2010 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles
2010 Australian Open
Champions	Cara Black Leander Paes
Runners-up	Ekaterina Makarova Jaroslav Levinský
Final score	7–5, 6–3

Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions. They accepted the invitation for the tournament, but withdrew before their match against Carly Gullickson and Bernard Tomic and were replaced by Akgul Amanmuradova and Rik de Voest.

Top seeds Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title at the 2010 Australian Open tennis tournament defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Jaroslav Levinský in the final 7–5, 6–3.

Seeds

1. Cara Black / Leander Paes (Champions)
2. Daniela Hantuchová / Daniel Nestor (Second round, withdrew)
3. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Bob Bryan (Second round)
4. Nuria Llagostera Vives / Michal Mertiňák (First round)
5. Maria Kirilenko / Nenad Zimonjić (First round)
6. Alisa Kleybanova / Max Mirnyi (Second round)
7. Lisa Raymond / Wesley Moodie (Semifinals)
8. Elena Vesnina / Andy Ram (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Cara Black   Leander Paes	6^6	7	[10]
	7	Lisa Raymond   Wesley Moodie	7	6^5	[7]
								1	Cara Black   Leander Paes	7	6
									Ekaterina Makarova   Jaroslav Levinský	5	3
		Flavia Pennetta   Marcelo Melo	0	6	[8]
		Ekaterina Makarova   Jaroslav Levinský	6	4	[10]

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	C Black L Paes	7	7
	WC	S Ferguson C Ball	5	5				1	C Black L Paes	6	6
	Alt	A Amanmuradova R de Voest	7	6				Alt	A Amanmuradova R de Voest	4	2
	WC	C Gullickson B Tomic	5	2											1	C Black L Paes	6	6
		A-L Grönefeld C Kas	7	6											8	E Vesnina A Ram	4	3
	WC	S Peers P Luczak	5	4					A-L Grönefeld C Kas	6	5	[6]
	WC	A Molik M Ebden	0	3				8	E Vesnina A Ram	3	7	[10]
	8	E Vesnina A Ram	6	6																		1	C Black L Paes	6^6	7	[10]
	3	B Mattek-Sands B Bryan	6	4	[10]																	7	L Raymond W Moodie	7	6^5	[7]
		S-w Hsieh B Soares	2	6	[7]			3	B Mattek-Sands B Bryan	5	6^4
		L Huber R Hutchins	2	4					C-j Chuang F Polášek	7	7
		C-j Chuang F Polášek	6	6												C-j Chuang F Polášek	3	6	[10]
		I Benešová L Dlouhý	6	7											7	L Raymond W Moodie	6	3	[12]
		Z Yan M Fyrstenberg	4	6^2					I Benešová L Dlouhý	1	4
		V Ruano Pascual S Huss	3	0				7	L Raymond W Moodie	6	6
	7	L Raymond W Moodie	6	6

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	A Kleybanova M Mirnyi	6	3	[10]
	WC	A Rodionova P Hanley	3	6	[3]			6	A Kleybanova M Mirnyi	6	3	[7]
		B Záhlavová-Strýcová O Marach	6	7					B Záhlavová-Strýcová O Marach	3	6	[10]
		R Stubbs T Parrott	3	5												B Záhlavová-Strýcová O Marach	4	4
		M Niculescu J Knowle	4	3												F Pennetta M Melo	6	6
		F Pennetta M Melo	6	6					F Pennetta M Melo	6	6
	WC	J Groth S Groth	7	7				WC	J Groth S Groth	2	3
	4	N Llagostera Vives M Mertiňák	6^5	6^4																			F Pennetta M Melo	0	6	[8]
	5	M Kirilenko N Zimonjić	3	6	[9]																		E Makarova J Levinský	6	4	[10]
		R Kops-Jones D Norman	6	3	[11]				R Kops-Jones D Norman
	WC	C Dellacqua J Kerr	3	6	[8]				L Hradecká F Čermák	w/o
		L Hradecká F Čermák	6	2	[10]											R Kops-Jones D Norman	4	6^3
		K Peschke M Matkowski	4	7	[6]											E Makarova J Levinský	6	7
		E Makarova J Levinský	6	5	[10]				E Makarova J Levinský
		A Medina Garrigues A Sá	3	6	[6]			2	D Hantuchová D Nestor	w/o
	2	D Hantuchová D Nestor	6	3	[10]

External links

• Main Draw