The 2010 Košice Open was a professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour

2010 ATP Challenger Tour

The Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 13 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35,000...

. It took place in Košice

Košice

Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 between 7 and 13 June 2010.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Czech Republic	Jan Hájek Jan Hájek (tennis) Jan Hájek is a male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is right-handed with a double handed backhand. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 6, 2006, when he reached world number 71....	75	1
Italy	Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...	92	2
Spain	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...	120	3
Spain	Óscar Hernández	121	4
Kazakhstan	Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010....	135	5
France	David Guez David Guez David Guez is a French tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 116 .-Career:Guez has played six major singles tournaments at professional level. At the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon he won with Rajeev Ram and reached to the second round, where he lost with Gilles Simon...	136	6
Romania	Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi is a Romanian tennis player who lives in Bucharest. In 2005, he played in the International Tennis Federation's Professional Circuit and won seven titles. As a result, he was named the ITF's "Player Of The Year" for 2005. At the end of 2005, he was ranked #269 by the ATP, up from...	158	7
Germany	Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130...	162	8

• Rankings are as of May 24, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Mateusz Kowalczyk

Mateusz Kowalczyk

-Career:He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 82 on July 19, 2010. His current partner is Tomasz Bednarek, but he played with Błażej Koniusz and Marcin Gawron in the long term too.-ATP World Tour Doubles finals :...

 Andrej Martin

Andrej Martin

Andrej Martin is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On January 31, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 160.-Singles: 1 :-External links:...

 Miloslav Mečíř Jr.

Miloslav Mečíř Jr.

Miloslav Mečíř Jr. is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is the son of Slovak tennis player and Olympic Gold medalist, Miloslav Mečíř. On December 6, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 294 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 282 on November 8,...

 Martin Přikryl

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alexander Lobkov Jan Minář

Jan Minár

Jan Minář is a professional Czech tennis player. His brother Ivo is also a professional player.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runners-up :-External links:...

 Marek Semjan

Marek Semjan

Marek Semjan is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 30, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218.-Challenger finals:-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 2 :-External links:...

 Artem Smirnov

Artem Smirnov (tennis)

Artem Smirnov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On September 14, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 321, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 159 was reached on August 23, 2010. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.-Challenger...

Singles

  Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...

def.   Filip Krajinović

Filip Krajinovic

Filip Krajinović is a Serbian professional tennis player, who is, as of 21 June 2010, ranked World No. 170. As a former World No. 6 junior player, he reached semifinals of Wimbledon Championships and US Open in 2008...

 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

  Miloslav Mečíř Jr.

Miloslav Mečíř Jr.

Miloslav Mečíř Jr. is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is the son of Slovak tennis player and Olympic Gold medalist, Miloslav Mečíř. On December 6, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 294 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 282 on November 8,...

/   Marek Semjan

Marek Semjan

Marek Semjan is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 30, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218.-Challenger finals:-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 2 :-External links:...

def.   Ricardo Hocevar

Ricardo Hocevar

Ricardo Hocevar is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...

 /   Caio Zampieri

Caio Zampieri

Caio Zampieri is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Titles :-External links:...

, 3–6, 6–1, [13–11]