# 2010 Soweto Open – Singles

Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion, but chose not to compete this year. Dustin Brown won in the final 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–3 against Izak van der Merwe.

## Seeds

* Lukáš Lacko (first round)
* Karol Beck (first round)
* Lu Yen-hsun (first round)
* Harel Levy (second round)
* Dustin Brown (champion)
* Stéphane Bohli (semifinals)
* Grega Žemlja (first round)
* Igor Sijsling (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Dustin Brown | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Stéphane Bohli | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Stéphane Bohli | 6$^3$ | 3 | | 5 | Dustin Brown | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Izak van der Merwe | 6$^2$ | 3 |
| Q | Alexander Peya | 6 | 3 | 6$^4$ | | Izak van der Merwe | 6$^2$ | 3 |
| | Izak van der Merwe | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | L Lacko | 6 | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bemelmans | 3 | 7 | 6 | | R Bemelmans | 6$^5$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Klaasen | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | R Sluiter | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Sluiter | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | R Sluiter | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | | |
| | S Groth | 0 | 6 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | 5 | D Brown | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | N Okun | 6 | 1 | 7 | Q | N Okun | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Minář | 2 | 1 | | 5 | D Brown | 6$^4$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Brown | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Bohli | 6$^3$ | 3 |
| | N Mahut | 3 | 7 | 6 | | N Mahut | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kravchuk | 3 | 6 | 4 | | N Desein | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Desein | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | N Mahut | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Menéndez Maceiras | 6$^5$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | S Bohli | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | C Eaton | 7 | 6$^5$ | 2 | | A Menéndez Maceiras | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stadler | 3 | 3 | | 6 | S Bohli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Bohli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | G Žemlja | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Molchanov | 7 | 4 | 6 | Q | D Molchanov | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Peya | 7 | 5 | 7 | Q | A Peya | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kirillov | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6$^4$ | | | | | Q | A Peya | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Bachinger | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | G Müller | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | G Müller | 6 | 7 | | | G Müller | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R de Voest | 6$^4$ | 4 | | 4 | H Levy | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | H Levy | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Peya | 6 | 3 | 6$^6$ |
| 8 | I Sijsling | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | I van der Merwe | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| WC | N Scholtz | 6 | 6 | | WC | N Scholtz | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I van der Merwe | 7 | 6 | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Roelofse | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | D King-Turner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D King-Turner | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | D Muñoz-De La Nava | 2 | 3 | | | D King-Turner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Prpic | 6 | 6 | | | F Prpic | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Beck | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |