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
clay
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,
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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 *
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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
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Men's Singles
US Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles