2010 Rafael Nadal tennis season

The 2010 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on January 1 with the start of the 2010 ATP World Tour. Nadal called it his best year.

Year summary

Rafael Nadal won the 2010 US Open title, thus completing the Career Grand Slam.

Capital World Tennis Championship

Nadal began the year by participating in the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated compatriot David Ferrer (7-6(3), 6-3) to reach his second final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, Nadal defeated Robin Söderling (7-6(3), 7-5).^[1]

Qatar ExxonMobil Open

Secondly, Nadal participated in the Australian Open warm-up tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, where he lost in the final.^[2] He defeated the Italians Simone Bolelli in the first round (6-3, 6-3) and Potito Starace (6-2, 6-2) in the second round. In the quarter-finals, the Spaniard defeated the Belgian Steve Darcis: 6-1, 2-0(ret). After that, in the semi-final, Nadal defeated the fifth seed Viktor Troicki (6-1, 6-3), winning eleven games in a row. In the final, Nadal lost to Russian Nikolay Davydenko (6-0, 6-7(8), 4-6), despite dominating the opening set and holding two match points in the second set.^[2] Davydenko had also defeated Roger Federer in the semi-final before facing Nadal in the final.^[2]

Australian Open

In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated the Australian Peter Luczak (7-6(0), 6-1, 6-4).^[3] In the second round, he beat Lukáš Lacko (6-2, 6-2, 6-2).^[4] In the third round, he was tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, finally beating him in four sets (6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5).^[5] In the fourth round, he beat the Croatian Ivo Karlović, (6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4).^[6] In the quarter-finals, Nadal pulled out in the third set against Andy Murray, having lost the first two sets (6-3, 7-6(2)).^[7] After having his knee examined, doctors told Nadal to take two weeks of rest followed by two weeks of rehabilitation.

In singles, Nadal reached the semi-finals at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as the current defending champion. However, the eventual winner, Ivan Ljubičić, defeated him in three sets.^[8] He and López won the doubles title by defeating the number one seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.^[9] This boosted Nadal's doubles ranking 175 places,^[10] going from number 241 to being number 66 in the world.^[11] After Indian Wells, Nadal reached the semi-finals of Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to the eventual champion Andy Roddick in three sets.^[12]

Monte Carlo Rolex Masters

Nadal reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monaco after beating the fellow Spaniard David Ferrer (6-3, 6-2) in the semi-finals. This was Nadal's first tour final since Doha earlier that year. He won the final with a (6-0, 6-1) score over his compatriot Fernando Verdasco. He lost fourteen games throughout all five matches, the fewest he had ever lost en route to a championship, and the tournament's final was the shortest Masters 1000 final in terms of games. With this win, Nadal became the first player in open history to win a tournament title for six straight years.^[13]

Unlike previous years, Nadal chose to skip the Barcelona tournament despite the fact that he was the five-time defending champion.

Internazional BNL d'Italia

His next tournament was the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, Victor Hănescu, and Stanislas Wawrinka all in straight sets to win his 57th straight match, in April. In the semi-finals, he faced a resilient Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Roger Federer earlier in the tournament and battled Nadal into a three-set-match for the first time in this clay court season. Nadal eventually prevailed with a (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) in two hours and forty minutes. Then he defeated compatriot David Ferrer in the final (7-5, 6-2) for his fifth title at Rome, to equal Andre Agassi's record of winning 17 ATP Masters 1000 titles.

Madrid Open

Nadal then entered the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he had finished runner-up the previous year. By being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, he defeated the qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov, Jr. in straight sets. He then played the six-foot-nine American John Isner, and Nadal comfortably came through in straight sets, (7-5, 6-4). In the quarter-finals, he defeated Gaël Monfils (6-1, 6-3) and his countryman Nicolás Almagro, who was playing the first Masters 1000 semifinal of his career, (4-6, 6-2, 6-2). The first set of his match against Almagro would be just the second set he lost on clay courts up to this point in 2010. Nadal then defeated his longtime rival Roger Federer (6-4, 7-6(5)), avenging his 2009 final loss to Federer. The win gave him his 18th Masters 1000 title, breaking the all-time record. He became the first player to win all three clay court Masters 1000 titles in a single year and the first player to win three consecutive Masters events. Nadal moved back to No. 2 in the rankings the following day.

French Open

Entering the French Open, many were expecting another Nadal-Federer final. However, this became impossible when rival Robin Söderling defeated Federer (3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4) in the quarter-finals.^[14] The failure of Federer to reach the semi-finals would allow Nadal to regain the world number 1 ranking, if he were to win the tournament. Nadal advanced to the final and defeated Soderling (6-4, 6-2, 6-4) to win the French Open. The win gave Nadal his seventh Grand Slam, tying him with John McEnroe, John Newcombe and Mats Wilander on the all-time list, and allowed Nadal to reclaim the position of ATP World Number One; denying his biggest rival Roger Federer the all time record for weeks at No. 1.^[15][16] With this win, Nadal became the first man to win the three Masters series on clay and the French Open; this was dubbed by the media as the "Clay Slam". This victory at Roland Garros marked the second time that Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a single set (tying the record held by Björn Borg). With the win in Paris he also booked his place at the World Tour Finals in London, and became the first player to win five French Open titles in six years.

Aegon Championships

In June, Nadal entered the Aegon Championships—which he won in 2008—at the prestigious Queen's Club. He played singles and doubles at this grass court tournament as a warm up for the Wimbledon Championships. By being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, where he played his first match on grass since winning Wimbledon in 2008, he defeated the Brazilian Marcos Daniel easily in two sets, (6-2, 6-2). In the third round, he played Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, whom he defeated (7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4), to advance to the quarter-finals. However, in the quarter-finals he was defeated by his compatriot Feliciano López (6-7(5), 4-6), and left the competition without a title.

Wimbledon

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships Nadal started by beating Kei Nishikori (6-2, 6-4, 6-4) in the first round. In the second round, he fought hard and succeeded against Robin Haase after five sets (5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3). In the third round, he defeated Philipp Petzschner. The match was a 5-set thriller with Nadal triumphing (6-4, 4-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3). During this match, Nadal was warned twice for receiving coaching from his coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, resulting in a $2,000 fine by Wimbledon officials. Allegedly, encouraging words for Nadal shouted during the match were some sort of coaching code signal.^[17][18] After that, Nadal comfortably beat the French Paul-Henri Mathieu in three sets (6-4, 6-2, 6-2). In the quarter-finals, he got past the Swedish Robin Söderling in four sets (3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4), 6-1). He then defeated Andy Murray in straight sets (6-4, 7-6(8-6), 6-4) to reach his fourth Wimbledon final.

In the 2010 Wimbledon men's title, Nadal won the tournament by defeating Tomáš Berdych in straight sets (6-3, 7-5, 6-4). After the win, Rafa said, "It is more than a dream for me" and thanked the crowd for being both kind and supportive to him during this match and also in the semi-final against Andy Murray.^[19] The win gave him a second Wimbledon title and an eighth career major title,^[20] at the age of 24.^[21]

Rogers Cup

In his first hard-court tournament since Wimbledon, Nadal advanced to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup, along with No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer, and No. 4 Andy Murray, after coming back from a one-set deficit to defeat the German Philipp Kohlschreiber (3-6, 6-3, 6-4).^[22] In the semifinal, defending champion Andy Murray defeated Nadal (6-3, 6-4), becoming the only player to triumph over the Spaniard twice in 2010.^[23] Nadal also competed in the doubles tournament with Novak Djokovic in a one-time, high profile partnership, not seen since 1976 when Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe as World No.1 and No.2 paired up, making a double dream team.^[24] However, they lost in the first round to Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil.

The next week, Nadal was the top seed at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the quarter-finals to 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.

US Open

At the 2010 US Open, Nadal was the top seed for the second time in three years. He defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, number twenty-three seed Feliciano López, number eight seed Fernando Verdasco, and number twelve seed Mikhail Youzhny, all without dropping a set, to reach his first US Open final. By doing that he became the eighth man in the open era to reach the final of all four majors at the age twenty-four; the second youngest to ever do so, behind only Jim Courier. In the final, he defeated Novak Djokovic (6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2), which completed the Career Grand Slam for Nadal, and he became the second male after Andre Agassi to complete a Career Golden Slam.^[25] Nadal also became the first man to win Grand Slams on clay, grass, and hard court surfaces in the same year, and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. Nadal and Mats Wilander are the only male players to win at least two Grand Slams each on clay, grass, and hard court in their careers. After all that, he also became the first left-handed man to win the US Open since John McEnroe in 1984.^[26] This victory also clinched the year-end number one ranking for 2010, making Nadal the third player (after Ivan Lendl in 1989 and Roger Federer in 2009) to regain the year-end number one ranking after having lost it.^[27]

Thailand Open

Nadal began his Asian tour at 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok, where he reached the semi-finals, losing to his compatriot Guillermo García-López.

Japan Open

He was able to regroup, and at the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo (debut), he defeated Santiago Giraldo, Milos Raonic and Dmitry Tursunov. In the semi-finals against Viktor Troicki, Nadal saved two match points in the deciding set tiebreaker, to win it 9-7 in the end. In the final, Nadal comfortably defeated Gaël Monfils (6-1, 7-5) for his 7th title of the season.

Shanghai Rolex Masters

Nadal next played in the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters, in Shanghai, where he was the top seed, but lost to world's number twelve, Jürgen Melzer in the third round, stopping his record streak of 21 consecutive Masters quarter-finals. On 5 November, Nadal announced that he was pulling out of the Paris Masters due to tendinitis in his left shoulder.^[28]

ATP World Tour Finals

At the ATP World Tour Finals in London, Nadal defeated Andy Roddick (3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4) in the first match. He then beat Djokovic in a tight match where Djokovic had trouble with his contact lenses, prevailing (7-5, 6-2). A further victory against Berdych, (7-6(3), 6-1), sent him to his third World Tour Final semi-final. It was the first time he had won all three round-robins, in stark contrast to the previous year. In the semi-finals, he was thrice two points from defeat and was able to win the match on his third match point (7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6)). In the final, Nadal lost against Roger Federer with a score of (3-6, 6-3, 1-6). This was Nadal's last tournament in the 2010 professional tennis season.

Match for Africa

Finally, he played Federer in the two-match exhibition Match for Africa for the Roger Federer Foundation and the Rafa Nadal Foundation. The first match took place in Zürich on December 21, 2010, and was won by Federer, (4-6, 6-3, and 6-3). The following match was played in Madrid, and Nadal beat Federer with a score of (7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1).^[29]

Matches

Grand Slam tournament performance

Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Australian Open	1R	Win	Peter Luczak	7-6, 6-1, 6-4
	2R	Win	Lukáš Lacko	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
	3R	Win	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
	4R	Win	Ivo Karlović	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
	QF	Loss	Andy Murray	3-6, 6-7(2), 0-3 RET
French Open	1R	Win	Gianni Mina	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
	2R	Win	Horacio Zeballos	6-2, 6-2, 6-3
	3R	Win	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3, 6-4, 6-3
	4R	Win	Thomaz Bellucci	6-2, 7-5, 6-4
	QF	Win	Nicolás Almagro	7-6(2), 7-6(3), 6-4
	SF	Win	Jürgen Melzer	6-2, 6-3, 7-6(6)
	F	Win (7)	Robin Söderling	6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Wimbledon	1R	Win	Kei Nishikori	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
	2R	Win	Robin Haase	5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
	3R	Win	Philipp Petzschner	6-4, 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-2 6-3
	4R	Win	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
	QF	Win	Robin Söderling	3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-1
	SF	Win	Andy Murray	6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4
	F	Win (8)	Tomáš Berdych	6-3, 7-5, 6-4
US Open	1R	Win	Teymuraz Gabashvili	7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-3
	2R	Win	Denis Istomin	6-2, 7-6(5), 7-5
	3R	Win	Gilles Simon	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
	4R	Win	Feliciano López	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
	QF	Win	Fernando Verdasco	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
	SF	Win	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2, 6-3, 6-4
	F	Win (9)	Novak Djokovic	6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

All matches in 2010

Singles

Match	Tournament	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surf.	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
487	World Tennis Championship exhibition, UAE	1/4	250	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Simone Bolelli	#93	Win	6-3, 6-3
488	World Tennis Championship exhibition	1/4	250	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Potito Starace	#62	Win	6-2, 6-2
489	World Tennis Championship exhibition	1/4	250	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Steve Darcis	#122	Win	6-1, 2-0 RET
490	World Tennis Championship exhibition	1/4	250	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Viktor Troicki	#29	Win	6-1, 6-3
491	World Tennis Championship exhibition	1/4	250	Outdoor	Hard	F	Nikolay Davydenko	#6	Loss	0-6, 7-6(8), 6-4
492	Australian Open, AUS	1/18	GS	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Peter Luczak	#70	Win	7-6, 6-1, 6-4
493	Australian Open	1/18	GS	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Lukáš Lacko	#75	Win	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
494	Australian Open	1/18	GS	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	#26	Win	6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
495	Australian Open	1/18	GS	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Ivo Karlović	#39	Win	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
496	Australian Open	1/18	GS	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Andy Murray	#4	Loss	6-3, 7-6(2), 3-0 RET
497	Indian Wells Masters, USA	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
498	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Rainer Schüttler	#90	Win	6-4, 6-4
499	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Mario Ančić	#694	Win	6-2, 6-2
500	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	4R	John Isner	#20	Win	7-5, 3-6, 6-3
501	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Tomáš Berdych	#25	Win	6-4, 7-6(4)
502	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Ivan Ljubičić	#26	Loss	3-6, 6-4, 7-6(1)
503	Miami Open, USA	3/22	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
504	Miami Open	3/22	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Taylor Dent	#83	Win	6-4, 6-3
505	Miami Open	3/22	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	David Nalbandian	#161	Win	6-7(8), 6-2, 6-2
506	Miami Open	3/22	1000	Outdoor	Hard	4R	David Ferrer	#17	Win	7-6(5), 6-4
507	Miami Open	3/22	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	#10	Win	6-3, 6-2
508	Miami Open	3/22	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Roddick	#8	Loss	4-6, 6-3, 6-3
509	Monte-Carlo Masters, FRA	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
510	Monte-Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Thiemo de Bakker	#77	Win	6-1, 6-0
511	Monte-Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Michael Berrer	#51	Win	6-0, 6-1
512	Monte-Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	#16	Win	6-4, 6-2
513	Monte-Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	David Ferrer (2)	#17	Win	6-2, 6-3
514	Monte-Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Win (1)	Fernando Verdasco	#12	Win	6-0, 6-1
515	Italian Open, ITA	4/25	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
516	Italian Open	4/25	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber (2)	#29	Win	6-1, 6-3
517	Italian Open	4/25	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Victor Hănescu	#39	Win	6-3, 6-2
518	Italian Open	4/25	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Stanislas Wawrinka	#26	Win	6-4, 6-1
519	Italian Open	4/25	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Ernests Gulbis	#40	Win	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
520	Italian Open	4/25	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Win (2)	David Ferrer (3)	#17	Win	7-5, 6-2
521	Madrid Open, ESP	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
522	Madrid Open	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Alexandr Dolgopolov	#62	Win	6-4, 6-3
523	Madrid Open	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	John Isner (2)	#19	Win	7-5, 6-4
524	Madrid Open	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Gaël Monfils	#18	Win	6-1, 6-3
525	Madrid Open	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Nicolás Almagro	#35	Win	4-6, 6-2, 6-2
526	Madrid Open	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Win (3)	Roger Federer	#1	Win	6-4, 7-6(5)
527	French Open, FRA	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Gianni Mina	#655	Win	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
528	French Open	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Horacio Zeballos	#44	Win	6-2, 6-2, 6-3
529	French Open	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Lleyton Hewitt	#33	Win	6-3, 6-4, 6-3
530	French Open	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	4R	Thomaz Bellucci	#29	Win	6-2, 7-5, 6-4
531	French Open	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Nicolás Almagro (2)	#21	Win	7-6(2), 7-6(3), 6-4
532	French Open	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Jürgen Melzer	#27	Win	6-2, 6-3, 7-6(6)
533	French Open	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	Win (4)	Robin Söderling	#7	Win	6-4, 6-2, 6-4
534	Queen's Club Championships, UK	6/07	250	Outdoor	Grass	1R	Bye
535	Queen's Club Championships	6/07	250	Outdoor	Grass	2R	Marcos Daniel	#112	Win	6-2, 6-2
536	Queen's Club Championships	6/07	250	Outdoor	Grass	3R	Denis Istomin	#72	Win	7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4
537	Queen's Club Championships	6/07	250	Outdoor	Grass	QF	Feliciano López	#31	Loss	7-6(5), 6-4
538	Wimbledon, UK	6/21	GS	Outdoor	Grass	1R	Kei Nishikori	#189	Win	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
539	Wimbledon	6/21	GS	Outdoor	Grass	2R	Robin Haase	#151	Win	5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
540	Wimbledon	6/21	GS	Outdoor	Grass	3R	Philipp Petzschner	#41	Win	6-4, 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3
541	Wimbledon	6/21	GS	Outdoor	Grass	4R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	#66	Win	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
542	Wimbledon	6/21	GS	Outdoor	Grass	QF	Robin Söderling (2)	#6	Win	3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-1
543	Wimbledon	6/21	GS	Outdoor	Grass	SF	Andy Murray	#4	Win	6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4
544	Wimbledon	6/21	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Win (5)	Tomáš Berdych (2)	#13	Win	6-3, 7-5, 6-4
545	Canadian Open, CAN	8/09	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
546	Canadian Open	8/09	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Stanislas Wawrinka (2)	#24	Win	7-6(12), 6-3
547	Canadian Open	8/09	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Kevin Anderson	#87	Win	6-2, 7-6(6)
548	Canadian Open	8/09	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber (3)	#37	Win	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
549	Canadian Open	8/09	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Murray (2)	#4	Loss	6-3, 6-4
550	Cincinnati Masters, USA	8/16	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
551	Cincinnati Masters	8/16	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Taylor Dent (2)	#83	Win	6-2, 7-5
552	Cincinnati Masters	8/16	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Julien Benneteau	#32	Win	5-7, 7-6(6), 6-2
553	Cincinnati Masters	8/16	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	#20	Loss	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
554	US Open, USA	8/30	GS	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Teymuraz Gabashvili	#93	Win	7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-3
555	US Open	8/30	GS	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Denis Istomin (2)	#39	Win	6-2, 7-6(5), 7-5
556	US Open	8/30	GS	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Gilles Simon	#42	Win	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
557	US Open	8/30	GS	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Feliciano López	#25	Win	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
558	US Open	8/30	GS	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Fernando Verdasco (2)	#8	Win	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
559	US Open	8/30	GS	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Mikhail Youzhny	#14	Win	6-2, 6-3, 6-4
560	US Open	8/30	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Win (6)	Novak Djokovic	#3	Win	6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
561	Thailand Open, THA	9/27	250	Indoor	Hard	1R	Bye
562	Thailand Open	9/27	250	Indoor	Hard	2R	Ruben Bemelmans	#195	Win	6-1, 6-4
563	Thailand Open	9/27	250	Indoor	Hard	QF	Mikhail Kukushkin	#83	Win	6-2, 6-3
564	Thailand Open	9/27	250	Indoor	Hard	SF	Guillermo García-López	#53	Loss	2-6, 7-6(3), 6-3
565	Japan Open, JPN	10/4	500	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Santiago Giraldo	#63	Win	6-4, 6-4
566	Japan Open	10/4	500	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Milos Raonic	#200	Win	6-4, 6-4
567	Japan Open	10/4	500	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Dmitry Tursunov	#432	Win	6-4, 6-1
568	Japan Open	10/4	500	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Viktor Troicki (2)	#54	Win	7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(7)
569	Japan Open	10/4	500	Outdoor	Hard	Win (7)	Gaël Monfils (2)	#15	Win	6-1, 7-5
570	Shanghai Masters, CHN	10/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
571	Shanghai Masters	10/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Stanislas Wawrinka (3)	#21	Win	6-4, 6-4
572	Shanghai Masters	10/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Jürgen Melzer	#12	Loss	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
573	ATP World Tour Finals, UK	11/21	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Andy Roddick	#8	Win	3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
574	ATP World Tour Finals	11/21	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Novak Djokovic (2)	#3	Win	7-5, 6-2
575	ATP World Tour Finals	11/21	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Tomáš Berdych (3)	#6	Win	7-6(3), 6-1
576	ATP World Tour Finals	11/21	YEC	Indoor	Hard	SF	Andy Murray (2)	#5	Win	7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6)
577	ATP World Tour Finals	11/21	YEC	Indoor	Hard	F	Roger Federer	#2	Loss	3-6, 6-3, 1-6

Doubles

Match	Tournament	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surf.	Round	Partner	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
124	World Tennis Championship exhibition, UAE	1/4	250	Outdoor	Hard	16R	Marc López	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	#18 #17	Loss	6-4, 2-6, 3-10
125	Indian Wells Masters, USA	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	32R	Marc López	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	#5 #6	Win	6-4, 3-6, 10-6
126	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	16R	Marc López	Feliciano López Fernando Verdasco	#78 #164	Win	6-4, 7-6(4)
127	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Marc López	Michaël Llodra Andy Ram	#47 #9	Win	6-2, 6-4
128	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Marc López	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	#15 #20	Win	6-2, 6-4
129	Indian Wells Masters	3/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	F	Marc López	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	#1 #1	Win	7-6(8), 6-3
130	Miami Open. USA	3/22	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Bartolome Salva-Vidal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	#3 #3	Loss	0-6, 3-6
131	Queen's Club Championships, UK	6/07	250	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Marc López	Rainer Schüttler Janko Tipsarević	#211 #127	Win	6-4, 6-3
132	Queen's Club Championships	6/07	250	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Marc López	Robert Lindstedt (SWE) Horia Tecău	#29 #42	Loss	W/O
133	Canadian Open, CAN	8/09	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Novak Djokovic	Vasek Pospisil Milos Raonic	#178 #492	Loss	7-5, 3-6, 8-10

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