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2010 Australian Open

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.

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, 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).

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.

Melbourne Park during the 2010 Australian Open

Point distribution

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

Senior

Men's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles
20001200720360
0———
1400900500280
5———

Wheelchair

SinglesDoublesQuad singlesQuad doubles
800500375100
800500100—
800500375100
800100——

Junior

Boys' singlesGirls' singlesBoys' doublesGirls' doubles
375270180120
27018012075
———

Singles players

;Men's singles

**Champion**Runner-upSemifinals outQuarterfinals out4th round out3rd round out2nd round out1st round out
SUI **Roger Federer** (1)GBR Andy Murray (5)
FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10)CRO Marin Čilić (14)
RUS Nikolay Davydenko (6)SRB Novak Djokovic (3)USA Andy Roddick (7)ESP Rafael Nadal (2)
AUS Lleyton Hewitt (22)ESP Fernando Verdasco (9)POL Łukasz KubotESP Nicolás Almagro (26)
CHI Fernando González (11)ARG Juan Martín del Potro (4)USA John Isner (33)CRO Ivo Karlović
ESP Albert Montañés (31)CYP Marcos BaghdatisAUT Stefan KoubekARG Juan Mónaco (30)
UZB Denis IstominRUS Mikhail Youzhny (20)GER Tommy Haas (18)COL Alejandro Falla
ESP Feliciano LópezKAZ Evgeny KorolevSUI Stanislas Wawrinka (19)GER Florian Mayer
FRA Florent SerraFRA Gaël Monfils (12)CRO Ivan Ljubičić (24)GER Philipp Kohlschreiber (27)
ROU Victor HănescuFRA Stéphane RobertUSA Donald YoungESP David Ferrer (17)
UKR Ivan SergeyevCRO Ivan DodigFRA Michaël LlodraUKR Illya Marchenko
SUI Marco ChiudinelliGER Michael BerrerCZE Jan HájekCOL Santiago Giraldo
USA Taylor DentSRB Janko TipsarevićGER Benjamin BeckerESP Marcel Granollers
BRA Thomaz BellucciGER Rainer SchüttlerCZE Tomáš Berdych (21)TUR Marsel İlhan
AUS Bernard TomicRUS Igor KunitsynSRB Viktor Troicki (29)USA James Blake
FRA Marc GicquelFIN Jarkko NieminenIRL Louk SorensenCRO Antonio Veić
FRA Julien BenneteauKAZ Andrey GolubevUSA Wayne OdesnikSVK Lukáš Lacko
RUS Igor AndreevARG Juan Ignacio ChelaITA Potito StaraceESP Óscar Hernández
BRA Ricardo HocevarBEL Christophe RochusITA Paolo LorenziPOR Frederico Gil
AUS Carsten BallISR Dudi SelaUSA Rajeev RamESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (23)
LAT Ernests GulbisARG Martín Vassallo ArgüelloESP Carlos MoyáGER Dieter Kindlmann
ESP Daniel Gimeno TraverAUS Marinko MatosevicBEL Kristof VliegenFRA Jérémy Chardy
FRA Richard GasquetUSA Robby GinepriGER Mischa ZverevESP Tommy Robredo (16)
UKR Sergiy StakhovskyITA Fabio FogniniUSA Ryan HarrisonGER Simon Greul
BEL Xavier MalisseSLO Grega ŽemljaBRA Marcos DanielSWE Robin Söderling (8)
NED Thiemo de BakkerRUS Teymuraz GabashviliURU Pablo CuevasUSA Sam Querrey (25)
NED Robin HaaseGER Daniel BrandsFRA Sébastien GrosjeanBEL Olivier Rochus
FRA Fabrice SantoroFRA Guillaume RufinARG José AcasusoESP Guillermo García López
ECU Nicolás LapenttiGER Philipp PetzschnerFRA Arnaud ClémentUSA Michael Russell
RSA Kevin AndersonITA Simone BolelliAUS Nick LindahlAUT Jürgen Melzer (28)
ITA Andreas SeppiTPE Lu Yen-hsunAUT Daniel KöllererAUS Matthew Ebden
CZE Radek Štěpánek (13)FRA David GuezUSA Mardy FishAUS Jason Kubler
ARG Horacio ZeballosSLO Blaž KavčičARG Leonardo MayerAUS Peter Luczak

;Women's singles

**Champion**Runner-upSemifinals outQuarterfinals out4th round out3rd round out
USA **Serena Williams (1)**BEL Justine Henin
CHN Li Na (16)CHN Zheng Jie
BLR Victoria Azarenka (7)USA Venus Williams (6)RUS Nadia Petrova (19)RUS Maria Kirilenko
AUS Samantha Stosur (13)RUS Vera Zvonareva (9)DEN Caroline Wozniacki (4)ITA Francesca Schiavone (17)
BEL Yanina WickmayerRUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (3)UKR Alona Bondarenko (31)RUS Dinara Safina (2)
ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (32)ITA Alberta BriantiARG Gisela DulkoITA Tathiana Garbin
ISR Shahar Pe'er (29)SVK Daniela Hantuchová (22)POL Agnieszka Radwańska (10)AUS Casey Dellacqua
RUS Alisa Kleybanova (27)ITA Sara ErraniBEL Kim Clijsters (15)GER Angelique Kerber
SRB Jelena Janković (8)FRA Marion Bartoli (11)ITA Roberta VinciGBR Elena Baltacha

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Men's singles

SUI Roger Federer defeated GBR 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

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Women's singles

USA Serena Williams defeated BEL 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

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Men's doubles

USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB 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

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Women's doubles

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

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

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

ZIM Cara Black / IND Leander Paes defeated RUS Ekaterina Makarova / CZE 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

Boys' singles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Girls' singles

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

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Boys' doubles

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

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Girls' doubles

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

Other events

Wheelchair men's singles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

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

Wheelchair women's singles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles

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

Wheelchair quad singles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles

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

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

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

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

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

Wheelchair quad doubles

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles

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

Singles seeds

[[2010 Australian Open – Men's singles|Men's singles]]

SdRankPlayerPointsPoints wonNew pointsStatus
11SUI **Roger Federer**1055012002000**11350**
22ESP Rafael Nadal93102000360**7670**
33SRB Novak Djokovic8310360360**8310**
45ARG Juan Martín del Potro6785360180**6605**
54GBR Andy Murray67801801200**7800**
66RUS Nikolay Davydenko49300360**5290**
77USA Andy Roddick4510720360**4150**
88SWE Robin Söderling34104510**3375**
99ESP Fernando Verdasco3300720180**2760**
1010FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2875360720**3235**
1111CHI Fernando González2870180180**2870**
1212FRA Gaël Monfils261018090**2520**
1313CZE Radek Štěpánek25259010**2445**
1414CRO Marin Čilić2430180720**2970**
1515FRA Gilles Simon22753600**1915**
1616ESP Tommy Robredo217518010**2005**
1718ESP David Ferrer18259045**1780**
1817GER Tommy Haas18559090**1855**
1919SUI Stanislas Wawrinka17659090**1765**
2020RUS Mikhail Youzhny16901090**1770**
2121CZE Tomáš Berdych168018045**1545**
2222AUS Lleyton Hewitt160010180**1770**
2323ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero15551010**1555**
2424CRO Ivan Ljubičić14054590**1450**
2529USA Sam Querrey12401010**1240**
2625ESP Nicolás Almagro130590180**1395**
2726GER Philipp Kohlschreiber12604590**1305**
2827AUT Jürgen Melzer12609010**1180**
2930SRB Viktor Troicki12204545**1220**
3033ARG Juan Mónaco11701090**1260**
3132ESP Albert Montañés11851090**1265**
3234FRA Jérémy Chardy10904510**1065**
3328USA John Isner126010180**1430**

[[2010 Australian Open – Women's singles|Women's singles]]

SdRankPlayerPointsPoints wonNew pointsStatus
11USA **Serena Williams**919520002000**9195**
22RUS Dinara Safina76001400280**6480**
33RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova6081500280**5861**
44DEN Caroline Wozniacki5785160280**5905**
55RUS Elena Dementieva5505900100**4705**
66USA Venus Williams5126100500**5526**
77BLR Victoria Azarenka4740280500**4960**
88SRB Jelena Janković3965280160**3845**
99RUS Vera Zvonareva3560900280**2940**
1010POL Agnieszka Radwańska34505160**3605**
1111FRA Marion Bartoli3325500160**2985**
1212ITA Flavia Pennetta3200160100**3140**
1313AUS Samantha Stosur3045160280**3165**
1414RUS Maria Sharapova282005**2825**
1515BEL Kim Clijsters26200160**2780**
1617CHN Li Na25410900**3441**
1718ITA Francesca Schiavone24455280**2720**
1820FRA Virginie Razzano22001605**2045**
1919RUS Nadia Petrova2220280500**2440**
2021SRB Ana Ivanovic2127160100**2067**
2124GER Sabine Lisicki2035100100**2035**
2225SVK Daniela Hantuchová1985160160**1985**
2322SVK Dominika Cibulková20632805**1788**
2427ESP María José Martínez Sánchez1970160100**1910**
2526ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues19802805**1705**
2623FRA Aravane Rezaï20555100**2150**
2731RUS Alisa Kleybanova1870280160**1750**
2829RUS Elena Vesnina190055**1900**
2928ISR Shahar Pe'er19305160**2085**
3032UKR Kateryna Bondarenko1740160100**1680**
3130UKR Alona Bondarenko1900160280**2020**
3233ESP Carla Suárez Navarro1715500160**1375**

Wildcard entries

Men's singles wildcard entries

  1. AUS Carsten Ball
  2. KAZ Andrey Golubev
  3. FRA Sébastien Grosjean
  4. USA Ryan Harrison
  5. AUS Jason Kubler
  6. AUS Nick Lindahl
  7. AUS Marinko Matosevic
  8. AUS Bernard Tomic

Women's singles wildcard entries

  1. FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
  2. AUS Casey Dellacqua
  3. AUS Jarmila Groth
  4. BEL Justine Henin
  5. KAZ Sesil Karatancheva
  6. AUS Alicia Molik
  7. AUS Olivia Rogowska
  8. USA CoCo Vandeweghe

Men's doubles wildcard entries

  1. AUS Marinko Matosevic / AUS Bernard Tomic
  2. IND Prakash Amritraj / IND Somdev Devvarman
  3. AUS Kaden Hensel / AUS Greg Jones
  4. AUS Matthew Ebden / AUS Brydan Klein
  5. AUS Rameez Junaid / AUS Peter Luczak
  6. AUS Nick Lindahl / AUS Matt Reid
  7. AUS Samuel Groth / AUS Jason Kubler

Women's doubles wildcard entries

  1. AUS Shannon Golds / AUS Marija Mirkovic
  2. INA Yayuk Basuki / JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm
  3. AUS Sally Peers / GBR Laura Robson
  4. AUS Jarmila Groth / AUS Olivia Rogowska
  5. AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Nicole Kriz
  6. AUS Alicia Molik / USA Meghann Shaughnessy
  7. AUS Sophie Ferguson / AUS Jessica Moore

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

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

Protected ranking

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

;Men's singles

  • NED Robin Haase
  • ESP Carlos Moyá
  • BEL Kristof Vliegen

;Women's singles

  • NZL Marina Erakovic
  • AUT Tamira Paszek

Qualifiers entries

Men's qualifiers entries

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

  1. BEL Xavier Malisse
  2. AUS Matthew Ebden
  3. SLO Grega Žemlja
  4. CRO Antonio Veić
  5. IRL Louk Sorensen
  6. FRA Guillaume Rufin
  7. BRA Ricardo Hocevar
  8. USA Donald Young
  9. UKR Illya Marchenko
  10. UKR Ivan Sergeyev
  11. RSA Kevin Anderson
  12. SLO Blaž Kavčič
  13. CRO Ivan Dodig
  14. FRA David Guez
  15. AUT Stefan Koubek
  16. GER Dieter Kindlmann

The following players received lucky loser spots in the men's draw:

  1. TUR Marsel İlhan

Women's qualifiers entries

Main article: 2010 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

  1. BEL Yanina Wickmayer
  2. RUS Regina Kulikova
  3. USA Shenay Perry
  4. CHN Han Xinyun
  5. CZE Renata Voráčová
  6. SWE Sofia Arvidsson
  7. GER Angelique Kerber
  8. AUT Yvonne Meusburger
  9. UKR Yuliana Fedak
  10. SVK Zuzana Kučová
  11. CAN Valérie Tétreault
  12. GER Kathrin Wörle

Withdrawals

;Men's singles

  • CRO Mario Ančić → replaced by RUS Igor Kunitsyn
  • GER Andreas Beck → replaced by NED Robin Haase
  • ARG Máximo González → replaced by COL Santiago Giraldo
  • BEL Xavier Malisse → replaced by CZE Jan Hájek
  • FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu → replaced by RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili
  • ARG David Nalbandian → replaced by FRA Stéphane Robert
  • FRA Gilles Simon → replaced by TUR Marsel İlhan
  • RUS Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by USA Wayne Odesnik ;Women's singles
  • GBR Anne Keothavong → replaced by FRA Pauline Parmentier
  • SUI Patty Schnyder → replaced by BLR Anastasiya Yakimova

Point distribution

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampionFinalsSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QualifierQualifying 3rd roundQualifying 2nd roundQualifying 1st round
**2000**
**1200****1400**
**720****900**
**360****500**
**180****280**
**90****160**
**45****0****100****5**
**10****–****5****–**
**25****60**
**16****50 **
**8****40**
**0****2**

Prize money

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

Men's and women's singles

  • Winners: $2,200,168
  • Runners-up: $1,050,000
  • Semi-finalists: $400,000
  • Quarter-finalists: $200,000
  • Fourth round: $89,000
  • Third round: $52,000
  • Second round: $31,500
  • First round: $19,500

Men's and women's doubles

  • Winners: $450,000
  • Runners-up: $225,000
  • Semi-finalists: $112,000
  • Quarter-finalists: $55,400
  • Third round: $31,245
  • Second round: $17,035
  • First round: $9,585

Mixed doubles

  • Winners: $134,460
  • Runners-up: $67,230
  • Semi-finalists: $33,615
  • Quarter-finalists: $15,490
  • Second round: $7,745
  • First round: $3,755

References

References

  1. Robin Scott. (30 January 2010). "Australian Open 2010 Tennis: Serena Williams is Women's Champion". 24 Hour Trading.
  2. (31 January 2010). "Roger Federer beats Andy Murray to win Australian Open". BBC Sport.
  3. (16 January 2010). "France's Gilles Simon pulls out of Australian Open". yahoo sports.
  4. (19 January 2010). "Australian Open 2010: Prize Money Breakdown". tennisguru.net.
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