The 2010 Open 13 is a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Open 13, and is part of the International Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from February 15 through February 21, 2010.

2010 Open 13
Date15–21 February
Edition18th
CategoryATP World Tour 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money€512,750
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationMarseille, France
Champions
Singles
France Michaël Llodra[1]
Doubles
France Julien Benneteau / France Michaël Llodra[2]
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It was also one of the few ATP tournaments to have been won only by European players, with France with 5 (Guy Forget, Fabrice Santoro, Arnaud Clément, Gilles Simon, and this year's defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), Sweden with 4 (Thomas Enqvist, Joachim Johansson), Switzerland with 4 (Marc Rosset, Roger Federer), Germany with 1 (Boris Becker), Russia with 1 (Yevgeny Kafelnikov), Slovakia with 1 (Dominik Hrbatý), and Great Britain with 1 (Andy Murray).

The singles draw feature ATP No. 8, 2009 French Open finalist Robin Söderling and defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Other players include Gaël Monfils, Gilles Simon, Tommy Robredo, Mikhail Youzhny, Marcos Baghdatis and Julien Benneteau. The previous top two seeds here were Andy Murray and Juan Martín del Potro, but both had pulled out of the tournament earlier.

ATP entrants edit

Seeds edit

Player Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Robin Söderling   Sweden 8 1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga   France 9 2
Gaël Monfils   France 13 3
Tommy Robredo   Spain 15 4
Gilles Simon   France 16 5
Mikhail Youzhny   Russia 20 6
Marcos Baghdatis   Cyprus 36 7
Julien Benneteau   France 38 8
  • Rankings as of February 8, 2010.

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser from the qualifying draw:

Finals edit

Singles edit

  Michaël Llodra 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 edit

  Julien Benneteau /   Michaël Llodra defeated   Julian Knowle /   Robert Lindstedt, 6–3, 6–4

References edit

  1. ^ "2010 Marseille – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "2010 Marseille – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links edit