The 2010 Open 13 is a

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tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the

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, and is part of the International Series of the

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. It took place at the

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, from February 15 through February 21, 2010. It was also one of the few ATP tournaments to have been won only by European players, with France with 5 (

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, Fabrice Santoro, Arnaud Clément,

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, and this year's defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga),

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with 4 ( Thomas Enqvist, Joachim Johansson),

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with 4 ( Marc Rosset, Roger Federer),

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with 1 (

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with 1 ( Yevgeny Kafelnikov),

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with 1 ( Dominik Hrbatý), and

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with 1 (

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). The singles draw feature

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No. 8,

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finalist Robin Söderling and defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Other players include Gaël Monfils,

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, Marcos Baghdatis and Julien Benneteau. The previous top two seeds here were

and Juan Martín del Potro, but both had pulled out of the tournament earlier.

ATP entrants

Seeds

*Rankings as of February 8, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ruben Bemelmans *

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* Édouard Roger-Vasselin The following players received entry as a lucky loser from the qualifying draw: * Illya Marchenko *

Josselin Ouanna Josselin Ouanna (born 14 April 1986) is a retired French tennis player. Biography Born in Tours and Guadeloupean origin, he was quickly spotted and integrates INSEP with her friends of "blackteam" Gaël Monfils (of Caribbean origin) and Jo-Wil ...

Laurent Recouderc Laurent Recouderc is a professional tennis player from France. He was born 10 July 1984 in Toulouse. Career On the junior circuit, Recouderc had defeated Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former profession ...

Finals

Singles

Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titl ...

defeated Julien Benneteau, 6–3, 6–4 *It was Llodra's first title of the year, 4th title of his career, and his second consecutive final of the event.

Doubles

Julien Benneteau /

defeated Julian Knowle / Robert Lindstedt, 6–3, 6–4

References

External links

Official website
{{2010 ATP World Tour

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