2010 BNP Paribas Open
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The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 37th edition of the men's event (22nd for the women), also known as the Indian Wells Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 8 through March 21, 2010.
The year's tournament saw a couple of withdrawals; The women's side saw the draw without the top two rank players with World no. 2 Dinara Safina withdrawing with a recurring back problem and world no. 1 Serena Williams with sister Venus Williams continue their boycott from the tournament since Serena won the event in 2001. The men's side saw the withdrawals of Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt due to hip surgeries. Juan Martín del Potro also withdrew due to a right wrist injury and Fernando González withdrew to aid his country Chile after an earthquake. Stanislas Wawrinka also withdrew due to the birth of his child. Mikhail Youzhny also withdrew.
Finals
Men's singles
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić defeated United States Andy Roddick, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
- It was Ljubicic's first title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his first Masters 1000 title in four finals. He became the first Croatian to win the title.
Women's singles
Serbia Jelena Janković defeated Denmark Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4
- It was Janković's first title of the year and 12th of her career.
Men's doubles
Spain Marc López / Spain Rafael Nadal defeated Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(10–8), 6–3
Women's doubles
Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik defeated Russia Nadia Petrova / Australia Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
ATP entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
- United States Robby Ginepri
- United States Ryan Harrison
- United States Jesse Levine
- Spain Carlos Moyá
- Argentina David Nalbandian
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry via qualifying:
- Brazil Thiago Alves
- South Africa Kevin Anderson
- Argentina Brian Dabul
- Paraguay Ramón Delgado
- Austria Stefan Koubek
- Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
- Australia Marinko Matosevic
- Brazil Ricardo Mello
- Germany Björn Phau
- United States Bobby Reynolds
- United States Tim Smyczek
- Germany Rainer Schüttler
Withdrawals
The following notable players withdrew from the tournament:
- Argentina José Acasuso
- Argentina Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)
- France Marc Gicquel
- Chile Fernando González (helping with aid in Chile)
- Argentina Máximo González
- Germany Tommy Haas (hip surgery)
- Australia Lleyton Hewitt (hip surgery)
- France Fabrice Santoro
- Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
- Russia Mikhail Youzhny
WTA entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
- Greece Eleni Daniilidou
- United States Alexa Glatch
- Belgium Justine Henin
- United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- United States Christina McHale
- Australia Alicia Molik
- Austria Tamira Paszek
- Croatia Ajla Tomljanović
The following players received entry via qualifying:
- Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
- United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
- Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
- Romania Edina Gallovits
- Ukraine Viktoriya Kutuzova
- Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito
- Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
- Croatia Petra Martić
- United States Shenay Perry
- Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
- United States Sloane Stephens
- Croatia Karolina Šprem
The following player received the lucky loser spot:
Withdrawals
The following notable players withdrew from the event:
- Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
- Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
- India Sania Mirza
- Russia Dinara Safina (back injury)
- Russia Elena Vesnina
- United States Serena Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001)
- United States Venus Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001)