2010 in tennis

June

• Justine Henin's record-tying streak of 40 consecutive sets won at the French Open was broken by Russian, Maria Sharapova, in the third round.
• Roger Federer's open era record of 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals came to an end when he lost to Robin Söderling in the quarterfinals of the French Open.
• Francesca Schiavone became the first Italian woman in the Open Era to reach the semifinal and final of and to win a Grand Slam at the French Open.
• By winning the 2010 French Open, Rafael Nadal became the first man to qualify for the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals, as well as becoming the first man to complete 'the Clay Slam', by winning all 3 Masters 1000 titles, as well as the French Open, in the same calendar year.
• Serena Williams became the sixth woman to hold the number one rankings in both singles and doubles. It is also the first time in the Open Era that the number one ranked doubles team holds the first and second ranks in singles. The pair also became the third partnership in the women's game to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time.
• Lleyton Hewitt, Sam Querrey, Li Na, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Michaël Llodra, Ekaterina Makarova, and Justine Henin also won titles.

July

• John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 70–68 in the longest match in tennis history in the [Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships|first round] of Wimbledon. The match broke numerous records and was played over a course of three days.
• Rafael Nadal won his 14th consecutive match at Wimbledon to earn his second Wimbledon title.
• Serena Williams won her 13th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, her fourth at the Championships.
• Bob and Mike Bryan won their record 62nd doubles title as a team, surpassing The Woodies, by defeating Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer in the final of the Farmers Classic.
• Mardy Fish, Ágnes Szávay, Aravane Rezaï, Albert Montañés, Nicolás Almagro, Kaia Kanepi, Andrey Golubev, Anna Chakvetadze, Julia Görges, and Juan Carlos Ferrero also won titles.

US Open Series Week	Date	Men's Events	Women's Events
1	July 19–25	Atlanta 2010 Champion: August Andy Roddick dropped to number eleven on August 8, and for the first time ever, no U.S. men were ranked inside the top ten on the ATP Tour. For the first time since 1976 the top two ranked men in the world teamed up in a doubles event. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic played together at the 2010 Rogers Cup. Roger Federer became the second man to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals. Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki were the US Open Series champions. Caroline Wozniacki won the inaugural e-Boks Danish Open. US Open Series Week Date Men's Events Women's Events 3 Aug 2–8 Washington, D.C. 2010 Champion: September Rafael Nadal became the seventh man to win the career Grand Slam by defeating Novak Djokovic in the US Open final. Kim Clijsters won her 21st consecutive match at the US Open to successfully defend her 2009 title. Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova won the doubles event at the US Open, accumulating an impressive 12–0 record at Grand Slam tournaments. The United States, Austrian, German, Swedish, Indian, Belgian, Kazakhstani, and Romanian Davis Cup teams won spots in the 2011 World Group. After an eight-month hiatus due to a wrist injury, 2009 US Open champ, Juan Martín del Potro, returned to the tour at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open. Caroline Wozniacki became the first woman to qualify for the WTA Tour Championships en route to her victory at the Toray Pan Pacific Open. Jarmila Groth, Tamira Paszek, Gilles Simon, Juan Ignacio Chela, Alisa Kleybanova, Alla Kudryavtseva, Guillermo García López, and Mikhail Youzhny also won titles. October Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, and Vera Zvonareva became the next group of women to qualify for the WTA Tour Championships. Four days later, Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur also qualified for the event. Venus Williams would have also qualified, but announced that her knee injury would keep her from competing for the remainder of the year. Three days after Schiavone and Stosur gained entry, Jelena Janković and Elena Dementieva rounded up the elite eight. On October 19, Serena Williams stated that because of a foot injury, she would not be able to compete in the event. By winning the Kremlin Cup, Victoria Azarenka became the final qualifier for the Championships. Novak Djokovic became the third man to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals. The following two weeks, Andy Murray and Robin Söderling also qualified. For the first time in 2010, all twenty of the top twenty ranked men competed in the same tournament at the Shanghai Masters. Andy Murray was the champion at the penultimate ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. Rafael Nadal, Ana Ivanovic, Tamarine Tanasugarn, Viktor Troicki, Roger Federer, Roberta Vinci, Mikhail Kukushkin, Jürgen Melzer, and Gaël Monfils also won titles. Championship Category Champion Finalist Score in the final Beijing Men's singles November Italy won its second consecutive Fed Cup final, defeating the United States 3–1. Tomáš Berdych, David Ferrer, and Andy Roddick were the final qualifiers for the ATP World Tour Finals. David Ferrer, Roger Federer, and Robin Söderling also won titles. Championship Category Champion Finalist Score in the final Tournament of Champions – Bali Women's singles December The 2010 WTA Awards were awarded on December 1 at a press conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kim Clijsters was voted Player of the Year while Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were voted Doubles Team of the Year. Other winners included Petra Kvitová, Justine Henin, Elena Dementieva, and Maria Sharapova. Novak Djokovic led Serbia to the country's first ever Davis Cup victory, after defeating France 3–2. Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki, the year-end world number ones, were named the ITF World Champions for 2010. [International Tennis Hall of Fame] Class of 2010: *Mark Woodforde, player *Natasha Zvereva, player *Derek Hardwick, contributor *Brad Parks, contributor