Australian Open 2010

◄ Australian Open 2010 ►
Date:	January 18 - 31, 2010
Edition:	98th  Australian Open
Place:	Melbourne
Covering:	Hard court
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles :	Serena Williams
Men's double :	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Ladies doubles :	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Mixed :	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi
winner
Men's singles :	Roger Federer
Ladies singles :	Serena Williams
Men's double :	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Ladies doubles :	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Mixed :	Cara Black Leander Paes
Grand Slams 2010
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Game scene of the charity event for the benefit of the Haiti earthquake victims in the run-up to the tournament. Player of the upper half: in yellow Serena Williams , in turquoise the initiator Roger Federer and in orange Samantha Stosur . Players in the front half: left in white Novak Đoković , right in white Kim Clijsters and in blue Rafael Nadal .

The 98th Australian Open took place in Melbourne from January 18 to 31, 2010 .

Defending champions in the singles were Rafael Nadal in the men and Serena Williams in the women. In the men's double , these were the twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan , in the women's double, the sisters Serena and Venus Williams . The defending champions in mixed were Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza .

Prize money

The prize money rose to the record sum of 14.5 million euros. The winners in the individual competitions for women and men received around 1.26 million euros.

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Roger Federer victory 02.  Rafael Nadal Quarter finals 03.  Novak Đoković Quarter finals 04th  Juan Martín del Potro Round of 16 05.  Andy Murray final 06th  Nikolai Davydenko Quarter finals 07th  Andy Roddick Quarter finals 08th.  Robin Soderling 1 round 09.  Fernando Verdasco Round of 16 10.  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Semifinals 11.  Fernando González Round of 16 12.  Gaël Monfils 3rd round 13.  Radek Štěpánek 1 round 14th  Marin Čilić Semifinals 15th  Gilles Simon retreat 16.  Tommy Robredo 1 round 17th  David Ferrer 2nd round

No. player Round reached 18th  Tommy Haas 3rd round 19th  Stanislas Wawrinka 3rd round 20th  Mikhail Juschny 3rd round 21st  Tomáš Berdych 2nd round 22nd  Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16 23.  Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 round 24.  Ivan Ljubičić 3rd round 25th  Sam Querrey 1 round 26th  Nicolás Almagro Round of 16 27.  Philipp Kohlschreiber 3rd round 28.  Jürgen Melzer 1 round 29  Viktor Troicki 2nd round 30th  Juan Mónaco 3rd round 31.  Albert Montañés 3rd round 32.  Jérémy Chardy 1 round 33.  John Isner Round of 16

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Serena Williams victory 02.  Dinara Safina Round of 16 03.  Svetlana Kuznetsova Round of 16 04th  Caroline Wozniacki Round of 16 05.  Jelena Dementjewa 2nd round 06th  Venus Williams Quarter finals 07th  Viktoriya Azaranka Quarter finals 08th.  Jelena Janković 3rd round 09.  Vera Swonaryova Round of 16 10.  Agnieszka Radwańska 3rd round 11.  Marion Bartoli 3rd round 12.  Flavia Pennetta 2nd round 13.  Samantha Stosur Round of 16 14th  Maria Sharapova 1 round 15th  Kim Clijsters 3rd round 16.  Li Na Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 17th  Francesca Schiavone Round of 16 18th  Virginie Razzano 1 round 19th  Nadia Petrova Quarter finals 20th  Ana Ivanović 2nd round 21st  Sabine Lisicki 2nd round 22nd  Daniela Hantuchová 3rd round 23.  Dominika Cibulková 1 round 24.  María José Martínez Sánchez 2nd round 25th  Anabel Medina Garrigues 1 round 26th  Aravane Rezaï 2nd round 27.  Alissa Kleibanova 3rd round 28.  Jelena Wesnina 1 round 29  Shahar Peer 3rd round 30th  Kateryna Bondarenko 2nd round 31.  Alyona Bondarenko Round of 16 32.  Carla Suarez Navarro 3rd round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   victory 02.  Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić   final 03.  Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes   Quarter finals 04th  Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny   1 round 05.  Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach   Round of 16 06th  František Čermák Michal Mertiňák   1 round 07th  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski   2nd round 08th.  Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo   2nd round 09.  Christopher Kas Dick Norman   1 round

No. pairing Round reached 10.  Julian Knowle Robert Lindstedt   1 round 11.  Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley   Round of 16 12.  Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares   1 round 13.  Michaël Llodra Andy Ram   1 round 14th  Martin dam Filip Polášek   2nd round 15th  Jaroslav Levinský Travis Parrott   1 round 16.  James Blake Mardy Fish   retreat 17th  Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner   Round of 16

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Cara Black Liezel Huber   final 02.  Serena Williams Venus Williams   victory 03.  Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez   Round of 16 04th  Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai   Round of 16 05.  Nadja Petrowa Samantha Stosur   1 round 06th  Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs   Semifinals 07th  Alissa Kleibanova Francesca Schiavone   Quarter finals 08th.  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Jelena Wesnina Zheng Jie   Round of 16 10.  Sania Mirza Virginia Ruano Pascual   Round of 16 11.  Alla Kudryavzewa Ekaterina Makarova   2nd round 12.  Chuang Chia-jung Květa Peschke   2nd round 13.  Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta   Quarter finals 14th  Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King   2nd round 15th  Marija Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska   Semifinals 16.  Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová   2nd round

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Cara Black Leander Paes   victory 02.  Daniela Hantuchová Daniel Nestor   Round of 16 03.  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bob Bryan   Round of 16 04th  Nuria Llagostera Vives Michal Mertiňák   1 round

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Marija Kirilenko Nenad Zimonjić   1 round 06th  Alissa Kleibanova Max Mirny   Round of 16 07th  Lisa Raymond Wesley Moodie   Semifinals 08th.  Jelena Wesnina Andy Ram   Quarter finals

Web links

• Official website
• Archive of the ATP World Tour (Men) Grand Slams 2010 (English)
• Archive of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (Women) Tournaments 2010 (English)
• ITF Archives (Men & Mixed )
• ITF Archives (Women )