Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...
defeated
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 US Open. It was her first
major
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title. Stephens was the first player using a
protected ranking
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to win a major title, and the second unseeded woman in the
Open Era
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to win the
US Open (after
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 20 weeks, and as the world No. 1 in women's double ...
in
2009
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). It was the first all-American final at the US Open since
2002
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; for the first time at a major since the
1985 Wimbledon Championships, all four semifinalists were American, and all from the same country overall.
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 34 wee ...
was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by
Naomi Osaka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the ...
. Kerber became the second US Open defending champion to lose in the first round, after
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ...
in
2005
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. Osaka would go on to win the title
the next year.
Garbiñe Muguruza
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Asso ...
became the new
world No. 1 after
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...
failed to defend her finalist points. Eight of the top nine seeds (with the exception of Kerber) were in contention for the top ranking.
This was
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (, ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level sin ...
's first major since the
2016 Australian Open
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, following a suspension for violating anti-doping rules. She was awarded a wildcard into the main draw, and was defeated by
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four sin ...
in the fourth round.
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...
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
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,
2007
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January
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**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
, and 2017. (Her younger sister,
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
, would join her in doing so at the
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
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* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
,
2009
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, and
2019
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US Opens.)
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian inactive professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour.
Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...
was the first qualifier to reach the quarterfinals since
Barbara Gerken in
1981
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* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
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, and was the lowest-ranked player ever to reach a major quarterfinal, being ranked No. 418.
This was the final major appearance for former world No. 1
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the W ...
, who lost to
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová (; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles ...
in the first round. Janković would formally retire from tennis five years later.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
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.
Withdrawn players
The following players would have been seeded, but they were not entered or withdrew from the event.
Other entry information
Wild cards
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Withdrawals
† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
Championship match statistics
Notes
References
External links
Women's Singles main draw2017 US Open – Women's draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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Women's Singles
US Open – Women's singles
US Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles
2017 in women's tennis
2017 in American women's sports