The 2010 Nord LB Open was a professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. This was the 17th edition of the tournament which is part of the

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. It took place in

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between 28 June and 4 July 2010.

ATP entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of June 21, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Jaan-Frederik Brunken Jaan-Frederik Brunken (born 26 April 1990) is a Finnish-German tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a ...

Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine retired tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant title win came at the 2004 ...

* Peter Gojowczyk * Thomas Muster The following player received entry as a special exempt: *

Simone Vagnozzi Simone Vagnozzi (; born 30 May 1983) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Vagnozzi had a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 161 achieved on 7 November 2011. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 ach ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marco Mirnegg *

Robin Vik Robin Vik (born 5 February 1980 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech professional tennis player. Vik turned professional in 1995 and he reached a career high ranking of World No. 57 in January 2006. Career highlight runs are reaching the semifinals o ...

Filip Prpic Filip Prpic ( hr, Prpić) (born 26 May 1982 in Helsingborg, Sweden) is a former professional Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germ ...

* Leonardo Tavares (as a Lucky Loser) * Gabriel Trujillo-Soler

Champions

Singles

Mikhail Kukushkin def.

Marcos Daniel Marcos Diniz Daniel (born July 4, 1978 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September ...

, 6–2, 3–0 retired

Doubles

Leonardo Tavares /

def. Igor Kunitsyn /

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. ...

7–5, 7–6(4)

References

Official Site
{{2010 ATP Challenger Tour Nord LB Open Sparkassen Open 2010s in Lower Saxony 2010 in German tennis