2010 Dubai Tennis Championships

2010 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	February 22–28 (men) February 14–20 (women)
Edition	18th (men) / 10th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier 5 event (woman)
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Simon Aspelin / Paul Hanley
Women's doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez

The 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 14 to February 20, 2010, while the men's tournament took place from February 22 to February 28, 2010 (it was planned, that the tournament would end on February 27, 2010, but due to rain the final was suspended).^[1] Novak Djokovic and Venus Williams won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Novak Djokovic defeated Mikhail Youzhny, 7–5, 5–7, 6–3

• It was Novak Djokovic's first title of the year and 17th of his career. It was his second consecutive title at the event.

Women's singles

Main article: 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6–3, 7–5

• It was Venus Williams' first title of the year, 42nd title of her career, and her second consecutive title of the event.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Simon Aspelin / Paul Hanley defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes, 6–2, 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	3	1
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4	2
USA	Venus Williams	5	3
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	6	4
RUS	Elena Dementieva	7	5
SRB	Jelena Janković	8	6
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	9	7
CHN	Li Na	10	8
AUS	Samantha Stosur	11	9
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	12	10
FRA	Marion Bartoli	13	11
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	14	12
BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	15	13
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	18	14
RUS	Nadia Petrova	19	15
CHN	Zheng Jie	20	16

• ¹ Rankings as of February 8, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Maria Kirilenko
• Flavia Pennetta
• Selima Sfar
• Stefanie Vögele

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Chan Yung-jan
• Kirsten Flipkens
• Anna-Lena Grönefeld
• Regina Kulikova
• Ekaterina Makarova
• Vesna Manasieva
• Alicia Molik
• Anastasija Sevastova

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

• Alberta Brianti

ATP entrants

Seeds

Athlete	Nationality	Ranking*	Seeding
Roger Federer	Switzerland	1	1
Novak Djokovic	Serbia	2	2
Andy Murray	Great Britain	4	3
Nikolay Davydenko	Russia	6	4
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	France	9	5
Marin Čilić	Croatia	10	6
Mikhail Youzhny	Russia	15	7
Gilles Simon	France	16	8

• Rankings as of February 15, 2010

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Mohammed Ghareeb
• Rainer Schüttler
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Somdev Devvarman
• Stefan Koubek
• Igor Kunitsyn
• Björn Phau

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

• Jan Hernych

References

1. "Djokovic In Command Before Rain Hits". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile