The 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the

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, and was on the International category of the

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. It took place in

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, from 26 April until 1 May 2010. Seventh-seeded

Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová () (formerly Melzer, cs, Melzerová; born 1 February 1983) is a Czech former tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of seven and turned professional in 1998. She won two WTA Tour singles and 14 doubles tournaments, and ...

won the singles title.

Entrants

Seeds

* Rankings as of April 19, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received

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s into the main draw: *

Lina Bennani Lina Bennani (born 4 July 1991) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. Born in Casablanca, Bennani participated in six Fed Cup ties for Morocco between 2008 and 2011, mostly as a doubles player. She won her only singles rubber, over Mal ...

Nadia Lalami Nadia Lalami Laaroussi (born 28 April 1990) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking ...

Fatima Zahrae El Allami Fatima-Zahra El Allami (born 26 March 1989 in Meknes) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. Tennis career In her career, El Allami won three singles titles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 November 2010, she rea ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Gréta Arn Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian retired tennis player of Danube Swabian German descent. She has won two titles on the WTA Tour, the 2007 Estoril Open in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, as well as f ...

Claire de Gubernatis Claire de Gubernatis (born 18 July 1986) is a French professional tennis player. As of 13 September 2010, she reached her highest singles rankings of 196. Her best doubles ranking was 233, which she achieved on 9 April 2007. At the Morocco Op ...

Simona Halep Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Assoc ...

Laura Pous Tió Laura Pous Tió (born 1 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Career Pous Tió won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería by defeating compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives in straight sets. She won ...

Finals

Singles

defeated

, 6-4, 6-2 *It was Benešová's first title of the year and second of her career.

Doubles

Anabel Medina Garrigues Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player. As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2020, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 ...

defeated

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...

Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 Oc ...

, 6–3, 6–1

External links

ITF tournament edition details

Tournament draws

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Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internat ...

Morocco Open 2010 in Moroccan tennis