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2010 French Open

The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th 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.{{Cite web

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

Women's singles

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

Day-by-day summaries

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

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2010 French Open – Men's singles

ESP Rafael Nadal defeated SWE 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

Main article: 2010 French Open – Women's singles

ITA Francesca Schiavone defeated AUS 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

Main article: 2010 French Open – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Main article: 2010 French Open – Women's doubles

USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams defeated CZE Květa Peschke / SLO 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

Main article: 2010 French Open – Mixed doubles

SVN Katarina Srebotnik / SRB Nenad Zimonjić defeated KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova / AUT 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

Main article: 2010 French Open – Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

Main article: 2010 French Open – Girls' singles

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

Svitolina won her first Junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2010 French Open – Boys' doubles

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

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

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2010 French Open – Girls' doubles

HUN Tímea Babos / USA Sloane Stephens defeated ESP Lara Arruabarrena / ESP 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

Main article: 2010 French Open – Legends under 45 doubles

RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / UKR Andriy Medvedev defeated CRO Goran Ivanišević / GER Michael Stich, 6–1, 6–1

Legends over 45 doubles

Main article: 2010 French Open – Legends over 45 doubles

USA John McEnroe / ECU Andrés Gómez defeated IRN Mansour Bahrami / FRA Henri Leconte, 6–1, 6–1

Women's legends doubles

Main article: 2010 French Open – Women's legends doubles

USA Martina Navratilova / CZE Jana Novotná defeated CRO Iva Majoli / FRA Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

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

JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated SWE 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

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

NED Esther Vergeer defeated NED 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

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

FRA Stéphane Houdet / JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated NED Robin Ammerlaan / SWE 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

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

AUS Daniela Di Toro / NED Aniek van Koot defeated NED Esther Vergeer / NED 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.

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

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	[Points defending](2009-french-open-men-s-singles)	[Points won](2010-french-open-point-distribution)	Points after	Status
1	1	SUI Roger Federer	10,030	2,000	360	8,390	Quarterfinals lost to SWE Robin Söderling [5]
2	2	ESP Rafael Nadal	6,880	180	2,000	8,700	Champion, defeated SWE Robin Söderling [5]
3	3	SRB Novak Djokovic	6,405	90	360	6,675	Quarterfinals lost to AUT Jürgen Melzer [22]
4	4	GBR Andy Murray	5,565	360	180	5,385	Fourth round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [15]
5	7	SWE Robin Söderling	4,755	1,200	1,200	4,755	Runner-up, lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]
6	8	USA Andy Roddick	4,600	180	90	4,510	Third round lost to RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili [Q]
7	9	ESP Fernando Verdasco	3,645	180	180	3,645	Fourth round lost to ESP Nicolás Almagro [19]
8	10	FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3,185	180	180	3,185	Fourth round retired against RUS Mikhail Youzhny [11]
9	11	ESP David Ferrer	3,010	90	90	3,010	Third round lost to AUT Jürgen Melzer [22]
10	12	CRO Marin Čilić	2,945	180	180	2,945	Fourth round lost to SWE Robin Söderling [5]
11	14	RUS Mikhail Youzhny	2,375	45	360	2,690	Quarterfinals lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [15]
12	13	CHI Fernando González	2,385	720	45	1,710	Second round lost to UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov
13	15	FRA Gaël Monfils	2,220	360	45	1,905	Second round lost to ITA Fabio Fognini
14	16	CRO Ivan Ljubičić	2,140	10	90	2,220	Third round lost to BRA Thomaz Bellucci [24]
15	17	CZE Tomáš Berdych	2,115	10	720	2,825	Semifinals lost to SWE Robin Söderling [5]
16	18	ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero	2,050	45	90	2,095	Third round lost to USA Robby Ginepri
17	19	USA John Isner	1,880	(45)†	90	1,925	Third round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [15]
18	22	USA Sam Querrey	1,675	10	10	1,675	First round lost to USA Robby Ginepri
19	21	ESP Nicolás Almagro	1,690	90	360	1,960	Quarterfinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]
20	23	SUI Stan Wawrinka	1,600	90	180	1,690	Fourth round lost to SUI Roger Federer [1]
21	26	ESP Tommy Robredo	1,505	360	10	1,155	First round lost to SRB Viktor Troicki
22	27	AUT Jürgen Melzer	1,495	90	720	2,125	Semifinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]
23	28	LAT Ernests Gulbis	1,494	45	10	1,459	First round lost to FRA Julien Benneteau
24	29	BRA Thomaz Bellucci	1,482	10	180	1,652	Fourth round lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]
25	30	CYP Marcos Baghdatis	1,465	10	90	1,545	Fourth round lost to GBR Andy Murray [4]
26	25	ARG Juan Mónaco	1,510	45	10	1,475	First round lost to SLO Grega Žemlja [Q]
27	31	ESP Feliciano López	1,420	45	10	1,385	First round lost to GER Julian Reister [Q]
28	33	AUS Lleyton Hewitt	1,350	90	90	1,350	Third round lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]
29	34	ESP Albert Montañés	1,325	10	90	1,405	Third round lost to SWE Robin Söderling [5]
30	35	GER Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,320	180	90	1,230	Third round lost to ESP Fernando Verdasco [7]
31	37	ROU Victor Hănescu	1,160	180	90	1,070	Third round lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [3]
32	40	ESP Guillermo García López	965	10	45	1,000	Second round lost to NED 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](2009-french-open-men-s-singles)	Points
after	Withdrawal reason
5	RUS Nikolay Davydenko	5,145	360	4,785	url=https://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2010-05-14/4149.php	title=Kim Clijsters, Nikolay Davydenko Withdraw from French Open	access-date=14 April 2010}}
6	ARG Juan Martín del Potro	5,115	720	4,395	Right wrist surgery
20	CZE Radek Štěpánek	1705	90	1,615	Fatigue
23	GER Tommy Haas	1,660	180	1,480	Right hip surgery
32	FRA Gilles Simon	1,395	90	1,305	Right knee injury
36	CRO Ivo Karlović	1,295	10	1,285	Right foot injury

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

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	[Points defending](2009-french-open-women-s-singles)	[Points won](2010-french-open-point-distribution)	Points after	Status
1	1	USA Serena Williams	8,475	500	500	8,475	Quarterfinals lost to AUS Samantha Stosur [7]
2	2	USA Venus Williams	6,386	160	280	6,506	Fourth round lost to RUS Nadia Petrova [19]
3	3	DEN Caroline Wozniacki	5,630	160	500	5,970	Quarterfinals lost to ITA Francesca Schiavone [17]
4	4	SRB Jelena Janković	5,160	280	900	5,780	Semifinals lost to AUS Samantha Stosur [7]
5	5	RUS Elena Dementieva	4,830	160	900	5,570	Semifinals retired against ITA Francesca Schiavone [17]
6	6	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova	4,661	2,000	160	2,821	Third round lost to RUS Maria Kirilenko [30]
7	7	AUS Samantha Stosur	4,405	900	1,400	4,905	Runner-up, lost to ITA Francesca Schiavone [17]
8	8	POL Agnieszka Radwańska	4,190	280	100	4,010	Second round lost to KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
9	9	RUS Dinara Safina	4,156	1,400	5	2,761	First round lost to JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm
10	11	BLR Victoria Azarenka	3,665	500	5	3,170	First round lost to ARG Gisela Dulko
11	12	CHN Li Na	3,515	280	160	3,395	Third round lost to ITA Francesca Schiavone [17]
12	13	RUS Maria Sharapova	3,350	500	160	3,010	Third round lost to BEL Justine Henin [22]
13	14	FRA Marion Bartoli	3,186	100	160	3,246	Third round lost to ISR Shahar Pe'er [18]
14	15	ITA Flavia Pennetta	3,175	5	280	3,450	Fourth round lost to DEN Caroline Wozniacki [3]
15	19	FRA Aravane Rezaï	2,875	280	160	2,755	Third round lost to RUS Nadia Petrova [18]
16	16	BEL Yanina Wickmayer	3,050	100	160	3,110	Third round lost to SVK Daniela Hantuchová [22]
17	17	ITA Francesca Schiavone	2,995	5	2,000	4,990	Champion, defeated AUS Samantha Stosur [7]
18	18	ISR Shahar Pe'er	2,895	0	280	3,175	Fourth round lost to USA Serena Williams [1]
19	20	RUS Nadia Petrova	2,795	100	500	3,195	Quarterfinals lost to RUS Elena Dementieva [5]
20	21	ESP María José Martínez Sánchez	2,635	160	5	2,480	First round lost to UZB Akgul Amanmuradova
21	22	RUS Vera Zvonareva	2,625	0	100	2,725	Second round lost to AUS Anastasia Rodionova
22	23	BEL Justine Henin	2,575	0	280	2,855	Fourth round lost to AUS Samantha Stosur [7]
23	26	SVK Daniela Hantuchová	2,010	5	280	2,285	Fourth round lost to SRB Jelena Janković [4]
24	25	CZE Lucie Šafářová	2,075	100	100	2,075	Second round lost to SLO Polona Hercog
25	24	CHN Zheng Jie	2,325	100	100	2,325	Second round lost to RUS Anastasia Pivovarova [Q]
26	27	SVK Dominika Cibulková	2,005	900	160	1,265	Third round lost to USA Venus Williams [2]
27	31	UKR Alona Bondarenko	1,700	5	160	1,855	Third round lost to SRB Jelena Janković [4]
28	28	RUS Alisa Kleybanova	1,855	5	160	2,010	Third round lost to KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
29	29	RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,850	160	160	1,850	Third round lost to USA Serena Williams [1]
30	30	RUS Maria Kirilenko	1,710	5	280	1,985	Fourth round lost to ITA Francesca Schiavone [17]
31	32	ROU Alexandra Dulgheru	1,655	(30)†	160	1,785	Third round lost to DEN Caroline Wozniacki [3]
32	35	UKR Kateryna Bondarenko	1,570	160	100	1,510	Second round lost to CAN 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](2009-french-open-women-s-singles)	Points
after	Withdrawal reason
10	BEL Kim Clijsters	3,890	0	3,890	Left foot injury

Wildcard entries

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

Men's singles wildcard entries

USA Ryan Sweeting
AUS Carsten Ball
FRA David Guez
FRA Nicolas Mahut
FRA Gianni Mina
FRA Josselin Ouanna
FRA Laurent Recouderc
FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Women's singles wildcard entries

USA Christina McHale
AUS Jarmila Groth
FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
FRA Claire Feuerstein
FRA Stéphanie Foretz
FRA Mathilde Johansson
FRA Kristina Mladenovic
FRA Olivia Sanchez

Men's doubles wildcard entries

FRA Thierry Ascione / FRA Laurent Recouderc
FRA Nicolas Devilder / FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu
FRA Jonathan Eysseric / FRA Benoît Paire
FRA Richard Gasquet / FRA Sébastien Grosjean
FRA Marc Gicquel / FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin
FRA Guillaume Rufin / FRA Alexandre Sidorenko

Women's doubles wildcard entries

FRA Séverine Brémond Beltrame / FRA Youlia Fedossova
FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / FRA Pauline Parmentier
FRA Claire Feuerstein / FRA Stéphanie Foretz
FRA Mathilde Johansson / FRA Camille Pin
FRA Sophie Lefèvre / FRA Aurélie Védy
FRA Kristina Mladenovic / TUN Selima Sfar
FRA Irena Pavlovic / FRA Laura Thorpe

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / FRA Thierry Ascione
FRA Julie Coin / FRA Nicolas Mahut
FRA Mathilde Johansson / FRA Sébastien de Chaunac
FRA Kristina Mladenovic / FRA Alexandre Sidorenko
FRA Pauline Parmentier / FRA Marc Gicquel
FRA Aurélie Védy / FRA Michaël Llodra

Protected ranking

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

;Men's Singles

RUS Dmitry Tursunov (58)
BEL Kristof Vliegen (68)
NED Robin Haase (104)
JPN Kei Nishikori (106)

;Women's Singles

SLO Katarina Srebotnik (20)

Qualifiers entries

Men's qualifiers entries

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

ESP Pablo Andújar
KAZ Yuri Schukin
FRA Olivier Patience
USA Jesse Witten
BRA Thiago Alves
IND Somdev Devvarman
USA Michael Yani
ITA Stefano Galvani
RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili
CHI Jorge Aguilar
FRA Benoît Paire
AUT Martin Fischer
GER Julian Reister
SLO Grega Žemlja
ITA Simone Bolelli
GER Tobias Kamke

The following players received the lucky loser spot:

ESP Santiago Ventura
GER Dieter Kindlmann

Women's qualifiers entries

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

CAN Heidi El Tabakh
JPN Kurumi Nara
RUS Ekaterina Ivanova
AUS Sophie Ferguson
CHN Zhang Shuai
RUS Anastasia Pivovarova
RUS Ksenia Pervak
JPN Misaki Doi
ROU Simona Halep
EST Kaia Kanepi
ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives
RSA Chanelle Scheepers

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Men's Singles

‡ ARG Juan Martín del Potro (5) → replaced by ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver (100)
‡ RUS Nikolay Davydenko (6) → replaced by ITA Paolo Lorenzi (101)
‡ GER Tommy Haas (21) → replaced by BRA Ricardo Mello (102)
‡ RUS Igor Andreev (50) → replaced by RSA Kevin Anderson (103)
‡ USA James Blake (53) → replaced by POL Michał Przysiężny (104)
‡ CZE Radek Štěpánek (19) → replaced by NED Robin Haase (104 PR)
‡ FRA Gilles Simon (26) → replaced by RUS Igor Kunitsyn (105)
‡ ARG David Nalbandian (15 PR) → replaced by USA Taylor Dent (106)
‡ CRO Ivo Karlović (28) → replaced by JPN Kei Nishikori (106 PR)
‡ ESP Carlos Moyá (52 PR) → replaced by USA Robby Ginepri (107)
@ CRO Mario Ančić (65 PR) → replaced by ESP Santiago Ventura (LL)
§ GER Florian Mayer (45) → replaced by GER Dieter Kindlmann (LL) ;Women's Singles
‡ POL Urszula Radwańska (105) → replaced by GBR Katie O'Brien (108)
‡ IND Sania Mirza (90) → replaced by GBR Anne Keothavong (109)
‡ GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld (65) → replaced by RUS Ekaterina Bychkova (110)
‡ GER Sabine Lisicki (28) → replaced by SWE Johanna Larsson (111)
‡ BEL Kim Clijsters (10) → replaced by CAN Stéphanie Dubois (113)
§ CHN Peng Shuai (55) → replaced by USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (LL) ‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began

@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began

§ – withdrew from main draw

Point distribution

Stage	Men's singles	Men's doubles	Women's singles
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 Euros (€); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

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

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

Mixed doubles

Winners: €100,000
Runners-up: €50,000
Semi-finalists: €25,000
Quarter-finalists: €13,000
Second round: €7,000
First round: €3,500

Media coverage

Australia Australia: Nine, Fox Sports
Canada Canada: TSN, RDS
Brazil Brazil: ESPN, ESPN Brasil
USA United States: NBC, ESPN2, Tennis Channel
Europe 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 Austria: ORF
- Belgium Belgium: RTBF, VRT
- BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT
- Croatia Croatia: HRT
- Cyprus Cyprus: CyBC
- Denmark Denmark: TV2 Sport
- France France: France Télévisions, Orange Sport
- Finland Finland: MTV3, FST5
- Germany Germany: ARD, ZDF
- Greece Greece: ERT, ANT1, Mega Channel
- Ireland Ireland: TG4
- Montenegro Montenegro: RTCG
- Netherlands Netherlands: NOS
- Romania Romania: TVR
- Russia Russia: Eurosport, Russia 2
- Serbia Serbia: RTS
- Slovenia Slovenia: RTV Slovenija
- Spain Spain: TVE
- Sweden Sweden: SVT
- Switzerland Switzerland: SRG-SSR
- Turkey Turkey: TRT
- United Kingdom United Kingdom: BBC
China People's Republic of China: CCTV
Hong Kong Hong Kong: Now Sports
India India: ESPN STAR Sports
Japan Japan: Wowow
Macao Macao: TDM
Malaysia Malaysia: Astro
Morocco Morocco: SNRT
NZL New Zealand: Sky Sport
Thailand Thailand: TV7, True Sport
Sub-Saharan Africa: Supersport
Middle East and North Africa: Al Jazeera Sports
Latin America: ESPN Latin America
Philippines Philippines: Balls, Studio 23
Singapore 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.

References

"Kim Clijsters, Nikolay Davydenko Withdraw from French Open".
"Simon out of French Open, Kunitsyn in". Yahoo! Sports.
"Karlovic withdraws from French Open". Yahoo! Sports.
"Roland Garros TV schedule". Roland Garros.
Gainey, Tom. (14 July 2010). "Novak Djokovic, Gaël Monfils Make Cameos in Martin Solveig's "Hello" [Video]". Tennis X.

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Stage	Men's singles	Men's doubles	Women's singles
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