Women's tennis circuit
2007 WTA Tour Details Duration 30 December 2006 – 11 November 2007 Edition 37th Tournaments 61 Categories Grand Slam (4) WTA ChampionshipsWTA Tier I (10)WTA Tier II (15)WTA Tier III (17)WTA Tier IV (14) Achievements (singles) Most tournament titles Justine Henin (10)Most tournament finals Justine Henin (11)Prize money leader Justine Henin (US$5,429,586)Points leader Justine Henin (5,405)Awards Player of the year Justine HeninDoubles team of the year Cara Black Liezel HuberMost improved player of the year Ana IvanovicNewcomer of the year Ágnes Szávay Comeback player of the year Lindsay Davenport
The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2007 tennis season. The calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-IV Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships.
Justine Henin put together an exceptional season, winning 10 out of the 14 events she entered. This included her sixth and seventh Grand Slam titles at the French Open and U.S. Open,[1] whilst compiling a 63–4 win–loss record.[2] Following her loss to Marion Bartoli in the Wimbledon semifinals she went undefeated for the rest of the year, in the process becoming the first woman to earn over $5 million in a single season.[1]
Meanwhile, the Williams sisters returned to the forefront of tennis after years of injury struggles, with both finishing the season in the top ten, the first time since 2004 that Serena Williams finished in the upper elite in the rankings. Serena's emphatic victory at the Australian Open, ranked No. 81, surprised the tennis world. Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam overall, becoming the lowest ranked woman to win at Wimbledon.
The season saw two former world No. 1s retire and another one make her return. Kim Clijsters cut her farewell tour short by retiring abruptly in May, having originally been due to play her last event in October.[3] She later returned in 2009. Martina Hingis was forced to quit after she admitted that she had tested positive for cocaine.[4] However, Lindsay Davenport made a successful return to the tour following her pregnancy and won two tournament titles in the latter half of the season.
Season summary Singles Serena Williams started the season by unexpectedly winning her eighth singles Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. Many critics and commentators had already written her off, questioning her desire and fitness, especially after an early loss in her only warm-up tournament the week before. Williams won the title in emphatic fashion, thrashing Maria Sharapova in the final in a performance that BBC Sport called "arguably the most powerful display ever seen in women's tennis."[5] In her earlier matches she was pushed by Nadia Petrova in round three and then by Shahar Pe'er in the quarterfinals. Defending champion Amélie Mauresmo suffered an early loss to Lucie Šafářová , allowing Nicole Vaidišová to reach her second Grand Slam semifinal. Despite losing in the final, Sharapova managed to return to the No. 1 ranking for the second time.
Serena Williams finished the season in the top 10 for the first time since 2004. After withdrawing from the Australian Open due to marital problems,[2] Justine Henin returned for Paris in February. She later won titles in Dubai and Doha that month. Kim Clijsters bade a tearful farewell to her home crowd in Belgium, playing Antwerp for the final time due to her planned retirement in October. She lost the final to Amélie Mauresmo , who won the unique diamond racket for winning the event three times. Martina Hingis won the title in Tokyo for her fifth win at that tournament, more than any other player. Venus Williams returned from missing the Australian Open with a wrist injury by winning a smaller tournament in Memphis.
In March, Daniela Hantuchová overcame a five-year hiatus between tour titles to win Indian Wells, the same event where she won her first title at in 2002. Sharapova lost to Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round and thus surrendered her No. 1 position back to Henin. Elsewhere Serena Williams backed up her Australian Open triumph with a win in Miami, saving match points against Henin in the final.
Serbians Jelena Janković and Ana Ivanovic dominated the clay season leading up to the French Open, winning the three biggest warm-up tournaments. Janković took the titles at Charleston and Rome, while Ivanovic won in Berlin. Svetlana Kuznetsova was the runner-up in the latter two events. Also during the clay court season Kim Clijsters announced her retirement, months earlier than anticipated, following an early loss in Warsaw.[3] The finish to the clay season saw Henin pick up her fourth French Open title, and sixth Slam overall. She defeated a nervous Ana Ivanovic, in her maiden Grand Slam final, in only an hour and five minutes.[6]
Wimbledon saw an unexpected final between Venus Williams and Marion Bartoli , the two lowest seeds to ever play in the final. Bartoli beat Janković in the fourth round and Henin in the semifinals, a win that was seen as "one of the biggest upsets ever". Williams was on the brink of losing in two of her early round matches, before beating Sharapova, Kuznetsova and Ivanovic back-to-back. In the final, Williams triumphed for her fourth Wimbledon title and sixth Slam overall. Other upsets included Vaidišová's win over the defending champion Mauresmo, who continued to struggle for form throughout the season aside from a run to the final in Eastbourne.
On the summer hardcourts Anna Chakvetadze produced some strong results, winning back-to-back titles in Cincinnati and Stanford, and then reaching the semifinals in San Diego, being stopped by eventual champion Sharapova. Ivanovic won the event in Los Angeles. Henin won her only warm-up tournament in Toronto, beating Janković in the final.
Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the U.S. Open final and won one title, finishing the season ranked at No. 2. Henin then won her seventh Grand Slam trophy at the U.S. Open and second of the year. She beat both Serena and Venus Williams in the quarterfinal and semifinal respectively, becoming one of the few women to beat them back-to-back, and then Kuznetsova in the final. Venus Williams made it to the semifinals with wins over both Ivanovic and Janković. Chakvetadze backed up her successful results in the warm-ups by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal, advancing from a quarter that saw defending champion Sharapova knocked out by Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round.
Lindsay Davenport made a return from her pregnancy in Bali, where she ended up winning the title. She followed that up by winning in Quebec. Henin won titles in Stuttgart and Zürich during the fall season, beating Tatiana Golovin in both finals. Elena Dementieva recorded her first ever win over Serena Williams to win her home event in Moscow. In November, Martina Hingis announced that she had tested positive for cocaine in a drugs test, and was hereby retiring from professional tennis.[4]
The climax of the season was, as ever, the WTA Tour Championships . The eight qualifiers were Henin, Janković, Kuznetsova, Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Chakvetadze, Venus Williams and Hantuchová. Venus Williams later withdrew and Maria Sharapova replaced her. Also during round robin play Serena Williams withdrew, and Marion Bartoli was brought in as the alternate. The final saw Henin beat Sharapova to finish her career best year on a high note. She ended the season with a 63–4 win–loss record—the most impressive record in a single season since Steffi Graf in 1989,[2] and won her last 25 matches of the year. She also became the first woman to earn over $5 million in a season.[1]
Schedule The table below shows the 2007 WTA Tour schedule.
Key Grand Slam events Year-end championships Tier I events Tier II events Tier III events Tier IV events Team events
January Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 Jan Hopman Cup Perth , Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR) Russia 2–0 Spain Round robin losers (Group A)
France Australia United States Round robin losers (Group B)
India Czech Republic Croatia Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts Gold Coast , Australia Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Dinara Safina 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 Martina Hingis Tathiana Garbin Shahar Pe'er Catalina Castaño Elena Vesnina Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4 Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboeva ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Jelena Janković 7–6(9–7) , 5–7, 6–3 Vera Zvonareva Camille Pin Jill Craybas Émilie Loit Paola Suárez Eleni Daniilidou Virginie Razzano Janette Husárová Paola Suárez 6–0, 6–2 Hsieh Su-wei Shikha Uberoi 8 Jan Medibank International Sydney , Australia Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Kim Clijsters 4–6, 7–6(7–1) , 6–4 Jelena Janković Nicole Vaidišová Li Na Amélie Mauresmo Ana Ivanovic Shahar Pe'er Katarina Srebotnik Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–2) Marion Bartoli Meilen Tu Moorilla Hobart International Hobart , Australia Tier IV event Hard – $170,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 7–6(7–3) Vasilisa Bardina Sania Mirza Sybille Bammer Zheng Jie Alicia Molik Catalina Castaño Serena Williams Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 15 Jan 22 Jan Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard – $6,737,973 – 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles Serena Williams 6–1, 6–2 Maria Sharapova Kim Clijsters Nicole Vaidišová Shahar Pe'er Lucie Šafářová Anna Chakvetadze Martina Hingis Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 6–7(4–7) , 6–1 Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung Daniel Nestor Elena Likhovtseva 6–4, 6–4 Max Mirnyi Victoria Azarenka 29 Jan Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Tier I event Carpet (i) – $1,340,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Martina Hingis 6–4, 6–2 Ana Ivanovic Elena Dementieva Maria Sharapova Jelena Janković Samantha Stosur Ai Sugiyama Roberta Vinci Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 7–6(8–6) , 3–6, 7–5 Vania King Rennae Stubbs
February Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 5 Feb Open Gaz de France Paris, France Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 Lucie Šafářová Justine Henin Amélie Mauresmo Tatiana Golovin Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina Anna Chakvetadze Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–2, 6–0 Gabriela Navrátilová Vladimíra Uhlířová Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya , Thailand Tier IV event Hard – $170,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Sybille Bammer 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 Gisela Dulko Sania Mirza Peng Shuai Mara Santangelo Martina Suchá Nicole Pratt Tzipora Obziler Nicole Pratt Mara Santangelo 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 12 Feb Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp , Belgium Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Kim Clijsters Anna Chakvetadze Tatiana Golovin Dinara Safina Ana Ivanovic Nadia Petrova Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina Sony Ericsson International Bangalore , India Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/27Q/16DSingles – Doubles Yaroslava Shvedova 6–4, 6–4 Mara Santangelo Olga Savchuk Tzipora Obziler Jelena Kostanić Tošić Melinda Czink Sania Mirza Yurika Sema Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 6–7(4–7) , 6–2, [11–9] Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva 19 Feb Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates Tier II event Hard – $1,500,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Justine Henin 6–4, 7–5 Amélie Mauresmo Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković Eleni Daniilidou Martina Hingis Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik Cellular South Cup Memphis , United States Tier III event Hard (i) – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Venus Williams 6–1, 6–1 Shahar Pe'er Meilen Tu Ioana Raluca Olaru Sofia Arvidsson Samantha Stosur Bethanie Mattek Laura Granville Nicole Pratt Bryanne Stewart 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] Jarmila Gajdošová Akiko Morigami XV Copa Colsanitas Santander Bogotá , Colombia Tier III event Clay – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Roberta Vinci 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 0–3 ret. Tathiana Garbin Flavia Pennetta Lourdes Domínguez Lino Émilie Loit Klára Zakopalová Nathalie Viérin Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová Lourdes Domínguez Lino Paola Suárez 1–6, 6–3, [11–9] Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci 26 Feb Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Tier II event Hard – $1,340,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Justine Henin 6–4, 6–2 Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová Martina Hingis Francesca Schiavone Kateryna Bondarenko Patty Schnyder Martina Hingis Maria Kirilenko 6–1, 6–1 Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco , Mexico Tier III event Clay – $180,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Émilie Loit 7–6(0), 6–4 Flavia Pennetta Julia Schruff Sara Errani Alizé Cornet Gisela Dulko Melissa Torres Sandoval Tathiana Garbin Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–3, 6–3 Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt
March Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 5 Mar 12 Mar Pacific Life Open Indian Wells , United States Tier I event Hard – $2,100,000 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles – Doubles Daniela Hantuchová 6–3, 6–4 Svetlana Kuznetsova Li Na Sybille Bammer Vera Zvonareva Shahar Pe'er Tatiana Golovin Nicole Vaidišová Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–3, 7–5 Yung-Jan Chan Chuang Chia-jung 19 Mar 26 Mar Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne , United States Tier I event Hard – $3,450,000 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles – Doubles Serena Williams 0–6, 7–5, 6–3 Justine Henin Shahar Pe'er Anna Chakvetadze Nicole Vaidišová Tathiana Garbin Li Na Nadia Petrova Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–4, 3–6, [10–2] Cara Black Liezel Huber
April Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 2 Apr Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island , United States Tier II event Clay – $600,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Tatiana Golovin 6–2, 6–1 Nadia Petrova Ana Ivanovic Sybille Bammer Dinara Safina Daniela Hantuchová Venus Williams Jelena Janković Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 9 Apr Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Tier I event Clay – $1,340,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–2 Dinara Safina Vera Zvonareva Venus Williams Michaëlla Krajicek Tatiana Golovin Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik Yan Zi Zheng Jie 7–5, 6–0 Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian 16 April Fed Cup: Quarterfinals Castellaneta Marina , Italy, Clay Limoges , France, Clay (i) Moscow, Russia, Clay (i) Delray Beach, Florida , United States, Hard Quarterfinal winners Russia 4–1 United States 4–1 China 3–2 Spain 3–2 Quarterfinal losers Israel Germany France Italy 23 Apr Budapest Grand Prix Budapest , Hungary Tier IV event Clay – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Gisela Dulko 6–7(2–7) , 6–2, 6–2 Sorana Cîrstea Ágnes Szávay Karin Knapp Olga Savchuk Émilie Loit Anne Kremer Eleni Daniilidou Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová 7–5, 6–2 Martina Müller Gabriela Navrátilová 30 Apr J&S Cup Warsaw , Poland Tier II event Clay – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Justine Henin 6–1, 6–3 Alona Bondarenko Jelena Janković Svetlana Kuznetsova Mara Santangelo Anna Chakvetadze Venus Williams Julia Vakulenko Vera Dushevina Tatiana Perebiynis 7–5, 3–6, [10–2] Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Gréta Arn 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3) Victoria Azarenka Nuria Llagostera Vives Lucie Šafářová Marion Bartoli Sofia Arvidsson Lourdes Domínguez Lino Gisela Dulko Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastassia Rodionova 6–3, 6–2 Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
May Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 7 May Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany Tier I event Clay – $1,340,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Ana Ivanovic 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Svetlana Kuznetsova Justine Henin Julia Vakulenko Jelena Janković Nadia Petrova Patty Schnyder Dinara Safina Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–4 Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci ECM Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Akiko Morigami 6–1, 6–3 Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová Victoria Azarenka Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Schruff Camille Pin Dominika Cibulková Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková 7–6(9–7) , 6–2 Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan 14 May Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy Tier I event Clay – $1,340,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Jelena Janković 7–5, 6–1 Svetlana Kuznetsova Patty Schnyder Daniela Hantuchová Serena Williams Elena Dementieva Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6–1 Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fez , Morocco Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Milagros Sequera 6–1, 6–3 Aleksandra Wozniak María Emilia Salerni Ioana Raluca Olaru Sandra Klösel Alizé Cornet Caroline Wozniacki Camille Pin Vania King Sania Mirza 6–1, 6–2 Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastassia Rodionova 21 May İstanbul Cup Istanbul , Turkey Tier III event Clay – $200,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Elena Dementieva 7–6(7–5) , 3–0 ret. Aravane Rezaï Maria Sharapova Alona Bondarenko Agnieszka Radwańska Meghann Shaughnessy Patty Schnyder Catalina Castaño Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska 6–1, 6–3 Chan Yung-jan Sania Mirza Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France Tier III event Clay – $175,000 – 30S/23Q/15DSingles – Doubles Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 Amélie Mauresmo Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković Émilie Loit Elena Vesnina Li Na Maria Elena Camerin Yan Zi Zheng Jie 6–3, 6–4 Alicia Molik Sun Tiantian 27 May 4 Jun French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – $8,978,567 – 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles Justine Henin 6–1, 6–2 Ana Ivanovic Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova Serena Williams Nicole Vaidišová Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Chakvetadze Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama Andy Ram Nathalie Dechy 7–5, 6–3 Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik
June Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 11 Jun DFS Classic Birmingham , Great Britain Tier III event Grass – $200,000 – 56S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Jelena Janković 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 Maria Sharapova Marion Bartoli Mara Santangelo Elena Likhovtseva Daniela Hantuchová Li Na Alona Bondarenko Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 7–6(7–3) , 6–3 Sun Tiantian Meilen Tu Barcelona KIA Barcelona , Spain Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–2 Edina Gallovits Flavia Pennetta Virginie Razzano Ágnes Szávay Émilie Loit Kaia Kanepi Alla Kudryavtseva Arantxa Parra Santonja Nuria Llagostera Vives 7–6(7–3) , 2–6, [12–10] Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta 18 Jun Hastings Direct International Championships Eastbourne , Great Britain Tier II event Grass – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Justine Henin 7–5, 6–7(4–7) , 7–6(7–2) Amélie Mauresmo Marion Bartoli Nadia Petrova Nicole Vaidišová Elena Dementieva Sybille Bammer Shahar Pe'er Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 6–3 Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands Tier III event Grass – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Anna Chakvetadze 7–6(7–2) , 3–6, 6–3 Jelena Janković Dinara Safina Daniela Hantuchová Alona Bondarenko Flavia Pennetta Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 7–5, 6–2 Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 25 Jun 2 Jul Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $9,221,372 – 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles Venus Williams 6–4, 6–1 Marion Bartoli Justine Henin Ana Ivanovic Serena Williams Michaëlla Krajicek Nicole Vaidišová Svetlana Kuznetsova Cara Black Liezel Huber 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama Jamie Murray Jelena Janković 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 Jonas Björkman Alicia Molik
July Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 9 July Fed Cup: Semifinals Castellaneta Marina , Italy, Clay Stowe, Vermont , United States, Hard Semifinal winners Italy 3–2 Russia 3–2 Semifinal losers France United States 16 Jul W&S Financial Group Women's Open Mason , United States Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Anna Chakvetadze 6–1, 6–3 Akiko Morigami Sania Mirza Akgul Amanmuradova Elena Vesnina Olga Govortsova Lilia Osterloh Patty Schnyder Bethanie Mattek Sania Mirza 7–6(7–4) , 7–5 Alina Jidkova Tatiana Poutchek Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo , Italy Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Ágnes Szávay 6–0, 6–1 Martina Müller Sara Errani Karin Knapp Lourdes Domínguez Lino Agnieszka Radwańska Émilie Loit Flavia Pennetta Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova 6–4, 6–1 Alice Canepa Karin Knapp 23 Jul Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 6–2 Sania Mirza Daniela Hantuchová Sybille Bammer Katarina Srebotnik Olga Govortsova Patty Schnyder Lilia Osterloh Sania Mirza Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 7–6(7–5) Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein , Austria Tier III event Clay – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Francesca Schiavone 6–1, 6–4 Yvonne Meusburger Kaia Kanepi Karin Knapp Ágnes Szávay Renata Voráčová María José Martínez Sánchez Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová 6–3, 7–5 Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová 30 Jul Acura Classic San Diego , United States Tier I event Hard – $1,340,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Maria Sharapova 6–2, 3–6, 6–0 Patty Schnyder Anna Chakvetadze Elena Dementieva Sania Mirza Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–5, 6–4 Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm , Sweden Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 6–1 Vera Dushevina Julia Görges Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Émilie Loit Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Caroline Wozniacki Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–1, 5–7, [10–6] Chan Chin-Wei Tetiana Luzhanska
August Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Aug East West Bank Classic Carson , United States Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 56S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Ana Ivanovic 7–5, 6–4 Nadia Petrova Maria Sharapova Jelena Janković Elena Dementieva Virginie Razzano Maria Kirilenko Victoria Azarenka Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs 6–0, 6–1 Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo 13 August Rogers Cup Toronto , Canada Tier I event Hard – $1,340,000 – 56S/48Q/28DSingles – Doubles Justine Henin 7–6(7–3) , 7–5 Jelena Janković Yan Zi Tatiana Golovin Nadia Petrova Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginie Razzano Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 2–6, [10–5] Cara Black Liezel Huber 20 Aug Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven , United States Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 3–0 ret. Ágnes Szávay Elena Dementieva Eleni Daniilidou Francesca Schiavone Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Alona Bondarenko Sania Mirza Mara Santangelo 6–1, 6–2 Cara Black Liezel Huber Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills , United States Tier IV event Hard – $74,800 – 16SSingles Gisela Dulko 6–2, 6–2 Virginie Razzano Elena Vesnina Nathalie Dechy Akiko Morigami Aiko Nakamura Audra Cohen Meilen Tu 27 Aug 3 Sep U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $9,098,000 – 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed doubles Justine Henin 6–1, 6–3 Svetlana Kuznetsova Venus Williams Anna Chakvetadze Serena Williams Jelena Janković Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2 Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung Max Mirnyi Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 7–6(8–6) Leander Paes Meghann Shaughnessy
September Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 10 Sep Fed Cup: Final Moscow, Russia, Clay Russia 4–0 Italy Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic Bali , Indonesia Tier III event Hard – $225,000 – 30S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Daniela Hantuchová Sara Errani Sorana Cîrstea Jelena Janković Aiko Nakamura Edina Gallovits Ayumi Morita Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan 6–3, 6–2 Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin 17 Sep China Open Beijing , China Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Ágnes Szávay 6–7(7–9) , 7–5, 6–2 Jelena Janković Peng Shuai Lindsay Davenport María Emilia Salerni Amélie Mauresmo Elena Dementieva Akiko Morigami Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei 7–6(7–2) , 6–3 Han Xinyun Xu Yifan Sunfeast Open Kolkata , India Tier III event Hard (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Maria Kirilenko 6–0, 6–2 Mariya Koryttseva Anne Keothavong Daniela Hantuchová Tatiana Poutchek Tzipora Obziler Flavia Pennetta Chan Yung-jan Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva 6–1, 6–4 Alberta Brianti Mariya Koryttseva Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož , Slovenia Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Tatiana Golovin 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 Katarina Srebotnik Vera Dushevina Gisela Dulko Meilen Tu Vera Zvonareva Émilie Loit Sybille Bammer Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová 5–7, 6–4, [10–7] Andreja Klepač Elena Likhovtseva 24 Sep Fortis Championships Luxembourg Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Ana Ivanovic 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 Daniela Hantuchová Marion Bartoli Vera Zvonareva Anna Chakvetadze Patty Schnyder Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Golovin Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová 6–4, 6–2 Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou , China Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Virginie Razzano 6–0, 6–3 Tzipora Obziler Anastasia Rodionova Dominika Cibulková Anabel Medina Garrigues Ioana Raluca Olaru Alicia Molik Virginia Ruano Pascual Peng Shuai Yan Zi 6–3, 6–4 Vania King Sun Tiantian Hansol Korea Open Seoul , South Korea Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Venus Williams 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta Eleni Daniilidou Marta Domachowska Ayumi Morita Catalina Castaño Ágnes Szávay Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei 6–2, 6–2 Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr
October Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 Oct Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart , Germany Tier II event Hard (i) – $650,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Justine Henin 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 Tatiana Golovin Jelena Janković Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Dementieva Nadia Petrova Kateryna Bondarenko Serena Williams Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs 6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–4) , [10–2] Chan Yung-jan Dinara Safina AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Virginie Razzano 4–6, 7–6(9–7) , 6–4 Venus Williams Caroline Wozniacki Flavia Pennetta Alicia Molik Klára Zakopalová Camille Pin Sania Mirza Sun Tiantian Yan Zi 1–6, 6–2, [10–6] Chuang Chia-jung Vania King Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles draw – Doubles draw Pauline Parmentier 7–5, 6–2 Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina Olga Govortsova Ksenia Palkina Ioana Raluca Olaru Katie O'Brien Akgul Amanmuradova Ekaterina Dzehalevich Anastasiya Yakimova 2–6, 6–4, [10–7] Tatiana Poutchek Anastasia Rodionova 8 Oct Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Tier I event Hard (i) – $1,340,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Elena Dementieva 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 Serena Williams Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina Vera Dushevina Nicole Vaidišová Vera Zvonareva Victoria Azarenka Cara Black Liezel Huber 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek PTT Bangkok Open Bangkok , Thailand Tier III event Hard – $200,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–3 Chan Yung-jan Yan Zi Venus Williams Vania King Urszula Radwańska Shahar Pe'er Camille Pin Sun Tiantian Yan Zi Walkover Ayumi Morita Junri Namigata 15 Oct Zürich Open Zürich , Switzerland Tier I event Hard (i) – $1,340,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Justine Henin 6–4, 6–4 Tatiana Golovin Nicole Vaidišová Francesca Schiavone Agnieszka Radwańska Alona Bondarenko Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 7–6(7–1) Lisa Raymond Francesca Schiavone 22 Oct Generali Ladies Linz Linz , Austria Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/29Q/16DSingles – Doubles Daniela Hantuchová 6–4, 6–2 Patty Schnyder Marion Bartoli Nicole Vaidišová Anna Chakvetadze Julia Vakulenko Dinara Safina Alona Bondarenko Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–2, 3–6, [10–8] Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama 29 Oct Challenge Bell Quebec City , Canada Tier III event Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–1 Julia Vakulenko Julie Ditty Vera Zvonareva Vania King Olga Govortsova Stéphanie Foretz Olga Puchkova Christina Fusano Raquel Kops-Jones 6–2, 7–6(8–6) Stéphanie Dubois Renata Voráčová
November Statistics Titles information List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
Justine Henin – Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, French Open , Eastbourne, Toronto, U.S. Open , Stuttgart, Zürich and WTA Tour Championships (10) Anna Chakvetadze – Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati and Stanford (4) Jelena Janković – Auckland, Charleston, Rome and Birmingham (4) Ana Ivanovic – Berlin, Los Angeles and Luxembourg (3) Venus Williams – Memphis, Wimbledon and Seoul (3) Lindsay Davenport – Bali and Quebec City (2) Elena Dementieva – Istanbul and Moscow (2) Gisela Dulko – Budapest and Forest Hills (2) Tatiana Golovin – Amelia Island and Portorož (2) Daniela Hantuchová – Indian Wells and Linz (2) Virginie Razzano – Guangzhou and Tokyo Japan Open (2) Ágnes Szávay – Palermo and Beijing (2) Serena Williams – Australian Open and Key Biscayne (2) Gréta Arn – Estoril (1) Sybille Bammer – Pattaya City (1) Kim Clijsters – Sydney (1) Martina Hingis – Tokyo (1) Maria Kirilenko – Kolkata (1) Svetlana Kuznetsova – New Haven (1) Émilie Loit – Acapulco (1) Amélie Mauresmo – Antwerp (1) Anabel Medina Garrigues – Strasbourg (1) Akiko Morigami – Prague (1) Pauline Parmentier – Tashkent (1) Flavia Pennetta – Bangkok (1) Nadia Petrova – Paris (1) Agnieszka Radwańska – Stockholm (1) Dinara Safina – Gold Coast (1) Francesca Schiavone – Bad Gastein (1) Milagros Sequera – Fes (1) Maria Sharapova – San Diego (1) Meghann Shaughnessy – Barcelona (1) Yaroslava Shvedova – Bangalore (1) Roberta Vinci – Bogotá (1) The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation:
Russia – 12 (Gold Coast, Hobart, Paris, Bangalore, Istanbul, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stanford, San Diego, New Haven, Kolkata and Moscow) Belgium – 11 (Sydney, Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, French Open , Eastbourne, Toronto, U.S. Open , Stuttgart, Zürich and WTA Tour Championships ) United States – 8 (Australian Open , Memphis, Key Biscayne, Barcelona, Wimbledon , Bali, Seoul and Quebec City) France – 7 (Antwerp, Acapulco, Amelia Island, Portorož, Guangzhou, Tokyo Japan Open and Tashkent) Serbia – 7 (Auckland, Charleston, Berlin, Rome, Birmingham, Los Angeles and Luxembourg) Italy – 3 (Bogotá, Bad Gastein and Bangkok) Argentina – 2 (Budapest and Forest Hills) Hungary – 2 (Palermo and Beijing) Slovakia – 2 (Indian Wells and Linz) Austria – 1 (Pattaya City) Germany – 1 (Estoril) Japan – 1 (Prague) Poland – 1 (Stockholm) Spain – 1 (Strasbourg) Switzerland – 1 (Tokyo) Venezuela – 1 (Fes) Titles won by nation Total titles Country Grand Slam tournaments Year-end championships Tier I tournaments Tier II tournaments Tier III tournaments Tier IV/V tournaments All titles Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Mixed 22 USA 2 1 1 6 3 3 3 2 1 8 14 20 Russia 1 1 2 1 3 2 6 2 1 2 12 7 1 11 Belgium 2 1 2 6 11 11 Australia 1 5 3 1 1 11 10 France 1 1 1 2 3 2 7 2 1 8 Serbia 1 3 2 1 1 7 1 8 Italy 1 1 2 3 1 3 5 8 Zimbabwe 2 1 2 4 8 8 Czech Republic 1 3 1 3 8 6 China 1 5 6 5 Spain 1 2 2 1 4 5 South Africa 2 3 5 5 Chinese Taipei 1 3 1 5 4 Slovakia 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 Argentina 1 2 1 2 2 4 India 2 1 1 4 3 Hungary 1 1 1 2 1 3 Belarus 1 2 2 1
Rankings Singles Championship Race (5 November 2007) Rk Name Nation Points Tour 1 Justine Henin BEL 5,405 13 2 Jelena Janković SRB 4,097 27 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 3,691 18 4 Ana Ivanovic SRB 3,163 19 5 Serena Williams USA 2,767 11 6 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 2,698 21 7 Venus Williams USA 2,623 13 8 Daniela Hantuchová SVK 2,431 26 9 Maria Sharapova RUS 2,431 12 10 Marion Bartoli FRA 2,224 30 11 Elena Dementieva RUS 2,023 20 12 Dinara Safina RUS 1,973 24 13 Nicole Vaidišová CZE 1,942 14 14 Patty Schnyder SUI 1,936 26 15 Tatiana Golovin FRA 1,919 19 16 Nadia Petrova RUS 1,864 19 17 Shahar Pe'er ISR 1,699 22 18 Amélie Mauresmo FRA 1,538 15 19 Sybille Bammer AUT 1,497 26 20 Martina Hingis SUI 1,372 14
Singles Year-end Ranking[7] Rk Name Nation Points Change 1 Justine Henin BEL 6,155 +/- 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 3,725 +2 3 Jelena Janković SRB 3,475 +9 4 Ana Ivanovic SRB 3,461 +10 5 Maria Sharapova RUS 2,956 -3 6 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 2,935 +7 7 Serena Williams USA 2,802 +88 8 Venus Williams USA 2,470 +38 9 Daniela Hantuchová SVK 2,367 +8 10 Marion Bartoli FRA 2,191 +8 11 Elena Dementieva RUS 1,985 -3 12 Nicole Vaidišová CZE 1,942 -2 13 Tatiana Golovin FRA 1,882 +9 14 Nadia Petrova RUS 1,862 -8 15 Dinara Safina RUS 1,830 -4 16 Patty Schnyder SUI 1,806 -7 17 Shahar Pe'er ISR 1,675 +3 18 Amélie Mauresmo FRA 1,538 -15 19 Martina Hingis SUI 1,372 -12 20 Ágnes Szávay HUN 1,331.5 +169
Number 1 ranking Holder Date gained Date forfeited Justine Henin (BEL ) Year-End 2006 28 January 2007 Maria Sharapova (RUS ) 29 January 2007 18 March 2007 Justine Henin (BEL ) 19 March 2007 Year-End 2007
See also External links Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website References ^ a b c "World No. 1 Henin announces retirement". Yahoo! Sports. 2008-05-14. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2010-06-05 . ^ a b c "Henin's greatest strength came at a price". ESPN Sports. 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2010-06-05 . ^ a b "Kim Clijsters retires from pro tennis". CBC Sports. 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2010-06-05 . ^ a b Hooper, Andy (2007-11-01). "Martina Hingis admits positive cocaine test". London: The Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-06-05 . ^ "Resurgent Serena targets Paris". BBC Sport. 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2010-06-05 . ^ "Henin eases past nervy Ivanovic". The Telegraph. 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-05 . ^ "Notes & Netcords: November 12, 2007" (PDF) . Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2022 .
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