2007 China Open – Women's singles

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Women's singles
2007 China Open
Final
Champion Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay
Runner-up Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
Score6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–2
Details
Draw28 (2WC/4Q/1LL)
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  2006  · China Open ·  2008  

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a left abdominal strain.

Contents

Sixth-seeded Ágnes Szávay won in the final 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–2, against Jelena Janković, saving a match point in the second set.

Former World No. 1 Martina Hingis played her final professional singles match in the second round, where she lost to home favorite Peng Shuai.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova (withdrew due to a left abdominal strain)
  2. Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković (final)
  3. Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis (second round)
  6. Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay (champion)
  7. Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
  8. Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Daniilidou (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
6 Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay 66 
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai 1 2  
6 Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay 6776
2 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković 75 2
PR Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport 3 5  
2 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković 67 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
LL Flag of Argentina.svg ME Salerni 67 
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Z Yan 5 3  Q Flag of the United States.svg A Spears 2 5  
Q Flag of the United States.svg A Spears 76LL Flag of Argentina.svg ME Salerni 2 4  
  Flag of Slovakia.svg D Cibulková 66566 Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay 66 
  Flag of Denmark.svg C Wozniacki 0 71   Flag of Slovakia.svg D Cibulková 644  
Q Flag of New Zealand.svg M Erakovic 5 3  6 Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay 76 
6 Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay 76 6 Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay 66 
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 1 2  
3 Flag of France.svg A Mauresmo 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg M Müller 2 64   Flag of Romania.svg IR Olaru 2 2  
  Flag of Romania.svg IR Olaru 64 63 Flag of France.svg A Mauresmo 64 2
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Xu 1 4    Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 4 66
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 66   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 76 
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg T Sun 2 3  5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg M Hingis 5 1  
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg M Hingis 66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Flag of Greece.svg E Daniilidou 66 
  Flag of Belarus.svg O Govortsova 2 1  8 Flag of Greece.svg E Daniilidou 5 3  
Q Flag of the United States.svg J Ditty 0 2  PR Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport 76 
PR Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport 66 PR Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport 76 
  Flag of Austria.svg T Paszek 66 4 Flag of Russia.svg E Dementieva 611  
  Flag of the United States.svg J Craybas 3 3    Flag of Austria.svg T Paszek 2 0  
4 Flag of Russia.svg E Dementieva 66 
PR Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport 3 5  
7 Flag of Spain.svg A Medina Garrigues 4 4  2 Flag of Serbia.svg J Janković 67 
  Flag of Japan.svg A Morigami 66   Flag of Japan.svg A Morigami 76 
  Flag of Spain.svg L Domínguez Lino 1 64   Flag of Japan.svg A Nakamura 5 3  
  Flag of Japan.svg A Nakamura 67   Flag of Japan.svg A Morigami 3 5  
  Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual 66 2 Flag of Serbia.svg J Janković 67 
  Flag of Russia.svg O Poutchkova 1 1    Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual 0 0  
2 Flag of Serbia.svg J Janković 66 

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
  2. Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Castaño (qualifying competition)
  3. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei (qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Meng (qualifying competition, retired)
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ditty (qualified)
  6. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Iroda Tulyaganova (second round)
  7. Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Morita (first round)
  8. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

  1. Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
1 Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Chen 2 1 1 Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni 63 6
Flag of Romania.svg Ágnes Szatmári 66 Flag of Romania.svg Ágnes Szatmári 1 61
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dong Nan 3 0 1 Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni 5 0
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ting 1 4 5 Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ditty 76
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jingjing 66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jingjing 1 5
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Chunyan 0 0 5 Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ditty 67
5 Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ditty 66

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Castaño 772 6
Flag of Romania.svg Anda Perianu 6364 2 Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Castaño 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Qiang 2 3 Flag of France.svg Sophie Lefèvre 1 3
Flag of France.svg Sophie Lefèvre 662 Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Castaño 4 0
Flag of New Zealand.svg Marina Erakovic 66 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marina Erakovic 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ren Jing 2 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marina Erakovic 66
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Jidkova 74 2 6 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Iroda Tulyaganova 4 3
6 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Iroda Tulyaganova 5 66

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei 76
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Wanting 5 3 3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei 3 796
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yanchong 66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yanchong 6671
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song Shanshan 4 4 3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei 5 1
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kondratieva 0 2 Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears 76
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears 66 Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears 63 7
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones 63 6 Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones 2 65
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai 2 62

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Meng 3 777
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Lei 65 614 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Meng 67
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiaxiang 0 63 WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yimiao 4 5
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yimiao 64 64 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Meng 4 3r
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan 65 77 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan 65
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun 3 765 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiajing 66WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiajing 2 1
7 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Morita 4 1

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