The 2010 Rijeka Open

Rijeka Open

The Rijeka Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Rijeka, Croatia, since 2007.-Singles:-Doubles:...

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 the fourth edition of the tournament which 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 Rijeka

Rijeka

Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 between 6 and 12 September.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
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...	92	1
Argentina	Carlos Berlocq Carlos Berlocq Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...	101	2
Italy	Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 241, on January 12, 2009...	103	3
Slovenia	Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja is a tennis player from Slovenia.Žemlja reached his highest world ranking #111 in singles and #252 in doubles. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia...	119	4
Slovenia	Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...	132	5
Austria	Daniel Köllerer Daniel Köllerer Daniel Köllerer is a former professional tennis player from Austria who turned professional in 2002. Nicknamed "Crazy Dani" for his controversial behaviour while on court, he achieved his career-high ranking of #55 on October 19, 2009. He is serving a lifetime ban from the sport for match-fixing...	156	6
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...	161	7
Croatia	Franko Škugor Franko Škugor Franko Škugor is a Croatian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. Although perspective young player, injuries have been backwarding his career until 2010 SkiStar Swedish Open where he reached quarterfinals....	174	8

• Rankings are as of August 30, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Ivan Čerović Dino Marcan Thomas Muster

Thomas Muster

Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...

 Marcel Ružić

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Mirza Bašić

Mirza Bašić

Mirza Bašić is a Bosnian tennis player.In 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles, Bašić and Chinese Di Wu reached the semifinals.Bašić is member of Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.-Sources:*...

 Marko Djokovic Michal Konečný Aldin Šetkić

Aldin Šetkić

Aldin Šetkić is a professional Bosnian tennis player.Šetkić reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on December 13, 2010, when he became World number 309...

Singles

  Blaž Kavčič

Blaž Kavčič

Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...

def.   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...

, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(5)

Doubles

  Adil Shamasdin

Adil Shamasdin

Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011...

/   Lovro Zovko

Lovro Zovko

Lovro Zovko is a professional Croatian tennis player.-Tennis career:Early on in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the Umag final both years with Ivan Ljubičić....

def.   Carlos Berlocq

Carlos Berlocq

Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...

 /   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...

, 1–6, 7–6(9), [10–5]