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2010 Australian Open

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Date
  
18–31 January

Category
  
Grand Slam (ITF)

Venue
  
Melbourne Park

Edition
  
98th

Location
  
Melbourne, Australia

Surface
  
Hardcourt (Plexicushion)

The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.

Contents

In the singles competition, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were the defending champions. Williams was able to retain her title with a win over Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, while Nadal retired in his quarterfinals match against Andy Murray owing to a quadriceps injury. Roger Federer was the men's champion, defeating finalist Andy Murray in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11).

In doubles, the 2009 champion pairs were successful in their respective title defenses – Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles and Serena and Venus Williams in women's doubles. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were not able to defend their mixed doubles title because they withdrew from the event beforehand. In mixed doubles, Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title, which made a mixed doubles career grand slam for Black.

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Singles players

Men's Singles
Women's Singles

Men's Singles

Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)

  • This was Federer's first title of the year and his 62nd overall. It was his 16th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title tying Andre Agassi for most Australian Open titles in the Open Era (Novak Djokovic has since surpassed this record winning his 6th title in 2016). This was Federer's 5th final at the Australian Open that tied him with Stefan Edberg for the Open Era record.

    • Women's Singles

    Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

  • This was Williams' first title of the year, a record 5th Australian Open title in the Open Era. The title was Williams' 12th major title, which tied her for 6th all-time with Billie Jean King and Suzanne Lenglen, and in the Open Era solo 4th having surpassed Court's 11 mark, which Williams' is behind Graf (22), Evert and Navratilova with (18) each.

    • Men's Doubles

    Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

  • This was the Bryan Brothers' 57th doubles title together, 4th Australian Open title, and 8th major title.

    • Women's Doubles

    Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–3

  • This is the Williams Sisters' 11th Grand Slam doubles title together and 4th Australian Open title.

    • Mixed Doubles

    Cara Black / Leander Paes defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Jaroslav Levinský, 7–5, 6–3

    This was the pair's 3rd consecutive grand slam final and the 4th overall. The victory makes Paes India's joint-lead grand slam winner alongside his ex- doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi with a total of 11 grand slam doubles titles. This title gave Black a career mixed doubles grand slam, which Black has won one of each slam in mixed doubles.

    Boys' Singles

    Tiago Fernandes defeated Sean Berman, 7–5, 6–3

    Girls' Singles

    Karolína Plíšková defeated Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6(5)

    Boys' Doubles

    Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu defeated Kevin Krawietz / Dominik Schulz, 6–4, 6–4

    Girls' Doubles

    Jana Čepelová / Chantal Škamlová defeated Tímea Babos / Gabriela Dabrowski, 7–6(1), 6–2

    Wheelchair Men's Singles

    Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(3), 2–6, 7–5

    Wheelchair Women's Singles

    Korie Homan defeated Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2

    Wheelchair Quad Singles

    Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 6–2, 7–6(4)

    Wheelchair Men's Doubles

    Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers / Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2

    Wheelchair Women's Doubles

    Florence Gravellier / Aniek Van Koot defeated Lucy Shuker / Daniela Di Toro, 6–3, 7–6(2)

    Wheelchair Quad Doubles

    Nicholas Taylor / David Wagner defeated Peter Norfolk / Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6(5)

    Mixed Doubles Wildcard entries

    1. Sophie Ferguson / Carsten Ball
    2. Carly Gullickson / Bernard Tomic
    3. Sally Peers / Peter Luczak
    4. Alicia Molik / Matthew Ebden
    5. Anastasia Rodionova / Paul Hanley
    6. Jarmila Groth / Samuel Groth
    7. Casey Dellacqua / Jordan Kerr

    Prize money

    All prize money is in Australian dollars (A$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

    References

    2010 Australian Open Wikipedia
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