2010 Maria Sharapova tennis season

Maria Sharapova RUS Russia 33–11 2 No. 18 4 1R 3R 4R 4R 3 February 2013 Maria Sharapova Results and statistics from Maria Sharapova's 2010 tennis season. Yearly summary Australian Open series Sharapova began her season at the Australian Open, as the 14th seed. She was knocked out in the first round by compatriot Maria Kirilenko in three sets; this marked Sharapova's worst performance at a Major tournament since she lost in the first round of the 2003 French Open, and the first time she lost a match at the tournament since her heavy defeat in the 2007 final to Serena Williams (she did not participate in 2009 due to injury).https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/maria-sharapova-crashes-out-of-the-australian-open-1871207.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/maria-sharapova-crashes-out-of-the-australian-open-1871207.html 2022-05-01 subscription Maria Sharapova crashes out of Australian Open The Independent 18 January 2010 Paul Newman 20 January 2011 North American season Rather than participate at the two Middle East Premier tournaments in Doha and Dubai, Sharapova decided to instead compete at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, as a means of attempting to regain her confidence following her first round defeat in Australia. As the top seed in the tournament, Sharapova won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Shenay Perry, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Elena Baltacha, Petra Kvitová and Sofia Arvidsson on her way to capturing her 21st career title.BBC Sport - Tennis - Maria Sharapova beats Sofia Arvidsson in Memphis final Sharapova's next tournament was Indian Wells. After receiving a bye in the first round, and defeating compatriot Vera Dushevina in the second, Sharapova was upset in the third round by Zheng Jie of China in three sets.Chinese Zheng Jie overcomes Sharapova at Indian Wells Following the defeat, Sharapova then withdrew from Miami citing an elbow injury.Serve And Return: Sharapova Withdraws from Miami This was the third year in a row in which Sharapova was forced to miss the North American hard-court season concluder. Clay court season After a few weeks off the tour, Sharapova returned at the Madrid Open in May, but, as it was at the Australian Open earlier in the year, her tournament would be another short affair, as she fell in the first round to Lucie Šafářová.Lucie Safarova makes Maria Sharapova's appearance in Madrid short | Maria Sharapova Following the early exit in Madrid, Sharapova then entered the Internationaux de Strasbourg as a wildcard entry and the top seed, where she would win her second title for the year, by defeating Kristina Barrois in the final.Sharapova beats Barrois to win Strasbourg tournament - Sport - DNA Sharapova then competed at the French Open as the 11th seed. After routine straight sets victories over Ksenia Pervak and Kirsten Flipkens in the first two rounds, Sharapova lost in the third round to four-times champion Justine Henin, however, she would become the first player since Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2005 to win a set against the Belgian at the French Open. Sharapova was also the last player to be beaten by the Belgian at the tournament; Henin's victory was her 23rd (and last) consecutive match victory at the tournament.French Open 2010: Justine Henin defeats Maria Sharapova - Telegraph Grass court season Following the French Open, Sharapova started her preparations for Wimbledon by reaching the final of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, where she was beaten by top seed Li Na after serving seven double faults in the match.Li Na beats Sharapova in Birmingham final - CNN.com Sharapova was seeded 16th at Wimbledon. She defeated Anastasia Pivovarova, Ioana Raluca Olaru and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the first three rounds, all in straight sets, to set up a fourth round showdown against defending champion Serena Williams, in what would be their first meeting on grass since the 2004 Wimbledon final, and thus a rematch of the same final, which Sharapova won. However, there would be no repeat this time around, as Sharapova succumbed in straight sets, despite holding several set points in the first set. This marked her fifth straight defeat to Williams since the end of 2004, and the fourth consecutive year in which she would fail to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.Wimbledon 2010: Sharapova sent out as Serena Williams gets revenge six years on - Daily Record Following her defeat at Wimbledon, Sharapova then visited her parents' hometown of Gomel, Belarus, to meet the victims of the Chernobyl accident, which occurred when Sharapova was conceived by her parents, who escaped the city as a result.Maria Sharapova returns to her roots in the wasteland of Chernobyl - Telegraph US Open series After a month off the Tour, Sharapova returned to action at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. She defeated Zheng Jie, Olga Govortsova, Elena Dementieva and Agnieszka Radwańska en route to reaching her fourth final for the year, where she was defeated easily by emerging rival Victoria Azarenka.Cronin Matthew https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-women-stanford-idUSTRE67020H20100801 Azarenka thrashes Sharapova to win in Stanford Reuters http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/tennis/08/02/asarenka.wins.final.sharapova/index.html Sharapova thrashed in Stanford final CNN Sharapova then made her tournament debut at Cincinnati, where she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova (who had just won the title in San Diego the previous week), Andrea Petkovic, Agnieszka Radwańska (for a second time in three weeks), Marion Bartoli (who had just defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the third round) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (in three sets) to reach her fifth final of the year. There, she faced Kim Clijsters, the defending US Open champion. She came very close to winning the title, holding championship points in the second set before rain interrupted the match and Sharapova's momentum; this break allowed Clijsters to make a comeback and eventually win in three sets.Kim Clijsters comes from set down to beat Maria Sharapova at Cincinnati Open final - Telegraph Sharapova's next tournament was the US Open, where she was seeded 16th. After defeating Jarmila Gajdošová, Iveta Benešová and Beatrice Capra in the first three rounds, Sharapova lost in the fourth round to top seed Caroline Wozniacki, in a match where she served nine double faults and committed 36 unforced errors.U.S. Open: Caroline Wozniacki's game clean as a whistle - ESPN Her collective performances at the Majors in 2010 represented her worst performance at that level since 2003, the last year she failed to reach a single Major quarter-final until this year. The victory over Capra, which preceded the loss to Wozniacki, marked Sharapova's 100th match victory at a Major tournament, and her first double bagel victory at the same level.Sharapova blows past USA's Capra at windy U.S. Open - USATODAY.com Asian hard court season Sharapova's Asian hard court swing would turn out to be short-lived one; as the defending champion in Tokyo, Sharapova lost in the first round to Kimiko Date-Krumm in three sets,Kimiko Date Krumm downs Maria Sharapova at Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo | Sport | guardian.co.uk and in Beijing, she fell to compatriot Elena Vesnina in the second round.Sharapova eliminated at China Open - Sports News - SINA English This meant that she lost three of her last four matches to finish the season, and thus failed to qualify for the year-end championships for the third year in succession. She had qualified for the alternate year-ending championships, the WTA Tournament of Champions in Bali, but chose not to participate. Sharapova finished the season ranked World No. 18, only nine rankings points behind a resurgent Ana Ivanovic; this was her lowest year-end ranking since 2003. All matches This table chronicles all the matches of Sharapova in 2010, including walkovers (W/O) which the WTA does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision. Singles matches Tournament # Round Opponent Result Score Australian OpenMelbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard, outdoor18–31 January 2010 1 1R RUS Maria Kirilenko Loss 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 4–6 Cellular South Cup Memphis, USA WTA International Hard, indoor 13–21 February 2010 2 1R USA Shenay Perry Win 6–0, 6–2 3 2R USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Win 6–1, 6–1 4 QF GBR Elena Baltacha Win 6–2, 7–5 5 SF CZE Petra Kvitová Win 6–4, 6–3 6W SWE Sofia Arvidsson Win (1) 6–2, 6–1 BNP Paribas OpenIndian Wells, United States of AmericaWTA Premier MandatoryHard, outdoor8–21 March 2010 1R Bye 7 2R RUS Vera Dushevina Win 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 8 3R CHN Zheng Jie Loss 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 Mutua Madrileña Madrid OpenMadrid, SpainWTA Premier MandatoryClay, outdoor10–16 May 2010 9 1R CZE Lucie Šafářová Loss 4–6, 3–6 Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay, outdoor 17–22 May 2010 10 1R RUS Regina Kulikova Win 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 11 2R BUL Dia Evtimova Win 6–3, 6–0 12 QF GER Julia Görges Win 7–6(7–2), 6–1 13 SF ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues Win 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 14W GER Kristina Barrois Win (2) 7–5, 6–1 French OpenParis, FranceGrand SlamClay, outdoor23 May–6 June 2010 15 1R RUS Ksenia Pervak Win 6–3, 6–2 16 2R BEL Kirsten Flipkens Win 6–3, 6–3 17 3R BEL Justine Henin Loss 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 Aegon ClassicBirmingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass, outdoor7–13 June 2010 18 1R USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Win 6–0, 6–3 19 2R RUS Alla Kudryavtseva Win 6–3, 6–1 20 QF BUL Sesil Karatantcheva Win 6–2, 6–4 21 SF USA Alison Riske Win 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 22F CHN Li Na Loss (1) 5–7, 1–6 The Championships, WimbledonLondon, Great BritainGrand SlamGrass, outdoor21 June–4 July 2010 23 1R RUS Anastasia Pivovarova Win 6–1, 6–0 24 2R ROU Ioana Raluca Olaru Win 6–1, 6–4 25 3R CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Win 7–5, 6–3 26 4R USA Serena Williams Loss 6–7(9–11), 4–6 Bank of the West ClassicStanford, United States of AmericaWTA PremierHard, outdoor26 July–1 August 2010 27 1R CHN Zheng Jie Win 6–4, 7–5 28 2R BLR Olga Govortsova Win 6–3, 6–3 29 QF RUS Elena Dementieva Win 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 30 SF POL Agnieszka Radwańska Win 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 31F BLR Victoria Azarenka Loss (2) 4–6, 1–6 Western and Southern Financial Group Women's OpenCincinnati, United States of AmericaWTA PremierHard, outdoor9–15 August 2010 32 1R RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova Win 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 33 2R GER Andrea Petkovic Win 6–3, 6–1 34 3R POL Agnieszka Radwańska Win 6–2, 6–3 35 QF FRA Marion Bartoli Win 6–1, 6–4 36 SF RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Win 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 37F BEL Kim Clijsters Loss (3) 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 US OpenNew York, United States of AmericaGrand SlamHard, outdoor30 August–13 September 2010 38 1R AUS Jarmila Gajdošová Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 39 2R CZE Iveta Benešová Win 6–1, 6–2 40 3R USA Beatrice Capra Win 6–0, 6–0 41 4R DEN Caroline Wozniacki Loss 3–6, 4–6 Toray Pan Pacific OpenTokyo, JapanWTA Premier 5Hard, outdoor27 September–2 October 2010 42 1R JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm Loss 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 China OpenBeijing, ChinaWTA Premier MandatoryHard, outdoor2–11 October 2010 43 1R BUL Tsvetana Pironkova Win 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 44 2R RUS Elena Vesnina Loss 6–7(3–7), 2–6 Tournament schedule Singles Schedule DateChampionshipLocationCategorySurfacePrev. resultNew resultOutcome 18 January 2010–31 January 2010 Australian Open Melbourne (AUS) Grand Slam tournament Hard DNP 1R Lost in the first round against Maria Kirilenko 13 February 2010–21 February 2010 Cellular South Cup Memphis (USA) WTA International Hard (i) DNP W Won in the final against Sofia Arvidsson 8 March 2010–21 March 2010 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells (USA) WTA Premier Mandatory Hard DNP 3R Lost in the third round against Zheng Jie 10 May 2010–16 May 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid (ESP) WTA Premier Mandatory Clay DNP 1R Lost in the first round against Lucie Šafářová 17 May 2010–22 May 2010 Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg (FRA) WTA International Clay DNP W Won in the final against Kristina Barrois 23 May 2010–6 June 2010 French Open Paris (FRA) Grand Slam Clay QF 3R Lost in the third round against Justine Henin 7 June 2010–13 June 2010 Aegon Classic Birmingham (GBR) WTA International Grass DNP F Lost in the final against Li Na 21 June 20104 July 2010 The Championships, Wimbledon London (GBR) Grand Slam Grass 2R 4R Lost in the fourth round against Serena Williams 26 July 2010–1 August 2010 Bank of the West Classic Stanford (USA) WTA Premier Hard QF F Lost in the final against Victoria Azarenka 9 August 2010–15 August 2010 Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati (USA) WTA Premier 5 Hard DNP F Lost in the final against Kim Clijsters 30 August 201013 September 2010 US Open New York (USA) Grand Slam Hard 3R 4R Lost in the fourth round against Caroline Wozniacki 27 September 2010–2 October 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo (JPN) WTA Premier 5 Hard W 1R Lost in the first round against Kimiko Date-Krumm 2 October 2010–11 October 2010 China Open Beijing (CHN) WTA Premier Mandatory Hard 3R 2R Lost in the second round against Elena Vesnina Yearly records Head-to-head matchups Ordered by percentage, number of victories to number of losses, then in alphabetical order 22em USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 2–0 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 2–0 SWE Sofia Arvidsson 1–0 GBR Elena Baltacha 1–0 GER Kristina Barrois 1–0 FRA Marion Bartoli 1–0 CZE Iveta Benešová 1–0 USA Beatrice Capra 1–0 RUS Elena Dementieva 1–0 RUS Vera Dushevina 1–0 BUL Dia Evtimova 1–0 BEL Kirsten Flipkens 1–0 AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 1–0 GER Julia Görges 1–0 BLR Olga Govortsova 1–0 BUL Sesil Karatantcheva 1–0 RUS Regina Kulikova 1–0 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 1–0 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–0 CZE Petra Kvitová 1–0 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–0 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–0 USA Shenay Perry 1–0 RUS Ksenia Pervak 1–0 GER Andrea Petkovic 1–0 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 1–0 RUS Anastasia Pivovarova 1–0 ROU Ioana Raluca Olaru 1–0 USA Alison Riske 1–0 CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 1–0 CHN Zheng Jie 1–1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 0–1 BEL Kim Clijsters 0–1 JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm 0–1 BEL Justine Henin 0–1 RUS Maria Kirilenko 0–1 CHN Li Na 0–1 CZE Lucie Šafářová 0–1 RUS Elena Vesnina 0–1 USA Serena Williams 0–1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 0–1 Finals Singles: 5 (2–3) CategoryWTA Premier 5 (0–1)WTA Premier (0–1)WTA International (2–1)Titles by surfaceHard (2–2)Grass (0–1)Titles by conditionsIndoors (1–0)Outdoors (1–3) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScoreWinner21.February 21, 2010Memphis, United States of America (1)HardSWE Sofia Arvidsson6–2, 6–1Winner22.May 22, 2010Strasbourg, France (1)ClayGER Kristina Barrois7–5, 6–1Runner-upJune 13, 2010Birmingham, Great Britain (2)GrassCHN Li Na5–7, 1–6Runner-upAugust 1, 2010Stanford, United States of America (1)HardBLR Victoria Azarenka4–6, 1–6Runner-upAugust 15, 2010Cincinnati, United States of America (1)HardBEL Kim Clijsters6–2, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 See also 2010 Serena Williams tennis season 2010 WTA Tour References 33em External links Category:Maria Sharapova tennis seasons Sharapova tennis season Sharapova tennis 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