2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2010 ATP World Tour Finals | |
| Champion | Roger Federer |
| Runner-up | Rafael Nadal |
| Score | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals. It was his fifth Tour Finals title. Nadal was attempting to complete the career Super Slam. This tournament marks the only time in Federer's career where he defeated Nadal and Novak Djokovic to win the title.
Tomáš Berdych was the only player to make his debut at the event.
Nikolay Davydenko was the reigning champion, but did not qualify this year.
Seeds
- Rafael Nadal (final)
- Roger Federer (champion)
- Novak Djokovic (semifinals)
- Robin Söderling (round robin)
- Andy Murray (semifinals)
- Tomáš Berdych (round robin)
- David Ferrer (round robin)
- Andy Roddick (round robin)
Alternates
- Fernando Verdasco (Did not play)
- Mikhail Youzhny (Did not play)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 77 | 3 | 78 | |||||||||
| 5 | Andy Murray | 65 | 6 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Roger Federer | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Roger Federer | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
Group A
| Nadal | Djokovic | Berdych | Roddick | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 7–5, 6–2 | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 42–30 | 1 | |
| 3 | Novak Djokovic | 5–7, 2–6 | 6–3, 6–3 | 6–2, 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 31–24 | 2 | |
| 6 | Tomáš Berdych | 6–7(3–7), 1–6 | 3–6, 3–6 | 7–5, 6–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 26–33 | 3 | |
| 8 | Andy Roddick | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 | 2–6, 3–6 | 5–7, 3–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 29–41 | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Group B
| Federer | Söderling | Murray | Ferrer | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 2 | Roger Federer | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | 6–4, 6–2 | 6–1, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 37–20 | 1 | |
| 4 | Robin Söderling | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | 2–6, 4–6 | 7–5, 7–5 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 29–35 | 3 | |
| 5 | Andy Murray | 4–6, 2–6 | 6–2, 6–4 | 6–2, 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 30–22 | 2 | |
| 7 | David Ferrer | 1–6, 4–6 | 5–7, 5–7 | 2–6, 2–6 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 19–38 | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.