The 2010 Palm Hills International Tennis Challenger

Palm Hills International Tennis Challenger

The Palm Hills International Tennis Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Cairo, Egypt, since 1983....

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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

2010 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Cairo

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, Egypt

Egypt

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 between May 3 and May 8, 2010. The event was absent from 2003-2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Jamaica	Dustin Brown Dustin Brown (tennis) Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	104	1
Belgium	Christophe Rochus Christophe Rochus Christophe Rochus is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus, also a tennis player who has been slightly more successful than Christophe. He reached the singles finals of two ATP tournaments: Valencia and Rotterdam but lost them both...	132	2
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:...	136	3
Argentina	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a professional tennis player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyà of Spain...	176	4
Belgium	Niels Desein Niels Desein Niels Desein is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, and currently resides in Wondelgem, Belgium.-Professional tour:...	180	5
Germany	Andre Begemann Andre Begemann Andre Begemann is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 166 .-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 11 :-External links:* *...	193	6
France	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy is a French professional tennis player. Dasnières de Veigy competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 203, on April 19, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	204	7
Germany	Bastian Knittel Bastian Knittel Bastian Knittel is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On February 28, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 157.-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 3 :-External links:...	227	8

• Rankings are as of April 26, 2010.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Mahmoud Ezz Karim Maamuon Sherif Sabry

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Nikola Ćirić

Nikola Ćirić

Nikola Ćirić ; is a professional tennis player, who plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures. He was born in Serbia, in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on August 2, 1983....

 Petru-Alexandru Luncanu

Petru-Alexandru Luncanu

Petru-Alexandru Luncanu is a Romanian tennis player. On November 2, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 304 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 384 achieved on May 12, 2008.-External links:...

 Mohamed Safwat Fernando Vicente

Fernando Vicente

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Singles

  Ivo Minář

Ivo Minár

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def.   Simone Vagnozzi

Simone Vagnozzi

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, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

  Martin Slanar

Martin Slanar

-2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...

/   Simone Vagnozzi

Simone Vagnozzi

Simone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...

def.   Andre Begemann

Andre Begemann

Andre Begemann is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 166 .-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 11 :-External links:* *...

 /   Dustin Brown

Dustin Brown (tennis)

Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

, 6–3, 6–4