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2010 French Open
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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.[1]

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.

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Singles players

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Men's singles

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Women's singles

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Day-by-day summaries

Seniors

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Men's singles

Spain Rafael Nadal defeated Sweden 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

Italy Francesca Schiavone defeated Australia 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

Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić defeated Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý / India Leander Paes, 7–5, 6–2

Women's doubles

United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams defeated Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia 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

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić defeated Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova / Austria 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

Argentina Agustín Velotti defeated United States Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5

Girls' singles

Ukraine Elina Svitolina defeated Tunisia Ons Jabeur, 6–2, 7–5

  • Svitolina won her first Junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles

Peru Duilio Beretta / Ecuador Roberto Quiroz defeated Argentina Facundo Argüello / Argentina Agustín Velotti, 6–3, 6–2

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

Girls' doubles

Hungary Tímea Babos / United States Sloane Stephens defeated Spain Lara Arruabarrena / Spain María Teresa Torró Flor, 6–2, 6–3

  • Babos and Stephens win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.
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Other events

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Legends under 45 doubles

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Ukraine Andriy Medvedev defeated Croatia Goran Ivanišević / Germany Michael Stich, 61, 61

Legends over 45 doubles

United States John McEnroe / Ecuador Andrés Gómez defeated Iran Mansour Bahrami / France Henri Leconte, 6–1, 6–1

Women's legends doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / Czech Republic Jana Novotná defeated Croatia Iva Majoli / France Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

Japan Shingo Kunieda defeated Sweden 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

Netherlands Esther Vergeer defeated Netherlands 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

France Stéphane Houdet / Japan Shingo Kunieda defeated Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan / Sweden 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

Australia Daniela Di Toro / Netherlands Aniek van Koot defeated Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven, 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]

  • Di Toro and van Koot win their first wheelchair Grand Slam title in doubles.
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Singles seeds

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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.

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†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.

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†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.

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Wildcard entries

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

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

  1. France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / France Thierry Ascione
  2. France Julie Coin / France Nicolas Mahut
  3. France Mathilde Johansson / France Sébastien de Chaunac
  4. France Kristina Mladenovic / France Alexandre Sidorenko
  5. France Pauline Parmentier / France Marc Gicquel
  6. France Aurélie Védy / France Michaël Llodra
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Protected ranking

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

Qualifiers entries

Withdrawals

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

‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

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Point distribution

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Prize money

All prize money is in Euros (€); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Media coverage

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.[6]

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