Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic Top Seeds in U.S. Open 2015
While Serena Williams has won US Open crowns, Novak Djokovic's last win here came in 2011.
World number ones Serena Williams, aiming to complete the first calendar-year grand slam in 27 years, and Novak Djokovic have been named the top seeds for the U.S. Open championships starting on Monday in New York.
Williams, winner of the last three U.S. women's singles crowns at Flushing Meadows, is followed on the seeding list by number two Simona Halep of Romania, a 2014 French Open finalist. (Also read: Serena Williams makes case for all-time women's legends)
Russia's Maria Sharapova, the 2006 U.S. Open winner, is seeded third with 2014 U.S. Openfinalist Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark seeded fourth. (Pics: In New York, Sharapova can make your 'sweet' dreams come true)
Five-times U.S. Open champion Roger Federer is the second seed for the men's event where the top-10 seeds feature five U.S. Open champions and six grand slam winners in all. (Also read: Federer and Nadal at US Open crossroads)
In addition to 2011 champion Djokovic of Serbia and Switzerland's Federer (2004-08), former U.S. champions include Andy Murray (2012), Rafael Nadal (2010, 13) and last year's winner,Marin Cilic of Croatia. (US Open: Men's form guide | Recent winners)
Scotland's Murray is seeded third, Spaniard Nadal is eighth and Cilic seeded ninth.
Kei Nishikori of Japan, runner-up last year to Cilic, is seeded fourth, one spot ahead of reigningFrench Open champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland.
Other prominent women's seeds include fifth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova, the 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion, followed at number six by compatriot Lucie Safarova, this year's French Open finalist.
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, a U.S. Open finalist in 2012 and 2013, is seeded 20th. Twice U.S. winner Venus Williams is seeded 23rd, 2011 champion Samantha Stosur of Australia is 22nd and2004 U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia is seeded 30th.
A victory for Serena Williams would make her the fourth woman to sweep all four slams in a single season, joining Maureen Connolly (1953), Margaret Court (1970) and Steffi Graf (1988).
It would also be the American's seventh U.S. Open singles crown, breaking her tie atop the all-time list with Chris Evert, and move her into a tie for second on the career grand slam singles list with Graf at 22, two behind Court.
The singles draws for the 2015 U.S. Open will be made at the National Tennis Centre on Thursday.