2010 Capitala World Tennis Championship
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The 2010 Capitala World Tennis Championship was a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tournament. Four of the world's top ten were competing in the knockout event, which has prize money of $250,000 to the winner. The event was held at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex
at the Zayed Sports City
in Abu Dhabi
, UAE. It served as a warm-up event for the season, with the ATP World Tour
beginning on January 4, 2010.
Rafael Nadal
def.
Robin Söderling
7-6 (3), 7-5
Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex
The Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex, is a sports arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.The complex opened in 2004 as part of the Zayed Sports City. It has a seating capacity of 5000 on Centre Court and 600 on Court 2...
at the Zayed Sports City
Zayed Sports City
Located in the heart of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Zayed Sports City is the leading destination for sports and entertainment in the UAE.Zayed Sports City features a host of different facilities that are ideal for training, corporate events, concerts, and team sports...
in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
, UAE. It served as a warm-up event for the season, with the ATP World Tour
2010 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
beginning on January 4, 2010.
Players
Roger FedererRoger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
ATP No.1- Rafael NadalRafael NadalRafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
ATP No.2 
Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay DavydenkoNikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
ATP No.6- Robin SöderlingRobin SöderlingRobin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
ATP No.8 - David FerrerDavid FerrerDavid Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
ATP No.17 - Stanislas WawrinkaStanislas WawrinkaStanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
ATP No.21
Champion
Rafael NadalRafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
def.
Robin SöderlingRobin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
7-6 (3), 7-5
- It was Nadal's first win at the event after finishing runner-up to Andy Murray in the previous edition. It drew him with Murray as the most successful players at the event with one title each.