2010 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2010 Italian Open (also known as the 2010 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 67th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2010 WTA Tour. The men's event took place from April 24 to May 2, 2010 while the women's event took place from April 30 to May 8, 2010.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of April 19, 2010.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi
 * 🇮🇹 Potito Starace
 * 🇮🇹 Filippo Volandri

The following player received special exempt into the main draw:
 * Thiemo de Bakker

The following players received entry via qualifying:
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Ignacio Chela
 * 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo
 * 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers
 * 🇨🇿 Jan Hájek
 * 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra
 * 🇦🇺 Peter Luczak
 * 🇦🇷 Leonardo Mayer

The following player received the lucky loser spot:
 * 🇩🇪 Simon Greul

Withdrawals
The following notable players withdrew from the event:
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (broken wrist)
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (right wrist)
 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas (right hip surgery)
 * Fernando González (knee injury)
 * Ivo Karlović (achilles heel injury)
 * 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils (left wrist)
 * 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian (right leg)
 * 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (back injury)
 * 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (free exemption)
 * 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (right knee)
 * 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (fatigue)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of April 19, 2010.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Maria Elena Camerin
 * 🇮🇹 Corinna Dentoni
 * 🇮🇹 Romina Oprandi
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams

The following players received entry via qualifying:
 * 🇺🇿 Akgul Amanmuradova
 * 🇭🇺 Gréta Arn
 * 🇷🇸 Bojana Jovanovski
 * 🇰🇿 Sesil Karatantcheva
 * 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 * 🇯🇵 Ayumi Morita
 * Karolina Šprem

The following player received the lucky loser spot:
 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier

Withdrawals
The following notable player withdrew from the event:
 * 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (Fatigue, Sore Right Arm)

Men's singles
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal defeated 🇪🇸 David Ferrer, 7–5, 6–2
 * It was Nadal's second title of the year and 38th of his career. It was his 5th win at Rome, also winning in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009.
 * Nadal tied Andre Agassi's record of most Masters victories, 17 in total.

Women's singles
🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez defeated 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković, 7–6(5), 7–5
 * It was Martínez Sánchez' first title of the year and 3rd of her career.
 * Martínez Sánchez was the first Spaniard to make the final since Conchita Martínez in 1997.

Men's doubles
🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan defeated 🇺🇸 John Isner / 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey, 6–2, 6–3

Women's doubles
🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko / 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta defeated 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives / 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–4, 6–2