2010 Australian Open

2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.
In the singles competition, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were the defending champions. Williams was able to retain her title with a win over Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, while Nadal retired in his quarterfinals match against Andy Murray owing to a quadriceps injury. Roger Federer was the men's champion, defeating finalist Andy Murray in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11).
In doubles, the 2009 champion pairs were successful in their respective title defenses – Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles and Serena and Venus Williams in women's doubles. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were not able to defend their mixed doubles title because they withdrew from the event beforehand. In mixed doubles, Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title, which made a mixed doubles career grand slam for Black.
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Senior
Wheelchair
Junior
Singles players
Men's singles
Women's singles
Day-by-day summaries
Seniors
Men's singles
Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
This was Federer's first title of the year and his 62nd overall. It was his 16th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title tying Andre Agassi for most Australian Open titles in the Open Era (Novak Djokovic later surpassed this record winning his 6th title in 2016, while Federer won the title for a 6th time in 2018). This was Federer's 5th final at the Australian Open which tied him with Stefan Edberg for the Open Era record.
Women's singles
Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
This was Williams's first title of the year, a record 5th Australian Open title in the Open Era. The title was Williams' 12th major title, whi tied her for 6th all-time with Billie Jean King and Suzanne Lenglen, and in the Open Era solo 4th having surpassed Court's 11 mark, which Williams' is behind Graf (22), Evert and Navratilova with (18) each.
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
This was the Bryan brothers' 57th doubles title together, 4th Australian Open title, and 8th major title.
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–3
This is the Williams Sisters' 11th Grand Slam doubles title together and 4th Australian Open title.
Mixed doubles
Cara Black / Leander Paes defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Jaroslav Levinský, 7–5, 6–3
This was the pair's 3rd consecutive grand slam final and the 4th overall. The victory makes Paes India's joint-lead grand slam winner alongside his ex- doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi with a total of 11 grand slam doubles titles. This title gave Black a career mixed doubles grand slam, which Black has won one of each slam in mixed doubles.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Tiago Fernandes defeated Sean Berman, 7-6 (7-5), 6–3
Girls' singles
Karolína Plíšková defeated Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6(5)
Boys' doubles
Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu defeated Kevin Krawietz / Dominik Schulz, 6–4, 6–4
Girls' doubles
Jana Čepelová / Chantal Škamlová defeated Tímea Babos / Gabriela Dabrowski, 7–6(1), 6–2
Other events
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(3), 2–6, 7–5
Wheelchair women's singles
Korie Homan defeated Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2
Wheelchair quad singles
Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 6–2, 7–6(4)
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers / Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2
Wheelchair women's doubles
Florence Gravellier / Aniek Van Koot defeated Lucy Shuker / Daniela Di Toro, 6–3, 7–6(2)
Wheelchair quad doubles
Nicholas Taylor / David Wagner defeated Peter Norfolk / Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6(5)
Singles seeds
Men's singles
Women's singles
Wildcard entries
Men's singles wildcard entries
Carsten Ball
Andrey Golubev
Sébastien Grosjean
Ryan Harrison
Jason Kubler
Nick Lindahl
Marinko Matosevic
Bernard Tomic
Women's singles wildcard entries
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Casey Dellacqua
Jarmila Groth
Justine Henin
Sesil Karatancheva
Alicia Molik
Olivia Rogowska
CoCo Vandeweghe
Men's doubles wildcard entries
Marinko Matosevic / Bernard Tomic
Prakash Amritraj / Somdev Devvarman
Kaden Hensel / Greg Jones
Matthew Ebden / Brydan Klein
Rameez Junaid / Peter Luczak
Nick Lindahl / Matt Reid
Samuel Groth / Jason Kubler
Women's doubles wildcard entries
Shannon Golds / Marija Mirkovic
Yayuk Basuki / Kimiko Date-Krumm
Sally Peers / Laura Robson
Jarmila Groth / Olivia Rogowska
Monique Adamczak / Nicole Kriz
Alicia Molik / Meghann Shaughnessy
Sophie Ferguson / Jessica Moore
Mixed doubles wildcard entries
Sophie Ferguson / Carsten Ball
Carly Gullickson / Bernard Tomic
Sally Peers / Peter Luczak
Alicia Molik / Matthew Ebden
Anastasia Rodionova / Paul Hanley
Jarmila Groth / Samuel Groth
Casey Dellacqua / Jordan Kerr
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
Robin Haase
Carlos Moyá
Kristof Vliegen
Women's singles
Marina Erakovic
Tamira Paszek
Qualifiers entries
Men's qualifiers entries
Xavier Malisse
Matthew Ebden
Grega Žemlja
Antonio Veić
Louk Sorensen
Guillaume Rufin
Ricardo Hocevar
Donald Young
Illya Marchenko
Ivan Sergeyev
Kevin Anderson
Blaž Kavčič
Ivan Dodig
David Guez
Stefan Koubek
Dieter Kindlmann
The following players received lucky loser spots in the men's draw:
Marsel İlhan
Women's qualifiers entries
Yanina Wickmayer
Regina Kulikova
Shenay Perry
Han Xinyun
Renata Voráčová
Sofia Arvidsson
Angelique Kerber
Yvonne Meusburger
Yuliana Fedak
Zuzana Kučová
Valérie Tétreault
Kathrin Wörle
Withdrawals
Men's singles
Mario Ančić → replaced by Igor Kunitsyn
Andreas Beck → replaced by Robin Haase
Máximo González → replaced by Santiago Giraldo
Xavier Malisse → replaced by Jan Hájek
Paul-Henri Mathieu → replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili
David Nalbandian → replaced by Stéphane Robert
Gilles Simon → replaced by Marsel İlhan
Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by Wayne Odesnik
Women's singles
Anne Keothavong → replaced by Pauline Parmentier
Patty Schnyder → replaced by Anastasiya Yakimova
Point distribution
Prize money
All prize money is in Australian dollars (A$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.
Men's and women's singles
Winners: $2,200,168
Runners-up: $1,050,000
Semi-finalists: $400,000
Quarter-finalists: $200,000
Fourth round: $89,000
Third round: $52,000
Second round: $31,500
First round: $19,500
Men's and women's doubles
Winners: $450,000
Runners-up: $225,000
Semi-finalists: $112,000
Quarter-finalists: $55,400
Third round: $31,245
Second round: $17,035
First round: $9,585
Mixed doubles
Winners: $134,460
Runners-up: $67,230
Semi-finalists: $33,615
Quarter-finalists: $15,490
Second round: $7,745
First round: $3,755
References
External links
2010 in Australian tennis
2010 ATP World Tour
2010 WTA Tour
January 2010 sports events in Australia
2010,Australian Open