2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters Explained

The 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China. This edition was held from October 9 to October 17, 2010. Fourth-seeded Andy Murray won the singles title.

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Spain	Rafael Nadal	1	1
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	2	2
	Roger Federer	3	3
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	4	4
Sweden	Robin Söderling	5	5
Russian Federation	Nikolay Davydenko	6	6
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	7	7
Russian Federation	Mikhail Youzhny	8	8
Spain	Fernando Verdasco	9	9
	Andy Roddick	10	10
Spain	David Ferrer	11	11
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	12	12
Austria	Jürgen Melzer	13	13
	Marin Čilić	14	14
France	Gaël Monfils	15	15
Spain	Nicolás Almagro	16	16

• Rankings are as of October 4, 2010.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:^[2]

• Wu Di
• Bai Yan
• Yang Tsung-hua
• Zhang Ze

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:^[3]

• Kevin Anderson
• Benjamin Becker
• Jérémy Chardy
• Marsel İlhan
• Łukasz Kubot
• Florent Serra
• Mischa Zverev

The following players received entry as a Lucky loser into the singles main draw:

• Daniel Gimeno Traver

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000 – Singles. Andy Murray defeated Roger Federer, 6–3, 6–2.

• It was Murray's 2nd title of the year and 16th of his career. It was his 6th Masters 1000 title of his career.

Doubles

See main article: 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000 – Doubles. Jürgen Melzer / Leander Paes defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5].^[4]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATP rankings October 4, 2010. ATPWorldTour.com. 2010-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062325/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx?d=04.10.2010&c=&r=1. 7 October 2010 . live.
2. Web site: Main Draw. ATPWorldTour.com. 2010-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20101010235125/http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2010/5014/mds.pdf. 10 October 2010 . live.
3. Web site: Qualifying Draw. ATPWorldTour.com. 2010-11-17.
4. Web site: ATP World Tour Shanghai Rolex Masters Results. Associated Press. 2010-10-17. 2010-11-17.