2010 WTA Tour
Details | |
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Duration | January 4 – November 7 |
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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The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour 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[]
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][deprecated source] 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]
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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 |
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Jan 4 | Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup A$1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR) |
Spain 2–1 |
Great Britain | Round Robin losers (Group A) RomaniaUnited States Australia |
Round Robin losers (Group B) KazakhstanRussia Germany |
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 $600,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 $9,264,098 – Hard 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 |
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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 4–1Czech Republic 3–2 Russia 3–2 United States 4–1 |
First Round losers UkraineGermany Serbia France |
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Feb 8 | Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier $700,000 – Hard (i) – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 $2,000,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Hard (i) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Hard (i) – 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 |
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Mar 1 | Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 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 $4,500,000 – Hard – 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 $4,500,000 – Hard – 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 |
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Apr 5 | MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach, United States WTA International $220,000 – Clay (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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $700,000 – Clay (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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 5–0United States 3–2 |
Semifinals losers Czech RepublicRussia |
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Apr 26 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $700,000 – Clay (Red) (i) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 |
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May 3 | Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $2,000,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $4,500,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $600,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $9,938,926 – Clay (Red) – 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 |
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Jun 7 | Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International $220,000 – Grass – 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 $600,000 – Grass – 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 $220,000 – Grass – 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 $9,781,631 – Grass 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 |
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Jul 5 | GDF Suez Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 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 $700,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 |
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Aug 2 | Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, United States WTA Premier $700,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Hard (i) – 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 $2,000,000 – Hard – 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 $2,000,000 – Hard – 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 $600,000 – Hard – 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 $10,258,000 – Hard 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 |
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Sep 13 | Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Carpet (i) – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 $2,000,000 – Hard – 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 |
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Oct 4 | China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $4,500,000 – Hard – 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 $220,000 – Hard (i) – 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 $220,000 – Hard – 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 $1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 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 $220,000 – Hard (i) – 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 $4,550,000 – Hard – 8S (RR)/4D Singles – Doubles |
Kim Clijsters 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
Caroline Wozniacki | Samantha Stosur Vera Zvonareva |
Round Robin losers Francesca SchiavoneElena 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 |
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Nov 1 | Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali, Indonesia Year-end championships $600,000 – Hard – 8S Singles |
Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
Alisa Kleybanova | Third Place match winner Kimiko Date-Krumm7–5, 7–5 |
Li Na Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yanina Wickmayer Aravane Rezaï |
Third Place match loser Daniela Hantuchová
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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 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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)
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.
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Number 1 Ranking[]
Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
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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.
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Number 1 Ranking[]
Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
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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 |
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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]
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Point Distribution[]
Description | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | QLFR | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
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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) |
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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
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External links[]
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website
- 2010 WTA Tour
- 2010 in tennis
- WTA Tour seasons