Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Prize money

The total prize money for 2010 championships was £13,725. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £1,000,000.^[6][7][8]

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Seniors

Juniors

Invitation

Wheelchair events

Isner–Mahut match

In a record-setting match spanning three days, 23rd seed John Isner, attempting to win his first ever match at Wimbledon, faced off against qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the first round, between 22 and 24 June. With the score at 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 59–59, the match was suspended due to failing daylight for the second straight day, after a total of 9 hours and 58 minutes of play. Isner had already served a world record 98 aces by that time, with Mahut scoring 94 aces, both breaking Ivo Karlović's previous record of 78.^[17] The second day's play alone totalled 7 hours and 8 minutes, more than the longest previous complete match, therefore also making it the longest session of tennis ever played in a single day. Isner eventually defeated Mahut 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 70–68.^[18] The match lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes in total, and the fifth set alone lasted 8 hours and 11 minutes.^[19]

The match has been noted as officially the longest match ever in a tennis Open in terms of both times and games,^[20] beating the previous records set (respectively) by the match between Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément at the 2004 French Open, which lasted for 6 hours and 33 minutes, and the first round match at Wimbledon in 1969 where Pancho Gonzales defeated Charlie Pasarell in 112 games (before the introduction of the tie-break). Time magazine named the Isner–Mahut match one of the Top 10 Sports Moments of 2010.^[21]

Queen visits Wimbledon

Queen Elizabeth II visited Wimbledon on Thursday 24 June, her first visit to the annual tennis tournament in 33 years. The last time the Queen had attended the championships was in 1977, when she watched British player Virginia Wade win the ladies' singles title.^[22] Arriving shortly after 11 am, the Queen's visit included a tour of the grounds and an observation session of the All England Club's Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative on Court 14, before moving to the Members' Lawn where she greeted a line-up of players: the defending champions in singles Serena Williams and Roger Federer, multiple-time Wimbledon champions Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Venus Williams, and a selection of top professionals: Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick. She also met four British women's tennis players: Heather Watson, Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong and Laura Robson. Following that, she walked across the bridge to Centre Court, where she later had lunch in the Clubhouse with a selection of former and current tennis players.

The Queen finished her visit by watching Britain's fourth seed Andy Murray play Jarkko Nieminen on Centre Court, from the Royal Box.^[23] Before and after the match, Murray and Nieminen bowed to the Royal Box, a tradition that had previously not been in use since 2003.^[24]

Records

In addition to all the records set during the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, the following records were also established:

• Novak Djokovic's first-round match against Olivier Rochus was the latest-ever finish at Wimbledon, ending at 22:58, two minutes before the 23:00 curfew.^[25] Djokovic won the match 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.^[26]
• In a second-round match against Djokovic, Taylor Dent broke the serve speed record at Wimbledon, at 148 mph (beating the record set by Andy Roddick at 146 mph in 2009). Djokovic won the match 7–6^(7–5), 6–1, 6–4.^[27]
• Serena Williams recorded the most aces served by a female at a Grand Slam, with 89 aces.

Men's singles

The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:

• ESP points as at a week before The Championships
• Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
• add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.^[28]

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Roger Federer	8,525	2,000	360	6,885	Quarter-finals lost to Tomáš Berdych [12]
2	1	Rafael Nadal	8,745	0	2,000	10,745	Champion, defeated Tomáš Berdych [12]
3	3	Novak Djokovic	6,545	360	720	6,905	Semi-finals lost to Tomáš Berdych [12]
4	4	Andy Murray	5,155	720	720	5,155	Semi-finals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
5	7	Andy Roddick	4,510	1200	180	3,490	Fourth round lost to Lu Yen-hsun
6	6	Robin Söderling	4,755	180	360	4,935	Quarter-finals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
7	5	Nikolay Davydenko	4,785	90	45	4,740	Second round lost to Daniel Brands
8	9	Fernando Verdasco	3,645	180	10	3,475	First round lost to Fabio Fognini
9	11	David Ferrer	3,010	90	180	3,100	Fourth round lost to Robin Söderling [6]
10	10	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3,185	90	360	3,455	Quarter-finals lost to Andy Murray [4]
11	12	Marin Čilić	2,945	90	10	2,865	First round lost to Florian Mayer
12	13	Tomáš Berdych	2,825	180	1200	3,845	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
13	14	Mikhail Youzhny	2,665	10	45	2,700	Second round lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu
14	17	Juan Carlos Ferrero	2,095	360	10	1,745	First round lost to Xavier Malisse
15	26	Lleyton Hewitt	1,565	360	180	1,385	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [3]
16	16	Jürgen Melzer	2,125	90	180	2,215	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [1]
17	15	Ivan Ljubičić	2,190	0	10	2,200	First round lost to Michał Przysiężny
18	21	Sam Querrey	1,755	45	180	1,890	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4]
19	18	Nicolás Almagro	1,960	90	10	1,890	First round lost to Andreas Seppi
20	23	Stan Wawrinka	1,690	180	10	1,520	First round lost to Denis Istomin
21	20	Gaël Monfils	1,905	0	90	1,995	Third round lost to Lleyton Hewitt [15]
22	30	Feliciano López	1,455	10	90	1,535	Third round lost to Jürgen Melzer [16]
23	19	John Isner	1,925	(45)†	45	1,925	Second round lost to Thiemo de Bakker
24	27	Marcos Baghdatis	1,545	0	10	1,555	First round lost to Lukáš Lacko
25	24	Thomaz Bellucci	1,652	(20)†	90	1,722	Third round lost to Robin Söderling [6]
26	32	Gilles Simon	1,305	180	90	1,215	Third round lost to Andy Murray [4]
27	29	Ernests Gulbis	1,459	45	0	1,414	Withdrew with right thigh muscle tear[29]
28	31	Albert Montañés	1,405	90	90	1,405	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [3]
29	35	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,230	90	90	1,230	Third round lost to Andy Roddick [5]
30	36	Tommy Robredo	1,155	90	10	1,075	First round lost to Peter Luczak
31	38	Victor Hănescu	1,070	45	90	1,115	Third round retired against Daniel Brands
32	40	Julien Benneteau	1,059	10	180	1,229	Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10]
33	41	Philipp Petzschner	1,055	90	90	1,055	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
8	Juan Martín del Potro	4,395	45	4,350	Right wrist injury[30]
22	Fernando González	1,710	90	1,620	Knee injury[31]
25	Radek Štěpánek	1,645	180	1,465	Knee injury[32]
28	Juan Mónaco	1,475	10	1,465	Wrist injury[33]
33	Ivo Karlović	1,285	360	925	Foot injury[34]
34	Tommy Haas	1,230	720	510	Right hip surgery[35]

Women's singles

For the Women's singles seeds, the seeding order follows the ranking list, except where in the opinion of the Committee, the grass court credentials of a particular player necessitates a change in the interest of achieving a balanced draw.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Serena Williams	8,475	2,000	2,000	8,475	Champion, defeated Vera Zvonareva [21]
2	2	Venus Williams	6,506	1,400	500	5,606	Quarter-finals lost to Tsvetana Pironkova
3	3	Caroline Wozniacki	5,630	280	280	5,630	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová
4	4	Jelena Janković	5,780	160	280	5,900	Fourth round retired against Vera Zvonareva [21]
5	6	Francesca Schiavone	4,920	500	5	4,425	First round lost to Vera Dushevina
6	7	Samantha Stosur	5,045	160	5	4,890	First round lost to Kaia Kanepi [Q]
7	9	Agnieszka Radwańska	3,950	500	280	3,730	Fourth round lost to Li Na [9]
8	8	Kim Clijsters	4,010	0	500	4,510	Quarter-finals lost to Vera Zvonareva [21]
9	12	Li Na	3,416	160	500	3,756	Quarter-finals lost to Serena Williams [1]
10	10	Flavia Pennetta	3,450	160	160	3,450	Third round lost to Klára Zakopalová
11	13	Marion Bartoli	3,246	160	280	3,366	Fourth round lost to Tsvetana Pironkova
12	14	Nadia Petrova	3,195	280	160	3,075	Third round lost to Justine Henin [17]
13	15	Shahar Pe'er	3,175	100	100	3,175	Second round lost to Angelique Kerber
14	11	Victoria Azarenka	3,430	500	160	3,090	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová
15	18	Yanina Wickmayer	2,980	5	160	3,135	Third round lost to Vera Zvonareva [21]
16	17	Maria Sharapova	3,080	100	280	3,260	Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [1]
17	16	Justine Henin	3,135	0	280	3,415	Fourth round lost to Kim Clijsters [8]
18	20	Aravane Rezaï	2,825	100	100	2,825	Second round lost to Klára Zakopalová
19	19	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2,940	160	100	2,880	Second round lost to Anastasia Rodionova
20	22	Dinara Safina	2,632	900	0	1,732	Withdrew due to lower back injury[36]
21	21	Vera Zvonareva	2,725	160	1,400	3,965	Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [1]
22	23	María José Martínez Sánchez	2,540	5	0	2,535	Withdrew due to knee injury[37]
23	24	Zheng Jie	2,296	100	100	2,296	Second round lost to Petra Kvitová
24	25	Daniela Hantuchová	2,285	280	100	2,105	Second round lost to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
25	26	Lucie Šafářová	2,075	5	5	2,075	First round lost to Dominika Cibulková
26	27	Alisa Kleybanova	2,010	100	160	2,070	Third round lost to Venus Williams [2]
27	28	Maria Kirilenko	1,985	100	160	2,045	Third round lost to Kim Clijsters [8]
28	30	Alona Bondarenko	1,855	5	160	2,010	Third round lost to Jelena Janković [4]
29	32	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,850	100	160	1,910	Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [3]
30	29	Yaroslava Shvedova	1,860	100	100	1,860	Second round lost to Regina Kulikova
31	31	Alexandra Dulgheru	1,855	(30)†	160	1,985	Third round lost to Kaia Kanepi [Q]
32	34	Sara Errani	1,660	100	160	1,720	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [7]
33	35	Melanie Oudin	1,513	340	100	1,273	Second round lost to Jarmila Groth
34	36	Kateryna Bondarenko	1,481	100	5	1,386	First round lost to Gréta Arn [Q]

†The player did not qualify the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.

The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
5	Elena Dementieva	5,570	900	4,670	Torn left calf muscle[38]

Mixed doubles

1. Bob Bryan / Lindsay Davenport
2. Colin Fleming / Sarah Borwell
3. Ross Hutchins / Anne Keothavong
4. Jonathan Marray / Anna Smith
5. Jamie Murray / Laura Robson