2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup

The 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup was an ATP World Tour and WTA Tour event held at the hardcourts of the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, US. It was the 35th edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the 25th edition of the Cellular South Cup. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2010 ATP World Tour, and the Cellular South Cup was an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour. The ATP event took place from February 13 to February 21, 2010, and the WTA event from February 12 to February 20.

2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships
and Cellular South Cup
DateFebruary 13–21
Edition35th (Men) / 25th (Women)
CategoryATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA International (women)
LocationMemphis, Tennessee, US
VenueRacquet Club of Memphis
Champions
Men's singles
United States Sam Querrey
Women's singles
Russia Maria Sharapova
Men's doubles
United States John Isner / United States Sam Querrey
Women's doubles
United States Vania King / Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek

The men's draw was led by 2009 Wimbledon finalist, 2010 Brisbane International champion and defending champion Andy Roddick, Fernando Verdasco, 2010 Heineken Open champion John Isner, and 2010 Brisbane International runner-up Radek Štěpánek. Other players are Tommy Haas, Philipp Kohlschreiber, and James Blake

The women's draw was headed by former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova, 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin, homenation player Vania King, Kaia Kanepi, Czechs Lucie Hradecká and Petra Kvitová

WTA entrants

Seeds

Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Maria Sharapova Russia Russia 16 1
Melanie Oudin United States United States 53 2
Kaia Kanepi Estonia Estonia 61 3
Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic Czech Republic 64 4
Petra Kvitová Czech Republic Czech Republic 68 5
Kristina Barrois Germany Germany 70 6
Vania King United States United States 73 7
Elena Baltacha United Kingdom Great Britain 83 8
  • Rankings are as of February 8, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

ATP entrants

Seeds

Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Andy Roddick United States United States 7 1
Fernando Verdasco Spain Spain 11 2
Radek Štěpánek Czech Republic Czech Republic 14 3
Tommy Haas Germany Germany 17 4
Tomáš Berdych Czech Republic Czech Republic 23 5
John Isner United States United States 25 6
Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany Germany 29 7
Sam Querrey United States United States 31 8
  • Rankings are as of February 8, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Men's singles

United States Sam Querrey defeated United States John Isner, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3

  • It was Querrey's first title of the year and 3rd of his career.

Women's singles

Russia Maria Sharapova defeated Sweden Sofia Arvidsson, 6–2, 6–1

  • It was Sharapova's first title of the year and 21st of her career.

Men's doubles

United States John Isner / United States Sam Querrey defeated United Kingdom Ross Hutchins / Australia Jordan Kerr, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

United States Vania King / Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek defeated United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / United States Meghann Shaughnessy, 7–5, 6–2

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