# 2010 Aberto de Brasília – Singles

Ricardo Mello did not defend his 2009 title, losing to eventual champion Tatsuma Ito in the semifinals. Ito, the 261st ranked player in the world as of August 2, 2010, defeated Izak van der Merwe 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Ricardo Mello (semifinals)
* Federico del Bonis (first round)
* David Guez (second round)
* Josselin Ouanna (first round, retired due to a right ankle injury)
* João Souza (quarterfinals)
* Thiago Alves (second round)
* Marcos Daniel (first round)
* Uladzimir Ignatik (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ricardo Mello | 2 | 4 | | | |
| | Tatsuma Ito | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Tatsuma Ito | 6 | 6 | Tatsuma Ito | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Izak van der Merwe | 4 | 4 |
| | Rogério Dutra da Silva | 3 | 3 | Izak van der Merwe | 4 | 4 |
| | Izak van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | |

### Top 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 |
| 1 | R Mello | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ghedin | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | R Mello | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Alcaide | 6 | 6 | | | G Alcaide | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Felder | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | R Mello | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | F Martin | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | U Ignatik | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | G Lapentti | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Laranja | 4 | 4 | | 8 | U Ignatik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | U Ignatik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Mello | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | D Guez | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | T Ito | 6 | 6 |
| WC | G Clézar | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | D Guez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hocevar | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ito | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Ito | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Silva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | J Souza | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | |
| | C-A Brezac | 2 | 1 | | | J Silva | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Monroe | 6 | 3 | 6$^3$ | 5 | J Souza | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Souza | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | M Daniel | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Sorensen | 6 | 6 | | | L Sorensen | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Middelkoop | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Middelkoop | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Menéndez-Maceiras | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | L Sorensen | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | F Romboli | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | WC | R Dutra da Silva | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | R Dutra da Silva | 6 | 6 | | WC | R Dutra da Silva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kližan | 5 | | | | M Kližan | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Ouanna | 5 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | R Dutra da Silva | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | T Alves | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 |
| | F Bagnis | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 | 6 | T Alves | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I van der Merwe | 7 | 6 | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Zampieri | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y Sugita | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | R Farah | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | R Farah | 6 | 6 | | Q | R Farah | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Baker | 6 | 6 | | | J Baker | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | F del Bonis | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |