The 2010 Brisbane International was a joint
ATP
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* Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body
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and
WTA tennis tournament played on outdoor
hard courts in
Brisbane,
Queensland. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and was played at the
Queensland Tennis Centre in
Tennyson. The centre court,
Pat Rafter Arena is named in honour of Australian tennis hero
Patrick Rafter. It took place from 3 to 10 January 2010. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.
Justine Henin has announced that she will make her return to professional tennis at the 2010 Brisbane International.
Television coverage of the tournament was on
Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions between 4 and 10 January.
ATP entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of 28 December 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Carsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour.
Tennis career
Carsten Ball was born in Newport Bea ...
*
John Millman
*
Bernard Tomic
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.
Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the ...
*
Matthew Ebden
*
Nick Lindahl
*
Julian Reister
WTA entrants
Seeds
* Rankings as of 28 December 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Casey Dellacqua
Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...
*
Justine Henin
*
Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6.
Molik won a bronze medal in singles for Australi ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Ekaterina Ivanova
*
Sesil Karatantcheva
*
Alla Kudryavtseva
*
Galina Voskoboeva
Finals
Men's singles
Andy Roddick defeated
Radek Štěpánek, 7–6
(7–2), 7–6
(9–7).
*It was Roddick's first title of the year and 28th overall.
Women's singles
Kim Clijsters defeated
Justine Henin, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6
(8–6).
*It was Clijsters' first title of the year and 36th of her career.
Men's doubles
Jérémy Chardy /
Marc Gicquel defeated
Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý (born 9 April 1983) is a retired professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in June 2009.
Career
Dlouhý has been part of two long-term doubles ...
/
Leander Paes, 6–3, 7–6
(7–5).
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková /
Lucie Hradecká defeated
Melinda Czink /
Arantxa Parra Santonja, 2–6, 7–6
(7–3),
0–4
References
External links
Official website
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Brisbane International
Brisbane International
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