title: 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
text: # 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
  
  The 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of this event and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., USA, from August 1 through August 8, 2010. Unseeded David Nalbandian, who entered the main draw on a wildcard, won the singles title.
  
  ## ATP entrants
  
  List of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles entrants, as of July 26, 2010.
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 1 |
  | USA | Andy Roddick | 9 | 2 |
  | ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 10 | 3 |
  | CRO | Marin Čilić | 13 | 4 |
  | USA | John Isner | 19 | 5 |
  | USA | Sam Querrey | 20 | 6 |
  | SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 24 | 7 |
  | CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 26 | 8 |
  | LAT | Ernests Gulbis | 28 | 9 |
  | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 29 | 10 |
  | AUS | Lleyton Hewitt | 30 | 11 |
  | FRA | Julien Benneteau | 32 | 12 |
  | FRA | Gilles Simon | 33 | 13 |
  | FRA | Michaël Llodra | 34 | 14 |
  | USA | Mardy Fish | 35 | 15 |
  | KAZ | Andrey Golubev | 37 | 16 |
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw
  
  * James Blake
  * David Nalbandian
  * Fernando Verdasco
  * Richard Gasquet
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Brian Dabul
  * Kevin Kim
  * Igor Kunitsyn
  * Kei Nishikori
  * Ryan Sweeting
  * Grega Žemlja
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  David Nalbandian defeated Marcos Baghdatis, 6–2, $7–6^{(7–4)}$
  
  * It was Nalbandian's first title of the year and 11th of his career.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Mardy Fish / Mark Knowles defeated Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek, 4–6, $7–6^{(9–7)},$ [10–7]
  
  