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2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date	4–10 October
Edition	37th
Category	ATP World Tour 500
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Rafael Nadal
Doubles
Eric Butorac / Jean-Julien Rojer
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The 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the event known that year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 4 through October 11, 2010. First-seeded Rafael Nadal won the singles title.

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ESP	Rafael Nadal	1	1
USA	Andy Roddick	10	2
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	12	3
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	13	4
FRA	Gaël Monfils	15	5
ESP	Feliciano López	23	6
LAT	Ernests Gulbis	25	7
FRA	Michaël Llodra	28	8

• Rankings are based on the rankings of September 27, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Tatsuma Ito
• Kei Nishikori
• Go Soeda

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ivan Dodig
• Rajeev Ram
• Milos Raonic
• Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Finals

Singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Gaël Monfils, 6–1, 7–5

• It was Nadal's 7th title of the year and 43rd of his career.

Doubles

Eric Butorac / Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Andreas Seppi / Dmitry Tursunov, 6–3, 6–2.

References

1. ^ "Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships". Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
2. "Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship 2010". Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2010-09-15.

External links

• Official website Archived 2020-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
• ATP tournament profile

• 2010 ATP World Tour
• Japan Open (tennis)
• 2010 in Japanese tennis
• October 2010 sports events in Japan
• 2010 Japan Open Tennis Championships