The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor

clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. T ...

s. It was the 114th edition of the

French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and v ...

, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the

Stade Roland Garros Stade Roland Garros (; "Roland Garros Stadium") is a complex of tennis courts, including stadiums, located in Paris that hosts the French Open. That tournament, also known as ''Roland Garros'', is a Grand Slam tennis championship played annuall ...

in Paris, France, from 23 May through 6 June 2010.

Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...

and

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. ...

were the defending champions. Federer lost to

Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 4 singles ranking on 15 November 2010. His career highlights include re ...

in the quarterfinals, while Kuznetsova lost to

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...

in the third round. The 2010 French Open also featured the return of four-time champion

Justine Henin Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in tenn ...

, who retired immediately before the 2008 French Open, where she was the 3-time defending champion.

Singles players

Men's singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finish ...

defeated

, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 *It was Nadal's 4th title of this year and the 40th of his career. It was his fifth win in six years at Roland Garros and his seventh Grand Slam men's singles victory. *Nadal reclaimed the No. 1 ATP ranking with this victory. *Nadal's victory also completed a historic 'Clay Slam' for Nadal, seeing him become the first person in history to win all Masters 1000 tournaments on clay (Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid), as well as the French Open, in the same calendar year. *This was the second time Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a set.

Women's singles

Francesca Schiavone Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1998 and won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She w ...

defeated

Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten ...

, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2) *Both Schiavone and Stosur were first-time Grand Slam finalists. *It was Schiavone's second title of the year, the fourth of her career, and her first major title.

Men's doubles

Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated

Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý (born 9 April 1983) is a retired professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in June 2009. Career Dlouhý has been part of two long-term doubles ...

Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players ever. He holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes won eight men ...

, 7–5, 6–2

Women's doubles

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) fo ...

Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She ...

defeated

Květa Peschke Květoslava Peschke (née Hrdličková; born 9 July 1975) is a Czech retired professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 in November 2005, winning one WTA singles title ...

Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian retired professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she reached No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding this ...

, 6–2, 6–3 * The Williams sisters won their 12th Grand Slam doubles title and 2nd at the French Open. With this, they hold all Grand Slam doubles titles simultaneously. * Also, they have won the career women's doubles golden slam for the second time in their respective careers.

Mixed doubles

/ Nenad Zimonjić defeated

Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...

Julian Knowle Julian Knowle (born 29 April 1974) is an Austrian former male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander, Knowle was one of the few on the ATP Tour who played his forehand, backhand, and even volleys double-handed. He was Austria's m ...

, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 1–9* Srebotnik and Zimonjić both won their fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Agustín Velotti Agustín Velotti (; born May 24, 1992) is an Argentina, Argentine tennis player. Velotti won the 2010 French Open List of Grand Slam Boys' Singles champions, Boys' singles competition after beating his good friend Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5. ...

defeated

Andrea Collarini Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentinian–American tennis player. Collarini had represented Argentina in the early days of his career from 2007 to 2010, until he chose to represent USA from 2010 to 2012 before switching back ...

, 6–4, 7–5

Girls' singles

Elina Svitolina defeated

Ons Jabeur Ons Jabeur ( ar, أُنْس جَابِر, ʾUns Jābir, ; born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career high Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking of world No. 2 achieved on 27 June 2022. Jabeur is the curre ...

, 6–2, 7–5 * Svitolina won her first Junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles

Duilio Beretta Duilio Beretta Avalos (; born February 25, 1992) is a Peruvian professional tennis player. He won the finals stage of Boys' Doubles events on the French Open and US Open with Ecuadorian tennis player Roberto Quiroz in 2010. They defeated Argent ...

Roberto Quiroz Roberto Quiroz Gómez (; born 23 February 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional tennis player. Quiroz is the nephew of Andrés Gómez and the cousin of Emilio Gómez and Nicolás Lapentti. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the Univer ...

defeated Facundo Argüello /

, 6–3, 6–2 * Beretta and Quiroz win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.

Girls' doubles

Tímea Babos Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2018 and 2020 Australian Opens, as well as the Fren ...

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in t ...

defeated Lara Arruabarrena / María Teresa Torró Flor, 6–2, 6–3 * Babos and Stephens win their first junior Grand Slam title in doubles.

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis ...

Andriy Medvedev Andrei Medvedev ( uk, Андрій Медведєв, Andriy Medvedyev; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four ...

defeated Goran Ivanišević /

Michael Stich Michael Detlef Stich (, ; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles r ...

, 6–1, 6–1

Legends over 45 doubles

John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...

Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos (; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990. His son, Emilio Gómez, is a professional tennis player. His nephew Nicolás Lape ...

defeated Mansour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 6–1, 6–1

Women's legends doubles

Martina Navratilova /

Jana Novotná Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. Novotná won the women's singles title at Wimbl ...

defeated Iva Majoli /

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberly P ...

, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in singles. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda ...

defeated

Stefan Olsson Stefan Olsson (born 24 April 1987) is a Swedish wheelchair tennis player. Olsson is the former world number two singles player. He has won two Grand Slam titles in doubles, the 2009 US Open and the 2010 Wimbledon titles, and two in singles, at ...

, 6–4, 6–0 * Kunieda won his tenth wheelchair Grand Slam singles title, and his fourth at the French Open.

Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer Esther Mary Vergeer (; born 18 July 1981) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. Vergeer won 48 major titles (21 in singles and 27 in doubles), 23 year-end championships (14 consecutive in singles and nine in doubles), and ...

defeated

Sharon Walraven Sharon Walraven (born 19 June 1970, Schaesberg) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. She became paraplegic at age 23 after complications following a fall while she was ice-skating. She has won seven Grand Slams doubles titles partnering compatr ...

, 6–0, 6–0 * Vergeer won her 15th wheelchair Grand Slam singles title, and her fourth at the French Open.

Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet Stéphane Houdet (born 20 November 1970) is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles world number one, and the current doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Gran ...

defeated

Robin Ammerlaan Robin Ammerlaan (born 26 February 1968 in The Hague) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Ammerlaan is a 14-time major champion and two-time Paralympic gold medalist. The rig ...

, 6–0, 5–7, 0–8* Houdet wins his fourth wheelchair Grand Slam doubles title and the first at French Open, and Kunieda wins his ninth wheelchair Grand Slam doubles title and second at French.

Wheelchair women's doubles

Daniela Di Toro Daniela "Danni" Di Toro (born 16 October 1974) is an Australian wheelchair tennis and table tennis player. Di Toro was the 2010 French Open doubles champion and has also been the Masters double champion. In singles, Di Toro is the former world ...

Aniek van Koot Aniek van Koot (born 15 August 1990) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. Van Koot is a 23-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 Australian Open, 2013 US Open and 2019 Wimbled ...

defeated

, 3–6, 6–3, 0–4* Di Toro and van Koot win their first wheelchair Grand Slam title in doubles.

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 17 May 2010. Rank and points before are as of 24 May 2010.

Men's singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead. The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Women's singles

†The player did not qualify the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead. The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wildcard entries

# Ryan Sweeting #

Carsten Ball Carsten Thomas Ball (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour. Tennis career Carsten Ball was born in Newport Bea ...

David Guez David Guez (born 8 December 1982) is a French tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 116 in July 2010. Career At the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon he won with Rajeev Ram and reached to the second round, where ...

Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at th ...

Gianni Mina Gianni Mina (born 9 February 1992 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France) is a French professional tennis player. Tennis career Juniors On the junior circuit, Mina reached the No. 1 combined world ranking in March 2010. He finished runner-up to even ...

Josselin Ouanna Josselin Ouanna (born 14 April 1986) is a retired French tennis player. Biography Born in Tours and Guadeloupean origin, he was quickly spotted and integrates INSEP with her friends of "blackteam" Gaël Monfils (of Caribbean origin) and J ...

Laurent Recouderc Laurent Recouderc is a professional tennis player from France. He was born 10 July 1984 in Toulouse. Career On the junior circuit, Recouderc had defeated Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He has spent his professional c ...

# Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Women's singles wildcard entries

# Christina McHale # Jarmila Groth #

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 18 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from France. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 61, achieved on 5 October 2003. Her highest doubles ranking position of 54, she set on 18 July 2005. C ...

# Claire Feuerstein #

Stéphanie Foretz Stéphanie Foretz (born 3 May 1981) is a retired tennis player from France. Foretz won nine singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 February 2003, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 19 May ...

# Mathilde Johansson #

Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a nine-time Grand Slam c ...

Olivia Sanchez Olivia Sanchez (born 17 November 1982) is a retired French tennis player. Her paternal grandparents are Spanish. On 9 June 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 90. On 6 December 2010, she peaked at No. 427 in the doubles rank ...

Men's doubles wildcard entries

Thierry Ascione Thierry Ascione (born 17 January 1981) is a retired professional tour male tennis player from France. He turned pro in 2000 and retired in September 2010, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004. He played Roger ...

# Nicolas Devilder /

Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the ...

# Jonathan Eysseric /

Benoît Paire Benoît Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player. His best result in a Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, at the 2015 Swedish Open, t ...

Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...

Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French former professional tennis player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons rank ...

# Marc Gicquel / Édouard Roger-Vasselin #

Guillaume Rufin Guillaume Rufin (; born 26 May 1990) is a French professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is World No. 81, achieved in September 2013. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his ATP-tier debut. In the first round, one ...

/ Alexandre Sidorenko

Women's doubles wildcard entries

# Séverine Brémond Beltrame /

Youlia Fedossova Youlia Fedossova (born 1 July 1988) is a retired Russian-born French tennis player. In her career, Fedossova won four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 13 August 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 107. On 26 ...

/ Pauline Parmentier # Claire Feuerstein /

# Mathilde Johansson / Camille Pin # Sophie Lefèvre / Aurélie Védy #

Selima Sfar Selima Sfar ( ar, سليمة صفر ; born 8 July 1977) is a retired Tunisian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world (16 July 2001). Sfar is the second highest ranked female Tunisian and A ...

# Irena Pavlovic /

Laura Thorpe Laura Thorpe (; born 24 May 1987) is a French former tennis player. On 6 June 2011, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 161. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 86 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won two singles ...

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

Julie Coin Julie Coin (; born 2 December 1982) is a retired French tennis player. Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the then- world No. 1 ranked Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 60, ...

# Mathilde Johansson /

Sébastien de Chaunac Sébastien de Chaunac (born 7 October 1977) is a retired French professional tennis player. He mainly played ATP Challenger Series tournaments, capturing one singles and two doubles titles. He has appeared in the main draw of grand slam tourna ...

/ Alexandre Sidorenko # Pauline Parmentier / Marc Gicquel # Aurélie Védy /

Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career tit ...

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ;Men's Singles *

Robin Haase Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012, and has won two singles titles, at the Austrian Open in both 2011 and 2012. Haase also reache ...

Kei Nishikori is an inactive Japanese professional tennis player. He is the second male Japanese player to have been ranked in the top 5 in singles (after Jiro Sato), and the only one to do so in the Open Era. Nishikori first reached his career-high sing ...

Dmitry Tursunov Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a retired Russian tennis player and current tennis coach. At age 12 he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singl ...

Kristof Vliegen Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001. He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tourname ...

;Women's Singles *

Qualifiers entries

Men's qualifiers entries

Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Alba (; born 23 January 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Andújar has won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 in July 2015. His best results are reaching the fourth ...

Yuri Schukin Yuri Schukin (russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Щу́кин, Shchukin; born 26 June 1979) is a retired Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Schukin has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119, achieved on 19 November 2007. ...

# Olivier Patience #

Jesse Witten Jesse Witten (born October 15, 1982 in Naples, Florida) is an American professional list of male tennis players, tennis player. He is a graduate of Lely High School and the University of Kentucky, where he majored in kinesiology. College career ...

# Thiago Alves #

Somdev Devvarman Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a former professional Indian tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals ...

Michael Yani Michael Yani (born December 31, 1980) is a former American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003. Yani is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) and 75 kg (165 lb). He resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. After attending on a tennis scholar ...

# Stefano Galvani # Teymuraz Gabashvili #

Jorge Aguilar Jorge Roberto Aguilar Mondaca (; born 8 January 1985) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. Tennis career Juniors In 2001 won the U16 world championship with best friend Guillermo Hormazábal and Carlos Rios. Aguilar reached as hig ...

# Martin Fischer #

Julian Reister Julian Reister (; born 2 April 1986) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 83, achieved in November 2013. Reister reached the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires in 2013 as a qualifier. Career 20 ...

# Grega Žemlja #

Simone Bolelli Simone Bolelli (; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. Bolelli is a Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open doubles event with Fabio Fognini, together becoming the first all-Italian men's pair to wi ...

Tobias Kamke Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarde ...

The following players received the lucky loser spot: # Santiago Ventura # Dieter Kindlmann

Women's qualifiers entries

Heidi El Tabakh Heidi El Tabakh (born September 25, 1986) is an Egyptian-born Canadian former professional tennis player. Her highest singles ranking by the WTA is 146, which she reached in October 2012. Her career-high of 173 in doubles, she set in February 20 ...

Kurumi Nara is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No ...

# Ekaterina Ivanova # Sophie Ferguson #

Zhang Shuai Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang als ...

Anastasia Pivovarova Anastasia Olegovna Pivovarova (russian: Анастасия Олеговна Пивоварова, born 16 June 1990) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high ranking of 93, in May 2011. During a successful j ...

# Ksenia Pervak #

Misaki Doi is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are No. 30 in singles and No. 77 in doubles. Doi reached two junior Grand Slam doubles finals – at Wimbledon in 2007 with Kurumi Nara, and at the Australian Open in 2008 ...

# Simona Halep #

Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset spe ...

# Nuria Llagostera Vives # Chanelle Scheepers The following player received the lucky loser spot: #

Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former ...

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Men's Singles *

Mario Ančić Mario Ančić (; born 30 March 1984) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently works as a private equity vice president in New York City. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking c ...

→ replaced by Santiago Ventura *

Igor Andreev Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles ...

→ replaced by Kevin Anderson * James Blake → replaced by Michał Przysiężny *

Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...

→ replaced by

Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi (; born 15 December 1981) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Lorenzi was coached by Claudio Galoppini. Tennis career Lorenzi reached his first ATP World Tour final at the age of 32, in São Paulo. Here, at the 2014 ...

Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro () (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine inactive professional tennis player. Del Potro's biggest achievement is a major title: the 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and the five-time defen ...

→ replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver *

Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in M ...

→ replaced by Ricardo Mello * Ivo Karlović → replaced by

Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...

→ replaced by Dieter Kindlmann *

Carlos Moyá Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's succ ...

→ replaced by Robby Ginepri * David Nalbandian → replaced by

Taylor Dent Taylor Phillip Dent (born April 24, 1981) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles. Career Early career and back injury Dent won ATP titl ...

Gilles Simon Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour. ...

→ replaced by Igor Kunitsyn *

Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 100 ...

→ replaced by

;Women's Singles *

Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles ...

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Point distribution

Prize money

All prize money is in Euros (€); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

* Winners: €1,120,000 * Runners-up: €560,000 * Semi-finalists: €280,000 * Quarter-finalists: €140,000 * Fourth round: €70,000 * Third round: €42,000 * Second round: €25,000 * First round: €15,000

Men's and women's doubles

* Winners: €320,000 * Runners-up: €160,000 * Semi-finalists: €80,000 * Quarter-finalists: €40,000 * Third round: €22,000 * Second round: €11,000 * First round: €7,500

Mixed doubles

* Winners: €100,000 * Runners-up: €50,000 * Semi-finalists: €25,000 * Quarter-finalists: €13,000 * Second round: €7,000 * First round: €3,500

Media coverage

* Australia:

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* United States:

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, Tennis Channel * Europe:

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**Domestic rights have also been sold to the following broadcasters, who may only cover the later rounds or not show any coverage at all, depending on the progress of domestic players: ** Austria:

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** Belgium:

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, VRT ** Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT ** Croatia: HRT ** Cyprus: CyBC ** Denmark: TV2 Sport ** France:

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, Orange Sport ** Finland:

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** Germany: ARD, ZDF ** Greece: ERT,

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** Ireland:

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** Montenegro: RTCG ** Netherlands: NOS ** Romania: TVR ** Russia:

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** Serbia: RTS ** Slovenia:

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** Spain:

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** Sweden: SVT ** Switzerland: SRG-SSR ** Turkey:

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** United Kingdom: BBC * People's Republic of China:

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* Hong Kong: Now Sports * India: ESPN STAR Sports * Japan: Wowow *

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: TDM * Malaysia: Astro * Morocco:

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* New Zealand: Sky Sport * Thailand:

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*Latin America: ESPN Latin America *

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* Singapore: Starhub

Miscellaneous

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References

External links

Official website

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