2007 Kremlin Cup

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2007 Kremlin Cup
Date8–14 October
Edition18th (men) / 12th (women)
SurfaceHard / indoor
Location Moscow, Russia
Venue Olympic Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva
Men's doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin / Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov
Women's doubles
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
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The 2007 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 8 October through 14 October 2007.

Contents

The men's field featured ATP No. 4, French Open and US Open semifinalist, Moscow two-time winner, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, Dubai and Munich finalist, Rotterdam titlist Mikhail Youzhny, and Doha and Metz runner-up, San Jose champion Andy Murray. Also present were Casablanca and Gstaad winner, 2002 Moscow champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, former World No. 1 Marat Safin, Potito Starace, Dmitry Tursunov and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

The women's draw was led by WTA No. 2, US Open, Indian Wells, Berlin and Rome runner-up, New Haven titlist Svetlana Kuznetsova, Australian Open finalist, San Diego winner Maria Sharapova, and Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stanford winner, defending champion Anna Chakvetadze. Other seeds were Australian Open champion Serena Williams, Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli, Amélie Mauresmo, Patty Schnyder and Nicole Vaidišová. Unseeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title. [1]

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko defeated Flag of France.svg Paul-Henri Mathieu, 7–5, 7–6(11–9)

Women's singles

Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva defeated Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1

Men's doubles

Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin / Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Cibulec / Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber defeated Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka / Flag of Belarus.svg Tatiana Poutchek, 4–6, 6–1, [10–7]

  1. "Dementieva shocks Serena in final". BBC Sport. 14 October 2007.

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