2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

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2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date4–10 October [1]
Edition37th
CategoryATP World Tour 500
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationTokyo, Japan
VenueAriake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Doubles
United States Eric Butorac / Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
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The 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.[2] It was the 37th edition of the event known that year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 4 through October 11, 2010.[1] First-seeded Rafael Nadal won the singles title.

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Rafael Nadal 1 1
 USA Andy Roddick 10 2
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 12 3
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 13 4
 FRA Gaël Monfils 15 5
 ESP Feliciano López 23 6
 LAT Ernests Gulbis 25 7
 FRA Michaël Llodra 28 8
  • Rankings are based on the rankings of September 27, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Spain Rafael Nadal defeated France Gaël Monfils, 6–1, 7–5

  • It was Nadal's 7th title of the year and 43rd of his career.

Doubles

United States Eric Butorac / Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Italy Andreas Seppi / Russia Dmitry Tursunov, 6–3, 6–2.

References

  1. ^ a b "Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships". Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  2. ^ "Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship 2010". Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2010-09-15.