2007 US Open (tennis)


The 2007 US Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City.
Roger Federer successfully defended his title, becoming the first man in the open era to win four consecutive US Open titles. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in defending her 2006 title, being upset in the third round by 18-year-old Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland. Justine Henin, the runner-up to Sharapova in 2006, won her second US Open title, this year without losing a set. It was the second Grand Slam she won in the year without losing a set, having also won the 2007 French Open earlier in the year. It was also her last Grand Slam title.

Timeline

Notable stories

Player of the Day

Player of the day were:

Qualifying day 1

Qualifying was impossible due to rain.

Qualifying day 2

Qualifying Day 2 saw lots of rain. However, according to , players such as Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Pablo Cuevas, Jamie Baker, Steve Darcis, Alina Jidkova and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were winners to the following round of qualifying. In addition, main singles draws for men and women were released, except qualifiers' names; however the draw shows where qualifiers will go. Roger Federer, seeded 1st, will play a qualifier for the first two rounds, and possibly three consecutive rounds.

Qualifying day 3

The first round of qualifying was completed and second round matches began. In-form Frank Dancevic came through in the men's draw; whilst 2007 French Open Girls' Singles champion Alizé Cornet came through in the women's qualifying.

Qualifying day 4

Players began qualifying for the main draw; the first on the men's side being Pablo Cuevas and the first on the women's, Renata Voráčová. Scoville Jenkins was the first American qualifier to reach the main draw.

Qualifying day 5

Qualifying was completed as Dancevic, Rainer Schüttler and Andrei Pavel qualified among others such as Bruno Echagaray, who beat Robin Haase. On the women's side Cornet and Andreja Klepač came through, along with Julia Görges, who upset No. 6 seed Anne Kremer.

Kids Day

Coverage found on CBS or possibly other channels: Matches, songs and other events were held and played at the 2007 US Open Kids Day. Matches were held; including with non-professional tennis players Rob Thomas, Tony Hawk and John Cena, along with others who competed in non-match activities.

Day 1

Day 1 saw Feliciano López was able to upset Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. Max Mirnyi defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6, in an epic battle in which Mirnyi came back in the last-set tiebreaker from 1–5 to win 8–6. Both Venus Williams and Serena Williams continued runs, however young qualifier Alizé Cornet stunned Samantha Stosur. Wildcard talent John Isner played four sets and defeated the seeded Jarkko Nieminen. Guillermo Cañas needed four sets to beat Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo, while Fernando Verdasco came back to shock the crowd from two sets to love down to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu, 1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. Julia Görges lost to Justine Henin; while Scoville Jenkins lost to Roger Federer, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4. Home favourite Ahsha Rolle took a 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 dramatic upset win over Tatiana Golovin in three sets. Donald Young also advanced and thus won his first ever US Open match, defeating Chris Guccione, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.
and wildcard Wayne Odesnik were able to advance through their matches in five sets, while Lleyton Hewitt was one who easily beat his opponent. Nicole Vaidišová and Dominika Cibulková won their matches, while Sania Mirza was pushed and Laura Granville easily advanced. Others to win were Martina Hingis, Juan Martín del Potro, Dudi Sela, Jürgen Melzer, Pauline Paramentier and Virginie Razzano. Lastly, doubles competition began.
Past champions Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Marat Safin, and Roger Federer easily advanced to round 3, while Rafael Nadal overcame severe knee pain to beat Australian wildcard Alun Jones in 4 sets in his opening match. Tim Henman, playing in his final Grand Slam, stunned the crowd by taking out No. 27 seed Dmitry Tursunov in 4 sets to advance to round 2, joined by players such as Carlos Moyà and Mikhail Youzhny. Other women to advance to round 3 include Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic, Lucie Šafářová, Marion Bartoli, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, and local favorite Ahsha Rolle. No. 7 Fernando González lost in his opening match, causing the upset of the tournament so far.
The fourth day of action was all about the favorites, with most of them advancing. No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova was the highest seed in action on either draw, crushing her opponent Casey Dellacqua and she was joined by other former champions Andy Roddick, Martina Hingis and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round. Richard Gasquet withdrew from his match against Donald Young with a fever and sore throat, and Guillermo Cañas was another casualty. British favourite Andy Murray and James Blake overcame five-set thrillers to advance, while there was also a big upset in the men's doubles draw as defending champions Martin Damm and Leander Paes crashed out. Tomáš Berdych, Tommy Haas, Nikolay Davydenko, Nadia Petrova, Anna Chakvetadze, Patty Schnyder and Nicole Vaidišová were other players to advance.
and Novak Djokovic battled their match for hours, never letting a set go be won with a six-an eventual scoreline that Djokovic can boast of 6–7, 7–6, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6. Mardy Fish saved match points only to lose despite being a break up in the final set to Tommy Robredo and Agustín Calleri and Philipp Kohlschreiber both pulled off upsets taking out Lleyton Hewitt and Mikhail Youzhny. In the women's draw, heavy favourites Justine Henin, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Serena and Venus Williams all advanced to the fourth round. They were joined there by Marion Bartoli, Dinara Safina and surprise victor Sybille Bammer who upset Elena Dementieva. The doubles court saw the biggest upset of the tournament when Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko beat top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 1–6, 7–6, 6–2 after being down 6–1, 3–1.
draw included Nadia Petrova, Patty Schnyder and Martina Hingis who all lost to promising teenagers in Ágnes Szávay, Tamira Paszek and Victoria Azarenka. Shahar Pe'er also beat the thirteenth seed Nicole Vaidišová. Otherwise favourites like Andy Roddick, Anna Chakvetadze, James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Tomáš Berdych and Tommy Haas all went through to the fourth round. In the men's draw, there was only one upset as the last British player left in the singles draw, Andy Murray, crashed out to Lee Hyung-taik in four sets.
The men's fourth round line-up was completed and the women's quarterfinal began to take shape. Carlos Moyà, David Ferrer, Juan Mónaco, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal all expectedly made it through in the men's bottom half. Ernests Gulbis became the first Latvian player to make the fourth round of the US Open when he upset eighth seed Tommy Robredo in straight sets and Juan Ignacio Chela got his first ever victory over Ivan Ljubičić. Stanislas Wawrinka also continued his run. In the first of the women's fourth round matches, Justine Henin crushed an erratic Dinara Safina, Serena and Venus Williams both beat dangerous opponents in Marion Bartoli and Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković needed three sets to get past Austrian Sybille Bammer before eventually prevailing 6–4, 4–6, 6–1.
Home favorite James Blake was the biggest seed to fall as the quarter-final draw was completed on the women's side. Shahar Pe'er put a stop to Agnieszka Radwańska's run, but Julia Vakulenko was unable to halt Ágnes Szávay, a player who had previously never gone past the second round of a grand slam. Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze progressed with relative ease. James Blake threw three match points in his thriller with Tommy Haas, unable to repeat the previous year's showing of a quarterfinal. Andy Roddick was leading when a second opponent, Tomáš Berdych, retired on him in a week. Roger Federer lost the first set but ultimately had a comfortable victory and Nikolay Davydenko progressed, still the only player on the men's side not to drop a set. In men's doubles, the top seeded Bryan brothers were upset by tenth-seeded Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 7–5, 6–4. It was Aspelin's first time in a Grand Slam semifinal and Knowle's second. In women's doubles, second-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were shocked by sixteenth-seeded Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza 2–6, 7–5, 7–5.
needed four sets to overcome Juan Mónaco after having a match point in the third set, and set up a meeting with Carlos Moyà who beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Juan Ignacio Chela survived unseeded Stanislas Wawrinka in five sets to advance to the quarterfinals. Number one Justine Henin beat Serena Williams to make the women's semifinals, and in a match that ended at 1:50 a.m. local time, David Ferrer caused the biggest upset in the men's draw so far by taking out second-seeded fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal in a thrilling four-set match.
The men's semifinals began to take shape as Roger Federer overcame Andy Roddick in a thrilling 7–6, 7–6, 6–2 encounter to move through to the semifinals, where he will face Russian Nikolay Davydenko who beat Tommy Haas earlier in the day, also in straight sets. In the women's draw, the semifinal line-up was complete with three matches taking the court. Anna Chakvetadze was first, cruising past Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 6–1, and will meet compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last four for a place in the final. In the women's night match, Venus Williams beat Jelena Janković in a thrilling encounter, with Venus having to come from a set down to eventually win 4–6, 6–1, 7–6.
continued his scintillating run, reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela 6–2, 6–3, 7–5. The final men's quarterfinal didn't last much longer, with Novak Djokovic holding his nerve to beat Carlos Moyà 6–4, 7–6, 6–1 and reach his third Grand Slam semi-final of the year. The mixed doubles competition was completed, with Belorussians Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka overcoming Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes 6–4, 7–6.
came through in straight sets and defeated the Williams sisters in the same tournament. Only Martina Hingis has done this. Henin and Williams battled a classic, while Anna Chakvetadze at first dominated by errors of Svetlana Kuznetsova, but then Chakvetadze had errors and Kuznetsova got by 3–6, 6–1, 6–1.
Justine Henin cruised to her second US Open championship, crushing Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3 to win the title. Esther Vergeer once again won a doubles final, this time alongside Jiske Griffioen. Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida won the Wheelchair Men's Doubles final over Robin Ammerlaan and Michael Jeremiasz. In juniors competition, Jonathan Eysseric and Jérôme Inzerillo defeated Grigor Dimitrov and Vasek Pospisil to win the title, while Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska dominated their final against Oksana Kalashnikova and Ksenia Lykina.
won for the fourth consecutive year to bring his overall Grand Slam singles titles tally to twelve.

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Novak Djoković, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4
Justine Henin defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–1, 6–3
Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner, 7–5, 6–4
Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina defeated Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung, 6–4, 6–2
Victoria Azarenka / Max Mirnyi defeated Meghann Shaughnessy / Leander Paes, 6–4, 7–6

Juniors

Boys' singles

Ričardas Berankis defeated Jerzy Janowicz, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' singles

Kristína Kučová defeated Urszula Radwańska, 6–3, 1–6, 7–6

Boys' doubles

Jonathan Eysseric / Jérôme Inzerillo defeated Grigor Dimitrov / Vasek Pospisil, 6–2, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Ksenia Milevskaya / Urszula Radwańska defeated Oksana Kalashnikova / Ksenia Lykina, 6–1, 6–2

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Robin Ammerlaan, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier, 6–3, 6–1

Wheelchair men's doubles

Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Michael Jeremiasz, 6–3, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

Jiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer defeated Korie Homan / Sharon Walraven, 6–1, 6–1

Wheelchair quad singles

Peter Norfolk def David Wagner, 7–6, 6–2

Wheelchair quad doubles

Nick Taylor / David Wagner defeated Sarah Hunter / Peter Norfolk, 6–1, 4–6, 6–0

Legends

Men's champions invitational

Todd Martin

Women's champions invitational

Conchita Martínez and Jana Novotná

Mixed champions invitational

Round Robin 1: Natasha Zvereva / Andrés Gómez

Round Robin 2: Anne Smith / Stan Smith

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Notably, it was the first time in 11 years that the two top seeded players, and the two world number one singles players, won the US Open Singles Championships.

Men's singles

  1. Roger Federer
  2. Rafael Nadal '
  3. Novak Djokovic, '
  4. Nikolay Davydenko, '
  5. Andy Roddick, '
  6. James Blake, '
  7. Fernando González, '
  8. Tommy Robredo, '
  9. Tomáš Berdych, '
  10. Tommy Haas, '
  11. Mikhail Youzhny, '
  12. Ivan Ljubičić, '
  13. Richard Gasquet, '
  14. Guillermo Cañas, '
  15. David Ferrer, '
  16. Lleyton Hewitt, '
  17. Carlos Moyà, '
  18. Marcos Baghdatis, '
  19. Andy Murray, '
  20. Juan Ignacio Chela, '
  21. Juan Carlos Ferrero, '
  22. Paul-Henri Mathieu, '
  23. Juan Mónaco, '
  24. David Nalbandian, '
  25. Marat Safin, '
  26. Jarkko Nieminen, '
  27. Dmitry Tursunov, '
  28. Nicolás Almagro, '
  29. Filippo Volandri, '
  30. Potito Starace, '
  31. Jürgen Melzer, '
  32. Ivo Karlović,

    Women's singles

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

    Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles

  1. John Isner
  2. Alun Jones
  3. Alex Kuznetsov
  4. Jesse Levine
  5. Michael McClune
  6. Wayne Odesnik
  7. Ryan Sweeting
  8. Donald Young

    Women's singles

  9. Lauren Albanese
  10. Madison Brengle
  11. Audra Cohen
  12. Alexa Glatch
  13. Jamea Jackson
  14. Jessica Moore
  15. Ahsha Rolle
  16. Ashley Weinhold

    Men's doubles

  17. Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg
  18. Robby Ginepri / Gustavo Kuerten
  19. John Isner / Scott Oudsema
  20. Scoville Jenkins / Phillip Simmonds
  21. Robert Kendrick / Sam Querrey
  22. Alex Kuznetsov / Jesse Levine
  23. Rajeev Ram / Donald Young

    Women's' doubles

  24. Sara Anundsen / Jenna Long
  25. Hilary Barte / Alexandra Mueller
  26. Madison Brengle / Ashley Weinhold
  27. Alexa Glatch / Abigail Spears
  28. Jamie Hampton / Melanie Oudin
  29. Angela Haynes / Ahsha Rolle
  30. Jamea Jackson / Chanda Rubin

    Mixed doubles

  31. Jill Craybas / Bobby Reynolds
  32. Alexa Glatch / Scoville Jenkins
  33. Ashley Harkleroad / Justin Gimelstob
  34. Vania King / Vince Spadea
  35. Corina Morariu / Amer Delić
  36. Ashley Weinhold / Ryan Sweeting

    Qualifier entries

;Men's Singles
  1. Frank Dancevic
  2. Bruno Echagaray
  3. Andrei Pavel
  4. Alexander Waske
  5. Steve Darcis
  6. Scoville Jenkins
  7. Rainer Schüttler
  8. Pablo Cuevas
  9. Rik de Voest
  10. Dominik Meffert
  11. Dudi Sela
  12. Björn Phau
  13. Paul Capdeville
  14. Thierry Ascione
  15. Philipp Petzschner
  16. Michał Przysiężny
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
  1. Bobby Reynolds
  2. Robin Haase
;Women's Singles
  1. Tatiana Perebiynis
  2. Yan Zi
  3. Alizé Cornet
  4. Petra Cetkovská
  5. Alina Jidkova
  6. Julia Görges
  7. Pauline Parmentier
  8. Olivia Sanchez
  9. Andreja Klepač
  10. Emmanuelle Gagliardi
  11. Sandra Klösel
  12. Jorgelina Cravero
  13. Kira Nagy
  14. Ekaterina Makarova
  15. Renata Voráčová
  16. Tsvetana Pironkova

    Protected ranking

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

Men's Singles

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