Masters Series Monte-Carlo 2007

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Monte-Carlo Masters 2007
Logo of the tournament "Monte-Carlo Masters 2007"
date April 15, 2007 - April 22, 2007
Edition 39
navigation  2007  ►  2008
ATP World Tour
venue Roquebrune-Cap-Martin France
FranceFrance 
Tournament number 410
category Tennis Masters Series
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface sand
draw 56E / 28Q / 24D
Prize money US $ 2,082,500 
Website Official website
Last year's winner (individual) SpainSpain Rafael Nadal
Last year's winner (double) SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
Winner (singles) SpainSpain Rafael Nadal
Winner (doubles) United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Tournament director  
Tournament supervisor Mark Darby
Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption Belarus 1995Belarus Max Mirny (55)
As of April 13, 2013

The Monte Carlo Masters 2007 (officially: Masters Series Monte-Carlo presented by Rolex ) was a tennis tournament that took place from April 15 to 22, 2007 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monaco . It was part of the ATP Tour 2007 and was played on clay court. This season it was the third of nine tournaments in the ATP Masters Series .

In the singles, Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third time in a row by beating world number one Roger Federer in the final . This season it was Nadal's second tournament win and his 19th title in his career. In doubles, Jonas Björkman and Max Mirny were the defending champions, but this year they were eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the final, the brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won in straight sets against the French duo Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet .

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 56 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 24 pairs. The eight top seeded players in singles or pairings in doubles each got a bye into the second round.

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer final
02. SpainSpain Rafael Nadal victory
03. RussiaRussia Nikolai Davydenko 2nd round
04th ChileChile Fernando González 2nd round

05. SpainSpain Tommy Robredo Round of 16

06th SerbiaSerbia Novak Đoković Round of 16

07th CroatiaCroatia Ivan Ljubičić Round of 16

08th. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Murray retreat
No. player Round reached
09. ArgentinaArgentina David Nalbandian 2nd round

10. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych Semifinals

11. FranceFrance Richard Gasquet Quarter finals

12. SpainSpain David Ferrer Quarter finals

13. RussiaRussia Mikhail Juschny 2nd round

14th Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 1 round

15th FinlandFinland Jarkko Nieminen 1 round

16. SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

  Semifinals final
                         
1  SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer 6th 6th        
16  SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 3 4th    
1  SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer 4th 4th  
  2  SpainSpain Rafael Nadal 6th 6th  
10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych 0 5  
 
2  SpainSpain Rafael Nadal 6th 7th    

Upper half

Upper half 1
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  1  SwitzerlandSwitzerland R. Federer 7th 7th    
Q  RussiaRussia T. Gabashvili 1 3       Q  ItalyItaly A. Seppi 6 4 6 6    
Q  ItalyItaly A. Seppi 6th 6th         1  SwitzerlandSwitzerland R. Federer 6th 6th    
   Korea SouthSouth Korea H.-t. lee 7th 6th            Korea SouthSouth Korea H.-t. lee 4th 3    
   SwedenSweden J. Bjorkman 6 6 1          Korea SouthSouth Korea H.-t. lee 6th 6th    
   SpainSpain C. Moyá 2 1 r     13  RussiaRussia M. Juschny 4th 3    
13  RussiaRussia M. Juschny 6th 3         1  SwitzerlandSwitzerland R. Federer 6th 6th  
12  SpainSpain D. Ferrer 6th 6th         12  SpainSpain D. Ferrer 4th 0  
   FranceFrance G. Simon 3 1       12  SpainSpain D. Ferrer 6th 7th  
WC  MonacoMonaco B. Balleret 5 7th 2        FranceFrance J. Benneteau 1 5    
   FranceFrance J. Benneteau 7th 5 6th       12  SpainSpain D. Ferrer 7th 6th  
 RussiaRussia D. Tursunov 7th 2       6th  SerbiaSerbia N. Đoković 5 4th    
   ArgentinaArgentina G. Gaudio 5 6th 6th        ArgentinaArgentina G. Gaudio 1 6th 1
  6th  SerbiaSerbia N. Đoković 6th 3 6th  
 
Upper half 2
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  4th  ChileChile F. González 2 6th 3  
PR  RussiaRussia I. Andreev 6th 6th       PR  RussiaRussia I. Andreev 6th 2 6th  
   ArgentinaArgentina J. Acasuso 4th 1         PR  RussiaRussia I. Andreev 3 3    
   ChileChile N. Massu 4th 7th 6th       16  SpainSpain JC Ferrero 6th 6th    
   ItalyItaly F. Volandri 6th 5 3        ChileChile N. Massu 2 0    
   United KingdomUnited Kingdom T. Henman 5 2       16  SpainSpain JC Ferrero 6th 6th    
16  SpainSpain JC Ferrero 7th 6th         16  SpainSpain JC Ferrero 5 7th 6th
11  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 7th 6 12 7th       11  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 7th 5 2
   SpainSpain F. Verdasco 5 7th 6 3     11  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 6th 6th  
Q  SpainSpain A. Portas 6 3 5          SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hrbatý 3 2    
   SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hrbatý 7th 6th         11  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 6th 6 5 7th
   FranceFrance G. Monfils 0 0 r       7th  CroatiaCroatia I. Ljubičić 3 7th 5  
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic R. Štěpánek 6th 2          Czech RepublicCzech Republic R. Štěpánek 6 6 6 5  
  7th  CroatiaCroatia I. Ljubičić 7th 7th    
 

Bottom half

Lower half 1
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  5  SpainSpain T. Robredo 6th 6th    
   FranceFrance A. Clement 6th 7th          FranceFrance A. Clement 3 2    
WC  FranceFrance F. Serra 4th 6 5         5  SpainSpain T. Robredo 6th 3 2  
   GermanyGermany B. Becker 7th 6th         10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Berdych 1 6th 6th  
WC  SwedenSweden T. Johansson 6 4 2          GermanyGermany N. Becker 1 2    
   SpainSpain N. Almagro 0 r       10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Berdych 6th 6th    
10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Berdych 5           10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Berdych 5 6th 6th
14th  Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis 5 4th            SwedenSweden R. Soderling 7th 3 0
   Belarus 1995Belarus M. Mirny 7th 6th          Belarus 1995Belarus M. Mirny 7th 6th  
Q  ArgentinaArgentina S. Roitman 3 6th 6th     Q  ArgentinaArgentina S. Roitman 5 4th    
   AustriaAustria J. Melzer 6th 1 4th          Belarus 1995Belarus M. Mirny 6 5 2  
   BelgiumBelgium O. Rochus 4th 4th            SwedenSweden R. Soderling 7th 6th    
   SwedenSweden R. Soderling 6th 6th          SwedenSweden R. Soderling 6th 6 6 6th
  3  RussiaRussia N. Dawydenko 4th 7th 3  
 
Lower half 2
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  LL  SpainSpain G. García-López 6th 1 6th  
   FranceFrance M. Gicquel 7th 5 7th        FranceFrance M. Gicquel 4th 6th 3  
   GermanyGermany F. Mayer 5 7th 5       LL  SpainSpain G. García-López 7th 6 4 6 4  
Q  GermanyGermany P. Kohlschreiber 6th 5 6th       Q  GermanyGermany P. Kohlschreiber 5 7th 7th  
Q  RomaniaRomania A. Pavel 2 7th 4th     Q  GermanyGermany P. Kohlschreiber 7th 4th    
Q  ItalyItaly F. Luzzi 6th 2 1     9  ArgentinaArgentina D. Nalbandian 5 1 r  
9  ArgentinaArgentina D. Nalbandian 3 6th 6th       Q  GermanyGermany P. Kohlschreiber 2 3  
15th  FinlandFinland J. Nieminen 7th 3 2       2  SpainSpain R. Nadal 6th 6th  
   RussiaRussia M. Safin 5 6th 6th        RussiaRussia M. Safin 6th 6 8 4th
   BelgiumBelgium K. Viegen 7th 6th        BelgiumBelgium K. Viegen 0 7th 6th  
WC  FranceFrance P.-H. Mathieu 5 3            BelgiumBelgium K. Viegen 1 1  
   ArgentinaArgentina JI Chela 7th 6th         2  SpainSpain R. Nadal 6th 6th    
PR  NetherlandsNetherlands M. Verkerk 5 2          ArgentinaArgentina JI Chela 3 1  
  2  SpainSpain R. Nadal 6th 6th    
 

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
victory
02. SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
Quarter finals
03. BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
Round of 16
04th FranceFrance Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia 
Round of 16
No. pairing Round reached
05. AustraliaAustralia Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Semifinals

06th IsraelIsrael Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
Round of 16

07th SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle
AustriaAustria 
Semifinals

08th. Czech RepublicCzech Republic František Čermák Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
             
  1  United StatesUnited States B. Bryan M. Bryan
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 6th  
   SerbiaSerbia N. Đoković F. Verdasco
 SpainSpain 
6 4 1          ArgentinaArgentina J. Acasuso J. I. Chela
 ArgentinaArgentina 
2 1    
   ArgentinaArgentina J. Acasuso J. I. Chela
 ArgentinaArgentina 
7th 6th       1  United StatesUnited States B. Bryan M. Bryan
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 6th  
WC  SpainSpain R. Nadal B. Salvá-Vidal
 SpainSpain 
6 7 6 5            AustraliaAustralia A. Fisher J. Thomas
 United StatesUnited States 
0 2    
   AustraliaAustralia A. Fisher J. Thomas
 United StatesUnited States 
7th 7th          AustraliaAustralia A. Fisher J. Thomas
 United StatesUnited States 
7th 6th  
  8th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic F. Čermák P. Vízner
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
5 3    
    1  United StatesUnited States B. Bryan M. Bryan
 United StatesUnited States 
7th 6th  
      5  AustraliaAustralia P. Hanley K. Ullyett
 ZimbabweZimbabwe 
6 2 2    
  3  BahamasBahamas M. Knowles D. Nestor
 CanadaCanada 
6th 4th [4]
   ChileChile F. González I. Ljubičić
 CroatiaCroatia 
6 5 6th [10]        ChileChile F. González I. Ljubičić
 CroatiaCroatia 
3 6th [10]  
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Berdych D. Hrbatý
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
7th 4th 6th        ChileChile F. González I. Ljubičić
 CroatiaCroatia 
4th 6th [10]
   PolandPoland M. Fyrstenberg, M. Matkowski
 PolandPoland 
7th           5  AustraliaAustralia P. Hanley K. Ullyett
 ZimbabweZimbabwe 
6th 4th [12]  
   United KingdomUnited Kingdom A. Murray J. Murray
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6 1 r          PolandPoland M. Fyrstenberg, M. Matkowski
 PolandPoland 
4th 3  
  5  AustraliaAustralia P. Hanley K. Ullyett
 ZimbabweZimbabwe 
6th 6th    
    1  United StatesUnited States B. Bryan M. Bryan
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 6th  
         FranceFrance J. Benneteau R. Gasquet
 FranceFrance 
2 1  
  7th  SwedenSweden S. Aspelin J. Knowle
 AustriaAustria 
5 6th [10]
WC  SwitzerlandSwitzerland Y. Allegro G. Simon
 FranceFrance 
6th 2 [8th]        RussiaRussia I. Andreev D. Tursunov
 RussiaRussia 
7th 1 [6]  
   RussiaRussia I. Andreev D. Tursunov
 RussiaRussia 
3 6th [10]     7th  SwedenSweden S. Aspelin J. Knowle
 AustriaAustria 
6th 6th  
   FinlandFinland J. Nieminen A. Pavel
 RomaniaRomania 
7th 6th            FinlandFinland J. Nieminen A. Pavel
 RomaniaRomania 
3 4th    
OLD  GermanyGermany B. Becker E. Butorac
 United StatesUnited States 
6 4 2          FinlandFinland J. Nieminen A. Pavel
 RomaniaRomania 
3 6th [10]
  4th  FranceFrance F. Santoro N. Zimonjić
 SerbiaSerbia 
6th 0 [8th]  
    7th  SwedenSweden S. Aspelin J. Knowle
 AustriaAustria 
1 4th  
         FranceFrance J. Benneteau R. Gasquet
 FranceFrance 
6th 6th    
  6th  IsraelIsrael J. Erlich A. Ram
 IsraelIsrael 
6th 3 [13]
   FranceFrance J. Benneteau R. Gasquet
 FranceFrance 
7th 6th          FranceFrance J. Benneteau R. Gasquet
 FranceFrance 
4th 6th [15]  
   GermanyGermany M. Kohlmann J. Levinsky
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
5 3          FranceFrance J. Benneteau R. Gasquet
 FranceFrance 
1 6th [10]
   IndiaIndia M. Bhupathi R. Štěpánek
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6th 6th         2  SwedenSweden J. Bjorkman M. Mirny
 Belarus 1995Belarus 
6th 3 [5]  
   FranceFrance A. Clement M. Llodra
 FranceFrance 
4th 4th          IndiaIndia M. Bhupathi R. Štěpánek
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
3 4th  
  2  SwedenSweden J. Bjorkman M. Mirny
 Belarus 1995Belarus 
6th 6th    
 

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