2010: The Tennis Year in Review
A Look Back at the 2010 ATP Tour
Grand Slam Champions
Australian Open Championship
â–ºRoger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(11)
French Open Championship
â–ºRafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Wimbledon Championship
â–ºRafael Nadal defeated Thomas Berdych, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
U.S. Open Championship
â–ºRafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
ATP World Tour Final
â–ºRoger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
2010 Davis Cup Finals
France vs. Serbia
Serbian Roster
#3 Novak Djokovic
#30 Viktor Troicki
#49 Janko Tipsarevic
#3(doubles) Nenad Zimonjic
Captain Bogdan Obradovic
French Roster
#12 Gael Monfils
#23 Michael Llodra
#42 Gilles Simon
#78 Arnaud Clement
Captain Guy Forget
Finals: Serbia defeated France, 3-2
•Gael Monfils (France) defeated Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia), 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-0
•Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Gilles Simon (France), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
•Arnaud Clement & Michael Llodra (France) defeated Viktor Troicki & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia), 3-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
•Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Gael Monfils (France), 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
•Viktor Troicki (Serbia) defeated Michael Llorda (France), 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
2010 ATP Year-End Award Winners
ATP World Tour No. 1 Singles: Rafael Nadal
ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team: Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award: Rafael Nadal
Most Improved Player of the Year: Andrey Golubev
Newcomer of the Year: Tobias Kamke
Comeback Player of the Year: Robin Haase
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year: Rohan Bopanna & Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi
ATP World Tour Fan Favorite: Roger Federer
ATP World Tour Fan Favorite (Doubles): Bob & Mike Bryan
ATP Final Rankings
1 Rafael Nadal
2 Roger Federer
3 Novak Djokovic
4 Andy Murray
5 Robin Soderling
6 Tomas Berdych
7 David Ferrer
8 Andy Roddick
9 Fernando Verdasco
10 Mikhail Youzhny
11 Jurgen Melzer
12 Gael Monfils
13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
14 Marin Cilic
15 Nicolas Almagro
16 Mardy Fish
17 Ivan Ljubicic
18 Sam Querrey
19 John Isner
20 Marcos Baghdatis
ATP Tour Retirements
Carlos Moya, a former world number one-ranked player and 1998 French Open champion retired from tennis ending a 15-year career because of a nagging foot injury. Moya is 34-years-old.
Taylor Dent retired at the age of 29, following a 12-year career that saw him reach as high as number 21 in the world.
Sebastien Grosjean retired this year at the age of 32. His career-high ATP ranking is number four, which he achieved in October of 2002. He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.
Paradorn Srichapan announced his retirement from professional tennis in June. Srichapan was a top 10 player who won five ATP World Tour titles.
Guillermo Canas brought his 15-year pro career to a close in early 2010. The 32-year-old Argentine reached number eight in the world in singles, won seven ATP World Tour singles titles and was a three-time Roland Garros quarter-finalist.
Nicolas Lapentti retired in 2010 at the age of 34. In 1999, Lapentti was a semifinalist at the Australian Open. He also won two tour singles titles that year and reached his career-high singles ranking of number six in November of 1999.
Younes El Aynaui retired this year at the age of 39. He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of number 14 in 2003, at the age of 31.
A Look Back at the 2010 WTA Tour
Grand Slam Champions
Australian Open
â–ºSerena Williams defeated Justine Henin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
French Open Championship
â–ºFrancesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur, 6-4, 7-6(2)
Wimbledon Championship
â–ºSerena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva, 6-3, 6-2
U.S. Open Championship
â–ºKim Clijsters defeated Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 6-1
WTA Year-End Championship
â–ºKim Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
2010 Fed Cup Finals
Italy vs. USA
Italian Roster
#7 Francesca Schiavone
#23 Flavia Pennetta
#38 Roberta Vinci
#42 Sara Errani
Captain Corrado Barazzutti
USA Roster
#58 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
#67 Melanie Oudin
#114 CoCo Vandeweghe
#NR Liezel Huber
Captain Mary Joe Fernandez
Finals: Italy defeated USA, 3-1
•Francesca Schiavone (Italy) defeated CoCo Vandeweghe (USA), 6-2, 6-4
•Flavia Penetta (Italy) defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA), 7-6(4), 6-2
•Melanie Oudin (USA) defeated Francesca Schiavone (Italy), 6-3, 6-1
•Flavia Pennetta (Italy) defeated CoCo Vandeweghe (USA), 6-1, 6-2
•Liezel Huber & Melanie Oudin (USA) vs. Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci (Italy) Not played
2010 WTA Year-End Award Winners
Player of the Year: Kim Clijsters
Comeback Player of the Year: Justine Henin
Humanitarian of the Year: Maria Sharapova
Doubles Team of the Year: Flavia Pennetta & Gisella Dulko
Newcomer of the Year: Petra Kvitova
Sportsmanship Award: Elena Dementieva
WTA Final Rankings
1 Caroline Wozniacki
2 Vera Zvonareva
3 Kim Clijsters
4 Serena Williams
5 Venus Williams
6 Samantha Stosur
7 Francesca Schiavone
8 Jelena Jankovic
9 Elena Dementieva
10 Victoria Azarenka
11 Na Li
12 Justine Henin
13 Shahar Peer
14 Agnieszka Radwanska
15 Nadia Petrova
16 Marion Bartoli
17 Ana Ivanovic
18 Maria Sharapova
19 Aravane Rezai
20 Maria Kirilenko
WTA Tour Retirements
Elena Dementieva retires at the age of 29. She is considered by many as one of the best players to never win a Grand Slam Tournament. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 U.S. Open. Dementieva achieved a career high ranking of number three, which was accomplished in 2009. She announced her retirement on Oct. 29, 2010 after her final match at the 2010 WTA Tour Championships. Dementieva ended her career ranked number nine in the world.
Nicole Vaidisova retired this year at the age of 21. Vaidisova is an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. On Aug. 9, 2006, at the age of 17 years, three months and two weeks, she became the 12th-youngest player in WTA Tour history to be ranked in the top 10. She achieved a career-high ranking of number seven in 2007. Her form dipped shortly after, and at the time of her retirement in 2010, she was ranked 177th in the world.
Janette Husarova retired at the age of 36. In her career, Husarova has won 23 WTA Tour doubles titles in her career. She reached her highest ranking in 2003, reaching number three in doubles and 31st in the world in singles.
Jelena Kostanic retired this year at the age of 29. She reached a career high singles ranking of 32 in 2004.
Marta Marrero retired in 2010 at the age of 27. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was also 47, which she reached in July 2005.
Camille Pin is a former French professional tennis player who retired this year at the age of 29. Pin won eight singles titles in her career.
Virginia Ruano Pascual retired this year at the age of 37. She has won three career singles titles, but has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles.
