2007 Wimbledon Championships


The 2007 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 121st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 2007. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
Reconstruction work on Centre Court was in progress and thus it had no roof. The Wimbledon Championships adopted Hawk-Eye technology for the first time on Centre Court and Court 1. The Cyclops system was still used on other courts.
The Gentlemen's final was won by Roger Federer for the fifth consecutive time, a feat only before achieved in the Open Era by Björn Borg. It was the third longest men's singles final of all time at 3 hours and 45 minutes. Venus Williams claimed the Ladies' title by defeating Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, a surprise finalist who had defeated world number one at the time Justine Henin. For the first time in twenty years, the Championships saw a home player win a senior title as Jamie Murray won the mixed doubles with Serbian partner Jelena Janković.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Prize distribution

On 24 April 2007, Wimbledon announced that the prize money would increase to £700,000 for men and women singles champions. The total prize fund would be £11,282,710, the highest any tennis tournament has ever offered.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Singles£700,000£350,000
Doubles*£222,900£111,440
Mixed Doubles*£90,000£45,000

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 2–6, 6–2
Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–4, 6–1
Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković defeated Jonas Björkman / Alicia Molik, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

Boys' Singles

Donald Young defeated Vladimir Ignatic, 7–5, 6–1

Girls' Singles

Urszula Radwańska defeated Madison Brengle, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Boys' Doubles

Daniel Alejandro López / Matteo Trevisan defeated Roman Jebavý / Martin Kližan, 7–6, 4–6,

Girls' Doubles

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Urszula Radwańska defeated Misaki Doi / Kurumi Nara, 6–4, 2–6,

Other events

Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Mark Petchey / Chris Wilkinson, 6–2, 6–2

Ladies' Invitation Doubles

Jana Novotná / Helena Suková defeated Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–3

Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd defeated Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink defeated Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

Tournament timeline

Notable stories

Comebacks

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.
easily dispatched Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Favourites such as Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova, Amélie Mauresmo, Novak Djokovic, 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.
and Richard Gasquet advanced towards third round, true to expectations. Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic, 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.
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 Ivanovic, 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.
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.
The tournament suffered massive rain disruptions, with Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova being the only singles players to complete 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.
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. In a highly intense matach, Serena Williams cramped against Daniela Hantuchová late in a second set. Serena battled the injury, losing the second set tie-break but winning after a rain delay.
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.
finally won his match against Robin Söderling, which had lasted since Saturday. Other winners today included Novak Djokovic, 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 and the longest fifth set ever. This was the second longest match in the history of The Championships, at 5 hours and 58 minutes. The Brazilian duo won.
became another semifinalist after her victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets again. Ana Ivanovic 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 Ivanovic eventually triumphing 7–5. Novak Djokovic, 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.
became the first male semifinalist, and was soon followed by defending champion Roger Federer and by fourth seed Novak Djokovic. 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. Richard Gasquet, another French player, pulled off the biggest upset of the men's in taking out #3 seed and ranked Roddick. Roddick had a two set lead before Gasquet won the final 3 sets to book a semi final spot.
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 Djokovic, was forced to retire with the match balanced at one set all. Venus Williams won another Wimbledon title against Bartoli in straight sets.
won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title after a five-set battle against Rafael Nadal, 3 sets to 2. Federer's supremacy on grass met a strong challenge from Nadal and the victory did not come easily for the Swiss. But Federer came through by winning the tiebreak in the first and third sets, and faced four break points before victory in the final set. Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra, beating number one seeded Bryan brothers, became the Gentlemen's Doubles champions, while Cara Black and Liezel Huber were victorious in the Ladies' Doubles final. Jamie Murray became the first British player to win a senior Wimbledon title in 20 years by winning the Mixed Doubles with Serbian partner Jelena Janković, beating Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in 3 sets. Urszula Radwańska maintained the family tradition winning the Girls' Singles title like her sister Agnieszka in 2005 and they became the first sisters to win it. Urszula also became the Girls' Doubles champion, playing with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The victor of Boys' Singles was Donald Young and the best boys' doubles team was Daniel Lopez and Matteo Trevisan.

Men's singles

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

    Women's singles

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

    Wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.
Men's Singles
  1. Jamie Baker
  2. Richard Bloomfield
  3. Alex Bogdanovic
  4. Marin Čilić
  5. Thiemo de Bakker
  6. Josh Goodall
  7. Jonathan Marray
  8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Women's Singles
  1. Elena Baltacha
  2. Naomi Cavaday
  3. Anne Keothavong
  4. Viktoriya Kutuzova
  5. Katie O'Brien
  6. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  7. Melanie South
  8. Caroline Wozniacki
Men's Doubles
  1. Jamie Baker / Alex Bogdanovic
  2. Neil Bamford / Jim May
  3. Richard Bloomfield / Jonathan Marray
  4. Lee Childs / Jamie Delgado
  5. Josh Goodall / Ross Hutchins
Women's Doubles
  1. Elena Baltacha / Naomi Cavaday
  2. Sarah Borwell / Jade Curtis
  3. Claire Curran / Anne Keothavong
  4. Karen Paterson / Melanie South
  5. Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed Doubles
  1. James Auckland / Claire Curran
  2. Alex Bogdanovic / Melanie South
  3. Richard Bloomfield / Sarah Borwell
  4. Lee Childs / Katie O'Brien
  5. Jamie Delgado / Anne Keothavong

    Qualifier entries

Men's singles

  1. Wang Yeu-tzuoo
  2. Nicolas Mahut
  3. Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  4. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
  5. Bobby Reynolds
  6. Bohdan Ulihrach
  7. Sam Warburg
  8. Zack Fleishman
  9. Lee Childs
  10. Alejandro Falla
  11. Gilles Müller
  12. Rik de Voest
  13. Wayne Arthurs
  14. Mischa Zverev
  15. Fernando Vicente
  16. Tomáš Zíb
The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot:
  1. Frank Dancevic
  2. Kevin Kim

    Women's singles

  3. Ágnes Szávay
  4. Kristina Brandi
  5. Casey Dellacqua
  6. Nika Ožegović
  7. Jorgelina Cravero
  8. Ayumi Morita
  9. Olga Govortsova
  10. Hsieh Su-wei
  11. Tatiana Perebiynis
  12. Hana Šromová
  13. Yan Zi
  14. Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:
  1. Alizé Cornet

    Men's doubles

  2. Scott Lipsky / David Martin
  3. Harel Levy / Rajeev Ram
  4. Ilija Bozoljac / Dick Norman
  5. Alex Kuznetsov / Mischa Zverev
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:
  1. Lars Burgsmüller / Orest Tereshchuk
  2. Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
  3. Kevin Kim / Robert Smeets

    Women's doubles

  4. Hsieh Su-wei / Alla Kudryavtseva
  5. Julie Ditty / Raquel Kops-Jones
  6. Stéphanie Foretz / Selima Sfar
  7. Sofia Arvidsson / Lilia Osterloh
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:
  1. Andrea Hlaváčková / Sandra Klösel
  2. Hana Šromová / Klára Zakopalová
  3. Anna Fitzpatrick / Emily Webley-Smith

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Men's Singles

Men's singles

Broadcasters of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships were as follows:

Europe