2007 Budapest Grand Prix

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The 2007 Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix was a WTA Tour tennis event held from April 21 to 29, 2007, won by Gisela Dulko.

Gisela Dulko Argentine tennis player

Gisela Dulko is a retired Argentine tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where she achieved the world No. 1 ranking. Partnering Flavia Pennetta, Dulko won the 2010 WTA Tour Championships and the 2011 Australian Open. She also reached the mixed-doubles final at the 2011 US Open, with Edward Schwank. Dulko is remembered for her ability to upset the big names on the tour, such as Maria Sharapova in the second round of Wimbledon in 2009, and Samantha Stosur in the third round of Roland Garros in 2011. She also beat Martina Navratilova in the second round of Wimbledon in 2004 in Navratilova's final Grand Slam singles match.

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Both Dulko and Cîrstea were playing in their first final on the WTA Tour, with Dulko coming through in 3 sets.

Seeds

Singles

  1. Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin (Second Round)
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller (Second Round)
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko (First Round)
  4. Flag of France.svg Émilie Loit (Quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Daniilidou (Quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko (Champion)
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva (First Round)
  8. Flag of Italy.svg Romina Oprandi (First Round)

Doubles

Singles Draw

Finals

Semifinals Finals
          
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko 66 
WC Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay 2 1  
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko 6266
Q Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea 772 2
  Flag of Italy.svg Karin Knapp 64 3
Q Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea 3 66

Section 1

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Italy.svg T Garbin 3 66
  Flag of Spain.svg N Llagostera Vives 64 2   Flag of Italy.svg T Garbin    
Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Hradecká 0 3  LL Flag of Ukraine.svg O Savchuk w / o
LL Flag of Ukraine.svg O Savchuk 66 LL Flag of Ukraine.svg O Savchuk 3 4  
  Flag of Slovakia.svg M Suchá 65666 Flag of Argentina.svg G Dulko 66 
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg H Šromová 774 4   Flag of Slovakia.svg M Suchá 62 4
  Flag of Bulgaria.svg T Pironkova 2 2  6 Flag of Argentina.svg G Dulko 3 66
6 Flag of Argentina.svg G Dulko 66 6 Flag of Argentina.svg G Dulko 66 
4 Flag of France.svg É Loit 66 WC Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay 2 1  
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg R Voráčová 4 2  4 Flag of France.svg É Loit 77 
  Flag of Hungary.svg M Czink 2 4  Q Flag of Slovenia.svg A Klepač 5 5  
Q Flag of Slovenia.svg A Klepač 66 4 Flag of France.svg É Loit    
  Flag of Belarus.svg T Poutchek 644  WC Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay w / o
  Flag of Ukraine.svg Y Beygelzimer 776   Flag of Ukraine.svg Y Beygelzimer 3 2  
WC Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay 66 WC Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay 66 
7 Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva 4 1  

Section 2

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Flag of Italy.svg R Oprandi 72 4
  Flag of Italy.svg K Knapp 5 63r  Flag of Italy.svg K Knapp 4 66
WC Flag of Hungary.svg Z Gubacsi 641    Flag of Croatia.svg K Šprem 62 4
  Flag of Croatia.svg K Šprem 776   Flag of Italy.svg K Knapp 66 
WC Flag of Hungary.svg L Batta 2 3    Flag of Italy.svg A Brianti 2 1  
  Flag of Italy.svg A Brianti 66   Flag of Italy.svg A Brianti 4 1  
  Flag of Luxembourg.svg A Kremer 66   Flag of Luxembourg.svg A Kremer 66 
3 Flag of Russia.svg M Kirilenko 3 4    Flag of Italy.svg K Knapp 64 3
5 Flag of Greece.svg E Daniilidou 64 7Q Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 3 66
Q Flag of Germany.svg G Arn 1 65 5 Flag of Greece.svg E Daniilidou 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg K Barrois 785 77  Flag of Germany.svg K Barrois 4 2  
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg I Benešová 667655 Flag of Greece.svg E Daniilidou 61 4
  Flag of Hungary.svg K Nagy 6263 Q Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 2 66
Q Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 773 6Q Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 3 66
  Flag of Italy.svg ME Camerin 793 5 2 Flag of Germany.svg M Müller 62 2
2 Flag of Germany.svg M Müller 6767

Doubles Draw

Qualifying

Qualifying:

Sorana Cîrstea Romanian tennis player

Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea is a Romanian tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013 and has appeared in the quarterfinals of the French Open and the final of the Rogers Cup.

Andreja Klepač Slovenian tennis player

Andreja Klepač is a professional Slovenian tennis player. On 14 July 2008, Klepač reached her best singles rankings of world number 99. On 21 May 2018, she peaked at world number 13 in the doubles rankings.

Gréta Arn Hungarian tennis player

Gréta Arn is a Hungarian tennis player of Danube Swabian German descent.

Note: Olga Savchuk, seeded first, was given a lucky loser spot in the main draw. Despite losing Sorana Cîrstea, Savchuk made the quarterfinals of the main draw as a lucky loser, beating qualifier Lucie Hradecká, and then the number one seed, Tathiana Garbin, by walkover, before losing to Gisela Dulko.

Olga Savchuk Ukrainian tennis player

Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk is a professional tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas.

A lucky loser is a sports player who loses a match in the qualifying round of a knockout tournament, but who then enters the main draw when another player withdraws after the tournament has started because of illness, injury, or other reasons. The lucky loser then enters the main draw, normally in place of the withdrawn player. This can only happen before all players in the main draw have started their first match in the tournament.

Lucie Hradecká Czech tennis player

Lucie Hradecká is a tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won 19 WTA doubles titles, and two Grand Slam titles, the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open, partnered both times by fellow Czech Andrea Hlaváčková. The pair are also the 2012 Olympic silver medallists in doubles. Hradecká has also won a mixed doubles title at the 2013 French Open with František Čermák, and an Olympic bronze medal alongside Radek Štěpánek at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her biggest singles career highlight to date was defeating former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the 2015 Australian Open.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Savchuk (Qualifying)
  2. Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač (Qualified)
  3. Flag of Germany.svg Gréta Arn (Qualified)
  4. Flag of Poland.svg Joanna Sakowicz (Qualifying)
  5. Flag of Germany.svg Julia Görges (First Round)
  6. Flag of Romania.svg Magda Mihalache (Second Round)
  7. Flag of Croatia.svg Nika Ožegović (Qualifying)
  8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká (Qualified)

First Qualifier

Third Round Second Round Qualifying
               
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg O Savchuk 66 
  Flag of Russia.svg A Gabueva 2 1  
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg O Savchuk 66 
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Chvojkova 0 3  
WC Flag of Hungary.svg D Kiss 0 3  
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Chvojkova 66 
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg O Savchuk 5 0  
  Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 76 
  Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 66 
WC Flag of Hungary.svg P Kiraly 0 4  
  Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 66 
6 Flag of Romania.svg M Mihalache 4 3  
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Feys 2 4  
6 Flag of Romania.svg M Mihalache 66 

Second Qualifier

First Round Second Round Qualifying
               
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg A Klepač 66 
  Flag of the United States.svg B Whitehead 0 0  
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg A Klepač 1 66
  Flag of Slovakia.svg L Tvarošková 63 4
  Flag of Ukraine.svg G Kosyk 3 0  
  Flag of Slovakia.svg L Tvarošková 66 
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg A Klepač 4 66
7 Flag of Croatia.svg N Ožegović 63 4
  Flag of Russia.svg E Grebenyuk 66 
WC Flag of Hungary.svg I Imre 4 1  
  Flag of Russia.svg E Grebenyuk 3 61
7 Flag of Croatia.svg N Ožegović '64 6
  Flag of Romania.svg A Szatmári 0 63 
7 Flag of Croatia.svg N Ožegović 677 

Third Qualifier

Third Round Second Round Qualifying
               
3 Flag of Germany.svg G Arn 66 
  Flag of Austria.svg N Rottmann 0 1  
3 Flag of Germany.svg G Arn 66 
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová 3 2  
  Flag of Ukraine.svg V Kapshay 2 72
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová 65 6
3 Flag of Germany.svg G Arn 66 
  Flag of Ukraine.svg M Koryttseva 2 4  
  Flag of Poland.svg U Radwańska 4 3  
  Flag of Ukraine.svg M Koryttseva 66 
  Flag of Ukraine.svg M Koryttseva 777' 
  Flag of Germany.svg S Lisicki 5 65 
  Flag of Germany.svg S Lisicki 66 
5 Flag of Germany.svg J Görges 4 4  

Fourth Qualifier

First Round Second Round Qualifying
               
4 Flag of Poland.svg J Sakowicz 776 
WC Flag of Hungary.svg K Halasz 640  
4 Flag of Poland.svg J Sakowicz 66 
  Flag of Latvia.svg L Dekmeijere 4 3  
  Flag of Latvia.svg L Dekmeijere 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg J Ozga 2 3  
4 Flag of Poland.svg J Sakowicz 0 2  
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Hradecká 66 
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Z Vlckova 0 0  
  Flag of France.svg J Coin 66 
  Flag of France.svg J Coin 5 5  
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Hradecká 77 
  Flag of Romania.svg D Gae 60 2
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Hradecká 4 66

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