The US Open is less than two weeks away, with the final Grand Slam tournament of 2025 set to provide a thrilling fortnight of action in New York.<\/p>\n
The seedings for the men\u2019s singles event are not official yet, but things are starting to take shape amid the start of the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n
Here, we look at what we know so far, and what to watch out for across the rest of the tournament.<\/p>\n
While there is plenty of potential change lower down in the rankings, the status of the top two seeds is secure.<\/p>\n
Defending US Open champion and world No 1 Jannik Sinner<\/a> will be the top seed, with world No 2 and 2022 champion Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> the second seed.<\/p>\n Alcaraz cannot rival Sinner\u2019s No 1 ranking in Cincinnati, though the Spaniard himself holds a comfortable cushion as the world No 2 over Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n World No 3 Zverev and No 4 Fritz will round up the top four seeds, though Fritz could move up to the No 3 position with a strong run in Cincinnati \u2013 coupled with an early Zverev exit.<\/p>\n The 5-7 seeds are set to be Jack Draper, Novak Djokovic<\/a>, and Ben Shelton, though there could be some movement between the three.<\/p>\n Shelton and Djokovic are level on points in the Live Rankings, though, with Djokovic absent, Shelton needs just one more match win to remain at his current actual ranking of world No 6.<\/p>\n With Draper also absent from the Masters 1000 event, the American could move to a new career high of world No 5 \u2013 and be the fifth seed at the US Open \u2013 with a run to the semi-final.<\/p>\n Alex de Minaur is currently eighth in the live and actual ATP Rankings, though the Australian\u2019s early exit in Cincinnati leaves him susceptible to being pushed out of the top eight.<\/p>\n World 12 Karen Khachanov is up to 10th in the ATP Live Rankings, with Holger Rune currently down to 12th \u2013 with his Cincinnati Open semi-final points from last year dropping off as things stand.<\/p>\n Former US Open semi-finalist Khachanov may be best placed to threaten de Minaur\u2019s position, with world No 9 Lorenzo Musetti already out.<\/p>\n Lower down the seedings, Frances Tiafoe faces an uphill task to be a top 16 seed at the event.<\/p>\n The American was a finalist in Cincinnati last summer<\/a> and, with last year\u2019s points off, is down to 17th in the ATP Live Rankings as things stand.<\/p>\n The withdrawal of world No 21 Grigor Dimitrov<\/a> means the world No 33 will be seeded in New York; in the live rankings, that is currently Canadian star Gabriel Diallo.<\/p>\n However, the margins in this area of the ATP Rankings are incredibly fine, meaning that there could be plenty of changes over the next few days.<\/p>\n Will Ben Shelton emulate Rafael Nadal and co with unique North American hat-trick?<\/a><\/p>\n How Novak Djokovic fared at the US Open the previous times he missed Cincinnati<\/a><\/p>\n 1) Jannik Sinner 34) Luciano Darderi Read Next<\/strong>: 2025 US Open projected seedings: Will Victoria Mboko, Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu make the cut?<\/a><\/p>\n The post 2025 US Open projected seedings: Sinner & Alcaraz top 2, where will Djokovic place?<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The US Open is less than two weeks away, with the final Grand Slam tournament of 2025 set to provide a thrilling fortnight of action in New York. The seedings for the men\u2019s singles event are not official yet, but things are starting to take shape amid the start of the Cincinnati Open. Here, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What else to look out for?<\/h2>\n
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US Open projected seedings (based on Live ATP Rankings, August 11, 2025)<\/h2>\n
\n2) Carlos Alcaraz
\n3) Alexander Zverev
\n4) Taylor Fritz
\n5) Jack Draper
\n6) Novak Djokovic
\n7) Ben Shelton
\n8) Alex de Minaur
\n9) Lorenzo Musetti
\n10) Karen Khachanov
\n11) Casper Ruud
\n12) Holger Rune
\n13) Daniil Medvedev
\n14) Tommy Paul
\n15) Andrey Rublev
\n16) Jakub Mensik
\n17) Frances Tiafoe
\n18) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
\n19) Francisco Cerundolo
\n20) Arthur Fils
\n21) Tomas Machac
\n22) Ugo Humbert
\n23) Jiri Lehecka
\n24) Alexander Bublik
\n25) Flavio Cobolli
\n26) Felix Auger-Aliassime
\n27) Stefanos Tsitsipas
\n28) Denis Shapovalov
\n29) Alex Michelsen
\n30) Tallon Griekspoor
\n31) Brandon Nakashima
\n32) Gabriel Diallo<\/p>\nNext in (Live Rankings)<\/h2>\n
\n35) Lorenzo Sonego
\n36) Alexei Popyrin
\n37) Cameron Norrie<\/p>\n