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.
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.
Senior
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 — — — — —1400900500280160100560504025 — — — — —
Wheelchair
EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100—Quad singles800500375100800100——
Junior
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles2701801207545———Girls' doubles———
Singles players
Men's singles ChampionRunner-up Roger Federer (1) Andy Murray (5)Semifinals out Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10) Marin Čilić (14)Quarterfinals out Nikolay Davydenko (6) Novak Djokovic (3) Andy Roddick (7) Rafael Nadal (2)4th round out Lleyton Hewitt (22) Fernando Verdasco (9) Łukasz Kubot Nicolás Almagro (26) Fernando González (11) Juan Martín del Potro (4) John Isner (33) Ivo Karlović3rd round out Albert Montañés (31) Marcos Baghdatis Stefan Koubek Juan Mónaco (30) Denis Istomin Mikhail Youzhny (20) Tommy Haas (18) Alejandro Falla Feliciano López Evgeny Korolev Stanislas Wawrinka (19) Florian Mayer Florent Serra Gaël Monfils (12) Ivan Ljubičić (24) Philipp Kohlschreiber (27)2nd round out Victor Hănescu Stéphane Robert Donald Young David Ferrer (17) Ivan Sergeyev Ivan Dodig Michaël Llodra Illya Marchenko Marco Chiudinelli Michael Berrer Jan Hájek Santiago Giraldo Taylor Dent Janko Tipsarević Benjamin Becker Marcel Granollers Thomaz Bellucci Rainer Schüttler Tomáš Berdych (21) Marsel İlhan Bernard Tomic Igor Kunitsyn Viktor Troicki (29) James Blake Marc Gicquel Jarkko Nieminen Louk Sorensen Antonio Veić Julien Benneteau Andrey Golubev Wayne Odesnik Lukáš Lacko1st round out Igor Andreev Juan Ignacio Chela Potito Starace Óscar Hernández Ricardo Hocevar Christophe Rochus Paolo Lorenzi Frederico Gil Carsten Ball Dudi Sela Rajeev Ram Juan Carlos Ferrero (23) Ernests Gulbis Martín Vassallo Argüello Carlos Moyá Dieter Kindlmann Daniel Gimeno Traver Marinko Matosevic Kristof Vliegen Jérémy Chardy Richard Gasquet Robby Ginepri Mischa Zverev Tommy Robredo (16) Sergiy Stakhovsky Fabio Fognini Ryan Harrison Simon Greul Xavier Malisse Grega Žemlja Marcos Daniel Robin Söderling (8) Thiemo de Bakker Teymuraz Gabashvili Pablo Cuevas Sam Querrey (25) Robin Haase Daniel Brands Sébastien Grosjean Olivier Rochus Fabrice Santoro Guillaume Rufin José Acasuso Guillermo García López Nicolás Lapentti Philipp Petzschner Arnaud Clément Michael Russell Kevin Anderson Simone Bolelli Nick Lindahl Jürgen Melzer (28) Andreas Seppi Lu Yen-hsun Daniel Köllerer Matthew Ebden Radek Štěpánek (13) David Guez Mardy Fish Jason Kubler Horacio Zeballos Blaž Kavčič Leonardo Mayer Peter Luczak
Women's singles ChampionRunner-up Serena Williams (1) Justine HeninSemifinals out Li Na (16) Zheng JieQuarterfinals out Victoria Azarenka (7) Venus Williams (6) Nadia Petrova (19) Maria Kirilenko4th round out Samantha Stosur (13) Vera Zvonareva (9) Caroline Wozniacki (4) Francesca Schiavone (17) Yanina Wickmayer Svetlana Kuznetsova (3) Alona Bondarenko (31) Dinara Safina (2)3rd round out Carla Suárez Navarro (32) Alberta Brianti Gisela Dulko Tathiana Garbin Shahar Pe'er (29) Daniela Hantuchová (22) Agnieszka Radwańska (10) Casey Dellacqua Alisa Kleybanova (27) Sara Errani Kim Clijsters (15) Angelique Kerber Jelena Janković (8) Marion Bartoli (11) Roberta Vinci Elena Baltacha
Day-by-day summaries
Seniors
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 later surpassed this record by winning his 5th title in 2015, while Federer won the title for the 5th time in 2017). This was Federer's 5th final at the Australian Open which 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's 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.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Tiago Fernandes defeated Sean Berman, 7-6 (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
Other events
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)
Singles seeds
Men's singles Sd Rank Player Points Points won New points Status 1 1 Roger Federer 10550 1200 2000 11350 2 2 Rafael Nadal 9310 2000 360 7670 Retired in quarterfinal to Andy Murray 3 3 Novak Djokovic 8310 360 360 8310 Quarterfinal lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4 5 6785 360 180 6605 4th round lost to Marin Čilić 5 4 Andy Murray 6780 180 1200 7800 Runner-Up, Final lost to Roger Federer 6 6 Nikolay Davydenko 4930 0 360 5290 Quarterfinal lost to Roger Federer 7 7 Andy Roddick 4510 720 360 4150 Quarterfinal lost to Marin Čilić 8 8 Robin Söderling 3410 45 10 3375 1st round lost to Marcel Granollers 9 9 Fernando Verdasco 3300 720 180 2760 4th round lost to Nikolay Davydenko 10 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2875 360 720 3235 Semifinal lost to Roger Federer 11 11 Fernando González 2870 180 180 2870 4th round lost to Andy Roddick 12 12 Gaël Monfils 2610 180 90 2520 3rd round lost to John Isner 13 13 Radek Štěpánek 2525 90 10 2445 1st round lost to Ivo Karlović 14 14 Marin Čilić 2430 180 720 2970 Semifinal lost to Andy Murray 15 15 Gilles Simon 2275 360 0 1915 Withdrew before the tournament 16 16 Tommy Robredo 2175 180 10 2005 1st round lost to Santiago Giraldo 17 18 David Ferrer 1825 90 45 1780 2nd round lost to Marcos Baghdatis 18 17 Tommy Haas 1855 90 90 1855 3rd round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 19 19 Stanislas Wawrinka 1765 90 90 1765 3rd round lost to Marin Čilić 20 20 Mikhail Youzhny 1690 10 90 1770 Withdrew in 3rd round to Łukasz Kubot 21 21 Tomáš Berdych 1680 180 45 1545 2nd round lost to Evgeny Korolev 22 22 Lleyton Hewitt 1600 10 180 1770 4th round lost to Roger Federer 23 23 Juan Carlos Ferrero 1555 10 10 1555 1st round lost to Ivan Dodig [Q] 24 24 Ivan Ljubičić 1405 45 90 1450 3rd round lost to Ivo Karlović 25 29 Sam Querrey 1240 10 10 1240 1st round lost to Rainer Schüttler 26 25 Nicolás Almagro 1305 90 180 1395 4th round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 27 26 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1260 45 90 1305 3rd round lost to Rafael Nadal 28 27 Jürgen Melzer 1260 90 10 1180 1st round lost to Florent Serra 29 30 Viktor Troicki 1220 45 45 1220 2nd round lost to Florian Mayer 30 33 Juan Mónaco 1170 10 90 1260 3rd round lost to Nikolay Davydenko 31 32 Albert Montañés 1185 10 90 1265 3rd round lost to Roger Federer 32 34 Jérémy Chardy 1090 45 10 1065 1st round lost to Denis Istomin 33 28 John Isner 1260 10 180 1430 4th round lost to Andy Murray
Women's singles