2010 BNP Paribas Masters

For the tournament held at Indian Wells earlier in the year, see 2010 BNP Paribas Open.
2010 BNP Paribas Masters
Date6–14 November
Edition38th
CategoryATP World Tour Masters 1000
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$2,620,588
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationParis, France
VenuePalais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Champions
Singles
Sweden Robin Söderling[1]
Doubles
India Mahesh Bhupathi / Belarus Max Mirnyi[2]
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The 2010 BNP Paribas Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the tournament known that year as the BNP Paribas Masters after the sponsor BNP Paribas. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 6 November through 14 November 2010. The top eight seeds were Roger Federer, defending champion Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Robin Söderling, Tomáš Berdych, Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer and Andy Roddick.

Robin Söderling defeated Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–6(7–1) in the final to win his first Masters 1000 championship and rise to a career-high world ranking of No. 4. Monfils was playing in his second successive Paris Masters final having saved five match points in defeating Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2010 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles

Sweden Robin Söderling' defeated France Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–6(7–1)

  • It was Söderling's second title of the year and 6th of his career. It was his first Masters title.

Doubles

Main article: 2010 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles

India Mahesh Bhupathi / Belarus Max Mirnyi defeated The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Israel Andy Ram 7–5, 7–5

Entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SUI Roger Federer 2 1
 SRB Novak Djokovic 3 2
 GBR Andy Murray 4 3
 SWE Robin Söderling 5 4
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 6 5
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 7 6
 ESP David Ferrer 8 7
 USA Andy Roddick 9 8
 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 10 9
 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 11 10
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 12 11
 FRA Gaël Monfils 14 12
 CRO Marin Čilić 15 13
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 16 14
 CRO Ivan Ljubičić 17 15
 USA John Isner 19 16
  • Seeds are based on the rankings of November 1, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received a special exempt into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a Lucky loser into the singles main draw:

Notable withdrawals

References

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  2. ^ "2010 Paris – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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