The 2010 Swedish Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor

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s part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour and 2010 WTA Tour. It took place in

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, Sweden, from July 5 through July 11, 2010 for Women's and from July 12 through July 18, 2010 for Men's. It was also known as 2010 Collector Swedish Open for the Women's and 2010 SkiStar Swedish Open for the Men's for sponsorship reasons. It was the 2nd edition for the Women's, while the 63rd for the Men's.

WTA entrants

Players

*Seedings are based on the rankings of June 21, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw * Ellen Allgurin * Anna Brazhnikova *

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives (; born 16 May 1980) is a Spanish former tennis player. In June 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. Professional career Llagoster ...

* Laura Siegemund * Ana Vrljić * Kathrin Wörle

ATP entrants

Seeds

*Seedings are based on the rankings of July 5, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw * Andreas Vinciguerra * Filip Prpic *

Christian Lindell Christian Meira Lindell (born 20 November 1991) is an inactive professional tennis player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. He has played seven Davis Cup matches, with a 4–3 record. Personal information He has a Swedish father and a Brazilian ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy * Ervin Eleskovic *

Jerzy Janowicz Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (; born 13 November 1990) is a Polish inactive professional tennis player and padel player. Janowicz is best known for becoming the first Polish man to reach a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinal, at the 2013 ...

Franko Škugor Franko Škugor (; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian inactive professional tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and specialized in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 17 achieved on 22 April 2 ...

Finals

Men's singles

Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...

defeated

Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in November 2010. Söderling won ten singles titles on th ...

7–5, 3–6, 6–2 *It was Almagro's first title of the year and 6th of his career.

Women's singles

Aravane Rezaï defeated Gisela Dulko, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 *It was Rezaï's second title of the year and 4th of her career.

Men's doubles

Robert Lindstedt /

Horia Tecău Horia Tecău (; born January 19, 1985) is a Romanians, Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. He is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doub ...

defeated

Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces. Personal lif ...

/ Simone Vagnozzi, 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

Gisela Dulko /

Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis pla ...

defeated Renata Voráčová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–6^(7–0), 6–0

External links

Official website
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