2010 Medibank International Sydney

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2010 Medibank International Sydney
Date10–16 January 2010
Edition118th
Category ATP World Tour 250
WTA Premier
Location Sydney, Australia
Venue NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Cyprus.svg Marcos Baghdatis
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva
Men's doubles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor / Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
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The 2010 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 118th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 10 through 16 January 2010.

Contents

Coverage of the event was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions.

WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank*Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 11
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dinara Safina 22
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 33
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 44
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Dementieva 55
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 76
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 87
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 98

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through the virtue of being a lucky loser:

ATP entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 131
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 202
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 213
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lleyton Hewitt 224
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sam Querrey 255
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Victor Troicki 296
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Igor Andreev 357
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Benjamin Becker 408

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

The following players received the lucky loser spot:

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Cyprus.svg Marcos Baghdatis defeated Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Women's singles

Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva defeated Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams, 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor / Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić defeated Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr, 6–3, 7–6(7–5).

Women's doubles

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber defeated Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin / Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova, 6–1, 36, [10–3]


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