Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Tennis tournament

Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Date| 4–10 October 2010
Edition| 1st
Category| ITF event
Surface| Rebound Ace
Location| R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, Delhi, India
Champions
Men's singles
Somdev Devvarman (IND)
Women's singles
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Men's doubles
Paul Hanley / Peter Luczak (AUS)
Women's doubles
Anastasia Rodionova / Sally Peers (AUS)
Mixed doubles
Jocelyn Rae / Colin Fleming (SCO)
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Although tennis has long been on the list of approved optional Commonwealth Games sports, and has featured in every Commonwealth Youth Games programme, it made its maiden appearance in a full Commonwealth Games programme at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1]

The tennis events were held from 4–10 October 2010, which clashed with the dates of the China Open, an ATP World Tour 500 and WTA Tour Premier Mandatory event. Despite initial concerns that governing bodies would fail to persuade their top players to compete in Delhi,[2] several top tennis players competed for their countries, including Mahesh Bhupathi (India), Peter Luczak (Australia), Sania Mirza (India), Jamie Murray (Scotland),[3] Leander Paes (India), and Anastasia Rodionova (Australia).

Notable top player Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) did not compete for his country, as he was concerned about security problems and losing ATP ranking points.[4][5] Andy Murray (Scotland) and Samantha Stosur (Australia) were also absent.

Stosur specifically decided not to compete in the games for she was to take part in the tournament in Beijing (Premier Mandatory) and Osaka (to defend her title).[6]

The deadline for submission of named players was 3 September 2010.

## Medal table

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* Host nation (India)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Australia| 3| 3| 2| 8
2|  India*| 1| 1| 2| 4
3|  Scotland| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  England| 0| 1| 1| 2
Totals (4 entries)| 5| 5| 5| 15

## Venue

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Centre court of R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex

* R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex

### Training venues

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* Siri Fort Sports Complex \- 9 courts
* RK Khanna Tennis Stadium - 6 courts

## Medallists

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XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Tennis (Men’s Single) Somdev Devvarman of India won Gold Medal, at R. K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, in New Delhi on October 10, 2010 XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Tennis (Men’s Single) Somdev Devvarman of India (Gold), Greg Jones of Australia (Silver) and Matt Ebden of Australia (Bronze), during the medal presentation ceremony XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Tennis (Men’s Double) Paul Hanley and Peter Luczak of Australia (Gold), Ross Hutchins and Ken Skupski of England (Silver) and Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes of India (Bronze) XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Tennis (Women’s Singles) Anastasia Rodionova of Australia (Gold), Sania Mirza of India (Silver) and Sally Peers of Australia (Bronze) during the medal presentation ceremony Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles | Somdev Devvarman
India | Greg Jones
Australia | Matthew Ebden
Australia
Men's doubles | Paul Hanley
and Peter Luczak
Australia | Ross Hutchins
and Ken Skupski
England | Mahesh Bhupathi
and Leander Paes
India
Women's singles | Anastasia Rodionova
Australia | Sania Mirza
India | Sally Peers
Australia
Women's doubles | Anastasia Rodionova
and Sally Peers
Australia | Olivia Rogowska
and Jessica Moore
Australia | Sania Mirza
and Rushmi Chakravarthi
India
Mixed doubles | Jocelyn Rae
and Colin Fleming
Scotland | Anastasia Rodionova
and Paul Hanley
Australia | Sarah Borwell
and Ken Skupski
England

## Participating nations

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A total of 23 nations were represented by at least one player in either the men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, or mixed doubles.

Nation | Men | Women | Mixed | Total

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Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles
Australia | 3 | 4(1) | 3 | 4(1) | 4 | 8
Bahamas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5
Barbados | 2 | 2 |  |  |  | 2
Bermuda | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4
Cook Islands |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1
England | 3 | 4(1) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7
Guernsey | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 | 2
Gibraltar |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1
India | 2 | 4(2) | 3 | 4(1) | 4 | 8
Kiribati |  |  | 2 | 2 |  | 2
Kenya | 1 | 2(1) |  |  |  | 2
Lesotho |  |  | 2 | 2 |  | 2
Maldives |  |  | 2 | 2 |  | 2
Mauritius | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 | 2
New Zealand | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 | 2
Pakistan | 2 | 2 |  |  |  | 2
Saint Lucia | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 | 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1
Scotland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2(1) | 4 | 4
Solomon Islands | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
Sri Lanka | 3 | 4(1) | 1 |  | 2 | 5
Uganda | 2 | 2 | 1 |  | 4(1) | 3
Wales | 2 | 2 |  |  |  | 2

* Number in brackets = players participating only in doubles

## References

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1. ^ "Tennis". Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
2. ^ "Paes Pleads for Countries to Participate in Commonwealth Games". TennisConnected.com. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
3. ^ "Scotland planning Murray swoop". The Herald. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
4. ^ "Lleyton Hewitt unlikely to play in Commonwealth Games". Herald Sun. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
5. ^ Swanton, Will (11 January 2010). "Bemused Hewitt questions relevance of Delhi Games". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
6. ^ "Stosur to skip Delhi Games - ABC News". ABC News. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.

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