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2010 Medibank International Sydney
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2010 Medibank International Sydney 10–16 January 2010 118th ATP World Tour 250 WTA Premier Sydney, Australia NSW Tennis Centre CYP Marcos Baghdatis RUS Elena Dementieva CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber Sydney International
The 2010 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 118th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 10 through 16 January 2010.
Coverage of the event was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions.
Finals
Men's singles
2010 Medibank International Sydney – Men's singles
CYP Marcos Baghdatis defeated FRA Richard Gasquet, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
It was Baghdatis' only singles title of the year and the fourth and last of his career.
Women's singles
2010 Medibank International Sydney – Women's singles
Russia Elena Dementieva defeated USA Serena Williams, 6–3, 6–2
It was Dementieva's first title of the year, 15th of her career, and her second consecutive title at the event.
Men's doubles
2010 Medibank International Sydney – Men's doubles
CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić defeated GBR Ross Hutchins / AUS Jordan Kerr, 6–3, 7–6(7–5).
Women's doubles
2010 Medibank International Sydney – Women's doubles
ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber defeated ITA Tathiana Garbin / RUS Nadia Petrova, 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
WTA entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank* SeedUSASerena Williams11RUSDinara Safina22RUSSvetlana Kuznetsova33DENCaroline Wozniacki44RUSElena Dementieva55BLRVictoria Azarenka76SRBJelena Janković87RUSVera Zvonareva98
As of 4 January 2010
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
AUS Casey Dellacqua
BEL Justine Henin (withdrew due to left gluteal strain)
The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:
USA Jill Craybas
JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm
RUS Vera Dushevina
GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld
USA Varvara Lepchenko
HUN Ágnes Szávay
The following players received entry into the singles main draw through the virtue of being a lucky loser:
SWI Timea Bacsinszky
ATP entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank1 SeedFRAGaël Monfils131CZETomáš Berdych202SUIStanislas Wawrinka213AUSLleyton Hewitt224USASam Querrey255SRBVictor Troicki296RUSIgor Andreev357GERBenjamin Becker408
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
AUS Carsten Ball
AUS Nick Lindahl
AUS Peter Luczak
The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:
ARG Juan Ignacio Chela
POR Frederico Gil
AUS Marinko Matosevic
ARG Leonardo Mayer
The following players received the lucky loser spot:
USA Taylor Dent
ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver
External links
Official website
Medibank International Sydney, 2010