2007 WTA Tour

2007 WTA Tour

Justine Henin finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in her career. She won ten tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and the US Open, as well as the WTA Tour Championships. She also won two Tier I events.
Details
Duration	30 December 2006 – 11 November 2007
Edition	37th
Tournaments	61
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA 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 Henin
Doubles team of the year	Cara Black Liezel Huber
Most improved player of the year	Ana Ivanovic
Newcomer of the year	Ágnes Szávay
Comeback player of the year	Lindsay Davenport
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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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Round robin
5 Nov	WTA Tour Championships Madrid, Spain Year-end Championship Hard – $3,000,000 – 8S (round robin)/4D Singles – Doubles	Justine Henin 5–7, 7–5, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanovic Anna Chakvetadze	Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 5–7, 6–3, [10–8]	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama

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:

• Sybille Bammer – Pattaya City
• Yaroslava Shvedova – Bangalore
• Roberta Vinci – Bogotá
• Tatiana Golovin – Amelia Island
• Gisela Dulko – Budapest
• Gréta Arn – Estoril
• Akiko Morigami – Prague
• Milagros Sequera – Fes
• Ágnes Szávay – Palermo
• Francesca Schiavone – Bad Gastein
• Agnieszka Radwańska – Stockholm
• Virginie Razzano – Guangzhou
• Pauline Parmentier – Tashkent

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

• 2007 in tennis
• 2007 ATP Tour

External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website

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