The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. In the singles competition, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were the defending champions. Williams was able to retain her title with a win over Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, while Nadal retired in his quarterfinals match against Andy Murray owing to a quadriceps injury. Roger Federer was the men's champion, defeating finalist Andy Murray in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11). In doubles, the 2009 champion pairs were successful in their respective title defenses – Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles and Serena and Venus Williams in women's doubles. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were not able to defend their mixed doubles title because they withdrew from the event beforehand. In mixed doubles, Cara Black and Leander Paes won the title, which made a mixed doubles career grand slam for Black.

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior

Wheelchair

Junior

Singles players

Day-by-day summaries

Seniors

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated 🇬🇧 Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)

Women's singles

🇺🇸 Serena Williams defeated 🇧🇪 Justine Henin, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan defeated 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor / 🇷🇸 Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

Women's doubles

🇺🇸 Serena Williams / 🇺🇸 Venus Williams defeated Cara Black / 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Cara Black / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes defeated 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇨🇿 Jaroslav Levinský, 7–5, 6–3 This was the pair's 3rd consecutive grand slam final and the 4th overall. The victory makes Paes India's joint-lead grand slam winner alongside his ex- doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi with a total of 11 grand slam doubles titles. This title gave Black a career mixed doubles grand slam, which Black has won one of each slam in mixed doubles.

Juniors

Boys' singles

🇧🇷 Tiago Fernandes defeated 🇦🇺 Sean Berman, 7-6 (7-5), 6–3

Girls' singles

🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková defeated 🇬🇧 Laura Robson, 6–1, 7–6(5)

Boys' doubles

Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu defeated 🇩🇪 Kevin Krawietz / 🇩🇪 Dominik Schulz, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová / 🇸🇰 Chantal Škamlová defeated 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇨🇦 Gabriela Dabrowski, 7–6(1), 6–2

Other events

Wheelchair men's singles

🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda defeated 🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(3), 2–6, 7–5

Wheelchair women's singles

Korie Homan defeated 🇫🇷 Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles

🇬🇧 Peter Norfolk defeated 🇺🇸 David Wagner, 6–2, 7–6(4)

Wheelchair men's doubles

🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet / 🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers / Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

🇫🇷 Florence Gravellier / Aniek Van Koot defeated 🇬🇧 Lucy Shuker / 🇦🇺 Daniela Di Toro, 6–3, 7–6(2)

Wheelchair quad doubles

🇺🇸 Nicholas Taylor / 🇺🇸 David Wagner defeated 🇬🇧 Peter Norfolk / 🇸🇪 Johan Andersson, 6–2, 7–6(5)

Singles seeds

Men's singles

Women's singles

Wildcard entries

Men's singles wildcard entries

Women's singles wildcard entries

Men's doubles wildcard entries

Women's doubles wildcard entries

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Qualifiers entries

Men's qualifiers entries

The following players received lucky loser spots in the men's draw:

Women's qualifiers entries

Withdrawals

Point distribution

Prize money

All prize money is in Australian dollars (A$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

Men's and women's doubles

Mixed doubles