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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                WTA stars Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka and Alex Eala                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>The start of the 2026 US Open is just over a week away, but where are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>, Elena Rybakina, Alex Eala and other WTA Tour stars set to be seeded?<\/p>\n<p>Like at the other three Grand Slams, the singles main draws at the US Open feature 128 players \u2014 32 of which are seeded.<\/p>\n<p>The cutoff date for the seeded women at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> is Monday 24 August \u2014 which is the last time the WTA Rankings will be updated before the season\u2019s final major begins.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, this week\u2019s WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati is the final event from which ranking points will impact US Open seeding positions.<\/p>\n<p>World No 17 Victoria Mboko would have been seeded at the US Open, but she has withdrawn due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>, who has held the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\">WTA<\/a> world No 1 ranking since October 2024, will be the top seed for the eighth consecutive Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n<p>World No 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/elena-rybakina\">Elena Rybakina<\/a> could have been the top seed at Flushing Meadows if she reached the final in Cincinnati, but her quarter-final exit means she will be seeded second.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/elena-rybakina-injury-update-retiring-iga-swiatek-cincinnati-open\"><strong>Elena Rybakina gives injury update after retiring at Cincinnati Open as Iga Swiatek reacts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\/andy-roddick-carlos-alcaraz-us-open-injury-prediction-shock-return\"><strong>Andy Roddick makes Carlos Alcaraz US Open injury prediction ahead of shock return<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva will be seeded third, fourth and fifth respectively as they will not move in the WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova are currently set to be seeded sixth and seventh, while Iga Swiatek is projected to be the No 8 seed.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Swiatek progresses to the final at the Cincinnati Open, she will climb to sixth in the WTA Rankings, overtaking Noskova and Muchova.<\/p>\n<p>Marta Kostyuk is currently projected to be seeded 11th, but she can jump to ninth if she wins the title in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Alex Eala<\/a> is set to climb to a new career-high ranking of 18th next week, which means she would be seeded 17th in New York given Mboko\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p>Madison Keys, who is currently 23rd in the Live WTA Rankings, could overtake Eala if she reaches the final in Cincinnati, while winning the title would move her up to 14th.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Bejlek, who is projected to be seeded 30th, will face Keys in the Cincinnati quarter-finals, and she\u00a0could jump to 17th if she secures the title.<\/p>\n<h2>Projected 2026 US Open WTA seedings (based on WTA Live Rankings)<\/h2>\n<p>1. Aryna Sabalenka<br \/>\n2. Elena Rybakina<br \/>\n3. Jessica Pegula<br \/>\n4. Coco Gauff<br \/>\n5. Mirra Andreeva<br \/>\n6. Linda Noskova<br \/>\n7. Karolina Muchova<br \/>\n8. Iga Swiatek<br \/>\n9. Elina Svitolina<br \/>\n10. Amanda Anisimova<br \/>\n11. Marta Kostyuk<br \/>\n12. Belinda Bencic<br \/>\n13. Naomi Osaka<br \/>\n14. Iva Jovic<br \/>\n15. Diana Shnaider<br \/>\n16. Sorana Cirstea<br \/>\n17. Alex Eala<br \/>\n18. Ekaterina Alexandrova<br \/>\n19. Anna Kalinskaya<br \/>\n20.\u00a0Maja Chwalinska<br \/>\n21. Jasmine Paolini<br \/>\n22. Madison Keys<br \/>\n23. Elise Mertens<br \/>\n24. Anastasia Potapova<br \/>\n25. Marie Bouzkova<br \/>\n26. Emma Navarro<br \/>\n27. Barbora Krejcikova<br \/>\n28. Ann Li<br \/>\n29. Jelena Ostapenko<br \/>\n30. Sara Bejlek<br \/>\n31. Leylah Fernandez<br \/>\n32. Maria Sakkari<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/us-open-withdrawal-list-2026-14-stars-out\">US Open withdrawal list: 14 stars now out as Jannik Sinner among 3 big names still uncertain<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projected US Open women\u2019s seeds: Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina headline; Alex Eala\u2019s highest position Ewan West 21 Aug 2026 1:16 PM WTA stars Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka and Alex Eala The start of the 2026 US Open is just over a week away, but where are Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Alex Eala and other WTA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2104829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2104829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2104829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2104829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2104829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}