María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Jelena Janković in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2010 Italian Open. Martínez Sánchez was unseeded in the main draw.
Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Alexandra Dulgheru.
Top seed and world No. 1 Serena Williams made it to the semifinals, but was edged by Janković after failing to convert a match point. Unseeded and former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic also made a surprise run into the semifinals by beating two top 10 players and a top 15 player, but failed to defeat Martínez Sánchez.
Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser Pauline Parmentier
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
References
External links WTA tournament draws World Tennis tournament profile