A take a look at a few of the ladies to enjoy at the U.S. Open, which begins Sunday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook:
Ranked: 1
Country: Belarus
Age: 27
2025 Record: 50-10
FILE - Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, poses with the champion trophy after defeating Jessica Pegula, of the United States, in the females's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sept. 7, 2024, in New york city. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Career Titles: 20
Grand Slam Titles: 3 - U.S. Open (1: 2024), Australian Open (2: 2023, 2024)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-Runner-Up, 2022-Lost in Semifinals, 2021-SF, 2020-2nd Round
Aces: Was last year's champ in New York. ... Began her U.S. Open career by going 5-3 in her very first 3 trips and is 23-3 ever since, getting to the previous 2 finals and the semifinals the two years before that. ... Was the runner-up at each of this season ´ s first 2 Grand Slam competitions, the Australian Open and French Open, then bailed out at Wimbledon in the semifinals. ... Replaced Iga Swiatek at No. 1 late last season.
She Said It: "I mean, I understand that I have to go for it. That ´ s the only method it works for me, because every time I ´ m trying to play more secure ... I stop my arms, and the ball flies in the stands."
Read All About It: Aryna Sabalenka beat Jessica Pegula in the 2024 U.S. Open last
Odds Are: +300
Ranked: 2
Country: Poland
Age: 24
2025 Record: 49-12
Career Titles: 24
Grand Slam Titles: 6 - U.S. Open (1: 2022), French Open (4: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024), Wimbledon (1: 2025)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-QF, 2023-4th, 2022-W, 2021-4th, 2020-3rd
Aces: Has won two of her previous three tournaments after failing to reach a final anywhere for more than a year and went back to No. 2 in the rankings today after sliding as low as No. 8. ... Those 2 current titles began fast surface areas: on turf at Wimbledon - where she enhanced to 6-0 in Grand Slam finals by winning there for the very first time - and on hard courts at the Cincinnati Open on Monday. ... Her 11 WTA 1000 titles rank second to Serena Williams' 13 since 2009.
She Said It: "I came back to being my old sort of self."
Read All About It: Iga Swiatek won Wimbledon after a hard year
Odds Are: +275
Ranked: 3
Career-Best Ranking: 2
Age: 21
2025 Record: 35-12
2025 Titles: 1
Grand Slam Titles: 2 - U.S. Open (2023 ), French Open (2025 )
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-4th, 2023-W, 2022-QF, 2021-2nd, 2020-1st
Aces: Earned her second Grand Slam title at the French Open on red clay. The very first came at the U.S. Open in 2023 while she was still a teen. ... In 2015's title defense at Flushing Meadows ended with a fourth-round loss to American Emma Navarro; Gauff double-faulted 19 times in that defeat. ... Gauff is coming off a first-round exit at Wimbledon in the last major.
She Said It: "I absolutely discovered a lot of what I would and would not do once again."
Read All About It: Coco Gauff went from French Open champ to a quick Wimbledon exit
Odds Are: +600
Ranked: 4
Career-Best Ranking: 3
Age: 31
2025 Record: 37-16
2025 Titles: 3
Career Titles: 9
Grand Slam Titles: Zero - Best: Runner-Up, U.S. Open (2024 )
Last 5 US Opens: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-4th, 2022-QF, 2021-3rd, 2020-3rd
Aces: Had been 0-6 for her career in Grand Slam quarterfinals up until a year back at the U.S. Open, where she disturbed Swiatek at that stage en route to reaching her first major final. ... Won a title on every surface in 2025: hard, clay and yard courts. ... Has lost 4 of her previous 6 matches.
She Said It: "I feel very up and down, kind of sloppy, which I wear ´ t like."
Read Everything about It: Jessica Pegula beat Iga Swiatek at the 2024 U.S. Open
Odds Are: +1800
Ranked: 6
Career-Best Ranking: 5
Age: 30
2025 Record: 37-12
2025 Titles: 2
Career Titles: 10
Grand Slam Titles: 1 - Australian Open (2025 )
Last 5 US Opens: 2024-3rd, 2023-SF, 2022-3rd, 2021-1st, 2020-3rd
Aces: Captured her very first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, distressing Swiatek in the semifinals and Sabalenka in the last. ... Best career minutes have come on difficult courts, consisting of a runner-up revealing at the U.S. Open in 2017 and reaching the semifinals at Flushing Meadows 2 other times, in 2018 and 2023.
She Said It: "I pursued it, each and every single point. And if I missed it and I just didn ´ t carry out, I might deal with that."
Read Everything about It: Madison Keys informed herself to be brave en route to winning the Australian Open
Odds Are: +1200
Ranked: 610
Career-Best Ranking: 1
Country: United States
Age: 45
2025 Record: 1-2
2025 Titles: Zero
Career Titles: 49
Grand Slam Titles: 7 - U.S. Open (2: 2000, 2001), Wimbledon (5: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-Did Not Play, 2023-1st, 2022-1st, 2021-DNP, 2020-1st
Aces: Hasn't played at a Grand Slam tournament considering that the U.S. Open 2 years earlier. ... After 16 months far from the tour, Williams returned to action in July at Washington, winning one match in singles and one in doubles. ... She will be the earliest player to complete in songs at Flushing Meadows because 1981.
She Said It: "Just to be here at all is really a blessing, and after that to play well is simply another true blessing."
Read All About It: An appearance at Venus Williams' career and comeback
Odds Are: Not listed
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