2007 WTA Tour Championships

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2007 WTA Tour Championships
Date6–11 November
Edition37th
Location Madrid, Spain
Venue Madrid Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin
Doubles
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
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The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held from 6 November though 11 November 2007, in Madrid, Spain.

Contents

Since 2005, main tournament sponsor is Sony Ericsson; and for the second time, the final event in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar is held in Spain, on Casa de Campo grounds, in Madrid Arena.

Justine Henin from Belgium won the tournament and the check for $1 million, her second tournament title in a row, defeating Maria Sharapova in three sets. Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Ai Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik in the final of doubles competition.

Finals

Singles

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin defeated Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3.

Doubles

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber defeated Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama, 5–7, 6–3, [10–8].

Qualifying

Singles

Singles Qualifiers (29 October 2007) [1]
RkNamePointsTour
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Justine Henin  (BEL)5,40513
2Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)3,69018
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Jelena Janković  (SRB)3,47527
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Ana Ivanovic  (SRB)3,16119
5Flag of the United States.svg  Serena Williams  (USA)2,76711
6Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Chakvetadze  (RUS)2,66021
7Flag of the United States.svg  Venus Williams  (USA)2,47013
8Flag of Russia.svg  Maria Sharapova  (RUS)2,43112
9Flag of Slovakia.svg  Daniela Hantuchová  (SVK)2,24226

On August 1, the first two players to qualify for the Championships were Justine Henin from Belgium and Jelena Janković from Serbia. [2] Henin, last year's winner, leads the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour with nine singles titles already claimed in 2007, including French Open and US Open, and also titles in Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, Eastbourne, Toronto, Stuttgart and Zurich. Janković is the first Serbian woman representing her country to qualify for the season-ending event. This season, she has won four singles titles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at Auckland, Charleston, Rome, and Birmingham. She also reached the semifinals at the French Open.

Justine Henin won two Grand Slam titles Justine Henin Miami.jpg
Justine Henin won two Grand Slam titles

By reaching the semifinals on September 7, and later the final of the US Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia moved up to third on the Sony Ericsson Points Standings, just behind Henin and Janković. [3] Her season highlights include winning the New Haven tournament a week before the US Open, and four runner-up finishes in Doha, Indian Wells, Berlin and Rome.

Ana Ivanovic reached her first Grand Slam final Ana Ivanovic 2cropped.jpg
Ana Ivanovic reached her first Grand Slam final

Ana Ivanovic from Serbia was the fourth player to qualify, by reaching the semifinals on September 27 at Luxembourg. Ivanovic was this year's runner-up at the French Open, and a semifinalist at Wimbledon. This season Ivanovic has won tournaments in Berlin, Los Angeles and Luxembourg.

Serena Williams of the United States, and 8-time singles Grand Slam champion was the fifth player to qualify on October 15 by virtue of reaching the finals in Moscow. [4] Williams was also this year's winner at the Australian Open and in Key Biscayne. She also reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

Anna Chakvetadze from Russia became the sixth player to qualify on October 23, ensuring herself one of the eight berths by collecting 2,626 race points. [5] Chakvetadze is having the best season of her career, having won four singles titles at Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati and Stanford. She has won over 50 singles matches, reached the semifinals of the US Open and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Roland Garros, in addition to winning over $1 million in prize money so far.

Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was forced to withdraw on October 28 due to severe dizziness. [6] [7] In 2007, the American won three titles, winning Memphis, Seoul and her sixth Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships.

The last two places went to Daniela Hantuchová and, due to the withdrawal of Williams, Maria Sharapova. [6] Both had exceptional seasons on the Tour, with Hantuchová winning her first title in five years at Indian Wells and following it up with a win at Linz, as well as runner-up finishes at Bali and Luxembourg. Sharapova was the runner-up at the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, and also won the title at San Diego. She also reached the semifinals of the French Open.

Doubles teams

Doubles Qualifiers (22 October 2007) Archived 2007-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
RkNamePointsTour
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black (ZIM) &
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber (United States)		6,37521
2 Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond (United States) &
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur (AUS)		3,62813
3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan (TPE) &
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)		3,14613
4 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama (JPN) &
Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)		2,62210
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke (CZE) &
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs (AUS)		2,53713

On August 16, Cara Black, from Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber originally from South Africa, who became American citizen in August; were the first team to qualify for the Championships. [8] [9] In 2007 season, they won seven tournaments, including two Grand Slams, Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships, and also tournaments in Paris, Antwerp, Dubai, San Diego and Moscow.

The two-time defending champions in 2005 and 2006, Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur are unable to compete in this year's Championships, due to a viral illness from which Stosur is recuperating. [10] [11] In 2007, the American-Australian duo won four Tier-I tournaments in Tokyo, Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Berlin, and also the tournament in Eastbourne.

Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung, from Taiwan, have become the second team to qualify for Madrid, officials announced on October 22. [10] Chan and Chung won three Tour doubles titles this year, including tournaments in Bangalore, Birmingham, and in 's-Hertogenbosch. They also holds runner-up trophies this year at the Australian Open, and the US Open.

Slovenian-Japanese duo, Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama and the Czech-Australian duo of Květa Peschke and Rennae Stubbs are the third and fourth teams to qualify. [12] Srebotnik and Sugiyama won only one title, in Toronto, and also runners-up at French Open and Wimbledon. It is Srebotnik's first individual trip, while Sugiyama makes her sixth. In 2007, Peschke and Stubbs won tournaments in Los Angeles, Stuttgart, and in Zurich.

Prize money and points

From the 2001 WTA Tour, prize money for the Sony Ericsson Championships is three million United States dollars.

StageSinglesDoubles1Points
Winner(s)$1,000,000$250,000750
Finalist(s)$500,000$125,000525
Semifinalists$250,000$62,500335
Round robin-3rd2$130,000-185
Round robin-4th$100,000-105
Alternates$20,000-0

Seeds and draw

The draw consisted of eight players in singles, and four teams in doubles. Players or teams were seeded based on the WTA Tour Rankings current the week prior to the Sony Ericsson Championships, on Monday, October 29.

Singles

The draw was conducted on Saturday, November 3 by retired Spanish tennis player, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott, and player representative to this tournament, Anna Chakvetadze. [13] Players were divided into two groups, red and yellow, in honor of the colors of the Spanish flag.

SeedPlayerRank
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin 1
3 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković 3
5 Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams (withdrew)5
7 Flag of Russia.svg Anna Chakvetadze 7
Alt. Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli 10
SeedPlayerRank
2 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 2
4 Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic 4
6 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova 6
8 Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová 9

After the draw in singles had been determined, the next two players who would be accepted into the Sony Ericsson Championships, based on total WTA Tour Ranking points in 2007, became the alternates. The alternates were only in singles, and they were required to be in Madrid along with other players who competed. [14] The two alternates on standby were Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva; [7] with Bartoli entering the tournament on day 3 due to Serena William's withdrawal.

Doubles

Doubles teams started the tournament at the semifinal stage, with the winners of Saturday's opening round advancing to Sunday's final. The doubles draw was conducted on Thursday night, on November 8. [15]

SeedTeamsRank
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black & Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber 3
2 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama & Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik 14
3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan & Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung 16
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke & Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs 21

Singles Championship Race

Singles

''Table below is in the process of editing Players in gold have qualified for Madrid. Players in brown have qualified, but withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Madrid.

RankPlayerMandatory EventsBest Other TournamentsTotal pointsTourn
AUS FRA WIM USO MIA 123456789101112
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin A
0		W
1000		SF
450		W
1000		F
350		 W
430		 W
430		 W
300		 W
300		 W
275		 W
275		 W
275		 SF
195		 SF
125		5,40513
2 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova R16
140		QF
250		QF
250		F
700		R16
70		 F
325		 F
300		 F
300		 W
275		 SF
195		 F
190		 SF
140		 SF
140		 SF
125		 QF
110		 QF
110		 QF
70		3,69018
3 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković R16
140		SF
450		R16
140		QF
250		R32
45		 W
430		 W
430		 F
300		 F
190		 F
190		 W
140		 SF
140		 SF
140		 SF
125		 SF
125		 SF
125		 W
115		3,47528
4 Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic R32
90		F
700		SF
450		R16
140		R64
1		 W
430		 F
300		 W
275		 W
275		 SF
125		 QF
70		 QF
70		 R16
65		 R16
60		 R16
40		 QF
35		 QF
35		3,16119
5 Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams W
1000		QF
250		QF
250		QF
250		W
500		 F
300		 QF
110		 R32
1		 QF
75		 QF
30		 R32
1		2,76711
6 Flag of Russia.svg Anna Chakvetadze QF
250		QF
250		R32
90		SF
450		SF
225		 W
275		 SF
195		 W
140		 W
140		 SF
125		 W
115		 QF
70		 QF
70		 QF
70		 QF
70		 R16
65		 R16
60		2,66021
7 Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams A
0		R32
90		W
1000		SF
450		R32
45		 SF
195		 W
140		 W
115		 SDQF
110		 F
100		 QF
70		 QF
70		 SF
65		 R16
20		2,47014
8 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova F
700		SF
450		R16
140		R32
90		R16
70		 W
430		 SF
195		 SF
125		 F
100		 SF
65		 R16
65		 R16
1		2,43112
9 Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová R16
140		R32
90		R16
140		R128
2		R32
45		 W
465		 W
275		 SF
195		 F
190		 SF
125		 SF
125		 F
115		 QF
75		 QF
70		 SF
65		 SF
65		 R16
60		2,24226
10 Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli R64
60		R16
140		F
700		R16
140		R64
1		 SF
125		 SF
125		 SF
125		 QF
110		 QF
110		 F
80		 QF
70		 SF
65		 SF
65		 R16
65		 R16
60		 R16
60		2,10130
11 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva R16
140		R32
90		R32
90		R32
90		A
0		 W
430		 TOKSF
195		 SF
195		 W
140		 SF
125		 QF
110		 QF
75		 QF
70		 QF
70		 QF
70		 R16
60		 R16
35		1,98521

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