2010 AFL finals series, The finals system
Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher seed in the first two weeks, to the qualifying final winners in the third week. Games in Victoria are played at the MCG, regardless of the team's usual home ground, if a crowd larger than the seating capacity of Etihad Stadium (53,359) is expected.


2010 AFL finals series, The finals system
In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne.


2010 AFL finals series, Qualification
Collingwood won the minor premiership, followed by 2009 Grand finalists Geelong and St Kilda, while giving Western Bulldogs a second chance spot in the top four. Sydney and Fremantle, the only non-Victorian clubs in the finals series, finished equal on points, but Sydney earned a game against Carlton on percentage. Hawthorn finished 7th despite a poor start to the season.


2010 AFL finals series, Week one, First qualifying final (Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs)
Collingwood was never challenged by the Bulldogs throughout the game. Collingwood midfielders Dane Swan (39 disposals, 3 goals), and Scott Pendlebury (30 disposals and 2 goals) controlled the game. The Bulldogs' best player was Ryan Griffen (34 disposals, 2 goals), who had come into the game under an injury cloud. Collingwood advanced to the preliminary final to play the winner of the second semi-final (Geelong), and the Bulldogs advanced to the first semi-final against Sydney.


2010 AFL finals series, Week one, Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. St Kilda)
St Kilda won in an upset against Geelong in the qualifying final. The Saints controlled the first half, and held a 33-point early in the third quarter, before Geelong fought back. The final quarter was played in heavy rain, and Geelong dominated general play, recording seventeen inside-50s to St Kilda's five; however, wayward goalkicking saw Geelong score 1.7 (13) to St Kilda's 1.0 (6). A potential go-ahead goal by Cameron Ling with one minute remaining was disallowed because Cameron Mooney pushed James Gwilt in the back during the tackle which set up the shot on goal.


2010 AFL finals series, Week one, Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. St Kilda)
Although controversial, the free kick was deemed to be correct. Mooney and Geelong coach Mark Thompson were both criticised in the media for their response to the free kick, but neither was penalised by the AFL. St Kilda advanced to the preliminary final to play the winner of the first semi-final (Western Bulldogs), while Geelong advanced to the second semi-final against Fremantle.


2010 AFL finals series, Week one, First elimination final (Sydney vs. Carlton)
Sydney recorded a memorable elimination final win against Carlton at ANZ Stadium by five points. Sydney scored the first four goals of the game, and maintained that advantage at half time, but Carlton scored five unanswered goals in the third quarter to lead by seven points at three-quarter time. First-year forward Trent Dennis-Lane proved the match-winner in the final quarter, scoring two of the Swans' three goals, as Sydney won by five points. Josh Kennedy played his best game for the Swans, Brett Kirk effectively tagged Kade Simpson and Dennis-Lane finished with four crucial goals. Carlton captain Chris Judd was instrumental in Carlton's third-quarter fightback, while Marc Murphy was damaging through the midfield and Andrew Walker, who had played mainly in defence during the season, played forward and scored three goals.


2010 AFL finals series, Week one, Second elimination final (Fremantle vs. Hawthorn)
Fremantle record its second win in a finals match in the club's history, overpowering Hawthorn by 30 points at Subiaco Oval. Fremantle built a 42-point lead at three-quarter time, while Hawthorn's goalkicking accuracy was poor, scoring 1.11 (17) in the first half. Hawthorn kicked four goals to two in the final quarter, but Fremantle withstood the minor challenge to win and advance to the second semi-final against Geelong. Tagger Adam McPhee was particularly influential on Luke Hodge, holding the former Norm Smith medallist to only five disposals in the first three-quarters.


2010 AFL finals series, Week two, First semi-final (Western Bulldogs vs. Sydney)
Sydney entered as narrow favourites, having won its last five games, and with full forward Daniel Bradshaw and goalsneak Ben McGlynn back into the side. After a close first quarter, Sydney dominated the second quarter, kicking five goals in a row to lead by as much as 30 points. However, goals against the run of play to Bulldogs Barry Hall and debutante Andrew Hooper reduced the margin to 16 points at half time.


2010 AFL finals series, Week two, First semi-final (Western Bulldogs vs. Sydney)
The Bulldogs' played much better in the third quarter, scoring three goals to Sydney's none to tie the scores at three quarter time; the Swans missed several opportunities, scoring 0.5 (5) in the quarter. In a tight final quarter, the Bulldogs opened up a 13-point lead, and while Sydney brought the margin back to 5 points, the Bulldogs held on for the victory. The loss was the final game for Sydney captain Brett Kirk and coach Paul Roos, who had both pre-announced their retirements at the end of the season. The Bulldogs advance to their third consecutive preliminary final, a rematch of the 2009 preliminary final against St Kilda.


2010 AFL finals series, Week two, Second semi-final (Geelong vs. Fremantle)
Geelong scored eight goals to Fremantle's one in the first quarter of their semi-final to take a 42-point lead into quarter time. From there, Geelong was never seriously challenged, eventually winning by 69 points. Geelong dominated the disposal count, recording 484 disposals (the highest ever in a final) to Fremantle's 287. Geelong advanced to its fourth consecutive preliminary final, and the third of those to be played against Collingwood.


2010 AFL finals series, Week three, First preliminary final (Collingwood vs. Geelong)
Collingwood built a big lead early in the game, and Geelong was never able to bring the game back to competitive. At one stage, Collingwood led by over 80 points, before Geelong scored 8 second half goals to finish 41 points behind, meaning they missed out on competing in the AFL Grand Final for the first time since 2007. The Cats' 62-point half-time deficit was the largest that Geelong had faced in any game since Round 18, 1998 against Sydney.


2010 AFL finals series, Week three, Second preliminary final (St Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs)
Despite being underdogs, the Bulldogs started the match well. In slippery conditions, the Bulldogs made the most of their opportunities to take a six-point lead at half time. In the third quarter, Nick Riewoldt inspired the Saints to a seven-goals-to-one quarter, opening up a 31-point lead from which the Bulldogs could not recover. It was the Bulldogs' third consecutive preliminary final loss, marked the final game of retiring captain Brad Johnson. St Kilda advanced to its second consecutive Grand Final.


2010 AFL finals series, Weeks four and five, Grand final and replay (Collingwood vs. St Kilda)
Note: this article covers both the drawn grand final and the grand final replay


2010 AFL season
The 2010 Australian Football League season commenced on 25 March 2010 and concluded on 2 October 2010. It was the 114th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 21st under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. The premiership was won by Collingwood, who defeated St Kilda by 56 points in the Grand Final Replay, which was played after the first Grand Final was drawn. Collingwood's win marked the 15th VFL/AFL premiership in the club's history.


2010 AFL season
The 2010 AFL season had a total attendance of 7,146,738 people and an average attendance of 38,423 per game, both of which were the highest in league history (breaking the previous records set in 2008). The record for total attendance was broken in 2017, but the record for average attendance still stands. It was the 16th and final season to be played with sixteen teams. An expansion of the league occurred over the following two seasons, with Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney joining in 2011 and 2012 respectively.


2010 AFL season, Premiership season
The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season was produced by the AFL with the intention of producing a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22 rounds, it is not possible for all teams to play each other twice. These factors combine to create some of the following anomalies:


2010 AFL season, Awards, AFL Rising Star
The AFL Rising Star is awarded to the best player who, as of the beginning of the season, is under the age of 21 and has played fewer than 10 games. Each week one player is nominated and at the end of the season a selection panel votes to select the overall winner.


2010 AFL season, Awards, AFL Rising Star
Sydney's Dan Hannebery won the award for 2010, with the maximum 45 votes awarded to him.


2010 AFL season, Awards, Goal of the Year
The Australian Football League celebrates the best goal of the season through the annual Goal of the Year competition. From 2010 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the Panasonic Goal of the Year.


2010 AFL season, Awards, Goal of the Year
Lance 'Buddy' Franklin won the award for his running goal against Essendon in round 13. By winning the award Franklin became the fifth indigenous player to win the award since 2004.


2010 AFL season, Awards, Mark of the Year
The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. From 2009 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the Hungry Jack's Mark of the Year.


2010 AFL season, Awards, Mark of the Year
Liam Jurrah, of the Melbourne Football Club, won the award for his mark over the top of Port Adelaide's Nick Salter, in round 21. However, he hadn't been nominated as Mark of the Week, which was won by Brendon Goddard. This inconsistency arose because the Mark of the Week is decided by an online public vote, while the Mark of the Year is decided separately by a panel of experts.


2010 AFL season, Umpiring and rule changes
No major changes to the rules were introduced for the 2010 season. Minor adjustments to the tribunal rules were made, including adding a provision to report players for diving or staging. The 2010 NAB Cup pre-season competition trialled three new rules: allowing boundary umpires to award free kicks, letting the players, not the umpire, decide if they want to use the advantage rule and penalising players who push the ball under another player.


2010 AHL All-Star Game
The 2010 American Hockey League All-Star Game was held on January 18 – January 19, 2010 at Cumberland County Civic Center, in Portland, Maine, where Canadian AHL All-Stars completed a sweep of the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic with a come-from-behind 10-9 shootout win over PlanetUSA.


2010 AHL All-Star Game
The AHL All-Star game is made up of the top AHL prospects in the minor league.


2010 AHL All-Star Game, Game summary
The game started off with a great amount of intensity starting in the first minute of the game where the Canadian AHL All-Stars scored their first goal 47 seconds into the game. 25 Seconds after Team Canada scored Planet USA came back and tied the game 1-1.


2010 AHL All-Star Game, Game summary
The Canadians were down by four goals when the Worcester Sharks' Logan Couture began the comeback at 7:48 of the third period. The Binghamton Senators' Ryan Keller collected his second goal of the night at 12:30 and Ellerby captured his only point of the night with an assist on Dustin Jeffrey's goal at 14:41 of the final frame to help put the Canadians within one goal and cut the deficit to 9-8. Then, with their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker, the Canadian squad evened the score when reigning league MVP Alexandre Giroux of the Hershey Bears banged home a shot with 18.0 seconds remaining.


2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
The 2010 AIBA Women World Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by Barbados from September 9 to 18, 2010 in Bridgetown. It was the 6th edition of the championship, which debuted in 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.


2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
The World Championship was contested in 10 weight disciplines by 257 amateur women boxers from 66 federations, and was conducted in the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium.


2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
Russia won two gold medals and one silver, while China, the champion in the 2008 edition, finished second with one gold, three silver and three bronze medals, followed by North Korea with one gold and one silver. In all, nine federations provided champions.


2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
The 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from April 25 to May 3, 2010. It was the second edition of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which had taken over from the Junior World Championship. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships.


2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
A total of 466 boxers from 96 different countries registered to compete in this edition of the competition.


2010 AIHL season
The 2010 AIHL season was the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It also marked the 10th Anniversary since the league’s inception in 2000. The league ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August 2010. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. Melbourne Ice won the Goodall Cup for the first time by defeating the defending champions Adelaide Adrenaline in the final.


2010 AIHL season, Teams
In 2010 the AIHL had 7 teams competing in the league.


2010 AIHL season, League business
During the off-season, the AIHL held its AGM where four board positions were filled following the retirement of three members. Chairman, Tim Frampton, was re-elected. The AGM agenda included the new stadium for Melbourne, scheduling, sponsorship, and referee management for the 2010 season. Other topics included IHA relations and a proposed new team from Brisbane. The AIHL Bears renamed to the Sydney Bears. The team was previously known as the Sydney Bears between 1997 and 2007.


2010 AIHL season, League business
In January, the AIHL released the season schedule. Seven teams would compete in eighty-four matches between April and August. The opening round of the season would kick off on the Anzac Day Weekend.


2010 AIHL season, League business
In February, the new ice sports stadium in Melbourne was opened. Named the Icehouse, the new stadium boasts two Olympic-sized ice rinks and is the third rink in Australia to be fully glassed. The new facility is the home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. In late February it was announced the Melbourne Ice would relcate to the new stadium in Docklands from the Olympic Ice Skating Centre, Oakleigh South.


2010 AIHL season, League business
In March, the AIHL announced a change to how the Finals host would be selected. Rather than a combined member and board vote, the hosting rights would be put up for open tender. The League also welcomed back the Goodall Cup after a one year absence. Ice Hockey Australia made the request for the league to take back the Cup and the organisation voted to restore the Goodall Cup as the Championship winning prize for the AIHL. The newly minted AIHL Champions Trophy was renamed and re-purposed by the AIHL to become the H Newman Reid Trophy and would be handed to the regular season premiers. 2009 AIHL Champions, the Adelaide Adrenaline, were etched into the Goodall Cup.


2010 AIHL season, League business
During the season, the Gold Coast Blue Tongues signed an agreement with the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club to play two home games in Brisbane at the olympic sized Acacia Ridge ice rink. AIHL Vice President Joshua Puls tendered his resignation citing an over commitment with Victoria's disadvantaged communities and a perceived conflict of interest after accepting an appointment as Patron of the Melbourne Ice as his reasons for the decision. The Sydney Ice Dogs also announced the launch of Ice Dogs TV featuring highlights from 2010 Ice Dogs home games as well as player interviews and other content. In July, the league announced the new Melbourne Icehouse had been selected from the tender and would be the host venue for the 2010 Finals series.


2010 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs
The playoffs were held between 28 and 29 August with all three games being played at the Icehouse in Melbourne. Melbourne Ice won the final and the Goodall Cup (1st title) after defeating the then defending champions Adelaide Adrenaline 6–4. The Ice took an early lead in the final before going behind twice. A strong finish to the match saw the Goodall Cup return to Victoria for the first time in 27 years. Melbourne Ice's Canadian born forward, Jason Baclig, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP) and was awarded the inaugural Kendall Finals MVP trophy.


2010 AIK Fotboll season
AIK suffered from a season of turmoil, starting with high-profile loan signing Sebastián Eguren being a flop, continuing with the resignation of 2009 double-winning coach Mikael Stahre and the reigning champions getting involved in a relegation scrap. A disappointing display in Europe, getting knocked out of both the Champions League and the Europa League early was followed by a decent autumn, which at least saved the contract, much thanks to IFK Värnamo recruit Mohamed Bangura proving to be a success.


2010 AIK Fotboll season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 AL30
2010 AL30 is a near-Earth asteroid that was discovered on 10 January 2010.


2010 AL30
Italian scientists Ernesto Guido and Giovanni Sostero told RIA Novosti that it had an orbital period of almost exactly one year and might be a spent rocket booster. However, it was determined that it is a near-Earth asteroid.


2010 AL30
On January 13, 2010 at 1246 UT it passed Earth at 0.0008624 AU (129,010 km; 80,170 mi), about 1/3 of the distance from the Earth to the Moon (or 0.33 LD).


2010 AL30
Based an estimated diameter of 10–15 m (33–49 ft), if 2010 AL30 had entered the Earth's atmosphere, it would have created a meteor air burst equivalent to between 50 kT and 100 kT (kilotons of TNT). The Nagasaki "Fat Man" atom bomb had a yield between 13–18 kT.


2010 AL30
It has an uncertainty parameter of 2 and has been observed by radar. Radar observations show the asteroid is elongated and is about 30 meters in diameter. It may be a contact binary.


2010 AMA National Speedway Championship
The 2010 AMA National Speedway Championship Series . The title was won by Billy Janniro, his second in total.


2010 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format
Over the course of 12 elimination races, 20 heats each rider raced against every other rider once. The riders get placed in a main event according to their earned points.


2010 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship
The 2010 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship was the 35th running of the AMA Superbike Championship, an American motorcycle racing championship. Title sponsors for the series include Sunoco, Amsoil, National Guard, Dunlop, Speedcom and SunTrust.


2010 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship
Josh Hayes won his first championship, becoming the first champion riding a Yamaha since 1991.


2010 AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship
The 2010 AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship was the second running of the AMA Daytona Sportbike Championship, an American motorcycle racing series that acts as a feeder series for the AMA Pro American Superbike Championship. Title sponsors for the series include Sunoco, Amsoil, National Guard, Dunlop, Speedcom and SunTrust.


2010 AMA Pro Supersport Championship
The 2010 AMA Pro Supersport Championship was the second running of the AMA Supersport Championship. Title sponsors for the series include Sunoco, Amsoil, National Guard, Dunlop, Speedcom and SunTrust. Tyler O'Hara became Top Gun champion in a final round shootout, in which the champion was decided through points amassed at Barber Motorsports Park only. Despite not winning a race all season, Austin Dehaven claimed the Young Gun championship.


2010 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
The 2010 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held September 16–19, 2010 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario. It was on the second week of the men's World Curling Tour and the first week of the Women's tour. It was one of two WCT events held that weekend (the other was The Shoot-Out).


2010 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
The total purse for the men's event was $40,700, while the total purse for the women's event was $16,400.


2010 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
The event tested a new positioning of the hack, the starting block for curlers. For the tournament, the hacks were located right next each other, instead of the small gap that exists normally.


2010 AMNRL season
The 2010 American National Rugby League season was the 13th season of the AMNRL. The Pittsburgh Vipers are the newest team to enter the competition and the Bucks County Sharks have withdrawn from the competition.


2010 AMNRL season, Season
The competition starts June 5 and finishes August 28. Below indicates the Rounds and the matches.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
Week of July 31Robert Preston Memorial Rugby League Challenge CupThe new look War at the Shore event has been won by the DC Internationals, a select side from Washington.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
The Internationals beat the New York Knights 10-0 in the championship final Saturday evening in Sea Isle City, NJ.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
The American National Rugby League's showpiece event had a vastly different look about it this year with teams playing abbreviated games as part of a festival-like set up.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
The New York Knights, Aston Bulls, Philadelphia Fight, Boston 13s and Connecticut Wildcats of the AMNRL were joined by select sides from Washington DC and New England, as well as a Canadian representative team.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
The DC Internationals were a combination of the Washington DC Slayers and Fairfax Eagles, while the New England Immortals were composed of players from the 13s, Wildcats and New Haven Warriors. The Canadian Mounties represented teams north of the border.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
Matches in the championship bracket consisted of two 15-minutes halves and games in the elimination bracket were 10-minute halves.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
In excess of 2000 people were attracted to the event. There were fan activities all day long, plus music, prizes and giveaways to keep spectators entertained.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
In the championship final, the Internationals scored two tries and kept their own line intact in a decider that was very much a back and forth contest.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
The Knights opened the match in solid fashion by controlling the ball, but they couldn't crack the opposition's line. After absorbing the early pressure, the Internationals got the opening score when Tom O'Connor (DC Slayers) kicked ahead on the last tackle, regathered the ball and went in for the try.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
The teams went to the interval with the Internationals leading 4-0. The second frame was much the same with both sides threatening to score, both putting up goal line stands and both being held up over the line.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
As time was about to expire, Michael Chapman (DC Slayers) sealed the deal with a try for the Internationals. It was converted by Reece Blayney (Fairfax Eagles) and the 'Robert Preston Memorial Rugby League Challenge Cup' was won for the very first time.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
John Young (Fairfax Eagles) was named War at the Shore MVP. Young scored several tries and had a stellar day.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
"It was the Australians who helped us win. They played their brand of rugby from back home," Internationals manager Rich Nolte told ARN.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
"For the most part, the Americans on the team were in the forwards and they put in some excellent work, especially on defense."


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
From New York's standpoint mistakes at inopportune times proved costly.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
"All in all it was an exciting game," said Knights CEO Rob Ballachandran.


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
"It was really good for us because we were able to get a lot of our young reserve guys into the mix and with the playoffs starting in a couple of weeks, the team bonding was important."


2010 AMNRL season, War at the Shore
In the Rugby League Sevens Exhibition game, the Northern Raiders beat the Chicago Stockyarders select side 18-10.


2010 AMNRL season, Preseason
A preseason match between the Philadelphia Fight and the Fairfax Eagles was played at the Wachovia Center (the first time a rugby league game was played there) in front of 10,100 fans in a bid to increase awareness of rugby league in the United States and to help raise spectator numbers for the Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team. The score was a nil all draw.


2010 AMNRL season, Television
America One are currently showing National Rugby League matches from Australia and New Zealand as well as Super League matches from Europe. There are plans to show the AMNRL Grand Final on the America One channel as well as US Tomahawks (the United States national rugby league team) matches. JAXAXE TV streams Jacksonville Axemen home games live on JAXAXE TV through their website.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500
The 2010 AMP Energy Juice 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 31, 2010, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps, it was the thirty-third race during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the seventh race in the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Clint Bowyer for the Richard Childress Racing team. Bowyer's teammate, Kevin Harvick, finished in second, while Juan Pablo Montoya clinched third.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500
Pole position driver Montoya fell to third during the first lap, as Joe Nemechek, who started in the fourth position on the grid, moved to first. Afterward, Harvick became the leader of the race. Some of the Chase for the Sprint Cup participants, such as, Jeff Gordon stayed in the rear almost all race, but with about twenty laps remaining, he and his teammate Jimmie Johnson moved to first and second. Dale Earnhardt Jr. led the most laps (24) despite being involved in an accident on lap 134.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500
After the final caution, Bowyer led on the restart, but Harvick passed him with one lap remaining. While Harvick and Bowyer were side by side in the first turn, the sixth caution ended the race, which resulted in Bowyer winning over Harvick. Bowyer was able to edge Harvick for his second Chase win, with his other being at New Hampshire.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500
There were six cautions and eighty-five lead changes among twenty-six different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Bowyer's second win of the 2010 season, with the other being in the Sylvania 300. The result kept him twelfth in the Drivers' Championship, 367 points behind Jimmie Johnson in first. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, forty-five ahead of Toyota and ninety-three ahead of Ford, with three races remaining in the season. A total of 110,000 people attended the race, while 5.177 million watched it on television.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Background
Talladega Superspeedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races; the others are Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway. The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 miles (4.28 km) long. The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking. Talladega Superspeedway can seat up to 143,231 people.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Background
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 5,998 points, and Denny Hamlin stood in second with 5,992 points. Kevin Harvick followed in third with 5,936 points, 110 ahead of Kyle Busch and 141 ahead of Jeff Gordon in fourth and fifth. Carl Edwards with 5,785 was 23 points ahead of Tony Stewart, as Jeff Burton with 5,752 points, was 31 ahead of Kurt Busch, and 47 in front of Matt Kenseth. Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer were 11th and 12th respectively with 5,682 and 5,592 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 236 points, 42 points ahead of their rival Toyota. Ford, with 149 points, was 24 points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. Jamie McMurray was the race's defending champion.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held on Saturday before the race. The first session lasted 45 minutes, while the second session lasted 60 minutes. During the first practice session, Hamlin, for the Joe Gibbs Racing team, was quickest ahead of Kyle Busch in second and McMurray in third. Jeff Gordon was scored fourth, and Johnson managed fifth. Marcos Ambrose, Kasey Kahne, Aric Almirola, Mark Martin, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. Afterward, during the second and final practice session, Martin was quickest with a lap time of 48.409. Burton and Kyle Busch followed behind Martin, both with a time of 48.414 seconds. Hamlin managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of David Reutimann and Earnhardt. Kenseth was scored seventh, Stewart took eighth, David Ragan was ninth, and Robby Gordon was tenth.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
During qualifying, forty-six cars were entered; due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, which at the time limited each race to forty-three drivers, only that many were able to race. Juan Pablo Montoya clinched his fifth pole position in the Sprint Cup Series, with a time of 51.863. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Bowyer. Kurt Busch qualified third, Joe Nemechek took fourth, and Burton started fifth. The three drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Johnny Sauter, Travis Kvapil, and Landon Cassill.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Once qualifying concluded, Montoya stated, "We always run pretty good at restrictor-plate tracks and we’re looking for a good day tomorrow. We’ll run up front a little bit and see what happens. We’ll play it by ear if we decide to go to the back for a while. It’s nice to have these cars and everyone doing the job they are doing here on this team."


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
The race, the thirty-third out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 1:00 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on ESPN. Prior to the race, weather conditions were dry with the air temperature around 64 °F (18 °C). Randy Norris, from Alabama Raceway Ministries, began the pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. Average Joe's Entertainment recording artist Josh Gracin then performed the national anthem, and the AMP Energy grand marshal winners gave the command for drivers to start their engines.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
At the start, Montoya was first ahead of Bowyer. Nemechek and Bowyer both passed Montoya before the first lap was over, with the former leading the first lap. On the following lap, Nemechek dropped to the back of the grid, as Harvick edged Earnhardt for the lead. Earnhardt became the leader on the third lap, while Bowyer was scored second on the lower line of cars.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
The lead then changed for the next three laps, with Montoya taking Bowyer for the lead at first; the first Red Bull Racing car of Kahne passed Montoya on the following lap before he was passed by Earnhardt on the sixth lap. Afterward, Burton became the leader, after using the draft for assistance. On the eighth lap, Burton's teammate Bowyer claimed the lead. With the draft, Brad Keselowski became the leader, before he was passed by Sam Hornish Jr. during the tenth lap. Hornish held the lead until lap 12, when Michael Waltrip passed him for the lead, though Hornish would return to the head of the grid two laps after.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
During the 15th lap, Kenseth became the leader. On the following lap, Kenseth and Burton had separated themselves by 1.8 seconds. Afterward, Burton moved into the first position on lap 17. He kept the lead until lap 20, when Kenseth reclaimed the lead, as Stewart made an unexpected pit stop. Two laps later, Kenseth was passed by Burton for the lead, but he would return to the first position on lap 25. After being almost two seconds ahead of third place, the rest of the grid was catching first and second, as Burton became the leader three laps later.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Keselowski became the leader on lap 29, while the first and second group of cars on the track was separated by six seconds. Keselowski led one lap before Waltrip became the leader, but he returned to lead during the 32nd lap. Keselowski held the lead until lap 36, when Bowyer passed him. On lap 37 Keselowski and Earnhardt made pit stops, two laps earlier than Johnson and Nemechek. There were three lead changes over the next three laps; Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and Reutimann all took turns leading the race.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Reutimann led until lap 48 before Martin passed him and led a lap until Hamlin passed him with assistance from Hornish. He led only two laps before Martin reclaimed the lead, but Hamlin would pass him on the 52nd lap. On the following lap, Earnhardt passed Hamlin for the first position. He held the lead until lap 62 when McMurray passed him and became the leader. One lap later, Harvick claimed the lead, after having assistance from Reutimann.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
After one lap, Harvick and Reutimann had gained two seconds on the rest of the grid, but after leading two laps, Kyle Busch passed him and lead one lap. Afterward, Kurt Busch moved ahead to become the leader. Harvick assisted Reutimann to the lead on lap 68. On the following lap, the first caution was given, after Allmendinger temporarily lost control of his car, causing him to spin out. All but four of the front runners made pit stops during the caution, with most teams changing two or four tires. Following the pit stops, Kenseth moved to first, ahead of Harvick, Biffle, Paul Menard, and Hamlin.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
At the lap 73 restart, Kenseth was the leader; however, Kyle Busch would pass him for the lead one lap later. Busch led one lap before Reutimann passed him and led two laps before Busch reclaimed the first position. Kahne then took the lead on lap 79; meanwhile, Hamlin fell further back as he lost the draft of the lead pack.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
The lead then changed for the next five laps, with Earnhardt taking Kahne for the lead at first; Montoya passed Earnhardt on the following lap before he was passed by Truex, who led only one lap before Hornish edged him to lead lap 84. Afterward, Montoya reclaimed the lead, after drafting with his teammate, McMurray. On lap 86, Chad McCumbee drove to pit road, as Montoya continued to lead. Burton used the draft to move Earnhardt past Montoya for the head of the grid six laps later. On lap 99, Hamlin was scored a lap down after Earnhardt passed him.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Earnhardt led four laps before Reutimann took over the lead position and led two laps. Afterward, Harvick reclaimed the lead position but was passed a lap later when Montoya moved to the lead on lap 106. Two laps later, Kenseth moved to first and led one lap, before Harvick passed him. Afterward, there were three lead changes in the next three laps, beginning with Harvick's teammate Bowyer, followed by Montoya and Earnhardt. Two laps earlier, pit stops began. On the 114th lap, Bowyer became the leader.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
On the following lap, he made a pit stop, giving the lead to Reutimann, who led one lap before giving the lead to Aric Almirola. After leading two laps, he was passed by Elliott Sadler, who led only one lap, before conceding the first position to Marcos Ambrose on lap 120. One lap later, Menard passed Ambrose for the lead position.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Menard led three laps before McMurray reclaimed the lead and led one lap. Afterward, Burton and his teammate Bowyer swapped the lead a few times. Two laps later, Bowyer was the leader, though on the next lap he was passed by Montoya. After leading two laps, Montoya was passed by his teammate McMurray, who led one lap before Montoya reclaimed the head of the grid. On lap 134, Burton and Earnhardt collided, sending them to collide into the wall, prompting the second caution to be given.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Both drove to the garage for repairs, but Burton said that his car was too severely damaged to return to the race. During the caution there were two leaders: Johnson, who led one lap, and Montoya, who reclaimed the lead after Johnson made a pit stop. At the lap 138 restart, Montoya was scored first, ahead of Reutimann and Menard. One lap later, Joey Logano moved to first and led one lap, before Reutimann claimed the lead.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Reutimann led one lap before the third caution was given because Bowyer collided into Ambrose's rear bumper, which sent Ambrose down the track where Harvick collided with him. On the same lap, Hornish had claimed the lead. During the caution, all the front runners made pit stops. On lap 144, Hornish was given a drive-through penalty for excessive speed on pit road, causing him to give Logano the first position. At the lap 145 restart, Logano was scored first, while Kurt Busch was second and Menard was third.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Logano led five laps before Truex, with assistance from Montoya, took over the first position. On lap 152, the fourth caution was given because of debris on the track. Most of the front runners did not pit during the caution. Truex led on the restart, but after leading one lap, was passed by Montoya.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Montoya led two laps before he was passed by Hamlin, who led one lap before his teammate Kyle Busch passed him. On lap 164, McMurray drove to pit road, as Busch and Hamlin remained in the first two positions. Kyle Busch led sixteen laps before Menard became the leader and led a lap, until Jeff Gordon claimed the first position. Afterward, Johnson became the leader, as Gordon suffered engine problems. With nine laps remaining, Bowyer passed Johnson for the head of the grid, as Gordon continued to lose positions.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Race
Two laps later, the fifth caution was given because of debris in the third and fourth turns, which came from Nemechek's car. At the lap 184 restart, Bowyer led, as Johnson lost positions. On lap 187, Harvick claimed the lead, as the sixth caution was given for a multi-car incident in which Allmendinger turned on his roof and collided with the wall. When the caution ended the race, Bowyer and Harvick appeared to be side by side, but Bowyer was announced the winner, while Harvick took second ahead of Montoya, Reutimann, and Logano in third, fourth, and fifth. Truex finished sixth, Johnson claimed seventh, and Jeff Gordon was scored eighth. Hamlin and Keselowski rounded out the top ten positions.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Post-race
Bowyer appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his second win of the season, and his first Sprint Cup Series win at Talladega Superspeedway. He also earned $226,450 in race winnings. "Kevin coming on the outside and Juan (Montoya) pushing me got me to the lead. I turned (Marcos Ambrose) around and got into my teammate (Harvick) and I was sick about that but here he came at the end of the race," said Bowyer of his triumph. He also stated, "I thought we had it for sure.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Post-race
When two cars hook up, they just drive off from them and they [Harvick and Reutimann] were coming on the outside and ran us down, and then I quit dragging my brakes and we kind of took off again. Door to door there and all of a sudden ... [spotter Mike] Dillon is yelling at me in my ear that the caution was coming out. I looked over to make sure I was ahead of him. I thought I was, but I didn't know." Harvick was happy for his teammate after the race, saying, "About 6 inches ...


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Post-race
It's just one of those deals where we've won a few by a few inches and we've lost a few. It's hard to complain because you can wind up on the wrecker pretty easy. Happy we kept the trophy at RCR. If you're going to lose to somebody, it's good to lose to your teammates and keep the trophy and the money in the right house." Johnson, who finished seventh, was optimistic as he left the race leading the point standings: "It's going to be an awesome championship battle all the way to Homestead, and I'm really looking forward to it."


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Post-race
The race result left Johnson still leading the Drivers' Championship with 6,149 points. Hamlin, who finished ninth, maintained second at 6,135, twenty-four points ahead of Harvick and 193 ahead of Jeff Gordon. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained their lead with 245 points. Toyota remained second with 200 points. Ford followed with 152 points, 23 points ahead of Dodge in fourth. 5.177 million people watched the race on television.


2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Report, Post-race
Three days following the race, Michael McDowell and his team, Whitney Motorsports, were given a penalty. Whitney Motorsports' penalty included a $50,000 fine to Thomas Tucker (McDowell's crew chief) and an indefinite suspension of Tucker, and both Dusty Whitney and McDowell lost 50 owner and driver points respectively. The team's car chief, Richard Boga, and team manager Tony Furr were also given indefinite suspensions. Whitney Motorsports was penalized because of unapproved added weight location and unapproved added weight, which was caused by the lower A-frames being filled with weight pellets.


2010 ANZ Championship season
The 2010 ANZ Championship season was the third season of the ANZ Championship. The 2010 season began on 20 March and concluded on 11 July. New South Wales Swifts went through the entire regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consecutive matches and finishing as minor premiers. They were the first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to do this. However they subsequently lost both the major semi-final and the preliminary final to Adelaide Thunderbirds and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic respectively and eventually finished the season in third place. After defeating Swifts in the major semi-final, Thunderbirds defeated Magic 52–42 in the grand final, winning their third premiership.


2010 ANZ Championship season, Regular season
New South Wales Swifts went through the entire regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consecutive matches and finishing as minor premiers. They were the first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to do this.


2010 ANZ Championship season, Regular season, Round 4: Rivalry Round
Round 4 featured five Australia verses New Zealand matches. Goals scored by Australian and New Zealand teams were added together and the country with the most goals won the Rivalry Round Trophy. After five matches, Australia won the 2010 Rivalry Round 4–1 and by 288–230.


2010 ANZ Championship season, Gallery
11 July 2010; Carla Borrego playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the 2010 ANZ Championship grand final.


2010 ANZ Championship season, Gallery
11 July 2010; Casey Williams playing for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic against Adelaide Thunderbirds in the 2010 ANZ Championship grand final.


2010 AON Open Challenger
The 2010 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Genoa, Italy between 7 and 12 September.


2010 AON Open Challenger, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 AON Open Challenger, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entries as an Alternate into the singles main draw:


2010 AON Open Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Andre Begemann /  Martin Emmrich def. Brian Battistone /  Andreas Siljeström, 1–6, 7–6(3), [10–7]


2010 AON Open Challenger – Doubles
Daniele Bracciali and Alessandro Motti were the defending champions; however, they didn't play together this year. Bracciali played alongside James Cerretani, while Motti partnered with Walter Trusendi. These two pairs lost to Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich in the quarterfinals (Motti/Trusendi) and semifinals (Bracciali/Cerretani).This 4th-seeded German pair went on to win the tournament, by defeating Brian Battistone and Andreas Siljeström 1–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–7] in the final.


2010 AON Open Challenger – Singles
Alberto Martín was the defending champion but decided not to participate this year. Fabio Fognini won the Italian final, where he defeated Potito Starace 6–4, 6–1.


2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Wednesday 8 September 2010 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Alisa Xayalith, Thom Powers and Aaron Short of The Naked and Famous for their song “Young Blood”, and classic rock group The Fourmyula were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The evening also included a tribute to Pauly Fuemana of OMC, who had died in January 2010.


2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award
The Silver Scroll Award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The evening's music performances were produced by Karl Steven of Supergroove. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist.


2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award, Long list
"A New Dialogue" (Julia Deans)"All of This" (The Naked and Famous)"Young Blood" (The Naked and Famous)"Aotearoa" (Minuit)"Autumn" (Artisan Guns)"Barbie Dolls for Baghdad" (The Jordan Luck Band)"Buffalo" (The Phoenix Foundation)"Flock of Hearts" (The Phoenix Foundation)"Cavalry" (Midnight Youth)"Comfortable" (Dimmer)"Dark Night of Yourself" (Dimmer)"Garden" (Anna Coddington)"Ghosts" (Kirsten Morrell)"Girl, Make Your Own Mind Up" (Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters)"Marvellous Year" (Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters)"In The Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul" (The Clean)"Running Through The Fire (Storm)" (Anika Moa)"Say Goodbye" (The Mint Chicks)"Walk Away" (Opensouls)"You Got Me (J. Williams feat. Scribe)


2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
Rock band The Fourmyula was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The inducted band members were Wayne Mason, Martin Hope, Alistair (Ali) Richardson, Chris Parry and Carl Evensen. Auckland band The Situations performed The Fourmyula's song "Tell Me No Lies".


2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards
Four other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music),  SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas.


2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA song awards
Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2010. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented at StarFest.


2010 ARAG World Team Cup
The 2010 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 32nd edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 16 May through 22 May 2010.


2010 ARAG World Team Cup
Serbia were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the round robin stage. Argentina defeated the United States in the final, to win the title for the fourth time.


2010 ARCA Racing Series
The 2010 ARCA Racing Series presented by Re/MAX and Menards was the 58th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 6 with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and ended on October 9 with the American 200 presented by Black's Tire and Auto Service. Patrick Sheltra of Sheltra Motorsports won the season championship.


2010 ARCA Racing Series
This season was notable for the season-opening race, the 2010 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona, which had the largest audience of any ARCA event in the history of the series with 2.4 million viewers tuning in on the Speed Channel. The high viewership was due to the fact that Danica Patrick was competing in the event, which was her first stock car start as part of her move from the IndyCar Series to NASCAR. This garnered a lot more media coverage for the ARCA Series and attention to the series as a whole by race fans starting that year.


2010 ARCA Racing Series, Teams and drivers
Note: If under "team", the owner's name is listed and in italics, that means the name of the race team that fielded the car is unknown.


2010 ARCA Racing Series, Schedule, Changes
A second road course was added to the schedule with the February 27 race at Palm Beach International Raceway.


2010 ARCA Racing Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2010 ASA Midwest Tour season
The 2010 ASA Kwik-Trip Midwest Tour presented by Echo Outdoor Power Equipment and grandstay.net was the fourth season of the American Speed Association's Midwest Tour. The championship was held over 11 races, beginning May 2 in Oregon, Wisconsin, and ending October 10 in West Salem, Wisconsin. Steve Carlson was the champion.


2010 ASB Classic
The 2010 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 4 January through 9 January 2010. Yanina Wickmayer won the singles title.


2010 ASB Classic, Champions, Doubles
Cara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Natalie Grandin /  Laura Granville, 7–6(7–4), 6–2.


2010 ASB Classic, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 ASB Classic – Doubles
Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy retired from tennis before being able to defend the title, and Santangelo chose not to participate this year.


2010 ASB Classic – Doubles
In the final, Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Natalie Grandin and Laura Granville, 7–6(4), 6–2.


2010 ASB Classic – Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2010 ASB Classic – Singles
In the final, Yanina Wickmayer defeated Flavia Pennetta, 6–3, 6–2.


2010 ASEAN University Games
The 2010 ASEAN University Games officially known as the 15th ASEAN University Games was a Southeast Asian university multi-sport event held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 15 to 23 December 2010. Around 1064 athletes participated at the event, which featured 183 events in 15 sports.


2010 ASEAN University Games, Development and preparation
The Organising Committee of the 15th ASEAN University Games was formed to oversee the staging of the games.


2010 ASEAN University Games, Development and preparation, Venues
The 15th ASEAN University Games had 13 venues for the games.


2010 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Logo
The logo of the 2010 ASEAN University Games is a Galae, a traditional house constructed with Northern Lanna style intended to prevent badthings or bad luck from entering the houses. In the logo, the Galae symbol represents the good things and happiness brought to the host nation of the games and visitors and participants from all ASEAN nations.


2010 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Mascot
The official mascot of the 2010 ASEAN University Games is a hill tribe youth named Nong Hug. The name Hug was chosen for the mascot, because Hug means Love in Northern Thai language which is also the beginning of unity and harmony. In English, the word Hug defines as to embrace or hold one's arms to show the love shared and to hug each other. Nong is the Thai word for young man, or little brother. The combination of love and hug as shown in the red cloth wrapped around Nong Hug's waist represents the existence of love when being hug for not just people of the host country Thailand but also participating countries of the games from Southeast Asia.


2010 ASEAN University Games, The games, Opening ceremony
The Games opening ceremony was held at the Maejo University gymnasium on 15 December 2010, 16:14 (TST). The ceremony began with the athletes from participating nations paraded into the university's gymnasium led by flag bearers. After that, the Thai National Anthem was played as the national flag of Thailand was raised by students from the military school.


2010 ASEAN University Games, The games, Opening ceremony
This was followed by a hill tribe dance performance to honor the country's King and Queen for aiding and providing the hill tribespeople services such as crop replacement and outlet for handicrafts, and the speeches from Chiang Mai Deputy Governor Naruemol Palwat, Secretary General of the Office Higher Education Commission and President of the Organizing Committee Dr. Sumet and President of the ASEAN University Sports Council, Honorable Dato Professor Omar Osman.


2010 ASEAN University Games, The games, Opening ceremony
Chinaworn Bunyakiart, the Minister of Education for Thailand later gave his speech as well and went on to declare the games opened by the ceremonial gong three times, symbolizing good luck, health and prosperity. After that, Nonthiya Jiewbangpa, the singer of the 1995 Southeast Asian Games theme song, sang the games theme song, "We are one", and the athlete and referee oath were taken.


2010 ASEAN University Games, The games, Opening ceremony
Then three athletes, 2 footballers from Maejo and a karate exponent from Rajaphat University carried in the torch into the stadium and pass it on to Chiang Mai University student Thanyaluck Chotipiboon who carried the torch to light a giant Yi Peng lantern cauldron to start the games. The ceremony concluded with a Lanna cultural dance performance.


2010 ASEAN University Games, The games, Closing ceremony
The Ceremony was held at Maejo University Gymnasium on 23 December 2010 5 p.m. (TST). The ceremony began with the playing of Thai national anthem and the first dance performance by Maejo University students entitled “The Glory of the Land of Culture”, represented the beauty of Thailand's regions, nature, tradition and culture. After that, the local girls carry the signs of the 11 participating nations and the signs of 15 sports. Speeches were given by Chiang Mai Governor ML Panadda Diskul, Dr. Sumate Yamnoon, President of the Organizing Committee and Hon.


2010 ASEAN University Games, The games, Closing ceremony
Dato’ Prof. Omar Osman, Chairman of the ASEAN University Sports Council. Deputy Education Minister Chaiyos gave his speech as well and went on to declare the games closed. The games flag was lowered and was passed on to Laos, host of the 2012 ASEAN University Games when Sengdeuane Lachathabun, Deputy Minister of Education received the flag from Dr Sumate Yamnoon, and the games Council Chairman Osman. A Lao cultural dance segment performance was shown by Lao dancers, to symbolise Laos as the next host country. The flame of the 2010 ASEAN University Games was put out during the performance of “Together as One” by the students of Sansai Withayakhom School and Ranard Khun Inn Symphony. The ceremony concluded with dance and sing section by athletes from the 11 participating nations.


2010 ASP World Tour
The 2010 ASP World Tour was a season of professional competitive surfing run by the World Surf League. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world.


2010 ASP World Tour
Surfers receive points for their best events. The surfer with the most points at the end of the tour is announced the 2010 ASP world champion.


2010 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 13 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35,000 up to $150,000.


2010 ATP Challenger Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2010 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2010 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour: the Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and the regular series tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles; 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Tretorn SERIE+ win > one regular tournament win); 3) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2010 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information, Titles won by nation
1 In October 2010 Dustin Brown decided to play under the German flag. He won six titles as a representative of Jamaica.


2010 ATP Challenger Trophy
The 2010 ATP Challenger Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Trnava, Slovakia between 20 and 26 September 2010.


2010 ATP Challenger Trophy, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 ATP Challenger Trophy, Champions, Doubles
Karol Beck /  Lukáš Rosol def. Alexander Peya /  Martin Slanar, 4–6, 7–6(3), [10–8]


2010 ATP Challenger Trophy – Doubles
Grigor Dimitrov and Teymuraz Gabashvili were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Karol Beck and Lukáš Rosol won in the final 4–6, 7–6(3), [10–8], against Alexander Peya and Martin Slanar.


2010 ATP Challenger Trophy – Singles
Alexandr Dolgopolov decided not to defend his 2009 title. Jaroslav Pospíšil won the final against Yuri Schukin 6–4, 4–6, 6–3.


2010 ATP Salzburg Indoors
The 2010 ATP Salzburg Indoors was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour and the Tretorn SERIE+ series. It took place in Salzburg, Austria between 15 and 21 November 2010.


2010 ATP Salzburg Indoors, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 ATP Salzburg Indoors, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:


2010 ATP Salzburg Indoors, Champions, Doubles
Alexander Peya /  Martin Slanar def. Rameez Junaid /  Frank Moser, 7–6(1), 6–3


2010 ATP Salzburg Indoors – Doubles
Philipp Marx and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions, but Zelenay did not participate. Marx partnered with Michael Kohlmann, however they were eliminated by their compatriots Martin Emmrich and Andre Begemann in the quarterfinals. Alexander Peya and Martin Slanar won in the final 7–6(1), 6–3, over Rameez Junaid and Frank Moser.


2010 ATP Salzburg Indoors – Singles
Michael Berrer, the defending champion, did not participate. No. 8 seed Conor Niland defeated unseeded Jerzy Janowicz 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3 in the final.


2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag
The 2010 Studena Croatia Open Umag was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the Croatia Open Umag, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Center in Umag, Croatia, from July 26 through August 1, 2010.


2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, Finals, Doubles
Leoš Friedl /  Filip Polášek defeated  František Čermák /  Michal Mertiňák, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)


2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák unsuccessfully defended their title, after lost to Leoš Friedl and Filip Polášek in the final 3–6, 6–7(7–9).


2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag – Singles
Nikolay Davydenko was the champion in 2009. He tried to defend his title, but lost to Juan Ignacio Chela in the quarterfinal. Juan Carlos Ferrero won in the final over Potito Starace 6–4, 6–4.


2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organized by the ITF.


2010 ATP World Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2010 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2010 ATP World Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2010 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series.


2010 ATP World Tour, Statistical information
The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Masters 1000 wins, one ATP World Tour Finals win equalling one-and-a-half Masters 1000 win, one Masters 1000 win equalling two 500 events wins, one 500 event win equalling two 250 events wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2010 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2010 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2010 ATP World Tour, Rankings
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players, doubles players, and the top ten doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the end of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the 2010 season, with number of rankings points, number of tournaments played, year-end ranking in 2009, highest and lowest position during the season (for singles and doubles individual only, as doubles team rankings are not calculated over a rolling year-to-date system), and number of spots gained or lost from the 2009 to the 2010 year-end rankings.


2010 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awarded ATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.


2010 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
Only live matches earn points; dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.


2010 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.


2010 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.


2010 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2010 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.


2010 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2010 ATP World Tour, Retirements and comebacks
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis during the 2010 season:


2010 ATP World Tour, Retirements and comebacks
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who came out of retirement from professional tennis during the 2010 season:


2010 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2010 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was held at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom between 21 and 28 November 2010. Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but failed to qualify this year.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
The top eight players (or teams) with the most countable points accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour and Davis Cup tournaments during the year qualify for the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2010, plus points earned at the 2009 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2009 Challengers played after the 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
To qualify, a player who finished in the 2009 year-end Top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2010. In addition, his best 4 ATP World Tour 500 events in 2010 and his best 2 ATP World Tour 250 events in 2010 will count towards his ranking. All direct acceptance players at the time of an entry deadline who do not play an event will receive a 0-pointer for that event.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
The Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 1000 became optional in 2009, but if a player chooses to participate in it, its result will be counted and his 4th best result in an ATP 500 event will be ignored (his three best ATP 500 results remain). If a player doesn't play enough ATP 500 events, and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500's table (if entered or achieved better results).


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
If a player doesn't play enough ATP 250 or Challenger events, the World Team Championship is counted in the 250's table (if entered or achieved better results). If a player couldn't be present in all required tournament classes (i.e. because of an injury), all uncounted ATP 250 or Challenger results are eligible to be included in his 18 valid tournaments. In case of teams rankings challenger points are excluded. A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, will not receive any penalty. The 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals will count as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
On 7 June, after winning his fifth French Open title, Spaniard Rafael Nadal was announced as the first qualifier.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Rafael Nadal won 7 titles in the year, the most of any player on the tour. Nadal began the year by reaching the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open losing to Nikolay Davydenko 0–6, 7–6(8), 6–4. At the Australian Open he lost in the quarterfinals to Andy Murray. Nadal won his first title of the year and his first in 11 months at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he defeated Fernando Verdasco in the final with a 6–0, 6–1 victory. This was his sixth consecutive title at the event.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
He then went on to win his next 3 tournaments, racking up 24 consecutive match wins on the way. He won the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, his fifth in the event, defeating compatriot David Ferrer 7–5, 6–2 in the final. Nadal also claimed his home masters tournament, Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, for the first time, avenging his 2009 final defeat, to Roger Federer with a 6–4, 7–6(5) win.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Nadal then reclaimed the French Open, winning it for the fifth time and avenging his loss to Robin Söderling in last year's 4th round encounter with a 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 victory in the final, with this he also reclaimed the world no. 1 ranking from Roger Federer. Thus making a sweep of the clay-court Masters 1000 and Slam.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Nadal's winning streak was ended by compatriot Feliciano López at the quarterfinals of the Aegon Championships losing 7–6(5), 6–4. Nadal's next title came at Wimbledon, where he defeated Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 in the final to claim his second title and his first Old World Triple. Nadal then went on to complete a Career Golden Slam and claim the year-end no. 1 ranking; with his first win at the US Open over Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 in a rain-delayed final.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Nadal also earned his 7th title of the year at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships beating Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–5. Nadal missed the last Masters of the event in the BNP Paribas Masters due to a shoulder injury. This was his fourth appearance, having reached the semifinals twice with a 4–7 record. Nadal was looking to improve on last year where he failed to win a set in the tournament.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
On 30 August following his victory over Brian Dabul in the first round of the US Open, Roger Federer was announced as the second qualifier.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Roger Federer began the year by winning the Australian Open, his 16th Slam title defeating Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11) in the final. Federer did not reach another final until the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he was the defending champion but lost in a rematch of the 2009 final to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 7–6(5).


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
He also fell in his next two finals, at the Gerry Weber Open and the Rogers Cup losing to Lleyton Hewitt 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4 (ending his 15 match winning streak over the Australian) and Andy Murray 7–5, 7–5. Federer then defended his title in the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, defeating American Mardy Fish 6–7(5), 7–6(1), 6–4.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
He then reached his fourth Masters 1000 final in the Shanghai Rolex Masters but lost to Andy Murray 3–6, 2–6. Federer won his third title of the year at the If Stockholm Open defeating Florian Mayer in the final 6–4, 6–3. Equaling Pete Sampras for the number of tournament wins with 64. Federer then broke Sampras' total as he won his 65th career title in the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, outlasting Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 in the final. This title places him fourth in the all-time list.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Federer reached the semifinals of the US Open and as the defending champion, he fell in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist in the Wimbledon and French Open Novak Djokovic. During the French Open, Federer won his 700th ATP tour level match and his 150th on clay. While at Wimbledon, Federer recorded his 200th Grand Slam match win in the first round. Federer reached his 900th tour match in Stockholm and duly won it. Federer has a 29–7 record in the World Tour Finals, having won it on 4 occasions in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. This is his ninth appearance in the event, and he made the semifinals last year.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
On 9 October after reaching the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters, Serbian Novak Djokovic became the third qualifier.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Novak Djokovic reached a career-high world no. 2 after the Australian Open. Djokovic successfully defended a title for the first time at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Mikhail Youzhny 7–5, 5–7, 6–3. The Serb struggled first with his serve and then with his health, during the clay and grass season. But after moving back on to hardcourts Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam final since winning the 2008 Australian Open at the US Open. Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the semifinal ending a run of three consecutive losses at the Open to him.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Djokovic beat the Swiss 5–7, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5, saving two match points at 5–4 down on his serve in the final set. In the final Djokovic lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2. Djokovic went on to win his second title of the year in the China Open defeating David Ferrer 6–2, 6–4 in the final. At the Davidoff Swiss Indoors as the defending champion, he reached the final but lost to Roger Federer 4–6, 6–3, 1–6.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
At the other Slams, the Serbian was able to reach the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and French Open, and the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Championships. He was a member of the Serbia's Davis Cup team where he won all of his five singles matches taking Serbia to their first Davis Cup final. Djokovic is making his fourth appearance after winning in 2008, and is looking to improve on last year's performance, where he failed to get out of his group.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
On 13 October after reaching the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, Britain's no. 1 Andy Murray was announced as a qualifier.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Andy Murray began the year by reaching his second Slam final at the Australian Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals after the Spaniard retired, but lost to Roger Federer in the final 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11). After the loss to Federer, Murray went on a bad run of form only making it in 2 quarterfinals in 8 tournaments. However, Murray bounced back at the Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the semi-finals losing to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 7–6(6), 6–4.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
The Scot then reached the final on his next tournament at the Farmers Classic, but was defeated by American Sam Querrey 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–3 in the final. Murray won his first title of the year at the Rogers Cup where he was the defending champion, defeating Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5 in the final. Murray also defeated Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win his second title in the year at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he also did not drop a set in the tournament.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
At the other Slams, Andy fell early in both French Open and US Open, in the fourth and third round, respectively. This is his third appearance and has a 5–2 record, and he has a best of the semi finals in 2008. Murray will be looking to do better than last year where he failed to make it out of the groups by one game.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
On 23 October after reaching the quarterfinals of the If Stockholm Open, French Open finalist Robin Söderling was named as the fifth qualifier.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Robin Söderling won his first 500 Series title in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament won over Mikhail Youzhny when the Swede leading 6–4, 2–0, the Russian retired due to a right hamstring injury. He then reached the final of the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell losing to Fernando Verdasco in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. At the French Open, Söderling made a repeat of last years upset, but this time around against Roger Federer defeating him in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4, ending Federer's 12 match winning streak over the Swede.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
He then went on to reach the finals for the second consecutive year, but lost to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. He reached his fourth final of the year at the SkiStar Swedish Open, as the defending champion but lost to Nicolás Almagro 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 in the final. At the other Slams, he reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, and the first round of the Australian Open. He also reached the Semi-finals of BNP Paribas Open, Sony Ericsson Open and the Valencia Open 500. In mid-November he has won the BNP Paribas Masters against Gaël Monfils by 6–1, 7–6 plummeting his ranking to career-high of world no. 4 and also in seeding of the tournament where this will be his second appearance making it to the semifinals last year.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
On 11 November the final three remaining spots were taken after Spaniard Fernando Verdasco lost 6–7 7–6 7–5 in the third round to Gaël Monfils.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Tomáš Berdych made a big triumph this year by reaching a career-high no. 6 in the world. Although Berdych is the only player on the eight-man field to not win a tournament in the year, he made a big impression in the Slams. Berdych was able to make it to his first Grand Slam Semi-finals at the French Open losing to Robin Söderling after earning a victory over Andy Murray in the round of 16.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Berdych, however made a bigger impression at the Wimbledon Championships, where he upset world no. 2 Roger Federer 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the quarterfinals and world no. 3 Novak Djokovic 6–3, 7–6(9), 6–3 in the semi-finals, to reach his first Slam final where he fell to world no. 1 Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. Berdych was only able to reach one other final at the Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to American Andy Roddick 7–5, 6–4 in the final. At the other slams Berdych fell early at the first round of the US Open and the second round of the Australian Open. Berdych is also the only debutant in the tournament.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
David Ferrer made a resurgence this year getting back into the top 10 after 2 years. Ferrer was able to win two titles this year, both at 500 series events. His first is in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel where he defeated compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 in the final and in the Valencia Open 500 defeated surprise finalist Lucky Loser Marcel Granollers 7–5, 6–3 in the final. Ferrer also made it to his first Masters 1000 finals at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to defending champion Rafael Nadal 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Ferrer was also able to reach two other finals in the Copa Telmex losing to Juan Carlos Ferrero 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 in the final and in the China Open, this time losing to top seed Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–2 in the final. Ferrer was also able to reach the semi-finals of Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell and Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. In the Slams Ferrer was able to reach the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships and US Open, the third round of the French Open and the second round of the Australian Open. Ferrer is making his second appearance, having reached the final in 2007 losing to Roger Federer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
Andy Roddick began the year in perfect form by winning the Brisbane International defeating Radek Štěpánek 7–6(2), 7–6(7) in the final. This made 2010 his tenth consecutive season with at least one ATP singles title. He then reached the final of the SAP Open in San Jose but fell to 2nd seed Fernando Verdasco 3–6, 6–4, 6–4. He then reached the final of the BNP Paribas Open, his first Masters final since winning in the 2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters but fell to Croatian Ivan Ljubičić 7–6(3), 7–6(5).


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: singles
However, at the Sony Ericsson, Roddick made a triumph as he upset Rafael Nadal in the semifinals 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 and eventually won the title over Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–4 in the final, this is his fifth Masters 1000 title. Roddick also missed the whole European Clay Season. At the Slams Roddick wasn't able to go deep in the draw as he fell in the second round of the US Open, the third round of the French Open and the fourth round Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Roddick qualified for the 8th straight year but is only making his 6th appearance after reaching the semi-finals in 2003, 2004 and 2007.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
On 30 August, The first two team to qualify were announced. The two teams were defending champions and twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan and 2008 champions Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjić of Serbia.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan started the year by defending their Australian Open defeating Nestor/Zimonjić 6–3, 6–7, 6–3. They also defended their next two titles in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships and US Men's Clay Court Championships over the teams of Marx/Zelenay 6–3, 7–6 and Huss/Moodie 6–3, 7–5, respectively. They also won back-to-back Masters 1000 titles in the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating compatriots Isner/Querrey and in the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open over Nestor/Zimonjic.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
They then made a good run at the US Open Series winning in the Farmers Classic over Zimonjic/Nestor in a close three setter 6–7, 6–2, [10–7]. They then won their next three tournaments at the Rogers Cup 7–5, 6–3 over Benneteau/Llodra, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters 6–3, 6–4 over Bhupathi/Mirnyi and the last Slam of the year, the US Open defeating the Asian team of Bopanna/Qureshi 7–6, 7–6. They then won their 10th and 11th title at the China Open defeating Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 6–1, 7–6 and at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors once again defeating Zimonjić/Nestor 6–3, 3–6, [10–3].


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić began the year by winning the Medibank International Sydney defeating Hutchins/Kerr 6–3, 7–6. They also won in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament outlasting Aspelin/Hanley 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]. They had a good run at the European clay season winning three titles, the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters defeating Bhupathi/Mirnyi 6–3, 2–0 retired, the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell defeating Hewitt/Knowles 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] and the French Open defeating Dlouhý/Paes 7–5, 6–2. They won their sixth title of the year at the Bank Austria-TennisTrophy over the Polish team of Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 7–5, 3–6, [10–5].


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
They reached the finals of the BNP Paribas Open falling to the Spanish team of López/Nadal 7–6, 6–3. They also reached the finals of the Australian Open, Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open and Davidoff Swiss Indoors all losing to the team of Bryan/Bryan in all three occasions. They have announced that this is their final tournament together.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
On 14 September, Wimbledon Champions Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner were announced as the third qualifiers after the team of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi failed to win the US Open.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner played together for the first time this year. Together they won two titles, the PBZ Zagreb Indoors over Clément/Rochus 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] and the Wimbledon Championships over Lindstedt/Tecău 6–1, 7–5, 7–5. This is the first Slam for both Melzer and Petzschner. Petzschner also reached the finals of MercedesCup with Christopher Kas but lost to the Argentinian team of Berlocq/Schwank in two tie-breaks. Melzer on the other hand reached two finals, winning in the Shanghai Rolex Masters with Leander Paes defeating Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] and losing in the PTT Thailand Open with Jonathan Erlich losing to Kas/Troicki 6–4, 6–4.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
On 23 October the team of Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were announced as the fourth qualifiers.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes only won one title in the year the Sony Ericsson Open, where they defeated Bhupathi/Mirnyi in the final 6–2, 7–5. They also reached four other finals but fell in each, at the Brisbane International to French Team of Chardy/Gicquel 6–3, 7–6, at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships to Aspelin/Hanley 6–2, 6–3, at the French Open as the defending champions to Nestor/Zimonjić 7–5, 6–2 and at the UNICEF Open to Lindstedt/Tecau 1–6, 7–5, [10–7]


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
On 10 November, Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach became the fifth team to qualify.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach won two titles this year, both coming on clay where they defeated Starace at the Movistar Open over Starace/Zeballos 6–4, 6–0 and at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel over Fognini/Starace 6–0, 6–0. They also reached the finals of the Brasil Open losing to Cuevas/Granollers 7–5, 6–4. Marach also won a title in the BMW Open with Santiago Ventura over Butorac/Kohlmann 5–7, 6–3, [16–14]. Kubot also won a title with Juan Ignacio Chela at the BCR Open Romania defeating Granollers/Ventura 6–2, 5–7, [13–11].


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
On 11 November the Polish team Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski and the team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were announced as qualifiers.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski both entered the top 10 of doubles and has won at least one title as a team for the eight straight year when they won the Aegon International over the British team of Fleming/Skupski 6–3, 5–7, [10–8]. They also had a good run after the US Open as they reached four finals but lost in each at the Proton Malaysian Open to Čermák/Mertiňák 7–6, 7–6, at the China Open to Bryan/Bryan 6–1, 7–6, at the Shanghai Rolex Masters to Melzer/Paes 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] and at the Bank Austria-TennisTrophy to Nestor/Zimonjić 7–5, 3–6, [10–5].


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi reached four Masters 1000 event finals in the year fell in their first three but succeeded in winning the final one. At the Sony Ericsson Open they lost to Dlouhý/Paes 6–2, 7–5, at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to Nestor/Zimonjić 6–3, 2–0 retired, and at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters to Bryan/Bryan 6–3, 6–4. At the BNP Paribas Masters they won their only title of the year, 7–5, 7–5 against Ram/Knowles. They also reached the final of the Valencia Open 500, where they fell to British brothers Murray/Murray 7–6, 5–7, [10–7].


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
On 13 November, Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman took the last spot after František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák were defeated by Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Battle for London: doubles
Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman did not reach a final this year. Even though Moodies reached the final of the US Men's Clay Court Championships with Stephen Huss losing to Bryan/Bryan 6–3, 7–5. Their best performance came in the French Open and Wimbledon Championships where they fell in the semi-finals.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings
The tournament was conducted in a round robin format. The eight players/teams divided in two groups. The eight seeds were determined by the South African Airways ATP Rankings and the 2010 ATP Doubles Team Rankings of Monday, 15 November 2010. The top seed was placed in Group A and the second seed placed in Group B. Players/teams seeded three and four, five and six, seven and eight, were then drawn in pairs placing the first drawn in Group A.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Singles
Group A Consists of three of four of the Slam champions competing in the event. The group is led by 9-time Major champion Rafael Nadal, and former Australian Open champion, Novak Djokovic and former US Open winner, Andy Roddick. The group is completed by Wimbledon finalist Tomáš Berdych. Against the rest of the group, no. 1 seed Rafael Nadal is 28–13, no. 3 seed Novak Djokovic is 12–21, no. 6 seed Tomáš Berdych is 6–17 and no. 8 seed Andy Roddick is 14–9.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Singles
Nadal is 15–7 with Djokovic, with their only match this year, coming at the US Open final, which was won by Nadal, however Djokovic won 3 of their last 4 encounters. Nadal also leads 8–3 over Berdych, and has won both their encounters this year. Nadal also leads Roddick 5–3, but with Roddick winning their last meeting, but Nadal has won 3 of the last 4. Roddick on the other hand has a winning record against both Djokovic and Berdych.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Singles
Roddick is 5–2 against Djokovic and is on a four match winning streak against the Serb with their last meeting coming in Cincinnati. Roddick also leads Berdych 6–2 and has a four match winning streak against the Czech. The pair have played three times this year but haven't met since Miami. While Djokovic trails Nadal and Roddick he has a winning record of 3–1 against Berdych, winning their previous encounter at the Davis Cup semi-final tie between Serbia and Czech Republic.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Singles
Group B is led by the only Major champion in his group Roger Federer, he is joined two-time Major finalists Robin Söderling and Andy Murray, the group is completed by David Ferrer. Against the rest of the group, no. 2 seed Roger Federer has an impressive 29–9, no. 4 seed Robin Söderling 11–20, no. 5 seed Andy Murray 11–10 and no. 7 David Ferrer 7–19.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Singles
Andy Murray leads 8–5 against Federer, they have met three in finals this year with Murray winning their last two meeting at Shanghai and Toronto. Murray is tied with Söderling 2–2, with Söderling winning their last match in Indian Wells. However Murray trails 1–3 to Ferrer, with Ferrer winning their two encounters in 2010 in Rome and Madrid. Federer has lost only one match to the others, he is 14–1 with Söderling's only win at Roland Garros this year and a perfect record of 10–0 versus Ferrer. Söderling has a winning record against Ferrer of 8–4, however Ferrer won their last match in Valencia.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Doubles
Group A: Against the rest of the group the Bryans who hold two Grand Slam title of the season have a promising advantage over the others with 15–6, while Roland Garros finalist Dlouhý/Paes are 4–6 while Fyrstenberg/Matkowski are at 7–12 and the Wimbledon champions Melzer/Petzschner are 0–2.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Doubles
The Bryans were 4–1 up against Dlouhý/Paes without having a match this year (but winning the last one at the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals), tied at 10–5 with Fyrstenberg/Matkowski (3–2 in 2010 including the China Open final in favor of Bryans) and 1–0 against Melzer/Petzschner in their only meeting in the Australian Open. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski are tied with Dlouhý/Paes 2–2 (the Czech-Indian team has come up from 0–2 of last year) and never faced Melzer/Petzschner. Melzer/Petzschner are 0–1 down with Dlouhý/Paes losing in Brisbane in the first ATP tournament of the year.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Doubles
Group B: 2010 French Open champion and Australian Open finalist Nestor/Zimonjić were joined by Bhupathi/Mirnyi, Kubot/Marach and Moodie/Norman. Against the rest of the group Nestor/Zimonjić are 7–2, whilst Bhupathi/Mirnyi are 3–2. Kubot/Marach are 3–6 and Moodie/Norman are 1–4.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Doubles
Nestor/Zimonjic are tied 1–1 with Bhupathi/Mirnyi with the latters retiring in the Monte-Carlo Masters final and turning the odds in the BNP Paribas Masters Quarters by winning the decider set. They are 3–1 against Kubot/Marach setting off the standstill after beating them in both of their encounters this year. They are strong versus Moodie/Norman with 3–0 head to head consolidating it by coming out victoriously in both of their semifinal matches (Monte Carlo, French Open). Bhupathi and Mirnyi has never played Moodie/Norman but are 2–1 against Kubot/Marach. All three matches took place in 2010 as follows : Cincinnati Masters Semis win in August, Shanghai Masters Fail in the quarterfinal and Valencia 500 Semis win in October. The Pole-Austrian duo are tied with Moodie/Norman 1–1 (Valencia and Monte-Carlo Masters respectively).


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Head-to-Heads
These are the head-to-head records as they approach the tournament.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1 : 21 November 2010
The tournament started with doubles action from Group A. In the opening match the defending champions the Bryan brothers won in straight sets over debutants Melzer/Petzschner.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1 : 21 November 2010
In the following singles match, 2008 semifinalist Murray fought 2009 semifinalist Robin Söderling. The two had switched places in the ATP World rankings 6 days earlier, after Sodeling won the Paris Masters overtaking Murray by 20 points. Murray broke three times in the first set winning it 6–2. In the second set, Söderling was more competitive as he only lost serve once allowing Murray to close out a straight sets win in only 80 minutes.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1 : 21 November 2010
Polish duo Fyrstenberg/Matkowski faced Dlouhý/Paes in the third match. They won 6–3, 7–6 and closed second just one game behind the Bryans after the opening round of group A.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1 : 21 November 2010
The last match of the day was between the 2007 finalists Federer and Ferrer. Federer raced into a 4–0 lead after only 15 minutes. In the fifth game Ferrer retrieved a break, to record his first game. However Federer then won the next two games to close the set out, 6–1. The second set was closer with chances to break for both players. In the end it was Federer who got a break and after saving three break points when serving for the match the Swiss star closed the match out with a 6–1, 6–4 win. This was Federer's 30th win at the season ending championships. Federer at the end of the first round of matches leads the group on game difference as he is one game ahead of Murray.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2 : 22 November 2010
The first match of the Group B for doubles had the ranked No. 4 Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi against Polish Łukasz Kubot and Austrian Oliver Marach. The first set went to tiebreak, and this was won by Bhupathi and Mirnyi 7–6. The second was won by them as they broke serve for a 6–4 second set scoreline. With this victory and the result of the other match they lie second in the group.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2 : 22 November 2010
The first match of the Group A for singles was between Serbian Novak Djokovic and Czech Tomáš Berdych. Djokovic (who won the ATP World Tour Finals in 2008) broke at the start and at the end of the first set for a 6–3 win. Djokovic then broke Berdych just once in the second set but it was enough for a 6–3, 6–3 win. As a result of the other match in Group A, the Serbian sits on top of the group.


2010 ATP World Tour Finals, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2 : 22 November 2010
In the third match of the day Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić played against Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman and won losing just 3 games: 6–2, 6–1.