# 2010 İstanbul Cup – Singles

Vera Dushevina was the defending champion but lost to Jarmila Groth in the quarterfinals.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the title, defeating Elena Vesnina in the final 5–7, 7–5, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Francesca Schiavone (second round)
* Petra Kvitová (first round)
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (champion)
* Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)
* Tsvetana Pironkova (second round)
* Andrea Petkovic (semifinals)
* Klára Zakopalová (first round)
* Patty Schnyder (first round)

## Main 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 | Final |
| 6 | Andrea Petkovic | 6 | 0 | 6$^2$ | | | | | |
| | Elena Vesnina | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Elena Vesnina | 1 | 6 | 7 | | Elena Vesnina | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| | Jarmila Groth | 6$^1$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | F Schiavone | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Keothavong | 2 | 2 | 1 | F Schiavone | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ç Büyükakçay | 5 | 6$^4$ | | E Baltacha | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Baltacha | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | E Baltacha | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| Q | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Petkovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Razzano | 2 | 2 | Q | E Makarova | 6$^5$ | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Özgen | 2 | 1 | 6 | A Petkovic | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Petkovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Petkovic | 6 | 0 | 6$^2$ |
| 4 | Y Shvedova | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | E Vesnina | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| | S Vögele | 6 | 7 | | S Vögele | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Jovanovski | 2 | 0 | | E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | E Vesnina | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Rodionova | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | B Eraydın | 1 | 3 | | A Rodionova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Malek | 6$^4$ | 2 | 5 | T Pironkova | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Pironkova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | P Schnyder | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | J Larsson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea | 7 | 6 | | | S Cîrstea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | S Cîrstea | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | M Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | J Schruff | 3 | 2 | | | M Rybáriková | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Domachowska | 1 | 0 | | 3 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | K Zakopalová | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | J Groth | 6$^1$ | 6 | 5 |
| | A Lapushchenkova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | A Lapushchenkova | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld | 2 | 1 | | | J Groth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Groth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Groth | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | V Dushevina | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | P Martić | 6 | 5 | 3 | | V Dushevina | 6 | 6$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sevastova | 6 | 0 | 6 | | A Sevastova | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Kvitová | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |