# 2010 China Open – Men's singles

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion and defended his title, defeating David Ferrer 6–2, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Andy Murray (quarterfinals)
* Robin Söderling (quarterfinals)
* Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals)
* Tomáš Berdych (first round)
* Fernando Verdasco (first round)
* Mikhail Youzhny (first round)
* David Ferrer (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 | Novak Djokovic | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | John Isner | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | John Isner | 6$^1$ | 2 | | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | David Ferrer | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | David Ferrer | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | David Ferrer | 2 | 4 |
| | Ivan Ljubičić | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |

### 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 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Gong | 1 | 3 | | 1 | N Djokovic | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Fish | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | M Fish | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tipsarević | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Simon | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | G Simon | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Querrey | 3 | 6 | 2 | | G Simon | 6$^6$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Berrer | 4 | 7 | 6 | Q | M Berrer | 7$^8$ | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Berdych | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 4 | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | J Isner | 6$^1$ | 2 |
| | F Mayer | 3 | 4 | | 4 | N Davydenko | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | M Čilić | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Bellucci | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | N Davydenko | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | |
| WC | J Isner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | WC | J Isner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | T-h Yang | 6$^5$ | 3 | | WC | J Isner | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 7 | | | P Kohlschreiber | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | F Verdasco | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Istomin | 4 | 1 | | 8 | D Ferrer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Marchenko | 4 | 6$^7$ | | | Y-h Lu | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | 8 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Almagro | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | R Söderling | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | Ł Kubot | 5 | 2 | | | N Almagro | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | R Söderling | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Söderling | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | D Ferrer | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | M Youzhny | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | I Ljubičić | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | I Ljubičić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dolgopolov | 6 | 6 | | | A Dolgopolov | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Baghdatis | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | I Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Golubev | 2 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | 2 | A Murray | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | A Montañés | 6 | 3 | | | A Montañés | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P-H Mathieu | 2 | 3 | | 2 | A Murray | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Murray | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Michael Berrer (qualified)
* Łukasz Kubot (qualified)
* Kevin Anderson (first round)
* Illya Marchenko (qualified)
* Michael Russell (qualifying competition)
* Michał Przysiężny (first round, retired due to left knee injury)
* Rainer Schüttler (qualifying competition)
* Teymuraz Gabashvili (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Michael Berrer
* Łukasz Kubot
* Paul-Henri Mathieu
* Illya Marchenko

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Michael Berrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Wu Di | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| WC | Wu Di | 2 | 4 | | 1 | Michael Berrer | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Grega Žemlja | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| | Grega Žemlja | 5 | 6 | 5 | | Grega Žemlja | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Michał Przysiężny | 7 | 1 | 3$^r$ | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Łukasz Kubot | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Harel Levy | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | Harel Levy | 6$^1$ | 3 | 2 | Łukasz Kubot | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| | Harri Heliövaara | 3 | 6$^2$ | 7 | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Kevin Anderson | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 7 | 7$^7$ | | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 3 | 3 |
| WC | Chang Yu | 0 | 5 | 8 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 6 | 7 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Illya Marchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Ma Ya-Nan | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Ma Ya-Nan | 2 | 3 | 4 | Illya Marchenko | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Michael Russell | 2 | 2 |
| | Zhang Ze | 3 | 2 | 5 | Michael Russell | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Michael Russell | 6 | 6 | | | | |