2010 US Open (tennis)

July 2023 July 2023 2010 US Open 2010 US Open (tennis) poster.jpg 250px August 30 – September 13 130th Hardcourt Grand Slam (ITF) New York City, U.S. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ESP Rafael Nadal BEL Kim Clijsters USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova USA Liezel Huber / USA Bob Bryan USA Jack Sock RUS Daria Gavrilova PER Duilio Beretta / ECU Roberto Quiroz HUN Tímea Babos / USA Sloane Stephens JPN Shingo Kunieda NED Esther Vergeer USA David Wagner NED Maikel Scheffers / NED Ronald Vink NED Esther Vergeer / NED Sharon Walraven USA Nick Taylor / USA David Wagner The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010, in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States. The tournament was initially going to finish with Men's Singles final on September 12, but was postponed due to rain on the last day and just before the men's tournament final. In the previous two years the tournament was also postponed because of weather. Juan Martín del Potro and Kim Clijsters were the defending champions. Del Potro, due to a wrist injury, opted not to defend his title. Clijsters successfully defended her title with a score of 6–2, 6–1 in the final against Vera Zvonareva.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/usopen/7997365/US-Open-2010-Kim-Clijsters-beats-Vera-Zvonareva-to-defend-Flushing-Meadows-title.html Kim Clijsters beats Vera Zvonareva to defend Flushing Meadows title 2010-09-12 Telegraph 2010-11-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20101127112109/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/usopen/7997365/US-Open-2010-Kim-Clijsters-beats-Vera-Zvonareva-to-defend-Flushing-Meadows-title.html 27 November 2010 live Notable stories Milestones Maria Sharapova recorded her 100th Grand Slam match victory with a 6–0, 6–0 defeat of wildcard Beatrice Capra in the third round.Sharapova blows past USA's Capra at windy U.S. Open - USATODAY.com Kim Clijsters became the first woman since Venus Williams in 2000–1 to successfully defend her US Open title, by defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final.US Open 2010: Kim Clijsters beats Vera Zvonareva to defend Flushing Meadows title - Telegraph The final lasted just under one hour with Clijsters winning 6–2, 6–1. Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 in the men's final, and in doing so, completed his Golden Career Grand Slam.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/8992563.stm Rafael Nadal wins US Open to seal career Grand Slam 2010-11-14 BBC Sport 2010-11-18 Serena Williams' withdrawal thumb|right|Vera Zvonareva reached her first US Open final by defeating top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the semi-finals. Three-time champion and World No. 1 Serena Williams officially announced her withdrawal from the US Open on August 20 due to foot surgery.http://www.sbnation.com/2010/8/20/1633932/serena-williams-withdraw-us-open-2010-injury-foot Serena Williams Withdraws from 2010 U.S. Open Due to Foot Injury 20 August 2010 Her withdrawal also meant that she and older sister Venus could not pair up to defend the doubles title they won in 2009,Serena Williams withdraws from U.S. Open while recovering from cut foot - ESPN and allowed WTA No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki to be installed as the top seed for the tournament,2010 U.S. Open: Will Caroline Wozniacki Succeed As Number One? | Bleacher Report where she was defeated in the semi-finals by Vera Zvonareva. It was the first time since 2003 in which Serena Williams was forced to miss her national championships due to injury, the first Grand Slam tournament she missed through injury since Wimbledon in 2006, the first time since the 2007 Australian Open in which the women's World No. 1 missed a Grand Slam tournament and the first time in the WTA's 35-year rankings history that the World No. 1 missed the US Open.Serena Williams Withdraws From U.S. Open - NYTimes.com Other notable withdrawals included two-time champion Justine Henin, as well as men's defending champion Juan Martín del Potro, Tommy Haas, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Ivo Karlović and Mario Ančić. Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Kim Clijsters and John Isner had all been in doubt after suffering minor injuries during lead-up tournaments but all were cleared to play.Juan Martin Del Potro Withdraws From US Open; Clijsters to Have MRI on Hip Victoria Azarenka collapses In a second round match played in 40 C mid flip heat, Belarusian 10th seed Victoria Azarenka collapsed whilst trailing Gisela Dulko 1–5 in the first set. Azarenka was subsequently taken to hospital in a wheelchair where she was diagnosed with mild concussion and later released a statement saying that a mishap in the gym, and not the heat, caused her to collapse during the match.US Open 2010: Victoria Azarenka collapses in searing heat at Flushing Meadows - TelegraphAt hot, humid U.S. Open, Victoria Azarenka collapses in match - ESPN Her second round retirement represented her worst ever performance at the US Open, having never previously fallen before the third round. It was also the second time she was forced to retire from a match at a Major, when she retired in near identical circumstances against Serena Williams at the 2009 Australian Open. Spanish performance The men's tournament was well known for the excellent performances of Spanish players.US Open 2010: Rafael Nadal leads Spanish Armada into fourth round - TelegraphU.S. Open: Don't call these Spaniards specialists - ESPN Of the sixteen Spaniards that started in the 128-man draw, six of them reached the fourth round: Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Robredo, David Ferrer, Feliciano López and Albert Montañés. There were two all-Spanish fourth round matches, guaranteeing two Spaniards in the quarter-finals: Nadal vs. López and Ferrer vs. Verdasco (the latter winning in a final set tiebreak). In a rematch of their 2009 Australian Open semi-final, Nadal defeated Verdasco in straight sets in the all-Spanish quarter-final,September 2020 and went on to become the first Spaniard since Manuel Orantes in 1975 to win the US Open.Rafael Nadal wins US Open final and confirms his greatness | Sport | guardian.co.uk Singles players Men's singles ChampionRunner-upESP Rafael Nadal [1]SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic [3]Semifinals outRUS Mikhail Youzhny [12]SUI Roger Federer [2]Quarterfinals outESP Fernando Verdasco [8]SUI Stan Wawrinka [25]FRA Gaël Monfils [17]SWE Robin Söderling [5]4th round outESP Feliciano López [23]ESP David Ferrer [10]USA Sam Querrey [20]ESP Tommy RobredoFRA Richard GasquetUSA Mardy Fish [19]ESP Albert Montañés [21]AUT Jürgen Melzer [13]3rd round outFRA Gilles SimonUKR Sergiy StakhovskyESP Daniel Gimeno TraverARG David Nalbandian [31/PR]GBR Andy Murray [4]ESP Nicolás Almagro [14]USA John Isner [18]FRA Michaël LlodraRSA Kevin AndersonSRB 2004 Janko TipsarevićFRA Arnaud ClémentUSA James Blake (WC)NED Thiemo de BakkerJPN Kei Nishikori (Q)ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero [22]FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu2nd round outUZB Denis IstominGER Philipp Kohlschreiber [29]FRA Benoît Paire (Q)USA Ryan Harrison (Q)GER Benjamin BeckerFRA Jérémy ChardyFRA Florent SerraFRA Adrian Mannarino (Q)JAM Dustin BrownARG Juan Ignacio ChelaESP Marcel GranollersESP Guillermo García LópezISR Dudi SelaSUI Marco ChiudinelliFRA Julien BenneteauROU Victor HănescuRUS Nikolay Davydenko [6]BRA Thomaz Bellucci [26]RUS Igor AndreevUSA Andy Roddick [9]ARG Eduardo SchwankURU Pablo CuevasCAN Peter Polansky (Q)GER Philipp PetzschnerUSA Taylor DentCRO Ivan Dodig (Q)AUS Carsten Ball (WC)CRO Marin Čilić [11]LTU Ričardas Berankis (Q)BRA Ricardo MelloFRA Guillaume Rufin (WC)GER Andreas Beck1st round outRUS Teymuraz GabashviliARG Máximo González (PR)USA Donald Young (WC)GER Tobias KamkeCOL Santiago GiraldoGER Rainer SchüttlerAUS Peter LuczakCRO Ivan Ljubičić [15]UKR Alexandr DolgopolovGER Daniel BrandsFIN Jarkko NieminenLAT Ernests Gulbis [24]RSA Rik de Voest (Q)GER Florian MayerESP Pere RibaITA Fabio FogniniSVK Lukáš LackoESP Rubén Ramírez HidalgoTPE Lu Yen-hsunKAZ Mikhail KukushkinUSA Bradley Klahn (WC)ITA Andreas SeppiPOL Łukasz KubotITA Potito StaraceKAZ Andrey GolubevBEL Xavier MalisseUSA Jack Sock (WC)POR Frederico GilCZE Radek Štěpánek [28]CZE Lukáš Rosol (Q)ARG Carlos BerlocqCZE Tomáš Berdych [7]USA Michael RussellGER Simon GreulIND Somdev DevvarmanUSA Tim Smyczek (WC)USA Robert Kendrick (Q)ARG Horacio ZeballosBEL Olivier RochusFRA Stéphane RobertCYP Marcos Baghdatis [16]USA Robby GinepriBRA Júlio Silva (Q)CZE Jan HájekARG Juan Mónaco (30)BEL Kristof Vliegen (PR)CZE Dušan Lojda (Q)SRB 2004 Viktor TroickiAUT Andreas Haider-Maurer (Q)COL Alejandro FallaFRA Marc Gicquel (Q)CHI Fernando González [27]POL Michał PrzysiężnyCAN Milos Raonic (Q)KAZ Evgeny KorolevUKR Illya MarchenkoRUS Dmitry Tursunov (PR)USA Ryan Sweeting (WC)GER Björn PhauSVK Martin Kližan (Q)AUS Lleyton Hewitt [32]ARG Leonardo MayerGER Michael BerrerARG Brian Dabul Women's singles ChampionRunner-upBEL Kim Clijsters [2]RUS Vera Zvonareva [7]Semifinals outDEN Caroline Wozniacki [1]USA Venus Williams [3] Quarterfinals outSVK Dominika CibulkováEST Kaia Kanepi [31]ITA Francesca Schiavone [6]AUS Samantha Stosur [5]4th round outRUS Maria Sharapova [14]RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova [11]BEL Yanina Wickmayer [15]GER Andrea PetkovicRUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [20]ISR Shahar Pe'er [16]RUS Elena Dementieva [12]SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic3rd round outTPE Chan Yung-janUSA Beatrice Capra (WC)RUS Maria Kirilenko [23]ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino (Q)SRB 2004 Jelena Janković [4]SUI Patty SchnyderCHN Peng ShuaiROU Alexandra Dulgheru [25]UKR Alona Bondarenko [29]ARG Gisela DulkoITA Flavia Pennetta [19]LUX Mandy Minella (Q)ITA Sara ErraniSVK Daniela Hantuchová [24]FRA Virginie Razzano (WC)CZE Petra Kvitová [27]2nd round outTPE Chang Kai-chenAUT Tamira Paszek (Q)FRA Aravane Rezaï [18]CZE Iveta BenešováLAT Anastasija SevastovaAUT Yvonne MeusburgerPOL Urszula Radwańska (PR)UKR Kateryna BondarenkoCRO Mirjana Lučić (Q)UZB Akgul Amanmuradova (Q)ESP María José Martínez Sánchez [22]GER Julia GörgesPOL Agnieszka Radwańska [9]USA Bethanie Mattek-SandsSWE Sofia ArvidssonGER Sabine LisickiITA Maria Elena Camerin (Q)USA Melanie OudinIND Sania Mirza (Q)BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka [10]FRA Pauline ParmentierHUN Ágnes SzávayBUL Tsvetana Pironkova [32]CAN Rebecca Marino (Q)AUS Anastasia RodionovaRUS Alisa Kleybanova [28]USA Vania KingAUT Sybille BammerFRA Marion Bartoli [13]CHN Zheng Jie [21]GBR Elena BaltachaAUS Sally Peers (Q)1st round outUSA Chelsey Gullickson (WC)ESP Carla Suárez NavarroGBR Anne Keothavong (PR)CZE Lucie Šafářová [26]SVK Magdaléna RybárikováCRO Karolina ŠpremESP Nuria Llagostera Vives (Q)AUS Jarmila GrothJPN Kimiko Date-KrummRUS Regina KulikovaUSA Jill CraybasCZE Barbora Záhlavová-StrýcováKAZ Yaroslava Shvedova [30]RUS Anna ChakvetadzeSUI Stefanie VögeleCHN Li Na [8]ROU Simona HalepAUS Alicia MolikRSA Chanelle ScheepersFRA Alizé CornetUSA Jamie Hampton (WC)BEL Kirsten FlipkensITA Romina OprandiRUS Alla KudryavtsevaESP Arantxa Parra SantonjaUSA Shelby Rogers (WC)ESP Anabel Medina GarriguesRUS Nadia Petrova [17]FRA Julie CoinROU Sorana CîrsteaUSA CoCo Vandeweghe (WC)SVK Zuzana Kučová (Q)JPN Ayumi MoritaAUS Sophie Ferguson (WC)UKR Olga Savchuk (Q)RUS Vera DushevinaGER Kristina BarroisPOR Michelle Larcher de Brito (Q)GER Angelique KerberROU Monica Niculescu (Q)CRO Jelena Kostanić Tošić (PR)ITA Alberta BriantiCZE Sandra ZáhlavováUSA Irina Falconi (Q)CZE Renata VoráčováSLO Polona HercogRUS Ksenia PervakITA Roberta VinciRUS Elena VesninaSRB 2004 Bojana JovanovskiITA Tathiana GarbinSWE Johanna LarssonRUS Dinara SafinaUSA Christina McHale (WC)CZE Zuzana Ondrášková (Q)BLR 1995 Olga GovortsovaROU Edina GallovitsCZE Klára ZakopalováRUS Ekaterina MakarovaSUI Timea BacsinszkyCZE Lucie HradeckáCRO Petra MartićCAN Aleksandra WozniakHUN Gréta Arn Player(s) of the day Day 1: USA Andy Roddick – Roddick advanced to the second round of the US Open with a 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 victory over FRA Stéphane Robert on his 28th birthday.Player of the Day: Day 1 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-08-30/201008301283209481322.html 2010-08-30 2010-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100902022926/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-08-30/201008301283209481322.html 2010-09-02 dead Day 2: USA Beatrice Capra – The young wild card entrant defeated CRO Karolina Šprem 6–1, 6–3 and advanced to the second round.Player of the Day: Day 2 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-08-31/201008311283296249852.html 2010-08-31 2010-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905124707/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-08-31/201008311283296249852.html 2010-09-05 dead Day 3: USA Ryan Harrison – The 18-year-old qualifier ousted 15th-seeded CRO Ivan Ljubičić in a hard-fought match, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4.Player of the Day: Day 3 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-01/201009011283386804171.html 2010-09-01 2010-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905151215/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-01/201009011283386804171.html 2010-09-05 dead Day 4: JPN Kei Nishikori – The qualifier, and only Japanese player in the men's draw, upset 11th-seeded CRO Marin Čilić in a grueling five-hour match, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1.Player of the Day: Day 4 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-02/201009021283467885677.html 2010-09-02 2010-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905151220/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-02/201009021283467885677.html 2010-09-05 dead Day 5: UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky – The Pilot Pen champion fought past a rain delay, a partisan crowd, and a determined young opponent to take down USA Ryan Harrison, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6).Player of the Day: Day 5 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-03/201009031283560495467.html 2010-09-03 2010-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905151225/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-03/201009031283560495467.html 2010-09-05 dead Day 6: DEN Caroline Wozniacki – The Pilot Pen champion destroyed TPE Chan Yung-jan, 6–1, 6–0, maintaining her average of one game lost per match at the tournament as she heads into the Round of 16.Player of the Day: Day 6 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-04/201009041283633365987.html 2010-09-04 2010-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907192720/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-04/201009041283633365987.html 2010-09-07 dead Day 7: ITA Francesca Schiavone – The world #7 defeated RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6–3, 6–0 in just 1 hour and 8 minutes to advance into the Quarterfinals.Player of the Day: Day 7 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-05/201009051283727662687.html 2010-09-05 2010-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907192722/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-05/201009051283727662687.html 2010-09-07 dead Day 8: EST Kaia Kanepi – Overcame a lopsided start to upset 15th-seeded BEL Yanina Wickmayer, 0–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1, reaching her first US Open quarterfinals.Player of the Day: Day 8 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-06/201009061283809470039.html 2010-09-06 2010-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907192724/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-06/201009061283809470039.html 2010-09-07 dead Day 9: SUI Stan Wawrinka – Two days after his upset of GBR Andy Murray, the Swiss overcame crowd favorite and last American standing USA Sam Querrey in a long five-setter, 7–6(11–9), 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 4–6, 6–4.Player of the Day: Day 9 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-07/201009071283900536399.html 2010-09-07 2010-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100911231116/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-07/201009071283900536399.html 2010-09-11 dead Day 10: RUS Vera Zvonareva – Russia's top player defeated 31st-seeded EST Kaia Kanepi, 6–3, 7–5, in gusty conditions for her best-ever US Open showing. Day 11: RUS Mikhail Youzhny – The big-hitting Russian outlasted SUI Stan Wawrinka in five sets, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, to advance to the semifinals. Day 12: USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan – The American twins won their 9th Grand Slam title and 3rd US Open, defeating IND Rohan Bopanna / PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4). Day 13: SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic – The ATP ranked #3 defeated SUI Roger Federer in a five-set match to reach his first Grand Slam final since he won the 2008 Australian Open. Day 14: No matches completed due to rain. Day 15: ESP Rafael Nadal – The World #1 beat SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic to win the US Open for the first time and complete his Career Slam.Player of the Day: Day 15 usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-13/201009141284437897653.html 2010-09-13 2010-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110913193524/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/2010-09-13/201009141284437897653.html 2011-09-13 dead Day-by-day summaries 2010 US Open – Day-by-day summaries Events Men's singles 2010 US Open – Men's singles ESP Rafael Nadal def. SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 It was Nadal's 6th title of the year and 42nd of his career. It was his 3rd slam of the year, first US Open, and 9th slam of his career. Women's singles 2010 US Open – Women's singles BEL Kim Clijsters def. RUS Vera Zvonareva, 6–2, 6–1 • It was Clijsters' 4th title of the year and 39th of her career. It was her 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and her 3rd and last at the US Open. Men's doubles 2010 US Open – Men's doubles USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan def. IND Rohan Bopanna / PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4). It was the Bryan's ninth grand slam men's doubles title for their careers, and the third US Open crown along with 2005 and 2008. This was Bob's 65th title of his career and the 67th title of Mike's career. Women's doubles 2010 US Open – Women's doubles USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova def. USA Liezel Huber / RUS Nadia Petrova, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) This was the pair of King and Shvedova second women's grand slam doubles title of the year and of their careers to go along with the 2010 Wimbledon crown. This was King's eleventh women's doubles title of her career and Shvedova's third career women's doubles victory. Mixed doubles 2010 US Open – Mixed doubles USA Liezel Huber / USA Bob Bryan def. CZE Květa Peschke / PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 6–4, 6–4. This victory was the second joint title in a grand slam tournament for the pair of Huber and Bryan, which they won the 2009 French Open together. This was Huber's second mixed double slam, which all were won with Bob, but this was Bob Bryan seventh mixed doubles title for his career. This was the first US Open title for Huber in mixed doubles, but this was Bob's fourth mixed doubles title for his career to go along with titles in 2003, 2004, and 2006. Boys' singles 2010 US Open – Boys' singles USA Jack Sock def. USA Denis Kudla, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 Girls' singles 2010 US Open – Girls' singles RUS Daria Gavrilova def. RUS Yulia Putintseva, 6–3, 6–2 Boys' doubles 2010 US Open – Boys' doubles PER Duilio Beretta / ECU Roberto Quiroz def. GBR Oliver Golding / CZE Jiří Veselý, 6–1, 7–5 It was their second Grand Slam Boys' Doubles title in the year after winning at the French Open. Girls' doubles 2010 US Open – Girls' doubles HUN Tímea Babos / USA Sloane Stephens def. BEL An-Sophie Mestach / CRO Silvia Njirić, walkover It was their third Grand Slam Girls' Doubles title in the year after winning at the French Open and at the Wimbledon Championships. Wheelchair men's singles 2010 US Open – Wheelchair men's singles JPN Shingo Kunieda def. FRA Nicolas Peifer, walkover Wheelchair women's singles 2010 US Open – Wheelchair women's singles NED Esther Vergeer def. AUS Daniela Di Toro, 6–0, 6–0 Wheelchair men's doubles 2010 US Open – Wheelchair men's doubles NED Maikel Scheffers / NED Ronald Vink def. FRA Nicolas Peifer / USA Jon Rydberg, 6–0, 6–0 Wheelchair women's doubles 2010 US Open – Wheelchair women's doubles NED Esther Vergeer / NED Sharon Walraven def. AUS Daniela Di Toro / NED Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 6–3 Wheelchair quad singles 2010 US Open – Wheelchair quad singles USA David Wagner def. GBR Peter Norfolk, 6–0, 2–6, 6–3 Wheelchair quad doubles 2010 US Open – Wheelchair quad doubles USA Nick Taylor / USA David Wagner def. SWE Johan Andersson / GBR Peter Norfolk, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) Champions invitational The Champions Invitational returned for the fifth year with 16 former Grand Slam tournament champions and finalists. It was a doubles only event for the first time, but employed the fan-friendly World TeamTennis format for the second consecutive year. Players were divided into four teams of four players each that were named after members of the US Open Court of Champions. All teams played two matches from Wednesday, September 8, through Saturday, September 11. For the first time, prize money was awarded to the competitors based on their team's order of finish. The invitees for this year's event included a host of past US Open champions, including sixteen-time US Open champion Martina Navratilova, two-time women's singles champion Tracy Austin (1979, 1981) and 1988 men's singles champion Mats Wilander, as well as the Champion Invitational's first "Hall of Fame team": 2010 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva, who teamed to win three US Open women's doubles titles, and Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, collectively known as The Woodies, who won back-to-back men's doubles championships in 1995 and 1996. Also scheduled to compete were U.S. Fed Cup Captain and two-time Grand Slam singles finalist Mary Joe Fernández, 1989 French Open champion Michael Chang, 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, 1997 French Open champion Iva Majoli, 1996 Wimbledon runner-up MaliVai Washington and 1999 US Open finalist Todd Martin.Champions Invitational usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/as/index.html?promo=subnav 2010-08-30 2010-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907190556/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/as/index.html?promo=subnav 7 September 2010 live Teams Team Connolly Gigi Fernández Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Natasha Zvereva Team Gibson MaliVai Washington Mary Joe Fernández Todd Martin Tracy Austin Team Kramer Pat Cash Martina Navratilova Chanda Rubin Michael Chang Team Tilden Iva Majoli Conchita Martínez Cédric Pioline Mats Wilander Results DateWinnerLoserScoreSeptember 8Team ConnollyTeam Tilden15–10Former tennis greats team up in Champions Invitational usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-09-08/201009081283988815885.html 2010-09-08 2010-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100914062419/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-09-08/201009081283988815885.html 2010-09-14 deadSeptember 9Team KramerTeam Gibson14–11Tennis legends entertain in Champions Invitational usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-09-09/201009091284077975298.html 2010-09-09 2010-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100913023417/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-09-09/201009091284077975298.html 2010-09-13 deadSeptember 11Team TildenTeam Gibson14–11Team Connolly captures Champions Invitational usopen.org http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-09-11/201009111284240890638.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201124013022/https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-09-11/201009111284240890638.html dead November 24, 2020 2010-09-11 2010-09-14Team ConnollyTeam Kramer14–9 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 August 23, 2010. Rankings and points were before as of August 30, 2010. Men's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1ESP Rafael Nadal 10,745 720 2,000 12,025 Champion, defeated SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic [3] 2 2SUI Roger Federer 7,215 1,200 720 6,735 Semifinals lost to SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic [3] 3 3SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic 6,665 720 1,200 7,145 Runner-up, lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [1] 4 4GBR Andy Murray 5,125 180 90 5,035 Third round lost to SUI Stan Wawrinka [25] 5 5SWE Robin Söderling 4,910 360 360 4,910 Quarterfinals lost to SUI Roger Federer [2] 6 6RUS Nikolay Davydenko 4,285 180 45 4,150 Second round lost to FRA Richard Gasquet 7 7CZE Tomáš Berdych 3,860 90 10 3,780 First round lost to FRA Michaël Llodra 8 8ESP Fernando Verdasco 3,330 360 360 3,330 Quarterfinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [1] 9 9USA Andy Roddick 3,225 90 45 3,180 Second round lost to SRB 2004 Janko Tipsarević 10 12ESP David Ferrer 3,065 45 180 3,200 Fourth round lost to ESP Fernando Verdasco [8] 11 13CRO Marin Čilić 2,855 360 45 2,540 Second round lost to JPN Kei Nishikori [Q] 12 14RUS Mikhail Youzhny 2,620 45 720 3,295 Semifinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [1] 13 15AUT Jürgen Melzer 2,470 45 180 2,605 Fourth round lost to SUI Roger Federer [2] 14 16ESP Nicolás Almagro 2,150 90 90 2,150 Third round lost to USA Sam Querrey [20] 15 17CRO Ivan Ljubičić 2,120 10 10 2,120 First round lost to USA Ryan Harrison [Q] 16 18CYP Marcos Baghdatis 2,095 75 10 2,030 First round lost to FRA Arnaud Clément 17 19FRA Gaël Monfils 2,070 180 360 2,250 Quarterfinals lost to SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic [3] 18 20USA John Isner 1,805 180 90 1,715 Third round lost to RUS Mikhail Youzhny [12] 19 21USA Mardy Fish 1,751 0 180 1,931 Fourth round lost to SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic [3] 20 22USA Sam Querrey 1,705 90 180 1,795 Fourth round lost to SUI Stan Wawrinka [25] 21 23ESP Albert Montañés 1,600 10 180 1,770 Fourth round lost to SWE Robin Söderling [5] 22 24ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 1,560 180 90 1,470 Third round lost to AUT Jürgen Melzer [13] 23 25ESP Feliciano López 1,515 10 180 1,685 Fourth round lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [1] 24 26LAT Ernests Gulbis 1,515 10 10 1,515 First round lost to FRA Jérémy Chardy 25 27SUI Stan Wawrinka 1,510 10 360 1,860 Quarterfinals lost to RUS Mikhail Youzhny [12] 26 28BRA Thomaz Bellucci 1,480 70 45 1,455 Second round lost to RSA Kevin Anderson 27 29CHI Fernando González 1,340 360 10 990 First round retired against CRO Ivan Dodig [Q] 28 30CZE Radek Štěpánek 1,320 180 10 1,150 First round lost to FRA Julien Benneteau 29 31GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,315 90 45 1,270 Second round lost to FRA Gilles Simon 30 32ARG Juan Mónaco 1,235 10 10 1,235 First round lost to CAN Peter Polansky [Q] 31 33ARG David Nalbandian 1,235 0 90 1,325 Third round lost to ESP Fernando Verdasco [8] 32 34AUS Lleyton Hewitt 1,215 90 10 1,135 First round lost to FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason 10ARG Juan Martín del Potro 3,170 2,000 1,170 Right wrist injuryhttps://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jN7_tABs5jmnQbX_ascvbpEKf8pwD9HO14H80 Associated Press US Open champ del Potro withdraws 2010-08-21June 2024 medicmedic 11FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3,085 180 2,905 Knee injuryhttp://thetennistimes.com/jo-wilfried-tsonga-to-miss-us-open-due-to-injury/ The tennis times Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to Miss US Open Due to Injury 2010-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100806010524/http://thetennistimes.com/jo-wilfried-tsonga-to-miss-us-open-due-to-injury/ 6 August 2010 dead Women's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 2DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6,410 1,400 900 5,910 Semifinals lost to RUS Vera Zvonareva [7] 2 3BEL Kim Clijsters 5,325 2,000 2,000 5,325 Champion, defeated RUS Vera Zvonareva [7] 3 4USA Venus Williams 5,176 280 900 5,796 Semifinals lost to BEL Kim Clijsters [2] 4 5SRB 2004 Jelena Janković 5,145 100 160 5,205 Third round lost to EST Kaia Kanepi [31] 5 6AUS Samantha Stosur 4,550 100 500 4,950 Quarterfinals lost to BEL Kim Clijsters [2] 6 7ITA Francesca Schiavone 4,450 280 500 4,670 Quarterfinals lost to USA Venus Williams [3] 7 8RUS Vera Zvonareva 4,430 280 1,400 5,550 Runner-up, lost to BEL Kim Clijsters [2] 8 9CHN Li Na 4,015 500 5 3,520 First round lost to UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 9 10POL Agnieszka Radwańska 3,995 100 100 3,995 Second round lost to CHN Peng Shuai 10 11BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka 3,775 160 100 3,715 Second round retired against ARG Gisela Dulko 11 13RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 3,516 280 280 3,516 Fourth round lost to SVK Dominika Cibulková 12 12RUS Elena Dementieva 3,765 100 280 3,945 Fourth round lost to AUS Samantha Stosur [5] 13 14FRA Marion Bartoli 3,455 100 100 3,455 Second round lost to FRA Virginie Razzano 14 17RUS Maria Sharapova 3,330 160 280 3,450 Fourth round lost to DEN Caroline Wozniacki [1] 15 18BEL Yanina Wickmayer 3,310 900 280 2,690 Fourth round lost to EST Kaia Kanepi [31] 16 19ISR Shahar Pe'er 3,175 160 280 3,295 Fourth round lost to USA Venus Williams [3] 17 16RUS Nadia Petrova 3,345 280 5 3,070 First round lost to GER Andrea Petkovic 18 20FRA Aravane Rezaï 3,005 5 100 3,100 Second round lost to USA Beatrice Capra [WC] 19 21ITA Flavia Pennetta 2,905 500 160 2,565 Third round lost to ISR Shahar Pe'er [16] 20 22RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,505 5 280 2,780 Fourth round lost to ITA Francesca Schiavone [6] 21 23CHN Zheng Jie 2,351 160 100 2,291 Second round lost to SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic 22 24ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 2,285 160 100 2,225 Second round lost to SUI Patty Schnyder 23 25RUS Maria Kirilenko 2,275 160 160 2,275 Third round lost to RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova [11] 24 26SVK Daniela Hantuchová 2,045 280 160 1,925 Third round lost to RUS Elena Dementieva [12] 25 27ROU Alexandra Dulgheru 2,005 5 160 2,160 Third round lost to RUS Vera Zvonareva [7] 26 28CZE Lucie Šafářová 1,975 5 5 1,975 First round lost to AUT Tamira Paszek [Q] 27 29CZE Petra Kvitová 1,869 280 160 1,749 Third round lost to BEL Kim Clijsters [2] 28 30RUS Alisa Kleybanova 1,840 5 100 1,935 Second round lost to ITA Sara Errani 29 33UKR Alona Bondarenko 1,723 100 160 1,783 Third round lost to ITA Francesca Schiavone [6] 30 31KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 1,770 160 5 1,615 First round lost to ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino [Q] 31 32EST Kaia Kanepi 1,725 5 500 2,220 Quarterfinals lost to RUS Vera Zvonareva [7] 32 34BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 1,708 5 100 1,803 Second round lost to LUX Mandy Minella [Q] The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason 1USA Serena Williams 7,895 900 6,995 Foot surgeryusopen.org Serena Williams withdraws from 2010 US Open http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-08-20/201008201282336235286.html 13 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907191400/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-08-20/201008201282336235286.html 7 September 2010 dead 15BEL Justine Henin 3,415 0 3,415 Right elbow injuryhttps://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-henin-injury yahoo Elbow injury sidelines Henin for rest of season 2010-08-18 2010-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100821080339/http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-henin-injury dead Wildcard entries Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws and in the qualifying draws. Men's singles AUS Carsten Ball USA James Blake USA Bradley Klahn FRA Guillaume Rufin USA Tim Smyczek USA Jack Sock USA Ryan Sweeting USA Donald Young Women's singles USA Beatrice Capra AUS Sophie Ferguson USA Chelsey Gullickson USA Jamie Hampton USA Christina McHale FRA Virginie Razzano USA Shelby Rogers USA CoCo Vandeweghe Men's doubles USA Bradley Klahn / USA Tim Smyczek USA David Martin / USA Donald Young USA Ryan Harrison / USA Robert Kendrick USA Robby Ginepri / USA Ryan Sweeting USA Drew Courtney / USA Michael Shabaz USA Brian Battistone / USA Ryler DeHeart USA Sekou Bangoura / USA Nathan Pasha Women's doubles USA Alexa Glatch / USA CoCo Vandeweghe USA Hilary Barte / USA Lindsay Burdette USA Lauren Herring / USA Grace Min USA Christina McHale / USA Riza Zalameda USA Carly Gullickson / USA Chelsey Gullickson USA Jamie Hampton / USA Melanie Oudin USA Jill Craybas / USA Sloane Stephens Mixed doubles USA Beatrice Capra / USA Jack Sock USA Jill Craybas / USA Michael Russell USA Nicole Gibbs / USA Sam Querrey USA Carly Gullickson / USA Travis Parrott USA Racquel Kops-Jones / USA Eric Butorac USA Melanie Oudin / USA Ryan Harrison USA Abigail Spears / USA Scott Lipsky Protected ranking The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: Men's Singles ARG David Nalbandian (15) RUS Dmitry Tursunov (58) ARG Máximo González (66) BEL Kristof Vliegen (68) Women's Singles GBR Anne Keothavong (55) POL Urszula Radwańska (75) CRO Jelena Kostanić Tošić (101) Qualifier entries Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering the main draw. Men's singles 2010 US Open – Men's singles qualifying CRO Ivan Dodig CZE Lukáš Rosol CAN Peter Polansky CZE Dušan Lojda AUT Andreas Haider-Maurer BRA Júlio Silva SVK Martin Kližan CAN Milos Raonic LTU Ričardas Berankis USA Ryan Harrison USA Robert Kendrick JPN Kei Nishikori FRA Adrian Mannarino RSA Rik de Voest FRA Benoît Paire FRA Marc Gicquel Women's singles 2010 US Open – Women's singles qualifying UZB Akgul Amanmuradova ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives ROU Monica Niculescu CRO Mirjana Lučić AUS Sally Peers AUT Tamira Paszek LUX Mandy Minella ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino CAN Rebecca Marino USA Irina Falconi ITA Maria Elena Camerin SVK Zuzana Kučová CZE Zuzana Ondrášková UKR Olga Savchuk IND Sania Mirza POR Michelle Larcher de Brito Withdrawals The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. Men's singles ‡ CRO Ivo Karlović (51) → replaced by JAM Dustin Brown (99) ‡ CRO Mario Ančić (65 PR) → replaced by GER Tobias Kamke (100) ‡ FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (11) → replaced by ARG Carlos Berlocq (101) ‡ GER Tommy Haas (20 PR) → replaced by ISR Dudi Sela (102) ‡ ARG Juan Martín del Potro (7) → replaced by IND Somdev Devvarman (103) Women's singles † BEL Justine Henin (12) → replaced by CZE Sandra Záhlavová (102) ‡ HUN Melinda Czink (71) → replaced by RUS Anna Chakvetadze (103) ‡ USA Serena Williams (1) → replaced by HUN Gréta Arn (104) † – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list Point distribution StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampion2000Finals12001400Semifinals720900Quarterfinals360500Round of 16180280Round of 3290160Round of 644501005Round of 12810–5–Qualifier2560Qualifying 3rd round1650Qualifying 2nd round840Qualifying 1st round02 Prize money All prize money is in U.S. dollars ($); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.http://aeltc2010.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/pdf/Prize_Money_2010.pdf Archived copy 2010-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308055619/http://aeltc2010.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/pdf/Prize_Money_2010.pdf 2012-03-08 dead Men's and women's singles Winners: $1,700,000 Runners-up: $850,000 Semi-finalists: $400,000 Quarter-finalists: $200,000 Fourth round: $100,000 Third round: $50,250 Second round: $31,000 First round: $19,000 Men's and women's doubles Winners: $420,000 Runners-up: $210,000 Semi-finalists: $105,000 Quarter-finalists: $50,000 Third round: $25,000 Second round: $15,000 First round: $10,000 Mixed doubles Winners: $150,000 Runners-up: $70,000 Semi-finalists: $30,000 Quarter-finalists: $15,000 Second round: $10,000 First round: $5,000 Media coverage CountryBroadcastersUnited StatesCBSESPN2Tennis ChannelCanadaTSNRDSTSN2BrazilESPN BrasilSporTVESPN Latin AmericaESPN DosESPN+MexicoChileUnited KingdomSky SportsBritish EurosportSwitzerlandSF zweiEurosportFranceCanal+EurosportEurosportEurosport 2GermanyItalyPolandSwedenSerbia 2004RTSEurosportEurosport 2RTP1RTP2EurosportEurosport 2BelgiumVRTSpainDigital plusAntena 3Al Jazeera SportsBahrainComorosIraqLebanonLibya 1977Mauritania 1959Palestinian AuthorityIndiaTen SportsJapanWOWOWChinaCCTV-5TrueVisionsBallsVision 1 Sports References External links Tennis Official website of US Open 2010 Wimbledon Championships Grand Slams 2011 Australian Open New Haven 2010 US Open Series None 2010 Category:2010 in tennis Category:2010 in American tennis Category:2010 in sports in New York City Category:August 2010 sports events in the United States Category:September 2010 sports events in the United States