2010 Australian Open

The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.
In the singles competition, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were the defending champions. Williams was able to retain her title with a win over Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, while Nadal retired in his quarterfinals match against Andy Murray owing to a quadriceps injury. Roger Federer was the men's champion, defeating finalist Andy Murray in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, 7–6.
In doubles, the 2009 champion pairs were successful in their respective title defenses – Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles and Serena and Venus Williams in women's doubles. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were not able to defend their mixed doubles title because they withdrew from the event beforehand. In mixed doubles, Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title, which made a mixed doubles career grand slam for Black.

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Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64		Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	8	0
Men's doubles	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—	—
	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	100	5	60	50	40	2
	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	5	—	—	—	—	—

Wheelchair

Event	W	F	SF/3rd	QF/4th
Singles	800	500	375	100
Doubles	800	500	100	—
Quad singles	800	500	375	100
	800	100	—	—

Junior

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3
Boys' singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Girls' singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Boys' doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—
Girls' doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—

Singles players

;Men's singles
;Women's singles

Seniors

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6

This was Federer's first title of the year and his 62nd overall. It was his 16th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title tying Andre Agassi for most Australian Open titles in the Open Era. This was Federer's 5th final at the Australian Open which tied him with Stefan Edberg for the Open Era record.

Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

This was Williams's first title of the year, a record 5th Australian Open title in the Open Era. The title was Williams' 12th major title, which tied her for 6th all-time with Billie Jean King and Suzanne Lenglen, and in the Open Era solo 4th having surpassed Court's 11 mark, which Williams' is behind Graf, Evert and Navratilova with each.

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3

This was the Bryan brothers' 57th doubles title together, 4th Australian Open title, and 8th major title.

Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–3

This is the Williams Sisters' 11th Grand Slam doubles title together and 4th Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles

Cara Black / Leander Paes defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Jaroslav Levinský, 7–5, 6–3
This was the pair's 3rd consecutive grand slam final and the 4th overall. The victory makes Paes India's joint-lead grand slam winner alongside his ex- doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi with a total of 11 grand slam doubles titles. This title gave Black a career mixed doubles grand slam, which Black has won one of each slam in mixed doubles.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Tiago Fernandes defeated Sean Berman, 7-6, 6–3

Girls' singles

Karolína Plíšková defeated Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6

Boys' doubles

Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu defeated Kevin Krawietz / Dominik Schulz, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Jana Čepelová / Chantal Škamlová defeated Tímea Babos / Gabriela Dabrowski, 7–6, 6–2

Other events

Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 7–6, 2–6, 7–5

Wheelchair women's singles

Korie Homan defeated Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles

Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 6–2, 7–6

Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers / Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

Florence Gravellier / Aniek Van Koot defeated Lucy Shuker / Daniela Di Toro, 6–3, 7–6

Wheelchair quad doubles

Nicholas Taylor / David Wagner defeated Peter Norfolk / Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6

Wildcard entries

Men's singles wildcard entries

Women's singles wildcard entries

Men's doubles wildcard entries

Women's doubles wildcard entries

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

Protected ranking

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

;Women's singles

Qualifiers entries

Men's qualifiers entries

The following players received lucky loser spots in the men's draw:

Marsel İlhan

Women's qualifiers entries

Withdrawals

;Men's singles

Mario Ančić → replaced by Igor Kunitsyn
Andreas Beck → replaced by Robin Haase
Máximo González → replaced by Santiago Giraldo
Xavier Malisse → replaced by Jan Hájek
Paul-Henri Mathieu → replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili
David Nalbandian → replaced by Stéphane Robert
Gilles Simon → replaced by Marsel İlhan
Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by Wayne Odesnik

;Women's singles

Anne Keothavong → replaced by Pauline Parmentier
Patty Schnyder → replaced by Anastasiya Yakimova

Prize money

All prize money is in Australian dollars ; doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

Winners: $2,200,168
Runners-up: $1,050,000
Semi-finalists: $400,000
Quarter-finalists: $200,000
Fourth round: $89,000
Third round: $52,000
Second round: $31,500
First round: $19,500

Men's and women's doubles

Winners: $450,000
Runners-up: $225,000
Semi-finalists: $112,000
Quarter-finalists: $55,400
Third round: $31,245
Second round: $17,035
First round: $9,585

Mixed doubles

Winners: $134,460
Runners-up: $67,230
Semi-finalists: $33,615
Quarter-finalists: $15,490
Second round: $7,745
First round: $3,755