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2007 Wimbledon Championships
DateJune 25 – July 8
Edition131st
2006 Champions
Women's doubles
China Yan Zi / China Zheng Jie
Mixed doubles
Israel Andy Ram / Russia Vera Zvonareva
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
United States Venus Williams
Men's doubles
France Arnaud Clément / France Michaël Llodra
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The 2007 Wimbledon Championships were held between 25 June and 8 July, 2007. In 2007 Wimbledon will be giving equal prize money for the men's and women's champions for the first time, but women will still only play best-of-three sets. Reconstruction work on Centre Court is currently in progress, and there will be no roof on the court for the 2007 Championships.

Wimbledon 2007 was won by Roger Federer, beating Rafael Nadal after a 3 and a half hour match.


Timeline

2007 Wimbledon Championships Timeline
Day Comments Preview1 Review1 Completed Matches
1 Roger Federer and Justine Henin were some of the victors on Day 1. Rain however prevented most play. 1 2 3
2 Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova won their matches, as well as Rafael Nadal, and Tim Henman, who fought very hard and won. 1 2 3
3 Not many matches were completed but among the winners on Day 3 were Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Fernando González, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanović, Richard Gasquet and Martina Hingis. Doubles were scheduled to start on Day 3 but rain stopped most play. This also postponed Tim Henman's match versus Feliciano López. The only doubles match completed was the match in the Gentlemen's Doubles tournament when the 13 seeds Jaroslav Levinský and David Škoch from the Czech Republic won out on Court 15. 1 2 3
4 Katie O'Brien and Tim Henman were knocked out by Michaëlla Krajicek and Feliciano López respectively. All the high seeds won today, winners include Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Venus Williams, Lleyton Hewitt, Nikolay Davydenko, Daniela Hantuchová, James Blake, Novak Đoković, Amélie Mauresmo and Marcos Baghdatis. For Britain, Jamie Murray and his American partner Eric Butorac won through their first round match of Gentlemen's Doubles. One surprise on Day 4 was that Juan Ignacio Chela was knocked out by Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin. 1 2 3
5 Juan Carlos Ferrero beat James Blake. A shock upset by Janko Tipsarević sent seeded Fernando González out of the tournament in five sets. Andy Roddick, Serena Williams and Roger Federer easily won their matches as well. There was also doubles play. 1 2 3
6 Only three matches were completed. Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova advanced to Fourth Round, James Auckland with Claire Curran won their match in First Round of Mixed doubles. 1 2 3
MS Middle Sunday
7 After a Middle Sunday that was dominated by clear skies, the rain caused disruptions again as play resumed, sporadically. Tommy Haas withdrew from the tournament, leaving Roger Federer with a bye to the Quarter Finals. French Open finalists Justine Henin and Ana Ivanović both progressed. The Williams sisters also came through, with Serena battling through cramp to win a three-set thriller. 1 2 3
8 Despite almost unceasing rain, Nicole Vaidišová upset Amélie Mauresmo (the defending champion) 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 to create a quarterfinal with Ana Ivanović. The match between Rafael Nadal and Robin Söderling failed to reach a conclusion, as play was delayed by rain and forced in to a fourth day. 1 2 3
9 The highly anticipated match between Serena Williams and Justine Henin was fought out, with Henin victorious in three sets. Venus Williams brushed aside the number 2 seed Maria Sharapova; and Marion Bartoli, a surprise package, also progressed to the semifinals. Rafael Nadal and Novak Đoković won their third round matches, which had both been forced in to five days of play. Andy Roddick and Richard Gasquet also reached the fourth round. 1 2 3
10 Rain prevented play in the afternoon and evening. Rafael Nadal came back from 2-0 to win against Mikhail Youzhny; setting up a clash with Tomáš Berdych. The “previous” that he and Nadal have refers to a match at the Madrid Masters, where Berdych defeated Nadal and began hushing the crowd. Marcos Baghdatis and Novak Đoković also set up a quarterfinal tie. Roger Federer returned to court against Juan Carlos Ferrero, but did not have enough time to complete a set. Venus Williams sent another top-seeded Russian packing, Svetlana Kuznetsova; she will meet Ana Ivanović in the semifinal, who won an epic match against Nicole Vaidišová. 1 2 3
11 Marion Bartoli produced the biggest upset of the tournament by defeating world number 1 and favourite Justine Henin. She faces Venus Williams in the final, who defeated Ana Ivanović with cool efficiency. Novak Đoković contested another gruelling match, winning in five sets against Marcos Baghdatis. Roger Federer came through, not unscathed though, as he lost his first set of the tournament. Richard Gasquet awaits him, after shocking Andy Roddick. 1 2 3
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Notable stories

Chokes and comebacks

  • Tim Henman defeated Carlos Moya in round 1 after going down two sets to one in a match that lasted two days with a 5th set scoreline of 13-11. Henman lost 6 match points before capitalizing from a double fault by Moya on the 7th match point.[5][6]
  • Nikolay Davydenko made a remarkable comeback against Chris Guccione in round 2, losing the first 2 sets before winning 3-6 5-7 7-6 6-4 6-2. It was a special comeback because Davydenko, who had a previous horrific record on grass, made it into round 3 of Wimbledon for the first time.[7]
  • Serena Williams made an unbelievable comeback against Daniela Hantuchová in the Fourth Round. Williams cramped in the second set at 5-5, 30-15 with Hantuchova serving. She was treated and played to a tiebreak when a rain delay halted play for almost 2 hours. Both players came back and finished the tiebreak, which Hantuchova won. Then in the third set, Williams started off slow but powered to a 6-2 6-7 6-2 win to advance to the quarterfinals against Justine Henin. [8]
  • Venus Williams was almost knocked out by Alla Kudryavtseva in her first round match, when she won 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. She was down a set and possible break points before finally winning her match in three sets.[9]
  • Venus Williams came back from two sets all to win a match tightly against Akiko Morigami 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Morigami had been a game away from victory, but Venus was able to take control and dismiss Morigami.[10]
  • Nicole Vaidišová knocked out defending champion Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round to reach her first Wimbledon quarter final. After narrowly winning a first set tie-break and losing the second set to the title holder, Vaidišová came back to win 6-1 in the third set.[11]
  • Marion Bartoli beat world number one Justine Henin in the women's singles semi-final after losing the first set 6-1 and being a break down in the second. She won the final set 6-1.[12]

Prize Money

On April 24, 2007, Wimbledon announced that the prize money would increase to £700,000 (US$1.4 million) for men and women singles champions. The total prize fund will be £11,282,710 - the highest any tennis tournament has ever offered.

The Wimbledon Championships will also adopt HawkEye technology for the first time on Centre and Number One courts. The Cyclops system will still be used on other courts.

Day by Day

Day 1

Many matches were cancelled by rain, an ominous precursor to the entire tournament. Top seeds Roger Federer and Justine Henin managed to defeat their opponents easily. Philipp Kohlschreiber became the first seeded player to exit the tournament. Seeded players Martina Hingis and Patty Schnyder were pushed by their opponents, each playing 3 sets with Hingis saving 2 match points. Serena Williams, Marion Bartoli and Shahar Pe'er won their games simply.

Day 2

Daniela Hantuchová easily dispatched Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Favourites such as Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova, Amelie Mauresmo, Novak Đoković, James Blake and Rafael Nadal won their matches with ease. However, Venus Williams was almost knocked out by Alla Kudryavtseva, when she won 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Day 3

Andy Roddick and Richard Gasquet advanced towards third round, true to expectations. Justine Henin, Ana Ivanović, Martina Hingis and Serena Williams also beat their opponents with little difficulty. Lucky loser Alizé Cornet defeated ranked #42 Maria Kirilenko. Unfortunately the evening matches were delayed due to the rain.

Day 4

Dinara Safina became today's highest-ranked woman to lose, while Tommy Robredo the highest-ranked man to lose on day 4. However, other seeded players like Ana Ivanović, Elena Dementieva, Roger Federer and Marat Safin have done their jobs well and advanced towards third round. Also, Serena and Venus Williams returned to their doubles competitions by beating Anne Keothavong and Claire Curran in the first round.

Day 5

The players who began their games at 11 o'clock were delayed by rain, but it did not affect Justine Henin, Jelena Janković and Patty Schnyder who all hastily completed their matches. Anna Chakvetadze is the highest-ranked woman to lose so far, while Fernando González became the highest-seeded man to lose so far.

Day 6

The tournament suffered massive rain disruptions, with Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova being the only singles players to complete (and win) their matches. The afternoon matches were also delayed by rain. Fans on Centre and Court 2 received full refunds; because they saw less than an hour of play, with Mauresmo's win lasting 57 minutes.

Middle Sunday

Day 7

There was a little bit of rain and a few surprises too. Although there was more rain, Justine Henin found time to advance to the quarterfinals, while Elena Dementieva surprised everyone by losing to an unseeded Tamira Paszek. Agnieszka Radwańska, after sending seeded Martina Müller out in the second round a few days earlier, couldn't do the same thing to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Day 8

Most of the women's 4th round matches were delayed by rain, however, some matches were completed; Svetlana Kuznetsova ended Tamira Paszek's dazzling run; 3rd seed and in-form Serb Jelena Janković was defeated by Marion Bartoli; and 2006 champion and 4th seed Amélie Mauresmo fell to Nicole Vaidišová.

Day 9

Rafael Nadal finally won his match against Robin Söderling, which had lasted since Saturday. Other today's winners were Novak Đoković, who advanced into 4th round and Andy Roddick, who is already in the quarterfinals. Richard Gasquet won his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Maria Sharapova lost to Venus Williams in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. Justine Henin and Marion Bartoli became the first female semifinalists. The second round doubles match between Brazilians André Sá and Marcelo Melo against Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett set two Wimbledon records, one of most games played in a match (102) and the longest fifth set ever (28-26). This was the second longest match in the history of The Championships, with 5 hours and 58 minutes. The Brazilian duo won.

Day 10

Venus Williams became another semifinalist after her victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets again. Ana Ivanović joined her when she won the match with Nicole Vaidišová, who could not take advantage of three match points she had in the final set, with Ivanović eventually triumphing 7-5. Novak Đoković, Marcos Baghdatis, Tomáš Berdych and Rafael Nadal qualified into quarterfinals today. Nadal battled through another 5-set match, although he completed this one on its scheduled day, without any suspensions due to rain.

Day 11

Rafael Nadal became the first male semifinalist, and was soon followed by defending champion Roger Federer and by fourth seed Novak Đoković. Venus Williams is through to the Ladies' Singles final and Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli joins her making the biggest upset in the tournament - sending number one seeded Justine Henin out. In a huge upset, Richard Gasquet, another French player, pulled off the biggest upset of the men's in taking out #3 seed and ranked Roddick. The match was riddled with controversy due to a mis-match rain delay. Roddick initially defeated Gasquet in straight sets(6-4, 6-4, 7-6) but due to a post-match rain delay, it was officially ruled that the match would resume again on Friday beginning with the 3rd set. Gasquet went on to win three straight sets and emerged victorious.

Day 12

The final of the Men's Singles was determined, Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, a repeat of the 2006 final and French Open final. Federer won in straight sets against Richard Gasquet, whilst Nadal's opponent, Novak Đoković, was forced to retire with the match balanced at one set all. Venus Williams won another Wimbledon title easily against Bartoli in straight sets. (6-4, 6-1)

Day 13

  • Seeded player out:

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles

Switzerland Roger Federer def. Spain Rafael Nadal 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2

Women's singles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

United States Venus Williams def. France Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-1

Men's doubles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles

France Arnaud Clément / France Michaël Llodra def. United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Women's doubles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Japan Ai Sugiyama vs. Zimbabwe Cara Black / South Africa Liezel Huber

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles

United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Serbia Jelena Janković vs. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Alicia Molik

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles

United States Donald Young def. Belarus Vladimir Ignatic 7-5, 6-1

Girls' singles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles

Poland Urszula Radwańska def. United States Madison Brengle 2-6, 6-3, 6-0

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Doubles

Czech Republic Roman Jebavý / Slovakia Martin Kližan vs. TBD

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles

TBD vs. Japan Misaki Doi / Japan Kurumi Nara

Other events

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis def. United Kingdom Mark Petchey / United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson 6-2, 6-2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

United Kingdom Jeremy Bates / Sweden Anders Jarryd def. United States Kevin Curren / United States Johan Kriek 6-3, 6-3

Ladies' invitation doubles

Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Czech Republic Helena Suková def. South Africa Ilana Kloss / United States Rosalyn Nideffer 6-3, 6-3

Men's wheelchair doubles

Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan / Netherlands Ronald Vink def. Japan Shingo Kunieda / Japan Satoshi Saida 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below[1]. Players in bold are still in the competition. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.

Media coverage

Broadcasters of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships is as follows:


A roofless Centre Court in the early stages of redevelopment.

References

  1. ^ Kate Battersby (2007-06-25). "Hingis Survives Scare From Brit". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  2. ^ Tim Westmacott (2007-06-30). "Tipsy Pierces Public Consciousness". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  3. ^ Henry Wancke (2007-06-29). "Fifth Seed Gonzalez Crashes Out". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  4. ^ "J. Tipsarevic - 29 June". Wimbledon. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  5. ^ Barry Newcombe (2007-06-26). "Henman Aims to Build on Victory". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  6. ^ "C. Moya - 26 June". Wimbledon. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  7. ^ Adam Lincoln (2007-06-28). "Davydenko survives Aussie Scare". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  8. ^ Drew Lilley (2007-06-02). "Monday 2 July: Review of the Day". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  9. ^ Henry Wancke (2007-06-26). "Venus Fights Back to Win". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-06-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Henry Wancke (2007-07-02). "Take That! Venus is Sure of Sucess". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  11. ^ Ronald Atkin (2007-07-03). "Defending Champion Mauresmo Out". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  12. ^ Ronald Atkin (2007-07-06). "Bartoli Bundles Out Henin in Semi". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2007-07-08.

See also


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