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2010 Brisbane International

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Date
  
3 – 10 January

Edition
  
2nd

The 2010 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and was played at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. The centre court, Pat Rafter Arena is named in honour of Australian tennis hero Patrick Rafter. It took place from 3 to 10 January. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first grandslam of the year. Justine Henin has announced that she will make her return to professional tennis at the 2010 Brisbane International.

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Television coverage of the tournament was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions between 4 and 10 January.

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of 28 December 2009.
  • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Carsten Ball
  • John Millman
  • Bernard Tomic
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.
  • Matthew Ebden
  • Nick Lindahl
  • Julian Reister
  • Seeds

  • Rankings as of 28 December 2009.
  • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Casey Dellacqua
  • Justine Henin
  • Alicia Molik
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Ekaterina Ivanova
  • Sesil Karatantcheva
  • Alla Kudryavtseva
  • Galina Voskoboeva
  • Men's Singles

    Andy Roddick def. Radek Štěpánek, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7).

  • It was Roddick's first title of the year and 28th overall.
  • Women's Singles

    Kim Clijsters def. Justine Henin, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6).

  • It was Clijsters' first title of the year and 36th of her career.
  • Men's Doubles

    Jérémy Chardy / Marc Gicquel def. Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes, 6–3, 7–6(7–5).

    Women's Doubles

    Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká def. Melinda Czink / Arantxa Parra Santonja, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4].

    References

    2010 Brisbane International Wikipedia