Although tennis

Tennis

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 has long been on the list of approved optional Commonwealth Games sports

Commonwealth Games sports

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, and has featured in every Commonwealth Youth Games

Commonwealth Youth Games

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 programme, it made its maiden appearance in a full Commonwealth Games programme at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

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The tennis events were held from 4–10 October 2010, which clashed with the dates of the China Open

2010 China Open (tennis)

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, an ATP Tour and WTA Tour event. Despite initial concerns that governing bodies would fail to persuade their top players to compete in Delhi, several top tennis players competed for their countries, including Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...

 (India

India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

India hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games which were held in Delhi. India won 101 medals in total, including 38 Gold medals, enabling it to finish the Games at second position behind Australia and just ahead of England. For the first time in the history of the Games India won over 100 medals in total...

), Peter Luczak

Peter Luczak

Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....

 (Australia

Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

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), Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...

 (India), Jamie Murray

Jamie Murray

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 (Scotland), Leander Paes

Leander Paes

Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

 (India), and Anastasia Rodionova (Australia).

However, Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt

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 (Australia) did not compete for his country, as he was concerned about security problems and losing ATP ranking points.

Also, Samantha Stosur

Samantha Stosur

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 (Australia) decided not to compete in the games for she was to take part in the tournament in Beijing (Premier Mandatory) and Osaka (to defend her title).

The deadline for submission of named players was 3 September 2010.

Venue

• R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex
  R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex
  R. K. Khanna Tennis Complex is a tennis stadium located in New Delhi, India. It has a centre court, 6 match courts and 6 warm-up courts. It has a capacity of 5015. It is a venue for 2010 Commonwealth Games. It was also the venue for the tennis events at the 1982 Asian Games...
  
  

Training venues

• Siri Fort Sports Complex
  Siri Fort Sports Complex
  The Siri Fort Sport Complex is a sports stadium in New Delhi, India. The complex is owned by the Delhi Development Authority . It is sponsored by Apple, and named after a feature on the iPhone 4S.-Sports:...
  
   - 9 courts
• RK Khanna Tennis Stadium - 6 courts

Medals Table

Key:

1		3	3	2	8
2		1	1	2	4
3		1	0	0	1
4		0	1	1	2
Total		5	5	5	15

Medallists

Men's Singles Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's Singles This was the first edition of tennis at the Commonwealth Games. The competition was won by top seed, Somdev Devvarman of India, who beat Greg Jones of Australia 6-4, 6-2 in the final.-Medalists:-Seeds:# ...
Men's Doubles Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's Doubles This was the first ever Commonwealth tournament held, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes of India were the top seed. But they lost in the semi finals to the champions Paul Hanley and Peter Luczak, and had to settle for the bronze medal...
Women's Singles Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's Singles This was the first ever Commonwealth tournament held, and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia, the top seed, won the gold medal by defeating India's Sania Mirza in the final...
Women's Doubles Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's Doubles This was the first ever Commonwealth tournament held, Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers of Australia were the top seed. They won the gold medal after defeating fellow Australians Olivia Rogowska and Jessica Moore 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.-Medalists:-Seeds:...
Mixed Doubles Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Mixed Doubles This was the first ever Commonwealth tournament held, and Anastasia Rodionova and Paul Hanley of Australia were the top seed. However they lost the final to Jocelyn Rae and Colin Fleming of Scotland 7-6, 6-7, 6-2.-Medalists:-Seeds:...

Participating nations

A total of 23 nations were represented by at least one player in either the men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, or mixed doubles.

Nation	| Men		| Women		| Mixed	| Total
	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
	3	4(1)	3	4(1)	4	8
	3	2	2	2	2	5
	2	2				2
	2	2	2	2	2	4
			1			1
	3	4(1)	2	2	4	7
	1		1		2	2
			1			1
	2	4(2)	3	4(1)	4	8
			2	2		2
	1	2(1)				2
			2	2		2
			2	2		2
	1		1		2	2
	1		1		2	2
	2	2				2
	1		1		2	2
			1			1
	2	2	1	2(1)	4	4
	1					1
	3	4(1)	1		2	5
	2	2	1		4(1)	3
	2	2				2

• Number in brackets = players participating only in doubles