2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Singles
2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Gaël Monfils
Score	6–1, 7–5
Details
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the first round by Jarkko Nieminen.
Top seed Rafael Nadal defeated Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–5 to become the event's third Spanish winner since David Ferrer won in 2007.

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Rafael Nadal	77	4	79
		Viktor Troicki	64	6	67
								1	Rafael Nadal	6	7
								5	Gaël Monfils	1	5
		Radek Štěpánek	3	3
	5	Gaël Monfils	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	R Nadal	6	6
		S Giraldo	4	4				1	R Nadal	6	6
		F Serra	4	6	4			Q	M Raonic	4	4
	Q	M Raonic	6	3	6										1	R Nadal	6	6
		R Gasquet	6	78												D Tursunov	4	1
		T de Bakker	3	66					R Gasquet	62	6	4
		D Tursunov	6	6					D Tursunov	77	1	6
	7	E Gulbis	3	4																		1	R Nadal	77	4	79
	4	J Melzer	6	4	6																		V Troicki	64	6	67
		J Mónaco	4	6	1			4	J Melzer	67	6	63
	WC	K Nishikori	4	2					V Troicki	79	3	77
		V Troicki	6	6												V Troicki	6	3	6
		G García-López	63	6	77											G García-López	2	6	4
	Q	R Ram	77	4	61				G García-López	77	6
		JM del Potro	3	0				6	F López	65	4
	6	F López	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	M Llodra	3	0
		M Chiudinelli	6	6					M Chiudinelli	7	67	1r
		A Falla	6	65	65				R Štěpánek	5	79	4
		R Štěpánek	2	77	77											R Štěpánek	w/o
		E Schwank	4	4												J Nieminen
		D Gimeno-Traver	6	6					D Gimeno-Traver	3	68
		J Nieminen	6	5	6				J Nieminen	6	710
	3	J-W Tsonga	4	7	1																		R Štěpánek	3	3
	5	G Monfils	712	6																		5	G Monfils	6	6
	WC	G Soeda	610	4				5	G Monfils	6	6
	Q	I Dodig	6	4	2				A Seppi	4	4
		A Seppi	3	6	6										5	G Monfils	77	4	78
	Q	É Roger-Vasselin	3	62											2	A Roddick	65	6	66
		J Chardy	6	77					J Chardy	4	64
	WC	T Ito	4	3				2	A Roddick	6	77
	2	A Roddick	6	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Ricardo Mello	3	6	66
	WC	Hiroki Moriya	6	1	78
								WC	Hiroki Moriya	6	4	3
								8	Rajeev Ram	4	6	6
		Peter Polansky	1	2r
	8	Rajeev Ram	6	2

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Marsel İlhan	77	77
	WC	Hiroki Kondo	65	65
								2	Marsel İlhan	65	3
									Milos Raonic	77	6
		Milos Raonic	6	77
	6	Thiago Alves	3	62

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6	6
		Yūichi Sugita	4	1
								3	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	77	6
									Takao Suzuki	63	3
		Takao Suzuki	77	77
	7	Gilles Müller	65	65

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Mischa Zverev	67	77	64
		Iván Navarro	79	63	77
								4	Iván Navarro	4	2
								5	Ivan Dodig	6	6
	WC	Toshihide Matsui	3	6	60
	5	Ivan Dodig	6	4	77

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw