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2010 Medibank International Sydney

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Edition
  
118th

Date
  
10 January – 16 January

The 2010 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 118th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 10 through 16 January 2010.

Contents

Coverage of the event was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions.

Seeds

  • As of 4 January 2010
  • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Casey Dellacqua
  • Justine Henin (withdrew due to left gluteal strain)
  • The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

  • Jill Craybas
  • Kimiko Date-Krumm
  • Vera Dushevina
  • Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  • Varvara Lepchenko
  • Ágnes Szávay
  • The following players received entry into the singles main draw through the virtue of being a lucky loser:

  • Timea Bacsinszky
  • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Carsten Ball
  • Nick Lindahl
  • Peter Luczak
  • The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

  • Juan Ignacio Chela
  • Frederico Gil
  • Marinko Matosevic
  • Leonardo Mayer
  • The following players received the lucky loser spot:

  • Taylor Dent
  • Daniel Gimeno-Traver
  • Men's Singles

    Marcos Baghdatis defeated Richard Gasquet, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

  • It was Baghdatis' first title of the year and fourth of his career.
  • Women's Singles

    Elena Dementieva defeated Serena Williams, 6–3, 6–2

  • It was Dementieva's first title of the year, 15th of her career, and her second consecutive title at the event.
  • Men's Doubles

    Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Ross Hutchins / Jordan Kerr, 6–3, 7–6(7–5).

    Women's Doubles

    Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Tathiana Garbin / Nadia Petrova, 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]

    References

    2010 Medibank International Sydney Wikipedia