2010 US Open (tennis)

The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States.

2010 US Open
DateAugust 30 – September 13
Edition130th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt
LocationNew York City, USA
VenueUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters
Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles
Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
Mixed Doubles
Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan
Boys' Singles
Jack Sock
Girls' Singles
Daria Gavrilova
Boys' Doubles
Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz
Girls' Doubles
Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair Quad Singles
David Wagner
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor / David Wagner

The tournament was initially going to finish with Men's Singles final on September 12, but was postponed due to rain on the last day and just before the men's tournament final. In the previous two years the tournament was also postponed because of weather.

Juan Martín del Potro and Kim Clijsters were the defending champions. Del Potro, due to a wrist injury, opted not to defend his title. Clijsters successfully defended her title with a score of 6–2, 6–1 in the final against Vera Zvonareva.[1]

Notable stories

Milestones

Serena Williams' withdrawal
Vera Zvonareva reached her first US Open final by defeating top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the semi-finals.

Three-time champion and World No. 1 Serena Williams officially announced her withdrawal from the US Open on 20 August due to foot surgery.[5] Her withdrawal also meant that she and older sister Venus could not pair up to defend the doubles title they won in 2009,[6] and allowed WTA No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki to be installed as the top seed for the tournament,[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

Victoria Azarenka collapses

In a second round match played in 40-degree 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.[10][11] 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.[12][13] 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.[14]

Singles players

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Player(s) of the Day

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

Rafael Nadal def. 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

Kim Clijsters def. 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

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Rohan Bopanna / 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

Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova def. Liezel Huber / 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

Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan def. Květa Peschke / 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

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

Girls' Singles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Girls' Singles

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

Boys' Doubles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Boys' Doubles

Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz def. Oliver Golding / 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

Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens def. An-Sophie Mestach / Silvia Njirić, walkover

Wheelchair Men's Singles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles

Shingo Kunieda def. Nicolas Peifer, walkover

Wheelchair Women's Singles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles

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

Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

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

Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

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

Wheelchair Quad Singles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles

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

Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Main article: 2010 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Nick Taylor / David Wagner def. Johan Andersson / 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 Fernandez, 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.[25]

Teams

Results
Date Winner Loser Score
September 8 Team Connolly Team Tilden 15–10[26]
September 9 Team Kramer Team Gibson 14–11[27]
September 11 Team Tilden Team Gibson 14–11[28]
Team Connolly Team Kramer 14–9[28]

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.

Men's Singles
Seed Rank Player Points
before		 Points
defending		 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 1 Rafael Nadal 10,745 720 2,000 12,025 Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [3]
2 2 Roger Federer 7,215 1,200 720 6,735 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [3]
3 3 Novak Djokovic 6,665 720 1,200 7,145 Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
4 4 Andy Murray 5,125 180 90 5,035 Third round lost to Stan Wawrinka [25]
5 5 Robin Söderling 4,910 360 360 4,910 Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
6 6 Nikolay Davydenko 4,285 180 45 4,150 Second round lost to Richard Gasquet
7 7 Tomáš Berdych 3,860 90 10 3,780 First round lost to Michaël Llodra
8 8 Fernando Verdasco 3,330 360 360 3,330 Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
9 9 Andy Roddick 3,225 90 45 3,180 Second round lost to Janko Tipsarević
10 12 David Ferrer 3,065 45 180 3,200 Fourth round lost to Fernando Verdasco [8]
11 13 Marin Čilić 2,855 360 45 2,540 Second round lost to Kei Nishikori [Q]
12 14 Mikhail Youzhny 2,620 45 720 3,295 Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
13 15 Jürgen Melzer 2,470 45 180 2,605 Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [2]
14 16 Nicolás Almagro 2,150 90 90 2,150 Third round lost to Sam Querrey [20]
15 17 Ivan Ljubičić 2,120 10 10 2,120 First round lost to Ryan Harrison [Q]
16 18 Marcos Baghdatis 2,095 75 10 2,030 First round lost to Arnaud Clément
17 19 Gaël Monfils 2,070 180 360 2,250 Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [3]
18 20 John Isner 1,805 180 90 1,715 Third round lost to Mikhail Youzhny [12]
19 21 Mardy Fish 1,751 0 180 1,931 Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [3]
20 22 Sam Querrey 1,705 90 180 1,795 Fourth round lost to Stan Wawrinka [25]
21 23 Albert Montañés 1,600 10 180 1,770 Fourth round lost to Robin Söderling [5]
22 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero 1,560 180 90 1,470 Third round lost to Jürgen Melzer [13]
23 25 Feliciano López 1,515 10 180 1,685 Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
24 26 Ernests Gulbis 1,515 10 10 1,515 First round lost to Jérémy Chardy
25 27 Stan Wawrinka 1,510 10 360 1,860 Quarterfinals lost to Mikhail Youzhny [12]
26 28 Thomaz Bellucci 1,480 70 45 1,455 Second round lost to Kevin Anderson
27 29 Fernando González 1,340 360 10 990 First round retired against Ivan Dodig [Q]
28 30 Radek Štěpánek 1,320 180 10 1,150 First round lost to Julien Benneteau
29 31 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,315 90 45 1,270 Second round lost to Gilles Simon
30 32 Juan Mónaco 1,235 10 10 1,235 First round lost to Peter Polansky [Q]
31 33 David Nalbandian 1,235 0 90 1,325 Third round lost to Fernando Verdasco [8]
32 34 Lleyton Hewitt 1,215 90 10 1,135 First round lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu

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

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
10 Juan Martín del Potro 3,170 2,000 1,170 Right wrist injury[29]
11 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3,085 180 2,905 Knee injury[30]

Women's Singles
Seed Rank Player Points
before		 Points
defending		 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 2 Caroline Wozniacki 6,410 1,400 900 5,910 Semifinals lost to Vera Zvonareva [7]
2 3 Kim Clijsters 5,325 2,000 2,000 5,325 Champion, defeated Vera Zvonareva [7]
3 4 Venus Williams 5,176 280 900 5,796 Semifinals lost to Kim Clijsters [2]
4 5 Jelena Janković 5,145 100 160 5,205 Third round lost to Kaia Kanepi [31]
5 6 Samantha Stosur 4,550 100 500 4,950 Quarterfinals lost to Kim Clijsters [2]
6 7 Francesca Schiavone 4,450 280 500 4,670 Quarterfinals lost to Venus Williams [3]
7 8 Vera Zvonareva 4,430 280 1,400 5,550 Runner-up, lost to Kim Clijsters [2]
8 9 Li Na 4,015 500 5 3,520 First round lost to Kateryna Bondarenko
9 10 Agnieszka Radwańska 3,995 100 100 3,995 Second round lost to Peng Shuai
10 11 Victoria Azarenka 3,775 160 100 3,715 Second round retired against Gisela Dulko
11 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova 3,516 280 280 3,516 Fourth round lost to Dominika Cibulková
12 12 Elena Dementieva 3,765 100 280 3,945 Fourth round lost to Samantha Stosur [5]
13 14 Marion Bartoli 3,455 100 100 3,455 Second round lost to Virginie Razzano
14 17 Maria Sharapova 3,330 160 280 3,450 Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
15 18 Yanina Wickmayer 3,310 900 280 2,690 Fourth round lost to Kaia Kanepi [31]
16 19 Shahar Pe'er 3,175 160 280 3,295 Fourth round lost to Venus Williams [3]
17 16 Nadia Petrova 3,345 280 5 3,070 First round lost to Andrea Petkovic
18 20 Aravane Rezaï 3,005 5 100 3,100 Second round lost to Beatrice Capra [WC]
19 21 Flavia Pennetta 2,905 500 160 2,565 Third round lost to Shahar Pe'er [16]
20 22 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,505 5 280 2,780 Fourth round lost to Francesca Schiavone [6]
21 23 Zheng Jie 2,351 160 100 2,291 Second round lost to Ana Ivanovic
22 24 María José Martínez Sánchez 2,285 160 100 2,225 Second round lost to Patty Schnyder
23 25 Maria Kirilenko 2,275 160 160 2,275 Third round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova [11]
24 26 Daniela Hantuchová 2,045 280 160 1,925 Third round lost to Elena Dementieva [12]
25 27 Alexandra Dulgheru 2,005 5 160 2,160 Third round lost to Vera Zvonareva [7]
26 28 Lucie Šafářová 1,975 5 5 1,975 First round lost to Tamira Paszek [Q]
27 29 Petra Kvitová 1,869 280 160 1,749 Third round lost to Kim Clijsters [2]
28 30 Alisa Kleybanova 1,840 5 100 1,935 Second round lost to Sara Errani
29 33 Alona Bondarenko 1,723 100 160 1,783 Third round lost to Francesca Schiavone [6]
30 31 Yaroslava Shvedova 1,770 160 5 1,615 First round lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino [Q]
31 32 Kaia Kanepi 1,725 5 500 2,220 Quarterfinals lost to Vera Zvonareva [7]
32 34 Tsvetana Pironkova 1,708 5 100 1,803 Second round lost to Mandy Minella [Q]

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

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
1 Serena Williams 7,895 900 6,995 Foot surgery[31]
15 Justine Henin 3,415 0 3,415 Right elbow injury[32]

Wildcard entries

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

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

Protected ranking

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

Qualifier entries

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

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.

Point distribution
Stage Men's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Singles Women's Doubles
Champion 2000
Finals 12001400
Semifinals 720900
Quarterfinals 360500
Round of 16 180280
Round of 32 90160
Round of 64 4501005
Round of 128 10–5–
Qualifier 2560
Qualifying 3rd Round 1650
Qualifying 2nd Round 840
Qualifying 1st Round 02

Prize money

All prize money is in dollars ($); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.[33]

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Preceded by
2010 Wimbledon Championships		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
2011 Australian Open
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New Haven		 2010 US Open Series Succeeded by
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