The 2010 Heineken Open was a tennis

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 the 35th edition of the Heineken Open

Heineken Open (tennis)

The Heineken Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series played in Auckland, New Zealand. It was also a combined mens and womens tournament until 1981.-History:...

, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series

ATP World Tour 250 series

The ATP World Tour 250 series is a new series for tennis tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals from the 2009 ATP World Tour...

 of the 2010 ATP World Tour

2010 ATP World Tour

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. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre

ASB Tennis Centre

The ASB Tennis Centre is a tennis facility located in the Parnell district of Auckland, New Zealand. The centre was founded in 1920 by Tennis Auckland. It hosts the Heineken Open for men and the ASB Classic for women on consecutive weeks in January each year before the Australian Open...

 in Auckland

Auckland

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, from January 11 through January 16, 2010.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
Spain	Tommy Robredo Tommy Robredo Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...	16	1
Spain	David Ferrer David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...	17	2
Spain	Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...	23	3
Spain	Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...	26	4
Germany	Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...	27	5
Austria	Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...	28	6
Argentina	Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco , nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 14 on February 4, 2008. He is sponsored by Adidas and Yonex.-Biography:...	30	7
Spain	Albert Montañés Álbert Montañés Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then...	31	8

• as of January 4, 2010

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Sébastien Grosjean

Sébastien Grosjean

Sébastien René Grosjean is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 . He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.-Career:...

 Daniel King-Turner

Daniel King-Turner

Daniel King-Turner is a professional New Zealand tennis player.-External links:...

 Jose Statham

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying: Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans (tennis)

Daniel Evans is an English professional tennis player. He is ranked 6th in the UK, and plays right-handed. Evans was until recently one of the highest ranked teenagers on the ATP rankings list. He made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in September 2009...

 Michael Lammer

Michael Lammer

Michael Lammer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He plays right-handed. At the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, won the doubles tournament with compatriot Marco Chiudinelli...

 James Lemke

James Lemke

James Lemke is a Australian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 224 on 3 October 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 297, on 26 September 2011.-External...

 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...

The following player received the lucky loser spot: Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun

Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun

Iñigo Cervantes Huegun is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-External links:*...

Singles

  John Isner

John Isner

John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...

def.   Arnaud Clément

Arnaud Clément

Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland...

, 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(2).

• It was Isner's first career title.

Doubles

  Marcus Daniell

Marcus Daniell

Marcus Daniell is a professional tennis player from rural Wairarapa in New Zealand.- Tennis career :While mainly playing in futures events, Daniell received a doubles wild card entry to play in the 2010 Heineken Open, an ATP 250 event in his home country of New Zealand. With new doubles partner,...

/   Horia Tecău

Horia Tecau

Horia Tecău is a Romanian tennis player who turned pro in 2003, and is a doubles specialist. Tecău is currently ranked 9th in ATP's doubles ranking, being also his highest doubles ranking achieved on August 8, 2011....

def.   Marcelo Melo

Marcelo Melo

Marcelo Melo is a Brazilian tennis player, currently ranked 22nd in the world in doubles. Alongside regular teammate André Sá, he has reached the Mens Doubles semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinal at the 2007 US Open...

 /   Bruno Soares

Bruno Soares

Bruno Soares is a professional tennis player from Brazil.Soares's highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour is World No. 221, which he reached in March 2004. Primarily a doubles specialist, his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 14, reached on May 4, 2009...

, 7–5, 6–4.

External links

• Official website