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Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2010 US Open. It was his first US Open title and ninth major title overall, completing the Career Grand Slam and Career Golden Slam, and becoming the first man to win the Surface Slam (majors on
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, and hard courts in the same calendar year). Juan Martín del Potro was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August. Del Potro thus became the third man in the Open Era not to attempt to defend the US Open title, after Ken Rosewall in
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
and Pete Sampras in 2003. For the first time in tournament history, no American man was seeded in the top eight.


Seeds


Qualifying draw


Main draw


Finals


Top half


Section 1


Section 2


Section 3


Section 4


Bottom half


Section 5


Section 6


Section 7


Section 8


References


External links


Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2010 US Open Men's Singles draw2010 US Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2010 US Open - Men's Singles Men's Singles US Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles