World No. 1 and three-time US Open defending champion Serena Williams (Xinhuanet file photo)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 and three-time US Open defending champion Serena Williams has been named the top seed in women's singles at the 2015 US Open.
This is the fourth time that Williams has been the No. 1 seed at the US Open.
Following her will be No. 2 seed Simona Halep, of Romania, a 2014 French Open finalist; No. 3 and 2006 US Open champion Maria Sharapova, of Russia; No. 4 and 2014 US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark; No. 5 Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014; and No. 6 Lucie Safarova, of the Czech Republic, this year's French Open finalist.
The 2015 US Open will be played from Aug. 31 - Sept. 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York.
