2010 US Open – Men's doubles facts for kids
The 2010 US Open Men's Doubles was an exciting tennis tournament where teams of two male players competed. It was part of the larger US Open event, one of the four biggest tennis tournaments in the world.
The American brothers, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, won the championship. They beat Rohan Bopanna from India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi from Pakistan in the final match. The score was 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4).
The defending champions from the previous year, Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes, were surprisingly defeated in their very first match.
Top Teams (Seeds)
In tennis tournaments, the best teams are "seeded." This means they are ranked and placed in the draw so they don't play each other too early. There were 16 seeded teams in this tournament.
Here are some of the top seeded teams:
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (They were the number 1 seeds and won the tournament!)
Daniel Nestor / 
Nenad Zimonjić (They were the 2nd seeds and reached the third round.)
Lukáš Dlouhý / 
Leander Paes (The 3rd seeds, but they lost in the first round.)- Mahesh Bhupathi /
Max Mirnyi (The 4th seeds, they reached the second round.) 
Łukasz Kubot / 
Oliver Marach (The 5th seeds, they made it to the quarterfinals.)- Rohan Bopanna /
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (They were the 16th seeds and made it all the way to the final!)
How the Tournament Worked
The tournament had a "draw" which is like a bracket showing all the teams and who they would play. Teams played matches, and the winners moved on to the next round. If a team lost, they were out of the tournament.
Final Matches
Here's how the final rounds played out:
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo |
1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley |
4 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo |
6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
65 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach |
3 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
 Eduardo Schwank Horacio Zeballos |
6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eduardo Schwank Horacio Zeballos |
65 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Wesley Moodie Dick Norman |
5 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Abierto de Estados Unidos 2010 (dobles masculino) para niños
