title: 2010 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles
text: # 2010 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles
  
  Richard Gasquet won in the final 6–3, 5–7, $7–6^{(7–5)}$ against Fernando Verdasco, to end his two and a half year title drought.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
  
  * Robin Söderling (second round)
  * Fernando Verdasco (final)
  * Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals)
  * Thomaz Bellucci (second round)
  * Marcos Baghdatis (quarterfinals)
  * Albert Montañés (first round)
  * Michael Berrer (first round)
  * Łukasz Kubot (second round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Richard Gasquet | $7^7$ | $7^8$ | | | | | |
  | | Potito Starace | $6^1$ | $6^6$ | | | | | |
  | | Potito Starace | $6^1$ | $6^6$ | | Richard Gasquet | 6 | 5 | $7^7$ |
  | | | | | 2 | Fernando Verdasco | 3 | 7 | $6^5$ |
  | | Leonardo Mayer | $6^3$ | 5 | 2 | Fernando Verdasco | 3 | 7 | $6^5$ |
  | 2 | Fernando Verdasco | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | 1 | R Söderling | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | Q | A Mannarino | 3 | 1 | | O Rochus | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | O Rochus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | O Rochus | 4 | 2 | | | |
  | | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | L Lacko | 3 | 0 | | R Gasquet | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | A Dolgopolov | 6 | 7 | | A Dolgopolov | 0 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | A Montañés | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | $7^7$ | $7^8$ |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Starace | $6^1$ | $6^6$ |
  | | | | | 3 | G Monfils | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | F Fognini | 5 | 2 | | M Chiudinelli | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | | M Chiudinelli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | G Monfils | $6^2$ | 2 | | | |
  | | P Starace | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | P Starace | $7^7$ | 6 | | | |
  | Q | S Darcis | 3 | 1 | | P Starace | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | G Mina | 5 | 4 | 8 | Ł Kubot | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Ł Kubot | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | M Baghdatis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | L Recouderc | 4 | 5 | | 5 | M Baghdatis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Clément | 3 | 4 | | | S Greul | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Greul | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | M Baghdatis | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | | L Mayer | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | L Mayer | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | D Guez | 6 | 1 | 3 | | L Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | T Bellucci | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Mayer | $6^3$ | 5 |
  | 7 | M Berrer | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | F Verdasco | $7^7$ | 7 |
  | | A Seppi | 6 | 7 | | | A Seppi | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Nieminen | 6 | 3 | 4 | | S Stakhovsky | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Stakhovsky | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | S Stakhovsky | 2 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | |
  | | F Serra | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | 2 | F Verdasco | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | I Marchenko | 5 | $6^4$ | | | F Serra | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  