2007 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
The 2007 WTA Tour Championships – Singles was the singles event of the 2007 WTA Tour Championships, a season-ending tennis tournament held in November that featured the eight players who had collected the most ranking points during that year's WTA Tour season.
Singles | |
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2007 WTA Tour Championships | |
Champion | Justine Henin |
Runner-up | Maria Sharapova |
Final score | 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 |
Justine Henin was the defending champion, and retained her title by beating Russian Maria Sharapova in the final 5–7, 7–5, 6–3. The match lasted 3 hours and 23 minutes, being the longest final match in the entire WTA history.[1]
Seeds
- Justine Henin (Champion)
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (Round Robin)
- Jelena Janković (Round Robin)
- Ana Ivanovic (Semifinals)
- Serena Williams (Round Robin, withdrew due to left patella femoral inflammation)
- Maria Sharapova (Final)
- Anna Chakvetadze (Semifinals)
- Daniela Hantuchová (Round Robin)
Notes:
- Venus Williams had qualified but pulled out due to severe dizziness
Alternates
- Marion Bartoli (Replaced S.Williams) (Round Robin)
- Elena Dementieva (not used)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special Exempt
- PR = Protected Ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior Exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Justine Henin | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
4 | Ana Ivanovic | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
1 | Justine Henin | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
6 | Maria Sharapova | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
7 | Anna Chakvetadze | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
6 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Yellow Group
Henin | Janković | Williams1 Bartoli |
Chakvetadze | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | Justine Henin | 6–2, 6–2 | 6–0, 6–02 (w/ Bartoli) |
6–1, 7–6(7–4) | 3–0 | 6–0 | 37–11 | 1 | |
3 | Jelena Janković | 2–6, 2–6 | 1–6, 0–1 ret. (w/ Bartoli) |
4–6, 6–0, 3–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 18–31 | 4 | |
5 Alt |
Serena Williams1 Marion Bartoli |
0–6, 0–6 (w/ Bartoli) |
6–1, 1–0 ret. (w/ Bartoli) |
4–6, ret. (w/ Williams) |
0–1 1–1 |
0–2 2–2 |
4–6 7–13 |
5 3 | |
7 | Anna Chakvetadze | 1–6, 6–7(4–7) | 6–4, 0–6, 6–3 | 6–4, ret. (w/ Williams) |
2–1 | 4–3 | 25–30 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.
1 Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament after her first match (left patella femoral inflammation).[2]
2 Bartoli's 6–0, 6–0 loss was the heaviest defeat in the tournament's history, and the only double bagel.
Red Group
Kuznetsova | Ivanovic | Sharapova | Hantuchová | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
2 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1–6, 6–4, 5–7 | 7–5, 2–6, 2–6 | 6–7(7–9), 0–6 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 29–47 | 4 | |
4 | Ana Ivanovic | 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 | 1–6, 2–6 | 6–2, 7–6(11–9) | 2–1 | 4–3 | 33–32 | 2 | |
6 | Maria Sharapova | 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 | 6–1, 6–2 | 6–4, 7–5 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 44–23 | 1 | |
8 | Daniela Hantuchová | 7–6(9–7), 6–0 | 2–6, 6–7(9–11) | 4–6, 5–7 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 30–32 | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.
See also
References
- "Top 5 WTA Finals Moments Since 2003" (video). YouTube. Women's Tennis Association. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
#4: 2007 - Madrid / J Henin d. M Sharapova 5-7 7-5 6-3 / Longest final in WTA history at 3:23!
- Women's Tennis Association (2007-11-07). "Justine Reaches Semis; Injury Forces Serena Out". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2001-11-07.