The 2010 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional
tennis
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tournament played on
indoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the
Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the ''Open Gaz de France'') and was a
Premier tournament on the
2010 WTA Tour. It took place at
Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France from February 8 through February 14, 2010.
The top two seeds were
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in singles and a 2009 Wimbledon semifinalist and
Flavia Pennetta. Also participating in the tournament were
Yanina Wickmayer, home favourite
Aravane Rezaï,
Shahar Pe'er, and
Alizé Cornet.
Serena Williams
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, the
2010 Australian Open singles champion withdrew before the main draw was released.
Finals
Singles
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
defeated
Lucie Šafářová, 6–7
(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
*It was Dementieva's second title of the year and sixteenth of her career. It was also Dementieva's last career title after her retirement at the end of the year.
Doubles
Iveta Benešová /
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated
Cara Black /
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) is a South African- American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara B ...
, walkover
Entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 1, 2010.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
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, ...
*
Petra Martić
*
Flavia Pennetta
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Vesna Manasieva
*
Ioana Raluca Olaru
*
Evgeniya Rodina
*
Karolina Šprem
External links
Official websiteWTA tournament draws
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