2010 Mercury Insurance Open

The 2010 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It was classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It was played in San Diego, California, United States. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the singles title.

2010 Mercury Insurance Open
DateAugust 2–8
Edition30th
Draw28S /16D
Prize money$700,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationSan Diego, California, U.S.
Champions
Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Doubles
Maria Kirilenko / Zheng Jie

WTA entrants

Seeds

Player Nationality Ranking* Seed
Jelena Janković Serbia 2 1
Samantha Stosur Australia 5 2
Vera Zvonareva Russia 9 3
Agnieszka Radwańska Poland 11 4
Flavia Pennetta Italy 12 5
Marion Bartoli France 14 6
Shahar Pe'er Israel 16 7
Yanina Wickmayer Belgium 17 8
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of July 26, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:

Finals

Singles

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3

  • It was Kuznetsova's first title of the year and 13th of her career.

Doubles

Maria Kirilenko / Zheng Jie defeated Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs, 6–4, 6–4

Preceded by
Stanford
2010 US Open Series Women's Events Succeeded by
Cincinnati
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