2010 Valencia Open 500
Encyclopedia
The 2010 Valencia Open 500 was a tennis
tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana
, and was part of the 500 Series
of the 2010 ATP World Tour
. It was held at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
in Valencia, Spain
, from October 31 through November 6, 2010.
Roberto Bautista-Agut
Javier Martí
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Pablo Cuevas
Teymuraz Gabashvili Benoît Paire
Michael Russell
The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser
: Marcel Granollers
Albert Ramos-Viñolas
David Ferrer
def. Marcel Granollers
, 7–5, 6–3
Andy Murray / Jamie Murray
def.
Mahesh Bhupathi
/
Max Mirnyi
, 7–6(8), 5–7, [10–7]
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana
Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana
The Valencia Open 500, formerly known as Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, is a professional tennis tournament played in Valencia, Spain. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. The tournament was first played in Valencia in 1995 before moving to Marbella, Spain for...
, and was part of the 500 Series
ATP World Tour 500 series
The ATP World Tour 500 series is the third highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the ATP World Tour Masters 1000.The series includes 11 tournaments, with a number of 500 rankings points to win for the events' singles...
of the 2010 ATP World Tour
2010 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
. It was held at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
The City of Arts and Sciences is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia....
in Valencia, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, from October 31 through November 6, 2010.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom |
Andy Murray | 4 | 1 |
 Sweden |
Robin Söderling Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010... |
5 | 2 |
| Spain |
Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight... |
7 | 3 |
| Spain |
David Ferrer David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000... |
8 | 4 |
 Russia |
Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years.... |
10 | 5 |
| Russia |
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP... |
11 | 6 |
 France |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 13 | 7 |
| France |
Gaël Monfils Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the... |
15 | 8 |
- Seeds are based on the rankings of October 25, 2010 and subject to change
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Pablo AndújarPablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
Roberto Bautista-Agut
Roberto Bautista-Agut
Roberto Bautista Agut is a Spanish professional tennis player. Roberto Bautista-Agut defeat Steve Darcis and Robert Kendrick in qualy of ATP 500, Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, but lost against Albert Montañés in R32.-Singles Finals:-Wins :-Runner-up :-External links:*...
Javier Martí
Javier Martí
Javier Martí Hernanz is a professional tennis player from Spain. Javier qualified for the 2011 French Open by defeating Andrej Martin, Jaroslav Pospíšil, and Ryan Harrison.His career high rank is #182, achieved on October 31, 2011....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna....
Teymuraz Gabashvili Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire is a French tennis player. He reached a career high-ranking of 94 . He reached the 1st round of a Grand Slam event for the first time at Roland Garros in 2010...
Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser is a 2006 Thai sports-comedy about a small, fictional Southeast Asian country's bid to play in the World Cup...
: Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...
Albert Ramos-Viñolas
Albert Ramos-Viñolas
Albert Ramos Viñolas is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 87 ....
Singles
David FerrerDavid Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
def.
Marcel GranollersMarcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...
, 7–5, 6–3
- It was Ferrer's 2nd title of the year and 9th of his career. It was his 2nd win at the event, also winning in 2008.
Doubles
Andy Murray / Jamie MurrayJamie Murray
Jamie Robert Murray is a British tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac,...
def.
Mahesh BhupathiMahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
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Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
, 7–6(8), 5–7, [10–7]