2007 WTA Tour

The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2007 WTA Tour schedule.

January

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
1 January	MAW Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia	Tier III	Dinara Safina 6-3, 3-6, 7-5	Martina Hingis	Tathiana Garbin Shahar Pe'er	Catalina Castaño Elena Vesnina Ana Ivanović Samantha Stosur
			Safina / Srebotnik 6-3, 6-4	Benešová / Voskoboeva
1 January	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand	Tier IV	Jelena Janković 7-6(9), 5-7, 6-3	Vera Zvonareva	Camille Pin Jill Craybas	Emilie Loit Paola Suárez Eleni Daniilidou Virginie Razzano
			Husárová / Suárez 6-0, 6-2	Hsieh / Uberoi
8 January	Medibank International Sydney, Australia	Tier II	Kim Clijsters 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4	Jelena Janković	Nicole Vaidišová Li Na	Amélie Mauresmo Ana Ivanović Shahar Pe'er Katarina Srebotnik
			Grönefeld / Shaughnessy 6-3, 3-6, 7-6	Bartoli / Tu
8 January	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia	Tier IV	Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 7-6(3)	Vasilisa Bardina	Sania Mirza Sybille Bammer	Zheng Jie Alicia Molik Catalina Castaño Serena Williams
			Likhovtseva / Vesnina 2-6, 6-1, 6-2	Garrigues / Pascual
15 January (2 weeks)	2007 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Serena Williams 6-1, 6-2	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters Nicole Vaidišová	Shahar Pe'er Lucie Šafářová Anna Chakvetadze Martina Hingis
			Black / Huber 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1	Chan / Chuang
			Mixed Doubles: Nestor / Likhovtseva 6-4, 6-4	Mirnyi / Azarenka
29 January	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Tier I	Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2	Ana Ivanović	Elena Dementieva Maria Sharapova	Jelena Janković Samantha Stosur Ai Sugiyama Roberta Vinci
			Raymond / Stosur 7-6(6), 3-6, 7-5	King / Stubbs

February

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
5 February	Open Gaz de France Paris, France	Tier II	Nadia Petrova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4	Lucie Šafářová	Justine Henin Amélie Mauresmo	Tatiana Golovin Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina Anna Chakvetadze
			Black / Huber 6-2, 6-0	Navrátilová / Uhlirova
5 February	Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya City, Thailand	Tier IV	Sybille Bammer 7-5, 3-6, 7-5	Gisela Dulko	Sania Mirza Shuai Peng	Mara Santangelo Martina Sucha Nicole Pratt Tzipora Obziler
			Pratt / Santangelo 6-4, 7-6(4)	Chan / Chuang
12 February	Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo 6-4, 7-6(4)	Kim Clijsters	Anna Chakvetadze Tatiana Golovin	Dinara Safina Ana Ivanović Nadia Petrova Elena Likhovtseva
			Black / Huber 7-5, 4-6, 6-1	Likhovtseva / Vesnina
12 February	Bangalore Open Bangalore, India	Tier III	Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 6-4	Mara Santangelo	Olga Savchuk Tzipora Obziler	Jelena Kostanic-Tosic Melinda Czink Sania Mirza Yurika Sema
			Chan / Chuang 6-7(4), 6-2, 10-9	Hsieh / Kudryavtseva
19 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Tier II	Justine Henin 6-4, 7-5	Amélie Mauresmo	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković	Eleni Daniilidou Martina Hingis Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder
			Black / Huber 7-6(5), 6-4	Kuznetsova / Molik
19 February	M.K. Championships Memphis, United States	Tier III	Venus Williams 6-1, 6-1	Shahar Pe'er	Meilen Tu Ioana Raluca Olaru	Sofia Arvidsson Samantha Stosur Bethanie Mattek Laura Granville
			Pratt / Stewart 7-5, 4-6, 10-5	Gajdosova / Morigami
19 February	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia	Tier III	Roberta Vinci 6-7(5), 6-4, 0-3 ret.	Tathiana Garbin	Flavia Pennetta Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Emilie Loit Klára Zakopalová Nathalie Vierin Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová
			Lino / Suarez 1-6, 6-3, 11-9	Pennetta / Vinci
26 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Tier II	Justine Henin 6-4, 6-2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová	Martina Hingis Francesca Schiavone Kateryna Bondarenko Patty Schnyder
			Hingis / Kirilenko 6-1, 6-1	Szávay / Uhlirova
26 February	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco, Mexico	Tier III	Emilie Loit 7-6(0), 6-4	Flavia Pennetta	Julia Schruff Sara Errani	Alizé Cornet Gisela Dulko Melissa Torres Tathiana Garbin
			Lino / Santonja 6-3, 6-3	Loit / Pratt

March

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
5 March (2 weeks)	Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, USA	Tier I	Daniela Hantuchová 6-3, 6-4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Li Na Sybille Bammer	Vera Zvonareva Shahar Pe'er Tatiana Golovin Nicole Vaidišová
			Raymond / Stosur 6-3, 7-5	Chan / Chuang
19 March (2 weeks)	Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA	Tier I	Serena Williams 0-6, 7-5, 6-3	Justine Henin	Shahar Pe'er Anna Chakvetadze	Nicole Vaidišová Tathiana Garbin Li Na Nadia Petrova
			Raymond / Stosur 6-4, 3-6, 10-2	Black / Huber

April

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
2 April	Bausch & Lomb Champs. Amelia Island, USA	Tier II	Tatiana Golovin 6-2, 6-1	Nadia Petrova	Ana Ivanović Sybille Bammer	Dinara Safina Daniela Hantuchová Venus Williams Jelena Janković
			Santangelo / Srebotnik 6-3, 7-6(4)	Garrigues / Pascual
9 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Tier I	Jelena Janković 6-2, 6-2	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva Venus Williams	Michaëlla Krajicek Tatiana Golovin Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik
			Yan / Zheng 7-5, 6-0	Peng / Sun
23 April	Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary	Tier III	Gisela Dulko 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-2	Sorana Cirstea	Ágnes Szávay Karin Knapp	Olga Savchuk Emilie Loit Anne Kremer Eleni Daniilidou
			Szavay / Uhlirova 7-5, 6-2	Müller / Navrátilová
30 April	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland	Tier II	Justine Henin 6-1, 6-3	Alyona Bondarenko	Jelena Janković Svetlana Kuznetsova	Mara Santangelo Anna Chakvetadze Venus Williams Julia Vakulenko
			Dushevina / Perebiynis 7-5, 3-6, 10-2	Likhovtseva / Vesnina
30 April	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal	Tier IV	Greta Arn 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3)	Victoria Azarenka	Nuria Llagostera Vives Lucie Šafářová	Marion Bartoli Sofia Arvidsson Lourdes Domínguez Lino Gisela Dulko
			Ehritt-Vanc / Rodionova 6-3, 6-2	Lino / Santonja

May

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
7 May	Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany	Tier I	Ana Ivanović 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Justine Henin Julia Vakulenko	Jelena Janković Nadia Petrova Patty Schnyder Dinara Safina
			Raymond / Stosur 6-3, 6-4	Garbin / Vinci
7 May	ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic	Tier IV	Akiko Morigami 6-1, 6-3	Marion Bartoli	Klára Zakopalová Victoria Azarenka	Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Schruff Camille Pin Dominika Cibulková
			Cetkovska / Hlavackova 7-6(7), 6-2	Ji / Sun
14 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy	Tier I	Jelena Janković 7-5, 6-1	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Patty Schnyder Daniela Hantuchová	Serena Williams Elena Dementieva Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina
			Dechy / Santangelo 6-4, 6-1	Garbin / Vinci
14 May	GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco	Tier IV	Milagros Sequera 6-1, 6-3	Aleksandra Wozniak	María Emilia Salerni Ioana Raluca Olaru	Sandra Klösel Alizé Cornet Caroline Wozniacki Camille Pin
			King / Mirza 6-1, 6-2	Ehritt-Vanc / Rodionova
21 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France	Tier III	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4, 4-6, 6-4	Amélie Mauresmo	Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković	Emilie Loit Elena Vesnina Li Na Maria Elena Camerin
			Yan / Zheng 6-3, 6-4	Molik / Sun
21 May	Istanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey	Tier III	Elena Dementieva 7-6(5), 3-0 ret.	Aravane Rezaï	Maria Sharapova Alyona Bondarenko	Agnieszka Radwańska Meghann Shaughnessy Patty Schnyder Catalina Castaño
			A. Radwańska / U. Radwańska 6-1, 6-3	Chan / Mirza
27 May (2 weeks)	2007 French Open Paris, France	Grand Slam	Justine Henin 6-1, 6-2	Ana Ivanović	Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova	Serena Williams Nicole Vaidišová Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Chakvetadze
			Molik / Santangelo 7-6(5), 6-4	Srebotnik / Sugiyama
			Mixed Doubles: Ram / Dechy 7-5, 6-3	Zimonjić / Srebotnik

June

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
11 June	DFS Classic Birmingham, UK	Tier III	Jelena Janković 4-6, 6-3, 7-5	Maria Sharapova	Marion Bartoli Mara Santangelo	Elena Likhovtseva Daniela Hantuchová Li Na Alyona Bondarenko
			Chan / Chuang 7-6(3), 6-3	Sun / Tu
11 June	Barcelona KIA Barcelona, Spain	Tier IV	Meghann Shaughnessy 6-3, 6-2	Edina Gallovits	Flavia Pennetta Virginie Razzano	Ágnes Szávay Emilie Loit Kaia Kanepi Alla Kudryavtseva
			Santonja / Vives 7-6(3), 2-6, 12-10	Lino / Pennetta
18 June	International Women's Open Eastbourne, UK	Tier II	Justine Henin 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(2)	Amélie Mauresmo	Marion Bartoli Nadia Petrova	Nicole Vaidišová Elena Dementieva Sybille Bammer Shahar Pe'er
			Raymond / Stosur 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3	Peschke / Stubbs
18 June	Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Tier III	Anna Chakvetadze 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina Daniela Hantuchová	Alyona Bondarenko Flavia Pennetta Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanović
			Chan / Chuang 7-5, 6-2	Garrigues / Pascual
25 June (2 weeks)	2007 Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, London, UK	Grand Slam	Venus Williams 6-4, 6-1	Marion Bartoli	Justine Henin Ana Ivanović	Serena Williams Michaëlla Krajicek Nicole Vaidišová Svetlana Kuznetsova
			Black / Huber 3-6, 6-3, 6-2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama
			Mixed Doubles: J. Murray / Janković 6-4, 3-6, 6-1	Björkman / Molik

July

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
16 July	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, United States	Tier III	Anna Chakvetadze 6-1, 6-3	Akiko Morigami	Sania Mirza Akgul Amanmuradova	Elena Vesnina Olga Govortsova Lilia Osterloh Patty Schnyder
			Mattek / Mirza 7-6(4), 7-5	Jidkova / Poutchek
16 July	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy	Tier IV	Ágnes Szávay 6-0, 6-1	Martina Müller	Sara Errani Karin Knapp	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Agnieszka Radwańska Emilie Loit Flavia Pennetta
			Koryttseva / Kustava 6-4, 6-1	Canepa / Knapp
23 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States	Tier II	Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-2	Sania Mirza	Daniela Hantuchová Sybille Bammer	Katarina Srebotnik Olga Govortsova Patty Schnyder Lilia Osterloh
			Mirza / Pe'er 6-4, 7-6(5)	Azarenka / Chakvetadze
23 July	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria	Tier III	Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-4	Yvonne Meusburger	Kaia Kanepi Karin Knapp	Ágnes Szávay Renata Voráčová María José Martínez Lourdes Domínguez Lino
			Hradecká / Voráčová 6-3, 7-5	Szávay / Uhlířová
30 July	Acura Classic San Diego, United States	Tier I	Maria Sharapova 6-2, 3-6, 6-0	Patty Schnyder	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Dementieva	Sania Mirza Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko
			Black / Huber 7-5, 6-4	Azarenka / Chakvetadze
30 July	Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden	Tier IV	Agnieszka Radwańska 6-1, 6-1	Vera Dushevina	Julia Görges Tsvetana Pironkova	Dominika Cibulková Emilie Loit Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Caroline Wozniacki
			Garrigues / Pascual 6-1, 5-7, 10-6	Chan / Luzhanska

August

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
6 August	East West Bank Classic Los Angeles, USA	Tier II	Ana Ivanović 7-5, 6-4	Nadia Petrova	Maria Sharapova Jelena Janković	Elena Dementieva Virginie Razzano Maria Kirilenko Victoria Azarenka
			Peschke / Stubbs 6-0, 6-1	Molik / Santangelo
13 August	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada	Tier I	Justine Henin 7-6(3), 7-5	Jelena Janković	Yan Zi Tatiana Golovin	Nadia Petrova Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginie Razzano
			Srebotnik / Sugiyama 6-4, 2-6, 10-5	Black / Huber
20 August	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, USA	Tier II	Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 3-0 ret.	Ágnes Szávay	Elena Dementieva Eleni Daniilidou	Francesca Schiavone Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Alyona Bondarenko
			Mirza / Santangelo 6-1, 6-2	Black / Huber
20 August	Forest Hills Classic Forest Hills, USA	Tier IV	Gisela Dulko 6-2, 6-2	Virginie Razzano	Elena Vesnina Nathalie Dechy	Akiko Morigami Aiko Nakamura Audra Cohen Meilen Tu
27 August (2 weeks)	2007 U.S. Open Flushing Meadows, New York, USA	Grand Slam	Justine Henin 6-1, 6-3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Venus Williams Anna Chakvetadze	Serena Williams Jelena Janković Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er
			Dechy / Safina 6-4, 6-2	Chan / Chuang
			Mixed Doubles: Mirnyi / Azarenka 6-4, 7-6(6)	Paes / Shaughnessy

September

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
10 September	Wismilak International Bali, Indonesia	Tier III	Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 3-6, 6-2	Daniela Hantuchová	Sara Errani Sorana Cirstea	Jelena Janković Aiko Nakamura Edina Gallovits Ayumi Morita
			Ji / Sun 6-3, 6-2	Craybas / Grandin
17 September	China Open Beijing, China	Tier II				Salerni v Szávay Mauresmo v Peng - v - - v -
17 September	Sunfeast Open Kolkata, India	Tier III				- v - - v Obziler - v Kirilenko Chan v -
17 September	Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portoroz, Slovenia	Tier IV				- v - Zvonareva v Dushevina - v - - v Bammer
24 September	Fortis Championships Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Tier II
24 September	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China	Tier III
24 September	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, Korea	Tier IV

October

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
1 October	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Tier II
1 October	AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan	Tier III
1 October	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Tier IV
8 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Tier I
8 October	PTT Bangkok Open Bangkok, Thailand	Tier III
15 October	Zürich Open Zürich, Switzerland	Tier I
22 October	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria	Tier II
29 October	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada	Tier III

November

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
5 November	WTA Tour Championships Madrid, Spain

Race To The Championships

Unlike the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings, which are based the best performance during the most recent 52 weeks, the Sony Ericsson "Race to the Championships" (race to the Sony Ericsson Championship held yearly in November ) starts all players with zero points at the beginning of the calendar year. The following is the current top 20 Race To The Championships

Race rankings (17 September 2007)
Rk	Name	Nation	Points	Tour
1	Justine Henin	BEL	4,675	11
2	Jelena Janković	SRB	3,765	23
3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	3,246	15
4	Ana Ivanović	SRB	2,847	16
5	Anna Chakvetadze	RUS	2,556	17
6	Maria Sharapova	RUS	2,430	11
7	Serena Williams	USA	2,391	8
8	Venus Williams	USA	2,190	10
9	Marion Bartoli	FRA	1,802	24
10	Daniela Hantuchová	SVK	1,801	21
11	Nadia Petrova	RUS	1,788	17
12	Dinara Safina	RUS	1,667	19
13	Shahar Pe'er	ISR	1,588	18
14	Patty Schnyder	SUI	1,555	21
15	Nicole Vaidišová	CZE	1,511	10
16	Elena Dementieva	RUS	1,447	16
17	Amélie Mauresmo	FRA	1,406	11
18	Sybille Bammer	AUT	1,370	21
19	Martina Hingis	SUI	1,337	13
20	Tatiana Golovin	FRA	1,218	14

Players in Gold are guaranteed a place in 2007 WTA Tour Championships.
Players in Blue qualify for the 2007 WTA Tour Championships.

See also

• 2007 in tennis
• 2007 ATP Tour

External links

• Official WTA Tour website.