Image:Few will overlook 2011 champion and World No 1 Novak Djokovic who remains in imperious form
Image:Rafael Nadal enters the US Open having won the Cincinnati Masters last week, making him second seed
Image:Andy Murray re-wrote British tennis history at Flushing Meadows last year, will he do the same in 2013?
Image:Spaniard David Ferrer reached the French Open final in June and will hope to go one better in New York
Image:Despite not progressing further than the last eight in Grand Slams this term, Tomas Berdych remains among the favourites
Image:Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro took Novak Djokvic to the wire in the longest Wimbledon semi-final in history earlier this year
Image:After five successive US Open crowns, Swiss ace Roger Federer has been absent from the Flushing Meadows final for the last three years
Image:Frenchman Richard Gasquet is yet to reach the fifth round at the US Open but the No 8 seed is expected to go further this time around
Image:With one ATP Tour title and three finals in 2013, Stanislas Wawrinka enters the US Open in good condition
Image:Milos Roanic reached the Montreal Masters final last month meaning he is in the top ten for the first time in his career
Image:Although yet to reach the final four in a Grand Slam, offensive baseline player Kei Nishikori can be dangerous on his day
Image:2013 has been a year in which Tommy Haas has rediscovered form, winning the BMW Open in Munich in the process
Image:Pole Jerzy Janowicz reached the semi-final at SW19 this year before losing out to eventual winner Murray
Image:Nicolas Almagro reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open but the 15-seed has dipped in form lately
Image:Italian Fabio Fognini enters the US Open in the midst of his best season yet, having won two ATP Tour titles
Image:South African Kevin Anderson will look to better his best of a fourth round Grand Slam finish at Flushing Meadows
Image:Janko Tipsarevic is seeded 18th having beaten Lleyton Hewitt, Lukas Lacko and Julien Benneteau on his way to a career-high finish at the Australian Open
Image:Tommy Robredo reached the last eight in Paris in June and will hope to better that peformance Stateside
Image:A career-best season has seen Andreas Seppi infiltrate the top 20 for the first time
Image:Fernando Verdasco may be an outsider, ranked at 27, but has twice reached the US Open quarter-finals