Monday 28 August 2023

2023 US Open Predictions - Women's

The final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, is starting shortly, and for the next 2 weeks, I will publish round-by-round updates. After the jump, you will find my pre-tournament predictions for the upcoming tournament.

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US Open logo, © US Open

But before the full table, some highlights I want to pick out.
  • Iga Swiatek is the most likely to win the tournament, with a 28.98% chance of winning the whole thing, with Aryna Sabalenka next at 13.35%. The 3rd most likely is Jessica Pegula with 6.56% and Coco Gauff 4th with 5.67%
  • Belinda Bencic has the easiest overall draw, as she is 0.82 percentage points more likely to win the tournament than expected. Petra Kvitova has the toughest overall draw, as she is 1.28 percentage points less likely to win the tournament than expected.
  • Camila Giorgi has the toughest 1st round match, as she's 38.88 percentage points less likely to win than a player of her rank is expected to win. Katie Volynets got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's 27.32 percentage points more likely to make it to round 2 than her ranking would expect.
Here's the full table. Want to be the 1st to hear of new updates? Follow @tennis_elo on Twitter.

# Name ELO R1 % R2 % R3 % R4 % R5 % R6 % R7 %
1 Iga Swiatek 1970 92.45% 84.69% 77.99% 65.59% 50.67% 39.48% 28.98%
2 Rebecca Peterson 1535 7.55% 3.60% 1.77% 0.58% 0.14% 0.03% 0.01%
3 Clervie Ngounoue 1500 38.29% 3.52% 1.55% 0.44% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
4 Daria Saville 1583 61.71% 8.19% 4.58% 1.77% 0.52% 0.15% 0.04%
5 Lauren Davis 1529 54.20% 24.78% 3.31% 1.06% 0.25% 0.06% 0.01%
6 Danka Kovinic 1500 45.80% 19.06% 2.25% 0.64% 0.13% 0.03% 0.00%
7 Kaja Juvan 1528 42.31% 21.90% 2.91% 0.93% 0.22% 0.05% 0.01%
8 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1582 57.69% 34.26% 5.65% 2.17% 0.64% 0.19% 0.05%
9 Jelena Ostapenko 1730 66.81% 48.92% 30.31% 9.67% 4.63% 2.23% 0.95%
10 Jasmine Paolini 1609 33.19% 19.13% 8.83% 1.90% 0.61% 0.20% 0.06%
11 Alize Cornet 1569 54.44% 18.32% 7.52% 1.41% 0.39% 0.11% 0.03%
12 Elina Avanesyan 1538 45.56% 13.63% 5.06% 0.84% 0.21% 0.05% 0.01%
13 Julia Grabher 1498 50.03% 13.52% 4.07% 0.58% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
14 Wang Xiyu 1498 49.97% 13.50% 4.06% 0.58% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
15 Bernada Pera 1545 26.24% 14.91% 5.35% 0.92% 0.23% 0.06% 0.01%
16 Veronika Kudermetova 1725 73.76% 58.07% 34.80% 10.93% 5.16% 2.45% 1.03%
17 Petra Kvitova 1783 85.18% 58.74% 42.47% 23.69% 9.35% 5.19% 2.59%
18 Cristina Bucsa 1479 14.82% 4.39% 1.40% 0.29% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
19 Tatiana Prozorova 1496 25.31% 5.43% 1.85% 0.41% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
20 Caroline Wozniacki 1684 74.69% 31.44% 18.81% 8.07% 2.34% 0.98% 0.36%
21 Kimberly Birrell 1507 29.11% 10.99% 2.58% 0.59% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
22 Jennifer Brady 1662 70.89% 42.27% 17.50% 7.03% 1.88% 0.74% 0.25%
23 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1601 51.87% 24.69% 8.31% 2.72% 0.58% 0.18% 0.05%
24 Magda Linette 1588 48.13% 22.05% 7.08% 2.21% 0.45% 0.14% 0.03%
25 Elise Mertens 1631 69.61% 32.81% 11.48% 4.70% 1.13% 0.40% 0.12%
26 Mirjam Bjorklund 1487 30.39% 8.76% 1.81% 0.44% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
27 Danielle Collins 1697 73.56% 47.68% 20.45% 10.19% 3.08% 1.35% 0.52%
28 Linda Fruhvirtova 1520 26.44% 10.75% 2.53% 0.69% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
29 Olivia Gadecki 1478 36.62% 5.87% 1.71% 0.40% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
30 Mirra Andreeva 1574 63.38% 15.21% 6.25% 2.10% 0.41% 0.12% 0.03%
31 Laura Siegemund 1562 17.27% 9.21% 3.64% 1.17% 0.22% 0.06% 0.01%
32 Coco Gauff 1834 82.73% 69.71% 52.12% 35.29% 16.03% 10.00% 5.67%
33 Elena Rybakina 1828 76.73% 58.42% 44.87% 30.18% 19.89% 9.06% 5.06%
34 Marta Kostyuk 1621 23.27% 11.78% 5.96% 2.42% 0.93% 0.21% 0.06%
35 Panna Udvardy 1416 19.69% 2.37% 0.58% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
36 Ajla Tomljanovic 1661 80.31% 27.43% 15.40% 7.04% 3.07% 0.81% 0.27%
37 Anna Kalinskaya 1638 57.65% 32.02% 11.38% 4.87% 1.98% 0.48% 0.15%
38 Katerina Siniakova 1584 42.35% 20.42% 5.98% 2.16% 0.73% 0.14% 0.04%
39 Kayla Day 1455 25.24% 7.19% 1.23% 0.27% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
40 Sorana Cirstea 1643 74.76% 40.37% 14.60% 6.35% 2.63% 0.65% 0.20%
41 Victoria Azarenka 1680 74.33% 51.58% 24.25% 10.83% 5.00% 1.41% 0.51%
42 Fiona Ferro 1495 25.67% 11.28% 2.91% 0.67% 0.16% 0.02% 0.00%
43 Zhu Lin 1552 54.52% 21.23% 6.73% 1.95% 0.58% 0.10% 0.02%
44 Mayar Sherif 1520 45.48% 15.90% 4.51% 1.15% 0.31% 0.04% 0.01%
45 Yuriko Miyazaki 1483 42.35% 8.72% 2.93% 0.64% 0.15% 0.02% 0.00%
46 Margarita Betova 1536 57.65% 14.70% 5.95% 1.62% 0.46% 0.07% 0.01%
47 Kamilla Rakhimova 1471 14.48% 6.36% 2.05% 0.43% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
48 Belinda Bencic 1779 85.52% 70.22% 50.66% 29.29% 17.48% 6.91% 3.40%
49 Karolina Muchova 1783 89.69% 74.44% 51.95% 34.61% 19.50% 7.79% 3.87%
50 Storm Hunter 1407 10.31% 3.71% 0.82% 0.17% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
51 Magdalena Frech 1502 48.69% 10.44% 3.42% 1.05% 0.23% 0.03% 0.01%
52 Emma Navarro 1512 51.31% 11.41% 3.87% 1.23% 0.28% 0.04% 0.01%
53 Varvara Gracheva 1564 58.39% 20.43% 6.49% 2.46% 0.70% 0.12% 0.03%
54 Taylor Townsend 1505 41.61% 11.56% 2.97% 0.92% 0.21% 0.03% 0.01%
55 Sloane Stephens 1634 40.90% 25.87% 10.32% 4.87% 1.79% 0.43% 0.13%
56 Beatriz Haddad Maia 1698 59.10% 42.13% 20.16% 11.24% 5.06% 1.53% 0.59%
57 Anhelina Kalinina 1584 36.72% 23.61% 9.79% 3.34% 1.03% 0.20% 0.05%
58 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1679 63.28% 47.81% 25.65% 11.84% 5.03% 1.41% 0.51%
59 Katie Volynets 1431 38.66% 8.91% 2.15% 0.40% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
60 Wang Xinyu 1511 61.34% 19.67% 6.43% 1.67% 0.39% 0.05% 0.01%
61 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 1471 43.66% 10.27% 3.38% 0.75% 0.15% 0.02% 0.00%
62 Kateryna Baindl 1515 56.34% 15.82% 6.08% 1.61% 0.38% 0.05% 0.01%
63 Rebeka Masarova 1517 22.06% 11.68% 4.51% 1.20% 0.28% 0.04% 0.01%
64 Maria Sakkari 1736 77.94% 62.22% 42.01% 22.63% 11.34% 3.90% 1.69%
65 Caroline Garcia 1665 77.33% 50.13% 29.24% 11.78% 4.75% 1.69% 0.48%
66 Wang Yafan 1452 22.67% 7.96% 2.40% 0.42% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
67 Katie Boulter 1570 53.51% 23.22% 10.52% 3.02% 0.87% 0.22% 0.04%
68 Diane Parry 1546 46.49% 18.68% 7.84% 2.05% 0.53% 0.12% 0.02%
69 Peyton Stearns 1550 69.79% 26.32% 11.21% 2.98% 0.79% 0.18% 0.03%
70 Viktoriya Tomova 1405 30.21% 6.33% 1.57% 0.22% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00%
71 Clara Tauson 1580 36.81% 22.07% 10.28% 3.07% 0.91% 0.24% 0.05%
72 Anastasia Potapova 1674 63.19% 45.29% 26.95% 11.16% 4.62% 1.70% 0.49%
73 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1741 66.66% 44.16% 22.14% 14.73% 7.42% 3.36% 1.24%
74 Leylah Fernandez 1621 33.34% 16.79% 5.89% 2.97% 1.03% 0.31% 0.07%
75 Elsa Jacquemot 1463 23.94% 4.98% 0.97% 0.29% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
76 Lesia Tsurenko 1664 76.06% 34.08% 13.74% 7.75% 3.11% 1.10% 0.31%
77 Martina Trevisan 1519 39.25% 8.16% 2.35% 0.86% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
78 Yulia Putintseva 1595 60.75% 16.94% 6.46% 3.02% 0.95% 0.26% 0.06%
79 Han Na-Lae 1452 11.34% 3.90% 0.85% 0.24% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
80 Marketa Vondrousova 1809 88.66% 71.00% 47.60% 35.44% 21.09% 11.45% 5.19%
81 Liudmila Samsonova 1720 74.67% 50.42% 30.13% 14.03% 7.19% 3.06% 1.05%
82 Claire Liu 1532 25.33% 10.79% 3.84% 0.94% 0.26% 0.06% 0.01%
83 Irina-Camelia Begu 1633 75.01% 33.29% 16.11% 5.72% 2.27% 0.72% 0.18%
84 Tamara Korpatsch 1442 24.99% 5.49% 1.40% 0.23% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
85 Yanina Wickmayer 1521 52.38% 15.50% 5.00% 1.17% 0.31% 0.06% 0.01%
86 Vera Zvonareva 1505 47.62% 13.23% 4.01% 0.88% 0.22% 0.04% 0.01%
87 Arantxa Rus 1502 21.33% 10.30% 3.09% 0.67% 0.16% 0.03% 0.00%
88 Madison Keys 1728 78.67% 60.97% 36.41% 17.36% 9.10% 3.97% 1.40%
89 Elina Svitolina 1716 78.31% 50.91% 22.99% 12.80% 6.49% 2.73% 0.92%
90 Anna-Lena Friedsam 1493 21.69% 7.61% 1.63% 0.44% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
91 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1648 71.13% 33.47% 12.40% 5.76% 2.40% 0.81% 0.21%
92 Fiona Crawley 1492 28.87% 8.00% 1.70% 0.46% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
93 Patricia Maria Tig 1474 49.01% 7.37% 1.95% 0.49% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
94 Rebecca Marino 1480 50.99% 7.91% 2.15% 0.56% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
95 Camila Giorgi 1642 24.50% 17.66% 8.38% 3.82% 1.56% 0.51% 0.13%
96 Jessica Pegula 1837 75.50% 67.07% 48.80% 34.69% 23.08% 13.39% 6.56%
97 Ons Jabeur 1818 78.84% 63.34% 47.50% 33.91% 18.97% 11.32% 5.26%
98 Camila Osorio 1590 21.16% 11.23% 5.07% 2.13% 0.60% 0.18% 0.04%
99 Linda Noskova 1609 68.30% 20.08% 9.62% 4.29% 1.30% 0.42% 0.09%
100 Madison Brengle 1476 31.70% 5.36% 1.62% 0.46% 0.08% 0.02% 0.00%
101 Tatjana Maria 1579 40.28% 18.68% 5.76% 2.35% 0.64% 0.18% 0.04%
102 Petra Martic 1648 59.72% 33.26% 12.93% 6.44% 2.23% 0.82% 0.22%
103 Ashlyn Krueger 1460 24.91% 7.13% 1.38% 0.37% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
104 Marie Bouzkova 1652 75.09% 40.93% 16.12% 8.12% 2.85% 1.07% 0.28%
105 Zheng Qinwen 1674 71.24% 49.54% 26.73% 11.97% 4.52% 1.82% 0.53%
106 Nadia Podoroska 1517 28.76% 13.81% 4.72% 1.23% 0.26% 0.06% 0.01%
107 Barbora Strycova 1511 44.91% 15.34% 5.14% 1.31% 0.27% 0.06% 0.01%
108 Kaia Kanepi 1547 55.09% 21.31% 8.04% 2.34% 0.56% 0.14% 0.02%
109 Robin Montgomery 1466 45.80% 10.81% 3.49% 0.73% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00%
110 Eva Lys 1495 54.20% 14.40% 5.17% 1.23% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
111 Lucia Bronzetti 1509 21.86% 11.77% 4.43% 1.11% 0.23% 0.05% 0.01%
112 Barbora Krejcikova 1730 78.14% 63.01% 42.29% 22.02% 9.83% 4.69% 1.66%
113 Daria Kasatkina 1728 77.51% 53.77% 35.62% 15.26% 7.96% 3.78% 1.33%
114 Alycia Parks 1513 22.49% 8.98% 3.46% 0.72% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
115 Ana Bogdan 1544 40.32% 12.98% 5.51% 1.29% 0.37% 0.09% 0.02%
116 Sofia Kenin 1612 59.68% 24.27% 12.47% 3.73% 1.38% 0.45% 0.10%
117 Greet Minnen 1441 39.99% 10.37% 2.43% 0.37% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
118 Venus Williams 1511 60.01% 20.28% 6.30% 1.30% 0.33% 0.07% 0.01%
119 Sachia Vickery 1454 21.26% 9.77% 2.42% 0.40% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
120 Donna Vekic 1682 78.74% 59.59% 31.79% 11.91% 5.48% 2.26% 0.68%
121 Karolina Pliskova 1649 71.89% 48.82% 14.77% 7.24% 3.02% 1.12% 0.29%
122 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 1485 28.11% 12.82% 2.10% 0.60% 0.14% 0.03% 0.00%
123 Caroline Dolehide 1460 37.34% 11.65% 1.71% 0.44% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
124 Clara Burel 1550 62.66% 26.72% 5.66% 2.04% 0.60% 0.15% 0.03%
125 Anna Blinkova 1563 56.32% 10.34% 4.94% 1.86% 0.58% 0.16% 0.03%
126 Jodie Burrage 1519 43.68% 6.67% 2.78% 0.90% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
127 Maryna Zanevska 1467 8.63% 3.38% 1.18% 0.31% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
128 Aryna Sabalenka 1877 91.37% 79.61% 66.85% 51.65% 36.65% 24.64% 13.35%