US Open - Victoria Azarenka is named top seed for US Open

World no. 1 Victoria Azarenka will head into the US Open as the top seed for the first time in her career. The Belarusian won the Australian Open earlier this year. She is seeded no. 1 ahead of Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, third seed Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams.

Serena is the highest seeded American in the draw and followed by Christina McHale at no. 21 and Varvara Lepchenko at no. 32. 3 time former champion Kim Clijsters is seeded no. 23. Venus Williams, a former two time champion, is unseeded. 

2012 US Open Women’s Singles Seeds

1.   Victoria Azarenka, Belarus

2.   Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland

3.   Maria Sharapova, Russia

4.   Serena Williams, United States

5.   Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic

6.   Angelique Kerber, Germany

7.   Samantha Stosur, Australia

8.   Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark

9.   Li Na, China

10.  Sara Errani, Italy

11.  Marion Bartoli, France

12.  Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
13.  Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia

14.  Maria Kirilenko, Russia

15.  Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic

16.  Sabine Lisicki, Germany

17.  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia

18.  Julia Goerges, Germany

19.  Nadia Petrova, Russia

20.  Roberta Vinci, Italy

21.  Christina McHale, United States

22.  Francesca Schiavone, Italy

23.  Kim Clijsters, Belgium

24.  Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic

25.  Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium

26.  Monica Niculescu, Romania

27.  Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain

28.  Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic

29.  Jie Zheng, China

30.  Tamira Paszek, Austria

31.  Jelena Jankovic, Serbia

32.  Varvara Lepchenko, United States