2010 Australian Open

The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.

2010 Australian Open
Date18–31 January 2010
Edition98th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / India Leander Paes
Wheelchair men's singles
Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Korie Homan
Wheelchair quad singles
United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair men's doubles
France Stéphane Houdet / Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
France Florence Gravellier / Netherlands Aniek Van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
United States Nicholas Taylor / United States David Wagner
Boys' singles
Brazil Tiago Fernandes
Girls' singles
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Boys' doubles
Netherlands Justin Eleveld / Netherlands Jannick Lupescu
Girls' doubles
Slovakia Jana Čepelová / Slovakia Chantal Škamlová
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In the singles competition, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were the defending champions. Williams was able to retain her title with a win over Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final,[1] while Nadal retired in his quarterfinals match against Andy Murray owing to a quadriceps injury. Roger Federer was the men's champion, defeating finalist Andy Murray in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11).[2]

In doubles, the 2009 champion pairs were successful in their respective title defenses – Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles and Serena and Venus Williams in women's doubles. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were not able to defend their mixed doubles title because they withdrew from the event beforehand. In mixed doubles, Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title, which made a mixed doubles career grand slam for Black.

Point distribution edit

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior edit

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680
Men's doubles0
Women's singles140090050028016010056050402
Women's doubles5

Singles players edit

Men's singles
Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries edit

Seniors edit

Men's singles edit

Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)

  • This was Federer's first title of the year and his 62nd overall. It was his 16th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title tying Andre Agassi for most Australian Open titles in the Open Era (Novak Djokovic later surpassed this record by winning his 5th title in 2015, while Federer won the title for the 5th time in 2017). This was Federer's 5th final at the Australian Open which tied him with Stefan Edberg for the Open Era record.

Women's singles edit

Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

  • This was Williams's first title of the year, a record 5th Australian Open title in the Open Era. The title was Williams' 12th major title, which tied her for 6th all-time with Billie Jean King and Suzanne Lenglen, and in the Open Era solo 4th having surpassed Court's 11 mark, which Williams' is behind Graf (22), Evert and Navratilova with (18) each.

Men's doubles edit

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

  • This was the Bryan brothers' 57th doubles title together, 4th Australian Open title, and 8th major title.

Women's doubles edit

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–3

  • This is the Williams Sisters' 11th Grand Slam doubles title together and 4th Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles edit

Cara Black / Leander Paes defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Jaroslav Levinský, 7–5, 6–3

This was the pair's 3rd consecutive grand slam final and the 4th overall. The victory makes Paes India's joint-lead grand slam winner alongside his ex- doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi with a total of 11 grand slam doubles titles. This title gave Black a career mixed doubles grand slam, which Black has won one of each slam in mixed doubles.

Juniors edit

Boys' singles edit

Tiago Fernandes defeated Sean Berman, 7-6 (7-5), 6–3

Girls' singles edit

Karolína Plíšková defeated Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6(5)

Boys' doubles edit

Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu defeated Kevin Krawietz / Dominik Schulz, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles edit

Jana Čepelová / Chantal Škamlová defeated Tímea Babos / Gabriela Dabrowski, 7–6(1), 6–2

Other events edit

Wheelchair men's singles edit

Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(3), 2–6, 7–5

Wheelchair women's singles edit

Korie Homan defeated Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles edit

Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 6–2, 7–6(4)

Wheelchair men's doubles edit

Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers / Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles edit

Florence Gravellier / Aniek Van Koot defeated Lucy Shuker / Daniela Di Toro, 6–3, 7–6(2)

Wheelchair quad doubles edit

Nicholas Taylor / David Wagner defeated Peter Norfolk / Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6(5)

Singles seeds edit

Men's singles edit

SdRankPlayerPoints
Points
defending
Points wonNew pointsStatus
11 Roger Federer105501200200011350Champion, won in the final against Andy Murray [5]
22 Rafael Nadal931020003607670Retired in quarterfinal to Andy Murray [5]
33 Novak Djokovic83103603608310Quarterfinal lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10]
45 Juan Martín del Potro678536018066054th round lost to Marin Čilić [14]
54 Andy Murray678018012007800Runner-Up, Final lost to Roger Federer [1]
66 Nikolay Davydenko493003605290Quarterfinal lost to Roger Federer [1]
77 Andy Roddick45107203604150Quarterfinal lost to Marin Čilić [14]
88 Robin Söderling3410451033751st round lost to Marcel Granollers
99 Fernando Verdasco330072018027604th round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [6]
1010 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga28753607203235Semifinal lost to Roger Federer [1]
1111 Fernando González287018018028704th round lost to Andy Roddick [7]
1212 Gaël Monfils26101809025203rd round lost to John Isner [33]
1313 Radek Štěpánek2525901024451st round lost to Ivo Karlović
1414 Marin Čilić24301807202970Semifinal lost to Andy Murray [5]
1515 Gilles Simon227536001915Withdrew before the tournament[3]
1616 Tommy Robredo21751801020051st round lost to Santiago Giraldo
1718 David Ferrer1825904517802nd round lost to Marcos Baghdatis
1817 Tommy Haas1855909018553rd round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10]
1919 Stanislas Wawrinka1765909017653rd round lost to Marin Čilić
2020 Mikhail Youzhny169010901770Withdrew in 3rd round to Łukasz Kubot
2121 Tomáš Berdych16801804515452nd round lost to Evgeny Korolev
2222 Lleyton Hewitt16001018017704th round lost to Roger Federer [1]
2323 Juan Carlos Ferrero1555101015551st round lost to Ivan Dodig [Q]
2424 Ivan Ljubičić1405459014503rd round lost to Ivo Karlović
2529 Sam Querrey1240101012401st round lost to Rainer Schüttler
2625 Nicolás Almagro13059018013954th round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10]
2726 Philipp Kohlschreiber1260459013053rd round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
2827 Jürgen Melzer1260901011801st round lost to Florent Serra
2930 Viktor Troicki1220454512202nd round lost to Florian Mayer
3033 Juan Mónaco1170109012603rd round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [6]
3132 Albert Montañés1185109012653rd round lost to Roger Federer [1]
3234 Jérémy Chardy1090451010651st round lost to Denis Istomin
3328 John Isner12601018014304th round lost to Andy Murray [5]

Women's singles edit

SdRankPlayerPoints
Points
defending
Points wonNew pointsStatus
11 Serena Williams9195200020009195Champion, won in the final against Justine Henin [WC]
22 Dinara Safina760014002806480Retired in 4th round to Maria Kirilenko
33 Svetlana Kuznetsova608150028058614th round lost to Nadia Petrova [19]
44 Caroline Wozniacki578516028059054th round lost to Li Na [16]
55 Elena Dementieva550590010047052nd round lost to Justine Henin [WC]
66 Venus Williams51261005005526Quarterfinal lost to Li Na [16]
77 Victoria Azarenka47402805004960Quarterfinal lost to Serena Williams [1]
88 Jelena Janković396528016038453rd round lost to Alona Bondarenko [31]
99 Vera Zvonareva356090028029404th round lost to Victoria Azarenka [7]
1010 Agnieszka Radwańska3450516036053rd round lost to Francesca Schiavone [17]
1111 Marion Bartoli332550016029853rd round lost Zheng Jie
1212 Flavia Pennetta320016010031402nd round lost to Yanina Wickmayer [Q]
1313 Samantha Stosur304516028031654th round lost to Serena Williams [1]
1414 Maria Sharapova28200528251st round lost to Maria Kirilenko
1515 Kim Clijsters2620016027803rd round lost Nadia Petrova [19]
1617 Li Na254109003441Semifinal lost to Serena Williams [1]
1718 Francesca Schiavone2445528027204th round lost to Venus Williams [6]
1820 Virginie Razzano2200160520451st round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
1919 Nadia Petrova22202805002440Quarterfinal lost to Justine Henin [WC]
2021 Ana Ivanovic212716010020672nd round lost to Gisela Dulko
2124 Sabine Lisicki203510010020352nd round lost to Alberta Brianti
2225 Daniela Hantuchová198516016019853rd round lost to Li Na [16]
2322 Dominika Cibulková2063280517881st round lost Vania King
2427 María José Martínez Sánchez197016010019102nd round lost to Zheng Jie
2526 Anabel Medina Garrigues1980280517051st round lost to Karolina Šprem
2623 Aravane Rezaï2055510021502nd round lost to Angelique Kerber [Q]
2731 Alisa Kleybanova187028016017503rd round lost Justine Henin [WC]
2829 Elena Vesnina19005519001st round lost to Tathiana Garbin
2928 Shahar Pe'er1930516020853rd round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [4]
3032 Kateryna Bondarenko174016010016802nd round lost to Elena Baltacha
3130 Alona Bondarenko190016028020204th round lost to Zheng Jie
3233 Carla Suárez Navarro171550016013753rd round lost to Serena Williams [1]

Wildcard entries edit

Mixed doubles wildcard entries edit

  1. Sophie Ferguson / Carsten Ball
  2. Carly Gullickson / Bernard Tomic
  3. Sally Peers / Peter Luczak
  4. Alicia Molik / Matthew Ebden
  5. Anastasia Rodionova / Paul Hanley
  6. Jarmila Groth / Samuel Groth
  7. Casey Dellacqua / Jordan Kerr

Protected ranking edit

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

Qualifiers entries edit

Withdrawals edit

Point distribution edit

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles
Champion2000
Finals12001400
Semifinals720900
Quarterfinals360500
Round of 16180280
Round of 3290160
Round of 644501005
Round of 128105
Qualifier2560
Qualifying 3rd round1650
Qualifying 2nd round840
Qualifying 1st round02

Prize money edit

All prize money is in Australian dollars (A$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.[4]

References edit

External links edit

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