2010 US Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
2010 US Open
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Novak Djokovic
Final score	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August. Del Potro was the third man in the Open Era not to defend his US Open title, after Ken Rosewall in 1971 (due to conflicts between the World Championship Tennis (WCT) and the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF)), and Pete Sampras in 2003 (who unofficially retired after the 2002 final).^[1][2] For the first time in U.S. Open history, no American player was seeded in the top 8 and thus expected to reach the quarter finals; and this was reflected in the result.

Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 to win his first career US Open title. It was his ninth career major and completed the Career Golden Slam with the win. Nadal became the first player since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open all in the same calendar year, and became the first male player in history to win Grand Slams on clay, hard court and grass in the same calendar year.

Until the 2015 US Open, this was the last Grand Slam tournament in which Andy Murray failed to reach the quarter-finals. He was defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round.^[3]

Seeds

1. Rafael Nadal (Champion)
2. Roger Federer (Semifinals)
3. Novak Djokovic (Final)
4. Andy Murray (Third round)
5. Robin Söderling (Quarterfinals)
6. Nikolay Davydenko (Second round)
7. Tomáš Berdych (First round)
8. Fernando Verdasco (Quarterfinals)
9. Andy Roddick (Second round)
10. David Ferrer (Fourth round)
11. Marin Čilić (Second round)
12. Mikhail Youzhny (Semifinals)
13. Jürgen Melzer (Fourth round)
14. Nicolás Almagro (Third round)
15. Ivan Ljubičić (First round)
16. Marcos Baghdatis (First round)
17. Gaël Monfils (Quarterfinals)
18. John Isner (Third round)
19. Mardy Fish (Fourth round)
20. Sam Querrey (Fourth round)
21. Albert Montañés (Fourth round)
22. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Third round)
23. Feliciano López (Fourth round)
24. Ernests Gulbis (First round)
25. Stanislas Wawrinka (Quarterfinals)
26. Thomaz Bellucci (Second round)
27. Fernando González (First round, retired because of a knee injury)
28. Radek Štěpánek (First round)
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Second round)
30. Juan Mónaco (First round)
31. David Nalbandian (Third round)
32. Lleyton Hewitt (First round)

Qualifying draw

Main draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Rafael Nadal	7	6	6
	8	Fernando Verdasco	5	3	4
										1	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6
										12	Mikhail Youzhny	2	3	4
	25	Stanislas Wawrinka	6	6^7	6	3	3
	12	Mikhail Youzhny	3	7^9	3	6	6
																			1	Rafael Nadal	6	5	6	6
																			3	Novak Djokovic	4	7	4	2
	17	Gaël Monfils	6^2	1	2
	3	Novak Djokovic	7^7	6	6
										3	Novak Djokovic	5	6	5	6	7
										2	Roger Federer	7	1	7	2	5
	5	Robin Söderling	4	4	5
	2	Roger Federer	6	6	7

Top half

Section 1

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	1	R Nadal	7^7	7^7	6
		T Gabashvili	6^4	6^4	3					1	R Nadal	6	7^7	7
	PR	M González	5	5	1						D Istomin	2	6^5	5
		D Istomin	7	7	6														1	R Nadal	6	6	6
		G Simon	6	6	6															G Simon	4	4	2
	WC	D Young	1	4	2						G Simon	4	6	1	6	6
		T Kamke	2	6	2	4				29	P Kohlschreiber	6	3	6	1	3
	29	P Kohlschreiber	6	4	6	6																						1	R Nadal	6	6	6
	23	F López	6	6	6																							23	F López	3	4	4
		S Giraldo	4	4	4					23	F López	6	6^4	5	7^7	6
		R Schüttler	3	3	6	6	6^2			Q	B Paire	4	7^7	7	6^3	2
	Q	B Paire	6	6	4	3	7^7												23	F López	6	4
		S Stakhovsky	6^8	7	6	6														S Stakhovsky	3	0	r
		P Luczak	7^10	5	4	2					S Stakhovsky	6	5	3	6	7^8
	Q	R Harrison	6	6^4	6	6				Q	R Harrison	3	7	6	3	6^6
	15	I Ljubičić	3	7^7	3	4

Section 2

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	10	D Ferrer	6	6	6
		A Dolgopolov	2	2	3					10	D Ferrer	6	6	6
		B Becker	7^7	7^7	6						B Becker	3	4	4
		D Brands	6^1	6^5	4														10	D Ferrer	7^7	6	6
		J Nieminen	6^1	4	3															D Gimeno-Traver	6^2	2	2
		D Gimeno-Traver	7^7	6	6						D Gimeno-Traver	4	6	6	7^7
		J Chardy	6	7^7	6						J Chardy	6	2	0	6^2
	24	E Gulbis	2	6^1	4																							10	D Ferrer	7	7^10	3	3	6^4
	31	D Nalbandian	7^7	3	6	6^6	6																					8	F Verdasco	5	6^8	6	6	7^7
	Q	R de Voest	6^4	6	4	7^7	4			31	D Nalbandian	7	6	6
		F Serra	7	6	6						F Serra	5	4	2
		F Mayer	5	2	0														31	D Nalbandian	2	6	3	2
		P Riba	6	1	4	6	6^1												8	F Verdasco	6	3	6	6
	Q	A Mannarino	3	6	6	4	7^7			Q	A Mannarino	1	2	2
		F Fognini	6	5	1	6	3			8	F Verdasco	6	6	6
	8	F Verdasco	1	7	6	4	6

Section 3

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	4	A Murray	6	6	6
		L Lacko	3	2	2					4	A Murray	7	6	6
		R Ramírez Hidalgo	4	6^6	5						D Brown	5	3	0
		D Brown	6	7^8	7														4	A Murray	7^7	6^4	3	3
		JI Chela	6	4	6	6													25	S Wawrinka	6^3	7^7	6	6
		Y-h Lu	4	6	3	3					JI Chela	5	3	4
		M Kukushkin	3	2	2					25	S Wawrinka	7	6	6
	25	S Wawrinka	6	6	6																							25	S Wawrinka	7^11	6^5	7	4	6
	20	S Querrey	6	4	7	6																						20	S Querrey	6^9	7^7	5	6	4
	WC	B Klahn	3	6	5	4				20	S Querrey	6	6	6
		M Granollers	2	5	6	6	6				M Granollers	2	3	4
		A Seppi	6	7	3	2	3												20	S Querrey	6	6	6
		G García-López	6	6	7^7														14	N Almagro	3	4	4
		Ł Kubot	3	2	6^4						G García-López	3	6^5	6	6^4
		P Starace	6	4	4	6^5				14	N Almagro	6	7^7	4	7^7
	14	N Almagro	4	6	6	7^7

Section 4

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	12	M Youzhny	6	6	6
		A Golubev	2	3	3					12	M Youzhny	6	6	4	6
		D Sela	7^7	7	6						D Sela	1	3	6	3
		X Malisse	6^1	5	2														12	M Youzhny	6	6^7	7^7	6
	WC	J Sock	1	4	6	1													18	J Isner	4	7^9	6^5	4
		M Chiudinelli	6	6	1	6					M Chiudinelli	3	6	6^7	4
		F Gil	4	3	4					18	J Isner	6	3	7^9	6
	18	J Isner	6	6	6																							12	M Youzhny	7	6	4	6
	28	R Štěpánek	4	2	6	4																							T Robredo	5	2	6	4
		J Benneteau	6	6	4	6					J Benneteau	4	6^1	r
		T Robredo	6	6	6						T Robredo	6	6^2
	Q	L Rosol	4	3	1															T Robredo	3	7^8	6	2
		V Hănescu	6	6	6															M Llodra	6	6^6	4	1	r
		C Berlocq	2	4	3						V Hănescu	6^2	4	2
		M Llodra	7^7	6	6						M Llodra	7^7	6	6
	7	T Berdych	6^3	4	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	6	N Davydenko	6	6	6
		M Russell	4	1	3					6	N Davydenko	3	4	2
		S Greul	3	4	2						R Gasquet	6	6	6
		R Gasquet	6	6	6															R Gasquet	6	7^7	7
		K Anderson	6	6	6															K Anderson	4	6^3	5
		S Devvarman	3	4	3						K Anderson	6^4	6	5	6	7^7
	WC	T Smyczek	3	5	6^6					26	T Bellucci	7^7	4	7	4	6^2
	26	T Bellucci	6	7	7^8																								R Gasquet	4	5	5
	17	G Monfils	3	6	6	6^5	6																					17	G Monfils	6	7	7
	Q	R Kendrick	6	3	4	7^7	4			17	G Monfils	6	6	6
		I Andreev	6	4	7^7	6					I Andreev	3	4	3
		H Zeballos	3	6	6^4	3													17	G Monfils	7^7	6^4	6	6
		J Tipsarević	4	7	7^7	6														J Tipsarević	6^4	7^7	2	4
		O Rochus	6	5	6^0	2					J Tipsarević	3	7	6	7^7
		S Robert	3	2	2					9	A Roddick	6	5	3	6^4
	9	A Roddick	6	6	6

Section 6

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	16	M Baghdatis	3	6	6	4	5
		A Clément	6	2	1	6	7				A Clément	6	5
		E Schwank	6	7^7	4	6					E Schwank	3	5	r
		R Ginepri	4	6^3	6	3														A Clément	6	3	4	6	3
		P Cuevas	7^7	6	6														19	M Fish	4	6	6	1	6
	Q	J Silva	6^0	1	2						P Cuevas	5	0	2
		J Hájek	0	6	6	0	1			19	M Fish	7	6	6
	19	M Fish	6	3	4	6	6																					19	M Fish	3	4	1
	30	J Mónaco	2	6^5	3																							3	N Djokovic	6	6	6
	Q	P Polansky	6	7^7	6					Q	P Polansky	7^7	3	2	4
	PR	K Vliegen	3	2	4					WC	J Blake	6^1	6	6	6
	WC	J Blake	6	6	6														WC	J Blake	1	6^4	3
		P Petzschner	6	6	6														3	N Djokovic	6	7^7	6
	Q	D Lojda	3	1	1						P Petzschner	5	3	6^6
		V Troicki	3	6	6	5	3			3	N Djokovic	7	6	7^8
	3	N Djokovic	6	3	2	7	6

Section 7

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	5	R Söderling	7	6	6^2	5	6
	Q	A Haider-Maurer	5	3	7^7	7	4			5	R Söderling	6	6	6
		T Dent	6	7	6						T Dent	2	2	4
		A Falla	4	5	1														5	R Söderling	6	6	6
		T de Bakker	6	7	6															T de Bakker	2	3	3
	Q	M Gicquel	4	5	2						T de Bakker	6^4	6	6	3
	Q	I Dodig	6^2	6	1					Q	I Dodig	7^7	2	3	2	r
	27	F González	7^7	1	0	r																						5	R Söderling	4	6	6	6
	21	A Montañés	5	1	7	7^7	6																					21	A Montañés	6	3	2	3
		M Przysiężny	7	6	5	6^5	0			21	A Montañés	6	6	6
	WC	C Ball	6^4	6	6	6				WC	C Ball	4	3	1
	Q	M Raonic	7^7	3	3	2													21	A Montañés	6	2
	Q	K Nishikori	7^7	5															Q	K Nishikori	2	1	r
		E Korolev	6^0	2	r					Q	K Nishikori	5	7^8	3	7^7	6
		I Marchenko	5	3	1					11	M Čilić	7	6^6	6	6^3	1
	11	M Čilić	7	6	6

Section 8

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	13	J Melzer	6	6	3	4	6
	PR	D Tursunov	4	2	6	6	2			13	J Melzer	6	6^4	6	1	7
	Q	R Berankis	6	6^5	6	6				Q	R Berankis	4	7^7	3	6	5
	WC	R Sweeting	4	7^7	3	2													13	J Melzer	7	6	6
		B Phau	4	5	6	6^4													22	JC Ferrero	5	3	1
		R Mello	6	7	4	7^7					R Mello	1	4	4
	Q	M Kližan	1	3	0					22	JC Ferrero	6	6	6
	22	JC Ferrero	6	6	6																							13	J Melzer	3	6^4	3
	32	L Hewitt	3	4	7	6	1																					2	R Federer	6	7^7	6
		P-H Mathieu	6	6	5	4	6				P-H Mathieu	7^7	6	6
		L Mayer	6	6^4	6^2	1				WC	G Rufin	6^3	4	3
	WC	G Rufin	2	7^7	7^7	6														P-H Mathieu	4	3	3
		M Berrer	6^3	3	1														2	R Federer	6	6	6
		A Beck	7^7	6	6						A Beck	3	4	3
		B Dabul	1	4	2					2	R Federer	6	6	6
	2	R Federer	6	6	6

References

1. "del Potro Unable To Defend US Open Crown". atpworldtour.com. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
2. "Wrist knocks out Juan Martin del Potro". ESPN.com. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
3. Newbury, Piers (8 September 2015). "Andy Murray beaten by Kevin Anderson in US Open fourth round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links

• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2010 US Open Men's Singles draw