The 2010 İstanbul Cup was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 6th edition of the

İstanbul Cup The İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship İstanbul for sponsorship reasons) was a Women's Tennis Association, WTA tennis tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey, organised for professional female tennis players. It was ...

, and was part of the

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of the

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. It took place in

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, Turkey, from 26 July through 1 August 2010.

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won the singles title.

WTA entrants

Seeds

* Seedings are based on the rankings of July 19, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Finals

Singles

defeated

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, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 *It was Pavlyuchenkova's second title of the year and career.

Doubles

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defeated

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, 6–4, 1–6, 1–9

References

External links

Official website
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