This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2010. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
Just five male players reached at least the third round of all four grand slams: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Albert Montañés. Only Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic reached the fourth round at all four major, but all three also reached all four quarterfinals.
Nikolay Davydenko became the second player to beat both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the same tournament on separate occasions en route to winning the 2010 Qatar ExxonMobil Open.
Roger Federer won his 16th Grand Slam Singles title (at the Australian Open) to improve his record of most Grand Slam Singles titles won by a man in the open era.
Chile decided to still plan to host its Davis Cup series against Israel despite the devastating earthquake that killed at least 700 people in the South American country.
Marco Chiudinelli was awarded the 2009 Comeback Player of the Year Award.
French officials stated that the French Open might leave Roland Garros, the tournament's home for 82 years, if improvements are not made to the infrastructure.
By successfully defending his title in Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal became the first player in the open era to win six back to back titles at a single tournament.
Organizers announced that the Madrid Open will be the first tennis tournament to be broadcast for the general public in 3D outside tournament grounds.
Sam Querrey and John Isner set up the first all-American clay court final in 19 years at the Serbia Open, with Querrey being the victor.
By winning the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Rafael Nadal broke three Open Era records. The win gave him a record 18 Masters Series career titles, made him the first player to hold all three clay court Masters Series events in the same season, and also made him the first player to win three consecutive Masters events.
By virtue of winning the Madrid Open, the Bryan brothers matched the record for most doubles titles won in the open era with 61 titles.
Justine Henin's record-tying streak of 40 consecutive sets won at the French Open was broken by Russian, Maria Sharapova, in the third round.(Occurred in May)
Francesca Schiavone became the first Italian woman in the Open Era to reach the semifinal and final of and to win a Grand Slam at the French Open.
By winning the 2010 French Open, Rafael Nadal became the first man to qualify for the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals, as well as becoming the first man to complete 'the Clay Slam', by winning all 3 Masters 1000 titles (Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid), as well as the French Open, in the same calendar year.
Serena Williams became the sixth woman to hold the number one rankings in both singles and doubles (with Venus Williams). It is also the first time in the Open Era that the number one ranked doubles team holds the first and second ranks in singles. The pair also became the third partnership in the women's game to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time.
John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 70–68 in the longest match in tennis history in the first round of Wimbledon. The match broke numerous records and was played over a course of three days. (Occurred in June)
Rafael Nadal won his 14th consecutive match at Wimbledon to earn his second Wimbledon title.
Andy Roddick dropped to number eleven on August 8, and for the first time ever, no U.S. men were ranked inside the top ten on the ATP Tour.
For the first time since 1976 the top two ranked men in the world teamed up in a doubles event. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic played together at the 2010 Rogers Cup.
For the first time in 2010, all twenty of the top twenty ranked men competed in the same tournament at the Shanghai Masters. Andy Murray was the champion at the penultimate ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament.
