2010 French Open


The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 114th 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.
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
Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Söderling, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 7–6
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes, 7–5, 6–2

Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 6–3
Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Yaroslava Shvedova / Julian Knowle, 4–6, 7–6,

Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

Elina Svitolina defeated Ons Jabeur, 6–2, 7–5
Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz defeated Facundo Argüello / Agustín Velotti, 6–3, 6–2
Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens defeated Lara Arruabarrena / María Teresa Torró Flor, 6–2, 6–3

Legends under 45 doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andriy Medvedev defeated Goran Ivanišević / Michael Stich, 6-1, 6-1

Legends over 45 doubles

John McEnroe / Andrés Gómez defeated Mansour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 6–1, 6–1

Women's Legends doubles

Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná defeated Iva Majoli / Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Stefan Olsson, 6–4, 6–0
Esther Vergeer defeated Sharon Walraven, 6–0, 6–0
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson, 6–0, 5–7,
Daniela Di Toro / Aniek van Koot defeated Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven, 3–6, 6–3,
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.

Men's Singles">2010 French Open – Men's Singles">Men's Singles

†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.
RankPlayerPoints
before		Points
defending		Points
after		Withdrawal reason
5 Nikolay Davydenko5,1453604,785Wrist injury
6 Juan Martín del Potro5,1157204,395Right wrist surgery
20 Radek Štěpánek1705901,615Fatigue
23 Tommy Haas1,6601801,480Right hip surgery
32 Gilles Simon1,395901,305Right knee injury
36 Ivo Karlović1,295101,285Right foot injury

Women's Singles">2010 French Open – Women's Singles">Women's Singles

†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.
RankPlayerPoints
before		Points
defending		Points
after		Withdrawal reason
10 Kim Clijsters3,89003,890Left foot injury

Wildcard entries

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

Men's singles wildcard entries

  1. Ryan Sweeting
  2. Carsten Ball
  3. David Guez
  4. Nicolas Mahut
  5. Gianni Mina
  6. Josselin Ouanna
  7. Laurent Recouderc
  8. Édouard Roger-Vasselin

    Women's singles wildcard entries

  9. Christina McHale
  10. Jarmila Groth
  11. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
  12. Claire Feuerstein
  13. Stéphanie Foretz
  14. Mathilde Johansson
  15. Kristina Mladenovic
  16. Olivia Sanchez

    Men's doubles wildcard entries

  17. Thierry Ascione / Laurent Recouderc
  18. Nicolas Devilder / Paul-Henri Mathieu
  19. Jonathan Eysseric / Benoît Paire
  20. Richard Gasquet / Sébastien Grosjean
  21. Marc Gicquel / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  22. Guillaume Rufin / Alexandre Sidorenko

    Women's doubles wildcard entries

  23. Séverine Brémond Beltrame / Youlia Fedossova
  24. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Pauline Parmentier
  25. Claire Feuerstein / Stéphanie Foretz
  26. Mathilde Johansson / Camille Pin
  27. Sophie Lefèvre / Aurélie Védy
  28. Kristina Mladenovic / Selima Sfar
  29. Irena Pavlovic / Laura Thorpe

    Mixed doubles wildcard entries

  30. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Thierry Ascione
  31. Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
  32. Mathilde Johansson / Sébastien de Chaunac
  33. Kristina Mladenovic / Alexandre Sidorenko
  34. Pauline Parmentier / Marc Gicquel
  35. Aurélie Védy / Michaël Llodra

    Protected ranking

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

Men's Qualifiers entries

  1. Pablo Andújar
  2. Yuri Schukin
  3. Olivier Patience
  4. Jesse Witten
  5. Thiago Alves
  6. Somdev Devvarman
  7. Michael Yani
  8. Stefano Galvani
  9. Teymuraz Gabashvili
  10. Jorge Aguilar
  11. Benoît Paire
  12. Martin Fischer
  13. Julian Reister
  14. Grega Žemlja
  15. Simone Bolelli
  16. Tobias Kamke
The following players received the lucky loser spot:
  1. Santiago Ventura
  2. Dieter Kindlmann

    Women's Qualifiers entries

  3. Heidi El Tabakh
  4. Kurumi Nara
  5. Ekaterina Ivanova
  6. Sophie Ferguson
  7. Zhang Shuai
  8. Anastasia Pivovarova
  9. Ksenia Pervak
  10. Misaki Doi
  11. Simona Halep
  12. Kaia Kanepi
  13. Nuria Llagostera Vives
  14. Chanelle Scheepers
The following player received the lucky loser spot:
  1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands

    Withdrawals

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

Prize money

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

Men's and Women's Singles

's victory marked for the 5th consecutive year the No.2 seed has gone on to win the tournament.