| 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 4–10 October[1] | |||
| Edition | 37th | |||
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Venue | Ariake Coliseum | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Rafael Nadal | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Eric Butorac / Jean-Julien Rojer | ||||
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The2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men'stennis tournament played on outdoorhard courts.[2] It was the 37th edition of the event known that year as theRakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the500 Series of the2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at theAriake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 4 through October 11, 2010.[1] First-seededRafael Nadal won the singles title.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 10 | 2 |
 FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 12 | 3 |
 AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 13 | 4 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 15 | 5 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 23 | 6 |
 LAT | Ernests Gulbis | 25 | 7 |
| FRA | Michaël Llodra | 28 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Rafael Nadal defeatedGaël Monfils, 6–1, 7–5
Eric Butorac /Jean-Julien Rojer defeated
Andreas Seppi /
Dmitry Tursunov, 6–3, 6–2.
