Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2010

ATP World Tour
Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2010
date	October 4, 2010 - October 10, 2010
Edition	38
navigation	2009 ◄ 2010 ► 2011
venue	Tokyo Japan Japan
Tournament number	329
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 1,100,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 1,226,500
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Last year's winner (double)	Austria Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer Austria

Winner (singles)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Winner (doubles)	United States Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands Antilles

Tournament director	Nao Kawatei
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Colombia Alejandro Falla (66)

As of February 16, 2016

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2010 were a tennis tournament that took place in Tokyo from October 4th to 10th, 2010 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2010 and was played outdoors on hard courts. The same week the China Open was played in Beijing , which, like the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

The defending champion in the individual competition was the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , but he was eliminated in the first round against the later finalist Gaël Monfils . In the final, world number one Rafael Nadal beat Monfils 6-1, 7-5. This won Nadal his seventh title of the year and his 43rd career title. The top seeded Austrians Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer could not defend the title in doubles either. They clearly failed in the quarter-finals against the Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares with 2: 6, 2: 6. The double title went to Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer . It was their second joint finals and their first joint title.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize money was $ 1,100,000; total financial liabilities were $ 1,226,500.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 2nd to 3rd, 2010. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Canada Milos Raonic
United States Rajeev Ram
Croatia Ivan Dodig
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition are to be understood per player.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 261,500
final	300	$ 121,600
Semifinals	180	$ 57,800
Quarter finals	90	$ 27,300
Round of 16	45	$ 13,980
First round	0	$ 7,545

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	20th
Qualifying finals	10	$ 900
First round	0	$ 450

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 76,950
final	300	$ 35,750
Semifinals	180	$ 17,000
Quarter finals	90	$ 8,030
First round	0	$ 4,100

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Rafael Nadal	victory
02.	United States Andy Roddick	Quarter finals
03.	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1 round
04th	Austria Jürgen Melzer	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
05.	France Gaël Monfils	final
06th	Spain Feliciano López	Round of 16
07th	Latvia Ernests Gulbis	1 round
08th.	France Michaël Llodra	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

OLD

S. Giraldo

4th

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

OLD

F. Serra

4th

6th

4th

Q

M. Raonic

4th

Q

Canada M. Raonic

6th

3

6th

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

France R. Gasquet

6th

7th

PR

D. Tursunov

4th

1

T. de Bakker

3

6 ⁶

R. Gasquet

6 ²

6th

4th

PR

Russia D. Tursunov

6th

PR

Russia D. Tursunov

7th

1

6th

7th

E. Gulbis

3

4th

1

Spain R. Nadal

7th

4th

7th

4th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

4th

6th

V. Troicki

6 ⁴

6th

6 ⁷

J. Mónaco

4th

6th

1

4th

J. Melzer

6 ⁷

6th

6 ³

WC

K. Nishikori

4th

2

Serbia V. Troicki

7th

3

7th

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

3

6th

Spain G. García-López

6 ³

6th

7th

G. García-López

2

6th

4th

Q

R. Ram

7th

4th

6 ¹

Spain G. García-López

7th

6th

JM del Potro

3

0

6th

F. López

6 ⁵

4th

6th

Spain F. López

6th

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

7th

8th

M. Llodra

3

0

5

G. Monfils

1

5

OLD

Switzerland M. Chiudinelli

6th

OLD

M. Chiudinelli

7th

6 ⁷

1r

OLD

A. Falla

6th

6 ⁵

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

5

7th

4th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

2

7th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

w.

O.

E. Schwank

4th

J. Nieminen

OLD

Spain D. Gimeno Traver

6th

OLD

D. Gimeno Traver

3

6 ⁸

Finland J. Nieminen

6th

5

6th

Finland J. Nieminen

6th

7th

3

J.-W. Tsonga

4th

7th

1

R. Štěpánek

3

5

France G. Monfils

7th

6th

5

France G. Monfils

6th

WC

G. Soeda

6 ¹⁰

4th

5

France G. Monfils

6th

Q

I. Dodig

6th

4th

2

A. Seppi

4th

Italy A. Seppi

3

6th

5

France G. Monfils

7th

4th

7th

Q

É. Roger Vasselin

3

6 ²

2

A. Roddick

6 ⁵

6th

6 ⁶

OLD

France J. Chardy

6th

7th

OLD

J. Chardy

4th

6 ⁴

WC

T. Itō

4th

3

2

United States A. Roddick

6th

7th

2

United States A. Roddick

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Austria Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer Austria	Quarter finals
02.	South Africa Wesley Moodie Dick Norman Belgium	1 round
03.	Sweden Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau Romania	Quarter finals
04th	Czech Republic František Čermák Michal Mertiňák Slovakia	Semifinals