Women's singles Champion Francesca Schiavone Runner-up Samantha Stosur Final score 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2010 tennis event results
Main article: 2010 French Open
Francesca Schiavone won her first and only Grand Slam singles title, defeating first-time Grand Slam finalist Samantha Stosur , 6–4, 7–6(7–2) , to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2010 French Open , in a repeat of their last year's first round match. Schiavone thus became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament, and the first woman in the Open Era to win the French Open while seeded outside the top 10. The final was the first since the 2004 tournament where both players were appearing in their first Grand Slam singles final. Schiavone remains the last woman with a one-handed backhand to win a grand slam tournament on the woman's tour. In virtue of her victory, Schiavone also made the top 10 for the first time, debuting at No. 6.[1] [2]
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko .
This was the last French Open appearance of four-time champion Justine Henin following her comeback. Prior to her defeat to Stosur in the fourth round, Henin had a streak of 24 match wins in the tournament (and had won 40 consecutive sets at Roland Garros before losing the second set of her third round match against Maria Sharapova ).[3] Simona Halep . She was defeated by Stosur in the first round.
This was the first Grand Slam tournament since the 1979 Australian Open where none of the semifinalists had previously won a Grand Slam title.[4]
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Serena Williams (Quarterfinals) 0 2 . Venus Williams (Fourth round) 0 3 . Caroline Wozniacki (Quarterfinals) 0 4 . Jelena Janković (Semifinals) 0 5 . Elena Dementieva (Semifinals, retired because of left gastrocnemius muscle strain) 0 6 . Svetlana Kuznetsova (Third round) 0 7 . Samantha Stosur (Final) 0 8 . Agnieszka Radwańska (Second round) 0 9 . Dinara Safina (First round) 10 . Victoria Azarenka (First round) 11 . Li Na (Third round) 12 . Maria Sharapova (Third round) 13 . Marion Bartoli (Third round) 14 . Flavia Pennetta (Fourth round) 15 . Aravane Rezaï (Third round) 16 . Yanina Wickmayer (Third round) 17 . Francesca Schiavone (Champion)18 . Shahar Pe'er (Fourth round) 19 . Nadia Petrova (Quarterfinals) 20 . María José Martínez Sánchez (First round) 21 . Vera Zvonareva (Second round) 22 . Justine Henin (Fourth round) 23 . Daniela Hantuchová (Fourth round) 24 . Lucie Šafářová (Second round) 25 . Zheng Jie (Second round) 26 . Dominika Cibulková (Third round) 27 . Alona Bondarenko (Third round) 28 . Alisa Kleybanova (Third round) 29 . Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Third round) 30 . Maria Kirilenko (Fourth round) 31 . Alexandra Dulgheru (Third round) 32 . Kateryna Bondarenko (Second round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ] Draw [ ] Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Serena Williams
2
77
6
7
Samantha Stosur 6
62
8
7
Samantha Stosur 6
6
4
Jelena Janković
1
2
4
Jelena Janković 7
6
Yaroslava Shvedova
5
4
7
Samantha Stosur
4
62
17
Francesca Schiavone 6
77
17
Francesca Schiavone 6
6
3
Caroline Wozniacki
2
3
17
Francesca Schiavone 77
0
5
Elena Dementieva
63
0r
5
Elena Dementieva 2
6
6
19
Nadia Petrova
6
2
0
Top half [ ] Section 1 [ ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
S Williams 77
6
S Vögele
62
2
1
S Williams 6
6
M Czink
2
3
J Görges
1
1
J Görges 6
6
1
S Williams 6
1
6
K O'Brien
0
6
2
29
A Pavlyuchenkova 1
6
2
J Craybas 6
4
6
J Craybas
4
1
A Cornet
4
2
29
A Pavlyuchenkova 6
6
29
A Pavlyuchenkova 6
6
1
S Williams 6
6
18
S Pe'er 6
6
18
S Pe'er
2
2
Q
N Llagostera Vives
1
4
18
S Pe'er 3
6
6
V King
2
2
LL
B Mattek-Sands
6
0
1
LL
B Mattek-Sands 6
6
18
S Pe'er 79
6
S Perry
64
0
13
M Bartoli
67
2
WC
O Sanchez 77
6
WC
O Sanchez
5
2
ME Camerin
2
3
13
M Bartoli 7
6
13
M Bartoli 6
6
Section 2 [ ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
12
M Sharapova 6
6
Q
K Pervak
3
2
12
M Sharapova 6
6
A Morita
1
4
K Flipkens
3
3
K Flipkens 6
6
12
M Sharapova
2
6
3
K Zakopalová 77
4
6
22
J Henin 6
3
6
PR
K Srebotnik
63
6
2
K Zakopalová
3
3
T Pironkova
4
3
22
J Henin 6
6
22
J Henin 6
6
22
J Henin
6
1
4
25
J Zheng 7
6
7
S Stosur 2
6
6
E Bychkova
5
4
25
J Zheng
4
3
Q
A Pivovarova 6
6
Q
A Pivovarova 6
6
R Olaru
4
3
Q
A Pivovarova
3
2
B Záhlavová-Strýcová 62
3
7
S Stosur 6
6
R de los Ríos 77
6
R de los Ríos
6
1
0
Q
S Halep
5
1
7
S Stosur 4
6
6
7
S Stosur 7
6
Section 3 [ ] Section 4 [ ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
9
D Safina
6
4
5
K Date-Krumm 3
6
7
K Date-Krumm
0
3
WC
J Groth 6
6
WC
J Groth 6
6
Y-j Chan
2
3
WC
J Groth 6
5
6
A Rodionova 6
6
A Rodionova
3
7
2
E Makarova
3
2
A Rodionova 6
6
A Brianti
3
1
21
V Zvonareva
4
4
21
V Zvonareva 6
6
WC
J Groth
4
3
28
A Kleybanova 6
6
Y Shvedova 6
6
M Koryttseva
2
1
28
A Kleybanova 6
6
K-c Chang
3
3
A Ivanovic
3
0
A Ivanovic 6
6
28
A Kleybanova
2
6
0
S Errani
1
5
Y Shvedova 6
4
6
Y Shvedova 6
7
Y Shvedova 7
6
E Baltacha
0
5
8
A Radwańska
5
3
8
A Radwańska 6
7
Bottom half [ ] Section 5 [ ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
S Kuznetsova 6
6
S Cîrstea
3
1
6
S Kuznetsova 4
7
6
E Vesnina
6
1
4
A Petkovic
6
5
4
A Petkovic 4
6
6
6
S Kuznetsova
3
6
4
Y Meusburger 77
6
30
M Kirilenko 6
2
6
WC
C Feuerstein
64
3
Y Meusburger
3
3
K Šprem
65
4
30
M Kirilenko 6
6
30
M Kirilenko 77
6
30
M Kirilenko
4
4
17
F Schiavone 5
6
6
17
F Schiavone 6
6
R Kulikova
7
3
4
17
F Schiavone 6
6
P Kvitová
6
2
2
Q
S Ferguson
2
2
Q
S Ferguson 1
6
6
17
F Schiavone 6
6
S Dubois
77
1
3
11
N Li
4
2
WC
S Cohen-Aloro 63
6
6
WC
S Cohen-Aloro
2
2
WC
K Mladenovic
5
3
11
N Li 6
6
11
N Li 7
6
Section 6 [ ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
14
F Pennetta 6
6
A Keothavong
2
2
14
F Pennetta 6
6
R Vinci 7
6
R Vinci
1
1
V Razzano
5
2
14
F Pennetta 6
6
Q
M Doi
3
0
P Hercog
3
0
P Hercog 6
6
P Hercog 6
6
J Dokić
2
2
24
L Šafářová
1
2
24
L Šafářová 6
6
14
F Pennetta
65
77
2
31
A Dulgheru 77
4
6
3
C Wozniacki 77
64
6
L Hradecká
61
6
3
31
A Dulgheru 6
6
T Bacsinszky 6
6
T Bacsinszky
4
2
T Malek
2
3
31
A Dulgheru
3
4
K Barrois
6
67
3
3
C Wozniacki 6
6
T Garbin 1
79
6
T Garbin
3
1
A Kudryavtseva
0
3
3
C Wozniacki 6
6
3
C Wozniacki 6
6
Section 7 [ ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
5
E Dementieva 6
6
P Martić
1
1
5
E Dementieva 6
77
M Oudin
5
2
A Medina Garrigues 2
63
A Medina Garrigues 7
6
5
E Dementieva 62
6
6
A Wozniak 6
6
A Wozniak
77
3
4
I Benešová
3
3
A Wozniak 6
6
J Coin
1
2
32
K Bondarenko
4
1
32
K Bondarenko 6
6
5
E Dementieva 6
6
20
MJ Martínez Sánchez
2
4
Q
C Scheepers
1
3
A Amanmuradova 6
6
A Amanmuradova 77
6
J Larsson 6
6
J Larsson
62
2
A Sevastova
2
2
A Amanmuradova 3
3
WC
M Johansson
2
4
Q
C Scheepers 6
6
Q
C Scheepers 6
6
Q
C Scheepers 3
6
6
G Dulko 6
6
G Dulko
6
3
4
10
V Azarenka
1
2
Section 8 [ ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
15
A Rezaï 6
6
Q
H El Tabakh
1
1
15
A Rezaï 6
2
6
A Chakvetadze
7
62
4
A Kerber
2
6
3
A Kerber 5
77
6
15
A Rezaï
77
4
8
Á Szávay 6
6
19
N Petrova 62
6
10
WC
S Foretz
2
2
Á Szávay
1
2
Q
S Zhang
0
3
19
N Petrova 6
6
19
N Petrova 6
6
19
N Petrova 6
6
26
D Cibulková 6
6
2
V Williams
4
3
Q
E Ivanova
2
0
26
D Cibulková 4
6
6
WC
C McHale
5
3
V Lepchenko
6
2
0
V Lepchenko 7
6
26
D Cibulková
3
4
A Parra Santonja 6
6
2
V Williams 6
6
Q
K Nara
2
2
A Parra Santonja 2
4
P Schnyder
3
3
2
V Williams 6
6
2
V Williams 6
6
Championship match statistics [ ]
Category
1st serve %
46/71 (65%)
42/65 (65%)
1st serve points won
35 of 46 = 76%
30 of 42 = 71%
2nd serve points won
15 of 25 = 60%
13 of 23 = 57%
Total service points won
50 of 71 = 70.42%
43 of 65 = 66.15%
Aces
6
3
Double faults
1
1
Winners
26
25
Unforced errors
19
28
Net points won
12 of 12 = 100%
8 of 17 = 47%
Break points converted
2 of 7 = 29%
1 of 2 = 50%
Return points won
22 of 65 = 34%
21 of 71 = 30%
Total points won
72
64
Source
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Underline denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships
Francesca Schiavone
Samantha Stosur
Serena Williams (Quarterfinals)
Caroline Wozniacki (Quarterfinals)
Jelena Janković (Semifinals)
Elena Dementieva (Semifinals, retired because of left gastrocnemius muscle strain)
Samantha Stosur (Final)
Agnieszka Radwańska (Second round)
Victoria Azarenka (First round)
Li Na (Third round)
Marion Bartoli (Third round)
Flavia Pennetta (Fourth round)
Yanina Wickmayer (Third round)
Shahar Pe'er (Fourth round)
María José Martínez Sánchez (First round)
Daniela Hantuchová (Fourth round)
Lucie Šafářová (Second round)
Alona Bondarenko (Third round)
Alexandra Dulgheru (Third round)
Serena Williams
Jelena Janković
Yaroslava Shvedova
Caroline Wozniacki
Elena Dementieva
S Vögele
M Czink
J Görges
K O'Brien
A Cornet
S Pe'er
N Llagostera Vives
A Morita
K Flipkens
K Zakopalová
K Srebotnik
T Pironkova
J Zheng
R Olaru
R de los Ríos
K Kanepi
S Arvidsson
A Bondarenko
M Rybáriková
T Tanasugarn
O Govortsova
M Duque Mariño
S Bammer
Y-j Chan
A Radwańska
K Šprem
S Dubois
C Scheepers
A Amanmuradova
A Sevastova
G Dulko