2010 BNP Paribas Open explained

Date:	March 8–21
Edition:	37th (ATP) / 22nd (WTA)
Prize Money:	$3,645,000
Category:	World Tour Masters 1000 (ATP) Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Surface:	Hard / outdoor
Location:	Indian Wells, California, US
Venue:	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champms:	Ivan Ljubičić^[1]
Champws:	Jelena Janković
Champmd:	Rafael Nadal / Marc López^[2]
Champwd:	Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik
Main Name:	Indian Wells Open

The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 37th edition of the men's event (22nd for the women), also known as the Indian Wells Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 8 through March 21, 2010.

The year's tournament saw a couple of withdrawals; The women's side saw the draw without the top two rank players with World no. 2 Dinara Safina withdrawing with a recurring back problem and world no. 1 Serena Williams with sister Venus Williams continue their boycott from the tournament since Serena won the event in 2001. The men's side saw the withdrawals of Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt due to hip surgeries. Juan Martín del Potro also withdrew due to a right wrist injury and Fernando González withdrew to aid his country Chile after an earthquake. Stanislas Wawrinka also withdrew due to the birth of his child. Mikhail Youzhny also withdrew.

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles. Ivan Ljubičić defeated Andy Roddick, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)

It was Ljubicic's first title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his first Masters 1000 title in four finals. He became the first Croatian to win the title.

Women's singles

See main article: 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles. Jelena Janković defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4

It was Janković's first title of the year and 12th of her career.

Men's doubles

See main article: 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles. Marc López / Rafael Nadal defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6^(10–8), 6–3

Women's doubles

See main article: 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Nadia Petrova / Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]

ATP entrants

Seeds

Athlete	Nationality	Ranking*	Seeding
		1	1
Novak Djokovic		2	2
		3	3
		4	4
		6	5
		7	6
Andy Roddick		8	7
		9	8
		11	9
Fernando Verdasco		12	10
Juan Carlos Ferrero		14	11
Gaël Monfils		15	12
		16	13
Radek Štěpánek		17	14
John Isner		20	15
		21	16
Sam Querrey		22	17
Tommy Robredo		23	18
Tomáš Berdych		25	19
		26	20
		27	21
		28	22
		29	23
		30	24
		31	25
		32	26
		33	27
Feliciano López	Spain	34	28
Viktor Troicki	Serbia	35	29
Janko Tipsarević	Serbia	36	30
Igor Andreev		37	31
Julien Benneteau	France	38	32

Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

Mario Ančić

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the tournament:

José Acasuso
Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)
Marc Gicquel
Fernando González (helping with aid in Chile)
Máximo González
Tommy Haas (hip surgery)
Lleyton Hewitt (hip surgery)
Fabrice Santoro
Stanislas Wawrinka
Mikhail Youzhny

WTA entrants

Seeds

Athlete	Nationality	Ranking*	Seeding
Svetlana Kuznetsova		3	1
Caroline Wozniacki	Denmark	4	2
Victoria Azarenka	Belarus	6	3
Elena Dementieva		7	4
	Poland	8	5
		9	6
	China	10	7
Samantha Stosur	Australia	11	8
Flavia Pennetta	Italy	12	9
		13	10
Marion Bartoli	France	14	11
Vera Zvonareva		15	12
Yanina Wickmayer	Belgium	16	13
Kim Clijsters	Belgium	17	14
Francesca Schiavone	Italy	18	15
Nadia Petrova		19	16
Shahar Pe'er	Israel	20	17
Zheng Jie	China	21	18
Aravane Rezaï	France	22	19
Alyona Bondarenko	Ukraine	23	20
Daniela Hantuchová	Slovakia	24	21
Sabine Lisicki	Germany	25	22
Alisa Kleybanova		26	23
Ana Ivanovic	Serbia	27	24
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova		28	25
Dominika Cibulková	Slovakia	29	26
Ágnes Szávay	Hungary	31	27
María José Martínez Sánchez	Spain	33	28
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Spain	34	29
Aleksandra Wozniak	Canada	35	30
Gisela Dulko	Argentina	36	31
Maria Kirilenko		37	32