2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

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2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date1–7 October
Edition34th
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationTokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer
Women's singles
Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano
Men's doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr / Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Women's doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi
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The 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 1 through October 7, 2007.

Contents

The men's draw included ATP No. 8, US Open semifinalist, Auckland and Båstad champion David Ferrer, Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Halle winner Tomáš Berdych, and Wimbledon semifinalist, Estoril runner-up and Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet. Also lined up were Las Vegas champion Lleyton Hewitt, Marseille and Halle semifinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivo Karlović and Fernando Verdasco.

The women's field was led by WTA No. 8, Wimbledon, Memphis and Seoul champion Venus Williams, recent Stanford and New Haven doubles titlist Sania Mirza, and Seoul runner-up, Kolkata winner Maria Kirilenko. Also present were French Open and Wimbledon doubles finalist Ai Sugiyama, Guangzhou titlist Virginie Razzano, Akiko Morigami, Aiko Nakamura and Flavia Pennetta.

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer defeated Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet, 6–1, 6–2

Women's singles

Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano defeated Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr / Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt defeated Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Dancevic / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Huss, 6–3, 6–3

Women's doubles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi defeated Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chia-jung Chuang / Flag of the United States.svg Vania King, 1–6, 6–2, [10–6]

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