2007 French Open


The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run at Roland Garros. Justine Henin also equaled Monica Seles' record of three consecutive wins. This was the third straight year that Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin won the French Open singles titles.

Timeline

Notable stories

Day by day

Day 1

Most of the day's matches were canceled due to rain. Serena Williams and Justine Henin both won on the women's side. Marat Safin won his match, and was the 2007 French Open's first victor. Other winners include Dinara Safina, Tamira Paszek, Potito Starace and Janko Tipsarević.

Day 2

Most of the day was again canceled due to rain. However, Venus Williams, Michaëlla Krajicek and Nikolay Davydenko were amongst that day's winners.

Day 3

The third day saw almost the entire men's draw completed, with only seven of 64 matches yet to play. The top half of the women's singles draw also completed their action. The Americans struggled; only two of the eleven Americans in action are still in the tournament, one of nine men and one of two women. The only American woman to advance was Shenay Perry, who survived a loss of the first set against Olivia Sanchez. The other American man still in the tournament was Robby Ginepri, who didn't even advance yet. He split sets with Diego Hartfield before play was suspended. Spanish players enjoyed the opposite fortune, with six of eight men and the only woman all winning their matches. Ernests Gulbis, who became the first Latvian man in the main draw of a Grand Slam, saw off Britain's only representative, Tim Henman.
The longest match of the men's singles draw was Philipp Kohlschreiber's clash with Lukáš Dlouhý where the fifth set was eventually taken by Kohlschreiber, 17–15. Eight male seeds left the tournament:
Also, the injured Russian eleventh seed Nadia Petrova went out 5–7, 7–5, 0–6 to Květa Peschke. Nicole Vaidišová and Jelena Janković defeated their opponents in straight sets.

Day 4

Tenth seed Tomáš Berdych failed to turn his overnight two-set deficit against Guillermo García-López, and became the ninth men's seed to bow out in the first round. The conqueror of Fernando González, Radek Štěpánek, lost in five sets to wildcard Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round. Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Amélie Mauresmo won through as well. The unseeded Kristof Vliegen was able to beat eleventh seed Richard Gasquet in straight sets, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1.

Day 5

, the 2004 champion, was up 6–4, 6–3 on fourteenth-seeded and former number one Lleyton Hewitt, but ended up losing the match in five sets. Hewitt came from behind two sets to defeat Gaudio. Also, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and other players advanced, however rain once again stopped play around 6 P.M. Andreea Ehritt-Vanc and Anastasia Rodionova were amongst the first to win their doubles match today.

Day 6

On Day 6, a repeat of last year's mixed doubles final came when Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić beat Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor 6–2, 5–7, 10–7 in the first round. Number four seed Jelena Janković beat Venus Williams 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in the third round. Filippo Volandri, seeded 29th, then the most recent person who defeated Roger Federer, upset the 7th seed Ivan Ljubičić 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the third round, and he will play Tommy Robredo in the fourth round, which is his best French Open of his career.

Day 7

On Day 7, there was no rain delay. According to coverage on NBC, a game in the first set between Rafael Nadal and Albert Montañés went to over ten deuces, and thirty two points. Today, number five seed Amélie Mauresmo lost to Lucie Šafářová for the second time at a major in a row.

Day 8

On Day 8, the women's quarterfinal draw took shape. Two men's quarterfinals also took shape, and many matches in doubles and juniors were also played. The four women's quarterfinals are:
The men's quarterfinals that have been formed by winning their fourth round matches are:
The last two men's quarterfinals were formed. Junior singles and doubles matches as well as other senior doubles matches were played. The men's quarterfinals are as so:
In the men's singles quarterfinals, Roger Federer beat Tommy Robredo, and Nikolay Davydenko beat Guillermo Cañas. Federer will meet Davydenko in the semifinals.

Day 11

The last men's semifinal was formed. Novak Djokovic beat Igor Andreev, and Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Moyá, and these two winners would take each other on in the semifinals.

Day 12

In the women's semifinals Ana Ivanovic beat Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–2 to make it to her first Grand Slam singles final and Justine Henin beat Jelena Janković, and still hasn't lost a set in over two years at the French Open. The first champions were Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram after finals victory over the 2006 champions Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić in mixed doubles.

Day 13

Finalists of men's singles are Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. 17th seeded Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo beat Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama, the seventh seeds, to win the women's doubles championship.

Day 14

Justine Henin beat Ana Ivanovic in straight sets, and is the three-time champion who has not lost a set since the 2005 fourth round when she saved match points against Svetlana Kuznetsova. The men's doubles and juniors doubles finals were played.

Day 15

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in 4 sets to win his 3rd straight French Open title. Nadal has now won 3 French Opens. He won all of twenty-one matches playing on Roland Garros. This was also the second consecutive year that Nadal denied Federer winning 4 slams in a row.

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Justine Henin defeated Ana Ivanovic, 6–1, 6–2
Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 7–6, 6–4
Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–5, 6–3

Juniors

Boys' singles

Vladimir Ignatic defeated Greg Jones 6–3, 6–4

Girls' singles

Alizé Cornet defeated Mariana Duque Marino 4–6, 6–1, 6–0

Boys' doubles

Thomas Fabbiano / Andrei Karatchenia defeated Kellen Damico / Jonathan Eysseric 6–4, 6–0

Girls' doubles

Ksenia Milevskaya / Urszula Radwańska defeated Sorana Cîrstea / Alexa Glatch 6–1, 6–4

Legends

Legends Under 45 Doubles

Arnaud Boetsch / Guy Forget defeated Henri Leconte / Cédric Pioline 6–3, 3–6, 1–0

Legends Over 45 Doubles

Anders Järryd / John McEnroe defeated John Fitzgerald / Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–2

Wheelchair

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Robin Ammerlaan 6–3, 6–4

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier 6–3, 5–7, 6–2

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jeremiasz defeated Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida 7–6, 6–1

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Maaike Smit / Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier / Mie Yaosa 6–1, 6–4

Seeds

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

Men's singles

  1. Roger Federer '
  2. Rafael Nadal '
  3. Andy Roddick, '
  4. Nikolay Davydenko, '
  5. Fernando González, '
  6. Novak Djokovic, '
  7. Ivan Ljubičić, '
  8. James Blake, '
  9. Tommy Robredo, '
  10. Tomáš Berdych, '
  11. Richard Gasquet, '
  12. David Ferrer, '
  13. Mikhail Youzhny, '
  14. Lleyton Hewitt, '
  15. David Nalbandian, '
  16. Marcos Baghdatis, '
  17. Juan Carlos Ferrero, '
  18. Juan Ignacio Chela, '
  19. Guillermo Cañas, '
  20. Jarkko Nieminen, '
  21. Dmitry Tursunov, '
  22. Marat Safin, '
  23. Carlos Moyá, '
  24. Dominik Hrbatý, '
  25. Robin Söderling, '
  26. Agustín Calleri, '
  27. Jürgen Melzer, '
  28. Philipp Kohlschreiber, '
  29. Filippo Volandri, '
  30. Julien Benneteau, '
  31. Florian Mayer, '
  32. Nicolás Almagro, '

    Women's singles

  33. Justine Henin '
  34. Maria Sharapova, '
  35. Svetlana Kuznetsova, '
  36. Jelena Janković, '
  37. Amélie Mauresmo, '
  38. Nicole Vaidišová, '
  39. Ana Ivanovic '
  40. Serena Williams, '
  41. Anna Chakvetadze, '
  42. Dinara Safina, '
  43. Nadia Petrova, '
  44. Daniela Hantuchová, '
  45. Elena Dementieva, '
  46. Patty Schnyder, '
  47. Shahar Pe'er, '
  48. Li Na, '
  49. Katarina Srebotnik, '
  50. Marion Bartoli, '
  51. Tathiana Garbin, '
  52. Sybille Bammer, '
  53. Ai Sugiyama, '
  54. Alona Bondarenko, '
  55. Francesca Schiavone, '
  56. Anabel Medina Garrigues, '
  57. Lucie Šafářová, '
  58. Venus Williams, '
  59. Samantha Stosur, '
  60. Mara Santangelo, '
  61. Gisela Dulko, '
  62. Julia Vakulenko, '
  63. Séverine Brémond, '
  64. Martina Müller, '

    Qualifier entries

Men's Qualifiers entries

  1. Marcos Daniel
  2. Konstantinos Economidis
  3. Lukáš Dlouhý
  4. Flavio Cipolla
  5. Iván Navarro
  6. Fabio Fognini
  7. Laurent Recouderc
  8. Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  9. Boris Pašanski
  10. Marin Čilić
  11. Jérôme Haehnel
  12. Paul Capdeville
  13. Christophe Rochus
  14. Ivo Minář
  15. Bohdan Ulihrach
  16. Dušan Vemić
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
  1. Mariano Zabaleta
  2. Juan Pablo Guzmán
  3. Santiago Giraldo
  4. Fernando Vicente

    Women's Qualifiers entries

  5. Mariya Koryttseva
  6. Květa Peschke
  7. Ágnes Szávay
  8. Alla Kudryavtseva
  9. Akgul Amanmuradova
  10. Hsieh Su-wei
  11. Rossana de los Ríos
  12. Timea Bacsinszky
  13. Andrea Petkovic
  14. Olga Savchuk
  15. Raluca Olaru
  16. Dominika Cibulková
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
  1. Sofia Arvidsson
  2. Emma Laine

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles
;Men's Singles
;Before the tournament
;During the tournament
;Women's Singles
;Before the tournament
Coverage of the 2007 French Open was as follows: