2010 MPS Group Championships

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2010 MPS Group Championships
DateApril 5–11
Edition31st
Category International series
Surface Clay
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Venue Sawgrass Country Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi
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The 2010 MPS Group Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 31st edition of the MPS Group Championships and the second held in its new location, and was part of the International series of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States from April 5 through April 11, 2010.

Contents

The tournament was headlined by world no. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, 2010 Moorilla Hobart International champion Alyona Bondarenko, 2008 finalist Dominika Cibulková, and 2010 Monterrey Open champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Caroline Wozniacki Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark21
Alyona Bondarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 252
Dominika Cibulková Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 283
Elena Vesnina Flag of Russia.svg Russia344
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Flag of Russia.svg Russia355
Aleksandra Wozniak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada386
Virginie Razzano Flag of France.svg France397
Melanie Oudin Flag of the United States.svg United States428

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Finals

Singles

Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki defeated Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova, 6–2, 7–5

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi defeated Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

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