2010 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Rafael Nadal
Full nameRafael Nadal Parera
Country Spain
Calendar prize money$10,171,998[1]
Singles
Season record71–10 (87.7%)
Calendar titles7
Year-end rankingNo. 1
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 1
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian OpenQF
French OpenW
WimbledonW
US OpenW
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsF
Doubles
Season record6–3 (66.7%)
Calendar titles1
Year-end rankingNo. 79
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 53
2009
2011

The 2010 Rafael Nadal tennis season is lauded as one of the greatest seasons of all time.[2] Nadal himself also called it his best year. In the 2010 season, Nadal became the first male player in tennis history to win Grand Slam tournaments on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard court) in the same year, referred to as a Surface Slam. He became the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the French-Wimbledon-US triplet in a calendar year, being the fourth in history. At 24 years, 3 months and 10 days, after his win at the US Open, he simultaneously became the youngest player in the Open Era to complete both (in singles) the Career Grand Slam, and the Career Golden Slam. With this achievement, he was only the second man in history to complete the Career Golden Slam in singles, after Andre Agassi did so in 1996. He also became the second man to win at least two majors on three different surfaces in his career (Double Career Surface Slam). Nadal further cemented his place in history by becoming the first, and only player to-date, to win Monte-Carlo Masters, Madrid Masters, Rome Masters, and the French Open in a calendar year, a feat known as the Clay Slam.

Year summary

Capital World Tennis Championship

Nadal began the year by participating in the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated compatriot David Ferrer (7-6(3), 6-3) to reach his second final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, Nadal defeated Robin Söderling (7-6(3), 7-5).[3]

Qatar ExxonMobil Open

Secondly, Nadal participated in the Australian Open warm-up tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, where he lost in the final.[4] He defeated the Italians Simone Bolelli in the first round (6-3, 6-3) and Potito Starace (6-2, 6-2) in the second round. In the quarter-finals, the Spaniard defeated the Belgian Steve Darcis: 6-1, 2-0(ret). After that, in the semi-final, Nadal defeated the fifth seed Viktor Troicki (6-1, 6-3), winning eleven games in a row. In the final, Nadal lost to Russian Nikolay Davydenko (6-0, 6-7(8), 4-6), despite dominating the opening set and holding two match points in the second set.[4] Davydenko had also defeated Roger Federer in the semi-final before facing Nadal in the final.[4]

Australian Open

In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated the Australian Peter Luczak (7-6(0), 6-1, 6-4).[5] In the second round, he beat Lukáš Lacko (6-2, 6-2, 6-2).[6] In the third round, he was tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, finally beating him in four sets (6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5).[7] In the fourth round, he beat the Croatian Ivo Karlović, (6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4).[8] In the quarter-finals, Nadal pulled out in the third set against Andy Murray, having lost the first two sets (6-3, 7-6(2)).[9] After having his knee examined, doctors told Nadal to take two weeks of rest followed by two weeks of rehabilitation.

In singles, Nadal reached the semi-finals at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as the current defending champion. However, the eventual winner, Ivan Ljubičić, defeated him in three sets.[10] He and López won the doubles title by defeating the number one seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.[11] This boosted Nadal's doubles ranking 175 places,[12] going from number 241 to being number 66 in the world.[13] After Indian Wells, Nadal reached the semi-finals of Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to the eventual champion Andy Roddick in three sets.[14]

Monte Carlo Rolex Masters

Nadal reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monaco after beating the fellow Spaniard David Ferrer (6-3, 6-2) in the semi-finals. This was Nadal's first tour final since Doha earlier that year. He won the final with a (6-0, 6-1) score over his compatriot Fernando Verdasco. He lost fourteen games throughout all five matches, the fewest he had ever lost en route to a championship, and the tournament's final was the shortest Masters 1000 final in terms of games. With this win, Nadal became the first player in open history to win a tournament title for six straight years.[15]

Unlike previous years, Nadal chose to skip the Barcelona tournament despite the fact that he was the five-time defending champion.

Internazional BNL d'Italia

His next tournament was the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, Victor Hănescu, and Stanislas Wawrinka all in straight sets to win his 57th straight match, in April. In the semi-finals, he faced a resilient Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Roger Federer earlier in the tournament and battled Nadal into a three-set-match for the first time in this clay court season. Nadal eventually prevailed with a (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) in two hours and forty minutes. Then he defeated compatriot David Ferrer in the final (7-5, 6-2) for his fifth title at Rome, to equal Andre Agassi's record of winning 17 ATP Masters 1000 titles.

Madrid Open

Nadal then entered the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he had finished runner-up the previous year. By being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, he defeated the qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov, Jr. in straight sets. He then played the six-foot-nine American John Isner, and Nadal comfortably came through in straight sets, (7-5, 6-4). In the quarter-finals, he defeated Gaël Monfils (6-1, 6-3) and then his countryman Nicolás Almagro, who was playing the first Masters 1000 semifinal of his career, (4-6, 6-2, 6-2). The first set of his match against Almagro would be just the second set he lost on clay courts up to this point in 2010. Nadal then defeated his longtime rival Roger Federer (6-4, 7-6(5)), avenging his 2009 final loss to Federer. The win gave him his 18th Masters 1000 title, breaking the all-time record. He became the first player to win all three clay court Masters 1000 titles in a single year and the first player to win three consecutive Masters events. Nadal moved back to No. 2 in the rankings the following day.

French Open

Entering the French Open, many were expecting another Nadal-Federer final. However, this became impossible when rival Robin Söderling defeated Federer (3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4) in the quarter-finals.[16] The failure of Federer to reach the semi-finals would allow Nadal to regain the world number 1 ranking, if he were to win the tournament. Nadal advanced to the final and defeated Soderling (6-4, 6-2, 6-4) to win the French Open. The win gave Nadal his seventh Grand Slam, tying him with John McEnroe, John Newcombe and Mats Wilander on the all-time list, and allowed Nadal to reclaim the position of ATP World Number One; denying his biggest rival Roger Federer the all-time record for weeks at No. 1.[17][18] With this win, Nadal became the first man to win the three Masters series on clay and the French Open; this was dubbed by the media as the "Clay Slam". This victory at Roland Garros marked the second time that Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a single set (tying the record held by Björn Borg). With the win in Paris he also booked his place at the World Tour Finals in London, and became the first player to win five French Open titles in six years.

As of 2017, Nadal's clay season was the second most successful in his career, as he earned 5,000 points after winning 4 titles. This was only surpassed by his 2013 season, in which Nadal earned 5,100 points after winning Barcelona, Madrid, Rome and the French Open, and being runner-up in Monte-Carlo.[19]

Aegon Championships

In June, Nadal entered the Aegon Championships—which he won in 2008—at the prestigious Queen's Club. He played singles and doubles at this grass court tournament as a warm up for the Wimbledon Championships. By being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, where he played his first match on grass since winning Wimbledon in 2008, he defeated the Brazilian Marcos Daniel easily in two sets, (6-2, 6-2). In the third round, he played Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, whom he defeated (7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4), to advance to the quarter-finals. However, in the quarter-finals he was defeated by his compatriot Feliciano López (6-7(5), 4-6), and left the competition without a title.

Wimbledon

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships Nadal started by beating Kei Nishikori (6-2, 6-4, 6-4) in the first round. In the second round, he fought hard and succeeded against Robin Haase after five sets (5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3). In the third round, he defeated Philipp Petzschner. The match was a 5-set thriller with Nadal triumphing (6-4, 4-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3). During this match, Nadal was warned twice for receiving coaching from his coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, resulting in a $2,000 fine by Wimbledon officials. Allegedly, encouraging words for Nadal shouted during the match were some sort of coaching code signal.[20][21] After that, Nadal comfortably beat the French Paul-Henri Mathieu in three sets (6-4, 6-2, 6-2). In the quarter-finals, he got past the Swedish Robin Söderling in four sets (3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4), 6-1). He then defeated Andy Murray in straight sets (6-4, 7-6(8-6), 6-4) to reach his fourth Wimbledon final.

In the 2010 Wimbledon men's title, Nadal won the tournament by defeating Tomáš Berdych in straight sets (6-3, 7-5, 6-4). After the win, Rafa said, "It is more than a dream for me" and thanked the crowd for being both kind and supportive to him during this match and also in the semi-final against Andy Murray.[22] The win gave him a second Wimbledon title and an eighth career major title,[23] at the age of 24.[24]

Rogers Cup

In his first hard-court tournament since Miami, Nadal advanced to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup, along with No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer, and No. 4 Andy Murray, after coming back from a one-set deficit to defeat the German Philipp Kohlschreiber (3-6, 6-3, 6-4).[25] In the semifinal, defending champion Andy Murray defeated Nadal (6-3, 6-4), becoming the only player to triumph over the Spaniard twice in 2010.[26] Nadal also competed in the doubles tournament with Novak Djokovic in a one-time, high-profile partnership, not seen since 1976 when Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe as World No.1 and No.2 paired up, making a double dream team.[27] However, they lost in the first round to Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil.

The next week, Nadal was the top seed at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the quarter-finals to 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.

US Open

Rafael Nadal won the 2010 US Open title, thus completing the Career Grand Slam.

At the 2010 US Open, Nadal was the top seed for the second time in three years. He defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, 23rd seed Feliciano López, 8th seed Fernando Verdasco, and 12th seed Mikhail Youzhny, all without dropping a set, to reach his first US Open final. By doing that he became the 8th man in the Open Era to reach the final of all four majors at the age 24; the second youngest to ever do so, behind only Jim Courier. In the final, he defeated 3rd seed Novak Djokovic (6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2), which completed the Career Grand Slam for Nadal, and he became the second male after Andre Agassi to complete a Career Golden Slam.[28] Nadal also became the first man to win Grand Slams on clay, grass, and hard court surfaces in the same year (later accomplished by Djokovic in 2021 after winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon Championships), and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. With the US Open win, Nadal became, along with Mats Wilander, the only male players to win at least two Grand Slams each on clay, grass, and hard court in their careers (Novak Djokovic later completed this feat with his second French Open title in 2021). After all that, he also became the first left-handed man to win the US Open since John McEnroe in 1984.[29] This victory also clinched the year-end number one ranking for 2010, making Nadal the third player (after Ivan Lendl in 1989 and Roger Federer in 2009) to regain the year-end number one ranking after having lost it.[30]

Thailand Open

Nadal began his Asian tour at 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok, where he reached the semi-finals, losing to his compatriot Guillermo García-López.

Japan Open

He was able to regroup, and at the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo (debut), he defeated Santiago Giraldo, Milos Raonic and Dmitry Tursunov. In the semi-finals against Viktor Troicki, Nadal saved two match points in the deciding-set tiebreaker, to win it 9-7 in the end. In the final, Nadal comfortably defeated Gaël Monfils (6-1, 7-5) for his 7th title of the season.

Shanghai Rolex Masters

Nadal next played in the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters, in Shanghai, where he was the top seed, but lost to world's number twelve, Jürgen Melzer in the third round, stopping his record streak of 21 consecutive Masters quarter-finals. On 5 November, Nadal announced that he was pulling out of the Paris Masters due to tendinitis in his left shoulder.[31]

ATP World Tour Finals

At the ATP World Tour Finals in London, Nadal defeated Andy Roddick (3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4) in the first match. He then beat Djokovic in a tight match where Djokovic had trouble with his contact lenses, prevailing (7-5, 6-2). A further victory against Berdych, (7-6(3), 6-1), sent him to his third World Tour Final semi-final. It was the first time he had won all three round-robins, in stark contrast to the previous year. In the semi-finals, he was thrice two points from defeat and was able to win the match on his third match point (7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6)). In the final, Nadal lost against Roger Federer with a score of (3-6, 6-3, 1-6). This was Nadal's last tournament in the 2010 professional tennis season.

Match for Africa

Finally, he played Federer in the two-match exhibition Match for Africa for the Roger Federer Foundation and the Rafa Nadal Foundation. The first match took place in Zürich on December 21, 2010, and was won by Federer, (4-6, 6-3, and 6-3). The following match was played in Madrid, and Nadal beat Federer with a score of (7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1).[32]

All matches

Singles

Tournament Match Round Opponent (seed or key) Rank Result Score
Qatar Open
Doha, Qatar
ATP Tour 250
Hard, outdoor
4 – 9 January 2010
1 / 493 1R Italy Simone Bolelli 93 Win 6–3, 6–3
2 / 494 2R Italy Potito Starace 62 Win 6–2, 6–2
3 / 495 QF Belgium Steve Darcis (Q) 122 Win 6–1, 2–0, retired
4 / 496 SF Serbia Viktor Troicki (5) 29 Win 6–1, 6–3
5 / 497 F Russia Nikolay Davydenko (3) 6 Loss (1) 6–0, 6–7(8–10), 4–6
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam tournament
Hard, outdoor
18 – 31 January 2010
6 / 498 1R Australia Peter Luczak 70 Win 7–6(7–0), 6–1, 6–4
7 / 499 2R Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 75 Win 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
8 / 500 3R Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) 26 Win 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
9 / 501 4R Croatia Ivo Karlović 39 Win 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
10 / 502 QF United Kingdom Andy Murray (5) 4 Loss 3–6, 6–7(2–7), 0–3, retired
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
8 – 21 March 2010
1R Bye
11 / 503 2R Germany Rainer Schüttler (Q) 90 Win 6–4, 6–4
12 / 504 3R Croatia Mario Ančić 694 Win 6–2, 6–2
13 / 505 4R United States John Isner (15) 20 Win 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
14 / 506 QF Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (19) 25 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
15 / 507 SF Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (20) 26 Loss 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Sony Ericsson Open
Miami, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
22 March – 4 April 2010
1R Bye
16 / 508 2R United States Taylor Dent 83 Win 6–4, 6–3
17 / 509 3R Argentina David Nalbandian (WC) 161 Win 6–7(8–10), 6–2, 6–2
18 / 510 4R Spain David Ferrer (15) 17 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–4
19 / 511 QF France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8) 10 Win 6–3, 6–2
20 / 512 SF United States Andy Roddick (6) 8 Loss 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Monte Carlo, Monaco
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
12 – 18 April 2010
1R Bye
21 / 513 2R Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker (Q) 77 Win 6–1, 6–0
22 / 514 3R Germany Michael Berrer 51 Win 6–0, 6–1
23 / 515 QF Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (9) 16 Win 6–4, 6–2
24 / 516 SF Spain David Ferrer (11) 17 Win 6–2, 6–3
25 / 517 W Spain Fernando Verdasco (6) 12 Win (1) 6–0, 6–1
Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
26 April – 2 May 2010
1R Bye
26 / 518 2R Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber 29 Win 6–1, 6–3
27 / 519 3R Romania Victor Hănescu 39 Win 6–3, 6–2
28 / 520 QF Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 26 Win 6–4, 6–1
29 / 521 SF Latvia Ernests Gulbis 40 Win 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
30 / 522 W Spain David Ferrer (13) 17 Win (2) 7–5, 6–2
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
10 – 16 May 2010
1R Bye
31 / 523 2R Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov (Q) 62 Win 6–4, 6–3
32 / 524 3R United States John Isner (13) 19 Win 7–5, 6–4
33 / 525 QF France Gaël Monfils (12) 18 Win 6–1, 6–3
34 / 526 SF Spain Nicolás Almagro 35 Win 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
35 / 527 W Switzerland Roger Federer (1) 1 Win (3) 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
24 May – 6 June 2010
36 / 528 1R France Gianni Mina (WC) 655 Win 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
37 / 529 2R Argentina Horacio Zeballos 44 Win 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
38 / 530 3R Australia Lleyton Hewitt (28) 33 Win 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
39 / 531 4R Brazil Thomaz Bellucci (24) 29 Win 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
40 / 532 QF Spain Nicolás Almagro (19) 21 Win 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
41 / 533 SF Austria Jürgen Melzer (22) 27 Win 6–2, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
42 / 534 W Sweden Robin Söderling (5) 7 Win (4) 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Aegon Championships
London, United Kingdom
ATP Tour 250
Grass, outdoor
7 – 13 June 2010
1R Bye
43 / 535 2R Brazil Marcos Daniel 112 Win 6–2, 6–2
44 / 536 3R Uzbekistan Denis Istomin (16) 72 Win 7–6(6–4), 4–6, 6–4
45 / 537 QF Spain Feliciano López (8) 31 Loss 6–7(5–7), 4–6
The Championships, Wimbledon
London, United Kingdom
Grand Slam tournament
Grass, outdoor
21 June – 4 July 2010
46 / 538 1R Japan Kei Nishikori (WC) 189 Win 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
47 / 539 2R Netherlands Robin Haase (PR) 151 Win 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3
48 / 540 3R Germany Philipp Petzschner (33) 41 Win 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
49 / 541 4R France Paul-Henri Mathieu 66 Win 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
50 / 542 QF Sweden Robin Söderling (6) 6 Win 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
51 / 543 SF United Kingdom Andy Murray (4) 4 Win 6–4, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
52 / 544 W Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (12) 13 Win (5) 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Rogers Cup
Toronto, Canada
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
9 – 15 August 2010
1R Bye
53 / 545 2R Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 24 Win 7–6(14–12), 6–3
54 / 546 3R South Africa Kevin Anderson (Q) 87 Win 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
55 / 547 QF Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber 37 Win 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
56 / 548 SF United Kingdom Andy Murray (4) 4 Loss 3–6, 4–6
W&S Financial Group Masters
Cincinnati, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
16 – 22 August 2010
1R Bye
57 / 549 2R United States Taylor Dent (Q) 83 Win 6–2, 7–5
58 / 550 3R France Julien Benneteau 32 Win 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2
59 / 551 QF Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 20 Loss 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
US Open
New York City, United States
Grand Slam tournament
Hard, outdoor
30 August – 12 September 2010
60 / 552 1R Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili 93 Win 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
61 / 553 2R Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 39 Win 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
62 / 554 3R France Gilles Simon 42 Win 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
63 / 555 4R Spain Feliciano López (23) 25 Win 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
64 / 556 QF Spain Fernando Verdasco (8) 8 Win 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
65 / 557 SF Russia Mikhail Youzhny (12) 14 Win 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
66 / 558 W Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 3 Win (6) 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
PTT Thailand Open
Bangkok, Thailand
ATP Tour 250
Hard, indoor
27 September – 3 October 2010
1R Bye
67 / 559 2R Belgium Ruben Bemelmans (Q) 195 Win 6–1, 6–4
68 / 560 QF Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin 83 Win 6–2, 6–3
69 / 561 SF Spain Guillermo García López 53 Loss 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Japan Open Tennis Championships
Tokyo, Japan
ATP Tour 500
Hard, outdoor
4 – 10 October 2010
70 / 562 1R Colombia Santiago Giraldo 63 Win 6–4, 6–4
71 / 563 2R Canada Milos Raonic (Q) 200 Win 6–4, 6–4
72 / 564 QF Russia Dmitry Tursunov 432 Win 6–4, 6–1
73 / 565 SF Serbia Viktor Troicki 54 Win 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(9–7)
74 / 566 W France Gaël Monfils (5) 15 Win (7) 6–1, 7–5
Shanghai Rolex Masters
Shanghai, China
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
11 – 17 October 2010
1R Bye
75 / 567 2R Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 21 Win 6–4, 6–4
76 / 568 3R Austria Jürgen Melzer (13) 12 Loss 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
London, United Kingdom
ATP Finals
Hard, indoor
22 – 28 November 2010
77 / 569 RR United States Andy Roddick (8) 8 Win 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
78 / 570 RR Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 3 Win 7–5, 6–2
79 / 571 RR Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (6) 6 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–1
80 / 572 SF United Kingdom Andy Murray (5) 5 Win 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
81 / 573 F Switzerland Roger Federer (2) 2 Loss (2) 3–6, 6–3, 1–6

Source (ATP)

Doubles

Tournament Match Round Opponents (seed or key) Ranks Result Score
Qatar Open
Doha, Qatar
ATP Tour 250
Hard, outdoor
4 – 9 January 2010
Partner: Spain Marc López
1 / 127 1R Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Poland Marcin Matkowski (3) #18 / #17 Loss 6–4, 2–6, [3–10]
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
8 – 21 March 2010
Partner: Spain Marc López
2 / 128 1R Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý / India Leander Paes (3) #5 / #6 Win 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
3 / 129 2R Spain Feliciano López / Spain Fernando Verdasco #78 / #164 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
4 / 130 QF France Michaël Llodra / Israel Andy Ram #47 / #9 Win 6–2, 6–4
5 / 131 SF Sweden Simon Aspelin / Australia Paul Hanley (6) #15 / #20 Win 6–4, 6–4
6 / 132 W Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (1) #1 / #1 Win (1) 7–6(10–8), 6–3
Sony Ericsson Open
Miami, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
22 March – 4 April 2010
Partner: Spain Bartolomé Salvá Vidal
7 / 133 1R United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan (2) #3 / #3 Loss 0–6, 3–6
Aegon Championships
London, United Kingdom
ATP Tour 250
Grass, outdoor
7 – 13 June 2010
Partner: Spain Marc López
8 / 134 1R Germany Rainer Schüttler / Serbia Janko Tipsarević #211 / #127 Win 6–4, 6–3
2R Sweden Robert Lindstedt / Romania Horia Tecău (6) #29 / #42 Withdrew N/A
Rogers Cup
Toronto, Canada
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
7 – 15 August 2010
Partner: Serbia Novak Djokovic
9 / 135 1R Canada Vasek Pospisil / Canada Milos Raonic (WC) #178 / #492 Loss 7–5, 3–6, [8–10]

Source (ATP)

Exhibitions

Tournament Match Round Opponent (seed or key) Rank Result Score
Capitala World Tennis Championship
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hard, outdoor
31 December 2009 – 2 January 2010
QF Bye
1 SF Spain David Ferrer (5) 17 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2 W Sweden Robin Söderling (4) 8 Win 7–6(7–3), 7–5

See also

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