WTA Championships 2007

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WTA Championships 2007
date 11/6/2007 - 11/11/2007
Edition 37
navigation 2006  ◄  2007  ►  2008
WTA tour
venue Madrid Spain
SpainSpain 
Tournament number 808
category WTA Tour Championships
Tournament type Indoor tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 8E / 4D
Prize money US $ 3,000,000 
Website Official website
Last year's winner (individual) BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne
Last year's winner (double) United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
Winner (singles) BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin
Winner (doubles) ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
Tournament supervisor Fabrice Chouquet
Giulia Orlandi
Player representatives RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze
As of October 9, 2013

The 2007 WTA Championships (also known as the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships ) was an indoor hard court tennis tournament for women in Madrid , Spain . The tournament took place from November 6th to 11th, 2007 and, after the four Grand Slam tournaments, was the WTA tournament with the highest endowment in terms of points and prize money in the women's tournament calendar. The tennis championships of the WTA Tour in women singles and doubles were held for the second time in Madrid.

The Belgian Justine Henin in singles and the duo Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in doubles were the defending champions.

The individual winner was Justine Henin, who defeated Marija Sharapova 5: 7, 7: 5 and 6: 3. The pairing Cara Black and Liezel Huber secured the double title . She won the final against Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama with 5: 7, 6: 3 and [10: 8].

singles

qualification

The eight best placed women on the WTA Tour qualified for this competition. There were also two reservists.

Individual WTA Race on October 29, 2007
# Player Points Tournaments Qualification date
1 BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 5405 13 August 1, 2007
2 SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 4097 27 August 1, 2007
3 RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 3691 18th September 6, 2007
4th SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 3163 19th September 28, 2007
5 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 2767 11 October 16, 2007
6th RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze 2698 21st
7th United StatesUnited States Venus Williams 1 2470 13
8th SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 2431 26th October 28, 2007
8th RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 2431 12 October 28, 2007
10 FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 2224
11 RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 2023
12 RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 1973
13 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nicole Vaidišová 1941
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 1936
15th FranceFrance Tatiana Golovin 1919
16 RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 1864
17th IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer 1699
18th FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 1538
19th AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer 1497
20th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 1372
  • 1 On the advice of the doctors, Venus Williams did not take part in the tournament because she had to undergo various medical tests.

Competition mode

In the round-robin phase (Engl. Round Robin ), played four players in two groups each against all. The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which were played according to the knockout system . The winner of each group played against the second in the other group and the winners of those games played the final.

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin victory
02. RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Preliminary round
03. SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Preliminary round
04th SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović Semifinals
No. Player Round reached
05. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Preliminary round

06th RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova final

07th RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze Semifinals

08th. SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Preliminary round

Semi-finals, finals

  Semifinals final
                         
1  BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 6th 6th        
4th  SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 4th 4th    
1  BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 5 7th 6th
  6th  RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 7th 5 3
7th  RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze 2 2  
 
6th  RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6th 6th    

Yellow group

Henin Janković Williams
Bartoli 		Chakvetadze Round Robin
S-N 		Sentences
S-N 		Play
S-N 		Item
1 BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 6: 2, 6: 2 6: 0, 6: 0
(Bartoli) 		6: 1, 7: 6 4 3-0 6-0 37:11 1
3 SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 2: 6, 2: 6 1: 6, 0: 1 task
(Bartoli) 		4: 6, 6: 0, 3: 6 0: 3 1: 6 18:31 4th
5
OLD 		United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Marion Bartoli
FranceFrance  		0: 6, 0: 6
(Bartoli) 		6: 1, 1: 0 task
(Bartoli) 		4: 6, task
(Williams) 		0: 1
1: 1 		0: 2
2: 2 		4: 6
7:13 		5
3
7th RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze 1: 6, 6: 7 4 6: 4, 0: 6, 6: 3 6: 4, problem
(Williams) 		2: 1 4: 3 25:30 2

Red group

Kuznetsova Ivanović Sharapova Hantuchová Round Robin
S-N 		Sentences
S-N 		Play
S-N 		Item
2 RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 1: 6, 6: 4, 5: 7 7: 5, 2: 6, 2: 6 6: 7 7 , 0: 6 0: 3 2: 6 29:47 4th
4th SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 5 1: 6, 2: 6 6: 2, 7: 6 9 2: 1 4: 3 33:32 2
6th RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2 6: 1, 6: 2 6: 4, 7: 5 3-0 6: 1 44:23 1
8th SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 7: 6 7 , 6: 0 1: 6, 6: 7 9 4: 6, 5: 7 1: 2 2: 4 30:32 3

Double

qualification

The four best placed double pairings of the WTA Tour qualified for this competition.

WTA-Race in doubles on October 29, 2007
# pairing Points Tournaments Qualification date
1 ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States  		6375 21st August 16, 2007
2 United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 1
AustraliaAustralia  		3628 13
3 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  		3146 13 October 22, 2007
4th SlovakiaSlovakia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan  		2622 10 October 26, 2007
5 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia  		2537 13 October 26, 2007
6th AustraliaAustralia Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly  		2321
7th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		1527
8th HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		1240
9 SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain  		1155
10 FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina
RussiaRussia  		1395
  • 1 The pairing Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur did not take part in the tournament because Stosur was still recovering from an illness.

Competition mode

The tournament winners were determined according to the knockout system.

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States  		victory
02. SlovakiaSlovakia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan  		final
03. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  		Semifinals
04th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia  		Semifinals

Semi-finals, finals

  Semifinals final
                         
1  ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
 United StatesUnited States  		7th 4th [10]      
4th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
 AustraliaAustralia  		6 3 6th [6]  
1  ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
 United StatesUnited States  		5 6th [10]
  2  SlovakiaSlovakia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama
 JapanJapan  		7th 3 [8th]
3  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  		2 2  
 
2  SlovakiaSlovakia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama
 JapanJapan  		6th 6th    

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kicker online, Nuremberg, Germany: Ranking lists - WTA-Race 2007 week 44 - 29.10. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Henin, Jankovic First Qualifiers. WTA Tour, archived from the original on October 16, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  3. ^ Kuznetsova Books Madrid Berth. WTA Tour, archived from the original on October 11, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Ana Ivanovic qualifies for Sony Ericsson Championships. womenstennisblog.com, September 29, 2007, accessed July 21, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Serena Qualifies For Madrid. WTA Tour, October 15, 2007, archived from the original on October 18, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Chakvetadze Qualifies for Madrid. WTA Tour, October 23, 2007, archived from the original on October 25, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  7. ^ A b Sharapova, Hantuchova Round Out Elite Eight Field. WTA Tour, October 28, 2007, archived from the original on May 25, 2008 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ Black, Huber Qualify For Madrid. WTA Tour, archived from the original on October 11, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  9. ↑ Chan, Chuang Earn Second Berth in Season-Ender. WTA Tour, October 22, 2007, archived from the original on October 24, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  10. ^ A b Two More Teams Make It, Doubles Field Complete. WTA Tour, October 26, 2007, archived from the original on October 29, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ SAM UNDERGOING TREATMENT. samstosur.com, October 16, 2007, archived from the original on November 9, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2017 (English).