title: 2010 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
text: # 2010 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
  
  The 2010 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur was a men's tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, and was part of the 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France, from 17 May through 22 May 2010. Unseeded Richard Gasquet won the singles title.
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Richard Gasquet defeated Fernando Verdasco, 6–3, 5–7, $7–6^{(7–5)}$
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares defeated Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
  
  ## Entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Player | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Robin Söderling | Sweden | 7 | 1 |
  | Fernando Verdasco | Spain | 9 | 2 |
  | Gaël Monfils | France | 18 | 3 |
  | Thomaz Bellucci | Brazil | 26 | 4 |
  | Marcos Baghdatis | Cyprus | 28 | 5 |
  | Albert Montañés | Spain | 33 | 6 |
  | Michael Berrer | Germany | 43 | 7 |
  | Łukasz Kubot | Poland | 53 | 8 |
  
  * Seedings are based on the rankings of May 10, 2010.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
  
  * Mario Ančić
  * Arnaud Clément
  * Gianni Mina
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Steve Darcis
  * David Guez
  * Adrian Mannarino
  * Illya Marchenko
  
  The following player received the lucky loser spot:
  
  * Laurent Recouderc
  