2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries

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This list is a below in the form of day-by-day summaries:

Day 1 (23 May)

In the Men's singles many of seeded players made it through led by 2009 finalist Robin Söderling, Mikhail Youzhny and Marin Čilić. While Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was pushed to the limit by German Daniel Brands as he came through 7–5 in the fifth. Tsonga was joined by compatriots Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Josselin Ouanna and Julien Benneteau who upset 23rd seed Ernests Gulbis 6–4, 6–2, 1–0 as Gulbis retired with a hamstring injury.

In the Women's side 6th seed and defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova cruised through the first round with a 6–3, 6–1 victory of Sorana Cîrstea. She was joined by 2nd seed Venus Williams, Madrid champion Aravane Rezaï, Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko and last years Semifinalist Dominika Cibulková. The day featured two upsets. Victoria Azarenka, hindered by an injury and only appeared in the event to have entered to claim the bonus prize money for ending the 2009 season in the top 10, became the first major casualty of the tournament as she was upset by Gisela Dulko. Rome champion María José Martínez Sánchez was also upset by Akgul Amanmuradova.

Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Ernests Gulbis
- Women's Singles: Victoria Azarenka, María José Martínez Sánchez
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st round	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sorana Cîrstea	6–3, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st round	Robin Söderling	Laurent Recouderc	6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round	Aravane Rezaï	Heidi El Tabakh	6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st round	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Daniel Brands	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 1st round	Marin Čilić	Ricardo Mello	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles 1st round	Gisela Dulko	Victoria Azarenka	6–1, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st round	Julien Benneteau	Ernests Gulbis	6–4, 6–2, 1–0 retired
Women's Singles 1st round	Venus Williams	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round	Nadia Petrova	Zhang Shuai	6–0, 6–3

Day 2 (24 May)

In the Men's Singles World no. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer cruised past Peter Luczak with a 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 victory. He was joined by Indian Wells champion Ivan Ljubičić, Miami finalist Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, John Isner and Thomaz Bellucci. While World no. 3 Novak Djokovic, last years semifinalist Fernando González, Gaël Monfils and Victor Hănescu all won in 4. While world no. 4 Andy Murray took on Richard Gasquet and won 4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1. 29th seed Spaniard Nicolás Almagro also needed five sets to defeat Robin Haase. The upsets of the day saw Spanish clay courters Feliciano López and Tommy Robredo both fall.

In the Women's draw 6 of the top 8 seeds were in action and all won. The field was led by World no. 1 Serena Williams who beat Stefanie Vögele 7–6, 6–2. She was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Elena Dementieva, Samantha Stosur and Agnieszka Radwańska. Other seeds Li Na, Kateryna Bondarenko, Alisa Kleybanova and Lucie Šafářová who defeated Jelena Dokić all won in straight sets. While Francesca Schiavone and Alona Bondarenko come back from a set down to get to the second round.

Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Feliciano López, Tommy Robredo
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st round	Caroline Wozniacki	Alla Kudryavtseva	6–0, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round	Roger Federer	Peter Luczak	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round	Serena Williams	Stefanie Vögele	7–6, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st round	Gaël Monfils	Dieter Kindlmann	6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st round	Li Na	Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round	Novak Djokovic	Evgeny Korolev	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round	Andy Murray	Richard Gasquet	4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1

Day 3 (25 May)

Day 3 of action was led by 4-time champion and 2nd seed Rafael Nadal who defeated Gianni Mina 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. Nadal was joined by fellow Spaniards 7th seed Fernando Verdasco, 16th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 9th seed David Ferrer and Pere Riba. Other seeds who went through were German Philipp Kohlschreiber, Austrian Jürgen Melzer and former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. While 6th seed Andy Roddick who was playing his first match in clay of the season needed 5 sets to get past Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3. Upsets were not avoided as two seeds fell in 4. As 18th seed Sam Querrey lost to compatriot Robby Ginepri and 26th seed clay courter Juan Mónaco was upset by Grega Žemlja.

In the Women's Singles almost all seeds got through in straight sets led by Justine Henin who beat Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–3, in her 1st match at RG for 3 years. She was joined by unseeded compatriots Kirsten Flipkens and Yanina Wickmayer, as well as Russians Maria Sharapova, Vera Zvonareva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Other seeds Daniela Hantuchová, Shahar Pe'er, Zheng Jie and Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli all won. The second major upset of the tournaments came at the cost of 2-time finalist Dinara Safina, who was upset by 39-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 3–6, 6–4, 7–5.

Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Juan Mónaco, Sam Querrey
- Women's Singles: Dinara Safina
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st round	Justine Henin	Tsvetana Pironkova	6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round	Andy Roddick	Jarkko Nieminen	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round	Marion Bartoli	Maria Elena Camerin	6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round	Lleyton Hewitt	Jérémy Chardy	7–5, 6–0, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 1st round	Fernando Verdasco	Igor Kunitsyn	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Dinara Safina	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Men's Singles 1st round	Rafael Nadal	Gianni Mina	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round	Maria Sharapova	Ksenia Pervak	6–3, 6–2

Day 4 (26 May)

World no. 1 Roger Federer dispatched Colombian Alejandro Falla in straight sets. Other straight sets victors were Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Čilić, Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka and Albert Montañés. While Mikhail Youzhny progressed in four after losing the first set tie-break. The only upset of the day was when Thiemo de Bakker defeated 32nd seed Guillermo García-López. The end of the day saw lots of matches being suspended and cancelled due to rain delays. One of those matches was between Frenchman Gaël Monfils and Italian Fabio Fognini which descended into chaos as they played on despite extreme darkness for 2 games, before finally coming off court a full 25 minutes after Murray and Chela's match did, at 5–5 in the 5th.

World no. 2 Venus Williams led the days games in the women's side with a 6–2, 6–4 victory over Arantxa Parra Santonja, she was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Flavia Pennetta, Nadia Petrova, Alexandra Dulgheru and Maria Kirilenko who all won straight sets. While Dominika Cibulková and Aravane Rezaï scrambled to win in three. One of the stories of the day was with defending champion Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova against German Andrea Petkovic, who served for the match in the 2nd set, but the Russian survived 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. As with the Men's side several matches were cancelled.

Seeds out:
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd round	Venus Williams	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd round	Roger Federer	Alejandro Falla	7–6, 6–2, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 2nd round	Robin Söderling	Taylor Dent	6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 2nd round	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Josselin Ouanna	6–0, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 2nd round	Aravane Rezaï	Angelique Kerber	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd round	Caroline Wozniacki	Tathiana Garbin	6–3, 6–1

Day 5 (27 May)

Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Gaël Monfils
- Women's Singles: Kateryna Bondarenko, Agnieszka Radwańska, Vera Zvonareva
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd round	Jelena Janković	Kaia Kanepi	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd round	Fabio Fognini	Gaël Monfils	2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 9–7
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 2nd round	Andy Roddick	Blaž Kavčič	6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

Day 6 (28 May)

Seeds out:
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 2nd round	Rafael Nadal	Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd round	Justine Henin	Klára Zakopalová	6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd round	Venus Williams	Dominika Cibulková	6–3, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd round	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Thiemo de Bakker	6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd round	Serena Williams	Julia Görges	6–1, 6–1
Women's Singles 2nd round	Marion Bartoli	Olivia Sanchez	7–5, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round	Roger Federer	Julian Reister	6–4, 6–0, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd round	Andy Murray	Marcos Baghdatis	6–2, 6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round	Elena Dementieva	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–7, 6–3, 6–4

Day 7 (29 May)

Seeds out:
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 3rd round	Serena Williams	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round	Nadia Petrova	Aravane Rezaï	7–6, 4–6, 10–8
Men's Singles 3rd round	Novak Djokovic	Victor Hănescu	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round	Rafael Nadal	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 3rd round	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Andy Roddick	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round	Shahar Pe'er	Marion Bartoli	7–6, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round	Fernando Verdasco	Philipp Kohlschreiber	2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Women's Singles 3rd round	Jelena Janković	Alona Bondarenko	6–4, 7–6

Day 8 (30 May)

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 4th round	Elena Dementieva	Chanelle Scheepers	6–1, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd round	Justine Henin	Maria Sharapova	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 4th round	Nadia Petrova	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 4th round	Roger Federer	Stanislas Wawrinka	6–3, 7–6, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round	Mikhail Youzhny	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–2 retired
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 4th round	Francesca Schiavone	Maria Kirilenko	6–4, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round	Caroline Wozniacki	Flavia Pennetta	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round	Robin Söderling	Marin Čilić	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round	Tomáš Berdych	Andy Murray	6–4, 7–5, 6–3

Day 9 (31 May)

Seeds out:
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 4th round	Novak Djokovic	Robby Ginepri	6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th round	Serena Williams	Shahar Pe'er	6–2, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round	Rafael Nadal	Thomaz Bellucci	6–2, 7–5, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round	Jelena Janković	Daniela Hantuchová	6–4, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 4th round	Jürgen Melzer	Teymuraz Gabashvili	7–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round	Samantha Stosur	Justine Henin	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Men's Singles 4th round	Nicolás Almagro	Fernando Verdasco	6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round	Yaroslava Shvedova	Jarmila Groth	6–4, 6–3

Day 10 (1 June)

This day, Roger Federer lost his quarterfinals match against Robin Söderling, making it the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament. It also meant that Federer lost his ATP men's single No. 1 ranking in tennis since Rafael Nadal won the 2010 French Open men's singles title. Also, since Nadal became the 2010 French Open men's singles champion, Federer was left only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player.

Seeds out:
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Francesca Schiavone	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Robin Söderling	Roger Federer	3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Elena Dementieva	Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Tomáš Berdych	Mikhail Youzhny	6–3, 6–1, 6–2

Day 11 (2 June)

This day decided the last two of the four semifinalists in the women's singles. Since none of the four semifinalists (Samantha Stosur, Jelena Janković, Francesca Schiavone, and Elena Dementieva) had won any Grand Slam women's singles titles before, this meant Francesca Schiavone became a first-time women's singles Grand Slam champion in this tournament.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Samantha Stosur	Serena Williams	6–2, 6–7, 8–6
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Rafael Nadal	Nicolás Almagro	7–6, 7–6, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Jelena Janković	Yaroslava Shvedova	7–5, 6–4
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Jürgen Melzer	Novak Djokovic	3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 7–6, 6–4

Day 12 (3 June)

Seeds out:
- Women's Singles: Elena Dementieva, Jelena Janković
- Men's Doubles: Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman, Julian Knowle / Andy Ram
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles Semifinals	Francesca Schiavone	Elena Dementieva	7–6 retired
Women's Singles Semifinals	Samantha Stosur	Jelena Janković	6–1, 6–2
Mixed Doubles Final	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	Yaroslava Shvedova Julian Knowle	4–6, 7–6,
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Legends Doubles Semifinals	Iva Majoli Nathalie Tauziat	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–3,
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group A	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	Pat Cash Mikael Pernfors	7–6, 6–3
Men's Doubles Semifinals	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Wesley Moodie Dick Norman	6–0, 6–3
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group B	Mansour Bahrami Henri Leconte	Ilie Năstase Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 3–6,

Day 13 (4 June)

Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Tomáš Berdych, Jürgen Melzer
- Women's Doubles: Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles Semifinals	Robin Söderling	Tomáš Berdych	6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Men's Singles Semifinals	Rafael Nadal	Jürgen Melzer	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group B	Arnaud Boetsch Cédric Pioline	Thomas Muster Mark Woodforde	6–2, 3–6,
Women's Legends Doubles Third Place	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Mary Joe Fernández Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–2
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group A	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andriy Medvedev	Sergi Bruguera Richard Krajicek	4–6, 6–2,
Women's Doubles Final	Serena Williams Venus Williams	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–3
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group B	Ilie Năstase Emilio Sánchez	Guy Forget Thierry Tulasne	6–1, 1–6,

Day 14 (5 June)

Seeds out:
- Women's Singles: Samantha Stosur
- Men's Doubles: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles Final	Francesca Schiavone	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 7–6
Men's Doubles Final	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	7–5, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group A	Andrés Gómez John McEnroe	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2
Women's Legends Doubles Final	Martina Navratilova Jana Novotná	Iva Majoli Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–2
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group A	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Medvedev	Michael Chang Albert Costa	6–0, 3–6,
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group B	Goran Ivanišević Michael Stich	Arnaud Boetsch Cédric Pioline	6–3, 6–2

Day 15 (6 June)

Rafael Nadal reclaimed the No. 1 men's singles ATP ranking, leaving Roger Federer only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player. This win is also the first time since the French Open 2004 that Roger Federer was knocked out by a player who hasn't won a grand slam tournament.

Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Robin Söderling
Schedule of Play

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's Singles Final	Rafael Nadal	Robin Söderling	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Legends Over 45 Doubles Final	Andrés Gómez John McEnroe	Mansour Bahrami Henri Leconte	6–1, 6–1
Legends Under 45 Doubles Final	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Medvedev	Goran Ivanišević Michael Stich	6–1, 6–1