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2010 WTA Tour
Caroline Wozniacki finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the first time in her career, though Kim Clijsters was named the Player of the Year. Wozniacki won six tournaments during the season, including three Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events. Clijsters won five tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open, the WTA Tour Championships, and two Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events.
Details
DurationJanuary 2 – November 7, 2010
Edition40th
Tournaments57
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
WTA Championships (2)
WTA Premier Mandatory (4)
WTA Premier 5 (5)
WTA Premier (10)
WTA International (32)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesDenmark Caroline Wozniacki (6)
Most tournament finalsDenmark Caroline Wozniacki (8)
Prize money leaderBelgium Kim Clijsters
(US$5,035,060)
Points leaderDenmark Caroline Wozniacki (7,270)
Awards
Player of the yearBelgium Kim Clijsters
Doubles team of the yearArgentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Most improved
player of the year
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Newcomer of the yearCzech Republic Petra Kvitová
Comeback
player of the year
Belgium Justine Henin
2009
2011
Serena Williams won her fifth Australian Open title, defeating former World No. 1, Justine Henin in the final. Williams went on to win her sixth Wimbledon title, defeating first-time finalist Vera Zvonareva. Francesca Schiavone claimed her maiden Grand Slam title at the French Open and becoming the first Italian player to win the Grand Slam. Kim Clijsters won her third US Open, defeating Zvonareva in the final.

The 2010 WTA Tour or 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (its sponsored name) calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points and is organized by the ITF.

Notable stories

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Serena Williams' season

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Serena Williams began the season ranked World No. 1, having enjoyed an impressive 2009 season in which she won the Australian Open and Wimbledon (she would successfully defend both titles this year) and reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking on two occasions. Williams began her season by successfully defending her Australian Open title, defeating Justine Henin in a three-set final.[1] She also successfully defended her Wimbledon title, defeating surprise finalist Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2.[2]

However, shortly after winning Wimbledon, Serena Williams would injure her foot at a German restaurant where she was celebrating her victory, but it didn't deter her from playing in an exhibition match against Kim Clijsters in front of a world-record tennis crowd that same week.[3] The foot injury ended up being very serious enough to necessitate surgery,[4] and as a result she missed the rest of the season and would not return to top-level tennis until June 2011. She was forced to miss her first US Open since 2003,[5] and also had to withdraw from the year-end championships having qualified by virtue of winning Wimbledon. The injury worsened late in the year; despite accepting a wildcard into Linz, she had to withdraw from that tournament, with her wildcard entry later allocated to former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic.[6] Despite progress in her recovery from foot surgery, she lost the World No. 1 ranking to Danish youngster Caroline Wozniacki. Williams then announced her withdrawal from the 2011 Australian Open in November.[7]

Justine Henin's comeback

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Former World No. 1 Justine Henin announced her comeback to the WTA Tour in September last year, in the aftermath of Kim Clijsters' victory at the 2009 US Open.[8] She had previously not played at the highest level since suffering a third round defeat to Dinara Safina (who went on to make the final of the French Open that year) at the 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open. Henin's comeback began impressively, reaching the final of the 2010 Brisbane International in which she lost to her compatriot and rival Kim Clijsters in a final set tiebreak.[9] She had defeated Nadia Petrova and Ana Ivanovic en route. She then reached the final of the Australian Open, in which she was defeated by Serena Williams in three sets,[1] having defeated fifth seed Elena Dementieva in the second round, 27th seed Alisa Kleybanova in the third, qualifier Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth, 19th seed Nadia Petrova in the quarter-finals and Zheng Jie in the semi-finals en route.

She then participated at her first French Open since 2007, where she was defeated in the fourth round by eventual finalist Samantha Stosur, ending a 24-match winning streak at the tournament dating back to 2005.[10] Prior to the defeat against Stosur, Henin had played her first three-set match at the tournament, also since 2005, when she defeated Maria Sharapova in the third round.[11] Later, at Wimbledon, Henin again reached the fourth round, but suffered a three-set loss to rival Clijsters.[12] During the match, she suffered an elbow injury which would later rule her out of the US Open, that same injury would lead to her second (and final) retirement in January 2011.

Ana Ivanovic's season

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The first half of Ana Ivanovic's 2010 season appeared to follow on from her poor 2009 season, as her confidence and game continued to disintegrate since she won the 2008 French Open. She started the season ranked World No. 22 and spent almost the entire season ranked outside the Top 20. She was able to reach the semi-finals at the Brisbane International and the Rome Masters,[13] but those would be her best results in the first half of the season, as she dropped out of the WTA's Top 50 for the first time since 2005 with a second round loss to Anastasija Sevastova at Indian Wells.[14] On court results did not improve throughout the year, and Ivanovic dropped to a low of World No. 65 by July.[15] Adding to a growing season of disappointment, Ivanovic also suffered the ignominy of winning the wooden spoon at Wimbledon, having finished at the end of the tournament's longest losing chain after losing in the first round.[16]

However, Ivanovic would begin to turn her season around at the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, entering the tournament having lost 17 of her last 29 matches dating back to August 2009 and having dropped to World No. 62. A first round upset win over recent Stanford champion Victoria Azarenka[17] sparked a run to the semi-finals, where she was forced to retire against Kim Clijsters due to a foot injury; nevertheless, she re-entered the World's Top 40 following her run at Cincinnati.[18] With no rankings points to defend for the remainder of the year, Ivanovic reached the fourth round of the US Open, the first time she had gotten that far at a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon in 2009. She defeated Ekaterina Makarova,[19] Zheng Jie[20] and Virginie Razzano before being crushed by defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.

Ivanovic continued to maintain her recent good form after the US Open; she was able to reach the quarter-finals in Beijing where she was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki, who eventually replaced Serena Williams as the new World No. 1 by winning the tournament.[21] She then accepted a late wildcard entry into Linz after Williams withdrew due to her ongoing foot surgery,[6] where she won her first title in two years after defeating Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 6–1, in the year's shortest final; the title returned Ivanovic to the world's Top 30,[22] and qualified her for the 2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. In her final tournament of the year, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Kimiko Date-Krumm en route to reaching her second final in three weeks, where she defeated Alisa Kleybanova to win her second title of the year and return to the world's Top 20 for the first time in more than one year.[23][24] Ivanovic ended her season by winning 21 of her last 27 matches, having lost 17 of her last 29 beforehand.

Schedule

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This is the complete schedule of events on the 2010 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.[25]

Key
Grand Slam events
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
WTA Premier tournaments
WTA International tournaments
Team events

January

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Jan 4 Hopman Cup
Perth, Australia
Hopman Cup
Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)
 Spain
2–1
 Great Britain
Round robin losers (Group A)
 Romania
 United States
 Australia
Round robin losers (Group B)
 Kazakhstan
 Russia
 Germany
Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Belgium Kim Clijsters
6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Belgium Justine Henin Germany Andrea Petkovic
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Hungary Melinda Czink
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
Hungary Melinda Czink
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
ASB Classic
Auckland, New Zealand
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
6–3, 6–2
Italy Flavia Pennetta Italy Francesca Schiavone
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
France Alizé Cornet
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
7–6(7–4), 6–2
South Africa Natalie Grandin
United States Laura Granville
Jan 11 Medibank International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
WTA Premier
Hard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Elena Dementieva
6–3, 6–2
United States Serena Williams France Aravane Rezaï
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Vera Dushevina
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Russia Dinara Safina
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Russia Nadia Petrova
Moorilla Hobart International
Hobart, Australia
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
6–2, 6–4
Israel Shahar Pe'er Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Italy Sara Errani
Argentina Gisela Dulko
China Zheng Jie
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Romania Monica Niculescu
Jan 18
Jan 25
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard – $9,264,098
128S/96Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
United States Serena Williams
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Belgium Justine Henin China Li Na
China Zheng Jie
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
United States Venus Williams
Russia Nadia Petrova
Russia Maria Kirilenko
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
6–4, 6–3
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Leander Paes
7–5, 6–3
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský

February

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Feb 1 Fed Cup first round
Kharkiv, Ukraine – hard (i)
Brno, Czech Republic – hard (i)
Belgrade, Serbia – hard (i)
Liévin, France – clay (red) (i)
First round winners
 Italy 4–1
 Czech Republic 3–2
 Russia 3–2
 United States 4–1
First round losers
 Ukraine
 Germany
 Serbia
 France
Feb 8 Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
WTA Premier
Hard (i) – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Elena Dementieva
6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová United States Melanie Oudin
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Germany Andrea Petkovic
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
walkover
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
PTT Pattaya Open
Pattaya, Thailand
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Vera Zvonareva
6–4, 6–4
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Kazakhstan Sesil Karatantcheva
Austria Sybille Bammer
Germany Tatjana Malek
Russia Ekaterina Bychkova
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–5, 6–1
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
Russia Ksenia Pervak
Feb 15 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
WTA Premier 5
Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
United States Venus Williams
6–3, 7–5
Belarus Victoria Azarenka Israel Shahar Pe'er
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
China Li Na
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Russia Regina Kulikova
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Cellular South Cup
Memphis, United States
WTA International
Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Maria Sharapova
6–2, 6–1
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
United Kingdom Anne Keothavong
United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
Croatia Karolina Šprem
United States Melanie Oudin
United States Vania King
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
7–5, 6–2
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Copa BBVA-Colsanitas
Bogotá, Colombia
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño
6–4, 6–3
Germany Angelique Kerber Argentina Gisela Dulko
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová
France Pauline Parmentier
Italy Sara Errani
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Romania Edina Gallovits
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
Feb 22 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Acapulco, Mexico
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Venus Williams
2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Slovenia Polona Hercog Romania Edina Gallovits
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Spain Laura Pous Tió
Canada Sharon Fichman
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Slovenia Polona Hercog
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
2–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
Malaysian Open
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
6–3, 6–2
Russia Elena Dementieva Austria Sybille Bammer
Japan Ayumi Morita
Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
China Zheng Jie
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
Russia Arina Rodionova

March

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Mar 1 Monterrey Open
Monterrey, Mexico
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
1–6, 6–1, 6–0
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
France Alizé Cornet
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
United States Vania King
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
United States Vania King
Mar 8
Mar 15
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, United States
WTA Premier Mandatory
Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D
SinglesDoubles
Serbia Jelena Janković
6–2, 6–4
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Australia Samantha Stosur
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Russia Elena Dementieva
China Zheng Jie
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 2–6, 10–5
Russia Nadia Petrova
Australia Samantha Stosur
Mar 22
Mar 29
Sony Ericsson Open
Key Biscayne, United States
WTA Premier Mandatory
Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D
SinglesDoubles
Belgium Kim Clijsters
6–2, 6–1
United States Venus Williams France Marion Bartoli
Belgium Justine Henin
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Australia Samantha Stosur
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 4–6, 10–7
Russia Nadia Petrova
Australia Samantha Stosur

April

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Apr 5 MPS Group Championships
Ponte Vedra Beach, United States
WTA International
Clay – $220,000 (green) – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 7–5
Belarus Olga Govortsova Russia Elena Vesnina
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
United States Melanie Oudin
Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
United States Varvara Lepchenko
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
China Yan Zi
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
China Peng Shuai
Andalucia Tennis Experience
Marbella, Spain
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Italy Sara Errani
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Germany Tatjana Malek
Spain Beatriz García Vidagany
Romania Simona Halep
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–4, 6–2
Russia Maria Kondratieva
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Apr 12 Family Circle Cup
Charleston, United States
WTA Premier
Clay – $700,000 (green) – 56S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Australia Samantha Stosur
6–0, 6–3
Russia Vera Zvonareva Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Melanie Oudin
China Peng Shuai
Serbia Jelena Janković
United States Liezel Huber
Russia Nadia Petrova
6–3, 6–4
United States Vania King
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Barcelona Ladies Open
Barcelona, Spain
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Italy Francesca Schiavone
6–1, 6–1
Italy Roberta Vinci Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Apr 19 Fed Cup Semifinals
Rome, Italy – clay (red)
Birmingham, United States – hard (i)
Semifinals winners
 Italy 5–0
 United States 3–2
Semifinals losers
 Czech Republic
 Russia
Apr 26 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
WTA Premier
Clay (red) (i) – $700,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Belgium Justine Henin
6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Australia Samantha Stosur Russia Anna Lapushchenkova
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
China Li Na
Serbia Jelena Janković
Russia Dinara Safina
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Fez, Morocco
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
6–4, 6–2
Romania Simona Halep France Alizé Cornet
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
United Kingdom Anne Keothavong
Spain Laura Pous Tió
Germany Angelique Kerber
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–3, 6–1
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová

May

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
May 3 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
WTA Premier 5
Clay (red) – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
7–6(7–5), 7–5
Serbia Jelena Janković United States Serena Williams
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Russia Maria Kirilenko
United States Venus Williams
Russia Nadia Petrova
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–2
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Estoril Open
Oeiras, Portugal
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
6–2, 7–5
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja China Peng Shuai
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Australia Jarmila Groth
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–1, 7–5
Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
France Aurélie Védy
May 10 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
WTA Premier Mandatory
Clay (red) – $4,500,000 – 60S/32Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
France Aravane Rezaï
6–2, 7–5
United States Venus Williams Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Russia Nadia Petrova
Serbia Jelena Janković
Australia Samantha Stosur
China Li Na
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
6–2, 7–5
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
May 17 Polsat Warsaw Open
Warsaw, Poland
WTA Premier
Clay (red) – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
6–3, 6–4
China Zheng Jie Hungary Gréta Arn
China Li Na
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Italy Sara Errani
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
6–3, 6–4
Zimbabwe Cara Black
China Yan Zi
Internationaux de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/30Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Maria Sharapova
7–5, 6–1
Germany Kristina Barrois Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
United States Vania King
Germany Julia Görges
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
France Alizé Cornet
United States Vania King
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
May 24
May 31
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay (red) – $9,938,926 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Italy Francesca Schiavone
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Australia Samantha Stosur Serbia Jelena Janković
Russia Elena Dementieva
United States Serena Williams
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
6–2, 6–3
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Austria Julian Knowle

June

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Jun 7 Aegon Classic
Birmingham, Great Britain
WTA International
Grass – $220,000 – 56S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
China Li Na
7–5, 6–1
Russia Maria Sharapova France Aravane Rezaï
United States Alison Riske
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
Italy Sara Errani
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
Kazakhstan Sesil Karatantcheva
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Lisa Raymond
6–3, 3–2 retired
United States Liezel Huber
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Jun 14 Aegon International
Eastbourne, Great Britain
WTA Premier
Grass – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Belarus Victoria Azarenka France Marion Bartoli
Australia Samantha Stosur
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Belgium Kim Clijsters
United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 2–6, 13–11
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
UNICEF Open
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
WTA International
Grass – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Belgium Justine Henin
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Germany Andrea Petkovic Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Germany Kristina Barrois
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
3–6, 6–3, 10–8
United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Jun 21
Jun 28
The Championships, Wimbledon
London, Great Britain
Grand Slam
Grass – $9,781,631
128S/96Q/64D/48X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
United States Serena Williams
6–3, 6–2
Russia Vera Zvonareva Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
China Li Na
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
Belgium Kim Clijsters
United States Venus Williams
United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
7–6(8–6), 6–2
Russia Elena Vesnina
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Leander Paes
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
United States Lisa Raymond
South Africa Wesley Moodie

July

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Jul 5 GDF Suez Grand Prix
Budapest, Hungary
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
6–2, 6–4
Switzerland Patty Schnyder Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Slovenia Polona Hercog
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
France Alizé Cornet
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
6–3, 6–3
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Collector Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Aravane Rezaï
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Argentina Gisela Dulko Italy Flavia Pennetta
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
United States Jill Craybas
Croatia Ana Vrljić
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–6(7–0), 6–0
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Jul 12 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
Palermo, Italy
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
6–4, 6–3
Italy Flavia Pennetta Germany Julia Görges
Italy Romina Oprandi
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
United States Jill Craybas
Italy Sara Errani
France Aravane Rezaï
Italy Alberta Brianti
Italy Sara Errani
6–4, 6–1
United States Jill Craybas
Germany Julia Görges
ECM Prague Open
Prague, Czech Republic
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Switzerland Patty Schnyder
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Sweden Johanna Larsson
Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Slovenia Polona Hercog
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Romania Monica Niculescu
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Jul 19 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
Portorož, Slovenia
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
6–1, 6–2
Sweden Johanna Larsson Russia Ksenia Pervak
Slovenia Polona Hercog
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Russia Vera Dushevina
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
Russia Maria Kondratieva
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies
Bad Gastein, Austria
WTA International
Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Germany Julia Görges
6–1, 6–4
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky France Alizé Cornet
Austria Yvonne Meusburger
Austria Patricia Mayr
Russia Anastasia Pivovarova
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–5]
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Jul 26 Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, United States
WTA Premier
Hard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
6–4, 6–1
Russia Maria Sharapova Australia Samantha Stosur
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
France Marion Bartoli
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Elena Dementieva
United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Liezel Huber
7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
China Zheng Jie
İstanbul Cup
Istanbul, Turkey
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Russia Elena Vesnina Germany Andrea Petkovic
Australia Jarmila Groth
United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Russia Vera Dushevina
Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Russia Maria Kondratieva
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová

August

[edit]
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Aug 2 Mercury Insurance Open
San Diego, United States
WTA Premier
Hard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Israel Shahar Pe'er
United States CoCo Vandeweghe
Australia Samantha Stosur
Russia Maria Kirilenko
China Zheng Jie
6–4, 6–4
United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open
Copenhagen, Denmark
WTA International
Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová Russia Anna Chakvetadze
China Li Na
Germany Julia Görges
Slovenia Polona Hercog
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Germany Angelique Kerber
Germany Julia Görges
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–4, 6–4
Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
Aug 9 W&S Financial Group Women's Open
Mason, United States
WTA Premier 5
Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/48Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
Belgium Kim Clijsters
2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Russia Maria Sharapova Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
France Marion Bartoli
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Maria Kirilenko
7–6(7–4), 7–6(8)
United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
Aug 16 Rogers Cup
Montreal, Canada
WTA Premier 5
Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–3, 6–2
Russia Vera Zvonareva Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
France Marion Bartoli
Belgium Kim Clijsters
China Zheng Jie
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–5, 3–6, [12–10]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Aug 23 Pilot Pen Tennis
New Haven, United States
WTA Premier
Hard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Russia Nadia Petrova Russia Elena Dementieva
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
France Marion Bartoli
Russia Dinara Safina
Australia Samantha Stosur
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 6–0
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Aug 30
Sep 6
US Open
New York City, United States
Grand Slam
Hard – $10,258,000
128S/128Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Belgium Kim Clijsters
6–2, 6–1
Russia Vera Zvonareva Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
United States Venus Williams
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Australia Samantha Stosur
United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
United States Liezel Huber
Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Liezel Huber
United States Bob Bryan
6–4, 6–4
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

September

[edit]
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Sep 13 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Guangzhou, China
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Australia Jarmila Groth
6–1, 6–4
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Romania Edina Gallovits
China Zhang Shuai
Italy Maria Elena Camerin
China Han Xinyun
India Sania Mirza
Russia Ksenia Pervak
Romania Edina Gallovits
India Sania Mirza
7–5, 6–3
China Han Xinyun
China Liu Wanting
Bell Challenge
Quebec City, Canada
WTA International
Carpet (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Austria Tamira Paszek
7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
United States Christina McHale
Canada Rebecca Marino
United States Melanie Oudin
United States Alexa Glatch
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Sep 20 Hansol Korea Open
Seoul, South Korea
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
6–1, 6–3
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová Russia Nadia Petrova
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Russia Dinara Safina
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm
Germany Julia Görges
Slovenia Polona Hercog
6–3, 6–4
South Africa Natalie Grandin
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
Tashkent Open
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
6–4, 6–4
Russia Elena Vesnina Romania Monica Niculescu
Russia Evgeniya Rodina
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Belarus Darya Kustova
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Russia Alexandra Panova
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
6–3, 6–4
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková
Sep 27 Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
WTA Premier 5
Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Russia Elena Dementieva Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
United States CoCo Vandeweghe
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Israel Shahar Pe'er
China Peng Shuai

October

[edit]
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Oct 4 China Open
Beijing, China
WTA Premier Mandatory
Hard – $4,500,000 – 56S/32Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Russia Vera Zvonareva Israel Shahar Pe'er
China Li Na
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Belarus Olga Govortsova
7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Oct 11 Generali Ladies Linz
Linz, Austria
WTA International
Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
6–1, 6–2
Switzerland Patty Schnyder Italy Roberta Vinci
Germany Andrea Petkovic
Italy Sara Errani
Germany Julia Görges
Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
HP Open
Osaka, Japan
WTA International
Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm Israel Shahar Pe'er
France Marion Bartoli
Australia Samantha Stosur
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
United States Jill Craybas
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
United States Lilia Osterloh
6–0, 6–3
Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Rika Fujiwara
Oct 18 Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
WTA Premier
Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
6–3, 6–4
Russia Maria Kirilenko Russia Vera Dushevina
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Italy Sara Errani
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
BGL Luxembourg Open
Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
WTA International
Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–3, 6–4
Germany Julia Görges Germany Angelique Kerber
United Kingdom Anne Keothavong
Slovenia Polona Hercog
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
6–4, 6–4
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Oct 25 Sony Ericsson Championships
Doha, Qatar
Year-end championships
Hard – $4,550,000 – 8S (RR)/4D
SinglesDoubles
Belgium Kim Clijsters
6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Australia Samantha Stosur
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Round robin losers
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Russia Elena Dementieva
Serbia Jelena Janković
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–5, 6–4
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

November

[edit]
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Nov 1 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions
Bali, Indonesia
Year-end championships
Hard (i) – $600,000 – 8S
Singles
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Third Place match winner
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm
7–5, 7–5
China Li Na
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
France Aravane Rezaï
Third Place match loser
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Fed Cup Final
San Diego, United States – hard (i)
 Italy
3–1
 United States

Statistical information

[edit]

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:

  1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
  2. highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
  3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
  4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.

Titles won by player

[edit]
Total titles Player Grand Slam
tournaments
Year-end
championships
Premier
tournaments
International
tournaments
All titles
Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Mixed
8 Italy Flavia Pennetta
1 5 1 1 1 7
Argentina Gisela Dulko
1 5 2 8
6 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
4 2 6
5 United States Serena Williams
2 2 1 2 3
United States Venus Williams
2 1 1 1 2 3
Zimbabwe Cara Black
2 1 2 3 2
Belgium Kim Clijsters
1 1 2 1 5
United States Liezel Huber
1 3 1 4 1
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
2 1 2 1 4
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
2 3 5
4 United States Vania King
2 2 4
3 Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
1 2 2 1
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
2 1 2 1
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
2 1 3
Germany Julia Görges
1 2 1 2
Italy Roberta Vinci
1 2 1 2
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
3 3
Italy Sara Errani
3 3
Italy Tathiana Garbin
3 3
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
3 3
2 Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
2 2
Italy Francesca Schiavone
1 1 2
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
1 1 2
Russia Elena Dementieva
2 2
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
1 1 1 1
Belgium Justine Henin
1 1 2
France Aravane Rezaï
1 1 2
Russia Maria Kirilenko
2 2
United States Lisa Raymond
1 1 2
China Zheng Jie
1 1 2
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
2 2
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2 2
Russia Maria Sharapova
2 2
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
2 2
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
1 1 1 1
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
1 1 1 1
Romania Edina Gallovits
2 2
Slovenia Polona Hercog
2 2
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
2 2
1 Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
1 1
Serbia Jelena Janković
1 1
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
1 1
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
1 1
Australia Samantha Stosur
1 1
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
1 1
United States Lindsay Davenport
1 1
Belarus Olga Govortsova
1 1
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
1 1
Russia Nadia Petrova
1 1
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
1 1
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
1 1
Australia Rennae Stubbs
1 1
Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
1 1
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
1 1
Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño
1 1
Australia Jarmila Groth
1 1
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
1 1
China Li Na
1 1
Austria Tamira Paszek
1 1
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
1 1
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
1 1
Russia Vera Zvonareva
1 1
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
1 1
Italy Alberta Brianti
1 1
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
1 1
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
1 1
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
1 1
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
1 1
France Alizé Cornet
1 1
Greece Eleni Daniilidou
1 1
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
1 1
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
1 1
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
1 1
Russia Maria Kondratieva
1 1
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
1 1
Sweden Johanna Larsson
1 1
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
1 1
India Sania Mirza
1 1
United States Lilia Osterloh
1 1
Russia Alexandra Panova
1 1
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
1 1
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
1 1
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
1 1
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
1 1
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
1 1
China Yan Zi
1 1

Titles won by nation

[edit]
Total titles Country Grand Slam
tournaments
Year-end
championships
Premier
tournaments
International
tournaments
All titles
Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Mixed
21  United States
2 4 1 1 6 1 6 4 16 1
19  Russia
4 3 9 3 13 6
17  Italy
1 1 5 3 7 4 13
13  Czech Republic
4 1 8 1 12
8  Belgium
1 1 3 3 8
 Argentina
1 5 2 8
6  Denmark
4 2 6
 Spain
1 2 3 1 5
5  Zimbabwe
2 1 2 3 2
 Slovenia
1 2 2 4 1
 Belarus
2 2 1 2 3
4  Australia
1 1 1 1 2 2
 Romania
1 3 1 3
 China
1 1 2 1 3
 Chinese Taipei
1 3 4
 Germany
1 3 1 3
3  Serbia
1 1 1 3
 France
1 1 1 2 1
  Switzerland
3 3
2  Kazakhstan
2 2
 Hungary
2 2
 Thailand
1 1 1 1
1  Austria
1 1
 Colombia
1 1
 Estonia
1 1
 Latvia
1 1
 Ukraine
1 1
 Greece
1 1
 India
1 1
 Netherlands
1 1
 New Zealand
1 1
 Sweden
1 1

Titles information

[edit]

The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

Best ranking

[edit]

The following players achieved their career-high ranking in this season inside top 50 (players who made their top 10 debut indicated in bold):[a]

Singles

Rankings

[edit]

Singles

[edit]

The following is the 2010 top 20 in the Race To The Championships and the top 20 rank players in the world.[26] Premier Mandatory Events are counted for players in the top 10, even if they did not compete, unless there is an injury excuse.

Race Singles (as of October 25, 2010)
Rk Player Points Tour
1  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 7,270 21
2  Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6,096 18
3  Serena Williams (USA) 5,355 12(6)
4  Kim Clijsters (BEL) 5,295 13
5  Venus Williams (USA) 4,985 14(9)
6  Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 4,595 21
7  Samantha Stosur (AUS) 4,572 17
8  Jelena Janković (SRB) 4,236 20
9  Elena Dementieva (RUS) 4,085 20
10  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 3,935 20
11  Li Na (CHN) 3,540 20
12  Justine Henin (BEL) 3,415 11
13  Shahar Pe'er (ISR) 3,365 21
14  Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) 3,000 18
15  Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2,702 20
16  Marion Bartoli (FRA) 2,645 21
17  Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2,591 14
18  Aravane Rezaï (FRA) 2,570 25
19  Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2,550 23
20  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2,520 23
WTA Singles Year-End Rankings[27]
Rk Player Nation Points Change
1 Caroline Wozniacki  DEN 8,035 +3
2 Vera Zvonareva  RUS 6,785 +7
3 Kim Clijsters  BEL 6,635 +15
4 Serena Williams  USA 5,355 -3
5 Venus Williams  USA 4,985 +1
6 Samantha Stosur  AUS 4,982 +7
7 Francesca Schiavone  ITA 4,935 +10
8 Jelena Janković  SRB 4,445 =
9 Elena Dementieva  RUS 4,335 -4
10 Victoria Azarenka  BLR 4,235 -3
11 Li Na  CHN 3,545 +4
12 Justine Henin  BEL 3,415 NR
13 Shahar Pe'er  ISR 3,410 +18
14 Agnieszka Radwańska  POL 3,000 -4
15 Nadia Petrova  RUS 2,702 +5
16 Marion Bartoli  FRA 2,645 -5
17 Ana Ivanovic  SRB 2,600 +5
18 Maria Sharapova  RUS 2,591 -4
19 Aravane Rezaï  FRA 2,575 +7
20 Maria Kirilenko  RUS 2,550 +43

Number 1 Ranking

[edit]
Holder Date gained Date forfeited
 Serena Williams (USA) Year-End 2009 10 October 2010
 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 11 October 2010 Year-End 2010

Doubles

[edit]

The following is the 2010 top 20 in the Race To The Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players.

Race Doubles (as of October 11, 2010)
Rk Team Points Tour
1  Gisela Dulko (ARG)
 Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
8111 15
2  Květa Peschke (CZE)
 Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
6396 16
3  Serena Williams (USA)
 Venus Williams (USA)
5500 4
4  Lisa Raymond (USA)
 Rennae Stubbs (AUS)
5104 18
5  Vania King (USA)
 Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
4978 10
6  Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)
 María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)
3927 12
7  Zheng Jie (CHN)
 Chan Yung-jan (TPE)
3620 12
8  Iveta Benešová (CZE)
 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE)
3267 14
9  Cara Black (ZIM)
 Liezel Huber (USA)
3060 7
10  Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
 Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)
2840 9
WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings
Rk Player Nation Points Change
1 Gisela Dulko  ARG 8,570 +26
2 Flavia Pennetta  ITA 8,570 +27
3 Liezel Huber  USA 7,590 -2
4 Vania King  USA 6,920 +28
5 Květa Peschke  CZE 6,860 +21
6 Katarina Srebotnik  SLO 6,830 +117
7 Yaroslava Shvedova  KAZ 6,240 +42
8 Nadia Petrova  RUS 5,530 +8
9 Lisa Raymond  USA 5,520 +9
10 Rennae Stubbs  AUS 5,520 -3
11 Serena Williams  USA 5,500 -8
= Venus Williams  USA 5,500 -8
13 Cara Black  ZIM 5,115 -12
14 Maria Kirilenko  RUS 4,425 +7
15 María José Martínez Sánchez  ESP 4,400 -9
16 Zheng Jie  CHN 4,105 +8
17 Bethanie Mattek-Sands  USA 4,055 =
18 Chan Yung-jan  TPE 4,030 +34
19 Nuria Llagostera Vives  ESP 3,926 -14
20 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  CZE 3,775 +15

Number 1 Ranking

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Holder Date gained Date forfeited
 Cara Black (ZIM)
 Liezel Huber (USA)
Year-End 2009 19 April 2010
 Liezel Huber (USA) 19 April 2010 7 June 2010
 Serena Williams (USA)
 Venus Williams (USA)
7 June 2010 2 August 2010
 Liezel Huber (USA) 2 August 2010 1 November 2010
 Gisela Dulko (ARG) 1 November 2010 Year-End 2010

Prize money leaders

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The top-19 players earned over $1,000,000.

As of 8 November 2010
# Country Player Singles Doubles Mixed Bonus Pool 1 Year-to-date
1.  BEL Kim Clijsters $5,019,440 $7,025 $8,595 $0 $5,035,060
2.  DEN Caroline Wozniacki $3,886,512 $34,976 $0 $525,000 $4,446,488
3.  USA Serena Williams $3,707,007 $559,004 $0 $0 $4,266,011
4.  RUS Vera Zvonareva $3,000,667 $141,846 $2,128 $300,000 $3,444,641
5.  USA Venus Williams $2,055,778 $559,004 $0 $0 $2,614,782
6.  ITA Francesca Schiavone $2,360,751 $95,883 $0 $0 $2,456,634
7.  SRB Jelena Janković $1,803,164 $33,827 $0 $300,000 $2,136,991
8.  AUS Samantha Stosur $1,917,832 $168,251 $4,257 $0 $2,090,340
9.  RUS Elena Dementieva $1,346,690 $0 $0 $550,000 $1,896,690
10.  BLR Victoria Azarenka $1,278,601 $98,427 $0 $275,000 $1,652,028

1Only for 2008 year-end top 10, Certain players receive fines for skipping events

Statistics leaders

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As of October 25, 2010. Source[permanent dead link]

Aces
Player Aces Matches
1 Russia Nadia Petrova 306 51
2 Australia Samantha Stosur 280 58
3 United States Serena Williams 248 29
4 Germany Andrea Petkovic 224 56
5 Russia Maria Kirilenko 221 60
6 United States Venus Williams 212 45
7 France Aravane Rezaï 204 58
8 Italy Flavia Pennetta 198 67
9 France Marion Bartoli 187 55
10 Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 185 49
Service games won
Player % Matches
1 United States Serena Williams 81.4 29
2 Australia Samantha Stosur 77.2 58
3 Belgium Kim Clijsters 76.3 41
4 Belgium Justine Henin 75.7 39
5 United States Venus Williams 75.7 45
6 Russia Maria Sharapova 75.2 44
7 Croatia Karolina Šprem 75.0 20
8 Australia Jarmila Groth 74.9 31
9 Russia Nadia Petrova 74.6 51
10 Russia Vera Zvonareva 73.4 63
Break points saved
Player % Matches
1 United States Serena Williams 65.9 29
2 Russia Nadia Petrova 65.3 51
3 Germany Kristina Barrois 61.5 26
4 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 61.2 74
5 Australia Samantha Stosur 61.0 58
6 Belgium Kim Clijsters 60.8 41
7 United Kingdom Elena Baltacha 60.3 30
8 Belgium Justine Henin 60.2 39
9 United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands 59.9 27
10 Italy Flavia Pennetta 59.9 67
First serve percentage
Player % Matches
1 Italy Sara Errani 75.8 65
2 Austria Yvonne Meusburger 74.8 19
3 Ukraine Alona Bondarenko 71.4 43
4 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 71.3 59
5 China Zheng Jie 70.3 41
6 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 70.2 35
7 China Peng Shuai 69.4 27
8 Romania Alexandra Dulgheru 69.3 57
9 Austria Sybille Bammer 69.1 34
10 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 68.6 74
First service points won
Player % Matches
1 United States Serena Williams 75.3 29
2 United States Venus Williams 72.8 45
3 Croatia Karolina Šprem 72.7 20
4 Russia Maria Sharapova 71.6 44
5 Belgium Justine Henin 70.8 39
6 Russia Nadia Petrova 70.5 51
7 Australia Jarmila Groth 70.1 31
8 Australia Samantha Stosur 69.4 58
9 Serbia Ana Ivanovic 69.3 48
10 Spain María José Martínez Sánchez 68.8 39
Second serve points won
Player % Matches
1 Australia Samantha Stosur 51.7 58
2 Belgium Kim Clijsters 50.4 41
3 Belgium Justine Henin 50.4 39
4 Italy Roberta Vinci 50.1 48
5 Italy Flavia Pennetta 49.9 67
6 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 49.7 50
7 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 49.6 23
8 Romania Alexandra Dulgheru 49.6 57
9 China Peng Shuai 49.3 27
10 Russia Maria Kirilenko 49.3 60
Points won returning 1st service
Player % Matches
1 Russia Elena Dementieva 42.4 54
2 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 42.4 42
3 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 42.3 50
4 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 42.3 35
5 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 42.2 59
6 Hungary Ágnes Szávay 42.0 49
7 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 41.7 74
8 Russia Vera Zvonareva 41.4 63
9 Italy Flavia Pennetta 41.2 67
10 Belgium Kim Clijsters 41.2 41
Break points converted
Player % Matches
1 United States Melanie Oudin 58.8 39
2 France Virginie Razzano 54.4 29
3 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 52.5 59
4 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 52.3 23
5 Hungary Ágnes Szávay 52.0 49
6 Ukraine Alona Bondarenko 51.3 43
7 Australia Jarmila Groth 51.3 32
8 Russia Elena Dementieva 51.2 54
9 Belgium Kim Clijsters 51.0 41
10 Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm 50.8 34
Return games won
Player % Matches
1 Russia Elena Dementieva 49.4 54
2 Belgium Kim Clijsters 48.9 41
3 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 48.7 59
4 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 46.1 74
5 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 44.8 50
6 Serbia Jelena Janković 44.7 54
7 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 44.5 35
8 Italy Flavia Pennetta 44.2 67
9 Italy Sara Errani 44.0 65
10 Russia Maria Sharapova 43.8 44

Point distribution

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Description W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 QLFR Q3 Q2 Q1
Grand Slam (S) 2000 1400 900 500 280 160 100 5 60 50 40 2
Grand Slam (D) 2000 1400 900 500 280 160 5 48 -
WTA Tour Championships (S) +450 +360 (230 for each round robin match won
70 for each round robin match lost)
-
WTA Tour Championships (D) 1500 1050 690 - - - -
Premier Mandatory (96S) 1000 700 450 250 140 80 50 5 30 20 1
Premier Mandatory (64S) 1000 700 450 250 140 80 5 30 20 1
Premier Mandatory (28/32D) 1000 700 450 250 140 5 -
Premier 5 (56S) 900 620 395 225 125 70 1 30 20 1
Premier 5 (28D) 900 620 395 225 125 1 -
Premier (56S) 470 320 200 120 60 40 1 12 8 1
Premier (32S) 470 320 200 120 60 1 20 12 8 1
Premier (16D) 470 320 200 120 1 -
Commonwealth Bank
Tournament of Champions
375 255 180(3rd)
165(4th)
75 - - - -
International (56S) 280 200 130 70 30 15 1 10 6 1
International (32S) 280 200 130 70 30 1 16 10 6 1
International (16D) 280 200 130 70 1 -

Retirements

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Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2010 season:

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Name and ranking in bold means the player entered the top 10 or became world No. 1 for the first time, and only the ranking in bold means the player had entered the top 10 previously but reached a new career-high ranking.

References

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  3. ^ "Serena Williams cuts foot on broken glass, will need surgery". USA Today.
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  11. ^ "French Open 2010: Justine Henin defeats Maria Sharapova". The Telegraph. 30 May 2010.
  12. ^ Kitson, Robert (28 June 2010). "Wimbledon 2010: Kim Clijsters fights back to overpower Justine Henin". the Guardian.
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  31. ^ "Alina Jidkova: Moving On". WTA Tour. 2010-12-06. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  32. ^ "Kostanić Tošić: Nikada se nisam isticala, možda je u tome problem" (in Croatian). Jutarnji List. 2010-09-07. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  33. ^ "´Abandono el tenis por una lesión de tobillo´". La Provincia (in Spanish). 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  34. ^ "Camille Calls Time On Career". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  35. ^ "Virginia Ruano anuncia su retirada". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
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