2010 BNP Paribas Open


The 2010 Indian [Wells Open|BNP Paribas Open] was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 37th edition of the men's event, also known as the Indian Wells Open, and is classified as an ATP [World Tour Masters 1000] event on the 2010 [ATP World Tour] and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 8 through March 21, 2010.
The year's tournament saw a couple of withdrawals; The women's side saw the draw without the top two rank players with World no. 2 Dinara Safina withdrawing with a recurring back problem and world no. 1 Serena Williams with sister Venus Williams continue their Boycott of BNP Paribas [Open by Venus and Serena Williams|boycott] from the tournament since Serena won the event in 2001 [Indian Wells Masters|2001]. The men's side saw the withdrawals of Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt due to hip surgeries. Juan Martín del Potro also withdrew due to a right wrist injury and Fernando González withdrew to aid his country Chile after an earthquake. Stanislas Wawrinka also withdrew due to the birth of his child. Mikhail Youzhny also withdrew.

Finals

Men's singles

Ivan Ljubičić defeated Andy Roddick, 7–6, 7–6
  • It was Ljubicic's first title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his first Masters 1000 title in four finals. He became the first Croatian to win the title.

Women's singles

Jelena Janković defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4
  • It was Janković's first title of the year and 12th of her career.

Men's doubles

Marc López / Rafael Nadal defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6, 6–3

Women's doubles

Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Nadia Petrova / Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6,

ATP entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry via qualifying:

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the tournament:

WTA entrants

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry via qualifying:
The following player received the lucky loser spot:

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event: