2010 BNP Paribas Masters

2010 BNP Paribas Masters
Date:		November 6 – November 14
Edition:		36th
Champions
Singles
Robin Söderling
Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi
BNP Paribas Masters  < 2009 2011 >

The 2010 BNP Paribas Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the tournament known that year as the BNP Paribas Masters after the sponsor BNP Paribas. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from November 6 through November 14, 2010. The top eight seeds were Roger Federer, defending champion Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Robin Söderling, Tomáš Berdych, Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer and Andy Roddick.

Robin Söderling defeated Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–6(1) in the final to win his first Masters 1000 championship and rise to a career-high world ranking of #4. Monfils was playing in his second successive Paris Masters final having saved five match points in defeating Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Roger Federer	2	1
SRB	Novak Djokovic	3	2
GBR	Andy Murray	4	3
SWE	Robin Söderling	5	4
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	6	5
ESP	Fernando Verdasco	7	6
ESP	David Ferrer	8	7
USA	Andy Roddick	9	8
RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	10	9
RUS	Nikolay Davydenko	11	10
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	12	11
FRA	Gaël Monfils	14	12
CRO	Marin Čilić	15	13
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	16	14
CRO	Ivan Ljubičić	17	15
USA	John Isner	19	16

• Seeds are based on the rankings of November 1, 2010.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Arnaud Clément
• Nicolas Mahut
• Florent Serra

The following player received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:

• Marcel Granollers

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Benjamin Becker
• Fabio Fognini
• Santiago Giraldo
• Illya Marchenko
• Jarkko Nieminen
• Josselin Ouanna

The following players received entry as an Lucky Loser into the singles main draw:

• Michael Russell

Notable Withdrawals

• Rafael Nadal (shoulder injury)^[1]
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury)^[2]
• Marcos Baghdatis (shoulder injury)^[3]
• Juan Carlos Ferrero (knee & wrist surgery)^[4]
• Mardy Fish (ankle injury)

Champions

Singles

Robin Söderling def. Gaël Monfils, 6-1, 7–6(1)

• It was Söderling's second title of the year and 6th of his career. It was his first Masters title.

Doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi def. Mark Knowles / Andy Ram, 7–5, 7–5

References

External links

• Official Website