The 2010 Due Ponti Cup

Due Ponti Cup

The Due Ponti Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the in Rome, Italy, since 2010.-Singles:-Doubles:...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour

2010 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Rome

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, Italy

Italy

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 between 31 May and 6 June 2010.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Brazil	Ricardo Mello Ricardo Mello Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005...	90	1
Italy	Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 241, on January 12, 2009...	95	2
Italy	Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...	118	3
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...	125	4
Italy	Simone Bolelli Simone Bolelli Simone Bolelli is a professional Italian tennis player.- 2003 :In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi, losing to Galo Blanco in the...	126	5
Argentina	Máximo González Máximo González Máximo González Mereira is a professional tennis player from Argentina. His career high ranking is #58, achieved on July 6, 2009.- Early career through 2006 :...	148	6
Romania	Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi is a Romanian tennis player who lives in Bucharest. In 2005, he played in the International Tennis Federation's Professional Circuit and won seven titles. As a result, he was named the ITF's "Player Of The Year" for 2005. At the end of 2005, he was ranked #269 by the ATP, up from...	158	7
Romania	Adrian Ungur Adrian Ungur Adrian Ungur is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and member of the Romania Davis Cup Team. On August 23, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 122...	166	8

• Rankings are as of May 24, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Francesco Aldi

Francesco Aldi

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 Marco Crugnola

Marco Crugnola

Marco Crugnola is an Italian professional tennis player.-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 12 :-External links:...

 Thomas Fabbiano

Thomas Fabbiano

Thomas Fabbiano is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 15, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 305 whilst his highest doubles ranking was No. 208 on July 20, 2009.-Doubles finals: 1 :...

 Santiago González

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: Martín Alund

Martín Alund

Martín Alund is an Argentine professional tennis player. Alund has won one ATP Challenger event, in doubles.-ATP Tournaments Finals:-Runner-Up :-External links:*...

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....

 Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi

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 Daniele Giorgini

Daniele Giorgini

Daniele Giorgini is an Italian professional tennis player.-Doubles: 12 :-External links:...

 Guido Pella

The following player received the lucky loser spot: Karim Maamoun

Singles

  Filippo Volandri

Filippo Volandri

Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...

def.   Reda El Amrani

Reda El Amrani

Reda El Amrani is a professional tennis player from Morocco.He has a career high-ranking of 160 .-2010:250 Series: Quarter-finalist Grand Prix Hassan II ....

, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

  Santiago González /   Travis Rettenmaier

Travis Rettenmaier

Travis Rettenmaier is a professional American tennis player.-Career:Rettenmaier's highest singles ranking to date has been World Number 273 on February 27, 2006. In doubles, his ranking has been as high as World Number 57, which he achieved on July 12, 2010. At 6-foot 2-inches, Travis is a...

def.   Sadik Kadir /   Purav Raja

Purav Raja

Purav Raja is an Indian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On July 30, 2007, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 813, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 130 was reached on August 16, 2010....

, 6–2, 6–4