2010 Riviera di Rimini Challenger

2010 Riviera di Rimini Challenger
Date	July 12 – July 18
Edition	7th
Location	Rimini, Italy
Champions
Singles
	Paolo Lorenzi
Doubles
	Giulio di Meo / Adrian Ungur

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2010 Riviera di Rimini Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rimini, Italy between 12 July and 18 July 2010.

The Riviera di Rimini Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo Tennis Rimini in Rimini, Italy, since 2004.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

ATP entrants

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
TUR	Marsel İlhan	103	1
ITA	Filippo Volandri	106	2
ITA	Paolo Lorenzi	120	3
SVN	Grega Žemlja	123	4
ARG	Federico del Bonis	134	5
BEL	~~Steve Darcis~~	139	6
ESP	Albert Ramos-Viñolas	142	7
ROU	Adrian Ungur	148	8

Rankings are as of July 5, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Flavio Cipolla is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open. His career high rank is No. 70, achieved on 23 April 2012.

Federico Gaio is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly in the Challenger Tour and ITF circuit. He has seven ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 158 in August 2016 after winning his maiden singles challenger title, defeating the heavily favoured Tomasz Bellucci 76, 62 at the Biella Challenger in Italy

Alessandro Giannessi is a professional Italian tennis player. On 19 June 2017 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 99 while his best doubles ranking was 171 on 14 October 2013. Giannessi was a singles semifinalist at the 2017 Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag.

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Stefano Galvani is a professional male tennis player from San Marino. He was a professional from 1999 and was coached by Patricio Remondegui. He retired after the San Marino Open in August 2012.

Gianluca Naso is an Italian professional tennis player. He won three doubles titles on ATP Challenger Tour in Genoa and Todi. Both times his partner was Walter Trusendi. And in 2013 at Meknes with Alessandro Giannessi.

Nicolas Renavand is a French tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 15 April 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 225, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 128 was reached on 8 July 2013.

Champions

Singles

Paolo Lorenzi def. Federico del Bonis, 6–2, 6–0

Doubles

Giulio di Meo / Adrian Ungur def. Juan Pablo Brzezicki / Alexander Peya, 7–6(6), 3–6, [10–7]

Giulio di Meo is an Italian tennis player.

Adrian Ungur is a Romanian retired tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 79. His most notable result was a four set victory over David Nalbandian in the first round of the 2012 French Open.

Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a retired Argentine professional tennis player.

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