2010 WTA Tour

2010 WTA Tour

Caroline Wozniacki finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the first time in her career, though Kim Clijsters was named the Player of the Year. Wozniacki won six tournaments during the season, including three Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events. Clijsters won five tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open, the WTA Tour Championships, and two Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events.
Details
Duration	January 2 – November 7, 2010
Edition	40th
Tournaments	57
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (10) WTA International (32)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Caroline Wozniacki (6)
Most tournament finals	Caroline Wozniacki (8)
Prize money leader	Kim Clijsters (US$5,035,060)
Points leader	Caroline Wozniacki (7,270)
Awards
Player of the year	Kim Clijsters
Doubles team of the year	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
Most improved player of the year	Francesca Schiavone
Newcomer of the year	Petra Kvitová
Comeback player of the year	Justine Henin
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Serena Williams won her fifth Australian Open title, defeating former World No. 1, Justine Henin in the final. Williams went on to win her sixth Wimbledon title, defeating first-time finalist Vera Zvonareva. Francesca Schiavone claimed her maiden Grand Slam title at the French Open and becoming the first Italian player to win the Grand Slam. Kim Clijsters won her third US Open, defeating Zvonareva in the final.

The 2010 WTA Tour or 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (its sponsored name) calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points and is organized by the ITF.

Notable stories

Serena Williams' season

Main article: 2010 Serena Williams tennis season

Serena Williams began the season ranked World No. 1, having enjoyed an impressive 2009 season in which she won the Australian Open and Wimbledon (she would successfully defend both titles this year) and reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking on two occasions. Williams began her season by successfully defending her Australian Open title, defeating Justine Henin in a three-set final. ^[1] She also successfully defended her Wimbledon title, defeating surprise finalist Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2. ^[2]

However, shortly after winning Wimbledon, Serena Williams would injure her foot at a German restaurant where she was celebrating her victory, but it didn't deter her from playing in an exhibition match against Kim Clijsters in front of a world-record tennis crowd that same week. ^[3] The foot injury ended up being very serious enough to necessitate surgery, ^[4] and as a result she missed the rest of the season and would not return to top-level tennis until June 2011. She was forced to miss her first US Open since 2003, ^[5] and also had to withdraw from the year-end championships having qualified by virtue of winning Wimbledon. The injury worsened late in the year; despite accepting a wildcard into Linz, she had to withdraw from that tournament, with her wildcard entry later allocated to former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. ^[6] Despite progress in her recovery from foot surgery, she lost the World No. 1 ranking to Danish youngster Caroline Wozniacki. Williams then announced her withdrawal from the 2011 Australian Open in November. ^[7]

Justine Henin's comeback

Former World No. 1 Justine Henin announced her comeback to the WTA Tour in September last year, in the aftermath of Kim Clijsters' victory at the 2009 US Open. ^[8] She had previously not played at the highest level since suffering a third round defeat to Dinara Safina (who went on to make the final of the French Open that year) at the 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open. Henin's comeback began impressively, reaching the final of the 2010 Brisbane International in which she lost to her compatriot and rival Kim Clijsters in a final set tiebreak. ^[9] She had defeated Nadia Petrova and Ana Ivanovic en route. She then reached the final of the Australian Open, in which she was defeated by Serena Williams in three sets, ^[1] having defeated fifth seed Elena Dementieva in the second round, 27th seed Alisa Kleybanova in the third, qualifier Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth, 19th seed Nadia Petrova in the quarter-finals and Zheng Jie in the semi-finals en route.

She then participated at her first French Open since 2007, where she was defeated in the fourth round by eventual finalist Samantha Stosur, ending a 24-match winning streak at the tournament dating back to 2005. ^[10] Prior to the defeat against Stosur, Henin had played her first three-set match at the tournament, also since 2005, when she defeated Maria Sharapova in the third round. ^[11] Later, at Wimbledon, Henin again reached the fourth round, but suffered a three-set loss to rival Clijsters. ^[12] During the match, she suffered an elbow injury which would later rule her out of the US Open, that same injury would lead to her second (and final) retirement in January 2011.

Ana Ivanovic's season

The first half of Ana Ivanovic's 2010 season appeared to follow on from her poor 2009 season, as her confidence and game continued to disintegrate since she won the 2008 French Open. She started the season ranked World No. 22 and spent almost the entire season ranked outside the Top 20. She was able to reach the semi-finals at the Brisbane International and the Rome Masters, ^[13] but those would be her best results in the first half of the season, as she dropped out of the WTA's Top 50 for the first time since 2005 with a second round loss to Anastasija Sevastova at Indian Wells. ^[14] On court results did not improve throughout the year, and Ivanovic dropped to a low of World No. 65 by July. ^[15] Adding to a growing season of disappointment, Ivanovic also suffered the ignominy of winning the wooden spoon at Wimbledon, having finished at the end of the tournament's longest losing chain after losing in the first round. ^[16]

However, Ivanovic would begin to turn her season around at the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, entering the tournament having lost 17 of her last 29 matches dating back to August 2009 and having dropped to World No. 62. A first round upset win over recent Stanford champion Victoria Azarenka ^[17] sparked a run to the semi-finals, where she was forced to retire against Kim Clijsters due to a foot injury; nevertheless, she re-entered the World's Top 40 following her run at Cincinnati. ^[18] With no rankings points to defend for the remainder of the year, Ivanovic reached the fourth round of the US Open, the first time she had gotten that far at a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon in 2009. She defeated Ekaterina Makarova, ^[19] Zheng Jie ^[20] and Virginie Razzano before being crushed by defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.

Ivanovic continued to maintain her recent good form after the US Open; she was able to reach the quarter-finals in Beijing where she was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki, who eventually replaced Serena Williams as the new World No. 1 by winning the tournament. ^[21] She then accepted a late wildcard entry into Linz after Williams withdrew due to her ongoing foot surgery, ^[6] where she won her first title in two years after defeating Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 6–1, in the year's shortest final; the title returned Ivanovic to the world's Top 30, ^[22] and qualified her for the 2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. In her final tournament of the year, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Kimiko Date-Krumm en route to reaching her second final in three weeks, where she defeated Alisa Kleybanova to win her second title of the year and return to the world's Top 20 for the first time in more than one year. ^{[23] [24]} Ivanovic ended her season by winning 21 of her last 27 matches, having lost 17 of her last 29 beforehand.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2010 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. ^[25]

Key

Grand Slam events

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments

WTA Premier 5 tournaments

WTA Premier tournaments

WTA International tournaments

Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Jan 4	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Spain 2–1	Great Britain	Round robin losers (Group A)   Romania  United States  Australia	Round robin losers (Group B)   Kazakhstan  Russia  Germany
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Kim Clijsters 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)	Justine Henin	Andrea Petkovic Ana Ivanovic	Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Melinda Czink
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]	Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–2	Flavia Pennetta	Francesca Schiavone Shahar Pe'er	Dominika Cibulková Alizé Cornet Kimiko Date-Krumm Maria Kirilenko
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Natalie Grandin Laura Granville
Jan 11	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2	Serena Williams	Aravane Rezaï Victoria Azarenka	Vera Dushevina Flavia Pennetta Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]	Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alona Bondarenko 6–2, 6–4	Shahar Pe'er	Anabel Medina Garrigues Sara Errani	Gisela Dulko Zheng Jie Kirsten Flipkens Carla Suárez Navarro
		Chuang Chia-jung Květa Peschke 3–6, 6–3, [10–7]	Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu
Jan 18 Jan 25	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $9,264,098 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–2	Justine Henin	Li Na Zheng Jie	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–3	Cara Black Liezel Huber
		Cara Black Leander Paes 7–5, 6–3	Ekaterina Makarova Jaroslav Levinský

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Feb 1	Fed Cup first round Kharkiv, Ukraine – hard (i) Brno, Czech Republic – hard (i) Belgrade, Serbia – hard (i) Liévin, France – clay (red) (i)	First round winners   Italy 4–1   Czech Republic 3–2   Russia 3–2   United States 4–1	First round losers   Ukraine   Germany   Serbia   France
Feb 8	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard (i) – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elena Dementieva 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4	Lucie Šafářová	Melanie Oudin Flavia Pennetta	Andrea Petkovic Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er Tathiana Garbin
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová walkover	Cara Black Liezel Huber
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–4	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Yaroslava Shvedova Sesil Karatantcheva	Sybille Bammer Tatjana Malek Ekaterina Bychkova Anna Chakvetadze
		Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–1	Anna Chakvetadze Ksenia Pervak
Feb 15	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–3, 7–5	Victoria Azarenka	Shahar Pe'er Agnieszka Radwańska	Li Na Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Vera Zvonareva Regina Kulikova
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–1	Sofia Arvidsson	Petra Kvitová Anne Keothavong	Elena Baltacha Kaia Kanepi Karolina Šprem Melanie Oudin
		Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek 7–5, 6–2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
	Copa BBVA-Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 6–3	Angelique Kerber	Gisela Dulko Arantxa Parra Santonja	Sandra Záhlavová Pauline Parmentier Sara Errani Klára Zakopalová
		Gisela Dulko Edina Gallovits 6–2, 7–6(8–6)	Olga Savchuk Anastasiya Yakimova
Feb 22	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 2–6, 6–2, 6–3	Polona Hercog	Edina Gallovits Carla Suárez Navarro	Laura Pous Tió Sharon Fichman Gisela Dulko Ágnes Szávay
		Polona Hercog Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 2–6, 6–1, [10–2]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alisa Kleybanova 6–3, 6–2	Elena Dementieva	Sybille Bammer Ayumi Morita	Magdaléna Rybáriková Chang Kai-chen Anastasia Rodionova Chanelle Scheepers
		Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]	Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Mar 1	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–6, 6–1, 6–0	Daniela Hantuchová	Anastasija Sevastova Dominika Cibulková	Alizé Cornet Klára Zakopalová Ágnes Szávay Vania King
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King
Mar 8 Mar 15	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska	Alisa Kleybanova María José Martínez Sánchez Elena Dementieva Zheng Jie
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 2–6, 10–5	Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur
Mar 22 Mar 29	Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1	Venus Williams	Marion Bartoli Justine Henin	Yanina Wickmayer Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Caroline Wozniacki
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 4–6, 10–7	Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Apr 5	MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach, United States WTA International Clay – $220,000 (green) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 7–5	Olga Govortsova	Elena Vesnina Dominika Cibulková	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Melanie Oudin Aleksandra Wozniak Varvara Lepchenko
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Chuang Chia-jung Peng Shuai
	Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella, Spain WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Carla Suárez Navarro	María José Martínez Sánchez Sara Errani	Victoria Azarenka Tatjana Malek Beatriz García Vidagany Simona Halep
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–2	Maria Kondratieva Yaroslava Shvedova
Apr 12	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $700,000 (green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Samantha Stosur 6–0, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Caroline Wozniacki Daniela Hantuchová	Nadia Petrova Melanie Oudin Peng Shuai Jelena Janković
		Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–4	Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek
	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Francesca Schiavone 6–1, 6–1	Roberta Vinci	Yaroslava Shvedova Alexandra Dulgheru	Carla Suárez Navarro Iveta Benešová Arantxa Parra Santonja Timea Bacsinszky
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–1, 3–6, [10–2]	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin
Apr 19	Fed Cup Semifinals Rome, Italy – clay (red) Birmingham, United States – hard (i)	Semifinals winners   Italy 5–0   United States 3–2	Semifinals losers   Czech Republic   Russia
Apr 26	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $700,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Justine Henin 6–4, 2–6, 6–1	Samantha Stosur	Anna Lapushchenkova Shahar Pe'er	Lucie Šafářová Li Na Jelena Janković Dinara Safina
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fez, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Iveta Benešová 6–4, 6–2	Simona Halep	Alizé Cornet Renata Voráčová	Anne Keothavong Laura Pous Tió Angelique Kerber Patty Schnyder
		Iveta Benešová Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–1	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 3	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(7–5), 7–5	Jelena Janković	Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic	Maria Kirilenko Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Lucie Šafářová
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–2	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasija Sevastova 6–2, 7–5	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Peng Shuai Sorana Cîrstea	Anastasia Rodionova Anabel Medina Garrigues Jarmila Groth Arantxa Rus
		Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–1, 7–5	Vitalia Diatchenko Aurélie Védy
May 10	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – $4,500,000 – 60S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Aravane Rezaï 6–2, 7–5	Venus Williams	Lucie Šafářová Shahar Pe'er	Nadia Petrova Jelena Janković Samantha Stosur Li Na
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–2, 7–5	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
May 17	Polsat Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland WTA Premier Clay (red) – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4	Zheng Jie	Gréta Arn Li Na	Caroline Wozniacki Alona Bondarenko Sara Errani Tsvetana Pironkova
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–4	Cara Black Yan Zi
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/30Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–1	Kristina Barrois	Anabel Medina Garrigues Vania King	Julia Görges Sofia Arvidsson Anastasija Sevastova Anastasia Rodionova
		Alizé Cornet Vania King 3–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova
May 24 May 31	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – $9,938,926 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–6(7–2)	Samantha Stosur	Jelena Janković Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Yaroslava Shvedova Caroline Wozniacki Nadia Petrova
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–2, 6–3	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
		Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]	Yaroslava Shvedova Julian Knowle

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Jun 7	Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Li Na 7–5, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Aravane Rezaï Alison Riske	Kaia Kanepi Sara Errani Yanina Wickmayer Sesil Karatantcheva
		Cara Black Lisa Raymond 6–3, 3–2 retired	Liezel Huber Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Jun 14	Aegon International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ekaterina Makarova 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Marion Bartoli Samantha Stosur	María José Martínez Sánchez Kim Clijsters Elena Baltacha Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 2–6, 13–11	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Justine Henin 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Andrea Petkovic	Alexandra Dulgheru Kirsten Flipkens	Kristina Barrois Yaroslava Shvedova Dominika Cibulková Sandra Záhlavová
		Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 6–3, 10–8	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova
Jun 21 Jun 28	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $9,781,631 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 6–2	Vera Zvonareva	Petra Kvitová Tsvetana Pironkova	Li Na Kaia Kanepi Kim Clijsters Venus Williams
		Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6(8–6), 6–2	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva
		Cara Black Leander Paes 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Lisa Raymond Wesley Moodie

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Jul 5	GDF Suez Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–4	Patty Schnyder	Zuzana Ondrášková Alexandra Dulgheru	Polona Hercog Anabel Medina Garrigues Alizé Cornet Anastasija Sevastova
		Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin 6–3, 6–3	Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues
	Collector Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Aravane Rezaï 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Gisela Dulko	Flavia Pennetta Lucie Šafářová	Jill Craybas Ana Vrljić Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Arantxa Parra Santonja
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–0), 6–0	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Jul 12	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Kaia Kanepi 6–4, 6–3	Flavia Pennetta	Julia Görges Romina Oprandi	Nuria Llagostera Vives Jill Craybas Sara Errani Aravane Rezaï
		Alberta Brianti Sara Errani 6–4, 6–1	Jill Craybas Julia Görges
	ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 1–6, 6–2	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Patty Schnyder Lucie Hradecká	Johanna Larsson Anna Tatishvili Anabel Medina Garrigues Polona Hercog
		Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin 7–5, 7–6(7–4)	Monica Niculescu Ágnes Szávay
Jul 19	Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anna Chakvetadze 6–1, 6–2	Johanna Larsson	Ksenia Pervak Polona Hercog	Anastasiya Yakimova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Vera Dushevina Stefanie Vögele
		Maria Kondratieva Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]	Anna Chakvetadze Marina Erakovic
	NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Julia Görges 6–1, 6–4	Timea Bacsinszky	Alizé Cornet Yvonne Meusburger	Patricia Mayr Anastasia Pivovarova Anastasija Sevastova Sandra Záhlavová
		Lucie Hradecká Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–5]	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin
Jul 26	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska	Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Elena Dementieva
		Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber 7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie
	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5–7, 7–5, 6–4	Elena Vesnina	Andrea Petkovic Jarmila Groth	Elena Baltacha Anastasia Rodionova Sorana Cîrstea Vera Dushevina
		Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr 6–4, 1–6, [11–9]	Maria Kondratieva Vladimíra Uhlířová

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Aug 2	Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, United States WTA Premier Hard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3	Agnieszka Radwańska	Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta	Alisa Kleybanova Shahar Pe'er CoCo Vandeweghe Samantha Stosur
		Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–4	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
	e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 7–6(7–5)	Klára Zakopalová	Anna Chakvetadze Li Na	Julia Görges Polona Hercog Sorana Cîrstea Angelique Kerber
		Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–4, 6–4	Vitalia Diatchenko Tatiana Poutchek
Aug 9	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Kim Clijsters 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Akgul Amanmuradova Flavia Pennetta Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli
		Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8)	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
Aug 16	Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–2	Vera Zvonareva	Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova	Marion Bartoli Kim Clijsters Zheng Jie Francesca Schiavone
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 7–5, 3–6, [12–10]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
Aug 23	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Nadia Petrova	Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko	Flavia Pennetta Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Samantha Stosur
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–0	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
Aug 30 Sep 6	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $10,258,000 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1	Vera Zvonareva	Caroline Wozniacki Venus Williams	Dominika Cibulková Kaia Kanepi Francesca Schiavone Samantha Stosur
		Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova
		Liezel Huber Bob Bryan 6–4, 6–4	Květa Peschke Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Sep 13	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Jarmila Groth 6–1, 6–4	Alla Kudryavtseva	Edina Gallovits Zhang Shuai	Maria Elena Camerin Han Xinyun Sania Mirza Ksenia Pervak
		Edina Gallovits Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–3	Han Xinyun Liu Wanting
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Tamira Paszek 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Lucie Šafářová Christina McHale	Rebecca Marino Melanie Oudin Alexa Glatch Sofia Arvidsson
		Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson 6–1, 2–6, [10–6]	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Sep 20	Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alisa Kleybanova 6–1, 6–3	Klára Zakopalová	Nadia Petrova Ágnes Szávay	Kirsten Flipkens Dinara Safina Ekaterina Makarova Kimiko Date-Krumm
		Julia Görges Polona Hercog 6–3, 6–4	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alla Kudryavtseva 6–4, 6–4	Elena Vesnina	Monica Niculescu Evgeniya Rodina	Alexandra Dulgheru Darya Kustova Stefanie Vögele Akgul Amanmuradova
		Alexandra Panova Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 6–4	Alexandra Dulgheru Magdaléna Rybáriková
Sep 27	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 1–6, 6–2, 6–3	Elena Dementieva	Victoria Azarenka Francesca Schiavone	Agnieszka Radwańska CoCo Vandeweghe Kaia Kanepi Vera Zvonareva
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 4–6, [10–8]	Shahar Pe'er Peng Shuai

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Oct 4	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Shahar Pe'er Li Na	Ana Ivanovic Timea Bacsinszky Anastasija Sevastova Francesca Schiavone
		Chuang Chia-jung Olga Govortsova 7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
Oct 11	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic 6–1, 6–2	Patty Schnyder	Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic	Sara Errani Julia Görges Eleni Daniilidou Daniela Hantuchová
		Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–5, 7–6(8–6)	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
	HP Open Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–1	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Shahar Pe'er Marion Bartoli	Samantha Stosur Iveta Benešová Chang Kai-chen Jill Craybas
		Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh 6–0, 6–3	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara
Oct 18	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko	Vera Dushevina María José Martínez Sánchez	Zarina Diyas Anna Chakvetadze Dominika Cibulková Alisa Kleybanova
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]	Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez
	BGL Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Roberta Vinci 6–3, 6–4	Julia Görges	Angelique Kerber Anne Keothavong	Polona Hercog Ana Ivanovic Iveta Benešová Kirsten Flipkens
		Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin 6–4, 6–4	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Oct 25	Sony Ericsson Championships Doha, Qatar Year-end championships Hard – $4,550,000 – 8S (RR)/4D Singles – Doubles	Kim Clijsters 6–3, 5–7, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Samantha Stosur Vera Zvonareva	Round robin losers Francesca Schiavone Elena Dementieva Jelena Janković Victoria Azarenka
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 7–5, 6–4	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Nov 1	Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali, Indonesia Year-end championships Hard (i) – $600,000 – 8S Singles	Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 7–6(7–5)	Alisa Kleybanova	Third Place match winner Kimiko Date-Krumm 7–5, 7–5	Li Na Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yanina Wickmayer Aravane Rezaï
				Third Place match loser Daniela Hantuchová
	Fed Cup Final San Diego, United States – hard (i)	Italy 3–1	United States

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:

1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2. highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.

Titles won by player

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Premier tournaments		International tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
8	Flavia Pennetta					1		5	1	1	1	7
	Gisela Dulko					1		5		2		8
6	Caroline Wozniacki						4		2		6
5	Serena Williams	2	2					1			2	3
	Venus Williams		2				1	1	1		2	3
	Cara Black			2				1		2		3	2
	Kim Clijsters	1			1		2		1		5
	Liezel Huber			1				3		1		4	1
	Iveta Benešová							2	1	2	1	4
	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová							2		3		5
4	Vania King		2							2		4
3	Katarina Srebotnik			1				2				2	1
	Victoria Azarenka						2	1			2	1
	Květa Peschke							2		1		3
	Julia Görges								1	2	1	2
	Roberta Vinci								1	2	1	2
	Timea Bacsinszky									3		3
	Sara Errani									3		3
	Tathiana Garbin									3		3
	Anabel Medina Garrigues									3		3
2	Yaroslava Shvedova		2									2
	Francesca Schiavone	1							1		2
	Ana Ivanovic				1				1		2
	Elena Dementieva						2				2
	María José Martínez Sánchez						1	1			1	1
	Justine Henin						1		1		2
	Aravane Rezaï						1		1		2
	Maria Kirilenko							2				2
	Lisa Raymond							1		1		2
	Zheng Jie							1		1		2
	Alisa Kleybanova								2		2
	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova								2		2
	Maria Sharapova								2		2
	Ágnes Szávay								2		2
	Alla Kudryavtseva								1	1	1	1
	Tamarine Tanasugarn								1	1	1	1
	Edina Gallovits									2		2
	Polona Hercog									2		2
	Lucie Hradecká									2		2
1	Alexandra Dulgheru						1				1
	Jelena Janković						1				1
	Svetlana Kuznetsova						1				1
	Ekaterina Makarova						1				1
	Samantha Stosur						1				1
	Chuang Chia-jung							1				1
	Lindsay Davenport							1				1
	Olga Govortsova							1				1
	Nuria Llagostera Vives							1				1
	Nadia Petrova							1				1
	Virginia Ruano Pascual							1				1
	Meghann Shaughnessy							1				1
	Rennae Stubbs							1				1
	Alona Bondarenko								1		1
	Anna Chakvetadze								1		1
	Mariana Duque Mariño								1		1
	Jarmila Groth								1		1
	Kaia Kanepi								1		1
	Li Na								1		1
	Tamira Paszek								1		1
	Anastasija Sevastova								1		1
	Yanina Wickmayer								1		1
	Vera Zvonareva								1		1
	Sofia Arvidsson									1		1
	Alberta Brianti									1		1
	Chan Yung-jan									1		1
	Chang Kai-chen									1		1
	Chuang Chia-jung									1		1
	Sorana Cîrstea									1		1
	Alizé Cornet									1		1
	Eleni Daniilidou									1		1
	Marina Erakovic									1		1
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld									1		1
	Andrea Hlaváčková									1		1
	Maria Kondratieva									1		1
	Michaëlla Krajicek									1		1
	Johanna Larsson									1		1
	Bethanie Mattek-Sands									1		1
	Sania Mirza									1		1
	Lilia Osterloh									1		1
	Alexandra Panova									1		1
	Tatiana Poutchek									1		1
	Anastasia Rodionova									1		1
	Vladimíra Uhlířová									1		1
	Renata Voráčová									1		1
	Jasmin Wöhr									1		1
	Yan Zi									1		1

Titles won by nation

Total titles	Country	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Premier tournaments		International tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
21	United States	2	4	1			1	6	1	6	4	16	1
19	Russia						4	3	9	3	13	6
17	Italy	1				1		5	3	7	4	13
13	Czech Republic							4	1	8	1	12
8	Belgium	1			1		3		3		8
	Argentina					1		5		2		8
6	Denmark						4		2		6
	Spain						1	2		3	1	5
5	Zimbabwe			2				1		2		3	2
	Slovenia			1				2		2		4	1
	Belarus						2	2		1	2	3
4	Australia						1	1	1	1	2	2
	Romania						1			3	1	3
	China							1	1	2	1	3
	Chinese Taipei							1		3		4
	Germany								1	3	1	3
3	Serbia				1		1		1		3
	France						1		1	1	2	1
	Switzerland									3		3
2	Kazakhstan		2									2
	Hungary								2		2
	Thailand								1	1	1	1
1	Austria								1		1
	Colombia								1		1
	Estonia								1		1
	Latvia								1		1
	Ukraine								1		1
	Greece									1		1
	India									1		1
	Netherlands									1		1
	New Zealand									1		1
	Sweden									1		1

Titles information

The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

• Sofia Arvidsson – Quebec City (D)
• Timea Bacsinszky – Budapest (D)
• Alberta Brianti – Palermo (D)
• Chang Kai-chen – Osaka (D)
• Mariana Duque Mariño – Bogotá (S)
• Edina Gallovits – Bogotá (D)
• Julia Görges – Bad Gastein (S)
• Jarmila Groth – Guangzhou (S)
• Polona Hercog – Acapulco (D)
• Kaia Kanepi – Palermo (S)
• Alisa Kleybanova – Kuala Lumpur (S)
• Maria Kondratieva – Portorož (D)
• Alla Kudryavtseva – Tashkent (S)
• Johanna Larsson – Quebec City (D)
• Ekaterina Makarova – Eastbourne (S)
• Alexandra Panova – Tashkent (D)
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Monterrey (S)
• Anastasija Sevastova – Estoril (S)

The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

• Cara Black – Birmingham (D)
• Kim Clijsters – US Open (S)
• Elena Dementieva – Sydney (S)
• Alexandra Dulgheru – Warsaw (S)
• Gisela Dulko – Båstad (D)
• Lucie Hradecká – Bad Gastein (D)
• Flavia Pennetta – Båstad (D)
• Nadia Petrova – Charleston (D)
• Tatiana Poutchek – Tashkent (D)
• Ágnes Szávay – Budapest (S)
• Tamarine Tanasugarn – Pattaya (D)
• Vladimíra Uhlířová – Potorož (D)
• Serena Williams – Australian Open (S/D), Wimbledon (S)
• Venus Williams – Australian Open (D), Dubai (S), Acapulco (S)
• Caroline Wozniacki – Ponte Vedra Beach (S), New Haven (S)
• Vera Zvonareva – Pattaya (S)

Best ranking

The following players achieved their career-high ranking in this season inside top 50 (players who made their top 10 debut indicated in bold): ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Singles

• Agnieszka Radwańska (reached place No. 8 on February 22)
• Alisa Kleybanova (reached place No. 22 on March 22)
• Yanina Wickmayer (reached place No. 12 on April 19)
• Melanie Oudin (reached place No. 31 on April 19)
• María José Martínez Sánchez (reached place No. 19 on May 10)
• Francesca Schiavone (reached place No. 6 on June 7)
• Timea Bacsinszky (reached place No. 37 on June 7)
• Yaroslava Shvedova (reached place No. 29 on June 21)
• Samantha Stosur (reached place No. 5 on July 5)
• Petra Kvitová (reached place No. 29 on July 5)
• Arantxa Parra Santonja (reached place No. 46 on July 12)
• Barbora Strýcová (reached place No. 39 on July 19)
• Julia Görges (reached place No. 40 on August 9)
• Li Na (reached place No. 9 on August 23)
• Alexandra Dulgheru (reached place No. 27 on August 23)
• Angelique Kerber (reached place No. 46 on August 30)
• Tsvetana Pironkova (reached place No. 31 on September 13)
• Polona Hercog (reached place No. 43 on September 13)
• Elena Baltacha (reached place No. 49 on September 13)
• Jarmila Groth (reached place No. 41 on September 20)
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (reached place No. 19 on October 4)
• Caroline Wozniacki (reached place No. 1 on October 11)
• Shahar Pe'er (reached place No. 13 on October 11)
• Aravane Rezaï (reached place No. 15 on October 11)
• Anastasija Sevastova (reached place No. 44 on October 11)
• Andrea Petkovic (reached place No. 32 on October 18)
• Vera Zvonareva (reached place No. 2 on October 25)

Rankings

Singles

The following is the 2010 top 20 in the Race To The Championships and the top 20 rank players in the world. ^[26] Premier Mandatory Events are counted for players in the top 10, even if they did not compete, unless there is an injury excuse.

Race Singles (as of October 25, 2010) Rk Player Points Tour 1   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 7,270 21 2   Vera Zvonareva  (RUS) 6,096 18 3   Serena Williams  (USA) 5,355 12(6) 4   Kim Clijsters  (BEL) 5,295 13 5   Venus Williams  (USA) 4,985 14(9) 6   Francesca Schiavone  (ITA) 4,595 21 7   Samantha Stosur  (AUS) 4,572 17 8   Jelena Janković  (SRB) 4,236 20 9   Elena Dementieva  (RUS) 4,085 20 10   Victoria Azarenka  (BLR) 3,935 20 11   Li Na  (CHN) 3,540 20 12   Justine Henin  (BEL) 3,415 11 13   Shahar Pe'er  (ISR) 3,365 21 14   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 3,000 18 15   Nadia Petrova  (RUS) 2,702 20 16   Marion Bartoli  (FRA) 2,645 21 17   Maria Sharapova  (RUS) 2,591 14 18   Aravane Rezaï  (FRA) 2,570 25 19   Maria Kirilenko  (RUS) 2,550 23 20   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS) 2,520 23

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings [27] Rk Player Nation Points Change 1 Caroline Wozniacki   DEN 8,035 +3 2 Vera Zvonareva   RUS 6,785 +7 3 Kim Clijsters   BEL 6,635 +15 4 Serena Williams  USA 5,355 -3 5 Venus Williams  USA 4,985 +1 6 Samantha Stosur   AUS 4,982 +7 7 Francesca Schiavone   ITA 4,935 +10 8 Jelena Janković   SRB 4,445 = 9 Elena Dementieva   RUS 4,335 -4 10 Victoria Azarenka   BLR 4,235 -3 11 Li Na   CHN 3,545 +4 12 Justine Henin   BEL 3,415 NR 13 Shahar Pe'er   ISR 3,410 +18 14 Agnieszka Radwańska   POL 3,000 -4 15 Nadia Petrova   RUS 2,702 +5 16 Marion Bartoli   FRA 2,645 -5 17 Ana Ivanovic   SRB 2,600 +5 18 Maria Sharapova   RUS 2,591 -4 19 Aravane Rezaï   FRA 2,575 +7 20 Maria Kirilenko   RUS 2,550 +43

Number 1 Ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Serena Williams  (USA)	Year-End 2009	10 October 2010
Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)	11 October 2010	Year-End 2010

Doubles

The following is the 2010 top 20 in the Race To The Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players.

Race Doubles (as of October 11, 2010) Rk Team Points Tour 1   Gisela Dulko  (ARG)   Flavia Pennetta  (ITA) 8111 15 2   Květa Peschke  (CZE)   Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO) 6396 16 3   Serena Williams  (USA)   Venus Williams  (USA) 5500 4 4   Lisa Raymond  (USA)   Rennae Stubbs  (AUS) 5104 18 5   Vania King  (USA)   Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ) 4978 10 6   Nuria Llagostera Vives  (ESP)   María José Martínez Sánchez  (ESP) 3927 12 7   Zheng Jie  (CHN)   Chan Yung-jan  (TPE) 3620 12 8   Iveta Benešová  (CZE)   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  (CZE) 3267 14 9   Cara Black  (ZIM)   Liezel Huber  (USA) 3060 7 10   Maria Kirilenko  (RUS)   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 2840 9

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings Rk Player Nation Points Change 1 Gisela Dulko   ARG 8,570 +26 2 Flavia Pennetta   ITA 8,570 +27 3 Liezel Huber  USA 7,590 -2 4 Vania King  USA 6,920 +28 5 Květa Peschke   CZE 6,860 +21 6 Katarina Srebotnik   SLO 6,830 +117 7 Yaroslava Shvedova   KAZ 6,240 +42 8 Nadia Petrova   RUS 5,530 +8 9 Lisa Raymond  USA 5,520 +9 10 Rennae Stubbs   AUS 5,520 -3 11 Serena Williams  USA 5,500 -8 = Venus Williams  USA 5,500 -8 13 Cara Black   ZIM 5,115 -12 14 Maria Kirilenko   RUS 4,425 +7 15 María José Martínez Sánchez   ESP 4,400 -9 16 Zheng Jie   CHN 4,105 +8 17 Bethanie Mattek-Sands  USA 4,055 = 18 Chan Yung-jan   TPE 4,030 +34 19 Nuria Llagostera Vives   ESP 3,926 -14 20 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová   CZE 3,775 +15

Number 1 Ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Cara Black  (ZIM)   Liezel Huber  (USA)	Year-End 2009	19 April 2010
Liezel Huber  (USA)	19 April 2010	7 June 2010
Serena Williams  (USA)   Venus Williams  (USA)	7 June 2010	2 August 2010
Liezel Huber  (USA)	2 August 2010	1 November 2010
Gisela Dulko  (ARG)	1 November 2010	Year-End 2010

Prize money leaders

The top-19 players earned over $1,000,000.

As of 8 November 2010

#	Country	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Bonus Pool 1	Year-to-date
1.	BEL	Kim Clijsters	$5,019,440	$7,025	$8,595	$0	$5,035,060
2.	DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	$3,886,512	$34,976	$0	$525,000	$4,446,488
3.	USA	Serena Williams	$3,707,007	$559,004	$0	$0	$4,266,011
4.	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	$3,000,667	$141,846	$2,128	$300,000	$3,444,641
5.	USA	Venus Williams	$2,055,778	$559,004	$0	$0	$2,614,782
6.	ITA	Francesca Schiavone	$2,360,751	$95,883	$0	$0	$2,456,634
7.	SRB	Jelena Janković	$1,803,164	$33,827	$0	$300,000	$2,136,991
8.	AUS	Samantha Stosur	$1,917,832	$168,251	$4,257	$0	$2,090,340
9.	RUS	Elena Dementieva	$1,346,690	$0	$0	$550,000	$1,896,690
10.	BLR	Victoria Azarenka	$1,278,601	$98,427	$0	$275,000	$1,652,028

¹Only for 2008 year-end top 10, Certain players receive fines for skipping events

Statistics leaders

As of October 25, 2010. Source ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Aces Player Aces Matches 1 Nadia Petrova 306 51 2 Samantha Stosur 280 58 3 Serena Williams 248 29 4 Andrea Petkovic 224 56 5 Maria Kirilenko 221 60 6 Venus Williams 212 45 7 Aravane Rezaï 204 58 8 Flavia Pennetta 198 67 9 Marion Bartoli 187 55 10 Lucie Šafářová 185 49

Service games won Player  % Matches 1 Serena Williams 81.4 29 2 Samantha Stosur 77.2 58 3 Kim Clijsters 76.3 41 4 Justine Henin 75.7 39 5 Venus Williams 75.7 45 6 Maria Sharapova 75.2 44 7 Karolina Šprem 75.0 20 8 Jarmila Groth 74.9 31 9 Nadia Petrova 74.6 51 10 Vera Zvonareva 73.4 63

Break points saved Player  % Matches 1 Serena Williams 65.9 29 2 Nadia Petrova 65.3 51 3 Kristina Barrois 61.5 26 4 Caroline Wozniacki 61.2 74 5 Samantha Stosur 61.0 58 6 Kim Clijsters 60.8 41 7 Elena Baltacha 60.3 30 8 Justine Henin 60.2 39 9 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 59.9 27 10 Flavia Pennetta 59.9 67

First serve percentage Player  % Matches 1 Sara Errani 75.8 65 2 Yvonne Meusburger 74.8 19 3 Alona Bondarenko 71.4 43 4 Victoria Azarenka 71.3 59 5 Zheng Jie 70.3 41 6 Carla Suárez Navarro 70.2 35 7 Peng Shuai 69.4 27 8 Alexandra Dulgheru 69.3 57 9 Sybille Bammer 69.1 34 10 Caroline Wozniacki 68.6 74

First service points won Player  % Matches 1 Serena Williams 75.3 29 2 Venus Williams 72.8 45 3 Karolina Šprem 72.7 20 4 Maria Sharapova 71.6 44 5 Justine Henin 70.8 39 6 Nadia Petrova 70.5 51 7 Jarmila Groth 70.1 31 8 Samantha Stosur 69.4 58 9 Ana Ivanovic 69.3 48 10 María José Martínez Sánchez 68.8 39

Second serve points won Player  % Matches 1 Samantha Stosur 51.7 58 2 Kim Clijsters 50.4 41 3 Justine Henin 50.4 39 4 Roberta Vinci 50.1 48 5 Flavia Pennetta 49.9 67 6 Agnieszka Radwańska 49.7 50 7 Tamarine Tanasugarn 49.6 23 8 Alexandra Dulgheru 49.6 57 9 Peng Shuai 49.3 27 10 Maria Kirilenko 49.3 60

Points won returning 1st service Player  % Matches 1 Elena Dementieva 42.4 54 2 Anabel Medina Garrigues 42.4 42 3 Agnieszka Radwańska 42.3 50 4 Carla Suárez Navarro 42.3 35 5 Victoria Azarenka 42.2 59 6 Ágnes Szávay 42.0 49 7 Caroline Wozniacki 41.7 74 8 Vera Zvonareva 41.4 63 9 Flavia Pennetta 41.2 67 10 Kim Clijsters 41.2 41

Break points converted Player  % Matches 1 Melanie Oudin 58.8 39 2 Virginie Razzano 54.4 29 3 Victoria Azarenka 52.5 59 4 Tamarine Tanasugarn 52.3 23 5 Ágnes Szávay 52.0 49 6 Alona Bondarenko 51.3 43 7 Jarmila Groth 51.3 32 8 Elena Dementieva 51.2 54 9 Kim Clijsters 51.0 41 10 Kimiko Date-Krumm 50.8 34

Return games won Player  % Matches 1 Elena Dementieva 49.4 54 2 Kim Clijsters 48.9 41 3 Victoria Azarenka 48.7 59 4 Caroline Wozniacki 46.1 74 5 Agnieszka Radwańska 44.8 50 6 Jelena Janković 44.7 54 7 Carla Suárez Navarro 44.5 35 8 Flavia Pennetta 44.2 67 9 Sara Errani 44.0 65 10 Maria Sharapova 43.8 44

Point distribution

Description	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	QLFR	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	100	5	60	50	40	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	5	–	48	–	–	-
WTA Tour Championships (S)	+450	+360	(230 for each round robin match won 70 for each round robin match lost)							–	–	-
WTA Tour Championships (D)	1500	1050	690	–	–	-	-	–	–	–	-	-
Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	50	5	30	–	20	1
Premier Mandatory (64S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	5	–	30	–	20	1
Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	700	450	250	140	5	–	–	–	–	–	-
Premier 5 (56S)	900	620	395	225	125	70	1	–	30	–	20	1
Premier 5 (28D)	900	620	395	225	125	1	–	–	–	–	–	-
Premier (56S)	470	320	200	120	60	40	1	–	12	–	8	1
Premier (32S)	470	320	200	120	60	1	–	–	20	12	8	1
Premier (16D)	470	320	200	120	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	-
Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions	375	255	180(3rd) 165(4th)	75	-	–	–	-	-	–	–	-
International (56S)	280	200	130	70	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
International (32S)	280	200	130	70	30	1	–	–	16	10	6	1
International (16D)	280	200	130	70	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	-

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2010 season:

• Elena Dementieva ^[28]
• Lindsay Davenport
• Janette Husárová ^[29]
• Katarina Srebotnik ^[30] (still to compete in doubles)
• Alina Jidkova ^[31]
• Jelena Kostanić Tošić ^[32]
• Marta Marrero ^[33]
• Camille Pin ^[34]
• Virginia Ruano Pascual ^[35]
• Mara Santangelo ^[36] (still to compete in doubles)
• Nicole Vaidišová ^[37]
• Rossana de los Ríos
• Iroda Tulyaganova
• Tatiana Perebiynis
• Laura Granville
• Anikó Kapros
• Sun Tiantian
• Meilen Tu
• Shenay Perry

See also

• 2010 ATP World Tour
• 2010 ATP Challenger Tour
• 2010 ITF Women's Circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation

Notes

1. Name and ranking in bold means the player entered the top 10 or became world No. 1 for the first time, and only the ranking in bold means the player had entered the top 10 previously but reached a new career-high ranking.

References

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External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website