2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open





































2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
Date August 14 – 22 (men)
August 7 – 15 (women)
Edition 109th (men) / 82nd (women)
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location
Mason, Ohio, United States
Venue Lindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles

Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's Singles

Belgium Kim Clijsters
Men's Doubles

United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Russia Maria Kirilenko






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The 2010 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament that were played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 14 through August 22, 2010, and the women from August 7 through August 15, 2010. It was the 109th edition of the Cincinnati Masters (82nd for the women), and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour.




Contents






  • 1 ATP entrants


    • 1.1 Seeds


    • 1.2 Other entrants


    • 1.3 Notable Withdrawals




  • 2 WTA entrants


    • 2.1 Seeds


    • 2.2 Other entrants


    • 2.3 Notable Withdrawals




  • 3 Champions


    • 3.1 Men's Singles


    • 3.2 Women's Singles


    • 3.3 Men's Doubles


    • 3.4 Women's Doubles




  • 4 External links





ATP entrants





Roger Federer is the men's defending champion. He successfully defended his title.



Seeds









































































































Country
Player
Rank[a]
Seed[b]

 ESP

Rafael Nadal
1
1

 SRB

Novak Djokovic
3
2

  SUI

Roger Federer
2
3

 GBR

Andy Murray
4
4

 SWE

Robin Söderling
5
5

 RUS

Nikolay Davydenko
6
6

 CZE

Tomáš Berdych
7
7

 ESP

Fernando Verdasco
9
8

 USA

Andy Roddick
11
9

 ESP

David Ferrer
12
10

 CRO

Marin Čilić
13
11

 RUS

Mikhail Youzhny
14
12

 AUT

Jürgen Melzer
15
13

 ESP

Nicolás Almagro
16
14

 CRO

Ivan Ljubičić
17
15

 FRA

Gaël Monfils
18
16

  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 9, 2010


Other entrants


The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw




  • United States James Blake


  • United States Mardy Fish


  • United States Robby Ginepri


  • United States Donald Young


The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:




  • Germany Benjamin Becker


  • United States Taylor Dent


  • India Somdev Devvarman


  • Colombia Alejandro Falla


  • Colombia Santiago Giraldo


  • Uzbekistan Denis Istomin


  • Germany Florian Mayer



Notable Withdrawals




  • Argentina Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)


  • Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (flu)


  • Chile Fernando González (calf)


  • Spain Albert Montañés


  • France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury)



WTA entrants





Jelena Janković was the women's defending champion



Seeds









































































































Player
Nationality
Ranking*
Seed

Jelena Janković

Serbia Serbia
2
1

Caroline Wozniacki

Denmark Denmark
3
2

Elena Dementieva

Russia Russia
6
3

Kim Clijsters

Belgium Belgium
7
4

Francesca Schiavone

Italy Italy
8
5

Vera Zvonareva

Russia Russia
9
6

Agnieszka Radwańska

Poland Poland
10
7

Li Na

China China
11
8

Victoria Azarenka

Belarus Belarus
12
9

Maria Sharapova

Russia Russia
13
10

Flavia Pennetta

Italy Italy
15
11

Yanina Wickmayer

Belgium Belgium
16
12

Shahar Pe'er

Israel Israel
17
13

Aravane Rezaï

France France
18
14

Nadia Petrova

Russia Russia
19
15

Marion Bartoli

France France
20
16

  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 2, 2010.


Other entrants


The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw




  • United States Jamie Hampton


  • United States Christina McHale


  • United States Coco Vandeweghe


The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:




  • Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova


  • Hungary Gréta Arn


  • Romania Sorana Cîrstea


  • Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm


  • Russia Vera Dushevina


  • Serbia Bojana Jovanovski


  • United States Vania King


  • Russia Alla Kudryavtseva


  • Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives


  • Japan Ayumi Morita


  • Romania Monica Niculescu


  • Australia Anastasia Rodionova



Notable Withdrawals




  • Belgium Justine Henin (elbow injury)


  • Australia Samantha Stosur (shoulder injury)


  • United States Serena Williams (foot surgery)


  • United States Venus Williams (knee injury)


  • Spain María José Martínez Sánchez (knee injury)



Champions



Men's Singles



Switzerland Roger Federer defeated United States Mardy Fish 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–4


  • It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and 63rd of his career. It was his 4th win at the event also winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009. It was his 17th Masters 1000 title.


Women's Singles



Belgium Kim Clijsters defeated Russia Maria Sharapova 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2


  • It was Clijsters' 3rd title of the year and 38th of her career.


Men's Doubles



United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan defeated India Mahesh Bhupathi / Belarus Max Mirnyi 6–3, 6–4.



Women's Doubles



Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Russia Maria Kirilenko defeated United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs 7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–8)



External links



  • Official website

  • Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile













Preceded by
Toronto

2010 US Open Series
Men's Events

Succeeded by
New Haven
Preceded by
San Diego

2010 US Open Series
Women's Events

Succeeded by
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