, the world No. 1 and second seed, defeated 12th seed Tomáš Berdych in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4, to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, his second Wimbledon title and his eighth Grand Slam title overall. It was Nadal's 4th non-consecutive Wimbledon final as he skipped the 2009 tournament because of injuries. Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Berdych. This was the first time since 2002 that Federer did not make the Wimbledon men's singles final, and the second successive Grand Slam tournament that Federer was defeated at the quarterfinal stage, having previously been on a record run of 23 successive Grand Slam semifinals. Federer's loss, along with those of Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick, both in the fourth round, ensured that there would be a first time Wimbledon finalist from the top half of the draw. Berdych became the first Czech man to reach the final since Ivan Lendl's appearance in the 1987 final. For the first time ever there were no English players in the Wimbledon men's singles competition, however Great Britain was represented by two players from Scotland: fourth seed Andy Murray and wildcard Jamie Baker. The first round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut set a new record for the longest tennis match in history, as well as many other records due to its length. Isner won the match, taking the final set 70–68 after a total of 11 hours and 5 minutes play across three days. The two faced each other again in the first round the following year, with Isner taking that match 7–6, 6–2, 7–6.
Seeds
' Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic ' Andy Murray ' Andy Roddick ' Robin Söderling ' Nikolay Davydenko ' Fernando Verdasco ' David Ferrer ' Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ' Marin Čilić ' Tomáš Berdych ' Mikhail Youzhny ' Juan Carlos Ferrero' Lleyton Hewitt ' Jürgen Melzer ' Ivan Ljubičić ' Sam Querrey ' Nicolás Almagro ' Stan Wawrinka ' Gaël Monfils ' Feliciano López ' John Isner ' Marcos Baghdatis ' Thomaz Bellucci ' Gilles Simon ' Ernests Gulbis' Albert Montañés ' Philipp Kohlschreiber ' Tommy Robredo ' Victor Hănescu ' Julien Benneteau ' Philipp Petzschner' Ernests Gulbis withdrew due to a muscle tear in his right thigh. He was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Philipp Petzschner, who became the #33 seed.
