2010 WTA Tour
Introduction The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The '''2010 WTA Tour''' calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points and is organized by the ITF.
Notable stories === Serena Williams' season ===Serena Williams began the season ranked World No. 1, having enjoyed an impressive 2009 season in which she won the Australian Open and Wimbledon (she would successfully defend both titles this year) and reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking on two occasions. Williams began her season by successfully defending her Australian Open title, defeating Justine Henin in a three-set final. She also successfully defended her Wimbledon title, defeating surprise finalist Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2.However, shortly after winning Wimbledon, Serena Williams would injure her foot at a German restaurant where she was celebrating her victory, but it didn't deter her from playing in an exhibition match against Kim Clijsters in front of a world-record tennis crowd that same week. The foot injury ended up being very serious enough to necessitate surgery, and as a result she missed the rest of the season and would not return to top-level tennis until June 2011.She was forced to miss her first US Open since 2003, and also had to withdraw from the year-end championships having qualified by virtue of winning Wimbledon. The injury worsened late in the year; despite accepting a wildcard into Linz, she had to withdraw from that tournament, with her wildcard entry later allocated to former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. Despite progress in her recovery from foot surgery, she lost the World No. 1 ranking to Danish youngster Caroline Wozniacki. Williams then announced her withdrawal from the 2011 Australian Open in November.=== Justine Henin's comeback ===Former World No. 1 Justine Henin announced her comeback to the WTA Tour in September last year, in the aftermath of Kim Clijsters' victory at the 2009 US Open. She had previously not played at the highest level since suffering a third round defeat to Dinara Safina (who went on to make the final of the French Open that year) at the 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open. Henin's comeback began impressively, reaching the final of the 2010 Brisbane International in which she lost to her compatriot and rival Kim Clijsters in a final set tiebreak. She had defeated Nadia Petrova and Ana Ivanovic en route. She then reached the final of the Australian Open, in which she was defeated by Serena Williams in three sets, having defeated fifth seed Elena Dementieva in the second round, 27th seed Alisa Kleybanova in the third, qualifier Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth, 19th seed Nadia Petrova in the quarter-finals and Zheng Jie in the semi-finals en route.She then participated at her first French Open since 2007, where she was defeated in the fourth round by eventual finalist Samantha Stosur, ending a 24-match winning streak at the tournament dating back to 2005.Prior to the defeat against Stosur, Henin had played her first three-set match at the tournament, also since 2005, when she defeated Maria Sharapova in the third round. Later, at Wimbledon, Henin again reached the fourth round, but suffered a three-set loss to rival Clijsters. During the match, she suffered an elbow injury which would later rule her out of the US Open, that same injury would lead to her second (and final) retirement in January 2011.=== Ana Ivanovic's season ===The first half of Ana Ivanovic's 2010 season appeared to follow on from her poor 2009 season, as her confidence and game continued to disintegrate since she won the 2008 French Open. She started the season ranked World No. 22 and spent almost the entire season ranked outside the Top 20.She was able to reach the semi-finals at the Brisbane International and the Rome Masters, but those would be her best results in the first half of the season, as she dropped out of the WTA's Top 50 for the first time since 2005 with a second round loss to Anastasija Sevastova at Indian Wells. On court results did not improve throughout the year, and Ivanovic dropped to a low of World No. 65 by July. Adding to a growing season of disappointment, Ivanovic also suffered the ignominy of winning the wooden spoon at Wimbledon, having finished at the end of the tournament's longest losing chain after losing in the first round.However, Ivanovic would begin to turn her season around at the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, entering the tournament having lost 17 of her last 29 matches dating back to August 2009 and having dropped to World No. 62.A first round upset win over recent Stanford champion Victoria Azarenka sparked a run to the semi-finals, where she was forced to retire against Kim Clijsters due to a foot injury; nevertheless, she re-entered the World's Top 40 following her run at Cincinnati. With no rankings points to defend for the remainder of the year, Ivanovic reached the fourth round of the US Open, the first time she had gotten that far at a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon in 2009.She defeated Ekaterina Makarova, Zheng Jie and Virginie Razzano before being crushed by defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.Ivanovic continued to maintain her recent good form after the US Open; she was able to reach the quarter-finals in Beijing where she was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki, who eventually replaced Serena Williams as the new World No. 1 by winning the tournament. She then accepted a late wildcard entry into Linz after Williams withdrew due to her ongoing foot surgery, where she won her first title in two years after defeating Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 6–1, in the year's shortest final; the title returned Ivanovic to the world's Top 30, and qualified her for the 2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. In her final tournament of the year, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Kimiko Date-Krumm en route to reaching her second final in three weeks, where she defeated Alisa Kleybanova to win her second title of the year and return to the world's Top 20 for the first time in more than one year. Ivanovic ended her season by winning 21 of her last 27 matches, having lost 17 of her last 29 beforehand.
Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2010 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. ;Key Grand Slam events Year-end championships WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments WTA Premier 5 tournaments WTA Premier tournaments WTA International tournaments Team events=== January ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsJan 4  Hopman CupPerth, AustraliaHopman CupHard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)2–1       Brisbane International Brisbane, AustraliaWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Kim Clijsters6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)  Justine Henin  Andrea Petkovic Ana Ivanovic  Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Melinda Czink Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká2–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–4   Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja ASB ClassicAuckland, New ZealandWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Yanina Wickmayer6–3, 6–2   Flavia Pennetta  Francesca Schiavone Shahar Pe'er  Dominika Cibulková Alizé Cornet Kimiko Date-Krumm Maria Kirilenko Cara Black Liezel Huber7–6(7–4), 6–2  Natalie Grandin Laura GranvilleJan 11  Medibank International SydneySydney, AustraliaWTA PremierHard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Elena Dementieva6–3, 6–2   Serena Williams  Aravane Rezaï Victoria Azarenka  Vera Dushevina Flavia Pennetta Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina  Cara Black Liezel Huber6–1, 3–6, 10–3   Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, AustraliaWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Alona Bondarenko6–2, 6–4  Shahar Pe'er  Anabel Medina Garrigues   Sara Errani  Gisela Dulko Zheng Jie Kirsten Flipkens Carla Suárez Navarro Chuang Chia-jung Květa Peschke3–6, 6–3, 10–7   Chan Yung-jan Monica NiculescuJan 18Jan 25  Australian Open Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard – $9,264,098128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles  Serena Williams6–4, 3–6, 6–2  Justine Henin  Li Na  Zheng Jie    Victoria Azarenka  Venus Williams Nadia Petrova  Maria Kirilenko Serena Williams  Venus Williams6–4, 6–3  Cara Black   Liezel Huber Cara Black Leander Paes7–5, 6–3  Ekaterina Makarova   Jaroslav Levinský=== February ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsFeb 1  Fed Cup first round Kharkiv, Ukraine – hard (i) Brno, Czech Republic – hard (i)Belgrade, Serbia – hard (i) Liévin, France – clay (red) (i)  4–1 3–2 3–2 4–1    Feb 8  Open GDF Suez Paris, FranceWTA PremierHard (i) – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Elena Dementieva6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4 Lucie Šafářová   Melanie Oudin Flavia Pennetta   Andrea Petkovic Ágnes Szávay  Shahar Pe'er Tathiana Garbin Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcováwalkover   Cara Black Liezel Huber PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, ThailandWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Vera Zvonareva6–4, 6–4  Tamarine Tanasugarn   Yaroslava Shvedova   Sesil Karatantcheva   Sybille Bammer  Tatjana Malek Ekaterina Bychkova Anna Chakvetadze Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn7–5, 6–1   Anna Chakvetadze Ksenia PervakFeb 15  Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWTA Premier 5Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles   Venus Williams6–3, 7–5   Victoria Azarenka   Shahar Pe'er Agnieszka Radwańska  Li Na Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Vera Zvonareva Regina Kulikova  Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez7–6(7–5), 6–4   Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik Cellular South Cup Memphis, United StatesWTA InternationalHard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Maria Sharapova6–2, 6–1   Sofia Arvidsson   Petra Kvitová  Anne Keothavong   Elena Baltacha Kaia Kanepi Karolina Šprem Melanie Oudin  Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek7–5, 6–2   Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy Copa BBVA-Colsanitas Bogotá, ColombiaWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Mariana Duque Mariño6–4, 6–3   Angelique Kerber   Gisela Dulko Arantxa Parra Santonja   Sandra Záhlavová Pauline Parmentier Sara Errani Klára Zakopalová Gisela Dulko Edina Gallovits 6–2, 7–6(8–6)   Olga Savchuk Anastasiya YakimovaFeb 22  Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, MexicoWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Venus Williams2–6, 6–2, 6–3   Polona Hercog   Edina Gallovits Carla Suárez Navarro   Laura Pous Tió Sharon Fichman Gisela Dulko Ágnes Szávay  Polona Hercog Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová2–6, 6–1, 10–2   Sara Errani Roberta Vinci Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Alisa Kleybanova6–3, 6–2   Elena Dementieva   Sybille Bammer  Ayumi Morita  Magdaléna Rybáriková Chang Kai-chen Anastasia Rodionova Chanelle Scheepers Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie6–7(4–7), 6–2, 10–7   Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova=== March ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsMar 1  Monterrey Open Monterrey, MexicoWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1–6, 6–1, 6–0   Daniela Hantuchová  Anastasija Sevastova Dominika Cibulková   Alizé Cornet Klára Zakopalová Ágnes Szávay Vania King  Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová3–6, 6–4, 10–8   Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania KingMar 8Mar 15  BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United StatesWTA Premier MandatoryHard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles – Doubles   Jelena Janković6–2, 6–4   Caroline Wozniacki    Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska   Alisa Kleybanova María José Martínez Sánchez  Elena Dementieva Zheng Jie  Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik6–4, 2–6, 10–5   Nadia Petrova Samantha StosurMar 22Mar 29  Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United StatesWTA Premier MandatoryHard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles – Doubles   Kim Clijsters6–2, 6–1   Venus Williams    Marion Bartoli Justine Henin   Yanina Wickmayer Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Caroline Wozniacki  Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta6–3, 4–6, 10–7   Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur=== April ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsApr 5  MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach, United StatesWTA InternationalClay – $220,000 (green) – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Caroline Wozniacki6–2, 7–5   Olga Govortsova   Elena Vesnina Dominika Cibulková   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Melanie Oudin Aleksandra Wozniak Varvara Lepchenko Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi4–6, 6–4, 10–8   Chuang Chia-jung Peng Shuai Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella, SpainWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Flavia Pennetta6–2, 4–6, 6–3   Carla Suárez Navarro  María José Martínez Sánchez Sara Errani  Victoria Azarenka Tatjana Malek Beatriz García Vidagany Simona Halep Sara Errani Roberta Vinci6–4, 6–2   Maria Kondratieva Yaroslava ShvedovaApr 12  Family Circle Cup Charleston, United StatesWTA PremierClay – $700,000 (green) – 56S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles    Samantha Stosur6–0, 6–3   Vera Zvonareva   Caroline Wozniacki Daniela Hantuchová   Nadia Petrova Melanie Oudin Peng Shuai Jelena Janković  Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova6–3, 6–4   Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, SpainWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Francesca Schiavone6–1, 6–1   Roberta Vinci   Yaroslava Shvedova Alexandra Dulgheru   Carla Suárez Navarro  Iveta Benešová  Arantxa Parra Santonja Timea Bacsinszky Sara Errani Roberta Vinci6–1, 3–6, 10–2   Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana GarbinApr 19  Fed Cup Semifinals Rome, Italy – clay (red) Birmingham, United States – hard (i)  5–0 3–2    Apr 26  Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, GermanyWTA PremierClay (red) (i) – $700,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles    Justine Henin6–4, 2–6, 6–1   Samantha Stosur  Anna Lapushchenkova   Shahar Pe'er   Lucie Šafářová  Li Na  Jelena Janković   Dinara Safina  Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta3–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–5   Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fez, MoroccoWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Iveta Benešová6–4, 6–2   Simona Halep   Alizé Cornet Renata Voráčová   Anne Keothavong Laura Pous Tió Angelique Kerber Patty Schnyder Iveta Benešová Anabel Medina Garrigues6–3, 6–1   Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová=== May ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsMay 3  Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, ItalyWTA Premier 5Clay (red) – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles    María José Martínez Sánchez7–6(7–5), 7–5   Jelena Janković   Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic   Maria Kirilenko Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Lucie Šafářová Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta6–4, 6–2   Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez Estoril Open Oeiras, PortugalWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Anastasija Sevastova6–2, 7–5   Arantxa Parra Santonja   Peng Shuai Sorana Cîrstea    Anastasia Rodionova Anabel Medina Garrigues Jarmila Groth Arantxa Rus  Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues6–1, 7–5   Vitalia Diatchenko Aurélie VédyMay 10  Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, SpainWTA Premier MandatoryClay (red) – $4,500,000 – 60S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles    Aravane Rezaï 6–2, 7–5   Venus Williams   Lucie Šafářová   Shahar Pe'er  Nadia Petrova   Jelena Janković Samantha Stosur Li Na  Serena Williams Venus Williams6–2, 7–5   Gisela Dulko Flavia PennettaMay 17  Polsat Warsaw Open Warsaw, PolandWTA PremierClay (red) – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4   Zheng Jie  Gréta Arn Li Na Caroline Wozniacki Alona Bondarenko  Sara Errani Tsvetana Pironkova  Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy6–3, 6–4   Cara Black Yan Zi Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, FranceWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/30Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Maria Sharapova7–5, 6–1   Kristina Barrois   Anabel Medina Garrigues Vania King   Julia Görges  Sofia Arvidsson Anastasija Sevastova Anastasia Rodionova Alizé Cornet Vania King3–6, 6–4, 10–7   Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia RodionovaMay 24May 31  French Open Paris, FranceGrand SlamClay (red) – $9,938,926 – 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles   Francesca Schiavone6–4, 7–6(7–2)   Samantha Stosur  Jelena Janković  Elena Dementieva   Serena Williams Yaroslava Shvedova Caroline Wozniacki  Nadia Petrova Serena Williams Venus Williams6–2, 6–3   Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić4–6, 7–6(7–5), 11–9  Yaroslava Shvedova Julian Knowle=== June ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsJun 7  Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great BritainWTA InternationalGrass – $220,000 – 56S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Li Na7–5, 6–1   Maria Sharapova   Aravane Rezaï  Alison Riske   Kaia Kanepi  Sara Errani  Yanina Wickmayer Sesil Karatantcheva  Cara Black Lisa Raymond6–3, 3–2 retired   Liezel Huber Bethanie Mattek-SandsJun 14  Aegon International Eastbourne, Great BritainWTA PremierGrass – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Ekaterina Makarova7–6(7–5), 6–4   Victoria Azarenka  Marion Bartoli  Samantha Stosur    María José Martínez Sánchez  Kim Clijsters Elena Baltacha Svetlana Kuznetsova  Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs6–2, 2–6, 13–11   Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsWTA InternationalGrass – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Justine Henin3–6, 6–3, 6–4   Andrea Petkovic  Alexandra Dulgheru  Kirsten Flipkens   Kristina Barrois Yaroslava Shvedova Dominika Cibulková Sandra Záhlavová  Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova3–6, 6–3, 10–8   Vania King Yaroslava ShvedovaJun 21Jun 28  The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great BritainGrand SlamGrass – $9,781,631128S/96Q/64D/48XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles   Serena Williams6–3, 6–2  Vera Zvonareva     Petra Kvitová Tsvetana Pironkova   Li Na  Kaia Kanepi   Kim Clijsters Venus Williams Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova7–6(8–6), 6–2   Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva Cara Black Leander Paes6–4, 7–6(7–5) Lisa Raymond Wesley Moodie=== July ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsJul 5  GDF Suez Grand Prix Budapest, HungaryWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–4   Patty Schnyder   Zuzana Ondrášková Alexandra Dulgheru    Polona Hercog  Anabel Medina Garrigues  Alizé Cornet Anastasija Sevastova  Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin6–3, 6–3   Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues Collector Swedish Open Båstad, SwedenWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Aravane Rezaï6–3, 4–6, 6–4   Gisela Dulko  Flavia Pennetta   Lucie Šafářová  Jill Craybas  Ana Vrljić  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Arantxa Parra Santonja Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta7–6(7–0), 6–0   Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-StrýcováJul 12  Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, ItalyWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Kaia Kanepi6–4, 6–3   Flavia Pennetta   Julia Görges Romina Oprandi   Nuria Llagostera Vives Jill Craybas Sara Errani Aravane Rezaï Alberta Brianti Sara Errani 6–4, 6–1   Jill Craybas Julia Görges ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech RepublicWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Ágnes Szávay6–2, 1–6, 6–2   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  Patty Schnyder Lucie Hradecká  Johanna Larsson  Anna Tatishvili Anabel Medina Garrigues Polona Hercog Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin7–5, 7–6(7–4)   Monica Niculescu Ágnes SzávayJul 19  Banka Koper Slovenia OpenPortorož, SloveniaWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles     Anna Chakvetadze6–1, 6–2   Johanna Larsson  Ksenia Pervak Polona Hercog   Anastasiya Yakimova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Vera Dushevina Stefanie Vögele Maria Kondratieva Vladimíra Uhlířová6–4, 2–6, 10–7   Anna Chakvetadze Marina Erakovic NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, AustriaWTA InternationalClay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Julia Görges6–1, 6–4   Timea Bacsinszky  Alizé Cornet Yvonne Meusburger  Patricia Mayr  Anastasia Pivovarova Anastasija Sevastova Sandra Záhlavová Lucie Hradecká Anabel Medina Garrigues6–7(2–7), 6–1, 10–5   Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana GarbinJul 26  Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United StatesWTA PremierHard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Victoria Azarenka6–4, 6–1   Maria Sharapova  Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska   Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Elena Dementieva Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber7–5, 6–7(8–10), 10–8   Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie İstanbul Cup Istanbul, TurkeyWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova5–7, 7–5, 6–4   Elena Vesnina  Andrea Petkovic Jarmila Groth   Elena Baltacha  Anastasia Rodionova Sorana Cîrstea Vera Dushevina Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr6–4, 1–6, 11–9   Maria Kondratieva Vladimíra Uhlířová=== August ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsAug 2  Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, United StatesWTA PremierHard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles    Svetlana Kuznetsova6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3   Agnieszka Radwańska  Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta    Alisa Kleybanova Shahar Pe'er CoCo Vandeweghe Samantha Stosur Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie6–4, 6–4   Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open Copenhagen, DenmarkWTA InternationalHard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Caroline Wozniacki6–2, 7–6(7–5)  Klára Zakopalová   Anna Chakvetadze Li Na   Julia Görges Polona Hercog  Sorana Cîrstea Angelique Kerber Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld6–4, 6–4   Vitalia Diatchenko Tatiana PoutchekAug 9  W&S Financial Group Women's OpenMason, United StatesWTA Premier 5Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/48Q/28DSingles – Doubles   Kim Clijsters2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2   Maria Sharapova   Ana Ivanovic  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  Akgul Amanmuradova  Flavia Pennetta Yanina Wickmayer  Marion Bartoli Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko7–6(7–4), 7–6(8)   Lisa Raymond Rennae StubbsAug 16  Rogers Cup Montreal, CanadaWTA Premier 5Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles   Caroline Wozniacki6–3, 6–2   Vera Zvonareva  Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova  Marion Bartoli Kim Clijsters Zheng Jie Francesca Schiavone Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta7–5, 3–6, 12–10  Květa Peschke Katarina SrebotnikAug 23  Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United StatesWTA PremierHard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Caroline Wozniacki6–3, 3–6, 6–3   Nadia Petrova  Elena Dementieva  Maria Kirilenko   Flavia Pennetta  Marion Bartoli  Dinara Safina  Samantha Stosur Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik7–5, 6–0 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann ShaughnessyAug 30Sep 6  US Open New York City, United StatesGrand SlamHard – $10,258,000128S/128Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles  Kim Clijsters6–2, 6–1   Vera Zvonareva   Caroline Wozniacki Venus Williams   Dominika Cibulková Kaia Kanepi Francesca Schiavone Samantha Stosur Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova Liezel Huber Bob Bryan6–4, 6–4  Květa Peschke Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi=== September ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsSep 13  Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, ChinaWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Jarmila Groth6–1, 6–4   Alla Kudryavtseva   Edina Gallovits Zhang Shuai   Maria Elena Camerin Han Xinyun  Sania Mirza Ksenia Pervak  Edina Gallovits Sania Mirza7–5, 6–3   Han Xinyun Liu Wanting Bell Challenge Quebec City, CanadaWTA InternationalCarpet (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Tamira Paszek 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5   Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Lucie Šafářová Christina McHale   Rebecca Marino Melanie Oudin Alexa Glatch Sofia Arvidsson Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson 6–1, 2–6, 10–6  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Barbora Záhlavová-StrýcováSep 20  Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South KoreaWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles    Alisa Kleybanova 6–1, 6–3   Klára Zakopalová  Nadia Petrova Ágnes Szávay   Kirsten Flipkens Dinara Safina  Ekaterina Makarova Kimiko Date-Krumm Julia Görges Polona Hercog6–3, 6–4   Natalie Grandin   Vladimíra Uhlířová Tashkent Open Tashkent, UzbekistanWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Alla Kudryavtseva 6–4, 6–4   Elena Vesnina   Monica Niculescu Evgeniya Rodina  Alexandra Dulgheru Darya Kustova Stefanie Vögele Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 6–4 Alexandra Dulgheru   Magdaléna RybárikováSep 27  Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, JapanWTA Premier 5Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Caroline Wozniacki 1–6, 6–2, 6–3   Elena Dementieva  Victoria Azarenka   Francesca Schiavone  Agnieszka Radwańska  CoCo Vandeweghe   Kaia Kanepi   Vera Zvonareva Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová6–4, 4–6, 10–8  Shahar Pe'er   Peng Shuai=== October ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsOct 4  China Open Beijing, ChinaWTA Premier MandatoryHard – $4,500,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles   Caroline Wozniacki6–3, 3–6, 6–3   Vera Zvonareva    Shahar Pe'er Li Na   Ana Ivanovic  Timea Bacsinszky Anastasija Sevastova Francesca Schiavone Chuang Chia-jung Olga Govortsova7–6(7–2), 1–6, 10–7   Gisela Dulko  Flavia PennettaOct 11  Generali Ladies Linz Linz, AustriaWTA InternationalHard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles   Ana Ivanovic 6–1, 6–2   Patty Schnyder  Roberta Vinci  Andrea Petkovic  Sara Errani Julia Görges Eleni Daniilidou Daniela Hantuchová Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–5, 7–6(8–6)   Květa Peschke  Katarina Srebotnik HP Open Osaka, JapanWTA InternationalHard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Tamarine Tanasugarn7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–1   Kimiko Date-Krumm  Shahar Pe'er  Marion Bartoli   Samantha Stosur Iveta Benešová  Chang Kai-chen Jill Craybas Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh6–0, 6–3   Shuko Aoyama Rika FujiwaraOct 18  Kremlin Cup Moscow, RussiaWTA PremierHard (i) – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4   Maria Kirilenko  Vera Dushevina   María José Martínez Sánchez  Zarina Diyas Anna Chakvetadze Dominika Cibulková Alisa Kleybanova Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 2–6, 10–6   Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez BGL Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, LuxembourgWTA InternationalHard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles  Roberta Vinci 6–3, 6–4   Julia Görges  Angelique Kerber  Anne Keothavong  Polona Hercog  Ana Ivanovic  Iveta Benešová Kirsten Flipkens Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin 6–4, 6–4   Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-StrýcováOct 25  Sony Ericsson Championships Doha, QatarYear-end championshipsHard – $4,550,000 – 8S (RR)/4DSingles – Doubles  Kim Clijsters6–3, 5–7, 6–3   Caroline Wozniacki  Samantha Stosur  Vera Zvonareva  Francesca Schiavone Elena Dementieva Jelena Janković Victoria Azarenka Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta7–5, 6–4   Květa Peschke   Katarina Srebotnik=== November ===WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsNov 1 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali, IndonesiaYear-end championshipsHard (i) – $600,000 – 8SSingles   Ana Ivanovic6–2, 7–6(7–5)  Alisa Kleybanova   Kimiko Date-Krumm7–5, 7–5   Li Na Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yanina Wickmayer Aravane Rezaï  Daniela Hantuchová Fed Cup FinalSan Diego, United States – hard (i)  3–1
Statistical information These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:# total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);# highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title); # a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; # alphabetical order (by family names for players). ''To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed. ''=== Titles won by player ===Total titlesPlayerGrand SlamtournamentsYear-endchampionshipsPremiertournamentsInternationaltournamentsAll titles Singles  Doubles  Mixed  Singles  Doubles  Singles  Doubles  Singles  Doubles  Singles  Doubles  Mixed'''8'''  Flavia Pennetta           1   5  1   1 '''1''' '''7'''   Gisela Dulko           1   5   2  '''8''' '''6'''  Caroline Wozniacki            4     2    '''6'''  '''5'''  Serena Williams  2  2           1      '''2'''  '''3'''  Venus Williams    2        1  1  1   '''2''' '''3''' Cara Black      2        1  2  '''3''' '''2'''  Kim Clijsters   1      1    2     1    '''5'''    Liezel Huber       1        3  1  '''4'''  '''1'''  Iveta Benešová              2 1 2  '''1''' '''4'''   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová              2  3  '''5''' '''4'''  Vania King     2             2  '''4''' '''3'''   Katarina Srebotnik       1        2     '''2'''  '''1''' Victoria Azarenka            2   1    '''2'''  '''1'''   Květa Peschke                2 1  '''3'''   Julia Görges                 1   2  '''1'''  '''2'''   Roberta Vinci                 1   2  '''1'''  '''2'''   Timea Bacsinszky                 3  '''3'''   Sara Errani                   3  '''3'''   Tathiana Garbin                 3  '''3'''   Anabel Medina Garrigues                 3  '''3'''  '''2'''  Yaroslava Shvedova     2                '''2'''  Francesca Schiavone   1               1    '''2'''    Ana Ivanovic        1         1    '''2'''    Elena Dementieva            2      '''2'''    María José Martínez Sánchez             1  1     '''1''' '''1'''  Justine Henin            1     1  '''2'''    Aravane Rezaï            1   1  '''2'''    Maria Kirilenko              2     '''2'''   Lisa Raymond               1  1  '''2'''   Zheng Jie               1  1  '''2'''   Alisa Kleybanova                 2    '''2'''    Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova                 2    '''2'''    Maria Sharapova                 2    '''2'''    Ágnes Szávay                 2    '''2'''    Alla Kudryavtseva                 1   1  '''1'''  '''1'''   Tamarine Tanasugarn                 1   1  '''1'''  '''1'''   Edina Gallovits                 2  '''2'''   Polona Hercog                 2  '''2'''   Lucie Hradecká                 2  '''2'''  '''1'''  Alexandra Dulgheru            1      '''1'''   Jelena Janković            1      '''1'''   Svetlana Kuznetsova            1      '''1'''   Ekaterina Makarova            1      '''1'''    Samantha Stosur            1     '''1'''    Chuang Chia-jung              1     '''1'''   Lindsay Davenport              1     '''1'''   Olga Govortsova              1     '''1'''   Nuria Llagostera Vives              1     '''1'''   Nadia Petrova              1     '''1'''   Virginia Ruano Pascual              1     '''1'''   Meghann Shaughnessy              1     '''1'''   Rennae Stubbs              1     '''1'''   Alona Bondarenko                 1    '''1'''    Anna Chakvetadze                 1    '''1'''    Mariana Duque Mariño                 1    '''1'''    Jarmila Groth                 1    '''1'''    Kaia Kanepi                 1    '''1'''   Li Na                 1  '''1'''    Tamira Paszek                 1    '''1'''    Anastasija Sevastova                 1    '''1'''    Yanina Wickmayer                 1    '''1'''    Vera Zvonareva                 1    '''1'''    Sofia Arvidsson                 1  '''1'''   Alberta Brianti                 1  '''1'''   Chan Yung-jan                 1  '''1'''   Chang Kai-chen                 1  '''1'''   Chuang Chia-jung                 1  '''1'''   Sorana Cîrstea                 1  '''1'''   Alizé Cornet                 1  '''1'''   Eleni Daniilidou                 1  '''1'''   Marina Erakovic                 1  '''1'''   Anna-Lena Grönefeld                    1   '''1'''   Andrea Hlaváčková                 1  '''1'''   Maria Kondratieva                 1  '''1'''   Michaëlla Krajicek                 1  '''1'''   Johanna Larsson                 1  '''1'''   Bethanie Mattek-Sands                 1  '''1'''   Sania Mirza                 1  '''1'''   Lilia Osterloh                 1  '''1'''   Alexandra Panova                 1  '''1'''   Tatiana Poutchek                 1  '''1'''   Anastasia Rodionova                 1  '''1'''   Vladimíra Uhlířová                 1  '''1'''   Renata Voráčová                    1   '''1'''   Jasmin Wöhr                    1   '''1'''   Yan Zi                 1  '''1''' === Titles won by nation ===Total titlesCountryGrand SlamtournamentsYear-endchampionshipsPremiertournamentsInternationaltournamentsAll titles Singles  Doubles  Mixed  Singles  Doubles  Singles  Doubles  Singles  Doubles  Singles  Doubles  Mixed'''21'''    2   4  1      1   6 1 6  '''4''''''16'''  '''1''''''19'''              4   3  9  3 '''13''' '''6'''  '''17'''     1         1   5  3 7 '''4''' '''13'''  '''13'''                  41 8 '''1''' '''12'''  '''8'''     1       1   3     3     '''8'''              1   5   2  '''8'''  '''6'''             4    2  '''6'''                1  2    3  '''1''' '''5'''  '''5'''         2        1  2  '''3''' '''2'''        1          2 2  '''4'''  '''1'''             2   2    1 '''2'''  '''3'''  '''4'''              1   1  1  1 '''2'''  '''2'''             1      3 '''1''' '''3'''                 1   1 2  '''1''' '''3'''                 1  3  '''4'''                  1  3 '''1'''  '''3'''  '''3'''          1    1    1  '''3'''               1     1  1 '''2'''  '''1'''                   3  '''3'''  '''2'''       2                '''2'''                  2  '''2'''                   1 1 '''1''' '''1''' '''1'''                   1  '''1'''                   1  '''1'''                  1  '''1'''                   1  '''1'''                    1  '''1'''                   1  '''1'''                   1  '''1'''                   1  '''1'''                   1  '''1'''                   1  '''1''' === Titles information ===''The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):''*  Sofia Arvidsson – Quebec City (D)*  Timea Bacsinszky – Budapest (D)*  Alberta Brianti – Palermo (D)*  Chang Kai-chen – Osaka (D)*  Mariana Duque Mariño – Bogotá (S)*  Edina Gallovits – Bogotá (D)*  Julia Görges – Bad Gastein (S)*  Jarmila Groth – Guangzhou (S)*  Polona Hercog – Acapulco (D)*  Kaia Kanepi – Palermo (S)*  Alisa Kleybanova – Kuala Lumpur (S)*  Maria Kondratieva – Portorož (D)*  Alla Kudryavtseva – Tashkent (S)*  Johanna Larsson – Quebec City (D)*  Ekaterina Makarova – Eastbourne (S)*  Alexandra Panova – Tashkent (D)*  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Monterrey (S)*  Anastasija Sevastova – Estoril (S)''The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):''*  Cara Black – Birmingham (D)*  Kim Clijsters – '''US Open (S)'''*  Elena Dementieva – Sydney (S)*  Alexandra Dulgheru – Warsaw (S)*  Gisela Dulko – Båstad (D)*  Lucie Hradecká – Bad Gastein (D)*  Flavia Pennetta – Båstad (D)*  Nadia Petrova – Charleston (D)*  Tatiana Poutchek – Tashkent (D)*  Ágnes Szávay – Budapest (S)*  Tamarine Tanasugarn – Pattaya (D)*  Vladimíra Uhlířová – Potorož (D)*  Serena Williams – '''Australian Open (S/D)''', '''Wimbledon (S)'''*  Venus Williams – '''Australian Open (D)''', Dubai (S), Acapulco (S)*  Caroline Wozniacki – Ponte Vedra Beach (S), New Haven (S)*  Vera Zvonareva – Pattaya (S)===Best ranking===The following players achieved their career-high ranking in this season inside top 50 (players who made their '''top 10 debut''' indicated in '''bold'''):; Singles * Agnieszka Radwańska (reached place '''No. 8''' on February 22)* Alisa Kleybanova (reached place No. 22 on March 22)* Yanina Wickmayer (reached place No. 12 on April 19)* Melanie Oudin (reached place No. 31 on April 19)* María José Martínez Sánchez (reached place No. 19 on May 10)* '''Francesca Schiavone''' (reached place '''No. 6''' on June 7)* Timea Bacsinszky (reached place No. 37 on June 7)* Yaroslava Shvedova (reached place No. 29 on June 21)* '''Samantha Stosur''' (reached place '''No. 5''' on July 5)* Petra Kvitová (reached place No. 29 on July 5)* Arantxa Parra Santonja (reached place No. 46 on July 12)* Barbora Strýcová (reached place No. 39 on July 19)* Julia Görges (reached place No. 40 on August 9)* '''Li Na''' (reached place '''No. 9''' on August 23)* Alexandra Dulgheru (reached place No. 27 on August 23)* Angelique Kerber (reached place No. 46 on August 30)* Tsvetana Pironkova (reached place No. 31 on September 13)* Polona Hercog (reached place No. 43 on September 13)* Elena Baltacha (reached place No. 49 on September 13)* Jarmila Groth (reached place No. 41 on September 20)* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (reached place No. 19 on October 4)* '''Caroline Wozniacki''' (reached place '''No. 1''' on October 11)* Shahar Pe'er (reached place No. 13 on October 11)* Aravane Rezaï (reached place No. 15 on October 11)* Anastasija Sevastova (reached place No. 44 on October 11)* Andrea Petkovic (reached place No. 32 on October 18)* Vera Zvonareva (reached place '''No. 2''' on October 25)
Rankings === Singles ===The following is the 2010 top 20 in the Race To The Championships and the top 20 rank players in the world. Premier Mandatory Events are counted for players in the top 10, even if they did not compete, unless there is an injury excuse. Race Singles (as of October 25, 2010) Rk Player Points Tour 1    7,270  21 2   6,096  18 3   5,355  12(6) 4   5,295  13 5   4,985  14(9) 6   4,595  21 7   4,572  17 8   4,236  20 9    4,085  20 10    3,935  20 11   3,540  20 12   3,415  11 13    3,365  21 14    3,000  18 15   2,702  20 16   2,645  21 17   2,591  14 18   2,570  25 19   2,550  23 20   2,520  23 WTA Singles Year-End Rankings Rk PlayerNationPointsChange 1 Caroline Wozniacki  8,035 +3 2 Vera Zvonareva  6,785 +7 3 Kim Clijsters  6,635 +15 4 Serena Williams  5,355 -3 5 Venus Williams  4,985 +1 6 Samantha Stosur  4,982 +7 7 Francesca Schiavone  4,935 +10 8 Jelena Janković  4,445 = 9 Elena Dementieva  4,335 -4 10  Victoria Azarenka  4,235 -3 11 Li Na  3,545 +4 12 Justine Henin  3,415 NR 13 Shahar Pe'er  3,410 +18 14  Agnieszka Radwańska  3,000 -4 15 Nadia Petrova  2,702 +5 16 Marion Bartoli  2,645 -5 17 Ana Ivanovic  2,600 +5 18 Maria Sharapova  2,591 -4 19 Aravane Rezaï  2,575 +7 20 Maria Kirilenko  2,550 +43==== Number 1 Ranking ==== Holder Date gained Date forfeited'''Year-End 2009'''10 October 201011 October 2010'''Year-End 2010'''=== Doubles ===The following is the 2010 top 20 in the Race To The Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players. Race Doubles (as of October 11, 2010) Rk TeamPoints Tour 1      8111  15 2      6396  16 3      5500  4 4      5104  18 5       4978  10 6      3927  12 7       3620  12 8      3267  14 9      3060  7 10      2840  9 WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings Rk PlayerNationPointsChange 1 Gisela Dulko  8,570 +26 2 Flavia Pennetta  8,570 +27 3 Liezel Huber  7,590 -2 4 Vania King  6,920 +28 5 Květa Peschke  6,860 +21 6 Katarina Srebotnik  6,830 +117 7 Yaroslava Shvedova  6,240 +42 8 Nadia Petrova  5,530 +8 9 Lisa Raymond  5,520 +9 10 Rennae Stubbs  5,520 -3 11 Serena Williams  5,500 -8 = Venus Williams  5,500 -8 13 Cara Black  5,115 -12 14 Maria Kirilenko  4,425 +7 15 María José Martínez Sánchez  4,400 -9 16 Zheng Jie  4,105 +8 17 Bethanie Mattek-Sands  4,055 = 18 Chan Yung-jan  4,030 +34 19 Nuria Llagostera Vives  3,926 -14 20 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  3,775 +15==== Number 1 Ranking ==== Holder Date gained Date forfeited'''Year-End 2009'''19 April 201019 April 20107 June 20107 June 20102 August 20102 August 20101 November 20101 November 2010'''Year-End 2010'''
Prize money leaders The top-19 players earned over $1,000,000. :''As of 8 November 2010'' # Country Player Singles Doubles Mixed Bonus Pool 1 Year-to-date 1.Kim Clijsters  $5,019,440  $7,025  $8,595  $0  $5,035,060 2.Caroline Wozniacki  $3,886,512  $34,976  $0  $525,000  $4,446,488 3.Serena Williams  $3,707,007  $559,004  $0  $0  $4,266,011 4.Vera Zvonareva  $3,000,667  $141,846  $2,128  $300,000  $3,444,641 5.Venus Williams  $2,055,778  $559,004  $0  $0  $2,614,782 6.Francesca Schiavone  $2,360,751  $95,883  $0  $0  $2,456,634 7.Jelena Janković  $1,803,164  $33,827  $0  $300,000  $2,136,991 8.Samantha Stosur  $1,917,832  $168,251  $4,257  $0  $2,090,340 9.Elena Dementieva  $1,346,690  $0  $0  $550,000  $1,896,690 10.Victoria Azarenka  $1,278,601  $98,427  $0  $275,000  $1,652,0281Only for 2008 year-end top 10, Certain players receive fines for skipping events
Statistics leaders As of October 25, 2010.Source Aces Player Aces Matches 1  Nadia Petrova 306 51 2  Samantha Stosur 280 58 3  Serena Williams 248 29 4  Andrea Petkovic 224 56 5  Maria Kirilenko 221 60 6  Venus Williams 212 45 7  Aravane Rezaï 204 58 8  Flavia Pennetta 198 67 9  Marion Bartoli 187 55 10  Lucie Šafářová 185 49 Service games won Player % Matches 1  Serena Williams 81.4 29 2  Samantha Stosur 77.2 58 3  Kim Clijsters 76.3 41 4  Justine Henin 75.7 39 5  Venus Williams 75.7 45 6  Maria Sharapova 75.2 44 7  Karolina Šprem 75.0 20 8  Jarmila Groth 74.9 31 9  Nadia Petrova 74.6 51 10  Vera Zvonareva 73.4 63 Break points saved Player % Matches 1  Serena Williams 65.9 29 2  Nadia Petrova 65.3 51 3  Kristina Barrois 61.5 26 4  Caroline Wozniacki 61.2 74 5  Samantha Stosur 61.0 58 6  Kim Clijsters 60.8 41 7  Elena Baltacha 60.3 30 8  Justine Henin 60.2 39 9  Bethanie Mattek-Sands 59.9 27 10  Flavia Pennetta 59.9 67 First serve percentage Player % Matches 1  Sara Errani 75.8 65 2  Yvonne Meusburger 74.8 19 3  Alona Bondarenko 71.4 43 4  Victoria Azarenka 71.3 59 5  Zheng Jie 70.3 41 6  Carla Suárez Navarro 70.2 35 7  Peng Shuai 69.4 27 8  Alexandra Dulgheru 69.3 57 9  Sybille Bammer 69.1 34 10  Caroline Wozniacki 68.6 74 First service points won Player % Matches 1  Serena Williams 75.3 29 2  Venus Williams 72.8 45 3  Karolina Šprem 72.7 20 4  Maria Sharapova 71.6 44 5  Justine Henin 70.8 39 6  Nadia Petrova 70.5 51 7  Jarmila Groth 70.1 31 8  Samantha Stosur 69.4 58 9  Ana Ivanovic 69.3 48 10  María José Martínez Sánchez 68.8 39 Second serve points won Player % Matches 1  Samantha Stosur 51.7 58 2  Kim Clijsters 50.4 41 3  Justine Henin 50.4 39 4  Roberta Vinci 50.1 48 5  Flavia Pennetta 49.9 67 6  Agnieszka Radwańska 49.7 50 7  Tamarine Tanasugarn 49.6 23 8  Alexandra Dulgheru 49.6 57 9  Peng Shuai 49.3 27 10  Maria Kirilenko 49.3 60 Points won returning 1st service Player % Matches 1  Elena Dementieva 42.4 54 2  Anabel Medina Garrigues 42.4 42 3  Agnieszka Radwańska 42.3 50 4  Carla Suárez Navarro 42.3 35 5  Victoria Azarenka 42.2 59 6  Ágnes Szávay 42.0 49 7  Caroline Wozniacki 41.7 74 8  Vera Zvonareva 41.4 63 9  Flavia Pennetta 41.2 67 10  Kim Clijsters 41.2 41 Break points converted Player % Matches 1  Melanie Oudin 58.8 39 2  Virginie Razzano 54.4 29 3  Victoria Azarenka 52.5 59 4  Tamarine Tanasugarn 52.3 23 5  Ágnes Szávay 52.0 49 6  Alona Bondarenko 51.3 43 7  Jarmila Groth 51.3 32 8  Elena Dementieva 51.2 54 9  Kim Clijsters 51.0 41 10  Kimiko Date-Krumm 50.8 34 Return games won Player % Matches 1  Elena Dementieva 49.4 54 2  Kim Clijsters 48.9 41 3  Victoria Azarenka 48.7 59 4  Caroline Wozniacki 46.1 74 5  Agnieszka Radwańska 44.8 50 6  Jelena Janković 44.7 54 7  Carla Suárez Navarro 44.5 35 8  Flavia Pennetta 44.2 67 9  Sara Errani 44.0 65 10  Maria Sharapova 43.8 44
Point distribution  Description  W  F  SF  QF  R16  R32  R64  R128  QLFR  Q3  Q2  Q1Grand Slam (S)  2000  1400  900  500  280  160  100  5  60  50  40  2Grand Slam (D)  2000  1400  900  500  280  160  5  –  48  –  –  -WTA Tour Championships (S)  +450 +360  (230 for each round robin match won 70 for each round robin match lost)  –  –  -WTA Tour Championships (D)  1500  1050  690  –  –  - - –  –  –  - -Premier Mandatory (96S)  1000  700  450  250  140  80  50  5  30  –  20  1Premier Mandatory (64S)  1000  700  450  250  140  80  5  –  30  –  20  1Premier Mandatory (28/32D)  1000  700  450  250  140  5  –  –  –  –  –  -Premier 5 (56S)  900  620  395  225  125  70  1  –  30  –  20  1Premier 5 (28D)  900  620  395  225  125  1  –  –  –  –  –  -Premier (56S)  470  320  200  120  60  40  1  –  12  –  8  1Premier (32S)  470  320  200  120  60  1  –  –  20  12  8  1Premier (16D)  470  320  200  120  1  –  –  –  –  –  –  - 375 255 180(3rd) 165(4th)  International (56S)  280  200  130  70  30  15  1  –  10  –  6  1International (32S)  280  200  130  70  30  1  –  –  16  10  6  1International (16D)  280  200  130  70  1  –  –  –  –  –  –  -
Retirements Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2010 season:*  Elena Dementieva*  Lindsay Davenport*  Janette Husárová*  Katarina Srebotnik(still to compete in doubles)*  Alina Jidkova*  Jelena Kostanić Tošić*  Marta Marrero*  Camille Pin*  Virginia Ruano Pascual*  Mara Santangelo (still to compete in doubles)*  Nicole Vaidišová*  Rossana de los Ríos*  Iroda Tulyaganova*  Tatiana Perebiynis*  Laura Granville*  Anikó Kapros*  Sun Tiantian*  Meilen Tu*  Shenay Perry
See also * 2010 ATP World Tour* 2010 ATP Challenger Tour* 2010 ITF Women's Circuit* Women's Tennis Association* International Tennis Federation
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References
External links *  Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website*  International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website