2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso
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The 2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso was a professional tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Salinas
, Ecuador
between 11 and 16 January 2010.
Carlton Fiorentino Jan-Michael Gambill
Emilio Gómez
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Facundo Bagnis
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Iván Endara
Luka Gregorc
The following player received the lucky loser spot: Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán
Brian Dabul
def.
Nicolás Massú
, 6-3, 6-2
Jonathan Marray
/ Jamie Murray
def.
Sanchai Ratiwatana
/ Sonchat Ratiwatana
, 6-3, 6-4
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour
2010 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals 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...
. It took place in Salinas
Salinas
-People:*Anita Reeves Salinas, Chilean television, film and theatre actress*Camilo Salinas, Chilean musician*Carlos Salinas de Gortari, a Mexican president*Francisco de Salinas, a 16th century Spanish music theorist*Francisco Vidal Salinas, Chilean politician...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
between 11 and 16 January 2010.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile |
Nicolás Massú Nicolás Massú Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist... |
112 | 1 |
 Brazil |
Thiago Alves Thiago Alves (tennis) Thiago Alves is a professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ITF Tour. His career high rank was #88, achieved on July 13, 2009.- In Grand Slams :He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the... |
149 | 2 |
| Argentina |
Sebastián Decoud Sebastian Decoud Sebastián Decoud is a professional Argentine tennis player. He is a late-blooming pro who is on the verge of cracking into the top-200 in singles in 2008, and did crack the top-200 in doubles in March, 2008.... |
150 | 3 |
 Colombia |
Carlos Salamanca Carlos Salamanca Carlos Salamanca Caicedo is a Colombian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-External links:*... |
158 | 4 |
| Argentina |
Brian Dabul Brian Dabul Brian Dabul is a professional tennis player.-Juniors career:Dabul was an outstanding player in juniors tennis, reaching #1 in the world in January, 2002.-2003 to 2007:... |
168 | 5 |
 Mexico |
Santiago González | 176 | 6 |
| Argentina |
Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina... |
193 | 7 |
| Brazil |
João Souza João Souza João Olavo Soares de Souza is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 90 August 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171, on September 21, 2009... |
199 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of December 28, 2009
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Júlio César CampozanoJúlio César Campozano
Júlio César Campozano is a Ecuadorian tennis player.He sweeped seven singles and five doubles Futures titles, but these aren't his biggest achievements. He won doubles title in 2009 Guayaquil Challenger, competing with his compatriot Emilio Gómez...
Carlton Fiorentino Jan-Michael Gambill
Jan-Michael Gambill
Jan-Michael Charles Gambill is an American tennis player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001...
Emilio Gómez
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Facundo Bagnis
Facundo Bagnis
Facundo Bagnis is an Argentine professional tennis player.Bagnis played in his first ATP World Tour match at the 2011 Movistar Open on January 31, 2011, losing to Santiago Giraldo in straight sets, 2–6 6–3 6–2....
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...
Iván Endara
Iván Endara
Iván Endara is a Ecuatorian professional tennis player.-Titles :-External links:...
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc is a tennis player from Slovenia. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 172 on August 3, 2009, and highest doubles ranking on September 12, 2005, reaching World Number 557...
The following player received the lucky loser spot: Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán
Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán
Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan is a Chilean professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:**...
Singles
Brian DabulBrian Dabul
Brian Dabul is a professional tennis player.-Juniors career:Dabul was an outstanding player in juniors tennis, reaching #1 in the world in January, 2002.-2003 to 2007:...
def.
Nicolás MassúNicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
Jonathan MarrayJonathan Marray
Jonny Marray is a British tennis player who represents Yorkshire. As of June 2009 he is the 9th highest ranked player in Britain....
/
Jamie MurrayJamie Murray
Jamie Robert Murray is a British tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac,...
def.
Sanchai RatiwatanaSanchai Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004....
/
Sonchat RatiwatanaSonchat Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home country...
, 6-3, 6-4