2010 Australian Open – Women's singles

Tennis tournament April 2026 2010 Australian Open USA Serena Williams BEL Justine Henin 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 128 (12 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wild Cards) 32 2010 Australian Open Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 to win the women's singles title at the 2010 Australian Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jan/30/serena-williams-henin-australian-open-final Serena Williams overcomes Justine Henin to win fifth Australian Open The Guardian 17 July 2025 It was her fifth Australian Open singles title and twelfth major singles title overall, surpassing the Open Era record (jointly held by Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Evonne Goolagong Cawley) for the most Australian Open singles titles. This was Henin's first major since the 2008 Australian Open, following her retirement in May 2008. Henin was unseeded at a major for the first time since the 2001 Australian Open, and was awarded a wild card into the tournament. Li Na entered the top 10 in the WTA rankings for the first time by reaching the semifinals, the first Chinese player to enter the top 10.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2010-02/01/content_9409568.htm Li Na makes to historical WTA top 10, Zheng 20th China Daily Xinhua 1 February 2010 11 April 2019 Seeds 30em 1 1 USA Serena Williams (champion) 2 8 RUS Dinara Safina (fourth round, retired because of a lower back injury) 3 6 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round) 4 3 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round) 5 5 RUS Elena Dementieva (second round) 6 4 USA Venus Williams (quarterfinals) 7 2 BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals) 8 7 SRB 2004 Jelena Janković (third round) 9 2 RUS Vera Zvonareva (fourth round) 10 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round) 11 7 FRA Marion Bartoli (third round) 12 5 ITA Flavia Pennetta (second round) 13 1 AUS Samantha Stosur (fourth round) 14 8 RUS Maria Sharapova (first round) 15 6 BEL Kim Clijsters (third round) 16 3 CHN Li Na (semifinals) 17 4 ITA Francesca Schiavone (fourth round) 18 5 FRA Virginie Razzano (first round) 19 6 RUS Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals) 20 2 SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic (second round) 21 1 GER Sabine Lisicki (second round) 22 3 SVK Daniela Hantuchová (third round) 23 8 SVK Dominika Cibulková (first round) 24 7 ESP María José Martínez Sánchez (second round) 25 4 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round) 26 6 FRA Aravane Rezaï (second round) 27 5 RUS Alisa Kleybanova (third round) 28 2 RUS Elena Vesnina (first round) 29 3 ISR Shahar Pe'er (third round) 30 8 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (second round) 31 7 UKR Alona Bondarenko (fourth round) 32 1 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (third round) Note: Yanina Wickmayer, who would have been placed in the entry list on the initial entry cutoff date of 7 December 2009 and seeded 16th, entered late and played the qualifying tournament.Comeback perfect for Yanina Wickmayer Qualifying 2010 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 4 77 6 7 BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka 6 64 2 16 CHN Li Na 2 77 7 6 USA Venus Williams 6 64 5 WC BEL Justine Henin 77 7 19 RUS Nadia Petrova 63 5 CHN Zheng Jie 6 6 RUS Maria Kirilenko 1 3 1 USA Serena Williams 77 77 16 CHN Li Na 64 61 WC BEL Justine Henin 6 6 CHN Zheng Jie 1 0 1 USA Serena Williams 6 3 6 WC BEL Justine Henin 4 6 2 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA S Williams 6 6 POL U Radwańska 2 1 CZE P Kvitová 6 7 USA J Craybas 1 5 Q CZE R Voráčová 2 4 GER A Petkovic 6 6 JPN A Morita 5 4 32 ESP C Suárez Navarro 7 6 21 GER S Lisicki 6 6 CRO P Martić 1 4 USA V Lepchenko 0 6 1 ITA A Brianti 6 3 6 GER K Barrois 6 78 UZB A Amanmuradova 0 66 Q CHN X Han 1 6 2 13 AUS S Stosur 6 3 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 CZE P Kvitová 2 1 GER A Petkovic 1 4 32 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 21 GER S Lisicki 6 4 4 ITA A Brianti 2 6 6 GER K Barrois 5 3 13 AUS S Stosur 7 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 32 ESP C Suárez Navarro 0 3 ITA A Brianti 4 1 13 AUS S Stosur 6 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 13 AUS S Stosur 4 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 SVK K Kučová 2 0 TPE K-c Chang 5 2 CZE I Benešová 7 6 Q SVK Z Kučová 0 7 5 ARG G Dulko 6 5 7 Q USA S Perry 2 3 20 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 6 6 28 RUS E Vesnina 65 4 ITA T Garbin 77 6 JPN K Date-Krumm 4 2 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6 SUI S Vögele 7 65 9 HUN M Czink 5 77 7 WC FRA S Cohen-Aloro 2 0 7 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 CZE I Benešová 0 3 ARG G Dulko 66 7 6 20 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 78 5 4 ITA T Garbin 65 6 6 KAZ Y Shvedova 77 2 0 SUI S Vögele 4 0 7 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 7 ARG G Dulko 1 5 ITA T Garbin 0 2 7 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 4 0 7 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 4 6 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 CAN A Wozniak 4 2 PR AUT T Paszek 0 6 3 GER J Görges 6 3 6 KAZ G Voskoboeva 4 4 BUL T Pironkova 6 6 CZE L Hradecká 77 2 1 29 ISR S Pe'er 65 6 6 22 SVK D Hantuchová 3 6 7 UKR V Kutuzova 6 1 5 WC AUS J Groth 2 6 4 Q SWE S Arvidsson 6 4 6 CAN S Dubois 3 2 HUN Á Szávay 6 6 PR NZL M Erakovic 2 0 16 CHN N Li 6 6 4 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 GER J Görges 3 1 BUL T Pironkova 1 4 29 ISR S Pe'er 6 6 22 SVK D Hantuchová 6 6 Q SWE S Arvidsson 4 1 HUN Á Szávay 6 5 2 16 CHN N Li 3 7 6 4 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 29 ISR S Pe'er 4 0 22 SVK D Hantuchová 5 6 2 16 CHN N Li 7 3 6 4 DEN C Wozniacki 4 3 16 CHN N Li 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 POL A Radwańska 6 6 GER T Malek 1 0 USA M Oudin 6 5 5 RUS A Kudryavtseva 2 7 7 FRA J Coin 3 77 6 WC AUS A Molik 6 64 3 FRA A Cornet 6 5 0 17 ITA F Schiavone 0 7 6 25 ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 2 CRO K Šprem 6 6 BLR 1995 A Yakimova 2 6 4 WC AUS C Dellacqua 6 3 6 ESP A Parra Santonja 3 2 AUT S Bammer 6 6 CZE L Šafářová 2 2 6 USA V Williams 6 6 10 POL A Radwańska 6 6 RUS A Kudryavtseva 0 2 FRA J Coin 3 4 17 ITA F Schiavone 6 6 CRO K Šprem 64 66 WC AUS C Dellacqua 77 78 AUT S Bammer 2 5 6 USA V Williams 6 7 10 POL A Radwańska 2 2 17 ITA F Schiavone 6 6 WC AUS C Dellacqua 1 64 6 USA V Williams 6 77 17 ITA F Schiavone 6 2 1 6 USA V Williams 3 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 RUS E Dementieva 6 6 RUS V Dushevina 2 1 BEL K Flipkens 4 3 WC BEL J Henin 6 6 ROM S Cîrstea 6 2 6 WC AUS O Rogowska 3 6 2 AUS J Dokić 1 5 27 RUS A Kleybanova 6 7 18 FRA V Razzano 2 3 RUS E Makarova 6 6 CZE K Zakopalová 2 65 ITA S Errani 6 77 Q BEL Y Wickmayer 1 7 10 ROM A Dulgheru 6 5 8 RUS A Chakvetadze 3 6 2 12 ITA F Pennetta 6 3 6 5 RUS E Dementieva 5 66 WC BEL J Henin 7 78 ROM S Cîrstea 4 3 27 RUS A Kleybanova 6 6 RUS E Makarova 2 3 ITA S Errani 6 6 Q BEL Y Wickmayer 77 6 12 ITA F Pennetta 62 1 WC BEL J Henin 3 6 6 27 RUS A Kleybanova 6 4 2 ITA S Errani 1 77 3 Q BEL Y Wickmayer 6 64 6 WC BEL J Henin 77 1 6 Q BEL Y Wickmayer 63 6 3 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 BEL K Clijsters 6 6 Q CAN V Tétreault 0 4 WC KAZ S Karatantcheva 1 60 THA T Tanasugarn 6 77 TPE Y-j Chan 64 2 EST K Kanepi 77 6 ROU E Gallovits 3 4 19 RUS N Petrova 6 6 26 FRA A Rezaï 6 6 IND S Mirza 4 2 BLR 1995 O Govortsova 3 3 Q GER A Kerber 6 6 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 LAT A Sevastova 2 4 AUS An Rodionova 1 2 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 15 BEL K Clijsters 6 6 THA T Tanasugarn 3 3 EST K Kanepi 4 4 19 RUS N Petrova 6 6 26 FRA A Rezaï 2 3 Q GER A Kerber 6 6 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 2 2 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 15 BEL K Clijsters 0 1 19 RUS N Petrova 6 6 Q GER A Kerber 6 5 4 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 3 7 6 19 RUS N Petrova 6 3 6 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 3 6 1 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 6 ROM M Niculescu 4 0 AUT P Mayr 3 3 GBR K O'Brien 6 6 Q UKR Y Fedak 4 0 SLO P Hercog 6 6 Q GER K Wörle 2 2 31 UKR A Bondarenko 6 6 24 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 6 RUS E Rodina 0 0 CHN J Zheng 0 6 6 CHN S Peng 6 1 2 WC USA C Vandeweghe 0 1 CZE S Záhlavová 6 6 PAR 1990 R de los Ríos 4 1 11 FRA M Bartoli 6 6 8 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 6 GBR K O'Brien 2 2 SLO P Hercog 4 5 31 UKR A Bondarenko 6 7 24 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 2 3 CHN J Zheng 2 6 6 CZE S Záhlavová 4 4 11 FRA M Bartoli 6 6 8 SRB 2004 J Janković 2 3 31 UKR A Bondarenko 6 6 CHN J Zheng 5 6 6 11 FRA M Bartoli 7 3 0 31 UKR A Bondarenko 65 4 CHN J Zheng 77 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 RUS M Sharapova 64 6 4 RUS M Kirilenko 77 3 6 Q AUT Y Meusburger 6 4 6 SUI T Bacsinszky 4 6 2 GER A-L Grönefeld 5 4 ITA R Vinci 7 6 USA V King 6 65 7 23 SVK D Cibulková 3 77 5 30 UKR K Bondarenko 6 78 ROU R Olaru 2 66 FRA P Parmentier 4 6 5 GBR E Baltacha 6 3 7 CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 77 610 6 Q RUS R Kulikova 65 712 3 SVK M Rybáriková 4 4 2 RUS D Safina 6 6 RUS M Kirilenko 6 6 Q AUT Y Meusburger 3 1 ITA R Vinci 79 7 USA V King 67 5 30 UKR K Bondarenko 2 5 GBR E Baltacha 6 7 CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 3 4 2 RUS D Safina 6 6 RUS M Kirilenko 7 77 ITA R Vinci 5 64 GBR E Baltacha 1 2 2 RUS D Safina 6 6 RUS M Kirilenko 5 2 RUS D Safina 4r Championship match statistics Category USA S. Williams BEL Henin 1st serve % 62/98 (63%) 39/76 (51%) 1st serve points won 37 of 62 = 60% 23 of 39 = 59% 2nd serve points won 17 of 36 = 47% 17 of 37 = 46% Total service points won 54 of 98 = 55.10% 40 of 76 = 52.63% Aces 12 4 Double faults 3 6 Winners 32 28 Unforced errors 37 32 Net points won 5 of 14 = 36% 8 of 15 = 53% Break points converted 6 of 11 = 55% 5 of 16 = 31% Return points won 36 of 76 = 47% 44 of 98 = 45% Total points won 90 84Source References External links 2010 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2009 US Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 2010 French Open – Women's singles Women's Singles Women's Singles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles Category:2010 in Australian women's sport