The2007 French Open (Roland Garros) 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 sinceBjörn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run at Roland Garros.Justine Henin also equaledMonica Seles' record of three consecutive wins. This was the third straight year thatRafael Nadal andJustine Henin won the French Open singles titles.
| Day | Summary | Highlights1 | Completed play |
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| 1 | The tournament was almost entirely rained out. However, some matches were completed, andJanko Tipsarević,Serena Williams, andMarat Safin were victors. Safin started as the first winner of the 2007 season. | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Again, most of the day's play didn't happen. Rain postponed first round action, however,Venus Williams was one of the few winners on that day. | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Day 3 finally prevailed dry. Most of the 64 men's singles first round matches were completed, as well as a few women's victories.Dominik Hrbatý,Julien Benneteau,Florian Mayer,Fernando González,Robin Söderling andAgustín Calleri were other upset seeds on the men's side, andNadia Petrova was one of the major upsets on the women's side. | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | On Day 4, a lot of women's matches were played. The remaining of the men's matches were finished and some of the women's winners wereMaria Sharapova,Amélie Mauresmo andVenus Williams. | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Day 5 saw the start of women's, men's and mixed doubles competitions. In addition,Gastón Gaudio, the 2004 champion, was up 6–4, 6–3 on fourteenth-seeded and former number oneLleyton Hewitt, but ended up losing the match in five sets. Hewitt came from behind two sets to defeat Gaudio. | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | On Day 6,Jelena Janković oustedVenus Williams 6–4, 4–6, 6–1. A repeat of last year's mixed doubles final came this year in the first round, and the defending championsKatarina Srebotnik andNenad Zimonjić beat last year's runner-up teamElena Likhovtseva andDaniel Nestor in three sets, 6–2, 5–7, 10–7.Filippo Volandri, seeded 29th, at the time the most recent person who defeated number oneRoger Federer, upset the 7th seedIvan Ljubičić 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, and he will playTommy Robredo in the fourth round. | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Lucie Šafářová upsetAmélie Mauresmo for the second consecutive time at a major before the quarterfinals.SerbianNovak Djokovic and last French male representativeOlivier Patience battled in a marathon five-set long match that resulted in the qualification of Djokovic, although he himself confessed that "his opponent had played better than him." According to theNBC French Open coverage,Albert Montañés and defending championRafael Nadal battled over ten deuces in one of the games in the first set. | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | The women's fourth round was played out. The four quarterfinals are betweenJustine Henin, andSerena Williams, betweenJelena Janković andNicole Vaidišová, betweenAna Ivanovic andSvetlana Kuznetsova, and lastly betweenAnna Chakvetadze andMaria Sharapova, of whom saved two match points againstPatty Schnyder today. Two quarterfinal matches in the men's draw have been made, whereRoger Federer will playTommy Robredo, andGuillermo Cañas will playNikolay Davydenko. | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | The men's quarterfinals took shape. Rafael Nadal beat Lleyton Hewitt 6–3 6–1 7–6(5) and will face Carlos Moyá. The doubles and juniors tournaments also continued.Marcos Baghdatis was knocked out byIgor Andreev, of whom will meetNovak Djokovic in a quarterfinal. | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | The first of the quarterfinals were completed. For the men, Roger Federer defeatedTommy Robredo in four sets, marking his first set lost in a Grand Slam since the 2006 US Open final. Also winning his match wasNikolay Davydenko, who beatGuillermo Cañas. On the women's side,Ana Ivanovic defeatedSvetlana Kuznetsova;Justine Henin took outSerena Williams;Jelena Janković beatNicole Vaidišová, andMaria Sharapova was victorious overAnna Chakvetadze. | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | The final two men's quarterfinals were played, withRafael Nadal defeating fellow MallorcanCarlos Moyá; andNovak Djokovic beating surprise quarter-finalistIgor Andreev. | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ana Ivanovic made her first Grand Slam singles final, and any Grand Slam final of any type, when she beatMaria Sharapova.Justine Henin beatJelena Janković, andAna Ivanovic andJustine Henin will meet in the final. | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Roger Federer andRafael Nadal have made the finals, both for the second consecutive time. Federer beatNikolay Davydenko andRafael Nadal beatNovak Djokovic. | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Justine Henin defeatsAna Ivanovic in straight sets to capture the women's singles championship. | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Rafael Nadal beatsRoger Federer in 4 sets to win the men's singles title for the 3rd consecutive year at the French Open. | 1 | 2 |
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Most of the day's matches were canceled due to rain.Serena Williams andJustine Henin both won on the women's side.Marat Safin won his match, and was the 2007 French Open's first victor. Other winners includeDinara Safina,Tamira Paszek,Potito Starace andJanko Tipsarević.
Most of the day was again canceled due to rain. However,Venus Williams,Michaëlla Krajicek andNikolay Davydenko were amongst that day's winners.
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 wasShenay Perry, who survived a loss of the first set againstOlivia Sanchez. The other American man still in the tournament wasRobby 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 wasPhilipp Kohlschreiber's clash withLukáš Dlouhý where the fifth set was eventually taken by Kohlschreiber, 17–15. Eight male seeds left the tournament:
Also, the injured Russian eleventh seedNadia Petrova went out 5–7, 7–5, 0–6 toKvěta Peschke.Nicole Vaidišová andJelena Janković defeated their opponents in straight sets.
Tenth seedTomáš Berdych failed to turn his overnight two-set deficit againstGuillermo García López, and became the ninth men's seed to bow out in the first round. The conqueror ofFernando González,Radek Štěpánek, lost in five sets to wildcardÉdouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round.Justine Henin,Serena Williams,Venus Williams,Maria Sharapova andAmélie Mauresmo won through as well. The unseededKristof Vliegen was able to beat eleventh seedRichard Gasquet in straight sets, 7–6(4), 6–3, 6–1.
Gastón Gaudio, the 2004 champion, was up 6–4, 6–3 on fourteenth-seeded and former number oneLleyton 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 andAnastasia Rodionova were amongst the first to win their doubles match today.
On Day 6, a repeat of last year's mixed doubles final came whenKatarina Srebotnik andNenad Zimonjić beatElena Likhovtseva andDaniel Nestor 6–2, 5–7, 10–7 in the first round. Number four seedJelena Janković beatVenus Williams 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in the third round.Filippo Volandri, seeded 29th, then the most recent person who defeatedRoger Federer[1] (at the2007 Rome Masters), upset the 7th seedIvan Ljubičić 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the third round, and he will playTommy Robredo in the fourth round, which is his best French Open of his career.
On Day 7, there was no rain delay. According to coverage onNBC, a game in the first set betweenRafael Nadal andAlbert Montañés went to over ten deuces, and thirty two points. Today, number five seedAmélie Mauresmo lost toLucie Šafářová for the second time at a major in a row.
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 beatTommy Robredo, andNikolay Davydenko beatGuillermo Cañas. Federer will meet Davydenko in the semifinals.
The last men's semifinal was formed.Novak Djokovic beatIgor Andreev, andRafael Nadal beatCarlos Moyá, and these two winners would take each other on in the semifinals.
In the women's semifinalsAna Ivanovic beatMaria Sharapova 6–1, 6–2 to make it to her first Grand Slam singles final andJustine Henin beatJelena Janković, and still hasn't lost a set in over two years at the French Open. The first champions wereNathalie Dechy andAndy Ram after finals victory over the 2006 championsKatarina Srebotnik andNenad Zimonjić in mixed doubles.
Finalists of men's singles areRoger Federer (who beatNikolay Davydenko 7–5, 7–6, 7–6) andRafael Nadal (who beatNovak Djokovic 7–5, 6–4, 6–2). 17th seededAlicia Molik andMara Santangelo beatKatarina Srebotnik andAi Sugiyama, the seventh seeds, to win the women's doubles championship.
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 againstSvetlana Kuznetsova. The men's doubles and juniors doubles finals were played.
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.
Rafael Nadal defeated
Roger Federer, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Justine Henin[2] defeated
Ana Ivanovic,[3] 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(7–5), 6–4
Nathalie Dechy /
Andy Ram defeatedKatarina Srebotnik /Nenad Zimonjić, 7–5, 6–3
Vladimir Ignatic defeatedGreg Jones 6–3, 6–4
Alizé Cornet defeated
Mariana Duque Marino 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Thomas Fabbiano /Andrei Karatchenia defeated
Kellen Damico /Jonathan Eysseric 6–4, 6–0
Ksenia Milevskaya /
Urszula Radwańska defeated 
Sorana Cîrstea /Alexa Glatch 6–1, 6–4
Arnaud Boetsch /Guy Forget defeatedHenri Leconte /Cédric Pioline 6–3, 3–6, 1–0(14)
Anders Järryd /John McEnroe defeatedJohn Fitzgerald /
Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–2
Shingo Kunieda defeated
Robin Ammerlaan 6–3, 6–4
Esther Vergeer defeatedFlorence Gravellier 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Stéphane Houdet /Michaël Jérémiasz defeatedShingo Kunieda /Satoshi Saida 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Maaike Smit /Esther Vergeer defeatedFlorence Gravellier /Mie Yaosa 6–1, 6–4
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.
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The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot: | Women's qualifiers entries[edit]Main article:2007 French Open – Women's singles qualifying
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
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The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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Coverage of the 2007 French Open was as follows:
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