The 2010 SAP Open was a tennis

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 tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 121st edition of the SAP Open

SAP Open

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, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series

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 of the 2010 ATP World Tour

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. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

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, United States

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, from February 8 through February 14, 2010.

The singles draw featured ATP

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 No. 7, 2010 Brisbane International

2010 Brisbane International

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 champion Andy Roddick

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, and defending champion Radek Štěpánek

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. Other players included Fernando Verdasco

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, Tommy Haas

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, Mardy Fish

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, Sam Querrey

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, Tomáš Berdych

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 and Philipp Kohlschreiber

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.

Fernando Verdasco and former ATP World Tour champion Pete Sampras

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 played an exhibition match on the first day of the event. Verdasco won by the score of 6–3, 7–6(2).

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seeding
United States	Andy Roddick Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....	7	1
Spain	Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...	12	2
Czech Republic	Radek Štěpánek Radek Štepánek Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...	14	3
Germany	Tommy Haas Tommy Haas Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...	17	4
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...	23	5
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	6
United States	Sam Querrey Sam Querrey Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...	30	7
France	Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy is a French professional tennis player. He won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, and finished as the runner-up at the 2005 US Open Boys' Singles, losing to Ryan Sweeting. His career high rank is no...	37	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards

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 into the main draw: Devin Britton

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 Ryan Harrison Lars Pörschke

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ričardas Berankis

Ricardas Berankis

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 Alex Bogomolov Jr. Ryler DeHeart

Ryler DeHeart

Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...

 Tim Smyczek

Tim Smyczek

Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...

The following player received the lucky loser spot: Im Kyu-tae

Singles

  Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco

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def.   Andy Roddick

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, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4.

• It was Verdasco's first title of the year and 4th of his career.

Doubles

  Mardy Fish

Mardy Fish

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/   Sam Querrey

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def.   Benjamin Becker

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 /   Leonardo Mayer

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Leonardo Martin Mayer is an Argentine professional tennis player.Mayer achieved a singles career high of world no. 51 on June 7, 2010. His career high in doubles was world no. 94 on March 1, 2010.http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049039 He is coached by Emiliano Redondi...

, 7–6(3), 7–5.