2010 Bnp Paribas Open

2010 BNP Paribas Open
2010 BNP Paribas Open
Date	March 8–21
Edition	37th (ATP) / 22nd (WTA)
Category	World Tour Masters 1000 (ATP) ; Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Prize money	$3,645,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Indian Wells, California, US
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
	Ivan Ljubičić
Women's singles
	Jelena Janković
Men's doubles
	Rafael Nadal / Marc López
Women's doubles
	Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik

It was the 37th edition of the men's event (22nd for the women), also known as the Indian Wells Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 8 through March 21, 2010.

The year's tournament saw a couple of withdrawals; The women's side saw the draw without the top two rank players with World no. 2 Dinara Safina withdrawing with a recurring back problem and world no. 1 Serena Williams with sister Venus Williams continue their boycott from the tournament since Serena won the event in 2001. The men's side saw the withdrawals of Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt due to hip surgeries. Juan Martín del Potro also withdrew due to a right wrist injury and Fernando González withdrew to aid his country Chile after an earthquake. Stanislas Wawrinka also withdrew due to the birth of his child. Mikhail Youzhny also withdrew.

Finals

Men's singles

Ivan Ljubičić defeated Andy Roddick, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)

It was Ljubicic's first title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his first Masters 1000 title in four finals. He became the first Croatian to win the title.

Women's singles

Jelena Janković defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4

It was Janković's first title of the year and 12th of her career.

Men's doubles

Marc López / Rafael Nadal defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6^(10–8), 6–3

Women's doubles

Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Nadia Petrova / Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]

ATP entrants

Seeds

Athlete	Nationality	Ranking*	Seeding
Roger Federer	Switzerland	1	1
Novak Djokovic	Serbia	2	2
Rafael Nadal	Spain	3	3
Andy Murray	Great Britain	4	4
Nikolay Davydenko	Russia	6	5
Robin Söderling	Sweden	7	6
Andy Roddick	United States	8	7
Marin Čilić	Croatia	9	8
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	France	11	9
Fernando Verdasco	Spain	12	10
Juan Carlos Ferrero	Spain	14	11
Gaël Monfils	France	15	12
David Ferrer	Spain	16	13
Radek Štěpánek	Czech Republic	17	14
John Isner	United States	20	15
Gilles Simon	France	21	16
Sam Querrey	United States	22	17
Tommy Robredo	Spain	23	18
Tomáš Berdych	Czech Republic	25	19
Ivan Ljubičić	Croatia	26	20
Juan Mónaco	Argentina	27	21
Jürgen Melzer	Austria	28	22
Ivo Karlović	Croatia	29	23
Philipp Kohlschreiber	Germany	30	24
Albert Montañés	Spain	31	25
Thomaz Bellucci	Brazil	32	26
Marcos Baghdatis	Cyprus	33	27
Feliciano López	Spain	34	28
Viktor Troicki	Serbia	35	29
Janko Tipsarević	Serbia	36	30
Igor Andreev	Russia	37	31
Julien Benneteau	France	38	32

Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

Mario Ančić

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the tournament:

José Acasuso
Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)
Marc Gicquel
Fernando González (helping with aid in Chile)
Máximo González
Tommy Haas (hip surgery)
Lleyton Hewitt (hip surgery)
Fabrice Santoro
Stanislas Wawrinka
Mikhail Youzhny