The 2010 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour

2010 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Winnetka

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, USA between 28 June and 4 July 2010.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Germany	Björn Phau Bjorn Phau Björn Phau is a German tennis player and the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on 19 June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis...	100	1
United States	Michael Russell Michael Russell (tennis) Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...	101	2
India	Somdev Devvarman Somdev Devvarman Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning...	103	3
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:...	111	4
United States	Donald Young	113	5
France	Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...	116	6
Japan	Go Soeda Go Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...	124	7
United States	Kevin Kim Kevin Kim - External links :* *...	142	8

• Rankings are as of June 21, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: John Paul Fruttero

John Paul Fruttero

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 Ryan Harrison Austin Krajicek

Austin Krajicek

Austin Krajicek is a American 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. 604 on 1 August 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 431, on 14 November 2011.-Doubles...

 Simon Stadler

Simon Stadler

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The following players received entry as alternative: Noam Okun

Noam Okun

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 Donald Young

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Pierre-Ludovic Duclos

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 Milos Raonic

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 Artem Sitak

Artem Sitak

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 Fritz Wolmarans

Fritz Wolmarans

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Singles

  Brian Dabul

Brian Dabul

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def.   Tim Smyczek

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, 6–1, 1–6, 6–1

Doubles

  Ryler DeHeart

Ryler DeHeart

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/   Pierre-Ludovic Duclos

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def.   Rik de Voest

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Rik de Voest is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006....

 /   Somdev Devvarman

Somdev Devvarman

Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning...

, 7–6(4), 4–6, [10–8]