2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2010 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Vera Zvonareva
Score	6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw	128 (12 Q / 7 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was her fourth Wimbledon singles title and 13th major singles title overall. Williams did not lose a set during the tournament.^[2]

The reigning French Open champion Francesca Schiavone and runner-up Samantha Stosur both lost in the first round, marking the first time that the two French Open finalists lost in the opening round of Wimbledon.^[3]

Petra Kvitová (ranked 62nd) and Tsvetana Pironkova (ranked 82nd) reached the semifinals, marking the first time since 1999 that two unseeded players reached the semifinals. Pironkova became the first Bulgarian woman to reach a major semifinal.^[a]^[4]

Seeds

1.

Serena Williams (champion)

2.

Venus Williams (quarterfinals)

3.

Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round)

4.

Jelena Janković (fourth round, retired due to back injury)

5.

Francesca Schiavone (first round)

6.

Samantha Stosur (first round)

7.

Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)

8.

Kim Clijsters (quarterfinals)

9.

Li Na (quarterfinals)

10.

Flavia Pennetta (third round)

11.

Marion Bartoli (fourth round)

12.

Nadia Petrova (third round)

13.

Shahar Pe'er (second round)

14.

Victoria Azarenka (third round)

15.

Yanina Wickmayer (third round)

16.

Maria Sharapova (fourth round)

17.

Justine Henin (fourth round)

18.

Aravane Rezaï (second round)

19.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)

20.

Dinara Safina (withdrew)

21.

Vera Zvonareva (final)

22.

María José Martínez Sánchez (withdrew)

23.

Zheng Jie (second round)

24.

Daniela Hantuchová (second round)

25.

Lucie Šafářová (first round)

26.

Alisa Kleybanova (third round)

27.

Maria Kirilenko (third round)

28.

Alona Bondarenko (third round)

29.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

30.

Yaroslava Shvedova (second round)

31.

Alexandra Dulgheru (third round)

32.

Sara Errani (third round)

33.

Melanie Oudin (second round)

34.

Kateryna Bondarenko (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Dinara Safina and María José Martínez Sánchez withdrew due to injury; Safina with a lower back injury and Martínez Sánchez with a knee injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Melanie Oudin and Kateryna Bondarenko, who became the #33 and #34 seeds.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Serena Williams	7	6

9	Li Na	5	3
					1	Serena Williams	7⁷	6

						Petra Kvitová	6⁵	2
	Petra Kvitová	4	7¹⁰	8

Q	Kaia Kanepi	6	6⁸	6
										1	Serena Williams	6	6

										21	Vera Zvonareva	3	2
8	Kim Clijsters	6	4	2

21	Vera Zvonareva	3	6	6
					21	Vera Zvonareva	3	6	6

						Tsvetana Pironkova	6	3	2
	Tsvetana Pironkova	6	6

2	Venus Williams	2	3

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

1	S Williams	6	6
	M Larcher de Brito	0	4		1	S Williams	6	6
	A Chakvetadze	3	6	6		A Chakvetadze	0	1
	A Petkovic	6	4	4						1	S Williams	6	7
	T Tanasugarn	5	1								D Cibulková	0	5
	A Morita	7	6			A Morita	7⁷	6²	5
	D Cibulková	7⁷	6			D Cibulková	6⁴	7⁷	7
25	L Šafářová	6⁵	4											1	S Williams	7¹¹	6
24	D Hantuchová	6⁴	7⁷	6										16	M Sharapova	6⁹	4
	V King	7⁷	6⁴	3	24	D Hantuchová	6	2	4
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6			B Záhlavová-Strýcová	1	6	6
	E Vesnina	1	3								B Záhlavová-Strýcová	5	3
	R Olaru	5	6	6						16	M Sharapova	7	6
	A Cornet	7	4	4		R Olaru	1	4
LL	A Pivovarova	1	0		16	M Sharapova	6	6
16	M Sharapova	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

9	N Li	7⁷	6
WC	C Scheepers	6⁵	2		9	N Li	6	6
	M Duque Mariño	4	2		Q	K Nara	2	4
Q	K Nara	6	6							9	N Li	6	6
	A Keothavong	6	2	4							A Rodionova	1	3
	A Rodionova	3	6	6		A Rodionova	6	2	6
	A Amanmuradova	2	7⁷	4	19	S Kuznetsova	4	6	4
19	S Kuznetsova	6	6⁵	6										9	N Li	6	6
32	S Errani	6	6											7	A Radwańska	3	2
	J Coin	2	4		32	S Errani	6	6
	A Parra Santonja	6	2	6		A Parra Santonja	2	2
	O Govortsova	3	6	4						32	S Errani	3	1
	A Brianti	6	7							7	A Radwańska	6	6
	J Craybas	2	5			A Brianti	2	0
	M Czink	3	3		7	A Radwańska	6	6
7	A Radwańska	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	C Wozniacki	6	6
	T Garbin	1	1		3	C Wozniacki	6	6
	A Rus	0	6	3		K-c Chang	4	3
	K-c Chang	6	2	6						3	C Wozniacki	7	6
	S Bammer	3	3							29	A Pavlyuchenkova	5	4
	R Vinci	6	6			R Vinci	2	6¹
	I Benešová	3	4		29	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	7⁷
29	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6											3	C Wozniacki	2	0
23	J Zheng	7	6												P Kvitová	6	6
	P Parmentier	5	4		23	J Zheng	4	6	2
	S Cîrstea	2	2			P Kvitová	6	2	6
	P Kvitová	6	6								P Kvitová	7	6
	B Jovanovski	6	6							14	V Azarenka	5	0
PR	C Dellacqua	1	0			B Jovanovski	1	4
Q	M Lučić	3	3		14	V Azarenka	6	6
14	V Azarenka	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

10	F Pennetta	6	6
	A Medina Garrigues	4	0		10	F Pennetta	6	6
Q	M Niculescu	6	6		Q	M Niculescu	1	1
	G Dulko	3	2							10	F Pennetta	2	3
	K Zakopalová	6¹	6	6							K Zakopalová	6	6
	Y Meusburger	7⁷	1	0		K Zakopalová	5	6	6
	M Rybáriková	7¹⁰	2	5	18	A Rezaï	7	3	3
18	A Rezaï	6⁸	6	7											K Zakopalová	2	4
31	A Dulgheru	6	6³	6										Q	K Kanepi	6	6
	K Date-Krumm	2	7⁷	1	31	A Dulgheru	6	6
Q	R Oprandi	6	1	6	Q	R Oprandi	2	0
WC	H Watson	4	6	3						31	A Dulgheru	1	2
	T Bacsinszky	6	5	3						Q	K Kanepi	6	6
	E Gallovits	4	7	6		E Gallovits	4	5
Q	K Kanepi	6	6		Q	K Kanepi	6	7
6	S Stosur	4	4

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

8	K Clijsters	6	6
	ME Camerin	0	3		8	K Clijsters	6	6
	K Šprem	6	6			K Šprem	3	2
Q	B Mattek-Sands	3	4						8	K Clijsters	6	6
Q	S Perry	6	4	9					27	M Kirilenko	3	3
Q	A Yakimova	2	6	7	Q	S Perry	1	4
	S Vögele	6	4	5	27	M Kirilenko	6	6
27	M Kirilenko	2	6	7									8	K Clijsters	2	6	6
17	J Henin	6	6										17	J Henin	6	2	3
	A Sevastova	4	3		17	J Henin	6	7
	K Barrois	6	6			K Barrois	3	5
	M Koryttseva	3	4						17	J Henin	6	6
	Y-j Chan	6	6						12	N Petrova	1	4
	P Schnyder	0	2			Y-j Chan	3	4
	T Malek	4	3		12	N Petrova	6	6
12	N Petrova	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

15	Y Wickmayer	6	5	6
WC	A Riske	4	7	3	15	Y Wickmayer	7¹¹	6
LL	S Dubois	4	4			K Flipkens	6⁹	4
	K Flipkens	6	6							15	Y Wickmayer	4	2
WC	N Lertcheewakarn	3	2							21	V Zvonareva	6	6
Q	A Hlaváčková	6	6		Q	A Hlaváčková	1	4
Q	N Llagostera Vives	4	1		21	V Zvonareva	6	6
21	V Zvonareva	6	6											21	V Zvonareva	6	3
28	A Bondarenko	6	6¹⁰	6										4	J Janković	1	0^r
WC	K O'Brien	3	7¹²	4	28	A Bondarenko	4	6	6
	L Hradecká	4	5			V Lepchenko	6	4	3
	V Lepchenko	6	7							28	A Bondarenko	0	3
Q	E Daniilidou	5	5							4	J Janković	6	6
	A Wozniak	7	7			A Wozniak	6	2	4
WC	L Robson	3	6⁵		4	J Janković	4	6	6
4	J Janković	6	7⁷

Section 7

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

5	F Schiavone	7⁷	5	1
	V Dushevina	6⁰	7	6		V Dushevina	3	4
	T Pironkova	6	7⁹			T Pironkova	6	6
	A Lapushchenkova	0	6⁷							T Pironkova	6	2
	R Kulikova	6	6							R Kulikova	4	0^r
WC	M South	1	2			R Kulikova	6	6
	P Hercog	1	4		30	Y Shvedova	2	4
30	Y Shvedova	6	6											T Pironkova	6	6
34	K Bondarenko	6¹	6	3									11	M Bartoli	4	4
Q	G Arn	7⁷	3	6	Q	G Arn	7	6
	Z Kučová	2	5			A Molik	5	4
	A Molik	6	7						Q	G Arn	3	4
	P Martić	2	7	6					11	M Bartoli	6	6
	E Baltacha	6	5	3		P Martić	w/o
	J Görges	4	3		11	M Bartoli
11	M Bartoli	6	6

Section 8

First round				Second round					Third round	Fourth round

13	S Pe'er	6	6
	A Ivanovic	3	4	13	S Pe'er	6	3	4
	S Mirza

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