from the same country overall.[ 4]
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round byNaomi Osaka .[ 5] Kerber was the second US Open defending champion to lose in the first round, afterSvetlana Kuznetsova in2005 .[ 6] Osaka would go on to win the titlethe next year .
Garbiñe Muguruza became the newworld No. 1 afterKarolína 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 wasMaria Sharapova 's first major since the2016 Australian Open , following a suspension for violating anti-doping rules. She was awarded a wildcard into the main draw, and was defeated byAnastasija 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, in1997 (at 17 years, 79 days old),2007 , and 2017 (at 17 years, 79 days old). Her younger sister,Serena Williams , would join her in doing so at the1999 (at 17 years, 348 days old),2009 , and2019 (at 37 years, 344 days old) US Opens.Kaia Kanepi was the first qualifier to reach the quarterfinals sinceBarbara Gerken in1981 , 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. 1Jelena Janković , who lost toPetra Kvitová in the first round. Janković would formally retire from tennis five years later.
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Key
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 toCoCo Vandeweghe [20] 2 2 Simona Halep 6,385 430 10 5,965 First round lost toMaria Sharapova [WC] 3 3 Garbiñe Muguruza 5,860 70 240 6,030 Fourth round lost toPetra Kvitová [13] 4 4 Elina Svitolina 5,530 130 240 5,640 Fourth round lost toMadison Keys [15] 5 5 Caroline Wozniacki 5,350 780 70 4,640 Second round lost toEkaterina Makarova 6 6 Angelique Kerber 5,146 2,000 10 3,156 First round lost toNaomi Osaka 7 7 Johanna Konta 4,750 240 10 4,520 First round lost toAleksandra Krunić 8 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova 4,410 70 70 4,410 Second round lost toKurumi Nara 9 9 Venus Williams 4,216 240 780 4,756 Semifinals lost toSloane Stephens [PR] 10 11 Agnieszka Radwańska 3,570 240 130 3,460 Third round lost toCoCo Vandeweghe [20] 11 10 Dominika Cibulková 3,830 130 70 3,770 Second round lost toSloane Stephens [PR] 12 12 Jeļena Ostapenko 3,382 10 130 3,502 Third round lost toDaria Kasatkina 13 14 Petra Kvitová 3,120 240 430 3,310 Quarterfinals lost toVenus Williams [9] 14 13 Kristina Mladenovic 3,155 70 10 3,095 First round lost toMonica Niculescu 15 16 Madison Keys 2,343 240 1,300 3,403 Runner-up, lost toSloane Stephens [PR] 16 17 Anastasija Sevastova 2,295 430 430 2,295 Quarterfinals lost toSloane Stephens [PR] 17 18 Elena Vesnina 2,140 130 130 2,140 Third round lost toMadison Keys [15] 18 19 Caroline Garcia 2,135 130 130 2,135 Third round lost toPetra Kvitová [13] 19 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,065 130 10 1,945 First round lost toChristina McHale 20 22 CoCo Vandeweghe 1,994 10 780 2,764 Semifinals lost toMadison Keys [15] 21 23 Ana Konjuh 1,805 430 10 1,385 First round lost toAshleigh Barty 22 24 Peng Shuai 1,800 10 70 1,860 Second round lost toDonna Vekić 23 25 Barbora Strýcová 1,725 10 70 1,785 Second round lost toJennifer Brady 24 27 Kiki Bertens 1,670 10 10 1,670 First round lost toMaria Sakkari 25 20 Daria Gavrilova 2,075 10 70 2,135 Second round lost toShelby Rogers 26 29 Anett Kontaveit 1,630 10 10 1,630 First round lost toLucie Šafářová 27 26 Zhang Shuai 1,685 130 130 1,685 Third round lost toKarolína Plíšková [1] 28 30 Lesia Tsurenko 1,625 240 10 1,395 First round lost toYanina Wickmayer 29 31 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 1,615 70 70 1,615 Second round lost toCarla Suárez Navarro 30 33 Julia Görges 1,570 70 240 1,740 Fourth round lost toSloane Stephens [PR] 31 32 Magdaléna Rybáriková 1,577 0 130 1,707 Third round lost toGarbiñe Muguruza [3] 32 34 Lauren Davis 1,476 70 10 1,416 First round lost toSofia Kenin [WC]
The following players would have been seeded, but they were not entered or withdrew from the event.
Other entry information [ edit ] † – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list
Championship match statistics [ edit ] Category Stephens Keys1st 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
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