Open de Nice Côte d’Azur
The ATP in December announced a change in the 2010 ATP World Tour calendar with a tournament in Nice (France) replacing Kitzbuehel (Austria)in the week of 17 May. The ATP World Tour 250 event will be played on the clay courts of the Nice Lawn Tennis Club the week prior to Roland Garros.The Nice event becomes the fifth ATP World Tour event in France after Marseille, Metz, Lyon and Paris. Nice had held an ATP World Tour event for several years until 1995.
Location: Nice , France
Dates: Monday 17 – Sunday 22 May 2010
Prize Money: €398,250 (Total Financial Commitment €450.000)
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Site: Nice Lawn Tennis Club, Parc Impérial 5 avenue Suzanne Lenglen 0600 Nice
Surface: Clay
Balls: Dunlop Roland Garros
Web Site: opennicecotedazur.com
ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12
Entry List:
1 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 6
2 Soderling, Robin SWE 8
3 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 12
4 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 14
5 Monfils, Gael FRA 18
6 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 28
7 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 30
8 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 31
9 Montanes, Albert ESP 32
10 Benneteau, Julien FRA 36
11 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 40
12 Kubot, Lukasz POL 42
13 Hanescu, Victor ROU 43
14 Seppi, Andreas ITA 47
15 Petzschner, Philipp GER 49
16 Berrer, Michael GER 50
17 Cuevas, Pablo URU 52
18 Rochus, Olivier BEL 55
19 Fognini, Fabio ITA 56
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21 (SE)
22 (Q)
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24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)