2010 US Open – Mixed doubles facts for kids
The 2010 US Open was an exciting tennis tournament! This article focuses on the Mixed Doubles event. In mixed doubles, a team is made up of one male player and one female player. They play together against another mixed team.
At the 2010 US Open, Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott were the champions from the year before. However, they lost in their very first match to Gisela Dulko and Pablo Cuevas.
The winners of the 2010 US Open Mixed Doubles title were Liezel Huber from the USA and Bob Bryan also from the USA. They played against Květa Peschke from the Czech Republic and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi from Pakistan in the final match. Huber and Bryan won with a score of 6–4, 6–4.
| 2010 US Open | ||||||||||
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| Champion |  Liezel Huber Bob Bryan |
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| Runner-up |  Květa Peschke Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
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| Final score | 6–4, 6–4 | |||||||||
| Events | ||||||||||
| Singles | men | women | boys | girls | ||||||
| Doubles | men | women | mixed | boys | girls | |||||
| Other events | ||||||||||
| Legends | men | women | mixed | |||||||
| WC Singles | men | women | quad | |||||||
| WC Doubles | men | women | quad | |||||||
Top Teams (Seeds)
In tennis, "seeds" are the top-ranked players or teams in a tournament. They are placed in the draw so they don't play each other in the early rounds. This helps ensure the best teams meet in the later stages. Here are the top 8 seeded teams for the 2010 US Open Mixed Doubles:
- # Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan (champions)
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Cara Black / 
Leander Paes (reached the quarterfinals) - #
Katarina Srebotnik / 
Nenad Zimonjić (lost in the second round) - # Bethanie Mattek-Sands /
Daniel Nestor (reached the semifinals) - #
Rennae Stubbs / 
Dick Norman (lost in the first round) - #
Elena Vesnina / 
Andy Ram (lost in the second round) - # Lisa Raymond /
Wesley Moodie (reached the quarterfinals) - # Vania King /
Horia Tecău (lost in the first round)
How the Tournament Played Out
The tournament had many exciting matches. Teams played through several rounds to reach the final.
Semifinals
In the semifinals, the top-seeded team of Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan played against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Daniel Nestor. Huber and Bryan won this match 6–3, 7–5, moving on to the final.
The other semifinal match was between Květa Peschke and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and the team of Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Mark Knowles. Peschke and Qureshi won a close match 7–65, 7–64 to earn their spot in the final.
The Final Match
The final match was played between the top-seeded team of Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan and the unseeded team of Květa Peschke and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
Huber and Bryan showed strong play throughout the match. They won both sets with a score of 6–4, making them the champions of the 2010 US Open Mixed Doubles!
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Abierto de Estados Unidos 2010 (dobles mixto) para niños
