2010 BNP Paribas Masters

For the tournament held at Indian Wells earlier in the year, see 2010 BNP Paribas Open.

2010 BNP Paribas Masters
Date	6–14 November
Edition	38th
Category	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Draw	64S / 32D
Prize money	$2,620,588
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	Paris, France
Venue	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Champions
Singles
Robin Söderling [1]
Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / 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

Robin Söderling defeated 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

Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi defeated Mark Knowles / 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:

• Arnaud Clément
• Nicolas Mahut
• Florent Serra

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

• Marcel Granollers

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Benjamin Becker
• Fabio Fognini
• Santiago Giraldo
• Illya Marchenko
• Jarkko Nieminen
• Josselin Ouanna

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

• Michael Russell

Notable withdrawals

• Rafael Nadal (shoulder injury) ^[3]
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury) ^[4]
• Marcos Baghdatis (shoulder injury) ^[5]
• Juan Carlos Ferrero (knee & wrist surgery) ^[6]
• Mardy Fish (ankle injury)

References

1. "2010 Paris – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "2010 Paris – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. "Nadal misses Paris Masters with shoulder injury". Reuters Canada. 2010-11-05. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
4. "Knee Injury Rules Out Tsonga Out For Season". Sports AP. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 5 November 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Marcos Baghdatis Pulls the Plug on His Season". bleacher report. 2010-11-02. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
6. "Ferrero Undergoes Knee And Wrist Surgery". ATP World Tour. 2010-11-07. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile
• ITF – Paris Open Tournament Details Archived 2019-10-21 at the Wayback Machine