Estoril Open 2010 - The Gods get their feet on the dirt!

The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal (in spite of nominally located in Estoril). The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings, including former World No. 1 players Thomas Muster (1995 and 1996), Carlos Moyà (2000), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2001), and Roger Federer (2008).

Also, Marat Safin lost the 2004 final and Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustavo Kuerten won the doubles tournament in 1995 and 1997, respectively. It currently gives 40 Champion's Race points to its winner. The women's tournament, created in 1998, started as an ITF tournament, but in the next year became a WTA tournament. The women's tournament is currently an International Series tournament.

Statistically, this tournament highlights the dominance of Argentine and Spanish male players on red clay. Between 1990 and 2001, at least one Spaniard appeared in the final ten times, with a player from Spain claiming the title in nine of those twelve years.

The Spanish dominance waned in recent years. Since 2001, there were only two Spaniards in the final and only one of them won. Between 2002 and 2006, an Argentine made the final at Estoril, wining four of these five titles.

The roll of champions on the women's side is more diverse. In 2006, Estoril showcased the first all-Chinese final in tour history, between Jie Zheng and Na Li.

List of players for the 2010 draw

Men - (22/03/2010)
Bios courtesy of ATPWorldTour.com)
Roger Federer (SUI)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Albert Montanes (ESP)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Florian Mayer (GER)
James Blake (USA)
Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Alejandro Falla (COL)
Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Women (23/03/2010)
(Bios courtesy of SonyEricssonWTATour.com)
Na Li (CHN)
Agnes Szavay (HUN)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
Melinda Czink (HUN)
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
Shaui Peng (CHN)
Sybille Bammer (AUT)
Iveta Benesova (CZE)
Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
Anastasija Sevastova (LTH)
Anna-Lena Gronefeld (GER)
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JAP)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
Julia Goerges (GER)
Angelique Kerber (GER)
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
Peta Martic (CRO)
Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU)
Alize Cornet (FRA)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Julie Coin (FRA)

DATES May 1-9, 2010


QUALIFYING May 1-2, 2010


MAIN DRAW May 2-9, 2010


SITE

Estadio Nacional
1495 Cruz Quebrada
Lisbon, Portugal

Site Plan

EXECUTIVE OFFICE João Lagos Sports SA
Rua da Barruncheira, nº 6 2790-034 Carnaxide Portugal


DIRECTOR João Lagos (Tournament Director)

SURFACE Clay (Centre Court, Centralito and four Show Courts)

2009 ATTENDANCE 45,543 spectators