Kaia Kanepi is the No. 31 seed at the 2010 U.S. Women's Open, a tournament she entered ranked No. 32 in WTA singles. Kanepi, from Estonia, defeated former World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic, seeded fourth, in the third round.
Kaia Kanepi is a clay court specialist from Estonia who cracked the WTA Top 20 singles rankings for the first time in March, 2009. While she is still looking for her first WTA singles or doubles titles, Kanepi has six ITF singles titles along with two ITF doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam showing to date is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 French Open.