Eliminating Rafael Nadal altered the men’s seeds for the tournament, allowing Roger Federer to move to No. 2 behind Novak Djokovic. Nadal won last year.
There are no surprises in the women’s seedings, as Serena Williams is No. 1 and the defending champion.
The U.S. Open runs Aug. 25-Sept. 8 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow, N.Y.
Among North Americans, Canada’s Milos Raonic is the top-seeded man at No. 5. John Isner, No. 12, is tops among American men.
Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard is No. 7 among women. She reached the semifinals of the Australian and French Opens and the title match at Wimbledon.
Venus Williams is No. 19, Sloane Stephens is No. 21 and Madison Keys is No. 27.
Here are the seeds as released Wednesday.
Men
- Novak Djokovic, Serbia 2. Roger Federer, Switzerland 3. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland 4. David Ferrer, Spain5. Milos Raonic, Canada 6. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic 7. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria 8. Andy Murray, Great Britain 9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France 10. Kei Nishikori, Japan 11. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia 12. Richard Gasquet, France13. John Isner, United States 14. Marin Cilic, Croatia 15. Fabio Fognini, Italy 16. Tommy Robredo, Spain 17. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain 18. Kevin Anderson, South Africa 19. Feliciano Lopez, Spain 20. Gael Monfils, France 21. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia 22. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany 23. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina 24. Julien Benneteau, France 25. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia 26. Gilles Simon, France 27. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia 28. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain 29. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic 30. Jeremy Chardy, France 31. Fernando Verdasco, Spain 32. Joao Sousa, Portugal
Women
- Serena Williams, United States 2. Simona Halep, Romania 3. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic 4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland 5. Maria Sharapova, Russia 6. Angelique Kerber, Germany7. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada 8. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia 9. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia 10. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark 11. Flavia Pennetta, Italy 12. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia 13. Sara Errani, Italy 14. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic 15. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain 16. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus 17. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia 18. Andrea Petkovic, Germany19. Venus Williams, United States 20. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia21. Sloane Stephens, United States 22. Alize Cornet, France 23. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia 24. Sam Stosur, Australia 25. Garbine Muguruza, Spain 26. Sabine Lisicki, Germany27. Madison Keys, United States 28. Roberta Vinci, Italy 29. Casey Dellacqua, Australia 30. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic 31. Kurumi Nara, Japan 32. Zhang Shuai, China