2010 BNP Paribas Masters

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2010 BNP Paribas Masters
BNP Paribas Masters 2010.jpg
Date6–14 November
Edition38th
Category ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$2,620,588
Surface Hard / indoor
LocationParis, France
Venue Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Champions
Singles
Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söderling [1]
Doubles
Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of Belarus.svg 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.

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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

Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söderling' defeated Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles

Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi defeated Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram 7–5, 7–5

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 21
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 32
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 43
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robin Söderling 54
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 65
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Fernando Verdasco 76
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 87
Flag of the United States.svg USA Andy Roddick 98
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Mikhail Youzhny 109
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nikolay Davydenko 1110
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 1211
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 1412
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 1513
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nicolás Almagro 1614
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Ljubičić 1715
Flag of the United States.svg USA John Isner 1916

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

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