The 2010 Roma 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 Rome, Italy between 19 and 24 April 2010.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Germany	Florian Mayer Florian Mayer Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....	45	1
Germany	Daniel Brands Daniel Brands Daniel Brands is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 66, achieved on July 5, 2010.- 2008 :...	86	2
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...	93	3
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...	101	4
Portugal	Rui Machado Rui Machado Rui Machado is a Portuguese professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In October 2011, he achieved he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 59, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held.- Early life :At the age of six, Machado was first introduced to...	119	5
Portugal	Frederico Gil Frederico Gil Frederico Gil is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 62, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held until September when Rui Machado placed 61st in the rankings...	121	6
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...	125	7
Jamaica	Dustin Brown Dustin Brown (tennis) Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	126	8

• Rankings are as of April 12, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....

 Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-External links:*...

 Mario Ančić

Mario Ancic

Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles...

 Matteo Trevisan

Matteo Trevisan

Matteo Trevisan is an Italian professional tennis player.-External links:*...

The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw: Jesse Huta Galung

Jesse Huta Galung

Jesse Huta Galung is a professional Dutch tennis player.-Singles Titles:-External links:*...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Daniele Bracciali

Daniele Bracciali

Daniele Bracciali is an Italian tennis player. His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 49, achieved on May 8, 2006.-Career:Bracciali won his only ATP singles title so far in April 2006, at Casablanca, on clay...

 Andrea Arnaboldi Rainer Eitzinger Alessio di Mauro

Alessio di Mauro

Alessio di Mauro is an Italian tennis player. In Buenos Aires, he reached his first final of his career, where Argentine Juan Mónaco defeated di Mauro to win his first career title, 6–1, 6–2; on February 26, 2007. Propelled by this run, the left-hander reached his career high ranking of No...

The following players received the lucky loser spot: Francesco Aldi

Francesco Aldi

Francesco Aldi is an Italian professional tennis player.-External links:*...

 Lamine Ouahab

Lamine Ouahab

Lamine Ouahab is a professional Algerian tennis player.-Career:Ouahab turned professional in 2004, when he got a wild card into the Olympics main draw....

 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

  Federico del Bonis

Federico del Bonis

Federico Delbonis is an Argentine professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:...

def.   Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....

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Doubles

  Mario Ančić

Mario Ancic

Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles...

/   Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking is No. 32 and his best doubles rank is No. 129.-2010:...

def.   Juan Pablo Brzezicki

Juan Pablo Brzezicki

Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a professional tennis player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyà of 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...

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