2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the first round by Jarkko Nieminen.
Top seed Rafael Nadal defeated Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–5 to become the event's third Spanish winner since David Ferrer won in 2007.

Singles
2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionSpain Rafael Nadal
Runner-upFrance Gaël Monfils
Score6–1, 7–5
Details
Draw32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Seeds edit

  1.   Rafael Nadal (champion)
  2.   Andy Roddick (quarterfinals)
  3.   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (first round)
  4.   Jürgen Melzer (second round)
  5.   Gaël Monfils (final)
  6.   Feliciano López (second round)
  7.   Ernests Gulbis (first round)
  8.   Michaël Llodra (first round)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Semifinals Final
          
1   Rafael Nadal 77 4 79
    Viktor Troicki 64 6 67
1   Rafael Nadal 6 7  
5   Gaël Monfils 1 5  
    Radek Štěpánek 3 3  
5   Gaël Monfils 6 6  

Top half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   R Nadal 6 6  
    S Giraldo 4 4   1   R Nadal 6 6  
    F Serra 4 6 4 Q   M Raonic 4 4  
Q   M Raonic 6 3 6 1   R Nadal 6 6  
    R Gasquet 6 78       D Tursunov 4 1  
    T de Bakker 3 66       R Gasquet 62 6 4
    D Tursunov 6 6       D Tursunov 77 1 6
7   E Gulbis 3 4   1   R Nadal 77 4 79
4   J Melzer 6 4 6     V Troicki 64 6 67
    J Mónaco 4 6 1 4   J Melzer 67 6 63
WC   K Nishikori 4 2       V Troicki 79 3 77
    V Troicki 6 6       V Troicki 6 3 6
    G García-López 63 6 77     G García-López 2 6 4
Q   R Ram 77 4 61     G García-López 77 6  
    JM del Potro 3 0   6   F López 65 4  
6   F López 6 6  

Bottom half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8   M Llodra 3 0  
    M Chiudinelli 6 6       M Chiudinelli 7 67 1r
    A Falla 6 65 65     R Štěpánek 5 79 4
    R Štěpánek 2 77 77     R Štěpánek w/o    
    E Schwank 4 4       J Nieminen      
    D Gimeno-Traver 6 6       D Gimeno-Traver 3 68  
    J Nieminen 6 5 6     J Nieminen 6 710  
3   J-W Tsonga 4 7 1     R Štěpánek 3 3  
5   G Monfils 712 6   5   G Monfils 6 6  
WC   G Soeda 610 4   5   G Monfils 6 6  
Q   I Dodig 6 4 2     A Seppi 4 4  
    A Seppi 3 6 6 5   G Monfils 77 4 78
Q   É Roger-Vasselin 3 62   2   A Roddick 65 6 66
    J Chardy 6 77       J Chardy 4 64  
WC   T Ito 4 3   2   A Roddick 6 77  
2   A Roddick 6 6  

Qualifying edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Ricardo Mello (first round)
  2.   Marsel İlhan (qualifying competition)
  3.   Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualified)
  4.   Mischa Zverev (first round)
  5.   Ivan Dodig (qualified)
  6.   Thiago Alves (first round)
  7.   Gilles Müller (first round)
  8.   Rajeev Ram (qualified)

Qualifiers edit

Draw edit

First qualifier edit

First round Qualifying competition
          
1   Ricardo Mello 3 6 66
WC   Hiroki Moriya 6 1 78
WC   Hiroki Moriya 6 4 3
8   Rajeev Ram 4 6 6
    Peter Polansky 1 2r  
8   Rajeev Ram 6 2  

Second qualifier edit

First round Qualifying competition
          
2   Marsel İlhan 77 77  
WC   Hiroki Kondo 65 65  
2   Marsel İlhan 65 3
  Milos Raonic 77 6
  Milos Raonic 6 77  
6   Thiago Alves 3 62  

Third qualifier edit

First round Qualifying competition
          
3   Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6 6
    Yūichi Sugita 4 1
3   Édouard Roger-Vasselin 77 6
  Takao Suzuki 63 3
  Takao Suzuki 77 77  
7   Gilles Müller 65 65  

Fourth qualifier edit

First round Qualifying competition
          
4   Mischa Zverev 67 77 64
  Iván Navarro 79 63 77
4   Iván Navarro 4 2  
5   Ivan Dodig 6 6  
WC   Toshihide Matsui 3 6 60
5   Ivan Dodig 6 4 77

External links edit