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.
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
Men's singles
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
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
Marc López / Rafael Nadal defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(10–8), 6–3
Women's doubles
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Nadia Petrova / Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
ATP entrants
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Roger Federer 1 1 Novak Djokovic 2 2 Rafael Nadal 3 3 Andy Murray 4 4 Nikolay Davydenko 6 5 Robin Söderling 7 6 Andy Roddick 8 7 Marin Čilić 9 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 11 9 Fernando Verdasco 12 10 Juan Carlos Ferrero 14 11 Gaël Monfils 15 12 David Ferrer 16 13 Radek Štěpánek 17 14 John Isner 20 15 Gilles Simon 21 16 Sam Querrey 22 17 Tommy Robredo 23 18 Tomáš Berdych 25 19 Ivan Ljubičić 26 20 Juan Mónaco 27 21 Jürgen Melzer 28 22 Ivo Karlović 29 23 Philipp Kohlschreiber 30 24 Albert Montañés 31 25 Thomaz Bellucci 32 26 Marcos Baghdatis 33 27 Feliciano López 34 28 Viktor Troicki 35 29 Janko Tipsarević 36 30 Igor Andreev 37 31 Julien Benneteau 38 32 Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Robby Ginepri Ryan Harrison Jesse Levine Carlos Moyá David Nalbandian
The following player received entry using a protected ranking: Mario Ančić
The following players received entry via qualifying: Thiago Alves Kevin Anderson Brian Dabul Ramón Delgado Stefan Koubek Lu Yen-hsun Marinko Matosevic Ricardo Mello Björn Phau Bobby Reynolds Tim Smyczek Rainer Schüttler
Withdrawals The following notable players withdrew from the tournament: José Acasuso Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury) Marc Gicquel Fernando González (helping with aid in Chile) Máximo González Tommy Haas (hip surgery) Lleyton Hewitt (hip surgery) Fabrice Santoro Stanislas Wawrinka Mikhail Youzhny
WTA entrants
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 1 Caroline Wozniacki 4 2 Victoria Azarenka 6 3 Elena Dementieva 7 4 Agnieszka Radwańska 8 5 Jelena Janković 9 6 Li Na 10 7 Samantha Stosur 11 8 Flavia Pennetta 12 9 Maria Sharapova 13 10 Marion Bartoli 14 11 Vera Zvonareva 15 12 Yanina Wickmayer 16 13 Kim Clijsters 17 14 Francesca Schiavone 18 15 Nadia Petrova 19 16 Shahar Pe'er 20 17 Zheng Jie 21 18 Aravane Rezaï 22 19 Alyona Bondarenko 23 20 Daniela Hantuchová 24 21 Sabine Lisicki 25 22 Alisa Kleybanova 26 23 Ana Ivanovic 27 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 28 25 Dominika Cibulková 29 26 Ágnes Szávay 31 27 María José Martínez Sánchez 33 28 Anabel Medina Garrigues 34 29 Aleksandra Wozniak 35 30 Gisela Dulko 36 31 Maria Kirilenko 37 32 Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Eleni Daniilidou Alexa Glatch Justine Henin Bethanie Mattek-Sands Christina McHale Alicia Molik Tamira Paszek Ajla Tomljanović
The following players received entry via qualifying: Akgul Amanmuradova Elena Baltacha Chan Yung-jan Edina Gallovits Viktoriya Kutuzova Michelle Larcher de Brito Nuria Llagostera Vives Petra Martić Shenay Perry Tsvetana Pironkova Sloane Stephens Karolina Šprem
The following player received the lucky loser spot: Tamarine Tanasugarn
Withdrawals The following notable players withdrew from the event: Kateryna Bondarenko Anna-Lena Grönefeld Sania Mirza Dinara Safina (back injury) Elena Vesnina Serena Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001) Venus Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001)
References
External links
ATP tournament profile Women's singles, doubles and qualifying draws
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