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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 tournament titles | Roger Federer (8) |
Most tournament 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 Bryan Mike 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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The 2007 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2007 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.
In August 2006, the ATP announced that it would conduct a trial of the round-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. The Adelaide International was scheduled as the pilot.[2] Initial reactions from players were mixed, with Rafael Nadal in favor of the scheme and Roger Federer opposed.[2][3] In early March 2007 at the Las Vegas Channel Open there was controversy when the ATP decided that James 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 |
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5 Mar 12 Mar |
Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States Masters Series Hard – $3,285,000 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles |
Rafael Nadal 6–2, 7–5 |
Novak Djokovic | Andy Murray Andy Roddick |
David Ferrer Tommy Haas Ivan Ljubičić Juan Ignacio Chela |
Martin Damm Leander Paes 6–4, 6–4 |
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | ||||
19 Mar 26 Mar |
Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States Masters Series Hard – $3,285,000 – 96S/16D Singles – Doubles |
Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
Guillermo Cañas | Ivan Ljubičić Andy Murray |
Tommy Robredo Juan Ignacio Chela Andy Roddick Rafael Nadal |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–7(7–9), 6–3, [10–7] |
Martin Damm Leander Paes |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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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 Nadal Andy Roddick |
Nikolay Davydenko Fernando González Richard Gasquet Novak Djokovic |
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 6–2, 6–3 |
Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle | ||||
26 Nov | Davis Cup Final Portland, Oregon, USA – hard (i) |
United States 4–1 | Russia |
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Points were awarded as follows:
Tournament Category | Total Financial commitment |
W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Additional qualifying points | |
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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 prize money level in that category. $/€25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€50,000. Monies shown 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 and International 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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:
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 the ATP 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:
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