# 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(11).
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.

## 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 | Round of 128 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 2000 | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 |
| Women's doubles | 2000 | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Singles players
### Men's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Roger Federer (1) | Roger Federer (1) | Andy Murray (5) | Andy Murray (5) |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10) | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10) | Marin Čilić (14) | Marin Čilić (14) |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Nikolay Davydenko (6) | Novak Djokovic (3) | Andy Roddick (7) | Rafael Nadal (2) |
| 4th round out ||||
| Lleyton Hewitt (22) | Fernando Verdasco (9) | Łukasz Kubot | Nicolás Almagro (26) |
| Fernando González (11) | Juan Martín del Potro (4) | John Isner (33) | Ivo Karlović |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Albert Montañés (31) | Marcos Baghdatis | Stefan Koubek | Juan Mónaco (30) |
| Denis Istomin | Mikhail Youzhny (20) | Tommy Haas (18) | Alejandro Falla |
| Feliciano López | Evgeny Korolev | Stanislas Wawrinka (19) | Florian Mayer |
| Florent Serra | Gaël Monfils (12) | Ivan Ljubičić (24) | Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Victor Hănescu | Stéphane Robert | Donald Young | David Ferrer (17) |
| Ivan Sergeyev | Ivan Dodig | Michaël Llodra | Illya Marchenko |
| Marco Chiudinelli | Michael Berrer | Jan Hájek | Santiago Giraldo |
| Taylor Dent | Janko Tipsarević | Benjamin Becker | Marcel Granollers |
| Thomaz Bellucci | Rainer Schüttler | Tomáš Berdych (21) | Marsel İlhan |
| Bernard Tomic | Igor Kunitsyn | Viktor Troicki (29) | James Blake |
| Marc Gicquel | Jarkko Nieminen | Louk Sorensen | Antonio Veić |
| Julien Benneteau | Andrey Golubev | Wayne Odesnik | Lukáš Lacko |
| 1st round out ||||
| Igor Andreev | Juan Ignacio Chela | Potito Starace | Óscar Hernández |
| Ricardo Hocevar | Christophe Rochus | Paolo Lorenzi | Frederico Gil |
| Carsten Ball | Dudi Sela | Rajeev Ram | Juan Carlos Ferrero (23) |
| Ernests Gulbis | Martín Vassallo Argüello | Carlos Moyá | Dieter Kindlmann |
| Daniel Gimeno Traver | Marinko Matosevic | Kristof Vliegen | Jérémy Chardy |
| Richard Gasquet | Robby Ginepri | Mischa Zverev | Tommy Robredo (16) |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky | Fabio Fognini | Ryan Harrison | Simon Greul |
| Xavier Malisse | Grega Žemlja | Marcos Daniel | Robin Söderling (8) |
| Thiemo de Bakker | Teymuraz Gabashvili | Pablo Cuevas | Sam Querrey (25) |
| Robin Haase | Daniel Brands | Sébastien Grosjean | Olivier Rochus |
| Fabrice Santoro | Guillaume Rufin | José Acasuso | Guillermo García López |
| Nicolás Lapentti | Philipp Petzschner | Arnaud Clément | Michael Russell |
| Kevin Anderson | Simone Bolelli | Nick Lindahl | Jürgen Melzer (28) |
| Andreas Seppi | Lu Yen-hsun | Daniel Köllerer | Matthew Ebden |
| Radek Štěpánek (13) | David Guez | Mardy Fish | Jason Kubler |
| Horacio Zeballos | Blaž Kavčič | Leonardo Mayer | Peter Luczak |

### Women's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Serena Williams (1) | Serena Williams (1) | Justine Henin | Justine Henin |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Li Na (16) | Li Na (16) | Zheng Jie | Zheng Jie |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Victoria Azarenka (7) | Venus Williams (6) | Nadia Petrova (19) | Maria Kirilenko |
| 4th round out ||||
| Samantha Stosur (13) | Vera Zvonareva (9) | Caroline Wozniacki (4) | Francesca Schiavone (17) |
| Yanina Wickmayer | Svetlana Kuznetsova (3) | Alona Bondarenko (31) | Dinara Safina (2) |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Carla Suárez Navarro (32) | Alberta Brianti | Gisela Dulko | Tathiana Garbin |
| Shahar Pe'er (29) | Daniela Hantuchová (22) | Agnieszka Radwańska (10) | Casey Dellacqua |
| Alisa Kleybanova (27) | Sara Errani | Kim Clijsters (15) | Angelique Kerber |
| Jelena Janković (8) | Marion Bartoli (11) | Roberta Vinci | Elena Baltacha |

## Seniors
### Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$
* 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 (Novak Djokovic later surpassed this record by winning his 5th title in 2015, while Federer won the title for the 5th time in 2017). 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 (22), Evert and Navratilova with (18) each.

### Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 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 (7-5), 6–3

### Girls' singles

Karolína Plíšková defeated Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6(5)

### 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(1), 6–2

## Other events
### Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(3), 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(4)

### 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(2)

### Wheelchair quad doubles

Nicholas Taylor / David Wagner defeated Peter Norfolk / Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6(5)

## Singles seeds
### Men's singles

| Sd | Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Roger Federer | 10550 | 1200 | 2000 | 11350 | Champion, won in the final against Andy Murray [5] |
| 2 | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 9310 | 2000 | 360 | 7670 | Retired in quarterfinal to Andy Murray [5] |
| 3 | 3 | Novak Djokovic | 8310 | 360 | 360 | 8310 | Quarterfinal lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10] |
| 4 | 5 | Juan Martín del Potro | 6785 | 360 | 180 | 6605 | 4th round lost to Marin Čilić [14] |
| 5 | 4 | Andy Murray | 6780 | 180 | 1200 | 7800 | Runner-Up, Final lost to Roger Federer [1] |
| 6 | 6 | Nikolay Davydenko | 4930 | 0 | 360 | 5290 | Quarterfinal lost to Roger Federer [1] |
| 7 | 7 | Andy Roddick | 4510 | 720 | 360 | 4150 | Quarterfinal lost to Marin Čilić [14] |
| 8 | 8 | Robin Söderling | 3410 | 45 | 10 | 3375 | 1st round lost to Marcel Granollers |
| 9 | 9 | Fernando Verdasco | 3300 | 720 | 180 | 2760 | 4th round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [6] |
| 10 | 10 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2875 | 360 | 720 | 3235 | Semifinal lost to Roger Federer [1] |
| 11 | 11 | Fernando González | 2870 | 180 | 180 | 2870 | 4th round lost to Andy Roddick [7] |
| 12 | 12 | Gaël Monfils | 2610 | 180 | 90 | 2520 | 3rd round lost to John Isner [33] |
| 13 | 13 | Radek Štěpánek | 2525 | 90 | 10 | 2445 | 1st round lost to Ivo Karlović |
| 14 | 14 | Marin Čilić | 2430 | 180 | 720 | 2970 | Semifinal lost to Andy Murray [5] |
| 15 | 15 | Gilles Simon | 2275 | 360 | 0 | 1915 | Withdrew before the tournament |
| 16 | 16 | Tommy Robredo | 2175 | 180 | 10 | 2005 | 1st round lost to Santiago Giraldo |
| 17 | 18 | David Ferrer | 1825 | 90 | 45 | 1780 | 2nd round lost to Marcos Baghdatis |
| 18 | 17 | Tommy Haas | 1855 | 90 | 90 | 1855 | 3rd round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10] |
| 19 | 19 | Stanislas Wawrinka | 1765 | 90 | 90 | 1765 | 3rd round lost to Marin Čilić |
| 20 | 20 | Mikhail Youzhny | 1690 | 10 | 90 | 1770 | Withdrew in 3rd round to Łukasz Kubot |
| 21 | 21 | Tomáš Berdych | 1680 | 180 | 45 | 1545 | 2nd round lost to Evgeny Korolev |
| 22 | 22 | Lleyton Hewitt | 1600 | 10 | 180 | 1770 | 4th round lost to Roger Federer [1] |
| 23 | 23 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 1555 | 10 | 10 | 1555 | 1st round lost to Ivan Dodig [Q] |
| 24 | 24 | Ivan Ljubičić | 1405 | 45 | 90 | 1450 | 3rd round lost to Ivo Karlović |
| 25 | 29 | Sam Querrey | 1240 | 10 | 10 | 1240 | 1st round lost to Rainer Schüttler |
| 26 | 25 | Nicolás Almagro | 1305 | 90 | 180 | 1395 | 4th round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10] |
| 27 | 26 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 1260 | 45 | 90 | 1305 | 3rd round lost to Rafael Nadal [2] |
| 28 | 27 | Jürgen Melzer | 1260 | 90 | 10 | 1180 | 1st round lost to Florent Serra |
| 29 | 30 | Viktor Troicki | 1220 | 45 | 45 | 1220 | 2nd round lost to Florian Mayer |
| 30 | 33 | Juan Mónaco | 1170 | 10 | 90 | 1260 | 3rd round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [6] |
| 31 | 32 | Albert Montañés | 1185 | 10 | 90 | 1265 | 3rd round lost to Roger Federer [1] |
| 32 | 34 | Jérémy Chardy | 1090 | 45 | 10 | 1065 | 1st round lost to Denis Istomin |
| 33 | 28 | John Isner | 1260 | 10 | 180 | 1430 | 4th round lost to Andy Murray [5] |

### Women's singles

| Sd | Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Serena Williams | 9195 | 2000 | 2000 | 9195 | Champion, won in the final against Justine Henin [WC] |
| 2 | 2 | Dinara Safina | 7600 | 1400 | 280 | 6480 | Retired in 4th round to Maria Kirilenko |
| 3 | 3 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6081 | 500 | 280 | 5861 | 4th round lost to Nadia Petrova [19] |
| 4 | 4 | Caroline Wozniacki | 5785 | 160 | 280 | 5905 | 4th round lost to Li Na [16] |
| 5 | 5 | Elena Dementieva | 5505 | 900 | 100 | 4705 | 2nd round lost to Justine Henin [WC] |
| 6 | 6 | Venus Williams | 5126 | 100 | 500 | 5526 | Quarterfinal lost to Li Na [16] |
| 7 | 7 | Victoria Azarenka | 4740 | 280 | 500 | 4960 | Quarterfinal lost to Serena Williams [1] |
| 8 | 8 | Jelena Janković | 3965 | 280 | 160 | 3845 | 3rd round lost to Alona Bondarenko [31] |
| 9 | 9 | Vera Zvonareva | 3560 | 900 | 280 | 2940 | 4th round lost to Victoria Azarenka [7] |
| 10 | 10 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3450 | 5 | 160 | 3605 | 3rd round lost to Francesca Schiavone [17] |
| 11 | 11 | Marion Bartoli | 3325 | 500 | 160 | 2985 | 3rd round lost Zheng Jie |
| 12 | 12 | Flavia Pennetta | 3200 | 160 | 100 | 3140 | 2nd round lost to Yanina Wickmayer [Q] |
| 13 | 13 | Samantha Stosur | 3045 | 160 | 280 | 3165 | 4th round lost to Serena Williams [1] |
| 14 | 14 | Maria Sharapova | 2820 | 0 | 5 | 2825 | 1st round lost to Maria Kirilenko |
| 15 | 15 | Kim Clijsters | 2620 | 0 | 160 | 2780 | 3rd round lost Nadia Petrova [19] |
| 16 | 17 | Li Na | 2541 | 0 | 900 | 3441 | Semifinal lost to Serena Williams [1] |
| 17 | 18 | Francesca Schiavone | 2445 | 5 | 280 | 2720 | 4th round lost to Venus Williams [6] |
| 18 | 20 | Virginie Razzano | 2200 | 160 | 5 | 2045 | 1st round lost to Ekaterina Makarova |
| 19 | 19 | Nadia Petrova | 2220 | 280 | 500 | 2440 | Quarterfinal lost to Justine Henin [WC] |
| 20 | 21 | Ana Ivanovic | 2127 | 160 | 100 | 2067 | 2nd round lost to Gisela Dulko |
| 21 | 24 | Sabine Lisicki | 2035 | 100 | 100 | 2035 | 2nd round lost to Alberta Brianti |
| 22 | 25 | Daniela Hantuchová | 1985 | 160 | 160 | 1985 | 3rd round lost to Li Na [16] |
| 23 | 22 | Dominika Cibulková | 2063 | 280 | 5 | 1788 | 1st round lost Vania King |
| 24 | 27 | María José Martínez Sánchez | 1970 | 160 | 100 | 1910 | 2nd round lost to Zheng Jie |
| 25 | 26 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 1980 | 280 | 5 | 1705 | 1st round lost to Karolina Šprem |
| 26 | 23 | Aravane Rezaï | 2055 | 5 | 100 | 2150 | 2nd round lost to Angelique Kerber [Q] |
| 27 | 31 | Alisa Kleybanova | 1870 | 280 | 160 | 1750 | 3rd round lost Justine Henin [WC] |
| 28 | 29 | Elena Vesnina | 1900 | 5 | 5 | 1900 | 1st round lost to Tathiana Garbin |
| 29 | 28 | Shahar Pe'er | 1930 | 5 | 160 | 2085 | 3rd round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [4] |
| 30 | 32 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 1740 | 160 | 100 | 1680 | 2nd round lost to Elena Baltacha |
| 31 | 30 | Alona Bondarenko | 1900 | 160 | 280 | 2020 | 4th round lost to Zheng Jie |
| 32 | 33 | Carla Suárez Navarro | 1715 | 500 | 160 | 1375 | 3rd round lost to Serena Williams [1] |

## Wildcard entries
### Mixed doubles wildcard entries

* Sophie Ferguson / Carsten Ball
* Carly Gullickson / Bernard Tomic
* Sally Peers / Peter Luczak
* Alicia Molik / Matthew Ebden
* Anastasia Rodionova / Paul Hanley
* Jarmila Groth / Samuel Groth
* Casey Dellacqua / Jordan Kerr

## Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

## Point distribution

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Finals | 1200 | 1200 | 1400 | 1400 |
| Semifinals | 720 | 720 | 900 | 900 |
| Quarterfinals | 360 | 360 | 500 | 500 |
| Round of 16 | 180 | 180 | 280 | 280 |
| Round of 32 | 90 | 90 | 160 | 160 |
| Round of 64 | 45 | 0 | 100 | 5 |
| Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | – | 60 | – |
| Qualifying 3rd round | 16 | – | 50 | – |
| Qualifying 2nd round | 8 | – | 40 | – |
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | – | 2 | – |

## Prize money

All prize money is in Australian dollars (A$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.