2010 Billie Jean King Cup

Billie Jean King Cup 150px Manhattan, New York United States Madison Square Garden Exhibition Hardcourt / Indoor 4S US$ 1,200,000 thegarden.com The 2010 Billie Jean King Cup was the 2nd edition of this tennis exhibition tournament. Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, 2009 French Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, and 2009 US Open Champion Kim Clijsters participated.History of Tennis at Madison Square Garden and the Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup 2009 Australian Open and Wimbledon Champion Serena Williams had to withdraw from the event due to a leg injury. She was replaced by 2008 French Open Champion Ana Ivanovic. In the first semifinal, Clijsters defeated Ivanovic in a tiebreaker (7–2), despite Ivanovic having match point at 5–4 up. Williams defeated Kuznetsova in the second semifinal, 6–4. Williams defeated Clijsters in the championship match by a score of 6–4 3–6 7–5.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/20100302/venus-wins-billie-jean-king-cup_2256076_1982927 The Latest Top 20 WTA rankings as of December 2013 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 2013-12-11 2014-05-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100307011720/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/20100302/venus-wins-billie-jean-king-cup_2256076_1982927 2010-03-07 AP https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/mar/02/venus-williams-kim-clijsters Venus Williams defeats Kim Clijsters to win Billie Jean King Cup | Sport theguardian.com 2014-05-03 Players Draw Semifinals Final 175 BEL Kim Clijsters   7 SRB Ana Ivanovic Alt 62 USA Venus Williams WC 6 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova   4 BEL Kim Clijsters   4 6 5 USA Venus Williams WC 6 3 7 References http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2010/03/02/venus-takes-new-york-and-the-billie-jean-king-cup/ Venus Takes New York and the Billie Jean King Cup Christopher Botta 2 March 2010 FanHouse 6 January 2011 Billie Jean King Cup Category:BNP Paribas Showdown