The 2010 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 124th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 2010. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II attended on Thursday 24 June 2010, for the first time in more than 30 years.
Roger Federer was the defending men's champion and first seed (was actually ranked 2nd), but he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Tomáš Berdych. Berdych also defeated third seed Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, but was defeated in straight sets by Rafael Nadal in the final. Nadal won his second Wimbledon title, having previously won the 2008 title. Serena Williams successfully defended the women's crown, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final to win her fourth Wimbledon title.
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles00001400900500280160100560504025000
Prize money The total prize money for 2010 championships was £13,725. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £1,000,000.
Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Singles£1,000,000£500,000£250,000£125,000£62,500£31,250£18,750£11,250£7,000£3,500£1,750 Doubles*£240,000£120,000£60,000£30,000£16,000£9,000£5,250 Mixed doubles*£92,000£46,000£23,000£10,500£5,200£2,600£1,300 *£7,000£4,000 Invitation doubles£17,500£14,500 * per team
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal def. Tomáš Berdych, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 It was Nadal's fifth title of the year and 41st of his career. It was his 8th Grand Slam title and second at Wimbledon, also winning in 2008.
Women's singles
Serena Williams def. Vera Zvonareva, 6–3, 6–2 This was Williams' second title of the year and 37th of her career. The title was Williams' 4th Wimbledon title and 13th major victory which ranked her 6th all-time.
Men's doubles
Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner def. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău, 6–1, 7–5, 7–5 It was the first title for both Melzer and Petzschner.
Women's doubles
Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova def. Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 It was King and Shvedova's third tournament as a team, and their first title together.
Mixed doubles
Leander Paes / Cara Black def. Wesley Moodie / Lisa Raymond, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Juniors
Boys' singles
Márton Fucsovics def. Benjamin Mitchell, 6–4, 6–4
Girls' singles
Kristýna Plíšková def. Sachie Ishizu, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Boys' doubles
Liam Broady / Tom Farquharson def. Lewis Burton / George Morgan, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Girls' doubles
Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens def. Irina Khromacheva / Elina Svitolina, 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–2
Invitation
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer def. Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 6–3, 6–2
Ladies' invitation doubles
Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná def. Tracy Austin / Kathy Rinaldi, 7–5, 6–0
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's doubles
Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson def. Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Wheelchair women's doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven def. Daniela Di Toro / Lucy Shuker, 6–2, 6–3
Events
Isner–Mahut match
In a record-setting match spanning three days, 23rd seed John Isner, attempting to win his first ever match at Wimbledon, faced off against qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the first round, between 22 and 24 June. With the score at 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 59–59, the match was suspended due to failing daylight for the second straight day, after a total of 9 hours and 58 minutes of play. Isner had already served a world record 98 aces by that time, with Mahut scoring 94 aces, both breaking Ivo Karlović's previous record of 78. The second day's play alone totalled 7 hours and 8 minutes, more than the longest previous complete match, therefore also making it the longest session of tennis ever played in a single day. Isner eventually defeated Mahut 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 70–68. The match lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes in total, and the fifth set alone lasted 8 hours and 11 minutes.
The match has been noted as officially the longest ever in a tennis Open in terms of both times and games, beating the previous records set (respectively) by the match between Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément at the 2004 French Open, which lasted for 6 hours and 33 minutes, and the first round match at Wimbledon in 1969 where Pancho Gonzales defeated Charlie Pasarell in 112 games (before the introduction of the tie-break). Time magazine named the Isner–Mahut match one of the Top 10 Sports Moments of 2010.
Queen visits Wimbledon Queen Elizabeth II visited Wimbledon on Thursday 24 June, her first visit to the annual tennis tournament in 33 years. The last time the Queen had attended the championships was in 1977, when she watched British player Virginia Wade win the ladies' singles title. Arriving shortly after 11 am, the Queen's visit included a tour of the grounds and an observation session of the All England Club's Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative on Court 14, before moving to the Members' Lawn where she greeted a line-up of players: the defending champions in singles Serena Williams and Roger Federer, multiple-time Wimbledon champions Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Venus Williams, and a selection of top professionals: Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick. She also met four British women's tennis players: Heather Watson, Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong and Laura Robson. Following that, she walked across the bridge to Centre Court, where she later had lunch in the Clubhouse with a selection of former and current tennis players.
The Queen finished her visit by watching Britain's fourth seed Andy Murray play Jarkko Nieminen on Centre Court, from the Royal Box. Before and after the match, Murray and Nieminen bowed to the Royal Box, a tradition that had previously not been in use since 2003.
Records In addition to all the records set during the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, the following records were also established at the 2010 championships: Novak Djokovic's first-round match against Olivier Rochus was the latest-ever finish at Wimbledon, ending at 22:58, two minutes before the 23:00 curfew. Djokovic won the match 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2. In a second-round match against Djokovic, Taylor Dent broke the serve speed record at Wimbledon, at 148 mph (beating the record set by Andy Roddick at 146 mph in 2009). Djokovic won the match 7–6(7–5), 6–1, 6–4. Serena Williams recorded the most aces served by a female at a Grand Slam, with 89 aces.
Singles players Gentlemen's singles ChampionRunner-up Rafael Nadal Tomáš Berdych Semi-finals out Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Quarter-finals out Roger Federer Lu Yen-hsun Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Robin Söderling 4th round out Jürgen Melzer Daniel Brands Lleyton Hewitt Andy Roddick Julien Benneteau Sam Querrey David Ferrer Paul-Henri Mathieu3rd round out Arnaud Clément Feliciano López Denis Istomin Victor Hănescu Albert Montañés Gaël Monfils Florian Mayer Philipp Kohlschreiber Fabio Fognini Tobias Kamke (Q) Xavier Malisse Gilles Simon Thomaz Bellucci Jérémy Chardy Thiemo de Bakker Philipp Petzschner 2nd round out Ilija Bozoljac (Q) Peter Luczak Ričardas Berankis Viktor Troicki Benjamin Becker Rainer Schüttler Marsel İlhan (Q) Nikolay Davydenko Taylor Dent (Q) Brendan Evans (Q) Karol Beck Evgeny Korolev Mardy Fish Michał Przysiężny Teymuraz Gabashvili (WC) Michaël Llodra Michael Russell Andreas Beck Andreas Seppi Alexandr Dolgopolov Julian Reister (LL) Ivan Dodig (Q) Illya Marchenko Jarkko Nieminen Marcel Granollers Martin Fischer (Q) Lukáš Lacko Florent Serra Mikhail Youzhny John Isner Łukasz Kubot Robin Haase (PR)1st round out Alejandro Falla Nicolás Massú Janko Tipsarević Tommy Robredo Jesse Levine (LL) Carsten Ball (Q) Igor Kunitsyn Dustin Brown Andrey Golubev Ryan Sweeting (LL) Dmitry Tursunov (PR) Stan Wawrinka Andrey Kuznetsov (WC) Marcos Daniel Igor Andreev Kevin Anderson Olivier Rochus Juan Ignacio Chela Jesse Huta Galung (Q) Paolo Lorenzi Leonardo Mayer Santiago Ventura Bertomeu (LL) Eduardo Schwank Máximo González (PR) Marin Čilić Bernard Tomic (Q) Horacio Zeballos Ivan Ljubičić Potito Starace Ramón Delgado (LL) Jesse Witten (Q) Rajeev Ram Fernando Verdasco Pere Riba Jamie Baker (WC) Kristof Vliegen (PR) Nicolás Almagro Guillermo García López Marco Chiudinelli Robert Kendrick (Q) Juan Carlos Ferrero Rik de Voest (Q) Óscar Hernández Sergiy Stakhovsky Guillermo Alcaide (Q) Michael Berrer Stefan Koubek (LL) Jan Hájek Robby Ginepri Frederico Gil Go Soeda (LL) Ricardo Mello Marcos Baghdatis Daniel Gimeno Traver Simon Greul Nicolas Kiefer (WC) Dudi Sela Marc Gicquel Santiago Giraldo Nicolas Mahut (Q) Stéphane Robert Blaž Kavčič James Blake Kei Nishikori (WC)
Ladies' singles ChampionRunner-up Serena Williams Vera Zvonareva Semi-finals out Petra Kvitová Tsvetana PironkovaQuarter-finals out Li Na Kaia Kanepi (Q) Kim Clijsters Venus Williams 4th round out Maria Sharapova Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki Klára Zakopalová Justine Henin Jelena Janković Marion Bartoli Jarmila Groth3rd round out Dominika Cibulková Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Anastasia Rodionova Sara Errani Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Victoria Azarenka Flavia Pennetta Alexandra Dulgheru Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova Yanina Wickmayer Alona Bondarenko Regina Kulikova Gréta Arn (Q) Angelique Kerber Alisa Kleybanova 2nd round out Anna Chakvetadze Ayumi Morita Daniela Hantuchová Raluca Olaru Kurumi Nara (Q) Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Parra Santonja Alberta Brianti Chang Kai-chen Roberta Vinci Zheng Jie Bojana Jovanovski Monica Niculescu Aravane Rezaï Romina Oprandi Edina Gallovits Karolina Šprem Shenay Perry (Q) Kristina Barrois Chan Yung-jan Kirsten Flipkens Andrea Hlaváčková Varvara Lepchenko Aleksandra Wozniak Vera Dushevina Yaroslava Shvedova Alicia Molik Petra Martić Shahar Pe'er Melanie Oudin Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova1st round out Michelle Larcher de Brito Andrea Petkovic Tamarine Tanasugarn Lucie Šafářová Vania King Elena Vesnina Alizé Cornet Anastasia Pivovarova Chanelle Scheepers (WC) Mariana Duque Mariño Anne Keothavong Akgul Amanmuradova Julie Coin Olga Govortsova Jill Craybas Melinda Czink Tathiana Garbin Arantxa Rus Sybille Bammer Iveta Benešová Pauline Parmentier Sorana Cîrstea Casey Dellacqua (PR) Mirjana Lučić (Q) Anabel Medina Garrigues Gisela Dulko Yvonne Meusburger Magdaléna Rybáriková Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson (WC) Timea Bacsinszky Samantha Stosur Maria Elena Camerin Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Q) Anastasiya Yakimova (Q) Stefanie Vögele Anastasija Sevastova Mariya Koryttseva Patty Schnyder Tatjana Malek Alison Riske (WC) Stéphanie Dubois (LL) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (WC) Nuria Llagostera Vives (Q) Katie O'Brien Lucie Hradecká Eleni Daniilidou (Q) Laura Robson (WC) Francesca Schiavone Anna Lapushchenkova Melanie South (WC) Polona Hercog Kateryna Bondarenko Zuzana Kučová Elena Baltacha Julia Görges Ana Ivanovic Sania Mirza Renata Voráčová Anna-Lena Grönefeld Sandra Záhlavová Sofia Arvidsson Ágnes Szávay Rossana de los Ríos
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 14 June 2010. Rankings and points before are as of 21 June 2010.
Men's singles The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula: ESP points as at a week before The Championships