Women's tennis circuit
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/32X
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/32D
Singles –
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/32D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/28D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/28D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/28D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/15D
Singles –
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/32X
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/32X
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/28D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/28D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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 – 16S
Singles
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/32X
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles 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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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/16D
Singles –
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
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