2010 SAP Open

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2010 SAP Open
DateFebruary 8–14
Edition122nd
Category ATP World Tour 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$531,000
SurfaceHard / indoors
Location San Jose, U.S.
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco [1] [2]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish / Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey [3]
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The 2010 SAP Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 122nd edition of the SAP Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States, from February 8 through February 14, 2010.

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The singles draw featured ATP No. 7, 2010 Brisbane International champion Andy Roddick, and defending champion Radek Štěpánek. Other players included Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Haas, Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey, Tomáš Berdych and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Fernando Verdasco and former ATP World Tour champion Pete Sampras played an exhibition match on the first day of the event. Verdasco won by the score of 6–3, 7–6(2). [2]

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seeding
Flag of the United States.svg USA Andy Roddick 71
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Fernando Verdasco 122
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Radek Štěpánek 143
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tommy Haas 174
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 235
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 276
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sam Querrey 307
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jérémy Chardy 378

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: [5]

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

Finals

Singles

Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco defeated Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish / Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey defeated Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Becker / Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Mayer, 7–6(7–3), 7–5

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