2010 US Open (tennis)

Notable stories

Milestones

• Maria Sharapova recorded her 100th Grand Slam match victory with a 6–0, 6–0 defeat of wildcard Beatrice Capra in the third round.
• Kim Clijsters became the first woman since Venus Williams in 2000–1 to successfully defend her US Open title, by defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final. The final lasted just under one hour with Clijsters winning 6–2, 6–1.
• Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 in the men's final, and in doing so, completed his Golden Career Grand Slam.

Serena Williams' withdrawal

Three-time champion and World No. 1 Serena Williams officially announced her withdrawal from the US Open on August 20 due to foot surgery. Her withdrawal also meant that she and older sister Venus could not pair up to defend the doubles title they won in 2009, and allowed WTA No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki to be installed as the top seed for the tournament, where she was defeated in the semi-finals by Vera Zvonareva. It was the first time since 2003 in which Serena Williams was forced to miss her national championships due to injury, the first Grand Slam tournament she missed through injury since Wimbledon in 2006, the first time since the 2007 Australian Open in which the women's World No. 1 missed a Grand Slam tournament and the first time in the WTA's 35-year rankings history that the World No. 1 missed the US Open.

Other notable withdrawals included two-time champion Justine Henin, as well as men's defending champion Juan Martín del Potro, Tommy Haas, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Ivo Karlović and Mario Ančić. Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Kim Clijsters and John Isner had all been in doubt after suffering minor injuries during lead-up tournaments but all were cleared to play.

Victoria Azarenka collapses

In a second round match played in 40 C heat, Belarusian 10th seed Victoria Azarenka collapsed whilst trailing Gisela Dulko 1–5 in the first set. Azarenka was subsequently taken to hospital in a wheelchair where she was diagnosed with mild concussion and later released a statement saying that a mishap in the gym, and not the heat, caused her to collapse during the match. Her second round retirement represented her worst ever performance at the US Open, having never previously fallen before the third round. It was also the second time she was forced to retire from a match at a Major, when she retired in near identical circumstances against Serena Williams at the 2009 Australian Open.

Spanish performance

The men's tournament was well known for the excellent performances of Spanish players. Of the sixteen Spaniards that started in the 128-man draw, six of them reached the fourth round: Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Robredo, David Ferrer, Feliciano López and Albert Montañés. There were two all-Spanish fourth round matches, guaranteeing two Spaniards in the quarter-finals: Nadal vs. López and Ferrer vs. Verdasco (the latter winning in a final set tiebreak). In a rematch of their 2009 Australian Open semi-final, Nadal defeated Verdasco in straight sets in the all-Spanish quarter-final, and went on to become the first Spaniard since Manuel Orantes in 1975 to win the US Open.

Singles players

Men's singles

;Women's singles

Player(s) of the day

• Day 1: USA Andy Roddick – Roddick advanced to the second round of the US Open with a 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 victory over FRA Stéphane Robert on his 28th birthday.
• Day 2: USA Beatrice Capra – The young wild card entrant defeated CRO Karolina Šprem 6–1, 6–3 and advanced to the second round.
• Day 3: USA Ryan Harrison – The 18-year-old qualifier ousted 15th-seeded CRO Ivan Ljubičić in a hard-fought match, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4.
• Day 4: JPN Kei Nishikori – The qualifier, and only Japanese player in the men's draw, upset 11th-seeded CRO Marin Čilić in a grueling five-hour match, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1.
• Day 5: UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky – The Pilot Pen champion fought past a rain delay, a partisan crowd, and a determined young opponent to take down USA Ryan Harrison, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6).
• Day 6: DEN Caroline Wozniacki – The Pilot Pen champion destroyed TPE Chan Yung-jan, 6–1, 6–0, maintaining her average of one game lost per match at the tournament as she heads into the Round of 16.
• Day 7: ITA Francesca Schiavone – The world #7 defeated RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6–3, 6–0 in just 1 hour and 8 minutes to advance into the Quarterfinals.
• Day 8: EST Kaia Kanepi – Overcame a lopsided start to upset 15th-seeded BEL Yanina Wickmayer, 0–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1, reaching her first US Open quarterfinals.
• Day 9: SUI Stan Wawrinka – Two days after his upset of GBR Andy Murray, the Swiss overcame crowd favorite and last American standing USA Sam Querrey in a long five-setter, 7–6(11–9), 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 4–6, 6–4.
• Day 10: RUS Vera Zvonareva – Russia's top player defeated 31st-seeded EST Kaia Kanepi, 6–3, 7–5, in gusty conditions for her best-ever US Open showing.
• Day 11: RUS Mikhail Youzhny – The big-hitting Russian outlasted SUI Stan Wawrinka in five sets, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, to advance to the semifinals.
• Day 12: USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan – The American twins won their 9th Grand Slam title and 3rd US Open, defeating IND Rohan Bopanna / PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4).
• Day 13: SRB Novak Djokovic – The ATP ranked #3 defeated SUI Roger Federer in a five-set match to reach his first Grand Slam final since he won the 2008 Australian Open.
• Day 14: No matches completed due to rain.
• Day 15: ESP Rafael Nadal – The World #1 beat SRB Novak Djokovic to win the US Open for the first time and complete his Career Slam.

Day-by-day summaries

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

Events

Men's singles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Men's singles

ESP Rafael Nadal def. SRB Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

• It was Nadal's 6th title of the year and 42nd of his career. It was his 3rd slam of the year, first US Open, and 9th slam of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Women's singles

BEL Kim Clijsters def. RUS Vera Zvonareva, 6–2, 6–1 :• It was Clijsters' 4th title of the year and 39th of her career. It was her 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and her 3rd and last at the US Open.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Men's doubles

USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan def. IND Rohan Bopanna / PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4).

• It was the Bryan's ninth grand slam men's doubles title for their careers, and the third US Open crown along with 2005 and 2008. This was Bob's 65th title of his career and the 67th title of Mike's career.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Women's doubles

USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova def. USA Liezel Huber / RUS Nadia Petrova, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

• This was the pair of King and Shvedova second women's grand slam doubles title of the year and of their careers to go along with the 2010 Wimbledon crown. This was King's eleventh women's doubles title of her career and Shvedova's third career women's doubles victory.

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Mixed doubles

USA Liezel Huber / USA Bob Bryan def. CZE Květa Peschke / PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 6–4, 6–4.

• This victory was the second joint title in a grand slam tournament for the pair of Huber and Bryan, which they won the 2009 French Open together. This was Huber's second mixed double slam, which all were won with Bob, but this was Bob Bryan seventh mixed doubles title for his career. This was the first US Open title for Huber in mixed doubles, but this was Bob's fourth mixed doubles title for his career to go along with titles in 2003, 2004, and 2006.

Boys' singles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Boys' singles

USA Jack Sock def. USA Denis Kudla, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2

Girls' singles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Girls' singles

RUS Daria Gavrilova def. RUS Yulia Putintseva, 6–3, 6–2

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Boys' doubles

PER Duilio Beretta / ECU Roberto Quiroz def. GBR Oliver Golding / CZE Jiří Veselý, 6–1, 7–5

• It was their second Grand Slam Boys' Doubles title in the year after winning at the French Open.

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Girls' doubles

HUN Tímea Babos / USA Sloane Stephens def. BEL An-Sophie Mestach / CRO Silvia Njirić, walkover

• It was their third Grand Slam Girls' Doubles title in the year after winning at the French Open and at the Wimbledon Championships.

Wheelchair men's singles

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

JPN Shingo Kunieda def. FRA Nicolas Peifer, walkover

Wheelchair women's singles

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

NED Esther Vergeer def. AUS Daniela Di Toro, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair men's doubles

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

NED Maikel Scheffers / NED Ronald Vink def. FRA Nicolas Peifer / USA Jon Rydberg, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair women's doubles

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

NED Esther Vergeer / NED Sharon Walraven def. AUS Daniela Di Toro / NED Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair quad singles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair quad singles

USA David Wagner def. GBR Peter Norfolk, 6–0, 2–6, 6–3

Wheelchair quad doubles

Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair quad doubles

USA Nick Taylor / USA David Wagner def. SWE Johan Andersson / GBR Peter Norfolk, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

Champions invitational

The Champions Invitational returned for the fifth year with 16 former Grand Slam tournament champions and finalists. It was a doubles only event for the first time, but employed the fan-friendly World TeamTennis format for the second consecutive year. Players were divided into four teams of four players each that were named after members of the US Open Court of Champions. All teams played two matches from Wednesday, September 8, through Saturday, September 11. For the first time, prize money was awarded to the competitors based on their team's order of finish.

The invitees for this year's event included a host of past US Open champions, including sixteen-time US Open champion Martina Navratilova, two-time women's singles champion Tracy Austin (1979, 1981) and 1988 men's singles champion Mats Wilander, as well as the Champion Invitational's first "Hall of Fame team": 2010 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva, who teamed to win three US Open women's doubles titles, and Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, collectively known as The Woodies, who won back-to-back men's doubles championships in 1995 and 1996.

Also scheduled to compete were U.S. Fed Cup Captain and two-time Grand Slam singles finalist Mary Joe Fernández, 1989 French Open champion Michael Chang, 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, 1997 French Open champion Iva Majoli, 1996 Wimbledon runner-up MaliVai Washington and 1999 US Open finalist Todd Martin.

Teams

Team Connolly

• Gigi Fernández
• Todd Woodbridge
• Mark Woodforde
• Natasha Zvereva

Team Gibson

• MaliVai Washington
• Mary Joe Fernández
• Todd Martin
• Tracy Austin Team Kramer
• Pat Cash
• Martina Navratilova
• Chanda Rubin
• Michael Chang

Team Tilden

• Iva Majoli
• Conchita Martínez
• Cédric Pioline
• Mats Wilander

Results

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 August 23, 2010. Rankings and points were before as of August 30, 2010.

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

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

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

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Wildcard entries

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

Men's singles

1. AUS Carsten Ball
2. USA James Blake
3. USA Bradley Klahn
4. FRA Guillaume Rufin
5. USA Tim Smyczek
6. USA Jack Sock
7. USA Ryan Sweeting
8. USA Donald Young

Women's singles

1. USA Beatrice Capra
2. AUS Sophie Ferguson
3. USA Chelsey Gullickson
4. USA Jamie Hampton
5. USA Christina McHale
6. FRA Virginie Razzano
7. USA Shelby Rogers
8. USA CoCo Vandeweghe

Men's doubles

1. USA Bradley Klahn / USA Tim Smyczek
2. USA David Martin / USA Donald Young
3. USA Ryan Harrison / USA Robert Kendrick
4. USA Robby Ginepri / USA Ryan Sweeting
5. USA Drew Courtney / USA Michael Shabaz
6. USA Brian Battistone / USA Ryler DeHeart
7. USA Sekou Bangoura / USA Nathan Pasha

Women's doubles

1. USA Alexa Glatch / USA CoCo Vandeweghe
2. USA Hilary Barte / USA Lindsay Burdette
3. USA Lauren Herring / USA Grace Min
4. USA Christina McHale / USA Riza Zalameda
5. USA Carly Gullickson / USA Chelsey Gullickson
6. USA Jamie Hampton / USA Melanie Oudin
7. USA Jill Craybas / USA Sloane Stephens

Mixed doubles

1. USA Beatrice Capra / USA Jack Sock
2. USA Jill Craybas / USA Michael Russell
3. USA Nicole Gibbs / USA Sam Querrey
4. USA Carly Gullickson / USA Travis Parrott
5. USA Racquel Kops-Jones / USA Eric Butorac
6. USA Melanie Oudin / USA Ryan Harrison
7. USA Abigail Spears / USA Scott Lipsky

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ;Men's Singles

• ARG David Nalbandian (15)
• RUS Dmitry Tursunov (58)
• ARG Máximo González (66)
• BEL Kristof Vliegen (68) ;Women's Singles
• GBR Anne Keothavong (55)
• POL Urszula Radwańska (75)
• CRO Jelena Kostanić Tošić (101)

Qualifier entries

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering the main draw.

Men's singles

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

1. CRO Ivan Dodig
2. CZE Lukáš Rosol
3. CAN Peter Polansky
4. CZE Dušan Lojda
5. AUT Andreas Haider-Maurer
6. BRA Júlio Silva
7. SVK Martin Kližan
8. CAN Milos Raonic
9. LTU Ričardas Berankis
10. USA Ryan Harrison
11. USA Robert Kendrick
12. JPN Kei Nishikori
13. FRA Adrian Mannarino
14. RSA Rik de Voest
15. FRA Benoît Paire
16. FRA Marc Gicquel

Women's singles

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

1. UZB Akgul Amanmuradova
2. ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives
3. ROU Monica Niculescu
4. CRO Mirjana Lučić
5. AUS Sally Peers
6. AUT Tamira Paszek
7. LUX Mandy Minella
8. ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino
9. CAN Rebecca Marino
10. USA Irina Falconi
11. ITA Maria Elena Camerin
12. SVK Zuzana Kučová
13. CZE Zuzana Ondrášková
14. UKR Olga Savchuk
15. IND Sania Mirza
16. POR Michelle Larcher de Brito

Withdrawals

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

• ‡ CRO Ivo Karlović (51) → replaced by JAM Dustin Brown (99)
• ‡ CRO Mario Ančić (65 PR) → replaced by GER Tobias Kamke (100)
• ‡ FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (11) → replaced by ARG Carlos Berlocq (101)
• ‡ GER Tommy Haas (20 PR) → replaced by ISR Dudi Sela (102)
• ‡ ARG Juan Martín del Potro (7) → replaced by IND Somdev Devvarman (103) ;Women's singles
• † BEL Justine Henin (12) → replaced by CZE Sandra Záhlavová (102)
• ‡ HUN Melinda Czink (71) → replaced by RUS Anna Chakvetadze (103)
• ‡ USA Serena Williams (1) → replaced by HUN Gréta Arn (104) † – not included on entry list

‡ – withdrew from entry list

Point distribution

Prize money

All prize money is in U.S. dollars ($); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

• Winners: $1,700,000
• Runners-up: $850,000
• Semi-finalists: $400,000
• Quarter-finalists: $200,000
• Fourth round: $100,000
• Third round: $50,250
• Second round: $31,000
• First round: $19,000

Men's and women's doubles

• Winners: $420,000
• Runners-up: $210,000
• Semi-finalists: $105,000
• Quarter-finalists: $50,000
• Third round: $25,000
• Second round: $15,000
• First round: $10,000

Mixed doubles

• Winners: $150,000
• Runners-up: $70,000
• Semi-finalists: $30,000
• Quarter-finalists: $15,000
• Second round: $10,000
• First round: $5,000

Media coverage

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