French Open 2007

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French Open 2007
Date: May 27 - June 10, 2007
Edition: 106th  French Open
Place: Paris
Covering: sand
Defending champion
Men's singles : SpainSpain Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles : BelgiumBelgium Justin Henin-Hardenne
Men's double : SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
Ladies doubles : AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia 
winner
Men's singles : SpainSpain Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles : BelgiumBelgium Justin Henin-Hardenne
Men's double : BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
Ladies doubles : AustraliaAustralia Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly 
Mixed : FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
Grand Slams 2007

The 106th French Open 2007 took place from May 27th to June 10th 2007 in Paris , France .

Defending champions in the singles were Rafael Nadal in the men and Justine Henin in the women. In the men's doubles were Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi , in women's doubles Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur , the defending champion. Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions in mixed .

Rafael Nadal won the men's singles for the third time in a row. With her victory in the women's singles equaled Justine Henin, who gave no set during the tournament, the Open Era record of Monica Seles . Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the men's doubles, Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo won the ladies doubles . Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram won the mixed title .

Men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer final
02. SpainSpain Rafael Nadal victory
03. United StatesUnited States Andy Roddick 1 round
04th RussiaRussia Nikolai Davydenko Semifinals

05. ChileChile Fernando González 1 round

06th SerbiaSerbia Novak Đoković Semifinals

07th CroatiaCroatia Ivan Ljubičić 3rd round

08th. United StatesUnited States James Blake 1 round

09. SpainSpain Tommy Robredo Quarter finals

10. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych 1 round

11. FranceFrance Richard Gasquet 2nd round

12. SpainSpain David Ferrer 3rd round

13. RussiaRussia Mikhail Juschny Round of 16

14th AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16

15th ArgentinaArgentina David Nalbandian Round of 16

16. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis Round of 16
No. player Round reached
17th SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 3rd round

18th ArgentinaArgentina Juan Ignacio Chela 2nd round

19th ArgentinaArgentina Guillermo Cañas Quarter finals

20th FinlandFinland Jarkko Nieminen 3rd round

21st RussiaRussia Dmitri Tursunov 2nd round
22nd RussiaRussia Marat Safin 2nd round
23. SpainSpain Carlos Moyá Quarter finals
24. SlovakiaSlovakia Dominik Hrbatý 1 round
25th SwedenSweden Robin Soderling 1 round
26th ArgentinaArgentina Agustín Calleri 1 round
27. AustriaAustria Jürgen Melzer 2nd round
28. GermanyGermany Philipp Kohlschreiber 2nd round
29 ItalyItaly Filippo Volandri Round of 16
30th FranceFrance Julien Benneteau 1 round
31. GermanyGermany Florian Mayer 1 round
32. SpainSpain Nicolás Almagro 2nd round

Ladies singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin victory
02. RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova Semifinals
03. RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Quarter finals
04th SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Semifinals

05. FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 3rd round

06th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nicole Vaidišová Quarter finals

07th SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović final

08th. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Quarter finals

09. RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze Quarter finals

10. RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Round of 16

11. RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 1 round

12. SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 3rd round

13. RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 3rd round

14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder Round of 16

15th IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer Round of 16

16. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 3rd round
No. Player Round reached
17th SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik 3rd round

18th FranceFrance Marion Bartoli Round of 16

19th ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin Round of 16

20th AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer Round of 16

21st JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama 3rd round
22nd UkraineUkraine Alyona Bondarenko 2nd round
23. ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 3rd round
24. SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Round of 16
25th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová Round of 16
26th United StatesUnited States Venus Williams 3rd round
27. AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 3rd round
28. ItalyItaly Mara Santangelo 3rd round
29 ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko 2nd round
30th UkraineUkraine Yulia Wakulenko 1 round
31. FranceFrance Séverine Brémond 1 round
32. GermanyGermany Martina Muller 2nd round

Men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals
02. SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
Quarter finals
03. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
2nd round
04th FranceFrance Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia 
Semifinals

05. AustraliaAustralia Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
2nd round

06th BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
victory

07th IsraelIsrael Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
Round of 16

08th. SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle
AustriaAustria 
Round of 16
No. pairing Round reached
09. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
final

10. FranceFrance Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra
FranceFrance 
Round of 16

11. RomaniaRomania Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske
GermanyGermany 
Round of 16

12. PolandPoland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
PolandPoland 
1 round

13. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Yves Allegro Jim Thomas
United StatesUnited States 
2nd round

14th AustraliaAustralia Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

15th South AfricaSouth Africa Wesley Moodie Todd Perry
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round

16. ArgentinaArgentina Martín García Sebastián Prieto
ArgentinaArgentina 
2nd round

Ladies doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
Semifinals
02. ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Semifinals
03. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
1 round
04th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16

05. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
Quarter finals

06th GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Paola Suárez
ArgentinaArgentina 
1 round

07th SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
final

08th. SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
Quarter finals

09. RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
1 round
No. pairing Round reached
10. SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals

11. IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer Dinara Safina
RussiaRussia 
Round of 16

12. United StatesUnited States Vania King Jelena Kostanić Tošić
CroatiaCroatia 
1 round

13. ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin Miles Tu
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

14th ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin Miles Tu
United StatesUnited States 
retreat

15th RussiaRussia Vera Dushevina Tetjana Perebyjnis
UkraineUkraine 
Round of 16

16. ItalyItaly Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko
ArgentinaArgentina 
Quarter finals

17th AustraliaAustralia Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly 
victory

Mixed

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals
02. ZimbabweZimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Quarter finals
03. SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
retreat
04th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin dam Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
1 round
No. pairing Round reached
05. BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Yan Zi
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Semifinals

06th SerbiaSerbia Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
final

07th United StatesUnited States Mike Bryan Chan Yung-jan
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
1 round

08th. IsraelIsrael Andy Ram Nathalie Dechy
FranceFrance 
victory

Juniors

Junior singles

The junior title was won by Belarusian Vladimir Ignatic , who was seeded in twelfth position and won the final in two sets with 6: 3 and 6: 4 against number five on the seed list Greg Jones (Australia).

Junior singles

Among the juniors, the French and number two on the seeding list Alizé Cornet prevailed. In the final, she won in three sets with 4: 6, 6: 1 and 6: 0 against the unseeded Colombian Mariana Duque Mariño .

Web links

Commons : French Open 2007  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence