2010 French Open


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.
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'''

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated 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, 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

Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 7–6
  • 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

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
  • 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

Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Yaroslava Shvedova / Julian Knowle, 4–6, 7–6,
  • Srebotnik and Zimonjić both won their fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

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

Boys' doubles

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

Girls' doubles

Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens defeated Lara Arruabarrena / María Teresa Torró Flor, 6–2, 6–3
  • Babos and Stephens win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.

Other events

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
  • Kunieda won his tenth wheelchair Grand Slam singles title, and his fourth at the French Open.

Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated 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

Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson, 6–0, 5–7,
  • 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

Daniela Di Toro / Aniek van Koot defeated Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven, 3–6, 6–3,
  • Di Toro and van Koot win their first wheelchair Grand Slam title in doubles.

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 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

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

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

  1. Christina McHale
  2. Jarmila Groth
  3. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
  4. Claire Feuerstein
  5. Stéphanie Foretz
  6. Mathilde Johansson
  7. Kristina Mladenovic
  8. Olivia Sanchez

Men's doubles wildcard entries

  1. Thierry Ascione / Laurent Recouderc
  2. Nicolas Devilder / Paul-Henri Mathieu
  3. Jonathan Eysseric / Benoît Paire
  4. Richard Gasquet / Sébastien Grosjean
  5. Marc Gicquel / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  6. Guillaume Rufin / Alexandre Sidorenko

Women's doubles wildcard entries

  1. Séverine Brémond Beltrame / Youlia Fedossova
  2. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Pauline Parmentier
  3. Claire Feuerstein / Stéphanie Foretz
  4. Mathilde Johansson / Camille Pin
  5. Sophie Lefèvre / Aurélie Védy
  6. Kristina Mladenovic / Selima Sfar
  7. Irena Pavlovic / Laura Thorpe

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

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

Qualifiers entries

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

  1. Heidi El Tabakh
  2. Kurumi Nara
  3. Ekaterina Ivanova
  4. Sophie Ferguson
  5. Zhang Shuai
  6. Anastasia Pivovarova
  7. Ksenia Pervak
  8. Misaki Doi
  9. Simona Halep
  10. Kaia Kanepi
  11. Nuria Llagostera Vives
  12. 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
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began

@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began

§ – withdrew from main draw

Prize money

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

Men's and women's singles

  • Winners: €1,120,000
  • Runners-up: €560,000
  • Semi-finalists: €280,000
  • Quarter-finalists: €140,000
  • Fourth round: €70,000
  • Third round: €42,000
  • Second round: €25,000
  • First round: €15,000

Men's and women's doubles

  • Winners: €320,000
  • Runners-up: €160,000
  • Semi-finalists: €80,000
  • Quarter-finalists: €40,000
  • Third round: €22,000
  • Second round: €11,000
  • First round: €7,500

Mixed doubles

  • Winners: €100,000
  • Runners-up: €50,000
  • Semi-finalists: €25,000
  • Quarter-finalists: €13,000
  • Second round: €7,000
  • First round: €3,500

Media coverage

Australia: Nine, Fox SportsCanada: TSN, RDSBrazil: ESPN, ESPN BrasilUnited States: NBC, ESPN2, Tennis ChannelEurope: Eurosport

Miscellaneous

  • Rafael Nadal's victory marked the fifth consecutive year that the No.2 seed won the tournament.
  • Part of the music video of the Martin Solveig song "Hello" was filmed at Roland Garros prior to the tournament starting.