# 2010 BWF World Championships – Men's singles

The 2010 BWF World Championships was the 18th tournament of the World Badminton Championships. It was held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from August 23 to August 29, 2010. Following are the results of the men's singles:

## Seeds

* Lee Chong Wei (quarterfinals)
* Peter Gade (semifinals)
* Lin Dan (quarterfinals)
* Chen Jin (champion)
* Taufik Hidayat (finalist)
* Sony Dwi Kuncoro (first round, retired)
* Nguyen Tien Minh (third round)
* Simon Santoso (second round)
* Boonsak Ponsana (third round)
* Bao Chunlai (third round)
* Jan Ø. Jørgensen (second round)
* Kenichi Tago (second round)
* Park Sung-hwan (semifinals)
* Chetan Anand (first round)
* Marc Zwiebler (third round)
* Wong Choong Hann (second round)

## Main stage
### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | Lee CW | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Cordón | 7 | 11 | | 1 | Lee CW | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MH Hashim | 21 | 21 | | | MH Hashim | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Tan | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | 1 | Lee CW | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 11 | JO Jorgensen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | R Ouseph | 9 | 9 | | | | | |
| | M Lahnsteiner | 12 | 19 | | 11 | JO Jorgensen | 12 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Pang | 19 | 21 | 21 | | R Ouseph | 21 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ouseph | 21 | 15 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Lee CW | 15 | 21 | 12 |
| 5 | T Hidayat | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Hidayat | 21 | 11 | 21 |
| | O Fagbemi | 10 | 10 | | 5 | T Hidayat | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martins | 20 | 17 | | | Hsieh Y-h | 21 | 19 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hsieh Y-h | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | 5 | T Hidayat | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 12 | K Tago | 21 | 24 | | | | | | | | T Saensomboonsuk | 8 | 14 | | | | | |
| | P Koukal | 19 | 22 | | 12 | K Tago | 20 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Saensomboonsuk | 14 | 21 | 21 | | T Saensomboonsuk | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Parupalli | 21 | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Lin D | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Shahhosseini | 4 | 10 | | 3 | Lin D | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Toth | 13 | 16 | | | H Hurskainen | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Hurskainen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 3 | Lin D | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 10 | Bao CL | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 10 | Bao CL | 16 | 13 | | | | |
| | Chan YK | 11 | 17 | | 10 | Bao CL | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Snider | 21 | 21 | | | D Snider | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Casey | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lin D | 13 | 13 |
| 7 | Nguyen TM | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Park S-h | 21 | 21 |
| | V Atrashchenkov | 16 | 14 | | 7 | Nguyen TM | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Must | 21 | 16 | 21 | | R Must | 14 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Domke | 16 | 21 | 18 | | | | | 7 | Nguyen TM | 15 | 14 | | | | |
| 13 | Park S-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 13 | Park S-h | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | D Wong | 9 | 18 | | 13 | Park S-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lo Ying Ping | 17 | 13 | | | V Ivanov | 16 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ivanov | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | C Baxter | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matejka | 10 | 12 | | | C Baxter | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Malkov | 6 | 6 | | 9 | B Ponsana | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | B Ponsana | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 9 | B Ponsana | 13 | 11 | | | | | |
| | S Evans | 16 | 14 | | | | | | | | Hsueh H-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | Hsueh H-y | 21 | 21 | | | Hsueh H-y | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Wacha | 11 | 17 | | 8 | S Santoso | wo | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Santoso | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | Hsueh H-y | 24 | 5 | 13 |
| | S Wojcikiewicz | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Chen J | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| | D Zavadsky | 18 | 19 | | | S Wojciekiewicz | 16 | 21 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Chen | 21 | 21 | | | A Chen | 21 | 14 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | C Anand | 14 | 18 | | | | | | | | A Chen | 17 | 10 | | | | | |
| | K Merrilees | 21 | 13 | 14 | | | | | | 4 | Chen J | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | K Navickas | 15 | 21 | 21 | | K Navickas | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Lang | 14 | 14 | | 4 | Chen J | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chen J | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | K Yamada | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Mehrabi | 13 | 19 | | | K Yamada | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Maunoury | 18 | 21 | 17 | 16 | Wong CH | 21 | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Wong CH | 21 | 10 | 21 | | | | | | | K Yamada | 14 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | D Palyama | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | D Palyama | 21 | 19 | 11 | | | | |
| | B Leverdez | 16 | 15 | | | D Palyama | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zilberman | | | | | M Zilberman | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | SD Kuncoro | wo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Yamada | 19 | 12 |
| | M Sahlberg | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Gade | 21 | 21 |
| | P Abian | 21 | 21 | | | P Abian | 13 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Vondra | 14 | 12 | | 15 | M Zwiebler | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | M Zwiebler | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 15 | M Zwiebler | 14 | 15 | | | | | |
| | Hu Y | 18 | 13 | | | | | | | 2 | P Gade | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | Shon W-h | 21 | 21 | | | Shon W-h | 23 | 21 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Paiola | 10 | 7 | | 2 | P Gade | 25 | 7 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Gade | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Lee Chong Wei | 15 | 21 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Taufik Hidayat | 21 | 11 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Taufik Hidayat | 21 | 11 | 21 | 5 | Taufik Hidayat | 21 | 22 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | Park Sung-hwan | 10 | 20 | | | | | |
| 3 | Lin Dan | 13 | 13 | | 13 | Park Sung-hwan | 10 | 20 | | | | | |
| 13 | Park Sung-hwan | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Park Sung-hwan | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 5 | Taufik Hidayat | 13 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Chen Jin | 21 | 21 |
| | Hsueh Hsuan-yi | 24 | 5 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Chen Jin | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Chen Jin | 22 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chen Jin | 22 | 21 | 21 | 4 | Chen Jin | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Peter Gade | 21 | 8 | 11 | | | | |
| | Kazushi Yamada | 19 | 12 | | 2 | Peter Gade | 21 | 8 | 11 | | | | |
| 2 | Peter Gade | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |