2010 SA Tennis Open – Singles

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Singles
2010 SA Tennis Open
Final
Champion Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López
Runner-up Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert
Score75, 61
Events
Singles Doubles
  2009  · SA Tennis Open ·  2011  

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but he resigned from the participation in this tournament due to tiredness caused by his performance at the 2010 Australian Open (he reached the semifinals, where he lost to Roger Federer).

Contents

Feliciano López won in the final 75, 61 against Stéphane Robert. It was López's second title of his career, and first since 2004.

Seeds

  1. Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils (semifinals)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer (semifinals)
  3. Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López (champion)
  4. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Chiudinelli (first round)
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Malisse (first round)
  7. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Yen-hsun (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert (final)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 61 61
3 Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 3 677
3 Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 76 
8 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert 5 1  
8 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert 76 
2 Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer 5 4  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 66 
  Flag of Slovakia.svg D Hrbatý 2 1  1 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 67 
  Flag of Israel.svg H Levy 642    Flag of France.svg J Ouanna 4 5  
  Flag of France.svg J Ouanna 776 1 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 66 
WC Flag of South Africa.svg R Klaasen 66 7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-h Lu 1 4  
  Flag of France.svg D Guez 4 3  WC Flag of South Africa.svg R Klaasen 4 5  
  Flag of Finland.svg J Nieminen 3 2  7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-h Lu 67 
7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-h Lu 66 1 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 61 61
3 Flag of Spain.svg F López 66563 Flag of Spain.svg F López 3 677
Q Flag of Monaco.svg B Balleret 1 773 3 Flag of Spain.svg F López 677 
  Flag of Slovenia.svg B Kavčič 1 76  Flag of Slovenia.svg B Kavčič 2 64 
  Flag of France.svg T Ascione 65 3 3 Flag of Spain.svg F López 776 
Q Flag of South Africa.svg F Wolmarans 4 5  5 Flag of the United States.svg R Ram 623  
  Flag of Germany.svg B Phau 67   Flag of Germany.svg B Phau 61062 
WC Flag of South Africa.svg R de Voest 773 3 5 Flag of the United States.svg R Ram 71277 
5 Flag of the United States.svg R Ram 6366

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Flag of France.svg S Robert 3 66
  Flag of the United States.svg B Evans 62 2 8 Flag of France.svg S Robert 796 
WC Flag of South Africa.svg I van der Merwe 7777 WC Flag of South Africa.svg I van der Merwe 671  
Q Flag of Israel.svg N Okun 6562 8 Flag of France.svg S Robert 776 
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg S Darcis 63 4   Flag of Jamaica.svg D Brown 653  
  Flag of France.svg L Recouderc 3 66  Flag of France.svg L Recouderc 4 4  
  Flag of Jamaica.svg D Brown 63 6  Flag of Jamaica.svg D Brown 66 
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg M Chiudinelli 4 64 8 Flag of France.svg S Robert 76 
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg X Malisse 4 2  2 Flag of Spain.svg D Ferrer 5 4  
  Flag of India.svg S Devvarman 66   Flag of India.svg S Devvarman 66 
  Flag of Brazil.svg T Alves 5 66  Flag of Brazil.svg T Alves 4 1  
  Flag of Ukraine.svg O Dolgopolov Jr. 72 3   Flag of India.svg S Devvarman 1 3  
Q Flag of Sweden.svg F Prpic 67 2 Flag of Spain.svg D Ferrer 66 
  Flag of Spain.svg I Navarro 3 5  Q Flag of Sweden.svg F Prpic 3 4  
  Flag of Slovakia.svg K Beck 1 5  2 Flag of Spain.svg D Ferrer 66 
2 Flag of Spain.svg D Ferrer 67 

Qualifying

All seeded players received a bye into the second round, and all players playing in the fourth qualifier received a bye into the second round.

Seeds

  1. Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualifying competition)
  2. Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Haider-Maurer (qualifying competition)
  3. Flag of India.svg Prakash Amritraj (second round)
  4. Flag of Monaco.svg Benjamin Balleret (qualified)
  5. Flag of Israel.svg Noam Okun (qualified)
  6. Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Prpic (qualified)
  7. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexander Sadecky (qualifying competition)
  8. Flag of South Africa.svg Fritz Wolmarans (qualified)

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
1 Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin 66
Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna 3 5 Flag of South Africa.svg Benjamin Janse van Rensburg 2 2
Flag of South Africa.svg Benjamin Janse van Rensburg 671 Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin 62 2
Flag of South Africa.svg Nicolaas Scholtz 772 5 8 Flag of South Africa.svg Fritz Wolmarans 4 66
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac 6467 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac
8 Flag of South Africa.svg Fritz Wolmarans w/o

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
2 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Haider-Maurer 66
Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse 7777 Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse 3 1
Flag of South Africa.svg Hendrik Coertzen 64642 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Haider-Maurer 1 3
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg George Bastl 666 Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Prpic 66
Flag of the United States.svg James Cerretani 4 0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg George Bastl 2 2
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Prpic 66

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
3 Flag of India.svg Prakash Amritraj 4 1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Valent 66 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Valent 66
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kevin Ullyett 2 1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Valent 3 5
Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Anderson 64 3 5 Flag of Israel.svg Noam Okun 67
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Eaton 3 66 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Eaton 3 2
5 Flag of Israel.svg Noam Okun 66

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
4 Flag of Monaco.svg Benjamin Balleret 66
Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee 3 Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee 3 4
WC Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen 0r4 Flag of Monaco.svg Benjamin Balleret 678
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro 5 772 7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexander Sadecky 4 66
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7636 Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 654
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexander Sadecky 776

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