2010 Australian Open

The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.

In the singles competition, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were the defending champions. Williams was able to retain her title with a win over Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, while Nadal retired in his quarterfinals match against Andy Murray owing to a quadriceps injury. Roger Federer was the men's champion, defeating finalist Andy Murray in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11).

In doubles, the 2009 champion pairs were successful in their respective title defenses – Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles and Serena and Venus Williams in women's doubles. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were not able to defend their mixed doubles title because they withdrew from the event beforehand. In mixed doubles, Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title, which made a mixed doubles career grand slam for Black.

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior

Singles players

Men's singles

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Seniors

Men's singles

Switzerland Roger Federer defeated United Kingdom Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)

• This was Federer's first title of the year and his 62nd overall. It was his 16th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title tying Andre Agassi for most Australian Open titles in the Open Era (Novak Djokovic later surpassed this record by winning his 5th title in 2015, while Federer won the title for the 5th time in 2017). This was Federer's 5th final at the Australian Open which tied him with Stefan Edberg for the Open Era record.

Women's singles

United States Serena Williams defeated Belgium Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

• This was Williams's first title of the year, a record 5th Australian Open title in the Open Era. The title was Williams' 12th major title, which tied her for 6th all-time with Billie Jean King and Suzanne Lenglen, and in the Open Era solo 4th having surpassed Court's 11 mark, which Williams' is behind Graf (22), Evert and Navratilova with (18) each.

Men's doubles

United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan defeated Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

• This was the Bryan brothers' 57th doubles title together, 4th Australian Open title, and 8th major title.

Women's doubles

United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams defeated Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–3

• This is the Williams Sisters' 11th Grand Slam doubles title together and 4th Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles

Zimbabwe Cara Black / India Leander Paes defeated Russia Ekaterina Makarova / Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský, 7–5, 6–3

This was the pair's 3rd consecutive grand slam final and the 4th overall. The victory makes Paes India's joint-lead grand slam winner alongside his ex- doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi with a total of 11 grand slam doubles titles. This title gave Black a career mixed doubles grand slam, which Black has won one of each slam in mixed doubles.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Brazil Tiago Fernandes defeated Australia Sean Berman, 7-6 (7-5), 6–3

Girls' singles

Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková defeated United Kingdom Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6(5)

Boys' doubles

Netherlands Justin Eleveld / Netherlands Jannick Lupescu defeated Germany Kevin Krawietz / Germany Dominik Schulz, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Slovakia Jana Čepelová / Slovakia Chantal Škamlová defeated Hungary Tímea Babos / Canada Gabriela Dabrowski, 7–6(1), 6–2

Other events

Wheelchair men's singles

Japan Shingo Kunieda defeated France Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(3), 2–6, 7–5

Wheelchair women's singles

Netherlands Korie Homan defeated France Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles

United Kingdom Peter Norfolk defeated United States David Wagner, 6–2, 7–6(4)

Wheelchair men's doubles

France Stéphane Houdet / Japan Shingo Kunieda defeated Netherlands Maikel Scheffers / Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

France Florence Gravellier / Netherlands Aniek Van Koot defeated United Kingdom Lucy Shuker / Australia Daniela Di Toro, 6–3, 7–6(2)

Wheelchair quad doubles

United States Nicholas Taylor / United States David Wagner defeated United Kingdom Peter Norfolk / Sweden Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6(5)

Singles seeds

Men's singles

Women's singles

Wildcard entries

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

1. Australia Sophie Ferguson / Australia Carsten Ball
2. United States Carly Gullickson / Australia Bernard Tomic
3. Australia Sally Peers / Australia Peter Luczak
4. Australia Alicia Molik / Australia Matthew Ebden
5. Australia Anastasia Rodionova / Australia Paul Hanley
6. Australia Jarmila Groth / Australia Samuel Groth
7. Australia Casey Dellacqua / Australia Jordan Kerr

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Qualifiers entries

Withdrawals

Point distribution

Prize money

All prize money is in Australian dollars (A$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

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