2010 Dubai Tennis Championships

2010 Dubai Tennis Championships February 22–28 (men)February 14–20 (women) 18th (men) / 10th (women) ATP World Tour 500 (men)WTA Premier 5 event (woman) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Aviation Club Tennis Centre SRB Novak Djokovic USA Venus Williams SWE Simon Aspelin / AUS Paul Hanley ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives / ESP María José Martínez Sánchez The 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 14 to February 20, 2010, while the men's tournament took place from February 22 to February 28, 2010 (it was planned, that the tournament would end on February 27, 2010, but due to rain the final was suspended).http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/02/4th-Week/Dubai-Saturday-Djokovic-Leads-Final.aspx Djokovic In Command Before Rain Hits www.atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals 2010-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20100302015347/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/02/4th-Week/Dubai-Saturday-Djokovic-Leads-Final.aspx 2 March 2010 live Novak Djokovic and Venus Williams won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles SRB Novak Djokovic defeated RUS Mikhail Youzhny, 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 It was Djokovic's first title of the year and 17th of his career. It was his second consecutive title at the event. Women's singles 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles USA Venus Williams defeated BLR Victoria Azarenka, 6–3, 7–5 It was Williams' first title of the year, 42nd title of her career, and her second consecutive title of the event. Men's doubles 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles SWE Simon Aspelin / AUS Paul Hanley defeated CZE Lukáš Dlouhý / IND Leander Paes, 6–2, 6–3 Women's doubles 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives / ESP María José Martínez Sánchez defeated CZE Květa Peschke / SLO Katarina Srebotnik, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 WTA entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedDENCaroline Wozniacki31RUSSvetlana Kuznetsova42USAVenus Williams53BLRVictoria Azarenka64RUSElena Dementieva75SRBJelena Janković86POLAgnieszka Radwańska97CHNLi Na108AUSSamantha Stosur119ITAFlavia Pennetta1210FRAMarion Bartoli1311RUSVera Zvonareva1412BELYanina Wickmayer1513ITAFrancesca Schiavone1814RUSNadia Petrova1915CHNZheng Jie2016 1 Rankings as of February 8, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: RUS Maria Kirilenko ITA Flavia Pennetta TUN Selima Sfar SWI Stefanie Vögele The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: TPE Chan Yung-jan BEL Kirsten Flipkens GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld RUS Regina Kulikova RUS Ekaterina Makarova RUS Vesna Manasieva AUS Alicia Molik LAT Anastasija Sevastova The following player received the lucky loser spot: ITA Alberta Brianti ATP entrants Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Roger Federer SUI Switzerland 1 1 Novak Djokovic SRB Serbia 2 2 Andy Murray GBR Great Britain 4 3 Nikolay Davydenko RUS Russia 6 4 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA France 9 5 Marin Čilić CRO Croatia 10 6 Mikhail Youzhny RUS Russia 15 7 Gilles Simon FRA France 16 8 Rankings as of February 15, 2010 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: KUW Mohammed Ghareeb GER Rainer Schüttler FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: IND Somdev Devvarman AUT Stefan Koubek RUS Igor Kunitsyn GER Björn Phau The following player received the lucky loser spot: CZE Jan Hernych References External links Official website ATP tournament profile 2010 Category:2010 ATP World Tour Category:2010 WTA Tour Category:February 2010 sports events in Asia Category:2010 in Emirati tennis Category:2010s in Dubai