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The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 114th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 23 May through 6 June 2010.

Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova were the defending champions. Federer lost to Robin Söderling in the quarterfinals, while Kuznetsova lost to Maria Kirilenko in the third round.

The 2010 French Open also featured the return of four-time champion Justine Henin, who retired immediately before the 2008 French Open, where she was the 3-time defending champion.

Singles players
Men's singles

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Söderling, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
It was Nadal's 4th title of this year and the 40th of his career. It was his fifth win in six years at Roland Garros and his seventh Grand Slam men's singles victory.
Nadal reclaimed the No. 1 ATP ranking with this victory.
Nadal's victory also completed a historic 'Clay Slam' for Nadal, seeing him become the first person in history to win all Masters 1000 tournaments on clay (Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid), as well as the French Open, in the same calendar year.
This was the second time Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a set.

Women's singles

Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Both Schiavone and Stosur were first-time Grand Slam finalists.
It was Schiavone's second title of the year, the fourth of her career, and her first major title.

Men's doubles

Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes, 7–5, 6–2

Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 6–3
The Williams sisters won their 12th Grand Slam doubles title and 2nd at the French Open. With this, they hold all Grand Slam doubles titles simultaneously.
Also, they have won the career women's doubles golden slam for the second time in their respective careers.

Mixed doubles

Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Yaroslava Shvedova / Julian Knowle, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Srebotnik and Zimonjić both won their fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Agustín Velotti defeated Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5

Girls' singles

Elina Svitolina defeated Ons Jabeur, 6–2, 7–5
Svitolina won her first Junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles

Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz defeated Facundo Argüello / Agustín Velotti, 6–3, 6–2
Beretta and Quiroz win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.

Girls' doubles

Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens defeated Lara Arruabarrena / María Teresa Torró Flor, 6–2, 6–3
Babos and Stephens win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andriy Medvedev defeated Goran Ivanišević / Michael Stich, 6–1, 6–1

Legends over 45 doubles

John McEnroe / Andrés Gómez defeated Mansour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 6–1, 6–1

Women's legends doubles

Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná defeated Iva Majoli / Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Stefan Olsson, 6–4, 6–0
Kunieda won his tenth wheelchair Grand Slam singles title, and his fourth at the French Open.

Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Sharon Walraven, 6–0, 6–0
Vergeer won her 15th wheelchair Grand Slam singles title, and her fourth at the French Open.

Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson, 6–0, 5–7, [10–8]
Houdet wins his fourth wheelchair Grand Slam doubles title and the first at French Open, and Kunieda wins his ninth wheelchair Grand Slam doubles title and second at French.

Wheelchair women's doubles

Daniela Di Toro / Aniek van Koot defeated Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven, 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Di Toro and van Koot win their first wheelchair Grand Slam title in doubles.

Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 17 May 2010. Rank and points before are as of 24 May 2010.

Men's singles

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Women's singles

†The player did not qualify the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wildcard entries
Ryan Sweeting
Carsten Ball
David Guez
Nicolas Mahut
Gianni Mina
Josselin Ouanna
Laurent Recouderc
Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Women's singles wildcard entries
Christina McHale
Jarmila Groth
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Claire Feuerstein
Stéphanie Foretz
Mathilde Johansson
Kristina Mladenovic
Olivia Sanchez

Men's doubles wildcard entries
Thierry Ascione / Laurent Recouderc
Nicolas Devilder / Paul-Henri Mathieu
Jonathan Eysseric / Benoît Paire
Richard Gasquet / Sébastien Grosjean
Marc Gicquel / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Guillaume Rufin / Alexandre Sidorenko

Women's doubles wildcard entries
Séverine Brémond Beltrame / Youlia Fedossova
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Pauline Parmentier
Claire Feuerstein / Stéphanie Foretz
Mathilde Johansson / Camille Pin
Sophie Lefèvre / Aurélie Védy
Kristina Mladenovic / Selima Sfar
Irena Pavlovic / Laura Thorpe

Mixed doubles wildcard entries
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Thierry Ascione
Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
Mathilde Johansson / Sébastien de Chaunac
Kristina Mladenovic / Alexandre Sidorenko
Pauline Parmentier / Marc Gicquel
Aurélie Védy / Michaël Llodra

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Men's Singles
Robin Haase
Kei Nishikori
Dmitry Tursunov
Kristof Vliegen

Women's Singles
Katarina Srebotnik

Qualifiers entries

Men's qualifiers entries

Pablo Andújar
Yuri Schukin
Olivier Patience
Jesse Witten
Thiago Alves
Somdev Devvarman
Michael Yani
Stefano Galvani
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Jorge Aguilar
Benoît Paire
Martin Fischer
Julian Reister
Grega Žemlja
Simone Bolelli
Tobias Kamke

The following players received the lucky loser spot:
Santiago Ventura
Dieter Kindlmann

Women's qualifiers entries

Heidi El Tabakh
Kurumi Nara
Ekaterina Ivanova
Sophie Ferguson
Zhang Shuai
Anastasia Pivovarova
Ksenia Pervak
Misaki Doi
Simona Halep
Kaia Kanepi
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Chanelle Scheepers

The following player received the lucky loser spot:
Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.

Men's Singles
Mario Ančić → replaced by Santiago Ventura
Igor Andreev → replaced by Kevin Anderson
James Blake → replaced by Michał Przysiężny
Nikolay Davydenko → replaced by Paolo Lorenzi
Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver
Tommy Haas → replaced by Ricardo Mello
Ivo Karlović → replaced by Kei Nishikori
Florian Mayer → replaced by Dieter Kindlmann
Carlos Moyá → replaced by Robby Ginepri
David Nalbandian → replaced by Taylor Dent
Gilles Simon → replaced by Igor Kunitsyn
Radek Štěpánek → replaced by Robin Haase

Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters → replaced by Stéphanie Dubois
Anna-Lena Grönefeld → replaced by Ekaterina Bychkova
Sabine Lisicki → replaced by Johanna Larsson
Sania Mirza → replaced by Anne Keothavong
Peng Shuai → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Urszula Radwańska → replaced by Katie O'Brien

Point distribution

Prize money
All prize money is in Euros (€); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles
Winners: €1,120,000
Runners-up: €560,000
Semi-finalists: €280,000
Quarter-finalists: €140,000
Fourth round: €70,000
Third round: €42,000
Second round: €25,000
First round: €15,000

Men's and women's doubles
Winners: €320,000
Runners-up: €160,000
Semi-finalists: €80,000
Quarter-finalists: €40,000
Third round: €22,000
Second round: €11,000
First round: €7,500

Mixed doubles
Winners: €100,000
Runners-up: €50,000
Semi-finalists: €25,000
Quarter-finalists: €13,000
Second round: €7,000
First round: €3,500

Media coverage
Australia: Nine, Fox Sports
Canada: TSN, RDS
Brazil: ESPN, ESPN Brasil
United States: NBC, ESPN2, Tennis Channel
Europe: Eurosport
Domestic rights have also been sold to the following broadcasters, who may only cover the later rounds or not show any coverage at all, depending on the progress of domestic players:
Austria: ORF
Belgium: RTBF, VRT
Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT
Croatia: HRT
Cyprus: CyBC
Denmark: TV2 Sport
France: France Télévisions, Orange Sport
Finland: MTV3, FST5
Germany: ARD, ZDF
Greece: ERT, ANT1, Mega Channel
Ireland: TG4
Montenegro: RTCG
Netherlands: NOS
Romania: TVR
Russia: Eurosport, Russia 2
Serbia: RTS
Slovenia: RTV Slovenija
Spain: TVE
Sweden: SVT
Switzerland: SRG-SSR
Turkey: TRT
United Kingdom: BBC
People's Republic of China: CCTV
Hong Kong: Now Sports
India: ESPN STAR Sports
Japan: Wowow
Macao: TDM
Malaysia: Astro
Morocco: SNRT
New Zealand: Sky Sport
Thailand: TV7, True Sport
Sub-Saharan Africa: Supersport
Middle East and North Africa: Al Jazeera Sports
Latin America: ESPN Latin America
Philippines: Balls, Studio 23
Singapore: Starhub

Miscellaneous
Rafael Nadal's victory marked the fifth consecutive year that the No.2 seed won the tournament (Nadal in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, and Roger Federer in 2009).
Part of the music video of the Martin Solveig song "Hello" was filmed at Roland Garros prior to the tournament starting.

References

External links

Official website

2010 WTA Tour
2010 in French tennis
2010 ATP World Tour
May 2010 sports events in France
June 2010 sports events in France
2010 in Paris