Ranking the Top 10 Women’s Players Heading into the 2016 US Open

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Published: August 26, 2016

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The WTA Tour finally has what it's lacked for much of the last three years: a serious tussle for the No. 1 ranking going into a Grand Slam. 

Serena Williams, Angelique Kerber, Garbine Muguruza and Agnieszka Radwanska all have a chance to emerge from the 2016 U.S. Open with the No. 1 ranking.  

Realistically, it's more of a three-woman race between Williams, Kerber and Muguruza. 

Kerber has a 460-point edge over Williams because she has so few points to defend. Williams must reach the semifinals and hope Kerber loses before then. Kerber could lose in the first round and still overtake Williams at No. 1 if the 22-time Grand Slam winner falters in the first week. 

This makes for a tight race in this ranking.

Kerber's runner-up finish at Wimbledon, her silver medal at the Olympics and upset loss to Karolina Pliskova at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati mark three times this summer that the German has come up short.

Did she fall short on this list, too? 

This ranking takes into consideration the WTA ranking, this year's points totals (Road to Singapore), hard-court prowess and a player's history at the U.S. Open. 

Roberta Vinci returns to Flushing Meadows ranked No. 8. Despite her history-interrupting upset against Williams in 2015 and her place on the WTA's list, Vinci is not featured here. That's because she's ranked No. 19 on the Road to Singapore.

Dominika Cibulkova is ranked No. 13 by the WTA, but she gets an honorable mention because of her run at Wimbledon, her success on hard courts and she's No. 6 on the Road to Singapore, ahead of Venus Williams and Madison Keys—two of the three Americans in the WTA Top 10.

Where do they fall on this list? Check out the top 10 women's players headed into the 2016 U.S. Open. 

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