2010 Billie Jean King Cup

Tennis tournament

Billie Jean King Cup

Tournament information
Location| Manhattan, New York
United States
Venue| Madison Square Garden
Category| Exhibition
Surface| Hardcourt / Indoor
Draw| 4S
Prize money| US$ 1,200,000
Website| thegarden.com

The 2010 Billie Jean King Cup was the 2nd edition of this tennis exhibition tournament. Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, 2009 French Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, and 2009 US Open Champion Kim Clijsters participated.[1] 2009 Australian Open and Wimbledon Champion Serena Williams had to withdraw from the event due to a leg injury. She was replaced by 2008 French Open Champion Ana Ivanovic. In the first semifinal, Clijsters defeated Ivanovic in a tiebreaker (7–2), despite Ivanovic having match point at 5–4 up. Williams defeated Kuznetsova in the second semifinal, 6–4. Williams defeated Clijsters in the championship match by a score of 6–4 3–6 7–5.[2][3]

## Players[edit]

* Ana Ivanovic-2008 Roland Garros Grand Slam singles champion

* Kim Clijsters-2009 US Open Grand Slam singles champion

* Svetlana Kuznetsova-2009 Roland Garros Grand Slam singles champion

* Venus Williams-2008 Wimbledon Grand Slam singles champion

## Draw[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Final |

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|  |  Kim Clijsters | 7 |  |  | |
| Alt |  Ana Ivanovic | 62 |  |  |
| |  |  Kim Clijsters | 4 | 6 | 5 |
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| | | WC |  Venus Williams | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| WC |  Venus Williams | 6 |  |  |

|  |  Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4 |  |  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ History of Tennis at Madison Square Garden and the Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup
2. ^ "The Latest Top 20 WTA rankings as of December 2013". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. 2013-12-11. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
3. ^ AP. "Venus Williams defeats Kim Clijsters to win Billie Jean King Cup | Sport". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-05-03.

* Christopher Botta (2 March 2010). "Venus Takes New York and the Billie Jean King Cup". FanHouse. Retrieved 6 January 2011.