2007 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 25 June – 8 July |
Edition | 121st |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Draw | 128S / 64D / 48XD |
Prize money | £11,282,710 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
Attendance | 444,810 |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Roger Federer | |
Women's singles | |
Venus Williams | |
Men's doubles | |
Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra | |
Women's doubles | |
Cara Black / Liezel Huber | |
Mixed doubles | |
Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink | |
Boys' singles | |
Donald Young | |
Girls' singles | |
Urszula Radwańska | |
Boys' doubles | |
Daniel Lopez / Matteo Trevisan | |
Girls' doubles | |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Urszula Radwańska | |
Gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | |
Ladies' invitation doubles | |
Jana Novotná / Helena Suková | |
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd |
The 2007 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] It was the 121st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 2007. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
Reconstruction work on Centre Court was in progress and thus it had no roof. The Wimbledon Championships adopted Hawk-Eye technology for the first time on Centre Court and Court 1. The Cyclops system was still used on other courts. [3]
The Gentlemen's final was won by Roger Federer for the fifth consecutive time, a feat only before achieved in the Open Era by Björn Borg. It was the third longest men's singles final of all time at 3 hours and 45 minutes. Venus Williams claimed the Ladies' title by defeating Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, a surprise finalist who had defeated world number one at the time Justine Henin. For the first time in twenty years, the Championships saw a home player win a senior title as Jamie Murray won the mixed doubles with Serbian partner Jelena Janković.
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 150 | 75 | 35 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
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Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Women's singles | 140 | 90 | 60 | 2 | ||||||||
Women's doubles | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
On 24 April 2007, Wimbledon announced that the prize money would increase to £700,000 (US$1.4 million) for men and women singles champions. The total prize fund would be £11,282,710 (US$22,565,420), the highest any tennis tournament has ever offered. [4] [5]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 |
Singles | £700,000 | £350,000 | ||||||
Doubles* | £222,900 | £111,440 | — | |||||
Mixed doubles* | £90,000 | £45,000 | — |
* per team
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2 [6]
Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–4, 6–1 [7]
Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 [8]
Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 [9]
Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković defeated Jonas Björkman / Alicia Molik, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 [10]
Donald Young defeated Vladimir Ignatic, 7–5, 6–1 [11]
Urszula Radwańska defeated Madison Brengle, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 [12]
Daniel Alejandro López / Matteo Trevisan defeated Roman Jebavý / Martin Kližan, 7–6(5), 4–6, [10–8] [13]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Urszula Radwańska defeated Misaki Doi / Kurumi Nara, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] [14]
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Mark Petchey / Chris Wilkinson, 6–2, 6–2
Jana Novotná / Helena Suková defeated Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–3
Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd defeated Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek, 6–3, 6–3
Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink defeated Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Day | Comments | |||
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1 | Roger Federer and Justine Henin were some of the victors on Day 1. Rain however prevented most play. | |||
2 | Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova won their matches, as well as Rafael Nadal, and Tim Henman, who fought very hard and won. | |||
3 | Not many matches were completed but among the winners on Day 3 were Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Fernando González, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic, Richard Gasquet and Martina Hingis. Doubles were scheduled to start on Day 3 but rain stopped most play. This also postponed Tim Henman's match versus Feliciano López. The only doubles match completed was the match in the gentlemen's doubles tournament when the 13 seeds Jaroslav Levinský and David Škoch from the Czech Republic won out on Court 15. | |||
4 | Katie O'Brien and Tim Henman were knocked out by Michaëlla Krajicek and Feliciano López respectively. All the high seeds won today, winners include Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Venus Williams, Lleyton Hewitt, Nikolay Davydenko, Daniela Hantuchová, James Blake, Novak Djokovic, Amélie Mauresmo and Marcos Baghdatis. For Britain, Jamie Murray and his American partner Eric Butorac won through their first round match of gentlemen's doubles. One surprise on Day 4 was that Juan Ignacio Chela was knocked out by Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin. | |||
5 | Juan Carlos Ferrero beat James Blake. A shock upset by Janko Tipsarević sent seeded Fernando González out of the tournament in five sets. Andy Roddick, Serena Williams and Roger Federer easily won their matches as well. There was also doubles play. | |||
6 | Only three matches were completed. Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova advanced to fourth round, James Auckland with Claire Curran won their match in first round of mixed doubles. | |||
MS | Middle Sunday | |||
7 | After a Middle Sunday that was dominated by clear skies, the rain caused disruptions again as play resumed, sporadically. Tommy Haas withdrew from the tournament, leaving Roger Federer with a bye to the Quarter Finals. French Open finalists Justine Henin and Ana Ivanovic both progressed. The Williams sisters also came through, with Serena battling through cramp to win a three-set thriller. | |||
8 | Despite almost unceasing rain, Nicole Vaidišová upset Amélie Mauresmo (the defending champion) 7–6, 4–6, 6–1 to create a quarterfinal with Ana Ivanovic. The match between Rafael Nadal and Robin Söderling failed to reach a conclusion, as play was delayed by rain and forced into a fourth day. | |||
9 | The highly anticipated match between Serena Williams and Justine Henin was fought out, with Henin victorious in three sets. Venus Williams brushed aside the number 2 seed Maria Sharapova; and Marion Bartoli, a surprise package, also progressed to the semifinals. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic won their third round matches, which had both been forced into five days of play. Andy Roddick and Richard Gasquet also reached the fourth round. | |||
10 | Rain prevented play in the afternoon and evening. Rafael Nadal came back from 2–0 to win against Mikhail Youzhny; setting up a clash with Tomáš Berdych. The "previous" that he and Nadal have refers to a match at the Madrid Masters, where Berdych defeated Nadal and began hushing the crowd. Marcos Baghdatis and Novak Djokovic also set up a quarterfinal tie. Roger Federer returned to court against Juan Carlos Ferrero, but did not have enough time to complete a set. Venus Williams sent another top-seeded Russian packing, Svetlana Kuznetsova; she will meet Ana Ivanovic in the semifinal, who won an epic match against Nicole Vaidišová. | |||
11 | Marion Bartoli produced the biggest upset of the tournament by defeating world number 1 and favourite Justine Henin. She faces Venus Williams in the final, who defeated Ana Ivanovic with cool efficiency. Novak Djokovic contested another gruelling match, winning in five sets against Marcos Baghdatis. Roger Federer came through, not unscathed though, as he lost his first set of the tournament. Richard Gasquet awaits him, after shocking Andy Roddick in a shocking comeback from two-sets-to-love down. | |||
12 | The gruelling schedule of the tournament took its toll on the competitors in the men's semi-final matches. Richard Gasquet pushed Roger Federer in the first set, but the world number one eventually prevailed 7–5, 6–3, 6–4. Novak Djokovic managed to take the first set off Rafael Nadal in the other semi-final match, but an array of injury problems forced him to retire at 6–3, 1–6, 1–4 down, leaving Nadal to progress to the final. In the ladies final, Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title over Marion Bartoli 6–4, 6–1. Venus used hard serves and hard groundstrokes to keep Bartoli at bay. In the award ceremony Bartoli said Venus Williams was unbeatable on grass. | |||
13 | Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were meeting again in this year's Wimbledon final after the clash in the previous year. The match was 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–4 when Nadal had a problem with his right knee. After treatment, he returned in the match to wrap the set 2–6 to force the match to the fifth set; Federer won the set 6–2 and with it, the match, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 2–6, 6–2. Roger won the Wimbledon title for the fifth time and he equaled the record of Björn Borg. | |||
Many matches were cancelled by rain, an ominous precursor to the entire tournament. Top seeds Roger Federer and Justine Henin managed to defeat their opponents easily. Philipp Kohlschreiber became the first seeded player to exit the tournament. Seeded players Martina Hingis and Patty Schnyder were pushed by their opponents, each playing 3 sets with Hingis saving 2 match points. Serena Williams, Marion Bartoli and Shahar Pe'er won their games simply.
Daniela Hantuchová easily dispatched Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Favourites such as Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova, Amélie Mauresmo, Novak Djokovic, James Blake and Rafael Nadal won their matches with ease. However, Venus Williams was almost knocked out by Alla Kudryavtseva, when she won 2–6, 6–3, 7–5.
Andy Roddick and Richard Gasquet advanced towards third round, true to expectations. Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic, Martina Hingis and Serena Williams also beat their opponents with little difficulty. Lucky loser Alizé Cornet defeated ranked number 42 Maria Kirilenko. Unfortunately the evening matches were delayed due to the rain.
Dinara Safina became today's highest-ranked woman to lose, while Tommy Robredo the highest-ranked man to lose on day 4. However, other seeded players like Ana Ivanovic, Elena Dementieva, Roger Federer and Marat Safin have done their jobs well and advanced towards third round. Also, Serena and Venus Williams returned to their doubles competitions by beating Anne Keothavong and Claire Curran in the first round.
The players who began their games at 11 o'clock were delayed by rain, but it did not affect Justine Henin, Jelena Janković and Patty Schnyder who all hastily completed their matches. Anna Chakvetadze is the highest-ranked woman to lose so far, while Fernando González became the highest-seeded man to lose so far.
The tournament suffered massive rain disruptions, with Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova being the only singles players to complete (and win) their matches. The afternoon matches were also delayed by rain. Fans on Centre and Court 2 received full refunds; because they saw less than an hour of play, with Mauresmo's win lasting 57 minutes.
There was a little bit of rain and a few surprises too. Although there was more rain, Justine Henin found time to advance to the quarterfinals, while Elena Dementieva surprised everyone by losing to an unseeded Tamira Paszek. Agnieszka Radwańska, after sending seeded Martina Müller out in the second round a few days earlier, couldn't do the same thing to Svetlana Kuznetsova. In a highly intense match, Serena Williams cramped against Daniela Hantuchová late in a second set. Serena battled the injury, losing the second set tie-break but winning after a rain delay.
Most of the women's 4th round matches were delayed by rain, however, some matches were completed; Svetlana Kuznetsova ended Tamira Paszek's dazzling run; 3rd seed and in-form Serb Jelena Janković was defeated by Marion Bartoli; and 2006 champion and 4th seed Amélie Mauresmo fell to Nicole Vaidišová.
Rafael Nadal finally won his match against Robin Söderling, which had lasted since Saturday. Other winners today included Novak Djokovic, who advanced into 4th round and Andy Roddick, who is already in the quarterfinals. Richard Gasquet won his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Maria Sharapova lost to Venus Williams in straight sets 6–1, 6–3 in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. Justine Henin and Marion Bartoli became the first female semifinalists. The second round doubles match between Brazilians André Sá and Marcelo Melo against Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett set two Wimbledon records; the most games played in a match (102) and the longest fifth set ever (28–26). This was the second longest match in the history of The Championships, at 5 hours and 58 minutes. The Brazilian duo won.
Venus Williams became another semifinalist after her victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets again. Ana Ivanovic joined her when she won the match with Nicole Vaidišová, who could not take advantage of three match points she had in the final set, with Ivanovic eventually triumphing 7–5. Novak Djokovic, Marcos Baghdatis, Tomáš Berdych and Rafael Nadal qualified into quarterfinals today. Nadal battled through another 5-set match, although he completed this one on its scheduled day, without any suspensions due to rain.
Rafael Nadal became the first male semifinalist, and was soon followed by defending champion Roger Federer and by fourth seed Novak Djokovic. Venus Williams is through to the ladies' singles final and Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli joins her making the biggest upset in the tournament, sending number one seeded Justine Henin out. Richard Gasquet, another French player, pulled off the biggest upset of the men's in taking out #3 seed and ranked Roddick. Roddick had a two-set lead before Gasquet won the final 3 sets to book a semifinal spot.
The final of the men's singles was determined, Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, a repeat of the 2006 final and French Open final. Federer won in straight sets against Richard Gasquet, whilst Nadal's opponent, Novak Djokovic, was forced to retire with the match balanced at one set all. Venus Williams won another Wimbledon title against Bartoli in straight sets (6–4, 6–1).
Roger Federer won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title after a five-set battle against Rafael Nadal, 3 sets to 2. Federer's supremacy on grass met a strong challenge from Nadal and the victory did not come easily for the Swiss. But Federer came through by winning the tiebreak in the first and third sets, and faced four break points before victory in the final set. Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra, beating number one seeded Bryan brothers, became the Gentlemen's doubles champions, while Cara Black and Liezel Huber were victorious in the Ladies' doubles final. Jamie Murray became the first British player to win a senior Wimbledon title in 20 years by winning the Mixed doubles with Serbian partner Jelena Janković, beating Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in 3 sets. Urszula Radwańska maintained the family tradition winning the Girls' singles title like her sister Agnieszka in 2005 and they became the first sisters to win it. Urszula also became the Girls' doubles champion, playing with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The victor of Boys' singles was Donald Young and the best boys' doubles team was Daniel Lopez and Matteo Trevisan.
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.
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Men's doubles | Women's doubles
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Mixed doubles
Men's singles
The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot: | Women's singles
The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot: |
Men's doubles
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot: | Women's doubles
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:
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The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
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Broadcasters of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships were as follows:
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