The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 37th edition of the men's event (22nd for the women), also known as the Indian Wells Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 8 through March 21, 2010.

2010 BNP Paribas Open
DateMarch 8–21
Edition37th (ATP) / 22nd (WTA)
CategoryWorld Tour Masters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Prize money$3,645,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationIndian Wells, California, US
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić[1]
Women's singles
Serbia Jelena Janković
Men's doubles
Spain Rafael Nadal / Spain Marc López[2]
Women's doubles
Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
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The year's tournament saw a couple of withdrawals; The women's side saw the draw without the top two rank players with World no. 2 Dinara Safina withdrawing with a recurring back problem and world no. 1 Serena Williams with sister Venus Williams continue their boycott from the tournament since Serena won the event in 2001. The men's side saw the withdrawals of Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt due to hip surgeries. Juan Martín del Potro also withdrew due to a right wrist injury and Fernando González withdrew to aid his country Chile after an earthquake. Stanislas Wawrinka also withdrew due to the birth of his child. Mikhail Youzhny also withdrew.

Finals

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Men's singles

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  Ivan Ljubičić defeated   Andy Roddick, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)

  • It was Ljubicic's first title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his first Masters 1000 title in four finals. He became the first Croatian to win the title.

Women's singles

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  Jelena Janković defeated   Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Janković's first title of the year and 12th of her career.

Men's doubles

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  Marc López /   Rafael Nadal defeated   Daniel Nestor /   Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(10–8), 6–3

Women's doubles

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  Květa Peschke /   Katarina Srebotnik defeated   Nadia Petrova /   Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]

ATP entrants

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Seeds

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Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Roger Federer    Switzerland 1 1
Novak Djokovic   Serbia 2 2
Rafael Nadal   Spain 3 3
Andy Murray   Great Britain 4 4
Nikolay Davydenko   Russia 6 5
Robin Söderling   Sweden 7 6
Andy Roddick   United States 8 7
Marin Čilić   Croatia 9 8
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga   France 11 9
Fernando Verdasco   Spain 12 10
Juan Carlos Ferrero   Spain 14 11
Gaël Monfils   France 15 12
David Ferrer   Spain 16 13
Radek Štěpánek   Czech Republic 17 14
John Isner   United States 20 15
Gilles Simon   France 21 16
Sam Querrey   United States 22 17
Tommy Robredo   Spain 23 18
Tomáš Berdych   Czech Republic 25 19
Ivan Ljubičić   Croatia 26 20
Juan Mónaco   Argentina 27 21
Jürgen Melzer   Austria 28 22
Ivo Karlović   Croatia 29 23
Philipp Kohlschreiber   Germany 30 24
Albert Montañés   Spain 31 25
Thomaz Bellucci   Brazil 32 26
Marcos Baghdatis   Cyprus 33 27
Feliciano López   Spain 34 28
Viktor Troicki   Serbia 35 29
Janko Tipsarević   Serbia 36 30
Igor Andreev   Russia 37 31
Julien Benneteau   France 38 32
  • Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Withdrawals

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The following notable players withdrew from the tournament:

WTA entrants

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Seeds

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Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Svetlana Kuznetsova   Russia 3 1
Caroline Wozniacki   Denmark 4 2
Victoria Azarenka   Belarus 6 3
Elena Dementieva   Russia 7 4
Agnieszka Radwańska   Poland 8 5
Jelena Janković   Serbia 9 6
Li Na   China 10 7
Samantha Stosur   Australia 11 8
Flavia Pennetta   Italy 12 9
Maria Sharapova   Russia 13 10
Marion Bartoli   France 14 11
Vera Zvonareva   Russia 15 12
Yanina Wickmayer   Belgium 16 13
Kim Clijsters   Belgium 17 14
Francesca Schiavone   Italy 18 15
Nadia Petrova   Russia 19 16
Shahar Pe'er   Israel 20 17
Zheng Jie   China 21 18
Aravane Rezaï   France 22 19
Alyona Bondarenko   Ukraine 23 20
Daniela Hantuchová   Slovakia 24 21
Sabine Lisicki   Germany 25 22
Alisa Kleybanova   Russia 26 23
Ana Ivanovic   Serbia 27 24
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova   Russia 28 25
Dominika Cibulková   Slovakia 29 26
Ágnes Szávay   Hungary 31 27
María José Martínez Sánchez   Spain 33 28
Anabel Medina Garrigues   Spain 34 29
Aleksandra Wozniak   Canada 35 30
Gisela Dulko   Argentina 36 31
Maria Kirilenko   Russia 37 32
  • Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

Withdrawals

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The following notable players withdrew from the event:

References

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  1. ^ "2010 Indian Wells – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "2010 Indian Wells – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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