2010 US Open – Women's singles

July 2023 July 2023 2010 US Open BEL Kim Clijsters RUS Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–1 128 32 US Open – Women's singles US Open – Women's singles 2010 US Open (tennis) Defending champion Kim Clijsters defeated Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2010 US Open.https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/usopen10/news/story?id=5561961 Kim Clijsters repeats in Flushing ESPN 17 July 2025 It was her third US Open singles title and third major singles title overall. It was her third non-consecutive US Open title, having won on her last two appearances in 2005 and 2009 (she did not play in 2006 due to injury, and was retired from the sport in 2007 and 2008). World No. 1 and three-time champion Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament due to a foot surgery sustained from an exhibition match. Caroline Wozniacki was in contention to gain the top ranking by winning the title, but lost to Zvonareva in the semifinals. This marked the final major appearance of former world No. 3 and Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva; she was defeated in the fourth round by Samantha Stosur. Seeds 30em 1 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals) 2 8 BEL Kim Clijsters (champion) 3 6 USA Venus Williams (semifinals) 4 3 SRB 2004 Jelena Janković (third round) 5 7 AUS Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals) 6 5 ITA Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals) 7 4 RUS Vera Zvonareva (final) 8 2 CHN Li Na (first round) 9 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (second round) 10 5 BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka (second round, retired due to concussion) 11 2 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round) 12 7 RUS Elena Dementieva (fourth round) 13 8 FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) 14 1 RUS Maria Sharapova (fourth round) 15 3 BEL Yanina Wickmayer (fourth round) 16 6 ISR Shahar Pe'er (fourth round) 17 4 RUS Nadia Petrova (first round) 18 1 FRA Aravane Rezaï (second round) 19 6 ITA Flavia Pennetta (third round) 20 5 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (fourth round) 21 8 CHN Zheng Jie (second round) 22 3 ESP María José Martínez Sánchez (second round) 23 2 RUS Maria Kirilenko (third round) 24 7 SVK Daniela Hantuchová (third round) 25 4 ROU Alexandra Dulgheru (third round) 26 1 CZE Lucie Šafářová (first round) 27 8 CZE Petra Kvitová (third round) 28 7 RUS Alisa Kleybanova (second round) 29 5 UKR Alona Bondarenko (third round) 30 2 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (first round) 31 3 EST Kaia Kanepi (quarterfinals) 32 6 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova (second round) Qualifying 2010 US Open – Women's singles qualifying Main draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 7     SVK Dominika Cibulková 2 5   31 EST Kaia Kanepi 3 5   7 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 7   6 ITA Francesca Schiavone 65 4   3 USA Venus Williams 77 6   5 AUS Samantha Stosur 4 7 3 2 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 5 6 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 3   7 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 6   3 USA Venus Williams 6 62 4 2 BEL Kim Clijsters 4 77 6 7 RUS Vera Zvonareva 2 1   2 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 6   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6   WC USA Ch Gullickson 1 1     TPE K-c Chang 6 6     ESP C Suárez Navarro 2 4   PR GBR A Keothavong 6 1 1   TPE Y-j Chan 2 6 6 Q AUT T Paszek 2 7 6 26 CZE L Šafářová 6 5 2 18 FRA A Rezaï 77 79     SVK M Rybáriková 65 67   WC USA B Capra 6 6     CRO K Šprem 1 3   Q ESP N Llagostera Vives 3 66     CZE I Benešová 6 78     AUS J Groth 6 3 1 14 RUS M Sharapova 4 6 6 1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     TPE K-c Chang 0 0     TPE Y-j Chan 6 6   Q AUT T Paszek 3 3   18 FRA A Rezaï 5 6 3 WC USA B Capra 7 2 6   CZE I Benešová 1 2   14 RUS M Sharapova 6 6   1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     TPE Y-j Chan 1 0   WC USA B Capra 0 0   14 RUS M Sharapova 6 6   1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6   14 RUS M Sharapova 3 4   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 4 6   JPN K Date-Krumm 2 6 1   RUS R Kulikova 0 0r   LAT A Sevastova 6 2     AUT Y Meusburger 3 7 6   USA J Craybas 6 5 0   CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 5 4   23 RUS M Kirilenko 7 6   30 KAZ Y Shvedova 4 6 2 Q ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 3 6   RUS A Chakvetadze 3 3   PR POL U Radwańska 6 6     SVK D Cibulková 6 4 7   SUI S Vögele 2 6 5   UKR K Bondarenko 2 6 6 8 CHN N Li 6 4 2 11 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6     LAT A Sevastova 2 3     AUT Y Meusburger 6 5 0 23 RUS M Kirilenko 4 7 6 Q ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 7   PR POL U Radwańska 2 5     SVK D Cibulková 6 5 79   UKR K Bondarenko 2 7 67 11 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6   23 RUS M Kirilenko 3 4   Q ESP L Domínguez Lino 0 1     SVK D Cibulková 6 6   11 RUS S Kuznetsova 5 64     SVK D Cibulková 7 77   Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 4 7   ROU S Halep 4 6 5   AUS A Molik 65 1   Q CRO M Lučić 77 6     RSA C Scheepers 3 4   Q UZB A Amanmuradova 6 6     FRA A Cornet 6 1 0 31 EST K Kanepi 3 6 6 22 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 3 6 WC USA J Hampton 4 6 0   BEL K Flipkens 1 3     SUI P Schnyder 6 6     ITA R Oprandi 3 4     GER J Görges 6 6     RUS A Kudryavtseva 1 2   15 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 6   4 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 3 6 Q CRO M Lučić 4 6 2 Q UZB A Amanmuradova 2 4   31 EST K Kanepi 6 6   22 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 62 4     SUI P Schnyder 77 6     GER J Görges 4 5   15 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 7   4 SRB 2004 J Janković 2 61   31 EST K Kanepi 6 77     SUI P Schnyder 65 6 66 15 BEL Y Wickmayer 77 3 78 31 EST K Kanepi 0 77 6 15 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 62 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 POL A Radwańska 6 6     ESP A Parra Santonja 4 3     CHN S Peng 65 77 6 WC USA S Rogers 77 63 3   USA B Mattek-Sands 4 6 6   ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 4 1   GER A Petkovic 6 4 77 17 RUS N Petrova 2 6 64 25 ROU A Dulgheru 6 6     FRA J Coin 3 1     SWE S Arvidsson 6 6     ROU S Cîrstea 1 2   WC USA C Vandeweghe 1 0     GER S Lisicki 6 6   Q SVK Z Kučová 2 1   7 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6   9 POL A Radwańska 6 1 4   CHN S Peng 2 6 6   USA B Mattek-Sands 6 3 5   GER A Petkovic 3 6 7 25 ROU A Dulgheru 77 6     SWE S Arvidsson 65 1     GER S Lisicki 1 65   7 RUS V Zvonareva 6 77     CHN S Peng       GER A Petkovic w/o     25 ROU A Dulgheru 2 62   7 RUS V Zvonareva 6 77     GER A Petkovic 1 2   7 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6   Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 ITA F Schiavone 6 6     JPN A Morita 1 0   Q ITA ME Camerin 6 6   WC AUS S Ferguson 4 0     USA M Oudin 6 6   Q UKR O Savchuk 3 0     RUS V Dushevina 0 7 4 29 UKR A Bondarenko 6 5 6 20 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6     GER K Barrois 4 1   Q POR M Larcher de Brito 3 2   Q IND S Mirza 6 6     ARG G Dulko 6 6     GER A Kerber 3 1   Q ROU M Niculescu 0 7 1 10 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 5 6 6 ITA F Schiavone 6 6   Q ITA ME Camerin 2 1     USA M Oudin 2 5   29 UKR A Bondarenko 6 7   20 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6   Q IND S Mirza 2 4     ARG G Dulko 5     10 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 1r     6 ITA F Schiavone 6 7   29 UKR A Bondarenko 1 5   20 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6     ARG G Dulko 1 2   6 ITA F Schiavone 6 6   20 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 3 0   Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 ISR S Pe'er 6 7   PR CRO J Kostanić Tošić 4 5     FRA P Parmentier 4 6 7   ITA A Brianti 6 3 5   HUN Á Szávay 6 6     CZE S Záhlavová 0 2   Q USA I Falconi 2 1   19 ITA F Pennetta 6 6   32 BUL T Pironkova 6 6     CZE R Voráčová 3 4     SLO P Hercog 4 5   Q LUX M Minella 6 7   Q CAN R Marino 6 4 7   RUS K Pervak 4 6 5   ITA R Vinci 4 1   3 USA V Williams 6 6   16 ISR S Pe'er 6 6     FRA P Parmentier 2 3     HUN Á Szávay 1 4   19 ITA F Pennetta 6 6   32 BUL T Pironkova 4 0   Q LUX M Minella 6 6   Q CAN R Marino 63 3   3 USA V Williams 77 6   16 ISR S Pe'er 6 6   19 ITA F Pennetta 4 4   Q LUX M Minella 2 1   3 USA V Williams 6 6   16 ISR S Pe'er 63 3   3 USA V Williams 77 6   Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 AUS S Stosur 3 77 6   RUS E Vesnina 6 62 1   SRB 2004 B Jovanovski 5 4     AUS An Rodionova 7 6     ITA S Errani 77 7     ITA T Garbin 64 5     SWE J Larsson 64 2   28 RUS A Kleybanova 77 6   24 SVK D Hantuchová 6 6     RUS D Safina 3 4     USA V King 6 0 6 WC USA C McHale 3 6 1 Q CZE Z Ondrášková 5 0     AUT S Bammer 7 6     BLR 1995 O Govortsova 1 2   12 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   5 AUS S Stosur 6 6     AUS An Rodionova 1 4     ITA S Errani 6 6   28 RUS A Kleybanova 2 3   24 SVK D Hantuchová 5 6 6   USA V King 7 3 4   AUT S Bammer 3 4   12 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   5 AUS S Stosur 6 6     ITA S Errani 2 3   24 SVK D Hantuchová 5 2   12 RUS E Dementieva 7 6   5 AUS S Stosur 6 2 77 12 RUS E Dementieva 3 6 62 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 FRA M Bartoli 6 6     ROU E Gallovits 3 2   WC FRA V Razzano 6 6     CZE K Zakopalová 3 2     SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 6 6     RUS E Makarova 3 2     SUI T Bacsinszky 60 61   21 CHN J Zheng 77 77   27 CZE P Kvitová 6 7     CZE L Hradecká 4 5     GBR E Baltacha 6 6     CRO P Martić 2 2   Q AUS S Peers 6 6     CAN A Wozniak 0 1     HUN G Arn 0 5   2 BEL K Clijsters 6 7   13 FRA M Bartoli 5 4   WC FRA V Razzano 7 6     SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 6 6   21 CHN J Zheng 3 0   27 CZE P Kvitová 77 6     GBR E Baltacha 65 3   Q AUS S Peers 2 1   2 BEL K Clijsters 6 6   WC FRA V Razzano 5 0     SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 7 6   27 CZE P Kvitová 3 0   2 BEL K Clijsters 6 6     SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 2 1   2 BEL K Clijsters 6 6   Championship match statistics Category BEL Clijsters RUS Zvonareva 1st serve % 37/48 (77%) 27/41 (66%) 1st serve points won 29 of 37 = 78% 13 of 27 = 48% 2nd serve points won 6 of 11 = 55% 5 of 14 = 36% Total service points won 35 of 48 = 72.92% 18 of 41 = 43.90% Aces 1 1 Double faults 2 4 Winners 17 6 Unforced errors15 24 Net points won 10 of 12 = 83% 4 of 9 = 44% Break points converted 4 of 5 = 80% 0 of 2 = 0% Return points won 23 of 41 = 56% 13 of 48 = 27% Total points won 58 31Source References External links Draw 2010 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Grand Slam women's singles 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles 2011 Australian Open – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles Category:2010 in women's tennis Category:2010 in American women's sports