# 2010 SA Tennis Open – Singles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but he resigned from the participation in this tournament due to tiredness caused by his performance at the 2010 Australian Open (he reached the semifinals, where he lost to Roger Federer).
Feliciano López won in the final 7–5, 6–1 against Stéphane Robert. It was López's second title of his career, and first since 2004.

## Seeds

* Gaël Monfils (semifinals)
* David Ferrer (semifinals)
* Feliciano López (champion)
* Marco Chiudinelli (first round)
* Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)
* Xavier Malisse (first round)
* Lu Yen-hsun (quarterfinals)
* Stéphane Robert (final)

## 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 |
| 1 | Gaël Monfils | 6 | 1 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| 3 | Feliciano López | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| 3 | Feliciano López | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | 3 | Feliciano López | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Stéphane Robert | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Stéphane Robert | 7 | 6 | | 8 | Stéphane Robert | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | David Ferrer | 5 | 4 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 2 | 1 | | 1 | G Monfils | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Levy | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | J Ouanna | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ouanna | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 1 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | R Klaasen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | Y-h Lu | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | D Guez | 4 | 3 | | WC | R Klaasen | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 3 | 2 | | 7 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Monfils | 6 | 1 | 6$^1$ |
| 3 | F López | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | 3 | F López | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| Q | B Balleret | 1 | 7$^7$ | 3 | 3 | F López | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Kavčič | 1 | 7 | 6 | | B Kavčič | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ascione | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | 3 | F López | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | F Wolmarans | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | R Ram | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | B Phau | 6 | 7 | | | B Phau | 6$^{10}$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R de Voest | 7$^7$ | 3 | 3 | 5 | R Ram | 7$^{12}$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Ram | 6$^3$ | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | S Robert | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Evans | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | S Robert | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | I van der Merwe | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | WC | I van der Merwe | 6$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Okun | 6$^5$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | 8 | S Robert | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | S Darcis | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | D Brown | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | |
| | L Recouderc | 3 | 6 | 6 | | L Recouderc | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Brown | 6 | 3 | 6 | | D Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Chiudinelli | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 8 | S Robert | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | X Malisse | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | D Ferrer | 5 | 4 |
| | S Devvarman | 6 | 6 | | | S Devvarman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Alves | 5 | 6 | 6 | | T Alves | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | S Devvarman | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | F Prpic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Navarro | 3 | 5 | | Q | F Prpic | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Beck | 1 | 5 | | 2 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Ferrer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

All seeded players received a bye into the second round, and all players playing in the fourth qualifier received a bye into the second round.

### Seeds

* Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualifying competition)
* Andreas Haider-Maurer (qualifying competition)
* Prakash Amritraj (second round)
* Benjamin Balleret (qualified)
* Noam Okun (qualified)
* Filip Prpic (qualified)
* Alexander Sadecky (qualifying competition)
* Fritz Wolmarans (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Fritz Wolmarans
* Filip Prpic
* Noam Okun
* Benjamin Balleret

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 1 | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Rohan Bopanna | Rohan Bopanna | 3 | 5 | | | Benjamin Janse van Rensburg | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Benjamin Janse van Rensburg | Benjamin Janse van Rensburg | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolaas Scholtz | Nicolaas Scholtz | 7$^7$ | 2 | 5 | | | | | 8 | Fritz Wolmarans | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Eric Butorac | Eric Butorac | 6$^4$ | 6 | 7 | | Eric Butorac | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Fritz Wolmarans | w/o | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 2 | Andreas Haider-Maurer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Ruan Roelofse | Ruan Roelofse | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | Ruan Roelofse | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| Hendrik Coertzen | Hendrik Coertzen | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | 2 | Andreas Haider-Maurer | 1 | 3 |
| George Bastl | George Bastl | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | Filip Prpic | 6 | 6 |
| James Cerretani | James Cerretani | 4 | 0 | | George Bastl | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Filip Prpic | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 3 | Prakash Amritraj | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Roman Valent | Roman Valent | 6 | 6 | | | Roman Valent | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Kevin Ullyett | Kevin Ullyett | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | Roman Valent | 3 | 5 |
| Andrew Anderson | Andrew Anderson | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | 5 | Noam Okun | 6 | 7 |
| Chris Eaton | Chris Eaton | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Chris Eaton | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Noam Okun | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 4 | Benjamin Balleret | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jeff Coetzee | 3 | | | | Jeff Coetzee | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Rogier Wassen | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | 4 | Benjamin Balleret | 6 | 7$^8$ |
| Yves Allegro | Yves Allegro | 5 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | 7 | Alexander Sadecky | 4 | 6$^6$ |
| Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 7 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Alexander Sadecky | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |