2010 French Open

2010 French Open
Date	23 May – 6 June 2010
Edition	109
Category	80th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Francesca Schiavone
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Daniela Di Toro / Aniek van Koot
Boys' singles
Agustín Velotti
Girls' singles
Elina Svitolina
Boys' doubles
Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz
Girls' doubles
Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens
Legends under 45 doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Medvedev
Women's legends doubles
Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná
Legends over 45 doubles
Andrés Gómez / John McEnroe
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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]

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.

Singles players

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

Seniors

Men's singles

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.

Women's singles

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.

Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

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.

Mixed doubles

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.

Juniors

Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

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

• Svitolina won her first Junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles

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.

Girls' 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.

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

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

Legends over 45 doubles

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

Women's legends doubles

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

Wheelchair men's singles

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

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

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

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.

Singles seeds

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.

Men's singles

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]

Women's singles

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]

Wildcard entries

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

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

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

Protected ranking

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

Qualifiers entries

Withdrawals

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

Point distribution

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

Prize money

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

Media coverage

• Australia: Nine, Fox Sports
• Canada: TSN, RDS
• Brazil: ESPN, ESPN Brasil
• United States: NBC, ESPN2, Tennis Channel^[5]
• Europe: Eurosport
  • Domestic rights have also been sold to the following broadcasters, who may only cover the later rounds or not show any coverage at all, depending on the progress of domestic players:
  • Austria: ORF
  • Belgium: RTBF, VRT
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT
  • Croatia: HRT
  • Cyprus: CyBC
  • Denmark: TV2 Sport
  • France: France Télévisions, Orange Sport
  • Finland: MTV3, FST5
  • Germany: ARD, ZDF
  • Greece: ERT, ANT1, Mega Channel
  • Ireland: TG4
  • Montenegro: RTCG
  • Netherlands: NOS
  • Romania: TVR
  • Russia: Eurosport, Russia 2
  • Serbia: RTS
  • Slovenia: RTV Slovenija
  • Spain: TVE
  • Sweden: SVT
  • Switzerland: SRG-SSR
  • Turkey: TRT
  • United Kingdom: BBC
• People's Republic of China: CCTV
• Hong Kong: Now Sports
• India: ESPN STAR Sports
• Japan: Wowow
• Macao: TDM
• Malaysia: Astro
• Morocco: SNRT
• New Zealand: Sky Sport
• Thailand: TV7, True Sport
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Supersport
• Middle East and North Africa: Al Jazeera Sports
• Latin America: ESPN Latin America
• Philippines: Balls, Studio 23
• Singapore: Starhub

Miscellaneous

• 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]

References

External links

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