2007 WTA Tour Championships

TennisEventInfo|2007|WTA Tour Championships
date= November 6 - November 11
edition=37th
location=flagicon|ESP Madrid, Spain
champs= flagicon|BEL Justine Henin
champd= flagicon|ZIM Cara Black / flagicon|USA Liezel Huber

The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held from 6 November to 11 November 2007, in Madrid, Spain.

Since 2005, main tournament sponsor is Sony Ericsson; and for the second time, the final event in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar is held in Spain, on Casa de Campo grounds, in Madrid Arena. In 2008, the tournament is going to be held in Doha, Qatar. [cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1483 |title= Tour Board Approves 2008, 2009 Calendars |accessdate=2007-06-29 |format=HTML |work=WTA Tour]

Justine Henin, from Belgium, won the tournament and the check for $1 million, her second tournament title in a row, defeating Russian, Maria Sharapova in three sets. Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Ai Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik in the final of doubles competition.

Qualifying

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*¹ Prize money for doubles is per team.
*² Third place points and prize money in the yellow group is divided into two parts, one third ($33,333 and 35 points) goes to Serena Williams, because she played one match, and two thirds ($96,666 + $20,000 as one of the alternates, and 150 points) to Marion Bartoli, the first alternate and who played two matches.

eeds and draw

The draw was comprised of eight players in singles, and four teams in doubles. Players or teams were seeded based on the WTA Tour Rankings current the week prior to the Sony Ericsson Championships, on Monday, October 29.

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The draw was conducted on Saturday, November 3 by retired Spanish tennis player, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott, and player representative to this tournament, Anna Chakvetadze. [cite web |url=http://www.sonyericsson-championships.com/en/news/story/383.asp |title= Red or Yellow? |accessdate=2007-11-03 |format=HTML |work=WTA Tour] Players were divided into two groups, red and yellow, in honor of the colors of the Spanish flag.

Group stage

¹ Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament after her first match (left patella femoral inflammation).cite news | url = http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1887 | author = Women's Tennis Association | title = Justine Reaches Semis; Injury Forces Serena Out | date = 2007-11-07 | accessdate = 2001-11-07 | publisher | Women's Tennis Association | language = English ]

² Bartoli's 6-0, 6-0 loss was the heaviest defeat in the tournament's history, and the only double bagel.

Red Group

Match Results

emifinals

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4TeamBracket-Tennis3
team-width=150
RD1=Semifinals
RD2=Final

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=flagicon|BEL "'Justine Henin
RD1-score1-1="'6
RD1-score1-2="'6
RD1-score1-3=
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=flagicon|SRB Ana Ivanovic
RD1-score2-1=4
RD1-score2-2=4
RD1-score2-3=

RD1-seed3=7
RD1-team3=flagicon|RUS Anna Chakvetadze
RD1-score3-1=2
RD1-score3-2=2
RD1-score3-3=
RD1-seed4=6
RD1-team4=flagicon|RUS "'Maria Sharapova
RD1-score4-1="'6
RD1-score4-2="'6
RD1-score4-3=

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=flagicon|BEL "'Justine Henin
RD2-score1-1=5
RD2-score1-2="'7
RD2-score1-3="'6
RD2-seed2=6
RD2-team2=flagicon|RUS Maria Sharapova
RD2-score2-1="'7
RD2-score2-2=5
RD2-score2-3=3

Doubles

4TeamBracket-Tennis3
team-width=150
RD1=Semifinals
RD2=Final

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=flagicon|ZIM "'Cara Black &
flagicon|USA Liezel Huber
RD1-score1-1="'7
RD1-score1-2=4
RD1-score1-3="'10
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=flagicon|CZE Květa Peschke &
flagicon|AUS Rennae Stubbs
RD1-score2-1=6³
RD1-score2-2="'6
RD1-score2-3=6

RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3=flagicon|TPE Yung-Jan Chan &
flagicon|TPE Chia-Jung Chuang
RD1-score3-1=2
RD1-score3-2=2
RD1-score3-3=
RD1-seed4=2
RD1-team4=flagicon|SLO "'Katarina Srebotnik &
flagicon|JPN Ai Sugiyama
RD1-score4-1="'6
RD1-score4-2="'6
RD1-score4-3=

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=flagicon|ZIM "'Cara Black &
flagicon|USA Liezel Huber
RD2-score1-1=5
RD2-score1-2="'6
RD2-score1-3="'10
RD2-seed2=2
RD2-team2=flagicon|SLO Katarina Srebotnik &
flagicon|JPN Ai Sugiyama
RD2-score2-1="'7
RD2-score2-2=3
RD2-score2-3=8

ee also

*2007 in tennis
*2007 Tennis Masters Cup

References

External links

* [http://www.sonyericsson-championships.com/1/en/home/ Official site]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/includes/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/global/Pdfs/events/2007/madrid_draws.pdf Draw]