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2010 ATP World Tour Finals
DateNovember 21 – November 28
Edition41st (singles) / 35th (doubles)
LocationUnited Kingdom London
VenueO2 arena
2009 Champions
Singles
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Doubles
United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
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The 2010 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) will be held in London, United Kingdom between November 21 and November 28, 2010. Nikolay Davydenko is the defending champion but didn't qualify this year, although he could earn a reserve player spot.

Qualification

The top eight players (or teams) with the most countable points accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour and Davis Cup tournaments during the year will qualify for the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Countable points include points earned in 2010, plus points earned at the 2009 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2009 Challengers played after the 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

To qualify, a player who finished in the 2009 year-end Top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2010. In addition, his best 4 ATP World Tour 500 events in 2010 and his best 2 ATP World Tour 250 events in 2010 will count towards his ranking. All direct acceptance players at the time of an entry deadline who do not play an event will receive a 0-pointer for that event. The Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 1000 became optional in 2009, but if a player chooses to participate in it, its result will be counted and his 4th best result in an ATP 500 event will be ignored (his three best ATP 500 results remain). If a player doesn't play enough ATP 500 events, and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500's table (if entered or achieved better results). If a player doesn't play enough ATP 250 or Challenger events, the World Team Championship is counted in the 250's table (if entered or achieved better results). If a player couldn't be present in all required tournament classes (i.e. because of an injury), all uncounted ATP 250 or Challenger results are eligible to be included in his 18 valid tournaments. In case of teams rankings challenger points are excluded. A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, will not receive any penalty. The 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals will count as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end.

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Battle for London – Singles

# Player Points Tour Date Qualified
1  Rafael Nadal (ESP) 11,450 16 June 7
2  Roger Federer (SUI) 7,645 17 August 30
3  Novak Djokovic (SRB) 5,635 18 October 9
4  Robin Söderling (SWE) 5,380 22 October 23
5  Andy Murray (GBR) 5,360 18 October 14
6  Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 3,755 25 November 11
7  David Ferrer (ESP) 3,735 23 November 11
8  Andy Roddick (USA) 3,665 17 November 11
Rafael Nadal won his Career Golden Slam at the 2010 US Open

On June 7, after winning his fifth French Open title, Spaniard Rafael Nadal was announced as the first qualfiier.

Rafael Nadal won 7 titles in the year, the most of any player on the tour. Nadal began the year by reaching the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open losing to Nikolay Davydenko 0–6, 7–6(8), 6–4.[2] At the Australian Open he lost in the quarterfinals to Andy Murray. Nadal won his first title of the year and his first in 11 months at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he defeated Fernando Verdasco in the final with a 6–0, 6–1 victory.[3] This was his sixth consecutive title at the event. He then went on to win his next 3 tournaments, racking up 24 consecutive match wins on the way. He won the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, his fifth in the event, defeating compatriot David Ferrer 7–5, 6–2 in the final.[4] Nadal also claimed his home masters tournament, Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, for the first time, avenging his 2009 final defeat, to Roger Federer with a 6–4, 7–6(5) win.[5] Nadal then reclaimed the French Open, winning it for the fifth time and avenging his loss to Robin Soderling in last year's 4th round encounter with a 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 victory in the final,[6] with this he also reclaimed the world no. 1 ranking from Roger Federer. Thus making a sweep of the clay-court Masters 1000 and Slam. Nadal's winning streak was ended by compatriot Feliciano Lopez at the quarterfinals of the AEGON Championships losing 7–6(5), 6–4.[7] Nadal's next title came at Wimbledon, where he defeated Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 in the final to claim his second title and his first "Old World Triple".[8] Nadal then went on to complete a Career Golden Slam and claim the year-end no. 1 ranking; with his first win at the US Open over Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 in a rain-delayed final.[9] [10] Nadal also earned his 7th title of the year at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships beating Gael Monfils 6–1, 7–5[11]. Nadal missed the last Masters of the event in the BNP Paribas Masters due to a shoudler injury[12]. This is his fourth appearance reaching the Semifinals twice having a 4–7 record. Nadal will be looking to improve on last year having failed to win a set in the tournament.

Roger Federer won the 2010 Australian Open, which was his fourth victory at the Slam

On August 30, following his victory over Brian Dabul in the first round of the US Open, Roger Federer was announced as the second qualifier.

Roger Federer began the year by winning the Australian Open, his 16th Slam title defeating Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11) in the final.[13] Federer did not reach another final until the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he was the defending champion but lost in a rematch of the 2009 final to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 7–6(5).[14] He also fell in his next two finals, at the Gerry Weber Open and the Rogers Cup losing to Lleyton Hewitt 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4[15] ending his 15 match winning streak over the Australian and Andy Murray 7–5, 7–5.[16] Federer then defended his title in the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, defeating American Mardy Fish 6–7(5), 7–6(1), 6–4[17]. He then reached his fourth Masters 1000 final in the Shanghai Rolex Masters but lost to Andy Murray 3–6, 2–6[18]. Federer won his third title of the year at the If Stockholm Open defeating Florian Mayer in the final 6–4, 6–3[19]. Equaling Pete Sampras' for the amount of tournament wins with 64. Federer then broke Sampras' total as he won his 65 career title in the Davidoff Swiss Indoors outlasting Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 in the final. This title places him fourth in the all-time list[20]. Federer reached the semifinals of the US Open and as the defending champion, he fell in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist in the Wimbledon and French Open. During the French Open, Federer won his 700th ATP tour level match and his 150th on clay.[21] While at Wimbledon Federer recorded his 200th Grand Slam match win in the first round.[22] Federer reached 900th tour matches in Stockholm and duly won his 900th match.[23] Federer has a 29–7 record in the World Tour Finals, having won it on 4 occasions in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. This is his 9th appearance in the event and made the semi finals last year.

On October 9, after reaching the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters, Serbian Novak Djokovic became the third qualifier.

Novak Djokovic reached his second US Open final

Novak Djokovic reach a career-high world no. 2, after the Australian Open. Djokovic successfully defended a title for the first time at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Mikhail Youzhny 7–5, 5–7, 6–3.[24] The Serb struggled first with his serve and then with his health, during the clay and grass season. But after moving back on to hardcourts Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam final since winning the 2008 Australian Open at the US Open. Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the semifinal ending a run of three consecutive losses at the Open to him. Djokovic beat the Swiss 5–7, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5, saving two match points at 5–4 down on his serve in the final set.[25] In the final Djokovic lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets 6–4, 5–6, 6–4, 6–2.[26] Djokovic went on to win his second title of the year in the China Open defeating David Ferrer 6–2, 6–4 in the final.[27] At the Davidoff Swiss Indoors as the defending champion, he reached the final but lost to Roger Federer 4–6, 6–3, 1–6.[28] At the other Slams, the Serbian was able to reach the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and French Open, and the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Championships. He was a member of the Serbia's Davis Cup team where he won all of his five singles matches taking Serbia to their first Davis Cup final. Djokovic is making his fourth appearance after winning in 2008, and is looking to improve on last years perfomance, where he failed to get out of his group.

Andy Murray reaches the Australian Open final

On October 13, after reaching the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, Britain's no. 1 Andy Murray was announced as a qualifier.

Andy Murray began the year by reaching his second Slam final at the Australian Open, wherein he defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals in after the Spanard retired, but lost to Roger Federer in the final 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11)[29]. After the loss to Federer, Murray went on a bad run of form only making it in 2 quarterfinals in 8 tournaments. However, Murray bounced back at the Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the semi-finals losing to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 7–6(6), 6–4. The Scot then reached the final on his next tournament at the Farmers Classic, but was defeated by American Sam Querrey 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–3 in the final[30]. Murray won his first title of the year at the Rogers Cup where he was the defending champion, defeating Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5 in the final[31]. Murray also defeated Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win his second title in the year at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he also did not drop a set in the tournament[32]. At the other Slams, Andy fell early in both French Open and US Open, in the fourth and third round, respectively. This is his third appearance and has a 5–2 record, and has a best of the semi finals in 2008. Murray will be looking to do better than last year where he failed to make it out of the groups by one game.

Robin Soderling qualified for the second straight year

On October 23, after getting to the quarterfinals of the If Stockholm Open, French Open finalist Robin Soderling was named as the fifth qualifier.

Robin Soderling won his first 500 Series title in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament won over Mikhail Youzhny when the Swede leading 6–4, 2–0, the Russian retired due to a right hamstring injury[33]. He then reached the final of the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell losing to Fernando Verdasco in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–3[34]. At the French Open, Soderling made a repeat of last years upset, but this time around against Roger Federer defeating him in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4, ending Federer's 12 match winning streak over the Swede[35]. He then went on to reached the finals for the second consecutive year, but lost to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–2, 6–4[36]. He reached his fourth final of the year at the SkiStar Swedish Open, as the defending champion but lost to Nicolas Almagro 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 in the final[37]. At the other Slams, he reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, and the first round of the Australian Open. He also reached the Semi-finals of BNP Paribas Open, Sony Ericsson Open and the Valencia Open 500. In mid-November he has won the BNP Paribas Masters against Gael Monfils by 6–1, 7–6 plummeting his ranking to career-high of world no. 4 and also in seeding of the tournament where this will be his second appearance making it to the semifinals last year.

Andy Roddick winning in Miami

On November 11, the final three remaining spots where occupied after Spaniard Fernando Verdasco lost 6–7 7–6 7–5 in the third round to Gael Monfils. The three spots were fileld up by Andy Roddick of the United States, Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic, and David Ferrer of Spain.

Andy Roddick began the year in perfect form by winning the Brisbane International defeating Radek Štěpánek 7–6(2), 7–6(7) in the final[38]. This made 2010 his tenth consecutive season with at least one ATP singles title. He then reached the final of the SAP Open in San Jose but fell to 2nd seed Fernando Verdasco 3–6, 6–4, 6–4[39]. He then reached the final of the BNP Paribas Open, his first Masters final since winning in the 2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters but fell to Croatian Ivan Ljubičić 7–6(3), 7–6(5)[40]. However, at the Sony Ericsson, Roddick made a triumph as he upset Rafael Nadal in the semifinals 3–6, 6–4, 6–4[41] and eventually won the title over Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–4 in the final[42], this is his fifth Masters 1000 title. Roddick also missed the whole European Clay Season. At the Slams Roddick wasn't able to go deep in the draw as he fell in the second round of the US Open, the third round of the French Open and the fourth round Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Roddick qualfied for the 8th straight year but is only making his 6th appearance after reaching the semi-finals in 2003, 2004 and 2007.

Tomáš Berdych reaches his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon
David Ferrer qualifies for the second time

Tomáš Berdych made a big triumph this year by reaching a career-high no. 6 in the world. Although Berdych is the only player on the eight man field to not win a tournament in the year, he made a big impression in the Slams. Berdych was able to make it to his first Grand Slam Semi-finals at the French Open losing to Robin Soderling after earning a victory over Andy Murray in the round of 16. Berdych, however made a bigger impression at the Wimbledon Championships, where he upset world no. 2 Roger Federer 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the quarterfinals[43] and world no. 3 Novak Djokovic 6–3, 7–6(9), 6–3 in the semi-finals[44], to reach his first Slam final where he fell to world no. 1 Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–5, 6–4[45]. Berdych was only able to reach one other final at the Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to American Andy Roddick 7–5, 6–4 in the final[46]. At the other slams Berdych fell early at the first round of the US Open and the second round of the Australian Open. Berdych is also the only debutant in the tournament.

David Ferrer made a resurgence this year getting back into the top 10 after 2 years. Ferrer was able to win two titles this year, both at 500 series events. His first is in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel where he defeated compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 in the final[47] and in the Valencia Open 500 defeated surprise finalist Lucky Loser Marcel Granollers 7–5, 6–3 in the final[48]. Ferrer also made it to his first Masters 1000 finals at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to defending champion Rafael Nadal 7–5, 6–2 in the final[49]. Ferrer was also able to reach two other finals in the Copa Telmex losing to Juan Carlos Ferrero 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 in the final[50] and in the China Open, this time losing to top seed Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–2 in the final[51]. Ferrer was also able to reach the semi-finals of Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell and Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. In the Slams Ferrer was able to reach the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships and US Open, the third round of the French Open and the second round of the Australian Open. Ferrer is making his second appearance, having reached the finals in 2007.

Battle for London – Doubles

Sd Player Points Tour Date Qualified
1  Bob Bryan (USA)
 Mike Bryan (USA)		 11,460 22 August 30
2  Daniel Nestor (CAN)
 Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)		 8,415 24 August 30
3  Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)
 Max Mirnyi (BLR)		 4,270 19 November 11
4  Lukáš Dlouhý (CZE)
 Leander Paes (IND)		 4,015 18 October 23
5  Lukasz Kubot (POL)
 Oliver Marach (AUT)		 3,735 23 November 10
6  Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)
 Marcin Matkowski (POL)		 3,610 28 November 11
7  Wesley Moodie (RSA)
 Dick Norman (BEL)		 3,375 20 November 13
8  Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
 Philipp Petzschner (GER)		 2,745 12 September 14
#Melzer and Petzschner qualified due to winning
Wimbledon and a top 20 finish mean according to the rules (P39)[52][53]

On August 30, The first two team to qualify were announced. The two teams were defending champions and brother Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan and 2008 champions Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia.

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan started the year by defending their Australian Open defeating Nestor/Zimonjic 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3[54]. They also defended their next two titles in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships[55] and US Men's Clay Court Championships [56] over the teams of Marx/Zelenay 6–3, 7–6(3) and Huss/Moodie 6–3, 7–5, respectively. They also won back-to-back Masters 1000 titles in the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating compatriots Isner/Querrey[57] and in the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open over Nestor/Zimonjic[58]. They then made a good run at the US Open Series winning in the Farmers Classic over Zimonjic/Nestor in a close three setter 6–7(6), 6–2, [10–7][59]. They then won their next three tournaments at the Rogers Cup 7–5, 6–3 over Benneteau/Llodra[60], Western & Southern Financial Group Masters 6–3, 6–4 over Bhupathi/Mirnyi[61] and the last Slam of the year, the US Open defeating the Asian team of Bopanna/Qureshi 7–6(5), 7–6(4)[62]. They then won their 10th and 11th title at the China Open defeating Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 6–1, 7–6(5)[63] and at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors once again defeating Zimonjic/Nestor 6–3, 3–6, [10–3][64] .

Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic began the year by winning the Medibank International Sydney defeating Hutchins/Kerr 6–3, 7–6(5)[65] . They also won in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament outlasting Aspelin/Hanley 6–4, 4–6, [10–7][66] . They had a good run at the European clay season winning three titles, the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters defeating Bhupathi/Mirnyi 6–3, 2–0 retired[67], the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell defeating Hewitt/Knowles 4–6, 6–3, [10–6][68] and the French Open defeating Dlouhý/Paes 7–5, 6–2[69]. They won their sixth title of the year at the Bank Austria-TennisTrophy over the Polish team of Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 7–5, 3–6, [10–5][70]. They reached the finals of the BNP Paribas Open falling to the Spanish team of López/Nadal 7–6(8), 6–3. They also reached the finals of the Australian Open, Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open and Davidoff Swiss Indoors all losing to the team of Bryan/Bryan in all three occasions. They have announced that this is their final year playing together.

On September 14, Wimbledon Champions Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner were announced as the third qualifiers after the team of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi failed to win the US Open.

Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner played together for the first time this year. Together they won two titles, the PBZ Zagreb Indoors over Clément/Rochus 3–6, 6–3, [10–8][71] and the Wimbledon Championships over Lindstedt/Tecau 6–1, 7–5, 7–5 [72]. This is the first Slam for both Melzer and Petzschner. Petzschner also reached the finals of MercedesCup with Christopher Kas but lost to the Argentinian team of Berlocq/Schwank in two tie-breaks. Melzer on the other hand reached two finals, winning in the Shanghai Rolex Masters with Leander Paes defeating Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] and losing in the PTT Thailand Open with Jonathan Erlich losing to Kas/Troicki 6–4, 6–4.

On October 23, the team of Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were announced as the fourth qualifiers.

Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes only won one title in the year the Sony Ericsson Open, where they defeated Bhupathi/Mirnyi in the final 6–2, 7–5[73]. They also reached four other finals but fell in each, at the Brisbane International to French Team of Chardy/Gicquel 6–3, 7–6(5), at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships to Aspelin/Hanley 6–2, 6–3, at the French Open as the defending champions to Nestor/Zimonjic 7–5, 6–2 and at the UNICEF Open to Lindstedt/Tecau 1–6, 7–5, [10–7]

On November 10, Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach became the fifth team to qualify.

Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach won two titles this year, both coming on clay where they defeated Starace at the Movistar Open over Starace/Zeballos 6–4, 6–0[74] and at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel over Fognini/Starace 6–0, 6–0[75] . They also reached the finals of the Brasil Open losing to Cuevas/Granollers 7–5, 6–4. Marach also won a title in the BMW Open with Santiago Ventura over Butorac/Kohlmann 5–7, 6–3, [16–14]. Kubot also won a title with Juan Ignacio Chela at the BCR Open Romania defeating Granollers/Ventura 6–2, 5–7, [13–11].

On November 11, the Polish team Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski and the team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were announced as qualifiers.

Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski both entered the top 10 of doubles and has won at least one title as a team for the eight straight year when they won the AEGON International over the British team of Fleming/Skupski 6–3, 5–7, [10–8][76] . They also had a good run after the US Open as they reached four finals but lost in each at the Proton Malaysian Open to Cermák/Mertinák 7–6(3), 7–6(5), at the China Open to Bryan/Bryan 6–1, 7–6(5), at the Shanghai Rolex Masters to Melzer/Paes 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] and at the Bank Austria-TennisTrophy to Nestor/Zimonjic 7–5, 3–6, [10–5].

Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi reached four Masters 1000 event finals in the year fell in their first three but succeeded in winning the final one. At the Sony Ericsson Open they lost to Dlouhý/Paes 6–2, 7–5, at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to Nestor/Zimonjic 6–3, 2–0 retired, and at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters to Bryan/Bryan 6–3, 6–4. At the BNP Paribas Masters they won their only title of the year, 7–5, 7–5 against Ram/Knowles[77]. They also reached the final of the Valencia Open 500, where they fell to British brothers Murray/Murray 7–6(8), 5–7, [10–7].

On November 13, Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman took the last spot after Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak were deafeated by Mahesh Bhupati and Max Mirnyi.

Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman did not reach a final this year. Even though Moodies reached the final of the US Men's Clay Court Championships with Stephen Huss losing to Bryan/Bryan 6–3, 7–5. Their best performance came in the French Open and Wimbledon Championships where they fell in the semi-finals.

Groupings

The tournament was conducted in a round robin format. The eight players/teams divided in two groups. The eight seeds were determined by the South African Airways ATP Rankings and the 2010 ATP Doubles Team Rankings of Monday, 15 November 2010. The top seed was placed in Group A and the second seed placed in Group B. Players/teams seeded three and four, five and six, seven and eight, were then drawn in pairs placing the first drawn in Group A.

Singles

Group A Consists of three of four of the Slam champions competing in the event, the gorup is led by 9-time Major champion Rafael Nadal, One-time Major champions Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick, and one-time Major finalist Tomáš Berdych. Against the rest of the group, no. 1 seed Rafael Nadal is 28–13, no. 3 seed Novak Djokovic is 12-21, no. 6 seed Tomáš Berdych is 6–17 and no. 8 seed Andy Roddick is 14-9.

Nadal is 15–7 with Djokovic, with their only match this year, coming at the US Open final, which was won by Nadal, however Djokovic won 3 of their last 4 encounters. Nadal also leads 8–3 over Berdych, And has won both their encounters this year at the Wimbledon finals and the Indian Wells quarterfinals. Nadal also leads Roddick 5-3, but with Roddick winning their last meeting at the Miami semifinals nad Nadal winning their 3 previous matches before the said semifinals. Roddick on the other hand has a winning record against both Djokovic and Berdych. Roddick is 5-2 against Djokovic and has a four match winning streak against the Serb with their last meeting coming in Cincinnati. Roddick also leads Berdych 6-2 winning their last meeting at the Miami final and has a four match winning streak against the Czech. While Djokovic trails Nadal and Roddick he has a winning record of 3-1 against Berdych, winning their previous encounter at the Davis Cup semi-final tie between Serbia and Czech Republic.

Group B is lead by the only Major champion in his group Roger Federer, he is joined two-time Major finalists Robin Soderling and Andy Murray, and one-time Major semifinalist David Ferrer. Against the rest of the group, no. 2 seed Roger Federer has an impressive 29–9, no. 4 seed Robin Söderling 11–20, no. 5 seed Andy Murray 11–10 and no. 7 David Ferrer 7–19.

Andy Murray leads 8–5 against Federer, they met three times this year all in the final, with Murray winning their last two meeting at Shanghai and Toronto. Murray is tied with Söderling 2-2, with Soderling winning their last match in Indian well. However Murray trails 1-3 to Ferrer, with Ferrer winning their two encounters in 2010 in Rome and Madrid. Federer has lost only one match to the others, he is 14-1 with Söderling's only win at Roland Garros this year and a perfect record of 10-0 versus Ferrer. Söderling has a winning record against Ferrer of 8-4, however Ferrer won their last match in Valencia. [78]

Head-to-Heads

This are the head-to-head records as they approach the tournament.

2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles

  Nadal Federer Djokovic Söderling Murray Berdych Ferrer Roddick Overall
1 Spain Rafael Nadal 14–7 15–7 5–2 8–4 8–3 11–3 5–3 66–29
2 Switzerland Roger Federer 7–14 12–6 14–1 5–8 9–3 10–0 20–2 77–34
3 Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–15 6–12 5–1 4–3 3–1 5–4 2–5 32–41
4 Sweden Robin Söderling 2–5 1–14 1–5 2–2 6–3 8–4 3–2 23–35
5 United Kingdom Andy Murray 4–8 8–5 3–4 2–2 1–2 1–3 6–3 25–27
6 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 3–8 3–9 1–3 3–6 2–1 2–5 2–6 16–38
7 Spain David Ferrer 3–11 0–10 4–5 4–8 3–1 5–2 4–3 23–40
8 United States Andy Roddick 3–5 2–20 5–2 2–3 3–6 6–2 3–4 24–42

Round Robin

Day 1 : November 21, 2010

Matches on O2 arena[79]
Group Winner Loser Score
Doubles - Group A United States Bob Bryan [1] / United States Mike Bryan [1]
vs.
Austria Jürgen Melzer [8] / Germany Philipp Petzschner [8]
Singles - Group B Sweden Robin Söderling [4] vs. United Kingdom Andy Murray [5]
Doubles - Group A Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý [4] / India Leander Paes [4]
vs.
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg [6] / Poland Marcin Matkowski [6]
Singles - Group B Switzerland Roger Federer [2] vs. Spain David Ferrer [7]
1st match starts at 12:15 pm, 2nd not before 2 pm, 3rd at 6:15 pm and 4th not before 8 pm

Day 2 : November 22, 2010

Matches on O2 arena[79]
Group Winner Loser Score
Doubles - Group B India Mahesh Bhupathi [3] / Belarus Max Mirnyi [3]
vs.
Poland Łukasz Kubot [5] / Austria Olivier Marach [5]
Singles - Group A Serbia Novak Djokovic [3] vs. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [6]
Doubles - Group B Canada Daniel Nestor [2] / Serbia Nenad Zimonjic [2]
vs.
South Africa Wesley Moodie [7] / Belgium Dick Norman [7]
Singles - Group A Spain Rafael Nadal [1] vs. United States Andy Roddick [8]
1st match starts at 12:15 pm, 2nd not before 2 pm, 3rd at 6:15 pm and 4th not before 8 pm

Prize money & Points

The total prize money for the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals was 5 million United States dollars.[80]

Stage Singles Doubles1 Points
Champion +$770,000 +$125,000 +500
Semifinal win +$380,000 +$30,000 +400
Round Robin (3 wins) $480,0002 $122,5003 600
Round Robin (2 wins) $360,0002 $100,0003 400
Round Robin (1 win) $240,0002 $87,5003 200
Round Robin (0 wins) $120,0002 $65,0003 0
Alternates $70,000 $25,000 –
  • 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.
  • 2 Pro-rated on a per match basis: $70,000 = 1 match, $95,000 = 2 matches, $120,000 = 3 matches
  • 3 Pro-rated on a per match basis: $30,000 = 1 match, $50,000 = 2 matches, $65,000 = 3 matches

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2010 ATP World Tour Finals - Singles

TBD vs TBD

Doubles

Main article: 2010 ATP World Tour Finals - Doubles

TBD / TBD vs TBD / TBD

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