The 2010 Sporting Challenger

Sporting Challenger

The Sporting Challenger 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 at the Circolo della Stampa in Turin, Italy, since 2002....

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor red clay courts

Clay court

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. This was the ninth edition of the tournament which is part of the Tretorn SERIE+ of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour

2010 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Turin

Turin

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, Italy

Italy

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 between 28 June and 4 July 2010.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Italy	Potito Starace Potito Starace Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...	58	1
Italy	Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi is a professional tennis player from South Tyrol, northern Italy, who turned professional in 2000. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces. and is coached by Massimo Sartori....	69	2
Kazakhstan	Andrey Golubev Andrey Golubev Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...	81	3
Russia	Teymuraz Gabashvili	84	4
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...	89	5
Spain	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	91	6
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...	96	7
Brazil	Thiago Alves Thiago Alves (tennis) Thiago Alves is a professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ITF Tour. His career high rank was #88, achieved on July 13, 2009.- In Grand Slams :He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the...	105	8

• Rankings are as of June 21, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Flavio Cipolla

Flavio Cipolla

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 Thomas Fabbiano

Thomas Fabbiano

Thomas Fabbiano is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 15, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 305 whilst his highest doubles ranking was No. 208 on July 20, 2009.-Doubles finals: 1 :...

 Alessandro Giannessi

Alessandro Giannessi

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 Potito Starace

Potito Starace

Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi

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 Gianluca Naso

Gianluca Naso

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 Pedro Sousa

Pedro Sousa

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 Matteo Viola

Matteo Viola

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The following players received lucky loser spots: Charles-Antoine Brézac João Sousa

João Sousa

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Singles

  Simone Bolelli

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Simone Bolelli is a professional Italian tennis player.- 2003 :In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi, losing to Galo Blanco in the...

def.   Potito Starace

Potito Starace

Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...

 7–6(7), 6–2

Doubles

  Carlos Berlocq

Carlos Berlocq

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/   Frederico Gil

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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...

def.   Daniele Bracciali

Daniele Bracciali

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 /   Potito Starace

Potito Starace

Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...

6–3, 7–6(5)