2010 Brisbane International | |
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Date | 3–10 January 2010 |
Edition | 2nd |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Brisbane, Australia |
Venue | Queensland Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Andy Roddick [1] | |
Women's singles | |
Kim Clijsters [2] | |
Men's doubles | |
Jérémy Chardy / Marc Gicquel [3] | |
Women's doubles | |
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká |
The 2010 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and was played at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. The centre court, Pat Rafter Arena is named in honour of Australian tennis hero Patrick Rafter. It took place from 3 to 10 January 2010. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Justine Henin has announced that she will make her return to professional tennis at the 2010 Brisbane International.
Television coverage of the tournament was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions between 4 and 10 January.
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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USA | Andy Roddick | 7 | 1 |
CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 12 | 2 |
FRA | Gaël Monfils | 13 | 3 |
CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 20 | 4 |
USA | Sam Querrey | 25 | 5 |
AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 28 | 6 |
FRA | Jérémy Chardy | 32 | 7 |
BRA | Thomaz Bellucci | 36 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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BEL | Kim Clijsters | 18 | 1 |
RUS | Nadia Petrova | 20 | 2 |
SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 21 | 3 |
SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 24 | 4 |
RUS | Alisa Kleybanova | 29 | 5 |
CAN | Aleksandra Wozniak | 34 | 6 |
HUN | Melinda Czink | 37 | 7 |
CZE | Iveta Benešová | 38 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Andy Roddick defeated Radek Štěpánek, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7). [1]
Kim Clijsters defeated Justine Henin, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6). [2]
Jérémy Chardy / Marc Gicquel defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes, 6–3, 7–6(7–5). [3]
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Melinda Czink / Arantxa Parra Santonja, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4].
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