2010 French Open


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The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 114th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 23 May through 6 June 2010.[1]

2010 French Open
Date23 May – 6 June 2010
Edition109
Category80th Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Men's doubles
Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Wheelchair men's singles
Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair men's doubles
France Stéphane Houdet / Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Australia Daniela Di Toro / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Boys' singles
Argentina Agustín Velotti
Girls' singles
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Boys' doubles
Peru Duilio Beretta / Ecuador Roberto Quiroz
Girls' doubles
Hungary Tímea Babos / United States Sloane Stephens
Legends under 45 doubles
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Ukraine Andrei Medvedev
Women's legends doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Legends over 45 doubles
Ecuador Andrés Gómez / United States John McEnroe
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Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova were the defending champions. Federer lost to Robin Söderling in the quarterfinals, while Kuznetsova lost to Maria Kirilenko in the third round.

The 2010 French Open also featured the return of four-time champion Justine Henin, who retired immediately before the 2008 French Open, where she was the 3-time defending champion.

Men's singles

Champion Runner-up
  Rafael Nadal [2]   Robin Söderling [5]
Semifinals out
  Tomáš Berdych [15]   Jürgen Melzer [22]
Quarterfinals out
  Roger Federer [1]   Mikhail Youzhny [11]   Novak Djokovic [3]   Nicolás Almagro [19]
4th round out
  Stan Wawrinka [20]   Marin Čilić [10]   Andy Murray [4]   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8]
  Teymuraz Gabashvili (Q)   Robby Ginepri   Fernando Verdasco [7]   Thomaz Bellucci [24]
3rd round out
  Julian Reister (Q)   Fabio Fognini   Leonardo Mayer   Albert Montañés [29]
  Marcos Baghdatis [25]   John Isner [17]   Viktor Troicki   Thiemo de Bakker
  Andy Roddick [6]   David Ferrer [9]   Juan Carlos Ferrero [16]   Victor Hănescu [31]
  Philipp Kohlschreiber [30]   Alexandr Dolgopolov   Ivan Ljubičić [14]   Lleyton Hewitt [28]
2nd round out
  Alejandro Falla   Olivier Rochus   Andreas Beck   Gaël Monfils [13]
  Daniel Gimeno Traver   Julien Benneteau   Tobias Kamke (Q)   Taylor Dent
  Juan Ignacio Chela   Marcel Granollers   Marco Chiudinelli   Édouard Roger-Vasselin (WC)
  Lukáš Lacko   Carsten Ball (WC)   Guillermo García López [32]   Josselin Ouanna (WC)
  Blaž Kavčič   Grega Žemlja (Q)   Nicolas Mahut (WC)   Xavier Malisse
  Pere Riba   Potito Starace   Yuri Schukin (Q)   Kei Nishikori (PR)
  Florent Serra   Andreas Seppi   Steve Darcis   Fernando González
  Mardy Fish   Pablo Andújar (Q)   Denis Istomin   Horacio Zeballos
1st round out
  Peter Luczak   Janko Tipsarević   Benoît Paire (Q)   Feliciano López [27]
  Jan Hájek   Paolo Lorenzi   Nicolás Massú   Dieter Kindlmann (LL)
  Ricardo Mello   Dmitry Tursunov (PR)   Sergiy Stakhovsky   Ernests Gulbis [23]
  Stefano Galvani (Q)   Stéphane Robert   Nicolás Lapentti   Laurent Recouderc (WC)
  Richard Gasquet   Ryan Sweeting   Paul-Henri Mathieu   Jesse Witten (Q)
  Andrey Golubev   Somdev Devvarman (Q)   Kevin Anderson   Jorge Aguilar (Q)
  Michał Przysiężny   Michael Yani (Q)   Philipp Petzschner   Tommy Robredo [21]
  Rainer Schüttler   Olivier Patience (Q)   Łukasz Kubot   Daniel Brands
  Jarkko Nieminen   Eduardo Schwank   Daniel Köllerer   Juan Mónaco [26]
  Dudi Sela   Mischa Zverev   Simon Greul   David Guez (WC)
  Pablo Cuevas   Marc Gicquel   Illya Marchenko   Sam Querrey [18]
  Óscar Hernández   Rajeev Ram   Santiago Giraldo   Evgeny Korolev
  Igor Kunitsyn   Michael Russell   Santiago Ventura (LL)   Karol Beck
  Robin Haase (PR)   Kristof Vliegen (PR)   Arnaud Clément   Thiago Alves
  Lu Yen-hsun   Michael Berrer   Simone Bolelli   Michaël Llodra
  Jérémy Chardy   Benjamin Becker   Martin Fischer (Q)   Gianni Mina (WC)

Women's singles

Champion Runner-up
  Francesca Schiavone [17]   Samantha Stosur [7]
Semifinals out
  Jelena Janković [4]   Elena Dementieva [5]
Quarterfinals out
  Serena Williams [1]   Yaroslava Shvedova   Caroline Wozniacki [3]   Nadia Petrova [19]
4th round out
  Shahar Pe'er [18]   Justine Henin [22]   Daniela Hantuchová [23]   Jarmila Groth (WC)
  Maria Kirilenko [30]   Flavia Pennetta [14]   Chanelle Scheepers (Q)   Venus Williams [2]
3rd round out
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [29]   Marion Bartoli [13]   Maria Sharapova [12]   Anastasia Pivovarova (Q)
  Alona Bondarenko [27]   Yanina Wickmayer [16]   Anastasia Rodionova   Alisa Kleybanova [28]
  Svetlana Kuznetsova [6]   Li Na [11]   Polona Hercog   Alexandra Dulgheru [31]
  Aleksandra Wozniak   Akgul Amanmuradova   Aravane Rezaï [15]   Dominika Cibulková [25]
2nd round out
  Julia Görges   Jill Craybas   Bethanie Mattek-Sands (LL)   Olivia Sanchez (WC)
  Kirsten Flipkens   Klára Zakopalová   Zheng Jie [25]   Rossana de los Ríos
  Kaia Kanepi   Magdaléna Rybáriková   Olga Govortsova   Sybille Bammer
  Kimiko Date-Krumm   Vera Zvonareva [21]   Ana Ivanovic   Agnieszka Radwańska [8]
  Andrea Petkovic   Yvonne Meusburger   Sophie Ferguson (Q)   Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (WC)
  Roberta Vinci   Lucie Šafářová [31]   Timea Bacsinszky   Tathiana Garbin
  Anabel Medina Garrigues   Kateryna Bondarenko [32]   Johanna Larsson   Gisela Dulko
  Angelique Kerber   Ágnes Szávay   Varvara Lepchenko   Arantxa Parra Santonja
1st round out
  Stefanie Vögele   Melinda Czink   Katie O'Brien   Alizé Cornet
  Nuria Llagostera Vives (Q)   Vania King   Shenay Perry   Maria Elena Camerin
  Ksenia Pervak (Q)   Ayumi Morita   Katarina Srebotnik (PR)   Tsvetana Pironkova
  Ekaterina Bychkova   Raluca Olaru   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová   Simona Halep (Q)
  Alicia Molik   Pauline Parmentier   Sofia Arvidsson   Vera Dushevina
  Tamarine Tanasugarn   Carla Suárez Navarro   Mariana Duque Mariño   Sandra Záhlavová
  Dinara Safina [9]   Chan Yung-jan   Ekaterina Makarova   Alberta Brianti
  Mariya Koryttseva   Chang Kai-chen   Sara Errani   Elena Baltacha
  Sorana Cîrstea   Elena Vesnina   Claire Feuerstein (WC)   Karolina Šprem
  Regina Kulikova   Petra Kvitová   Stéphanie Dubois   Kristina Mladenovic (WC)
  Anne Keothavong   Virginie Razzano   Misaki Doi (Q)   Jelena Dokić
  Lucie Hradecká   Tatjana Malek   Kristina Barrois   Alla Kudryavtseva
  Petra Martić   Melanie Oudin   Iveta Benešová   Julie Coin
  María José Martínez Sánchez [21]   Anastasija Sevastova   Mathilde Johansson   Victoria Azarenka [10]
  Heidi El Tabakh (Q)   Anna Chakvetadze   Stéphanie Foretz (WC)   Zhang Shuai (Q)
  Ekaterina Ivanova   Christina McHale (WC)   Kurumi Nara (Q)   Patty Schnyder

Day-by-day summaries

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  Rafael Nadal defeated   Robin Söderling, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Nadal's 4th title of this year and the 40th of his career. It was his fifth win in six years at Roland Garros and his seventh Grand Slam men's singles victory.
  • Nadal reclaimed the No. 1 ATP ranking with this victory.
  • Nadal's victory also completed a historic 'Clay Slam' for Nadal, seeing him become the first person in history to win all Masters 1000 tournaments on clay (Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid), as well as the French Open, in the same calendar year.
  • This was the second time Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a set.

  Francesca Schiavone defeated   Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

  • Both Schiavone and Stosur were first-time Grand Slam finalists.
  • It was Schiavone's second title of the year, the fourth of her career, and her first major title.

  Daniel Nestor /   Nenad Zimonjić defeated   Lukáš Dlouhý /   Leander Paes, 7–5, 6–2

  Serena Williams /   Venus Williams defeated   Květa Peschke /   Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 6–3

  • The Williams sisters won their 12th Grand Slam doubles title and 2nd at the French Open. With this, they hold all Grand Slam doubles titles simultaneously.
  • Also, they have won the career women's doubles golden slam for the second time in their respective careers.

  Katarina Srebotnik /   Nenad Zimonjić defeated   Yaroslava Shvedova /   Julian Knowle, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]

  • Srebotnik and Zimonjić both won their fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

  Agustín Velotti defeated   Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5

  Elina Svitolina defeated   Ons Jabeur, 6–2, 7–5

  • Svitolina won her first Junior Grand Slam title.

  Duilio Beretta /   Roberto Quiroz defeated   Facundo Argüello /   Agustín Velotti, 6–3, 6–2

  • Beretta and Quiroz win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.

  Tímea Babos /   Sloane Stephens defeated   Lara Arruabarrena /   María Teresa Torró Flor, 6–2, 6–3

  • Babos and Stephens win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.

  Yevgeny Kafelnikov /   Andriy Medvedev defeated   Goran Ivanišević /   Michael Stich, 6–1, 6–1

  John McEnroe /   Andrés Gómez defeated   Mansour Bahrami /   Henri Leconte, 6–1, 6–1

  Martina Navratilova /   Jana Novotná defeated   Iva Majoli /   Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

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  Shingo Kunieda defeated   Stefan Olsson, 6–4, 6–0

  • Kunieda won his tenth wheelchair Grand Slam singles title, and his fourth at the French Open.

Wheelchair women's singles

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  Esther Vergeer defeated   Sharon Walraven, 6–0, 6–0

  • Vergeer won her 15th wheelchair Grand Slam singles title, and her fourth at the French Open.

Wheelchair men's doubles

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  Stéphane Houdet /   Shingo Kunieda defeated   Robin Ammerlaan /   Stefan Olsson, 6–0, 5–7, [10–8]

  • Houdet wins his fourth wheelchair Grand Slam doubles title and the first at French Open, and Kunieda wins his ninth wheelchair Grand Slam doubles title and second at French.

Wheelchair women's doubles

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  Daniela Di Toro /   Aniek van Koot defeated   Esther Vergeer /   Sharon Walraven, 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]

  • Di Toro and van Koot win their first wheelchair Grand Slam title in doubles.

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 17 May 2010. Rank and points before are as of 24 May 2010.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1   Roger Federer 10,030 2,000 360 8,390 Quarterfinals lost to   Robin Söderling [5]
2 2   Rafael Nadal 6,880 180 2,000 8,700 Champion, defeated   Robin Söderling [5]
3 3   Novak Djokovic 6,405 90 360 6,675 Quarterfinals lost to   Jürgen Melzer [22]
4 4   Andy Murray 5,565 360 180 5,385 Fourth round lost to   Tomáš Berdych [15]
5 7   Robin Söderling 4,755 1,200 1,200 4,755 Runner-up, lost to   Rafael Nadal [2]
6 8   Andy Roddick 4,600 180 90 4,510 Third round lost to   Teymuraz Gabashvili [Q]
7 9   Fernando Verdasco 3,645 180 180 3,645 Fourth round lost to   Nicolás Almagro [19]
8 10   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3,185 180 180 3,185 Fourth round retired against   Mikhail Youzhny [11]
9 11   David Ferrer 3,010 90 90 3,010 Third round lost to   Jürgen Melzer [22]
10 12   Marin Čilić 2,945 180 180 2,945 Fourth round lost to   Robin Söderling [5]
11 14   Mikhail Youzhny 2,375 45 360 2,690 Quarterfinals lost to   Tomáš Berdych [15]
12 13   Fernando González 2,385 720 45 1,710 Second round lost to   Alexandr Dolgopolov
13 15   Gaël Monfils 2,220 360 45 1,905 Second round lost to   Fabio Fognini
14 16   Ivan Ljubičić 2,140 10 90 2,220 Third round lost to   Thomaz Bellucci [24]
15 17   Tomáš Berdych 2,115 10 720 2,825 Semifinals lost to   Robin Söderling [5]
16 18   Juan Carlos Ferrero 2,050 45 90 2,095 Third round lost to   Robby Ginepri
17 19   John Isner 1,880 (45)† 90 1,925 Third round lost to   Tomáš Berdych [15]
18 22   Sam Querrey 1,675 10 10 1,675 First round lost to   Robby Ginepri
19 21   Nicolás Almagro 1,690 90 360 1,960 Quarterfinals lost to   Rafael Nadal [2]
20 23   Stan Wawrinka 1,600 90 180 1,690 Fourth round lost to   Roger Federer [1]
21 26   Tommy Robredo 1,505 360 10 1,155 First round lost to   Viktor Troicki
22 27   Jürgen Melzer 1,495 90 720 2,125 Semifinals lost to   Rafael Nadal [2]
23 28   Ernests Gulbis 1,494 45 10 1,459 First round lost to   Julien Benneteau
24 29   Thomaz Bellucci 1,482 10 180 1,652 Fourth round lost to   Rafael Nadal [2]
25 30   Marcos Baghdatis 1,465 10 90 1,545 Fourth round lost to   Andy Murray [4]
26 25   Juan Mónaco 1,510 45 10 1,475 First round lost to   Grega Žemlja [Q]
27 31   Feliciano López 1,420 45 10 1,385 First round lost to   Julian Reister [Q]
28 33   Lleyton Hewitt 1,350 90 90 1,350 Third round lost to   Rafael Nadal [2]
29 34   Albert Montañés 1,325 10 90 1,405 Third round lost to   Robin Söderling [5]
30 35   Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,320 180 90 1,230 Third round lost to   Fernando Verdasco [7]
31 37   Victor Hănescu 1,160 180 90 1,070 Third round lost to   Novak Djokovic [3]
32 40   Guillermo García López 965 10 45 1,000 Second round lost to   Thiemo de Bakker

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points
before 		Points
defending 		Points
after 		Withdrawal reason
5   Nikolay Davydenko 5,145 360 4,785 Wrist injury[2]
6   Juan Martín del Potro 5,115 720 4,395 Right wrist surgery[2]
20   Radek Štěpánek 1705 90 1,615 Fatigue
23   Tommy Haas 1,660 180 1,480 Right hip surgery[2]
32   Gilles Simon 1,395 90 1,305 Right knee injury[3]
36   Ivo Karlović 1,295 10 1,285 Right foot injury[4]
Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1   Serena Williams 8,475 500 500 8,475 Quarterfinals lost to   Samantha Stosur [7]
2 2   Venus Williams 6,386 160 280 6,506 Fourth round lost to   Nadia Petrova [19]
3 3   Caroline Wozniacki 5,630 160 500 5,970 Quarterfinals lost to   Francesca Schiavone [17]
4 4   Jelena Janković 5,160 280 900 5,780 Semifinals lost to   Samantha Stosur [7]
5 5   Elena Dementieva 4,830 160 900 5,570 Semifinals retired against   Francesca Schiavone [17]
6 6   Svetlana Kuznetsova 4,661 2,000 160 2,821 Third round lost to   Maria Kirilenko [30]
7 7   Samantha Stosur 4,405 900 1,400 4,905 Runner-up, lost to   Francesca Schiavone [17]
8 8   Agnieszka Radwańska 4,190 280 100 4,010 Second round lost to   Yaroslava Shvedova
9 9   Dinara Safina 4,156 1,400 5 2,761 First round lost to   Kimiko Date-Krumm
10 11   Victoria Azarenka 3,665 500 5 3,170 First round lost to   Gisela Dulko
11 12   Li Na 3,515 280 160 3,395 Third round lost to   Francesca Schiavone [17]
12 13   Maria Sharapova 3,350 500 160 3,010 Third round lost to   Justine Henin [22]
13 14   Marion Bartoli 3,186 100 160 3,246 Third round lost to   Shahar Pe'er [18]
14 15   Flavia Pennetta 3,175 5 280 3,450 Fourth round lost to   Caroline Wozniacki [3]
15 19   Aravane Rezaï 2,875 280 160 2,755 Third round lost to   Nadia Petrova [18]
16 16   Yanina Wickmayer 3,050 100 160 3,110 Third round lost to   Daniela Hantuchová [22]
17 17   Francesca Schiavone 2,995 5 2,000 4,990 Champion, defeated   Samantha Stosur [7]
18 18   Shahar Pe'er 2,895 0 280 3,175 Fourth round lost to   Serena Williams [1]
19 20   Nadia Petrova 2,795 100 500 3,195 Quarterfinals lost to   Elena Dementieva [5]
20 21   María José Martínez Sánchez 2,635 160 5 2,480 First round lost to   Akgul Amanmuradova
21 22   Vera Zvonareva 2,625 0 100 2,725 Second round lost to   Anastasia Rodionova
22 23   Justine Henin 2,575 0 280 2,855 Fourth round lost to   Samantha Stosur [7]
23 26   Daniela Hantuchová 2,010 5 280 2,285 Fourth round lost to   Jelena Janković [4]
24 25   Lucie Šafářová 2,075 100 100 2,075 Second round lost to   Polona Hercog
25 24   Zheng Jie 2,325 100 100 2,325 Second round lost to   Anastasia Pivovarova [Q]
26 27   Dominika Cibulková 2,005 900 160 1,265 Third round lost to   Venus Williams [2]
27 31   Alona Bondarenko 1,700 5 160 1,855 Third round lost to   Jelena Janković [4]
28 28   Alisa Kleybanova 1,855 5 160 2,010 Third round lost to   Yaroslava Shvedova
29 29   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,850 160 160 1,850 Third round lost to   Serena Williams [1]
30 30   Maria Kirilenko 1,710 5 280 1,985 Fourth round lost to   Francesca Schiavone [17]
31 32   Alexandra Dulgheru 1,655 (30)† 160 1,785 Third round lost to   Caroline Wozniacki [3]
32 35   Kateryna Bondarenko 1,570 160 100 1,510 Second round lost to   Aleksandra Wozniak

†The player did not qualify the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points
before 		Points
defending 		Points
after 		Withdrawal reason
10   Kim Clijsters 3,890 0 3,890 Left foot injury[2]

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

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  1.   Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro /   Thierry Ascione
  2.   Julie Coin /   Nicolas Mahut
  3.   Mathilde Johansson /   Sébastien de Chaunac
  4.   Kristina Mladenovic /   Alexandre Sidorenko
  5.   Pauline Parmentier /   Marc Gicquel
  6.   Aurélie Védy /   Michaël Llodra

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.

Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Stage Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles
Champion 2000
Finals 1200 1400
Semifinals 720 900
Quarterfinals 360 500
Round of 16 180 280
Round of 32 90 160
Round of 64 45 0 100 5
Round of 128 10 – 5 –
Qualifier 25 60
Qualifying 3rd round 16 50
Qualifying 2nd round 8 40
Qualifying 1st round 0 2

All prize money is in Euros (€); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

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  • Winners: €1,120,000
  • Runners-up: €560,000
  • Semi-finalists: €280,000
  • Quarter-finalists: €140,000
  • Fourth round: €70,000
  • Third round: €42,000
  • Second round: €25,000
  • First round: €15,000

Men's and women's doubles

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  • Winners: €320,000
  • Runners-up: €160,000
  • Semi-finalists: €80,000
  • Quarter-finalists: €40,000
  • Third round: €22,000
  • Second round: €11,000
  • First round: €7,500
  • Winners: €100,000
  • Runners-up: €50,000
  • Semi-finalists: €25,000
  • Quarter-finalists: €13,000
  • Second round: €7,000
  • First round: €3,500
  • Rafael Nadal's victory marked the fifth consecutive year that the No.2 seed won the tournament (Nadal in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, and Roger Federer in 2009).
  • Part of the music video of the Martin Solveig song "Hello" was filmed at Roland Garros prior to the tournament starting.[6]
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