2010 HP Open explained

The 2010 HP Open (also known as the 2010 HP Japan Women's Open Tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the HP Open, and was classified as one of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It was played in Osaka, Japan from October 11 to October 17.

WTA players

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Samantha Stosur	8	1
	Marion Bartoli	14	2
	Shahar Pe'er	18	3
	Maria Kirilenko	26	4
Russian Federation	Alla Kudryavtseva	56	5
	Kimiko Date-Krumm	57	6
	Iveta Benešová	70	7
Hungary	Gréta Arn	88	8

• Seeds are based on the rankings of October 4, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ryōko Fuda
• Sachie Ishizu
• Aiko Nakamura

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Natalie Grandin
• Christina McHale
• Laura Robson
• Tomoko Yonemura

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2010 HP Open – Singles. Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, 7–5, 6–7(4), 6–1

• It was Tanasugarn's 1st title of the year, and her 4th overall.
• It was the oldest known final ever, at a combined age of 73.^[1]

Doubles

See main article: 2010 HP Open – Doubles. Chang Kai-chen / Lilia Osterloh def. Shuko Aoyama / Rika Fujiwara, 6–0, 6–3

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tanasugarn wins historic final. 17 October 2010. 18 October 2010. Women's Tennis Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20101018044028/http://www.wtatour.com/news/20101017/tanasugarn-wins-historic-final_2256076_2187061. 18 October 2010 . live.