2010 Medibank International Sydney

2010 Medibank International Sydney
Date	10–16 January 2010
Edition	118th
Category	ATP World Tour 250 WTA Premier
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Marcos Baghdatis
Women's singles
Elena Dementieva
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
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The 2010 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 118th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 10 through 16 January 2010.

Coverage of the event was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions.

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
RUS	Dinara Safina	2	2
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3	3
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	4	4
RUS	Elena Dementieva	5	5
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	7	6
SRB	Jelena Janković	8	7
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	9	8

• As of 4 January 2010

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Casey Dellacqua
• Justine Henin (withdrew due to left gluteal strain)

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

• Jill Craybas
• Kimiko Date-Krumm
• Vera Dushevina
• Anna-Lena Grönefeld
• Varvara Lepchenko
• Ágnes Szávay

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through the virtue of being a lucky loser:

• Timea Bacsinszky

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Gaël Monfils	13	1
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	20	2
SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka	21	3
AUS	Lleyton Hewitt	22	4
USA	Sam Querrey	25	5
SRB	Victor Troicki	29	6
RUS	Igor Andreev	35	7
GER	Benjamin Becker	40	8

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Carsten Ball
• Nick Lindahl
• Peter Luczak

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

• Juan Ignacio Chela
• Frederico Gil
• Marinko Matosevic
• Leonardo Mayer

The following players received the lucky loser spot:

• Taylor Dent
• Daniel Gimeno Traver

Marcos Baghdatis defeated Richard Gasquet, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

• It was Baghdatis' first title of the year and fourth of his career.

Elena Dementieva defeated Serena Williams, 6–3, 6–2

• It was Dementieva's first title of the year, 15th of her career, and her second consecutive title at the event.

Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Ross Hutchins / Jordan Kerr, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5).

Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Tathiana Garbin / Nadia Petrova, 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]

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