2010 WTA Tour Championships

{{main|WTA Finals}} {{TennisEventInfo|2010|WTA Tour Championships| | date=26–31 October | edition=40th (singles) / 35th (doubles) | draw=8S / 4D | location=[[Doha]], [[Qatar]] | venue= [[Khalifa International Tennis Complex]] | champs={{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]] | champd={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gisela Dulko]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]] | main_name=WTA Finals }}

The '''2010 WTA Tour Championships''' was held in [[Doha|Doha, Qatar]] from October 26 to October 31. It was the third and final time that the [[Khalifa International Tennis Complex]] hosted the [[WTA Tour]] [[WTA Tour Championships|Year-End Singles and Doubles Championships]]. In 2011 the competition will move to [[Istanbul]], Turkey.

[[Serena Williams]] was the defending singles champion. She qualified again but withdrew due to a continuing foot injury. [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]] and [[María José Martínez Sánchez]] were the defending doubles champions, but they didn't qualify this year. [[Elena Dementieva]] announced her retirement from tennis in the tournament after 13 years of playing and two Grand Slam finals, as well as an Olympic gold medal.

==Finals==

=== Singles === {{Main|2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]] defeated {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]], 6–3, 5–7, 6–3.<ref name="Singles">{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/9143317.stm|title=Kim Clijsters beats Caroline Wozniacki to win WTA title|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2010-10-31|date=2010-10-31| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101101062531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9143317.stm| archive-date= 1 November 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> * It was Clijsters' fifth title of the year and 40th of her career. It was her third win at the event, also winning in 2002 and 2003.

=== Doubles === {{Main|2010 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles}} {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gisela Dulko]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]] defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] / {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]], 7–5, 6–4.

== Qualified players ==

=== Singles ===  {|class=wikitable align=right style=font-size:90%;text:justify !colspan=5|Race singles (as of October 25, 2010) |- !Rk !width=222|Player !width=50|Points !width=40|Tour !Date Qualified |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |align=right|1||{{flagathlete|[[Caroline Wozniacki]]|DEN}}||align=center|7,270||align=center|21||September 29<ref name="onthebaseline">{{Cite web|url=http://www.onthebaseline.com/2010/09/29/caroline-wozniacki-first-singles-player-to-qualify-for-season-ending-wta-championships/|title=Caroline Wozniacki First Singles Player to Qualify for Season-Ending WTA Championships|author=Aaress Lawless|date=September 29, 2010|work=On the Baseline Tennis News|access-date=September 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109145418/http://www.onthebaseline.com/2010/09/29/caroline-wozniacki-first-singles-player-to-qualify-for-season-ending-wta-championships/| archive-date= 9 November 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> |- |align=right|2||{{flagathlete|[[Vera Zvonareva]]|RUS}}||align=center|6,096||align=center|18||October 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20101001/zvonareva-second-qualifier-for-doha_2256076_2171742|title=Zvonareva: Second Qualifier For Doha|date=October 1, 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|access-date=October 1, 2010}}</ref> |-bgcolor=pink |||{{flagathlete|[[Serena Williams]]|USA}}||align=center|5,355||align=center|12(6)||Foot injury<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.serenawilliams.com/blog_message_detail.php?msg=185|title=Doha and Federation Cup Withdrawal|date=October 19, 2010|work=Serena Williams|access-date=October 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230103602/http://www.serenawilliams.com/blog_message_detail.php?msg=185|archive-date=2010-12-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |align=right|3||{{flagathlete|[[Kim Clijsters]]|BEL}}||align=center|5,295||align=center|13(10)||October 2<ref name="serena-kim">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20101002/serena-kim-qualify-for-championships_2256076_2172383|title=Serena & Kim Qualify For Championships|date=October 2, 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|access-date=October 2, 2010}}</ref> |-bgcolor=pink |||{{flagathlete|[[Venus Williams]]|USA}}||align=center|4,985||align=center|14(9)||Left knee injury |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |align=right|4||{{flagathlete|[[Francesca Schiavone]]|ITA}}||align=center|4,595||align=center|21||October 6<ref name="schiavone-stosur" /> |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |align=right|5||{{flagathlete|[[Samantha Stosur]]|AUS}}||align=center|4,572||align=center|18||October 6<ref name="schiavone-stosur">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20101006/schiavone-stosur-qualify-for-doha_2256076_2177109|title=Schiavone & Stosur Qualify For Doha|date=October 6, 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|access-date=October 6, 2010}}</ref> |- |align=right|6||{{flagathlete|[[Jelena Janković]]|SRB}}||align=center|4,236||align=center|20||October 9<ref name="jelena-elena">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20101009/jelena-elena-wrap-up-doha-field_2256076_2179723|title=Jelena & Elena Wrap Up Doha Field|date=October 9, 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|access-date=October 9, 2010}}</ref> |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |align=right|7||{{flagathlete|[[Elena Dementieva]]|RUS}}||align=center|4,085||align=center|20(19)||October 9<ref name="jelena-elena" /> |- |align=right|8||{{flagathlete|[[Victoria Azarenka]]|BLR}}||align=center|3,935||align=center|20||October 20<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20101020/azarenka-wins-qualifies-for-doha_2256076_2191104|title=Azarenka Wins & Qualifies For Doha|date=October 20, 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|access-date=October 20, 2010}}</ref> |}

On September 29, Wozniacki was announced as the first qualifier after she won her second round match in [[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]]. [[File:Wozniacki US Open 2010.JPG|thumb|150px|left|[[Caroline Wozniacki]] finished 2010 as the World No. 1]] '''Caroline Wozniacki''' enjoyed her best season so far, winning six singles titles, the most on the 2010 Tour, and achieving the [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|world no. 1]] ranking after reaching the quarterfinals, and later winning, the [[2010 China Open (tennis)|China Open]]. She became the fifth player in the WTA Tour's history to not win a Grand Slam event before achieving the world no. 1 status. Wozniacki won her first title at the [[2010 MPS Group Championships|MPS Group Championships]] over [[Olga Govortsova]], 6–2, 7–5. Her best period was after Wimbledon where she won 5 of 7 consecutive tournaments she played, beginning with the [[2010 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open|e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open]] where she defeated [[Klára Zakopalová]] 6–2, 7–6. After this she won back-to-back titles in [[2010 Rogers Cup|Rogers Cup]] over [[Vera Zvonareva]] 6–3, 6–2 and defended the [[2010 Pilot Pen Tennis|Pilot Pen Tennis]] title defeating [[Nadia Petrova]] 6–3, 3–6, 6–3. Later she again won two consecutive titles in [[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]] and the [[2010 China Open (tennis)|China Open]] defeating [[Elena Dementieva]] 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 and [[Vera Zvonareva]] 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, respectively. As well Wozniacki also reached the final of the [[2010 BNP Paribas Open|BNP Paribas Open]] losing to [[Jelena Janković]] 6–2, 6–4. At the Grand Slams, Caroline reached the fourth round of the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]] losing to [[Li Na]] 6–4, 6–3. She reached her first [[2010 French Open|French Open]] quarterfinal, but lost there to eventual champion [[Francesca Schiavone]] 6–2, 6–3. At [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] she suffered a fourth round loss to [[Petra Kvitová]] 6–2, 6–0. In the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] she had her first Grand Slam top seed while world no. 1 [[Serena Williams]] was injured, but lost in the semifinals 6–4, 6–3 to [[Vera Zvonareva]]. This was her second appearance at the tournament after making the semifinals in 2009.

On October 1, Zvonareva qualified after reaching the quarterfinals in [[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]]. [[File:Vera Zvonareva at the 2009 US Open 07.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Vera Zvonareva]] reached two grand slam finals in 2010.]] '''Vera Zvonareva''' enjoyed a successful second half of the season. She began the year by falling out of the top 20 after failing to defend her Australian Open semifinal points, when she fell to [[Victoria Azarenka]] in the fourth round and failed to defend her title at the [[2010 BNP Paribas Open|BNP Paribas Open]]. She won her only title of the year in the [[2010 PTT Pattaya Open|PTT Pattaya Open]] in Thailand as the defending champion, defeating the local [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]] in the final 6–4, 6–4. She reached five other finals but lost in each of them. She lost to [[Samantha Stosur]] 6–0, 6–3 at the [[2010 Family Circle Cup|Family Circle Cup]], to Wozniacki at both the [[2010 Rogers Cup|Rogers Cup]] and the [[2010 China Open (tennis)|China Open]] 6–3, 6–2 and 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 respectively. Zvonareva's main success began when she reached her first Grand Slam final at the [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]] after defeating [[Kim Clijsters]] for the first time in the quarterfinals, but she lost the final to defending champion [[Serena Williams]] 6–3, 6–2. She reached a consecutive Grand Slam final at the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] after defeating top seed [[Caroline Wozniacki]] in the semifinals, but ended up losing again to the defending champion, this time [[Kim Clijsters]]. Zvonareva reached a career-high world no. 2 at the start of the Tour Championships. This was her fourth appearance there, reaching the semifinals in 2008.

On October 1, Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters were announced as qualifiers.

'''Serena Williams''' began the year by reaching the final of the [[2010 Medibank International Sydney|Medibank International Sydney]] losing to [[Elena Dementieva]] 6–3, 6–2. She won 2 of the 6 events she played in the year. The first came at the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]] defeating rival [[Justine Henin]] 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, after beating [[Victoria Azarenka]] in the quarterfinals being a set and 4–0 down. By winning the title, she set a record of 5 [[List of Australian Open women's singles champions|Australian Open titles]] in the Open Era. She won her second title at the [[2010 Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]] over [[Vera Zvonareva]] 6–3, 6–2. In doing so she passed [[Billie Jean King]] as sixth in total number of [[List of Grand Slam related tennis records#Most Grand Slam singles titles (all time)|Grand Slam women's singles titles]]. At the [[2010 French Open|French Open]] she lost to [[Samantha Stosur]] 6–3, 6–7, 8–6 after failing to convert a match point at 5–4 in the final set. Injuries plagued her throughout the season, missing three months of action after the Australian Open due to a leg injury and another four months due to a cut/torn tendon in her right foot after Wimbledon, causing her to miss the US Open and eventually to lose the world number one status. She was the defending champion but announced that she reinjured her foot and was out for the rest of 2010. [[File:US Open Tennis 2010 1st Round 192.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Kim Clijsters]] won the 2010 US Open]] '''Kim Clijsters''' began the year by winning the [[2010 Brisbane International|Brisbane International]] against the returning [[Justine Henin]] 6–3, 4–6, 7–6. She claimed her second title of the year at the [[2010 Sony Ericsson Open|Sony Ericsson Open]], defeating [[Venus Williams]] 6–2, 6–1. She missed a large amount of the clay season including the [[2010 French Open|French Open]] due to torn muscle in her left foot, which she sustained in Belgium's [[2010 Fed Cup World Group play-offs#Belgium vs. Estonia|Fed Cup match]] against Estonia. At the [[2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open|Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open]] she defeated [[Maria Sharapova]] in the final 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 after saving match points in a rain-delayed final. In the grand slams, at the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]] Clijsters lost in the third round to [[Nadia Petrova]] in the worst loss of her career, losing 6–0, 6–1. At the [[2010 Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]], Clijsters lost to [[Vera Zvonareva]] in the quarterfinals for the first time 3–6, 6–4, 6–2. The Belgian then took her winning streak at the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] to 21 match wins after defeating [[Vera Zvonareva]] 6–2, 6–1 in the final. She competed in her 7th Year-end Championships after winning it twice in [[2002 WTA Tour Championships|2002]] and [[2003 WTA Tour Championships|2003]].

On October 4, Venus Williams was announced as a qualifier for the year-end championship.

'''Venus Williams''' continued to struggle in the Grand Slams outside of Wimbledon as she lost to [[Li Na]] in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2–6, 7–6, 7–5 despite being two points away from the win. At the [[2010 French Open|French Open]] Williams advanced through the first three rounds but lost to [[Nadia Petrova]] 6–4, 6–3. At the [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]] after reaching the final for the past three years, Williams suffered a loss to a then-unknown [[Tsvetana Pironkova]] 6–2, 6–3 in the quarterfinals. Outside of the grand slams Williams had more success as she won back-to-back titles in [[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai Tennis Championships]] and the [[2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|Abierto Mexico Telcel]], defeating [[Victoria Azarenka]] 6–3, 7–5 and [[Polona Hercog]] from Slovenia 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, respectively. Venus then reached the final of the [[2010 Sony Ericsson Open|Sony Ericsson Open]] recording a 15 match winning streak but lost to [[Kim Clijsters]] 6–2, 6–1. At the [[2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open|Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open]] Williams reached the final but lost to Frenchwoman [[Aravane Rezaï]] 6–2, 7–5. Venus missed the US Open Series due to a left knee injury but competed in the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] where she lost to [[Kim Clijsters]] 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 in the semifinals. She then withdrew from the Year-End Championships due to the same knee injury.

On October 6, French Open finalists Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur both qualified. [[File:Samantha-Stosur-2009-US-open.png|thumb|150px|right|[[Samantha Stosur]] reached the 2010 French Open final.]] '''Samantha Stosur''' had the best year of her career so far after deciding to concentrate solely on singles. Stosur reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the [[2010 French Open|French Open]]. After defeating three former world number ones in [[Justine Henin]], [[Serena Williams]], and [[Jelena Janković]], before being beaten by [[Francesca Schiavone]] 4–6, 6–7. In the other Slams, she lost to the eventual champion at both the Australian Open and US Open, losing to [[Serena Williams]] 6–4, 6–2 in Australia in the fourth round and to [[Kim Clijsters]] at the US Open in the quarterfinals. Her most disappointing loss came at Wimbledon, where she fell in the first round to [[Kaia Kanepi]] 4–6, 4–6, becoming the first French Open finalist to lose in the first round of Wimbledon. Despite the loss, she managed a career-high world number 5. She also reached two other finals, in the [[2010 Family Circle Cup|Family Circle Cup]] defeating [[Vera Zvonareva]] 6–0, 6–3 and in the [[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|Porsche Tennis Grand Prix]], losing to [[Justine Henin]] 6–4, 2–6, 6–1. This was Stosur's debut in the singles of the Year-End Championships after twice winning in doubles. [[File:Francesca Schiavone ASB Classic SF 2010.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Francesca Schiavone]] won the 2010 French Open.]] '''Francesca Schiavone''' won her first Grand Slam title at the [[2010 French Open]] beating [[Samantha Stosur]] 6–4, 7–6. This was the first time that Schiavone had gone past the quarterfinals. It also made her the first Italian to win a Grand Slam and the highest ranked Italian when she reached the height of world number 6. However, along with co-finalist Samantha Stosur she also fell in the first round of Wimbledon to [[Vera Dushevina]] 7–6, 5–7, 1–6. She won one other title at the [[2010 Barcelona Ladies Open]] defeating compatriot [[Roberta Vinci]] 6–1, 6–1. She also reached the fourth round of the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]] and the quarterfinals of the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] losing in both to [[Venus Williams]] 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 and 7–6, 6–4, respectively. Schiavone made her first appearance in the Year-End Championships.

On October 9, due to Venus Williams' withdrawal, both Elena Dementieva and Jelena Janković secured a spot in the Year-End Championships. [[File:Jankovic Roland Garros 2009 3.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Jelena Janković]] won the 2010 BNP Paribas Open.]] '''Jelena Janković''' continued to find the form that brought her to the number 1 ranking in 2008. She reached two finals in 2010, on the hard courts of the [[2010 BNP Paribas Open|BNP Paribas Open]] where she defeated [[Caroline Wozniacki]] 6–2, 6–4 and on the clay courts of the [[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|Internazionali BNL d'Italia]] where she defeated both [[Venus Williams]] and [[Serena Williams]] in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, before falling to [[María José Martínez Sánchez]] 6–7, 5–7. In the slams, Janković reached her first Grand Slam semifinal since reaching the final of the [[2008 US Open (tennis)|2008 US Open]] at the [[2010 French Open|French Open]], losing to [[Samantha Stosur]] 6–1, 6–2. She also reached the third rounds of the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]] and the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] losing to [[Alona Bondarenko]] 6–2, 6–3 and [[Kaia Kanepi]] 6–2, 7–6 respectively. At the [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]] she was able to reach the fourth round before retiring to eventual finalist [[Vera Zvonareva]] while trailing 6–1, 3–0. She made her fourth consecutive appearance at the Tour Championships after reaching the semifinals in her previous two trips. [[File:Elena Dementieva at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Elena Dementieva]] announced her retirement at the 2010 WTA Tour Championships.]] '''Elena Dementieva''' had a lopsided season for 2010 as she fell outside of the top ten for the first time since 2008. However, she was able to reach four finals in the year, winning two of them. Her first title came at the [[2010 Medibank International Sydney|Medibank International Sydney]] where she defeated world number one, [[Serena Williams]], in the final 6–3, 6–2. The second title came at the [[2010 Open GDF Suez|Open GDF Suez]] defeating Czech player [[Lucie Šafářová]] 6–7, 6–1, 6–4. She finished runner-up to compatriot [[Alisa Kleybanova]] at the [[2010 Malaysian Open|Malaysian Open]] and to [[Caroline Wozniacki]] at the [[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Toray Pan Pacific Open]]. In the Grand Slams, Elena drew an unseeded [[Justine Henin]] and lost to the eventual finalist, 5–7, 6–7 in the second round of the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]]. At the French Open Dementieva had to retire against [[Francesca Schiavone]] after the first set tie-break during their semifinal match. The injury also caused her to miss Wimbledon, ending her 46 consecutive main draw appearances at the Grand Slams. At the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] she was able to reach the fourth round before losing to [[Samantha Stosur]]. This was her 10th appearance and she reached the semifinals twice in [[2000 WTA Tour Championships|2000]] and [[2008 WTA Tour Championships|2008]]. She announced her retirement from tennis during the tournament.

On October 20, Victoria Azarenka replaced Serena Williams to book the final spot in the year-end championships [[File:Azarenka Roland Garros 2009 2.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Victoria Azarenka]] won two singles titles in 2010.]] '''Victoria Azarenka''' showed good form in the beginning of the year by reaching the semifinals, quarterfinals, and final of [[2010 Medibank International Sydney|Sydney]], the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]], and [[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]], respectively. After an injury Azarenka showed signs of a return to form at the [[2010 Aegon International|Aegon International]], where she was the runner up losing in the final to [[Ekaterina Makarova]] 7–6, 6–4. Despite the strong showing at the event, she suffered another upset in the third round of [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]. Her good form from Eastbourne followed into the American hard-court season, winning the [[2010 Bank of the West Classic|Bank of the West Classic]] by beating top seeded [[Samantha Stosur]] 6–2, 6–3 in the semifinals and [[Maria Sharapova]] 6–4, 6–1 in the final. Another semifinal showing at the [[2010 Rogers Cup|Rogers Cup]] allowed Azarenka to finish in a three-way tie for third at the [[2010 US Open Series|US Open Series]]. Despite her good form, a concussion forced Azarenka to retire in the second round of the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], after she fell over and hit her head during the warm up. A semifinal showing in [[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]] and reaching the quarterfinals in [[2010 Kremlin Cup|Moscow]] allowed Azarenka to take the eighth and final spot. Azarenka went on to claim the Moscow crown. This was her second consecutive appearance at the Tour Championships after she failed to advance from her group in 2009.

The first alternate for the Tour Championships was '''[[Li Na]]''' who produced her best season so far. She became the highest ranked Chinese player ever, reaching a career high of world no. 9 in August 2010. She reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, losing to Serena Williams 7–6, 7–6. She also reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the second time, but ended up losing to Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3. Li also won the [[2010 Aegon Classic|Aegon Classic]] beating Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–1 in the final. This was her first title in a year and a half and her third career title. The second alternate was '''[[Shahar Pe'er]]''' who reached one final in the year, at the [[2010 Moorilla Hobart International|Moorilla Hobart International]] losing to [[Alona Bondarenko]] 6–2, 6–4. She was also able to reach the semifinals of the ASB Classic, Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, [[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|Porsche Tennis Grand Prix]], Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, China Open and [[2010 HP Open|HP Open]]. Both alternates made their first trip to the year-end championships but neither of them got to play. Both [[2009 WTA Tour Championships – Singles|2009]] alternates had played that year but there were no serious injuries among the starting players in 2010.

=== Doubles === {|class=wikitable align=right style=font-size:90%;text:justify !colspan=5|Race doubles (as of October 25, 2010) |- !Rk !width=222|Name !width=50|Points !width=20|Tour !width=90|Date Qualified |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |align=right|1||{{flagathlete|[[Gisela Dulko]]|ARG}} {{flagathlete|[[Flavia Pennetta]]|ITA}}||align=center|8,581||align=center|16||September 14<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20100914/gisela-flavia-doha-bound_2256076_2154055|title=Gisela & Flavia Doha Bound|date=September 14, 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|access-date=November 4, 2010}}</ref> |- |align=right|2||{{flagathlete|[[Květa Peschke]]|CZE}} {{flagathlete|[[Katarina Srebotnik]]|SLO}}||align=center|6,596||align=center|17||September 29<ref name="onthebaseline" /> |-bgcolor=pink |||{{flagathlete|[[Serena Williams]]|USA}} {{flagathlete|[[Venus Williams]]|USA}}||align=center|5,500||align=center|4||Serena: foot injury Venus: left knee injury |- |align=right|3||{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Raymond]]|USA}} {{flagathlete|[[Rennae Stubbs]]|AUS}}||align=center|5,104||align=center|18||October 7<ref name="final-four">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/doublesnews/20101007/final-four-set-for-doha_2256567_2178023|title=Final Four Set For Doha|date=October 7, 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|access-date=October 9, 2010}}</ref> |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |align=right|4||{{flagathlete|[[Vania King]]|USA}} {{flagathlete|[[Yaroslava Shvedova]]|KAZ}}||align=center|4,978||align=center|10||October 7<ref name="final-four" /> |}

On September 14, Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta qualified for the first time for the year-end championships.

'''Gisela Dulko''' and '''Flavia Pennetta''' was the standout team of the year, winning 5 titles. This was the most any team managed to accumulate in 2010. Their first title came in the [[2010 Sony Ericsson Open|Sony Ericsson Open]] triumphing over [[Nadia Petrova|Petrova]] and [[Samantha Stosur|Stosur]]. Then the pair claimed back-to-back titles in the European clay season at the [[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|Porsche Tennis Grand Prix]] and [[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|Internazionali BNL d'Italia]] over the teams of [[Květa Peschke|Peschke]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik|Srebotnik]] and reigning [[2009 WTA Tour Championships|Tour Champions]] [[Nuria Llagostera Vives|Llagostera Vives]] & [[María José Martínez Sánchez|Martínez Sánchez]] 6–4, 6–2. They also won the [[2010 Swedish Open|Swedish Open]] defeating [[Renata Voráčová|Voráčová]] & [[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová|Záhlavová-Strýcová]] and the [[2010 Rogers Cup|Rogers Cup]] defeating [[Květa Peschke|Peschke]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik|Srebotnik]]. They were the runners up in two other finals, first at the [[2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open|Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open]] losing to [[Venus|Venus Williams]] & [[Serena Williams]] and secondly at the [[2010 China Open (tennis)|China Open]] losing to [[Chuang Chia-jung|Chuang]] & [[Olga Govortsova|Govortsova]]. Dulko also won another doubles title in the [[2010 Copa BBVA-Colsanitas|Copa BBVA-Colsanitas]] whilst partnering [[Edina Gallovits]]. In the Grand Slams, they were able to reach the semifinals of the [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]] and the quarterfinals of the [[2010 Australian Open|Australian Open]], [[2010 French Open|French Open]], and [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]].

On September 29, Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik qualified for the event.

'''Květa Peschke''' and '''Katarina Srebotnik''' won two titles in the year both coming in the United States. The first title was at the [[2010 BNP Paribas Open|BNP Paribas Open]] beating Stosur and Petrova in the final. The second title came at the [[2010 Pilot Pen Tennis|Pilot Pen Tennis]] after beating the American team of [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands|Mattek-Sands]] & [[Meghann Shaughnessy|Shaughnessy]]. They also finished runner-up in four events, at the [[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|Barcleys Dubai Tennis Championships]], the [[2010 Aegon International|Aegon International]], the Rogers Cup to [[Gisela Dulko|Dulko]] & [[Flavia Pennetta|Pennetta]] and finally the [[2010 Generali Ladies Linz|Generali Ladies Linz]] losing to Czechs Voráčová & Záhlavová-Strýcová. Peschke won another title with Chuang in the [[2010 Moorilla Hobart International|Moorilla Hobart International]]. In the Grand Slams, they were able to reach the final of the French Open losing to Venus and Serena Williams 6–2, 6–3, the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships and the third round of the US Open.

On October 7, as the Williams Sisters withdrew, the teams of Lisa Raymond & Rennae Stubbs and Vania King & Yaroslava Shvedova qualified.

'''Serena Williams''' and '''Venus Williams''' completed a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Non-calendar-year Grand Slam|non-calendar year Grand Slam]]. They won the Australian Open defeating top seeds [[Cara Black|Black]] and [[Liezel Huber|Huber]] in the final, and then the French Open, defeating Peschke and Srebotnik in the final. They won another title in the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open over Dulko and Pennetta 6–2, 7–5. Their Grand Slam winning streak ended at 27 when they lost to [[Elena Vesnina|Vesnina]] & [[Vera Zvonareva|Zvonareva]] in the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships. They also became the World no. 1 in doubles for the first time when they won the French Open. The pair picked up injuries after Wimbledon and didn't play for the rest of the season, except for a singles appearance by Venus at the US Open. Venus called an end to her season with a left knee injury eliminating the pair whilst a few weeks later Serena also called an end to her season as a torn ligament in her foot continued to cause problems.

'''Lisa Raymond''' and '''Rennae Stubbs''' reunited again and won one title together at the [[2010 Aegon International|Aegon International]] beating Peschke and Srebotnik. Raymond won another title in the [[2010 Aegon Classic|Aegon Classic]] with Cara Black defeating the American team of Huber and Shaughnessy after the Americans retired. As a team they reached two other finals at the [[2010 Mercury Insurance Open|Mercury Insurance Open]] and the [[2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open|Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open]]. On both occasions they lost to [[Maria Kirilenko|Kirilenko]], teaming up with [[Zheng Jie|Zheng]] and [[Victoria Azarenka|Azarenka]], respectively. They were able to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open, the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and US Open and the third round of the French Open.

'''Vania King''' and '''Yaroslava Shvedova''' began their partnership during the grass season. They had immediate success as they won Wimbledon beating Vesnina and Zvonareva and the US Open defeating Petrova and Huber, to claim their first grand slam titles. During the grass season King and Shvedova also finished runner-up to Kudryavtseva & Rodionova at the [[2010 UNICEF Open|UNICEF Open]]. King also won two other titles with different partners, at the [[2010 Cellular South Cup|Cellular South Cup]] with [[Michaëlla Krajicek|Krajicek]] defeating Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy and the [[2010 Internationaux de Strasbourg|Internationaux de Strasbourg]] with [[Alizé Cornet|Cornet]] winning against [[Alla Kudryavtseva|Kudryavtseva]] & [[Anastasia Rodionova|Rodionova]]. Additionally King reached two other finals in the [[2010 Monterrey Open|Monterrey Open]] with [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld|Grönefeld]] losing to Benešová & Záhlavová-Strýcová and the [[2010 Family Circle Cup|Family Circle Cup]] with Krajicek losing to Huber & Petrova.

== Groupings == The 2010 edition of the year-end championships featured three former World number ones, two Grand Slam champions, seven Grand Slam finalists. Two of them made their debut at the championships. As in the [[2009 WTA Tour Championships|2009 tournament]], the competitors were divided into two groups representing the colors of the [[flag of Qatar]]. The Maroon group consisted of no. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, no. 4 seed Francesca Schiavone, no. 5 seed Samantha Stosur and no. 7 seed Elena Dementieva. The White Group was composed of no. 2 seed Vera Zvonareva, no, 3 seed Kim Clijsters, no. 6 seed Jelena Janković and no. 8 seed Victoria Azarenka.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2010/808/MDS.pdf |title=WTA Championships 2010 - Singles Draw |date=October 31, 2010 |work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour |format=PDF |access-date=November 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811102202/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2010/808/MDS.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Li Na]] and [[Shahar Pe'er]] served as alternates but did not get to play.

In the White Group, all players had reached grand slam finals in their career, with [[Francesca Schiavone]] having won the [[2010 French Open]], beating [[Samantha Stosur]] in the final. In their head-to-heads with players within their group, Caroline Wozniacki was 7–7, Francesca Schiavone was 9–12, Samantha Stosur was 8–8 and [[Elena Dementieva]] was 14–11. Wozniacki leading the group, had a mixed record against opponents within her group. She had a winning record against Dementieva, leading the Russian 4–3, and winning both their encounters in 2010 - in the semifinals of [[2010 Pilot Pen Tennis|Pilot Pen Tennis]] 1–6, 6–3, 7–6 and in the finals of the [[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Toray Pan Pacific Open]] 1–6, 6–2, 6–3. Against Stosur, she had a 2–2 record, with their last match won by Stosur in the [[2009 HP Open]] 6–0, 4–6, 6–4. However, against Schiavone, the top seed had a losing record of 1–2, with her only win coming in the [[2010 Rogers Cup]] 6–3, 6–2, with Schiavone winning their other 2010 encounter, in the clay at the [[2010 French Open|French Open]] 6–2, 6–3. Dementieva, on the other hand had a winning record against both Stosur and Schiavone. She was 4–2 against Stosur, winning their first three 2010 encounters, with Stosur winning their last encounter at the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] in a tight match 6–3, 2–6, 7–6. Dementieva was 7–5 against Schiavone, with Dementieva winning 2 of their 3 encounters in 2010 - in the Toray Pan Pacific Open and [[2010 Medibank International Sydney|Medibank International Sydney]], and Schiavone winning their match in the French Open semifinals, when Dementieva retired after losing the first set. In the match-up between French Open finalists Stosur and Schiavone, Stosur leads 4–2 with Schiavone winning their last match at the finals of the [[2010 French Open]] 6–4, 7–6. Stosur won the previous four matches before the French Open final.

The Maroon Group featured players with more experience in the championships, as all of them had competed before. In their respective records, the [[2010 Wimbledon]] and US Open finalist [[Vera Zvonareva]] was 13–14, [[Kim Clijsters]] was 14–5, [[Jelena Janković]] was 10–14 and [[Victoria Azarenka]] was 5–10. Like Wozniacki, the leader of the Maroon group Zvonareva also had a mixed record within her group. Zvonerava had a winning record against Azarenka, 5–2. They met three times before in 2010, with Zvonerava winning their last encounter in the Rogers Cup, 7–6, 1–0 ret, while Azarenka's two wins came earlier in the year, at the Australian Open, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 and [[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships]] 6–1, 6–3. Against Janković, Zvonareva had an even record of 6–6, with Vera winning their last three encounters, including the Dubai Tennis Championships 6–3, 6–2 and [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] 6–1, 3–0 ret. However, against Clijsters she had a losing record of 2–6. Zvonareva ended a streak of five straight Clijsters wins when she won at Wimbledon 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 and the Rogers Cup 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, but Clijsters won their last encounter in the US Open final 6–2, 6–1. Clijsters was the only one in the tournament that had a winning record against all in her group. She was 6–1 against Janković, with Janković's only win being their last match at the [[2009 Rogers Cup]] 1–6, 6–3, 7–5. Against Azarenka, she was 2–1 splitting their 2010 meetings, with Clijsters winning the [[2010 Sony Ericsson Open|Sony Ericsson Open]] 6–4, 6–0 and Azarenka winning the [[2010 Aegon International|Aegon International]] 7–6, 6–4. Azarenka had a losing record against all players in her group. She was 2–3 against Janković, however Azarenka won their last encounter at the WTA Tour Championships 6–2, 6–3 in 2009.

The four doubles teams started the semifinals without group play.

== Player head-to-heads == Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament. {{8TeamRR | align=center | title-1=  | standings-overall = '''Overall''' | team-1-abbrev=''' [[Caroline Wozniacki|Wozniacki]]''' | team-1='''{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]''' | team-2-abbrev='''[[Vera Zvonareva|Zvonareva]]''' | team-2='''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]''' | team-3-abbrev=''' [[Kim Clijsters|Clijsters]]''' | team-3='''{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]]''' | team-4-abbrev='''[[Francesca Schiavone|Schiavone]]''' | team-4='''{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]]}}''' | team-5-abbrev=''' [[Samantha Stosur|Stosur]]''' | team-5='''{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]''' | team-6-abbrev=''' [[Jelena Janković|Janković]]''' | team-6='''{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]]''' | team-7-abbrev='''[[Elena Dementieva|Dementieva]]''' | team-7='''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]]''' | team-8-abbrev=''' [[Victoria Azarenka|Azarenka]]''' | team-8=''' {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]]''' | color-row-1= |1v2=3–3 |1v3=0–1 |1v4=1–2|1v5=2–2 |1v6=0–4 |1v7=4–3 |1v8=3–2 |standings-1=13–17 | color-row-2= |2v1=3–3 |2v3=2–6 |2v4=10–0 |2v5=2–5 |2v6=6–6 |2v7=2–5 |2v8=5–2 |standings-2=30–27 | color-row-3= |3v1=1–0 |3v2=6–2 |3v4=11–0 |3v5=3–0 |3v6=6–1 |3v7=11–3 |3v8=2–1 |standings-3=40–7 | color-row-4= |4v1=2–1 |4v2=0–10 |4v3=0–11 |4v5=2–4 |4v6=1–3 |4v7=5–7 |4v8=1–2 |standings-4=11–38 | color-row-5= |5v1=2–2 |5v2=5–2 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=4–2 |5v6=2–3 |5v7=2–4 |5v8=0–4 |standings-5=15–20 | color-row-6= |6v1=4–0 |6v2=6–6 |6v3=1–6 |6v4=3–1 |6v5=3–2 |6v7=7–3 |6v8=3–2 |standings-6=27–20 | color-row-7= |7v1=3–4 |7v2=5–2 |7v3=3–11 |7v4=7–5 |7v5=4–2 |7v6=3–7 |7v8=3–1 |standings-7=28–32 | color-row-8= |8v1=2–3 |8v2=2–5 |8v3=1–2 |8v4=2–1 |8v5=4–0 |8v6=2–3 |8v7=1–3|standings-8=14–17 }}

== Prize money and points == The total prize money for the 2010 Sony Ericsson Championships was 4.5 million [[United States dollar]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/MatchNotes/2010/808_supplement.pdf|title=WTA Championships - Doha 2010|work=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour|format=PDF|access-date=October 1, 2010}}</ref> {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Stage!!Singles!!Doubles1!!Points 3 |- |Champion||+$770,000||$375,000||+450 |- |Runner-up||+$380,000||$187,500||+360 |- |Round robin (3 wins)||$400,000||$93,7502||690 |- |Round robin (2 wins)||$300,000||–||530 |- |Round robin (1 win)||$200,000||–||370 |- |Round robin (0 wins)||$100,000||–||210 |- |Alternates||$50,000||–|| |} * 1 Prize money for doubles is per team. * 2 Prize money is for doubles semifinalists * 3 for every match played in the round robin a player gets 70 points automatically, and for each round robin win they get 160 additional points

== Day-by-day summaries == All matches were played at the [[Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex]]. === Day 1 === <div style="text-align: center;"> {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" border="1"

|- ! Group ! Winner ! Loser ! Score |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#White Group|White]] |{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vera Zvonareva]]''' [2] |{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] [6] |6–3, 6–0 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|Maroon]] |{{flagicon|DEN}} '''[[Caroline Wozniacki]]''' [1] |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] [7] |6–1, 6–1 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|Maroon]] |{{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Samantha Stosur]]''' [5] |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] [4] |6–4, 6–4 |-align=center ! colspan=4|1st match started at 5:00 PM |- |} </div>

=== Day 2 === <div style="text-align: center;"> {|class="wikitable collapsible ucollapsed" border=1 |- !Group !Winner !Loser !Score |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#White Group|White]] |{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vera Zvonareva]]''' [2] |{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] [8] |7–6(7–4), 6–4 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#White Group|White]] |{{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Kim Clijsters]]''' [3] |{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] [6] |6–2, 6–3 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|Maroon]] |{{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Samantha Stosur]]''' [5] |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]] [1] |6–4, 6–3 |-align=center !colspan=4|1st match started at 5:00 PM |} </div>

=== Day 3 === <div style="text-align: center;"> {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" border=1 |- !Group !Winner !Loser !Score |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#White Group|Maroon]] |{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Elena Dementieva]]''' [7] |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]] [5] |4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|Maroon]] |{{flagicon|DEN}} '''[[Caroline Wozniacki]]''' [1] |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] [4] |3–6, 6–1, 6–1 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|White]] |{{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Kim Clijsters]]''' [3] |{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] [8] |6–4, 5–7, 6–1 |-align=center !colspan=4|1st match started at 5:00 PM |} </div>

=== Day 4 ===

<div style="text-align: center;"> {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" border=1 |- !Group !Winner !Loser !Score |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|Maroon]] |{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Francesca Schiavone]]''' [4] |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] [7] |6–4, 6–2 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|White]] |{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vera Zvonareva]]''' [2] |{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]] [3] |6–4, 7–5 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Maroon Group|White]] |{{flagicon|BLR}} '''[[Victoria Azarenka]]''' [8] |{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] [6] |6–4, 6–1 |-align=center !colspan=4|1st match started at 5:00 PM |} </div>

=== Day 5 ===

<div style="text-align: center;"> {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" border="1" |- !Group !Winner !Loser !Score |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles#Finals|Doubles - Semifinals]] |{{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Květa Peschke]]''' [2] {{flagicon|SLO}} '''[[Katarina Srebotnik]]''' [2] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] [3] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]] [3] |7–6(8–6), 6–3 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Finals|Singles - Semifinals]] 1 |{{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Kim Clijsters]]''' [3] |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]] [5] |7–6(7–3), 6–1 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Finals|Singles - Semifinals]] |{{flagicon|DEN}} '''[[Caroline Wozniacki]]''' [1] |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]] [2] |7–5, 6–0 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles#Finals|Doubles - Semifinals]] 2 |{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Gisela Dulko]]''' [1] {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Flavia Pennetta]]''' [1] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Vania King]] [4] {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] [4] |6–4, 6–4 |-align=center !colspan=4|1st match started at 3:00 PM 1 Not before 5:30 PM 2 Not before 8:30 PM |} </div>

=== Day 6 === <div style="text-align: center;"> {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" border=1 |- !Group !Champion !Runner up !Score |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Singles#Finals|Singles - Final]] |{{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Kim Clijsters]]''' [3] |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]] [1] |6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |-align=left |[[2010 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles#Finals|Doubles - Final]] 1 |{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Gisela Dulko]]''' [1] {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Flavia Pennetta]]''' [1] |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] [2] {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] [2] |7–5, 6–4 |-align=center !colspan=4|1st match started at 6:00 PM 1 Not before 8:00 PM |} </div>

== Race to the championships ==

=== Singles === Those with a gold background have enough points to qualify; with a brown background withdrew. {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- !rowspan=2| Rank !rowspan=2| Athlete !colspan=4| Grand Slam tournament !colspan=4| Premier Mandatory !colspan=2| Best Premier 5 ! colspan="6" | Best other !rowspan=2| Total points !rowspan=2| Tourn |- |bgcolor=#e5d1cb| '''[[2010 Australian Open|AUS]]''' |bgcolor=#e5d1cb| '''[[2010 French Open|FRA]]''' |bgcolor=#e5d1cb| '''[[2010 Wimbledon Championships|WIM]]''' |bgcolor=#e5d1cb| '''[[2010 US Open (tennis)|USO]]'''

|bgcolor=#dfe2e9| '''[[2010 BNP Paribas Open|IW]]''' |bgcolor=#dfe2e9| '''[[2010 Sony Ericsson Open|MIA]]''' |bgcolor=#dfe2e9| '''[[2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open|MAD]]''' |bgcolor=#dfe2e9| '''[[2010 China Open (tennis)|BEI]]''' !width=30|1 !width=30|2 !width=30|1 !width=30|2 !width=30|3 !width=30|4 !width=30|5 !width=30|6 |- |bgcolor=gold| 1 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 280 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 280 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 900 |bgcolor=thistle|F 700 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 250 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' 1000 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Rogers Cup|W]]''' 900 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|W]]''' 900 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Pilot Pen Tennis|W]]''' 470 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 MPS Group Championships|W]]''' 280 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 e-Boks Danish Open|W]]''' 280 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Family Circle Cup|SF]] 200 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Polsat Warsaw Open|QF]] 120 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|R16]] 125 !7,270 !21 |- |bgcolor=gold| 2 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 280 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 100 |bgcolor=thistle|F 1400 |bgcolor=#D8BFD8|F 1400 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=thistle|F 700 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Rogers Cup|F]] 620 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|QF]] 225 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Family Circle Cup|F]] 320 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 PTT Pattaya Open|W]]''' 280 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|QF]] 225 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Mercury Insurance Open|R16]] 60 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Medibank International Sydney|R32]] 1 !6,096 !18 |- |bgcolor=#cd7f32| 3 |align=left bgcolor=#cd7f32| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' 2000 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' 2000 ||A 0 ||A 0 ||A 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 ||A 0 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|SF]] 395 | |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Medibank International Sydney|F]] 320 | | | | | !5,355 !6 |- |bgcolor=gold| 4 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 160 ||A 0 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' 2000 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' 1000 |A 0 |A 0 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open|W]]''' 900 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Rogers Cup|QF]] 225 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Brisbane International|W]]''' 280 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Aegon International|QF]] 120 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Andalucia Tennis Experience|R16]] 30 | | | !5,295 !13 |- |bgcolor=#cd7f32| 5 |align=left bgcolor=#cd7f32| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]] |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 240 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 900 |A 0 |bgcolor=thistle|F 700 |bgcolor=#D8BFD8|F 700 |A 0 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|W]]''' 900 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|QF]] 225 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|W]]''' 280 | | | | | !4,985 !9 |- |bgcolor=gold| 6 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 280 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' 2000 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 5 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 250 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|SF]] 395 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Rogers Cup|QF]] 225 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Barcelona Ladies Open|W]]''' 280 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 ASB Classic|SF]] 130 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|R32]] 70 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|R32]] 70 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Open GDF Suez|R16]] 60 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Aegon International|R32]] 1 !4,595 !21 |- |bgcolor=gold| 7 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 280 |bgcolor=thistle|F 1400 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 5 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 450 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 250 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 250 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 5 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|R64]] 1 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|R32]] 1 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Family Circle Cup|W]]''' 470 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|F]] 320 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Aegon International|SF]] 200 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Bank of the West Classic|SF]] 200 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Mercury Insurance Open|QF]] 120 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Pilot Pen Tennis|QF]] 120 !4,572 !17 |- |bgcolor=gold| 8 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|SER}} [[Jelena Janković]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 160 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 900 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 240 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 160 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' 1000 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 250 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|F]] 620 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Family Circle Cup|QF]] 120 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|QF]] 120 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open|R16]] 30 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Medibank International Sydney|R32]] 1 !4,236 !20 |- |bgcolor=gold| 9 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 100 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 900 |A 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 280 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 250 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 5 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|F]] 625 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Medibank International Sydney|W]]''' 470 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Open GDF Suez|W]]''' 470 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Malaysian Open|F]] 200 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Pilot Pen Tennis|SF]] 200 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Bank of the West Classic|QF]] 120 !4,085 !20 |- |bgcolor=gold| 10 |align=left bgcolor=gold| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 5 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 160 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 100 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 5 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 5 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|F]] 620 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Rogers Cup|SF]] 395 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Bank of the West Classic|W]]''' 470 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Kremlin Cup|W]]''' 470 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|SF]] 395 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Aegon International|F]] 320 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Medibank International Sydney|SF]] 200 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Andalucia Tennis Experience|QF]] 60 !3,935 !20 |- |style="background:#59f;"| 11 |align=left style="background:#59f;"| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Na]] |bgcolor=yellow|SF 900 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 160 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 500 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 5 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 5 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 5 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 250 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 450 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|QF]] 225 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Aegon Classic|W]]''' 280 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Polsat Warsaw Open|SF]] 200 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open|SF]] 130 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Rogers Cup|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|QF]] 120 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Medibank International Sydney|R16]] 30 !3,540 !20 |- |bgcolor=#cd7f32| 12 |align=left bgcolor=#cd7f32| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Justine Henin]] |bgcolor=thistle|F 1400 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 240 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 240 |A 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 50 |bgcolor=#FFFF00|SF 450 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 5 |A 0 | | |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|W]]''' 470 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2010 UNICEF Open|W]]''' 280 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Brisbane International|F]] 200 | | | !3,415 !11 |- |style="background:#59f;"| 13 |align=left style="background:#59f;"| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Pe'er]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 160 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 280 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 100 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 240 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 140 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 80 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 450 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 450 |bgcolor=#FFFF00|[[2010 Dubai Tennis Championships|SF]] 395 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia|R16]] 125 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2010 Moorilla Hobart International|F]] 200 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|SF]] 200 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 ASB Classic|SF]] 130 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2010 HP Open|SF]] 130 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Open GDF Suez|QF]] 120 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2010 Mercury Insurance Open|QF]] 120 !3,365 !21 |}

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

== External links == * [http://www.wtachampionships.com Official website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wta Tour Championships 2010}} [[Category:2010 WTA Tour]] [[Category:WTA Tour Championships|2010]] [[Category:Tennis tournaments in Qatar]] [[Category:2010 in Qatari sport]] [[Category:October 2010 sports events in Asia]] [[Category:Women's tennis in Qatar]] [[Category:Women's sports competitions in Qatar]]