.jpg) Roger Federer finished the year rankedworld No. 1 for the fourth time in his career. He won eight tournaments during the season, including threemajors at theAustralian Open, theWimbledon Championships, and theUS Open, as well as theTennis Masters Cup. He also won twoMasters Series events, and finished runner-up at the fourth major, theFrench Open. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 30 December 2006 – 11 November 2007 |
| Tournaments | 65 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) ATP Masters Series (9) ATP International Series Gold (9) ATP International Series (43) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles |  Roger Federer (8) |
| Most finals | Roger Federer (12) |
| Prize money leader | Roger Federer ($10,130,620) |
| Points leader | Roger Federer (7,180) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Roger Federer |
| Doubles team of the year |  Bob BryanMike Bryan |
| Most improved player of the year |  Novak Djokovic |
| Newcomer of the year |  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
| Comeback player of the year |  Igor Andreev |
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The2007 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2007 tennis season. TheATP Tour is the elite tour for professionaltennis organized by theAssociation of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the fourGrand Slam tournaments, theTennis Masters Cup, theATP Masters Series, theInternational Series Gold and theInternational Series tournaments.
In August 2006, the ATP announced that it would conduct a trial of theround-robin tournament format during the 2007 season.[1] ATP Executive Chairman Etienne De Villiers claimed their research showed a preference for this tournament setup among fans, tournaments and media. In a round-robin tournament each player competes once against every other player in his group. The only men's tournament using this format was the season-ending event but all regular tournaments, including the Grand Slams, used the traditional elimination or knock-out system. The round-robin format would be tested at 13 events during the 2007 ATP Tour but the Masters Series events and the Grand Slam tournaments were excluded from the experiment. TheAdelaide International was scheduled as the pilot.[2] Initial reactions from players were mixed, withRafael Nadal in favor of the scheme andRoger Federer opposed.[2][3] In early March 2007 at the Las VegasChannel Open there was controversy when the ATP decided thatJames Blake had qualified for the quarterfinals only to revert that decision hours later.[4] Player reactions became increasingly negative, claiming the format was confusing and could enable match-fixing.[4][5] On 21 March 2007, the ATP announced that it had abandoned the experiment and had decided that the remaining scheduled round-robin tournaments would revert to the single-elimination form.[6][7]
The table below shows the 2007 ATP Tour schedule
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Tennis Masters Cup |
| ATP Masters Series |
| ATP International Series Gold |
| ATP International Series |
| Team events |
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 12 Mar | Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States Masters Series Hard – $3,035,000 – 96S/32D Singles –Doubles |  Rafael Nadal6–2, 7–5 | Novak Djokovic |  Andy MurrayAndy Roddick | David Ferrer Tommy Haas Ivan Ljubičić Juan Ignacio Chela |
 Martin Damm Leander Paes6–4, 6–4 |  Jonathan ErlichAndy Ram | ||||
| 19 Mar 26 Mar | Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States Masters Series Hard – $3,200,000 – 96S/16D Singles –Doubles | Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 | Guillermo Cañas | Ivan LjubičićAndy Murray | Tommy RobredoJuan Ignacio ChelaAndy RoddickRafael Nadal |
| Bob BryanMike Bryan 6–7(7–9), 6–3, [10–7] | Martin DammLeander Paes |
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov | Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, China Tennis Masters Cup Hard (i) – $4,450,000 – 8S/8D (RR) Singles –Doubles | Roger Federer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 | David Ferrer | Rafael NadalAndy Roddick | Nikolay Davydenko Fernando GonzálezRichard GasquetNovak Djokovic |
 Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor6–2, 6–3 |  Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle | ||||
| 26 Nov | Davis Cup Final Portland, Oregon, USA – hard (i) | United States 4–1 | Russia |
Points were awarded as follows:
| Tournament Category | Total Financial commitment | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Additional qualifying points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | $6,784,000 to $9,943,000 | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 150 | 75 | 35 | 5 | 15 | |
| Tennis Masters Cup | $4,450,000 | 750 | if undefeated (100 for each round robin match win, +200 for a semifinal win, +250 for the final win) | ||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | $2,450,000 to $3,450,000 | 500 | 350 | 225 | 125 | 75 | 35 | 5(20) | (5) | 15* | |
| International Series Gold | $1,000,000 | 300 | 210 | 135 | 75 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 10* | ||
| International Series Gold | $800,000 | 250 | 175 | 110 | 60 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 10* | ||
| International Series | $1,000,000 | 250 | 175 | 110 | 60 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 10* | ||
| International Series | $800,000 | 225 | 155 | 100 | 55 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 10* | ||
| International Series | $600,000 | 200 | 140 | 90 | 50 | 15(20) | 5(10) | (5) | 5 | ||
| International Series | $400,000 | 175 | 120 | 75 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Challenger | $150,000+H | 100 | 70 | 45 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Challenger | $150,000 | 90 | 63 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Challenger | $125,000 | 80 | 56 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Challenger | $100,000 | 70 | 49 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Challenger | $75,000 | 60 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Challenger | $37,500+H | 55 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Challenger | $25,000+H | 50 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Futures | $15,000+H | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Futures | $15,000 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Futures | $10,000 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prizemoney level in that category. $/€25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€50,000. Moniesshown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.
(*): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series)
In addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series andInternational Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:
(*): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).
| Total titles | Country | Player | Grand Slam | ATP Tour Finals | ATP Tour Masters Series | ATP Tour International Series Gold | ATP Tour International Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | SUI | Roger Federer | Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open | Masters Cup | Hamburg Masters, Cincinnati Masters | Dubai | Basel |
| 6 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | French Open | Monte Carlo Masters, Rome Masters, Indian Wells Masters | Stuttgart, Barcelona | ||
| 5 | SRB | Novak Djokovic | Miami Masters, Rogers Masters | Vienna | Adelaide Estoril | ||
| 3 | ARG | Juan Mónaco | Kitzbühel | Buenos Aires, Poertschach | |||
| ESP | David Ferrer | Tokyo | Auckland, Båstad | ||||
| CRO | Ivo Karlović | Houston, Nottingham, Stockholm | |||||
| 2 | ARG | David Nalbandian | Madrid Masters, Paris Masters | ||||
| USA | Andy Roddick | Queen's Club, Washington, D.C. | |||||
| CRO | Ivan Ljubičić | Doha, 's-Hertogenbosch | |||||
 BEL | Xavier Malisse | Chennai, Delray Beach | |||||
| USA | James Blake | Medibank, New Haven | |||||
| FRA | Gilles Simon | Marseille, Bucharest | |||||
| GBR | Andy Murray | San Jose, St. Petersburg | |||||
| FRA | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Casablanca, Gstaad | |||||
| RUS | Dmitry Tursunov | Indianapolis, Bangkok | |||||
| ESP | Tommy Robredo | Sopot, Metz | |||||
| 1 | GER | Tommy Haas | Memphis | ||||
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | Rotterdam | |||||
| ARG | Juan Ignacio Chela | Acapulco | |||||
| RUS | Nikolay Davydenko | Moscow | |||||
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | Mumbai | |||||
 PER | Luis Horna | Viña del Mar | |||||
 CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | Zagreb | |||||
| ARG | Guillermo Cañas | Costa do Sauípe | |||||
 AUS | Lleyton Hewitt | Las Vegas | |||||
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | Munich | |||||
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | Valencia | |||||
| CHI | Fernando González | Beijing | |||||
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | Halle | |||||
| ESP | Carlos Moyà | Umag | |||||
| FRA | Fabrice Santoro | Newport | |||||
| FRA | Sébastien Grosjean | Lyon | |||||
| CZE | Radek Štěpánek | Los Angeles | |||||
| BEL | Steve Darcis | Amersfoort |
The following players won their first title:
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Winners/runners-up by country:
| # | Country | Wins | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain | 13 | 12 |
| 2. | Switzerland | 8 | 6 |
| 3. | France | 7 | 8 |
| 4. | Argentina | 7 | 4 |
| 5. | Croatia | 5 | 3 |
| 6. | Serbia | 5 | 2 |
| 7. | USA | 4 | 7 |
| 8. | Russia | 4 | 2 |
| 9. | Belgium | 3 | 1 |
| 10. | Great Britain | 2 | 2 |
| 11. | Germany | 2 | 1 |
| 12. | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 |
| 13. | Chile | 1 | 3 |
| 14. | Cyprus | 1 | 2 |
| 15. | Australia | 1 | 1 |
| 16. | Peru | 1 | 0 |
| 17. |  Italy | 0 | 4 |
| 18. | Austria | 0 | 3 |
| 19. |  Romania | 0 | 2 |
| 20. | Sweden | 0 | 3 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | |
| Canada | 0 | 1 |
| 1. | Roger Federer | US$10,130,620 |
| 2. | Rafael Nadal | 5,646,935 |
| 3. | Novak Djokovic | 3,927,700 |
| 4. | Nikolay Davydenko | 2,051,775 |
| 5. | David Ferrer | 1,955,252 |
| 6. | Andy Roddick | 1,532,070 |
| 7. | Fernando González | 1,437,130 |
| 8. | Richard Gasquet | 1,284,790 |
| 9. | David Nalbandian | 1,230,465 |
| 10. | Tomáš Berdych | 1,126,070 |
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of theATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2007 season:
AUSWayne Arthurs (born 18 March 1971 in Adelaide, Australia) He turned professional in 1990 and reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 44 in 2001. He earned only one career singles title. In doubles, he was ranked no. 11 in 2003 and earned 12 career titles. His last career singles and doubles matches were at Wimbledon.[9]
DENKenneth Carlsen (born April 17, 1973, in Copenhagen, Denmark) He turned professional in 1991 and achieved a career-high ranking of no. 41. He played his last ATP match at the Stockholm Open in October and his last match at a Challenger tournament in Kolding, Denmark a week later againstBjörn Phau.[10]FRAArnaud Di Pasquale (born 11 February 1979 in Casablanca, Morocco) He turned professional in 1998 and reached his highest ranking of no. 39 in 2000. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics and played his last match in November 2006 in Asuncion againstGuillermo Cañas.[11]GBRTim Henman (born 6 September 1974 in Oxford, England) He turned professional in 1993 and achieved the ranking of world no. 4. He was a four-time semifinalist and four-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and reached the semifinals of the French and US Opens once each. He won one Masters 1000 event in Paris in 2003. He played his last match at the Davis Cup competition against Croatia in September.[12]CZEJiří Novák (born March 22, 1975, in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) He turned professional in 1993 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 5 in 2002. He was a semifinalist at the 2002 Australian Open and won seven career titles. He played his last match in June in Košice, Slovakia againstLukáš Rosol.[13]GBRGreg Rusedski (born 6 September 1973, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) He turned professional in 1991 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4. He was a finalist at the US Open in 1997 and earned 15 career titles. He played his last match in March in Sarajevo againstKenneth Carlsen.[14]NEDSjeng Schalken (born 8 September 1976 in Weert, Netherlands) He turned professional in 1994 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 11 in 2003. He reached the semifinals of the US Open in 2002 and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2002, 2003, and 2004. He earned nine career singles titles. In doubles, he was ranked no. 21 in 2002 and reached the semifinals of the US Open in 2001 and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2001. He earned six career doubles titles and played his last career match in February 2006 in Bergamo, Italy againstSimone Bolelli.[15]
