2010 Australian Open

The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.

In the singles competition, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were the defending champions. Williams was able to retain her title with a win over Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, while Nadal retired in his quarterfinals match against Andy Murray owing to a quadriceps injury. Roger Federer was the men's champion, defeating finalist Andy Murray in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11).

In doubles, the 2009 champion pairs were successful in their respective title defenses – Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles and Serena and Venus Williams in women's doubles. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were not able to defend their mixed doubles title because they withdrew from the event beforehand. In mixed doubles, Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title, which made a mixed doubles career grand slam for Black.

Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Singles players

 * Men's singles


 * Women's singles

Men's singles
Roger Federer defeated 🇬🇧 Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
 * This was Federer's first title of the year and his 62nd overall. It was his 16th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title tying Andre Agassi for most Australian Open titles in the Open Era (Novak Djokovic later surpassed this record by winning his 5th title in 2015, while Federer won the title for the 5th time in 2017). This was Federer's 5th final at the Australian Open which tied him with Stefan Edberg for the Open Era record.

Women's singles
🇺🇸 Serena Williams defeated 🇧🇪 Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2


 * This was Williams's first title of the year, a record 5th Australian Open title in the Open Era. The title was Williams' 12th major title, which tied her for 6th all-time with Billie Jean King and Suzanne Lenglen, and in the Open Era solo 4th having surpassed Court's 11 mark, which Williams' is behind Graf (22), Evert and Navratilova with (18) each.

Men's doubles
🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan defeated 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor / 🇷🇸 Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3


 * This was the Bryan brothers' 57th doubles title together, 4th Australian Open title, and 8th major title.

Women's doubles
🇺🇸 Serena Williams / 🇺🇸 Venus Williams defeated Cara Black / 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–3


 * This is the Williams Sisters' 11th Grand Slam doubles title together and 4th Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles
Cara Black / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes defeated 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇨🇿 Jaroslav Levinský, 7–5, 6–3

This was the pair's 3rd consecutive grand slam final and the 4th overall. The victory makes Paes India's joint-lead grand slam winner alongside his ex- doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi with a total of 11 grand slam doubles titles. This title gave Black a career mixed doubles grand slam, which Black has won one of each slam in mixed doubles.

Boys' singles
🇧🇷 Tiago Fernandes defeated 🇦🇺 Sean Berman, 7-6 (7-5), 6–3

Girls' singles
🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková defeated 🇬🇧 Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6(5)

Boys' doubles
Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu defeated 🇩🇪 Kevin Krawietz / 🇩🇪 Dominik Schulz, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles
🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová / 🇸🇰 Chantal Škamlová defeated 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇨🇦 Gabriela Dabrowski, 7–6(1), 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles
🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda defeated 🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(3), 2–6, 7–5

Wheelchair women's singles
Korie Homan defeated 🇫🇷 Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles
🇬🇧 Peter Norfolk defeated 🇺🇸 David Wagner, 6–2, 7–6(4)

Wheelchair men's doubles
🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet / 🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers /  Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles
🇫🇷 Florence Gravellier / Aniek Van Koot defeated 🇬🇧 Lucy Shuker / 🇦🇺 Daniela Di Toro, 6–3, 7–6(2)

Wheelchair quad doubles
🇺🇸 Nicholas Taylor / 🇺🇸 David Wagner defeated 🇬🇧 Peter Norfolk / 🇸🇪 Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6(5)

Men's singles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇦🇺 Carsten Ball
 * 2) 🇰🇿 Andrey Golubev
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Sébastien Grosjean
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Jason Kubler
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Nick Lindahl
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Marinko Matosevic
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic

Women's singles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Casey Dellacqua
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Jarmila Groth
 * 4) 🇧🇪 Justine Henin
 * 5) 🇰🇿 Sesil Karatancheva
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Olivia Rogowska
 * 8) 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe

Men's doubles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇦🇺 Marinko Matosevic / 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic
 * 2) 🇮🇳 Prakash Amritraj / 🇮🇳 Somdev Devvarman
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Kaden Hensel / 🇦🇺 Greg Jones
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden / 🇦🇺 Brydan Klein
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Rameez Junaid / 🇦🇺 Peter Luczak
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Nick Lindahl / 🇦🇺 Matt Reid
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Samuel Groth / 🇦🇺 Jason Kubler

Women's doubles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇦🇺 Shannon Golds / 🇦🇺 Marija Mirkovic
 * 2)  Yayuk Basuki / 🇯🇵 Kimiko Date-Krumm
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Sally Peers / 🇬🇧 Laura Robson
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Jarmila Groth / 🇦🇺 Olivia Rogowska
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Monique Adamczak / 🇦🇺 Nicole Kriz
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik / 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Sophie Ferguson / 🇦🇺 Jessica Moore

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇦🇺 Sophie Ferguson / 🇦🇺 Carsten Ball
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Carly Gullickson / 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Sally Peers / 🇦🇺 Peter Luczak
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik / 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova / 🇦🇺 Paul Hanley
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Jarmila Groth / 🇦🇺 Samuel Groth
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Casey Dellacqua / 🇦🇺 Jordan Kerr

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


 * Men's singles
 * Robin Haase
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá
 * 🇧🇪 Kristof Vliegen


 * Women's singles
 * 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic
 * 🇦🇹 Tamira Paszek

Men's qualifiers entries

 * 1) 🇧🇪 Xavier Malisse
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden
 * 3)  Grega Žemlja
 * 4)  Antonio Veić
 * 5) 🇮🇪 Louk Sorensen
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Guillaume Rufin
 * 7) 🇧🇷 Ricardo Hocevar
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Donald Young
 * 9) 🇺🇦 Illya Marchenko
 * 10) 🇺🇦 Ivan Sergeyev
 * 11)  Kevin Anderson
 * 12)  Blaž Kavčič
 * 13)  Ivan Dodig
 * 14) 🇫🇷 David Guez
 * 15) 🇦🇹 Stefan Koubek
 * 16) 🇩🇪 Dieter Kindlmann

The following players received lucky loser spots in the men's draw:
 * 1) 🇹🇷 Marsel İlhan

Women's qualifiers entries

 * 1) 🇧🇪 Yanina Wickmayer
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Regina Kulikova
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Shenay Perry
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun
 * 5) 🇨🇿 Renata Voráčová
 * 6) 🇸🇪 Sofia Arvidsson
 * 7) 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber
 * 8) 🇦🇹 Yvonne Meusburger
 * 9) 🇺🇦 Yuliana Fedak
 * 10) 🇸🇰 Zuzana Kučová
 * 11) 🇨🇦 Valérie Tétreault
 * 12) 🇩🇪 Kathrin Wörle

Withdrawals

 * Men's singles
 * Mario Ančić → replaced by 🇷🇺 Igor Kunitsyn
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Beck → replaced by Robin Haase
 * 🇦🇷 Máximo González → replaced by 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo
 * 🇧🇪 Xavier Malisse → replaced by 🇨🇿 Jan Hájek
 * 🇫🇷 Paul-Henri Mathieu → replaced by 🇷🇺 Teymuraz Gabashvili
 * 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian → replaced by 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert
 * 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon → replaced by 🇹🇷 Marsel İlhan
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by 🇺🇸 Wayne Odesnik


 * Women's singles
 * 🇬🇧 Anne Keothavong → replaced by 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * Patty Schnyder → replaced by 🇧🇾 Anastasiya Yakimova

Prize money
All prize money is in Australian dollars (A$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

 * Winners: $2,200,168
 * Runners-up: $1,050,000
 * Semi-finalists: $400,000
 * Quarter-finalists: $200,000
 * Fourth round: $89,000
 * Third round: $52,000
 * Second round: $31,500
 * First round: $19,500

Men's and women's doubles

 * Winners: $450,000
 * Runners-up: $225,000
 * Semi-finalists: $112,000
 * Quarter-finalists: $55,400
 * Third round: $31,245
 * Second round: $17,035
 * First round: $9,585

Mixed doubles

 * Winners: $134,460
 * Runners-up: $67,230
 * Semi-finalists: $33,615
 * Quarter-finalists: $15,490
 * Second round: $7,745
 * First round: $3,755