The 2010 Karshi Challenger

Karshi Challenger

The Karshi Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Qarshi, Uzbekistan since 2007. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :*...

was a professional 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 fourth edition of the tournament which is 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 Qarshi

Qarshi

Qarshi is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Province and has a population of 197,600 . It is about 520 km south-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. It is located at latitude 38° 51' 48N; longitude 65° 47'...

, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

 between 16 and 21 August 2010.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Slovenia	Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...	155	1
Russia	Konstantin Kravchuk Konstantin Kravchuk Konstantin Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player.Kravchuk competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 129, on November 8, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	156	2
Slovakia	Andrej Martin Andrej Martin Andrej Martin is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On January 31, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 160.-Singles: 1 :-External links:...	287	3
Slovakia	Marek Semjan Marek Semjan Marek Semjan is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 30, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218.-Challenger finals:-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 2 :-External links:...	296	4
Russia	Andrey Kumantsov	299	5
Latvia	Andis Juška Andis Juška Andis Juška is a tennis player from Latvia. His highest single's ranking to date was 226 reached on October 26, 2009. Already for several years he is the second highest rated Latvian tennis player in the ATP ranking behind Ernests Gulbis. He has won nine events at the ITF Futures level. In August...	313	6
Czech Republic	Jan Minář Jan Minár Jan Minář is a professional Czech tennis player. His brother Ivo is also a professional player.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runners-up :-External links:...	316	7
Spain	Carles Poch-Gradin	323	8

• Rankings are as of August 9, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Murad Inoyatov

Murad Inoyatov

Murad Inoyatov is a professional Uzbekistani tennis player.Inoyatov reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on May 11, 2009, when he became World number 437...

 Temur Ismailov Abduvoris Saidmukhamedov Vaja Uzakov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Samuel Groth

Samuel Groth

Samuel Groth is a professional Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 220, which he reached on 16 November 2009...

 Artem Smirnov

Artem Smirnov (tennis)

Artem Smirnov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On September 14, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 321, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 159 was reached on August 23, 2010. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.-Challenger...

 Vishnu Vardhan

Vishnu Vardhan (tennis)

Vishnu Vardhan, also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professionals tennis player from India. He was a member of the bronze medalist Indian men's team for 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China...

 Michael Venus

Michael Venus (tennis)

Michael Venus is a New Zealander professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 302 in January 2010. He switched nationality in June 2010 and began playing in the New Zealand Davis Cup team.- Early years :...

Singles

  Blaž Kavčič

Blaž Kavčič

Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...

def.   Michael Venus

Michael Venus (tennis)

Michael Venus is a New Zealander professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 302 in January 2010. He switched nationality in June 2010 and began playing in the New Zealand Davis Cup team.- Early years :...

, 7–6(6), 7–6(5)

Doubles

  Gong Maoxin

Gong Maoxin

Gong Maoxin , is a professional male tennis player.-Doubles: 3 :- External links :* * *...

/   Li Zhe def.   Divij Sharan

Divij Sharan

Divij Sharan is a Indian 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. 438 on 30 July 2007, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 172, on 3 October 2011.-Doubles :-External...

 /   Vishnu Vardhan

Vishnu Vardhan (tennis)

Vishnu Vardhan, also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professionals tennis player from India. He was a member of the bronze medalist Indian men's team for 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China...

, 6–3, 6–1

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