The top eight players (or teams) with the most countable points accumulated in
Grand Slam,
ATP World Tour and
Davis Cup tournaments during the year qualify for the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2010, plus points earned at the 2009 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2009 Challengers played after the 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. To qualify, a player who finished in the 2009 year-end Top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2010. In addition, his best 4 ATP World Tour 500 events in 2010 and his best 2 ATP World Tour 250 events in 2010 will count towards his ranking. All direct acceptance players at the time of an entry deadline who do not play an event will receive a 0-pointer for that event. The Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 1000 became optional in 2009, but if a player chooses to participate in it, its result will be counted and his 4th best result in an ATP 500 event will be ignored (his three best ATP 500 results remain). If a player doesn't play enough ATP 500 events, and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500's table (if entered or achieved better results). If a player doesn't play enough ATP 250 or Challenger events, the World Team Championship is counted in the 250's table (if entered or achieved better results). If a player couldn't be present in all required tournament classes (i.e. because of an injury), all uncounted ATP 250 or Challenger results are eligible to be included in his 18 valid tournaments. In case of teams rankings challenger points are excluded. A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, will not receive any penalty. The 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals will count as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end.
Battle for London: singles won his Career Golden Slam at the
2010 US Open On 7 June, after winning his fifth
French Open title, Spaniard Rafael Nadal was announced as the first qualifier.
Rafael Nadal won 7 titles in the year, the most of any player on the tour. Nadal began the year by reaching the final of the
Qatar ExxonMobil Open losing to
Nikolay Davydenko 0–6, 7–6(8), 6–4. At the
Australian Open he lost in the quarterfinals to
Andy Murray. Nadal won his first title of the year and his first in 11 months at the
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he defeated
Fernando Verdasco in the final with a 6–0, 6–1 victory. This was his sixth consecutive title at the event. He then went on to win his next 3 tournaments, racking up 24 consecutive match wins on the way. He won the
Internazionali BNL d'Italia, his fifth in the event, defeating compatriot
David Ferrer 7–5, 6–2 in the final. Federer did not reach another final until the
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he was the defending champion but lost in a rematch of the 2009 final to
Rafael Nadal 6–4, 7–6(5). He also fell in his next two finals, at the
Gerry Weber Open and the
Rogers Cup losing to
Lleyton Hewitt 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4 (ending his 15 match winning streak over the Australian) and
Andy Murray 7–5, 7–5. Federer then defended his title in the
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, defeating American
Mardy Fish 6–7(5), 7–6(1), 6–4. He then reached his fourth Masters 1000 final in the
Shanghai Rolex Masters but lost to
Andy Murray 3–6, 2–6. Federer won his third title of the year at the
If Stockholm Open defeating
Florian Mayer in the final 6–4, 6–3. Equaling Pete Sampras for the number of tournament wins with 64. Federer then broke Sampras' total as he won his 65th career title in the
Davidoff Swiss Indoors, outlasting
Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 in the final. This title places him fourth in the all-time list. Federer reached the semifinals of the
US Open and as the defending champion, he fell in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist in the
Wimbledon and
French Open Novak Djokovic. During the French Open, Federer won his 700th ATP tour level match and his 150th on clay. While at Wimbledon, Federer recorded his 200th Grand Slam match win in the first round. Federer reached his 900th tour match in Stockholm and duly won it. Federer has a 29–7 record in the World Tour Finals, having won it on 4 occasions in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. This is his ninth appearance in the event, and he made the semifinals last year. reached his second US Open final On 9 October after reaching the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters, Serbian
Novak Djokovic became the third qualifier.
Novak Djokovic reached a career-high world no. 2 after the
Australian Open. Djokovic successfully defended a title for the first time at the
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships defeating
Mikhail Youzhny 7–5, 5–7, 6–3. The Serb struggled first with his serve and then with his health, during the clay and grass season. But after moving back on to hardcourts Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam final since winning the
2008 Australian Open at the
US Open. Djokovic defeated
Roger Federer in the semifinal ending a run of three consecutive losses at the Open to him. Djokovic beat the Swiss 5–7, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5, saving two match points at 5–4 down on his serve in the final set. In the final Djokovic lost to
Rafael Nadal in four sets 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2. Djokovic went on to win his second title of the year in the
China Open defeating
David Ferrer 6–2, 6–4 in the final. At the
Davidoff Swiss Indoors as the defending champion, he reached the final but lost to
Roger Federer 4–6, 6–3, 1–6. At the other Slams, the Serbian was able to reach the quarterfinals of both the
Australian Open and
French Open, and the semi-finals of the
Wimbledon Championships. He was a member of the Serbia's Davis Cup team where he won all of
his five singles matches taking Serbia to their first Davis Cup final. Djokovic is making his fourth appearance after winning in 2008, and is looking to improve on last year's performance, where he failed to get out of his group. After the loss to Federer, Murray went on a bad run of form only making it in 2 quarterfinals in 8 tournaments. However, Murray bounced back at the
Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the semi-finals losing to
Rafael Nadal 6–4, 7–6(6), 6–4. The Scot then reached the final on his next tournament at the
Farmers Classic, but was defeated by American
Sam Querrey 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–3 in the final. Murray won his first title of the year at the
Rogers Cup where he was the defending champion, defeating
Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5 in the final. Murray also defeated
Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win his second title in the year at the
Shanghai Rolex Masters, he also did not drop a set in the tournament. At the other Slams, Andy fell early in both
French Open and
US Open, in the fourth and third round, respectively. This is his third appearance and has a 5–2 record, and he has a best of the semi-finals in 2008. Murray will be looking to do better than last year where he failed to make it out of the groups by one game. qualified for the second straight year On 23 October after reaching the quarterfinals of the
If Stockholm Open, French Open finalist
Robin Söderling was named as the fifth qualifier.
Robin Söderling won his first 500 Series title in the
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament won over
Mikhail Youzhny when the Swede leading 6–4, 2–0, the Russian retired due to a right hamstring injury. He then reached the final of the
Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell losing to
Fernando Verdasco in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. At the
French Open, Söderling made a repeat of last years upset, but this time around against
Roger Federer defeating him in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4, ending Federer's 12 match winning streak over the Swede. He then went on to reach the finals for the second consecutive year, but lost to
Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. He reached his fourth final of the year at the
SkiStar Swedish Open, as the defending champion but lost to
Nicolás Almagro 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 in the final. At the other Slams, he reached the quarterfinals of the
Wimbledon Championships and the
US Open, and the first round of the
Australian Open. He also reached the semi-finals of
BNP Paribas Open,
Sony Ericsson Open and the
Valencia Open 500. In mid-November he has won the
BNP Paribas Masters against
Gaël Monfils by 6–1, 7–6 plummeting his ranking to career-high of world no. 4 and also in seeding of the tournament where this will be his second appearance making it to the semifinals last year. On 11 November the final three remaining spots were taken after Spaniard
Fernando Verdasco lost 6–7 7–6 7–5 in the third round to
Gaël Monfils. reaches his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon
Tomáš Berdych made a big triumph this year by reaching a career-high no. 6 in the world. Although Berdych is the only player on the eight-man field to not win a tournament in the year, he made a big impression in the Slams. Berdych was able to make it to his first Grand Slam Semi-finals at the
French Open losing to
Robin Söderling after earning a victory over
Andy Murray in the round of 16. Berdych, however made a bigger impression at the
Wimbledon Championships, where he upset world no. 2
Roger Federer 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the quarterfinals and world no. 3
Novak Djokovic 6–3, 7–6(9), 6–3 in the semi-finals, to reach his first Slam final where he fell to world no. 1
Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. Berdych was only able to reach one other final at the
Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to American
Andy Roddick 7–5, 6–4 in the final. At the other slams Berdych fell early at the first round of the
US Open and the second round of the
Australian Open. Berdych is also the only debutant in the tournament. qualifies for the second time
David Ferrer made a resurgence this year getting back into the top 10 after 2 years. Ferrer was able to win two titles this year, both at
500 series events. His first is in the
Abierto Mexicano Telcel where he defeated compatriot
Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 in the final and in the
Valencia Open 500 defeated surprise finalist Lucky loser
Marcel Granollers 7–5, 6–3 in the final. Ferrer also made it to his first Masters 1000 finals at the
Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to defending champion
Rafael Nadal 7–5, 6–2 in the final. Ferrer was also able to reach two other finals in the
Copa Telmex losing to
Juan Carlos Ferrero 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 in the final and in the
China Open, this time losing to top seed
Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–2 in the final. Ferrer was also able to reach the semi-finals of
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters,
Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell and
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. In the Slams Ferrer was able to reach the fourth round of the
Wimbledon Championships and
US Open, the third round of the
French Open and the second round of the
Australian Open. Ferrer is making his second appearance, having reached the final in 2007 losing to
Roger Federer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2.
Andy Roddick began the year in perfect form by winning the
Brisbane International defeating
Radek Štěpánek 7–6(2), 7–6(7) in the final. This made 2010 his tenth consecutive season with at least one ATP singles title. He then reached the final of the
SAP Open in San Jose but fell to 2nd seed
Fernando Verdasco 3–6, 6–4, 6–4. He then reached the final of the
BNP Paribas Open, his first Masters final since winning in the
2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters but fell to Croatian
Ivan Ljubičić 7–6(3), 7–6(5). However, at the
Sony Ericsson, Roddick made a triumph as he upset
Rafael Nadal in the semifinals 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 and eventually won the title over
Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–4 in the final, this is his fifth Masters 1000 title. Roddick also missed the whole European Clay Season. At the Slams Roddick wasn't able to go deep in the draw as he fell in the second round of the
US Open, the third round of the
French Open and the fourth round
Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinals of the
Australian Open. Roddick qualified for the 8th straight year but is only making his 6th appearance after reaching the semi-finals in 2003, 2004 and 2007. They also defended their next two titles in the
Delray Beach International Tennis Championships over the teams of
Marx/
Zelenay 6–3, 7–6 and
Huss/
Moodie 6–3, 7–5, respectively. They also won back-to-back Masters 1000 titles in the
2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating compatriots
Isner/
Querrey and in the
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open over Nestor/Zimonjic. They then made a good run at the US Open Series winning in the
Farmers Classic over Zimonjic/Nestor in a close three setter 6–7, 6–2, [10–7]. They then won their next three tournaments at the
Rogers Cup 7–5, 6–3 over
Benneteau/
Llodra,
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters 6–3, 6–4 over
Bhupathi/
Mirnyi and the last Slam of the year, the
US Open defeating the Asian team of
Bopanna/
Qureshi 7–6, 7–6. They then won their 10th and 11th title at the
China Open defeating
Fyrstenberg/
Matkowski 6–1, 7–6 and at the
Davidoff Swiss Indoors once again defeating Zimonjić/Nestor 6–3, 3–6, [10–3].
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić began the year by winning the
Medibank International Sydney defeating
Hutchins/
Kerr 6–3, 7–6. They also won in the
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament outlasting
Aspelin/
Hanley 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]. They had a good run at the European clay season winning three titles, the
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters defeating Bhupathi/Mirnyi 6–3, 2–0 retired, the
Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell defeating
Hewitt/
Knowles 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] and the
French Open defeating
Dlouhý/
Paes 7–5, 6–2. They won their sixth title of the year at the
Bank Austria-TennisTrophy over the Polish team of Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 7–5, 3–6, [10–5]. They reached the finals of the
BNP Paribas Open falling to the Spanish team of
López/
Nadal 7–6, 6–3. They also reached the finals of the
Australian Open,
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open and
Davidoff Swiss Indoors all losing to the team of
Bryan/Bryan in all three occasions. They have announced that this is their final tournament together. On 14 September, Wimbledon Champions
Jürgen Melzer and
Philipp Petzschner were announced as the third qualifiers after the team of
Rohan Bopanna and
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi failed to win the US Open.
Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner played together for the first time this year. Together they won two titles, the
PBZ Zagreb Indoors over
Clément/
Rochus 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] and the
Wimbledon Championships over
Lindstedt/
Tecău 6–1, 7–5, 7–5. This is the first Slam for both Melzer and Petzschner. Petzschner also reached the finals of
MercedesCup with
Christopher Kas but lost to the Argentinian team of
Berlocq/
Schwank in two tie-breaks. Melzer on the other hand reached two finals, winning in the
Shanghai Rolex Masters with Leander Paes defeating Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] and losing in the
PTT Thailand Open with
Jonathan Erlich losing to Kas/
Troicki 6–4, 6–4. On 23 October the team of
Lukáš Dlouhý and
Leander Paes were announced as the fourth qualifiers.
Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes only won one title in the year the
Sony Ericsson Open, where they defeated Bhupathi/Mirnyi in the final 6–2, 7–5. They also reached four other finals but fell in each, at the
Brisbane International to French Team of
Chardy/
Gicquel 6–3, 7–6, at the
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships to Aspelin/Hanley 6–2, 6–3, at the
French Open as the defending champions to Nestor/Zimonjić 7–5, 6–2 and at the
UNICEF Open to Lindstedt/Tecau 1–6, 7–5, [10–7] On 10 November,
Łukasz Kubot and
Oliver Marach became the fifth team to qualify.
Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach won two titles this year, both coming on clay where they defeated
Starace at the
Movistar Open over
Starace/
Zeballos 6–4, 6–0 They also had a good run after the US Open as they reached four finals but lost in each at the
Proton Malaysian Open to
Čermák/
Mertiňák 7–6, 7–6, at the
China Open to Bryan/Bryan 6–1, 7–6, at the
Shanghai Rolex Masters to
Melzer/Paes 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] and at the
Bank Austria-TennisTrophy to Nestor/Zimonjić 7–5, 3–6, [10–5].
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi reached four Masters 1000 event finals in the year fell in their first three but succeeded in winning the final one. At the
Sony Ericsson Open they lost to Dlouhý/Paes 6–2, 7–5, at the
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to Nestor/Zimonjić 6–3, 2–0 retired, and at the
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters to Bryan/Bryan 6–3, 6–4. At the
BNP Paribas Masters they won their only title of the year, 7–5, 7–5 against
Ram/
Knowles. They also reached the final of the
Valencia Open 500, where they fell to British brothers
Murray/
Murray 7–6, 5–7, [10–7]. On 13 November,
Wesley Moodie and
Dick Norman took the last spot after
František Čermák and
Michal Mertiňák were defeated by
Mahesh Bhupathi and
Max Mirnyi.
Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman did not reach a final this year. Even though Moodies reached the final of the
US Men's Clay Court Championships with
Stephen Huss losing to Bryan/Bryan 6–3, 7–5. Their best performance came in the
French Open and
Wimbledon Championships where they fell in the semi-finals. == Contenders points breakdown==