2007 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2007. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

Years in tennis

2007 in sports

  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting

News

January

See: 2007 ATP Tour, 2007 WTA Tour

February

  • 4 – Marcos Baghdatis defeats Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the Zagreb Indoor Open, 76(4) 46 64, to claim his 2nd career title.
  • 4 – Xavier Malisse claimed his 200th career match win and 2nd Delray Beach title in three years by defeating American James Blake 5–7, 6–4, 6–4.
  • 4 – Peruvian Luis Horna captured his second career ATP crown with a 7–5, 6–3 win in the Movistar Open final, causing Chilean Nicolás Massú to finish as the runner-up at his hometown tournament for the second straight year.

May

  • 20 – Roger Federer won the AMS Hamburg final against Spaniard Rafael Nadal. It marked the first time that Federer could beat Nadal on clay and ended the Spaniard's 81-match winning streak (Open Era record) on clay.

July

  • 8 – Roger Federer won his 5th straight Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles title, an Open Era record he now shares with Swede Björn Borg. In the final he beat Nadal in five sets: 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 2–6, 6–2.

August

September

ITF

Australian Open (15 January–28 January)

French Open (27 May–10 June)

Wimbledon (25 June–8 July)

U.S. Open (27 August–9 September)

Davis Cup

World Group Draw

  • S-Seeded
  • U-Unseeded
  • *Choice of ground
Round One Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
S  Russia 3
U  Chile* 2
S  Russia* 3
S  France 2
S  France* 4
U  Romania 1
S  Russia* 3
U  Germany 2
S  Croatia 2
U  Germany* 3
U  Germany 3
U  Belgium* 2
S  Australia 2
U  Belgium* 3
S  Russia 1
S  United States* 4
U  Czech Republic* 1
S  United States 4
S  United States* 4
S  Spain 1
U   Switzerland* 2
S  Spain 3
S  United States 4
U  Sweden* 1
U  Sweden 3
S  Belarus* 2
U  Sweden* 4
S  Argentina 1
U  Austria* 1
S  Argentina 4

Final


United States
4
Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, USA
30 November – 2 December 2007
hard (indoors)

Russia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andy Roddick
Dmitry Tursunov
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
2
James Blake
Mikhail Youzhny
6
3
77
65
64
77
77
64
   
3
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Igor Andreev / Nikolay Davydenko
77
65
6
4
6
2
     
4
Bob Bryan
Igor Andreev
3
6
65
77
       
5
James Blake
Dmitry Tursunov
1
6
6
3
7
5
     

World Group Playoffs

Date: 21–23 September

VenueHome TeamScoreVisiting Team
 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia4–1 Australia (S)
 Innsbruck, Austria Austria (S)4–1 Brazil
 Lima, Peru Peru4–1 Belarus (S)
 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Israel3–2 Chile (S)
 London, Great Britain Great Britain4–1 Croatia (S)
 Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic (S)3–2  Switzerland
 Osaka, Japan Japan2–3 Romania (S)
 Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia (S)2–3 South Korea

Fed Cup

World Group Draw

  • S-Seeded
  • U-Unseeded
  • *Choice of ground
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
S  Belgium 0
U  United States* 5
U  United States 2
S  Russia 3
S  Russia* 5
U  Spain 0
S  Russia 4
S  Italy 0
U  Japan 0
S  France* 5
S  France 2
S  Italy 3
U  China 0
S  Italy* 5

Final


Russia
4
Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia
15–16 September 2007
hard (indoors)

Italy
0
1 2 3
1
Anna Chakvetadze
Francesca Schiavone
6
4
4
6
6
4
 
2
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Mara Santangelo
6
1
6
2
   
3
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Francesca Schiavone
4
6
710
68
7
5
 
4
Elena Vesnina
Mara Santangelo
6
2
6
4
   
5
Nadia Petrova / Elena Vesnina
Mara Santangelo / Roberta Vinci
      not
played

Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup is the Official Mixed Team Competition of the ITF, played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, in Perth, Western Australia. 2007's was the 19th edition of the competition. This year Russia's pairing of Dmitry Tursunov and Nadia Petrova defeated Tommy Robredo and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in the Final.

Group A

Seed Team Pld W L MW ML Pts
1 Russia 321634
- France 321544
- Australia 321454
4 USA 303360

Group B

Seed Team Pld W L MW ML Pts
2 Spain 321634
- India 321544
3 Czech Republic 312452
- Croatia 312362

The Final

Russia21Spain
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
5 January 2007, 17:00 AWST UTC+8
1 Nadia Petrova66
Anabel Medina Garrigues04
2 Dmitry Tursunov67
Tommy Robredo45
3 Nadia Petrova/Dmitry Tursunov6
Anabel Medina Garrigues/Tommy Robredo8

ATP Tour

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

ARAG ATP World Team Cup

  • TP: Ties Played
  • TW: Ties Won
  • MW: Matches Won
  • SW: Sets Won
Red Group TP TW MW SW
 Argentina 32613
 Chile 3249
 Sweden 31412
 United States 3149
Blue Group TP TW MW SW
 Czech Republic 33715
 Spain 32613
 Germany 3148
 Belgium 3014

Final

Argentina vs. Czech Republic


Argentina
2
Düsseldorf, Germany
26 May 2007
clay

Czech Republic
1
1 2 3
1
Juan Ignacio Chela
Tomáš Berdych
6
3
3
6
65
77
 
2
Agustín Calleri
Jan Hájek
6
3
6
1
   
3
José Acasuso / Agustín Calleri
Tomáš Berdych / Martin Damm
2
6
6
4
10
4
 

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

WTA Tour Championships

WTA Tier I

Exhibition tournaments

AAMI Kooyong Classic

Andy Roddick d. Roger Federer 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Watsons Water Champions Challenge

Kim Clijsters d. Maria Sharapova 6–3, 7–6(8)

River Oaks International Tennis Tournament

Battle of Surfaces

Rafael Nadal d. Roger Federer 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(10)

Liverpool International Tennis Tournament

Boodles Challenge

Fernando Verdasco d. David Nalbandián 6–3, 6–3

Turbo Tennis

Cachantún Beauty Challenge

Gisela Dulko d. Dominika Cibulková 6–2, 6–7(4), [10–8]

International Tennis Hall of Fame

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