Grand Prix Hassan II 2007

Grand Prix Hassan II 2007
date	April 23, 2007 - April 29, 2007
Edition	22nd
navigation	2006  ◄  2007  ►  2008
ATP World Tour
venue	Casablanca Morocco
Tournament number	360
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 353,450
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Daniele Bracciali
Last year's winner (double)	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer
Winner (singles)	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Winner (doubles)	Jordan Kerr David Škoch
Tournament supervisor	Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption	Janko Tipsarevic (100)
As of December 7, 2012

The Grand Prix Hassan II 2007 was a tennis tournament that took place from April 23 to 29, 2007 in the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca . It was part of the ATP Tour 2007 as a tournament of the ATP International Series and was played on clay. In the same week, the Open Seat Godó 2007 , which was part of the higher International Series Gold , was played in Barcelona .

The individual winner was the Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu , who was eighth , who succeeded Daniele Bracciali . He defeated the unseeded Spaniard Albert Montañés in the final . Bracciali did not take part in the tournament that year. It was Mathieu's third tournament victory on the ATP Tour and his first of the season.

The doubles were won by the unseeded Jordan Kerr and David Škoch , who were victorious in the final against the fourth seeded Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in the match tie-break . Last year's winners Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer did not defend their title. For Kerr it was the fifth title he was able to achieve on the ATP Tour in his career, and the fourth for Škoch. It was the last joint title as a double so far.

Prize money of € 353,450 was played out, with the total financial expenditure amounting to € 416,000. The ATP supervisor was Thomas Karlberg.

With Younes El Aynaoui , the title holder of the tournament from the 2002 season played with.

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Dominik Hrbatý Quarter finals 02.  José Acasuso Quarter finals 03.  Julien Benneteau Quarter finals 04th  Gilles Simon 1 round

No. player Round reached 05.  Marc Gicquel Semifinals 06th  Arnaud Clément Round of 16 07th  Nicolás Massú Round of 16 08th.  Paul-Henri Mathieu victory

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

D. Hrbatý

7th

6th

OLD

A. Peya

6 7

4th

1

D. Hrbatý

7th

7th

WC

R. Chaki

2

1

WC

S. Saoudi

5

6 2

WC

S. Saoudi

6th

6th

1

D. Hrbatý

6 5

3

A. Montañés

1

6th

7th

A. Montañés

7th

6th

D. Udomchoke

6th

3

5

A. Montañés

6th

2

S. Roitman

2

3

7th

N. Massu

1

1

r

7th

N. Massu

6th

6th

A. Montañés

1

7th

6th

4th

G. Simon

4th

4th

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6th

5

3

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6th

6th

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6th

7th

Q

T. Ascione

6th

6th

Q

T. Ascione

4th

6 4

WC

Y. El Aynaoui

4th

3

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

1

7th

7th

OLD

V. Hănescu

6 4

4th

S. Grosjean

6th

5

6 3

S. Grosjean

7th

6th

S. Grosjean

4th

7th

6th

OLD

E. Gulbis

6 1

3

6th

A. Clement

6th

5

1

6th

A. Clement

7th

6th

A. Montañés

1

1

5

M. Gicquel

6th

6th

8th

P.-H. Mathieu

6th

6th

A. di Mauro

4th

2

5

M. Gicquel

6th

6th

Q

N. Mahut

6th

6th

Q

N. Mahut

2

4th

F. Serra

2

4th

5

M. Gicquel

3

6th

6th

OLD

D. Hartfield

1

4th

3

J. Benneteau

6th

1

1

OLD

M. Russell

6th

6th

OLD

M. Russell

3

3

Q

F. Gil

6 2

6th

6 5

3

J. Benneteau

6th

6th

3

J. Benneteau

7th

3

7th

5

M. Gicquel

3

5

8th

P.-H. Mathieu

6th

6th

8th

P.-H. Mathieu

6th

7th

K. Pless

3

1

8th

P.-H. Mathieu

4th

6th

6th

M. Vassallo Argüello

2

2

Q

É. Roger Vasselin

6th

3

4th

Q

É. Roger Vasselin

6th

6th

8th

P.-H. Mathieu

7th

6th

OLD

J. Tipsarevic

6th

7th

2

J. Acasuso

6 5

4th

M. Llodra

2

6 6

OLD

J. Tipsarevic

4th

4th

N. Devilder

4th

4th

2

J. Acasuso

6th

6th

2

J. Acasuso

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra   Semifinals 02.  Martín García Sebastián Prieto   1 round 03.  Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut   Quarter finals 04th  Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach   final

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

A. Clement M. Llodra

7th

6th

D. Hrbatý M. Mertiňák

6 4

4th

1

A. Clement M. Llodra

6th

6th

A. Montañés G. Simon

7th

7th

A. Montañés G. Simon

1

4th

M. Gicquel F. Serra

6 1

6 2

1

A. Clement M. Llodra

2

1

4th

Ł. Kubot O. Marach

6th

3

[10]

4th

Ł. Kubot O. Marach

6th

6th

WC

M. El Aarej S. Ventura

1

6th

[5]

4th

Ł. Kubot O. Marach

7th

6th

T. Cibulec L. Friedl

3

6th

[8th]

J. Auckland S. Huss

6 2

4th

J. Auckland S. Huss

6th

3

[10]

4th

Ł. Kubot O. Marach

6 4

6th

[4]

S. Grosjean P.-H. Mathieu

2

6th

[8th]

J. Kerr D. Škoch

7th

1

[10]

J. Kerr D. Škoch

6th

4th

[10]

J. Kerr D. Škoch

6th

6th

R. Ramírez Hidalgo S. Roitman

1

4th

3

J. Benneteau N. Mahut

3

4th

3

J. Benneteau N. Mahut

6th

6th

J. Kerr D. Škoch

7th

6th

T. Behrend R. Wassen

1

1

A. Peya M. Vassallo Argüello

5

4th

WC

R. Chaki A. El Alaoui

6th

6th

T. Behrend R. Wassen

2

2

A. Peya M. Vassallo Argüello

6th

3

[10]

A. Peya M. Vassallo Argüello

6th

6th

2

M. García S. Prieto

0

6th

[6]

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 27 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 33 kB)