# 2010 BNP Paribas Open

The 2010 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 (22nd for the women), 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 from the tournament since Serena won the event in 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$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$
* 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$^{(10–8)}$, 6–3

### Women's doubles

Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Nadia Petrova / Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]

## ATP entrants
### Seeds

| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
| Roger Federer | Switzerland | 1 | 1 |
| Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 2 | 2 |
| Rafael Nadal | Spain | 3 | 3 |
| Andy Murray | Great Britain | 4 | 4 |
| Nikolay Davydenko | Russia | 6 | 5 |
| Robin Söderling | Sweden | 7 | 6 |
| Andy Roddick | United States | 8 | 7 |
| Marin Čilić | Croatia | 9 | 8 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | France | 11 | 9 |
| Fernando Verdasco | Spain | 12 | 10 |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero | Spain | 14 | 11 |
| Gaël Monfils | France | 15 | 12 |
| David Ferrer | Spain | 16 | 13 |
| Radek Štěpánek | Czech Republic | 17 | 14 |
| John Isner | United States | 20 | 15 |
| Gilles Simon | France | 21 | 16 |
| Sam Querrey | United States | 22 | 17 |
| Tommy Robredo | Spain | 23 | 18 |
| Tomáš Berdych | Czech Republic | 25 | 19 |
| Ivan Ljubičić | Croatia | 26 | 20 |
| Juan Mónaco | Argentina | 27 | 21 |
| Jürgen Melzer | Austria | 28 | 22 |
| Ivo Karlović | Croatia | 29 | 23 |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | Germany | 30 | 24 |
| Albert Montañés | Spain | 31 | 25 |
| Thomaz Bellucci | Brazil | 32 | 26 |
| Marcos Baghdatis | Cyprus | 33 | 27 |
| Feliciano López | Spain | 34 | 28 |
| Viktor Troicki | Serbia | 35 | 29 |
| Janko Tipsarević | Serbia | 36 | 30 |
| Igor Andreev | Russia | 37 | 31 |
| Julien Benneteau | France | 38 | 32 |
* Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Robby Ginepri
* Ryan Harrison
* Jesse Levine
* Carlos Moyá
* David Nalbandian
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
* Mario Ančić
The following players received entry via qualifying:
* Thiago Alves
* Kevin Anderson
* Brian Dabul
* Ramón Delgado
* Stefan Koubek
* Lu Yen-hsun
* Marinko Matosevic
* Ricardo Mello
* Björn Phau
* Bobby Reynolds
* Tim Smyczek
* Rainer Schüttler

### Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the tournament:
* José Acasuso
* Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)
* Marc Gicquel
* Fernando González (helping with aid in Chile)
* Máximo González
* Tommy Haas (hip surgery)
* Lleyton Hewitt (hip surgery)
* Fabrice Santoro
* Stanislas Wawrinka
* Mikhail Youzhny

## WTA entrants
### Seeds

| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia | 3 | 1 |
| Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark | 4 | 2 |
| Victoria Azarenka | Belarus | 6 | 3 |
| Elena Dementieva | Russia | 7 | 4 |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | Poland | 8 | 5 |
| Jelena Janković | Serbia | 9 | 6 |
| Li Na | China | 10 | 7 |
| Samantha Stosur | Australia | 11 | 8 |
| Flavia Pennetta | Italy | 12 | 9 |
| Maria Sharapova | Russia | 13 | 10 |
| Marion Bartoli | France | 14 | 11 |
| Vera Zvonareva | Russia | 15 | 12 |
| Yanina Wickmayer | Belgium | 16 | 13 |
| Kim Clijsters | Belgium | 17 | 14 |
| Francesca Schiavone | Italy | 18 | 15 |
| Nadia Petrova | Russia | 19 | 16 |
| Shahar Pe'er | Israel | 20 | 17 |
| Zheng Jie | China | 21 | 18 |
| Aravane Rezaï | France | 22 | 19 |
| Alyona Bondarenko | Ukraine | 23 | 20 |
| Daniela Hantuchová | Slovakia | 24 | 21 |
| Sabine Lisicki | Germany | 25 | 22 |
| Alisa Kleybanova | Russia | 26 | 23 |
| Ana Ivanovic | Serbia | 27 | 24 |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Russia | 28 | 25 |
| Dominika Cibulková | Slovakia | 29 | 26 |
| Ágnes Szávay | Hungary | 31 | 27 |
| María José Martínez Sánchez | Spain | 33 | 28 |
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | Spain | 34 | 29 |
| Aleksandra Wozniak | Canada | 35 | 30 |
| Gisela Dulko | Argentina | 36 | 31 |
| Maria Kirilenko | Russia | 37 | 32 |
* Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Eleni Daniilidou
* Alexa Glatch
* Justine Henin
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Christina McHale
* Alicia Molik
* Tamira Paszek
* Ajla Tomljanović
The following players received entry via qualifying:
* Akgul Amanmuradova
* Elena Baltacha
* Chan Yung-jan
* Edina Gallovits
* Viktoriya Kutuzova
* Michelle Larcher de Brito
* Nuria Llagostera Vives
* Petra Martić
* Shenay Perry
* Tsvetana Pironkova
* Sloane Stephens
* Karolina Šprem
The following player received the lucky loser spot:
* Tamarine Tanasugarn

### Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:
* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld
* Sania Mirza
* Dinara Safina (back injury)
* Elena Vesnina
* Serena Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001)
* Venus Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001)