2010 Australian Open – Men's singles

April 2026 2010 Australian Open SUI Roger Federer GBR Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11) 128 32 2010 Australian Open Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2010 Australian Open.Collins Bud https://books.google.com/books?id=hb0KQgAACAAJ The Bud Collins History of Tennis New Chapter Press 2010 978-0942257700 2nd [New York] 365Australian Open Results Archive – 2010 Men's Singles http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/2010_MS_F.html Tennis Australia 8 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130113080303/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/2010_MS_F.html 2013-01-13 dead It was his fourth Australian Open title and 16th major title overall. For the last time in his career, Federer became the reigning champion at three of the four majors, having also won the previous year's French Open and Wimbledon Championships, and missing out only on the US Open (where he finished runner-up to Juan Martín del Potro). Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but retired due to a right knee injury in the quarterfinals against Murray.Smith-Johnson Delores https://bleacherreport.com/articles/332907-rafael-nadal-forced-to-retire-quarterfinal-match-at-australian-open Rafael Nadal forced to retire quarterfinal match at Australian Open Bleacher Report 2010-01-26 2010-01-26 It would be Nadal's only loss at the majors this year, as he would go on to sweep the French Open, Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open. This event marked the last major appearance for former world No. 1, 1997 finalist and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moyá. Seeds 30em 1 1 SUI Roger Federer (champion) 2 8 ESP Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals, retired due to a right knee injury) 3 3 SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals) 4 6 ARG Juan Martín del Potro (fourth round) 5 7 GBR Andy Murray (final) 6 2 RUS Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals) 7 5 USA Andy Roddick (quarterfinals) 8 4 SWE Robin Söderling (first round) 9 2 ESP Fernando Verdasco (fourth round) 10 4 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (semifinals) 11 5 CHI Fernando González (fourth round) 12 7 FRA Gaël Monfils (third round) 13 8 CZE Radek Štěpánek (first round) 14 6 CRO Marin Čilić (semifinals) 15 FRA Gilles Simon (withdrew due to a right knee injury) 16 3 ESP Tommy Robredo (first round) 17 1 ESP David Ferrer (second round) 18 4 GER Tommy Haas (third round) 19 6 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka (third round) 20 3 RUS Mikhail Youzhny (third round, withdrew due to a right wrist injury) 21 5 CZE Tomáš Berdych (second round) 22 1 AUS Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round) 23 2 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (first round) 24 8 CRO Ivan Ljubičić (third round) 25 5 USA Sam Querrey (first round) 26 4 ESP Nicolás Almagro (fourth round) 27 8 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round) 28 7 AUT Jürgen Melzer (first round) 29 6 SRB 2004 Viktor Troicki (second round) 30 2 ARG Juan Mónaco (third round) 31 1 ESP Albert Montañés (third round) 32 3 FRA Jérémy Chardy (first round) 33 7 USA John Isner (fourth round) Qualifying 2010 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 SUI Roger Federer 2 6 6 7   6 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 6 3 0 5   3 SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic 68 77 6 3 1 10 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 710 65 1 6 6 7 USA Andy Roddick 64 3 6 6 3 14 CRO Marin Čilić 77 6 3 2 6 5 GBR Andy Murray 6 77 3     2 ESP Rafael Nadal 3 62 0r   1 SUI Roger Federer 6 6 6     10 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 3 2     14 CRO Marin Čilić 6 4 4 2   5 GBR Andy Murray 3 6 6 6   1 SUI Roger Federer 6 6 713     5 GBR Andy Murray 3 4 611     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 SUI R Federer 4 6 77 6     RUS I Andreev 6 2 62 0     ARG JI Chela 4 3 62       ROU V Hănescu 6 6 77       FRA S Robert 6 77 77       ITA P Starace 3 62 64       ESP Ó Hernández 65 2r     31 ESP A Montañés 77 2       22 AUS L Hewitt 6 6 6     Q BRA R Hocevar 1 2 3       BEL C Rochus 6 5 2 4   Q USA D Young 1 7 6 6     ITA P Lorenzi 2 4 4       CYP M Baghdatis 6 6 6       POR F Gil 0 0 0r   17 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 2     1 SUI R Federer 6 6 6       ROU V Hănescu 2 3 2       FRA S Robert 6 77 2 3 2 31 ESP A Montañés 4 63 6 6 6 22 AUS L Hewitt 77 6 6     Q USA D Young 63 4 1       CYP M Baghdatis 4 3 77 6 6 17 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 64 3 1 1 SUI R Federer 6 6 6     31 ESP A Montañés 3 4 4     22 AUS L Hewitt 6 4         CYP M Baghdatis 0 2r     1 SUI R Federer 6 6 6     22 AUS L Hewitt 2 3 4     Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 ESP F Verdasco 64 77 7 6   WC AUS C Ball 77 61 5 2   Q UKR I Sergeyev 6 77 4 710     ISR D Sela 3 63 6 68     USA R Ram 6 3 7 1 3 Q AUT S Koubek 4 6 5 6 6 Q CRO I Dodig 2 1 6 6 6 23 ESP JC Ferrero 6 6 4 1 1 30 ARG J Mónaco 6 77 6       LAT E Gulbis 3 65 1       ARG M Vassallo Argüello 3 5 4       FRA M Llodra 6 7 6     PR ESP C Moyá 62 5 3     Q UKR I Marchenko 77 7 6     Q GER D Kindlmann 1 0 3     6 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 6     9 ESP F Verdasco 6 6 6     Q UKR I Sergeyev 1 2 2     Q AUT S Koubek 77 6 6     Q CRO I Dodig 64 1 2     30 ARG J Mónaco 3 3 77 6 6   FRA M Llodra 6 6 65 1 3 Q UKR I Marchenko 3 3 0     6 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 6     9 ESP F Verdasco 6 0       Q AUT S Koubek 1 0r       30 ARG J Mónaco 0 3 4     6 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 6     9 ESP F Verdasco 2 5 6 77 3 6 RUS N Davydenko 6 7 4 65 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 7 6 6       ESP D Gimeno-Traver 5 3 2     WC AUS M Matosevic 67 63 6 3     SUI M Chiudinelli 79 77 4 6   PR BEL K Vliegen 1 2 1       GER M Berrer 6 6 6       UZB D Istomin 6 6 6     32 FRA J Chardy 2 2 0     20 RUS M Youzhny 69 4 77 77 6   FRA R Gasquet 711 6 62 64 4   CZE J Hájek 77 7 6       USA R Ginepri 62 5 1       POL Ł Kubot 6 6 6       GER M Zverev 3 3 3       COL S Giraldo 6 6 6     16 ESP T Robredo 4 2 2     3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 3 6 6 6     SUI M Chiudinelli 6 1 1 3     GER M Berrer 5 3 4       UZB D Istomin 7 6 6     20 RUS M Youzhny 6 6 6       CZE J Hájek 2 1 1       POL Ł Kubot 6 3 6 6     COL S Giraldo 4 6 3 1   3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 6 6 6       UZB D Istomin 1 1 2     20 RUS M Youzhny             POL Ł Kubot w/o         3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 6 6 7       POL Ł Kubot 1 2 5     Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 6 6       UKR S Stakhovsky 3 4 4       ITA F Fognini 1 3 3       USA T Dent 6 6 6     WC USA R Harrison 2 4 63       SRB 2004 J Tipsarević 6 6 77       GER S Greul 77 4 2 1   18 GER T Haas 65 6 6 6   26 ESP N Almagro 714 6 2 4 8 Q BEL X Malisse 612 4 6 6 6   GER B Becker 77 7 7     Q SLO G Žemlja 65 5 5       COL A Falla 7 6 6       BRA M Daniel 5 3 1       ESP M Granollers 5 2 6 6 6 8 SWE R Söderling 7 6 4 4 2 10 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 6 6       USA T Dent 4 3 3       SRB 2004 J Tipsarević 6 4 3 6 3 18 GER T Haas 4 6 6 1 6 26 ESP N Almagro 6 6 3 4 6   GER B Becker 4 2 6 6 3   COL A Falla 6 6 6       ESP M Granollers 4 1 3     10 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 3 6 7   18 GER T Haas 4 6 1 5   26 ESP N Almagro 6 6 6       COL A Falla 4 3 4     10 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 6 4 66 9 26 ESP N Almagro 3 4 6 78 7 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 USA A Roddick 6 6 6       NED T de Bakker 1 4 4       RUS T Gabashvili 3 5 6 4     BRA T Bellucci 6 7 4 6     ESP F López 6 6 7       URU P Cuevas 1 4 5       GER R Schüttler 6 2 6 6   25 USA S Querrey 3 6 4 3   21 CZE T Berdych 6 6 6     PR NED R Haase 0 3 3       GER D Brands 2 5 5       KAZ E Korolev 6 7 7     WC FRA S Grosjean 4 3 5     LL TUR M İlhan 6 6 7       BEL O Rochus 3 4 6 1   11 CHI F González 6 6 3 6   7 USA A Roddick 6 6 6       BRA T Bellucci 3 4 4       ESP F López 6 2 6 6     GER R Schüttler 3 6 3 2   21 CZE T Berdych 4 4 5       KAZ E Korolev 6 6 7     LL TUR M İlhan 3 4 5     11 CHI F González 6 6 7     7 USA A Roddick 64 6 6 77     ESP F López 77 4 4 63     KAZ E Korolev 77 3 6 3 4 11 CHI F González 65 6 1 6 6 7 USA A Roddick 6 3 4 7 6 11 CHI F González 3 6 6 5 2 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 CRO M Čilić 7 7 6       FRA F Santoro 5 5 3     Q FRA G Rufin 3 4 4     WC AUS B Tomic 6 6 6       RUS I Kunitsyn 6 2 6 6     ARG J Acasuso 1 6 4 2     ESP G García-López 3 3 2     19 SUI S Wawrinka 6 6 6     29 SRB 2004 V Troicki 4 6 6 6     ECU N Lapentti 6 3 1 3     GER P Petzschner 6 6 4 2 2   GER F Mayer 0 2 6 6 6   USA J Blake 7 7 6       FRA A Clément 5 5 2       USA M Russell 4 4 6 2   4 ARG JM del Potro 6 6 3 6   14 CRO M Čilić 66 6 4 6 6 WC AUS B Tomic 78 3 6 2 4   RUS I Kunitsyn 3 2 2     19 SUI S Wawrinka 6 6 6     29 SRB 2004 V Troicki 6 4 62 1     GER F Mayer 4 6 77 6     USA J Blake 4 77 7 3 8 4 ARG JM del Potro 6 63 5 6 10 14 CRO M Čilić 4 6 6 6   19 SUI S Wawrinka 6 4 3 3     GER F Mayer 3 6 4 5   4 ARG JM del Potro 6 0 6 7   14 CRO M Čilić 5 6 7 5 6 4 ARG JM del Potro 7 4 5 7 3 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 GBR A Murray 6 6 6     Q RSA K Anderson 1 1 2       FRA M Gicquel 77 77 6       ITA S Bolelli 62 63 3       FIN J Nieminen 6 7 6     WC AUS N Lindahl 2 5 4       FRA F Serra 6 63 6 4 6 28 AUT J Melzer 1 77 4 6 3 33 USA J Isner 6 6 3 5 6   ITA A Seppi 3 3 6 7 4 Q IRL L Sorensen 6 3 6 6     TPE Y-h Lu 4 6 2 1     AUT D Köllerer 4 6 77 1 4 Q CRO A Veić 6 3 63 6 6 Q AUS M Ebden 4 4 4     12 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6     5 GBR A Murray 6 6 6       FRA M Gicquel 1 4 3       FIN J Nieminen 6 4 7 64 5   FRA F Serra 3 6 5 77 7 33 USA J Isner 6 77 7     Q IRL L Sorensen 3 64 5     Q CRO A Veić 4 4 4     12 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6     5 GBR A Murray 7 6 6       FRA F Serra 5 1 4     33 USA J Isner 6 4 77 77   12 FRA G Monfils 1 6 64 65   5 GBR A Murray 77 6 6     33 USA J Isner 64 3 2     Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 CZE R Štěpánek 6 65 4 6 4   CRO I Karlović 2 77 6 3 6   FRA J Benneteau 0 6 77 77   Q FRA D Guez 6 4 64 62     USA M Fish 2 6 3 3   WC KAZ A Golubev 6 1 6 6   WC AUS J Kubler 1 2 2     24 CRO I Ljubičić 6 6 6     27 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 7 6       ARG H Zeballos 1 5 1     Q SLO B Kavčič 6 1 4 2     USA W Odesnik 4 6 6 6     SVK L Lacko 6 6 6       ARG L Mayer 4 4 0       AUS P Luczak 60 1 4     2 ESP R Nadal 77 6 6       CRO I Karlović 2 6 6 6     FRA J Benneteau 6 1 3 3   WC KAZ A Golubev 3 6 2 3   24 CRO I Ljubičić 6 3 6 6   27 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 3 6 6     USA W Odesnik 4 6 3 2     SVK L Lacko 2 2 2     2 ESP R Nadal 6 6 6       CRO I Karlović 6 3 6 79   24 CRO I Ljubičić 3 6 3 67   27 GER P Kohlschreiber 4 2 6 5   2 ESP R Nadal 6 6 2 7     CRO I Karlović 4 6 4 4   2 ESP R Nadal 6 4 6 6   References External links 2010 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2009 US Open – 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