2007 French Open

TennisEventInfo|2007|French Open
date=May 27 - June 10
edition=106th
champms=flagicon|ESP Rafael Nadal
champws=flagicon|BEL Justine Henin
champmd=flagicon|BAH Mark Knowles / flagicon|CAN Daniel Nestor
champwd=flagicon|AUS Alicia Molik / flagicon|ITA Mara Santangelo
champxd=flagicon|FRA Nathalie Dechy / flagicon|ISR Andy Ram

champbs=flagicon|BLR Vladimir Ignatic
champgs=flagicon|FRA Alize Cornet
champbd=flagicon|ITA Thomas Fabbiano / flagicon|BLR Andrei Karatchenia
champgd=flagicon|BLR Ksenia Milevskaya / flagicon|POL Urszula Radwańska

The 2007 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June, 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Bjorn Borg, 1978-81; and maintained his unbeaten run at Roland Garros. Justine Henin also equaled Monica Seles' record of three consecutive wins.

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 Tipsarevic.

Day 2

Most of the day was again canceled due to rain. However, Venus Williams, Michaella 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 Lukas Dlouhy where the fifth set was eventually taken by Kohlschreiber, 17-15. Eight male seeds left the tournament:

*Andy Roddick (3) lost 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 4-6 to Igor Andreev.
*Fernando Gonzalez (5) lost 2-6, 2-6, 4-6 to former top ten player Radek Stepanek.
*James Blake (8) lost 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 5-7 to Ivo Karlovic.
*Dominik Hrbaty (24) lost 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), 4-6, 3-6 to Czech qualifier Bohdan Ulihrach.
*Robin Soderling (25) retired after being a set and 1-4 down in the second set to Albert Montanes.
*Agustin Calleri (26) lost in four sets to lucky loser Mariano Zabaleta 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 5-7.
*Julien Benneteau (30) lost in four to Carlos Berlocq.
*Florian Mayer (31) lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets.

Also, the injured Russian eleventh seed Nadia Petrova went out 5-7, 7-5, 0-6 to Kveta Peschke. Nicole Vaidisova and Jelena Jankovic defeated their opponents in straight sets.

Day 4

Tenth seed Tomas Berdych failed to turn his overnight two-set deficit against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and became the ninth men's seed to bow out in the first round. The conqueror of Fernando Gonzalez, Radek Stepanek, lost in five sets to wildcard Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round. Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Amelie Mauresmo won through as well. The unseeded Kristof Vliegen was able to beat eleventh seed Richard Gasquet in straight sets, 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-1.

Day 5

Gaston Gaudio, 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 Zimonjic beat Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor 6-2, 5-7, 10-7 in the first round. Number four seed Jelena Jankovic 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 [ [http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/playerprofiles/playeractivity.asp?query=Singles&year=2007&player=F324&selTournament=0&prevtrnnum=0 ATPtennis.com - Players - Profiles - Player Activity ] ] (at the 2007 Rome Masters), upset the 7th seed Ivan Ljubicic 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 Montanes went to over ten deuces, and thirty two points. Today, number five seed Amelie Mauresmo lost to Lucie Safarova 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:
*World number 1 Justine Henin against Serena Williams.
*Jelena Jankovic against Nicole Vaidisova.
*Ana Ivanovic against Svetlana Kuznetsova.
*Anna Chakvetadze against Maria Sharapova, who survived two match points to win 3-6, 6-4, 9-7 over Patty Schnyder, shown on NBC.
The men's quarterfinals that have been formed by winning their fourth round matches are:
*Roger Federer against Tommy Robredo
*Guillermo Canas against Nikolay Davydenko.

Day 9

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:
*Roger Federer (who beat Mikhail Youzhny) against Tommy Robredo (who beat Filippo Volandri)
*Guillermo Canas (who beat Juan Monaco) against Nikolay Davydenko (who beat David Nalbandian)
*Igor Andreev (who upset Marcos Baghdatis) against Novak Djokovic (who beat Fernando Verdasco)
*Carlos Moya (who beat Jonas Bjorkman) against Rafael Nadal (who beat Lleyton Hewitt).

Day 10

In the men's singles quarterfinals, Roger Federer beat Tommy Robredo, and Nikolay Davydenko beat Guillermo Canas. 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 Moya, 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 Jankovic, 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 Zimonjic in mixed doubles.

Day 13

Finalists of men's singles are Roger Federer (who beat Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 7-6, 7-6) and Rafael Nadal (who beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4, 6-2). 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.

eniors

Men's singles

flagicon|ESP Rafael Nadal def. flagicon|SUI Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Women's singles

flagicon|BEL Justine Henin def. flagicon|SRB Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-2
Justine Henin has not lost a set in over two years at the French Open, since her 2005 fourth round when she saved match points against Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Men's doubles

flagicon|BAH Mark Knowles / flagicon|CAN Daniel Nestor def. flagicon|CZE Lukas Dlouhy / flagicon|CZE Pavel Vizner 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
This marked the first French Open win of Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.

Women's doubles

flagicon|AUS Alicia Molik / flagicon|ITA Mara Santangelo def. flagicon|SLO Katarina Srebotnik / flagicon|JPN Ai Sugiyama 7-6 (5), 6-4

Mixed doubles

flagicon|FRA Nathalie Dechy / flagicon|ISR Andy Ram def. flagicon|SLO Katarina Srebotnik / flagicon|SRB Nenad Zimonjic 7-5, 6-3
Dechy and Ram beat the defending champions.

Juniors

Boys' singles

flagicon|BLR Vladimir Ignatic def. flagicon|AUS Greg Jones 6-3, 6-4

Girls' singles

flagicon|FRA Alize Cornet def. flagicon|COL Mariana Duque Marino 4-6, 6-1, 6-0

Boys' doubles

flagicon|ITA Thomas Fabbiano / flagicon|BLR Andrei Karatchenia def. flagicon|USA Kellen Damico / flagicon|FRA Jonathan Eysseric 6-4, 6-0

Girls' doubles

flagicon|BLR Ksenia Milevskaya / flagicon|POL Urszula Radwańska def. flagicon|ROU Sorana Cirstea / flagicon|USA Alexa Glatch 6-1, 6-4

Legends

Legends Under 45 Doubles

flagicon|FRA Arnaud Boetsch / flagicon|FRA Guy Forget def. flagicon|FRA Henri Leconte / flagicon|FRA Cedric Pioline 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(14)

Legends Over 45 Doubles

flagicon|SWE Anders Jarryd / flagicon|USA John McEnroe def. flagicon|AUS John Fitzgerald / flagicon|ARG Guillermo Vilas 6-1, 6-2

Wheelchair

Wheelchair Men's Singles

flagicon|JPN Shingo Kunieda def. flagicon|NED Robin Ammerlaan 6-3, 6-4

Wheelchair Women's Singles

flagicon|NED Esther Vergeer def. flagicon|FRA Florence Gravellier 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

flagicon|FRA Stephane Houdet / flagicon|FRA Michael Jeremiasz def. flagicon|JPN Shingo Kunieda / flagicon|JPN Satoshi Saida 7-6(4), 6-1

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

flagicon|NED Maaike Smit / flagicon|NED Esther Vergeer def. flagicon|FRA Florence Gravellier / flagicon|JPN Mie Yaosa 6-1, 6-4

eeds

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

#flagicon|SUI Roger Federer "(Final, lost to Rafael Nadal)
#flagicon|ESP "'Rafael Nadal "(Champion)"
#flagicon|USA Andy Roddick, "(1st Round, lost to Igor Andreev)
#flagicon|RUS Nikolay Davydenko, "(Semifinals, lost to Roger Federer)
#flagicon|CHI Fernando Gonzalez, "(1st Round, lost to Radek Stepanek)
#flagicon|SRB Novak Djokovic, "(Semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
#flagicon|CRO Ivan Ljubicic, "(3rd Round, lost to Filippo Volandri)
#flagicon|USA James Blake, "(1st Round, lost to Ivo Karlovic)
#flagicon|ESP Tommy Robredo, "(Quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
#flagicon|CZE Tomas Berdych, "(1st Round, lost to Guillermo Garcia Lopez)
#flagicon|FRA Richard Gasquet, "(2nd Round, lost to Kristof Vliegen)
#flagicon|ESP David Ferrer, "(3rd Round , lost to Fernando Verdasco)
#flagicon|RUS Mikhail Youzhny, "(4th Round, lost to Roger Federer)
#flagicon|AUS Lleyton Hewitt, "(4th Round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
#flagicon|ARG David Nalbandian, "(4th Round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
#flagicon|CYP Marcos Baghdatis, "(4th Round, lost to Igor Andreev)
#flagicon|ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero, "(3rd Round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
#flagicon|ARG Juan Ignacio Chela, "(2nd Round, lost to Gael Monfils)
#flagicon|ARG Guillermo Canas, "(Quarterfinals, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
#flagicon|FIN Jarkko Nieminen, "(3rd Round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
#flagicon|RUS Dmitry Tursunov, "(2nd Round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)
#flagicon|RUS Marat Safin, "(2nd Round, lost to Janko Tipsarevic)
#flagicon|ESP Carlos Moya, "(Quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
#flagicon|SVK Dominik Hrbaty, "(1st Round, lost to Bohdan Ulihrach)
#flagicon|SWE Robin Soderling, "(1st Round, lost to Albert Montanes)
#flagicon|ARG Agustin Calleri, "(1st Round, lost to Mariano Zabaleta)
#flagicon|AUT Jürgen Melzer, "(2nd Round, lost to Juan Monaco)
#flagicon|GER Philipp Kohlschreiber, "(2nd Round, lost to Oscar Hernandez)
#flagicon|ITA Filippo Volandri, "(4th Round, lost to Tommy Robredo)
#flagicon|FRA Julien Benneteau, "(1st Round, lost to Carlos Berlocq)
#flagicon|GER Florian Mayer, "(1st Round, lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu)
#flagicon|ESP Nicolas Almagro, "(2nd Round, lost to Michael Llodra)

Women's singles

#flagicon|BEL "'Justine Henin "(Champion)"
#flagicon|RUS Maria Sharapova, "(Semifinals, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
#flagicon|RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, "(Quarterfinals, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
#flagicon|SER Jelena Jankovic, "(Semifinals, lost to Justine Henin)
#flagicon|FRA Amelie Mauresmo, "(3rd Round, lost to Lucie Safarova)
#flagicon|CZE Nicole Vaidisova, "(Quarterfinals, lost to Jelena Jankovic)
#flagicon|SER Ana Ivanovic "(Final, lost to Justine Henin)
#flagicon|USA Serena Williams, "(Quarterfinals, lost to Justine Henin)
#flagicon|RUS Anna Chakvetadze, "(Quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
#flagicon|RUS Dinara Safina, "(4th Round, lost to Serena Williams)
#flagicon|RUS Nadia Petrova, "(1st Round, lost to Kveta Peschke)
#flagicon|SVK Daniela Hantuchova, "(3rd Round, lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues)
#flagicon|RUS Elena Dementieva, "(3rd Round, lost to Marion Bartoli)
#flagicon|SUI Patty Schnyder, "(4th Round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
#flagicon|ISR Shahar Pe'er, "(4th Round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
#flagicon|CHN Li Na, "(3rd Round, lost to Sybille Bammer)
#flagicon|SLO Katarina Srebotnik, "(3rd Round, lost to Shahar Pe'er)
#flagicon|FRA Marion Bartoli, "(4th Round, lost to Jelena Jankovic)
#flagicon|ITA Tathiana Garbin, "(4th Round, lost to Nicole Vaidisova)
#flagicon|AUT Sybille Bammer, "(4th Round, lost to Justine Henin)
#flagicon|JPN Ai Sugiyama, "(3rd Round, lost to Anna Chakvetadze)
#flagicon|UKR Alyona Bondarenko, "(2nd Round, lost to Karin Knapp)
#flagicon|ITA Francesca Schiavone, "(3rd Round, lost to Dinara Safina)
#flagicon|ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues, "(4th Round, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
#flagicon|CZE Lucie Safarova, "(4th Round, lost to Anna Chakvetadze)
#flagicon|USA Venus Williams, "(3rd Round, lost to Jelena Jankovic)
#flagicon|AUS Samantha Stosur, "(3rd Round, lost to Nicole Vaidisova)
#flagicon|ITA Mara Santangelo, "(3rd Round, lost to Justine Henin)
#flagicon|ARG Gisela Dulko, "(2nd Round, lost to Alla Kudryavtseva)
#flagicon|UKR Julia Vakulenko, "(1st Round, lost to Ioana Raluca Olaru)
#flagicon|FRA Severine Bremond, "(1st Round, lost to Michaella Krajicek)
#flagicon|GER Martina Muller, "(2nd Round, lost to Dominika Cibulkova)

Media coverage

Coverage of the 2007 French Open was as follows:
*Arab World - "'Al Jazeera Sports
*Europe - "'Eurosport
*Latin America - "'ESPN International
*South-East Asia - "'Star Sports
*Belgium - Sporza, VRT, "'RTBF
*Brazil - "'ESPN Brasil
*Croatia - HRT 2 "(daily highlights and the singles finals live)
*France - "'France Televisions
*Great Britain - BBC Interactive "(Women's Singles final on BBC 1, Men's Singles final live on interactive service; highlights on BBC 2)
* Ireland - TG4
* Japan - TV Tokyo, "'WOWOW
*Netherlands - "'NOS
*Russia - Sport TV, "'NTV Plus
*Serbia - "'RTS
*United States - NBC, ESPN2, "'The Tennis Channel

ee also

* 2007 in tennis

References