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2010 Mercury Insurance Open

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2010 Mercury Insurance Open
DateAugust 2–8
Edition30th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw28S /16D
Prize money$700,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationSan Diego, California, U.S.
Champions
Singles
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Doubles
Russia Maria Kirilenko / China Zheng Jie
← 2007 · Southern California Open · 2011 →

The 2010 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It was classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It was played in San Diego, California, United States. Unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova won the singles title.

Finals

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Singles

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Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Poland Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3

  • It was Kuznetsova's first title of the year and 13th of her career.

Doubles

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Russia Maria Kirilenko / China Zheng Jie defeated United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs, 6–4, 6–4

WTA entrants

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Seeds

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Player Nationality Ranking* Seed
Jelena Janković Serbia Serbia 2 1
Samantha Stosur Australia Australia 5 2
Vera Zvonareva Russia Russia 9 3
Agnieszka Radwańska Poland Poland 11 4
Flavia Pennetta Italy Italy 12 5
Marion Bartoli  France 14 6
Shahar Pe'er Israel Israel 16 7
Yanina Wickmayer Belgium Belgium 17 8
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of July 26, 2010.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:

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Preceded by 2010 US Open Series Women's Events Succeeded by