2007 Wimbledon Championships


The 2007 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 121st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 2007. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
Reconstruction work on Centre Court was in progress and thus it had no roof. The Wimbledon Championships adopted Hawk-Eye technology for the first time on Centre Court and Court 1. The Cyclops system was still used on other courts.
The Gentlemen's final was won by Roger Federer for the fifth consecutive time, a feat only before achieved in the Open Era by Björn Borg. It was the third longest men's singles final of all time at 3 hours and 45 minutes. Venus Williams claimed the Ladies' title by defeating Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, a surprise finalist who had defeated world number one at the time Justine Henin. For the first time in twenty years, the Championships saw a home player win a senior title as Jamie Murray won the mixed doubles with Serbian partner Jelena Janković.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Prize distribution

On 24 April 2007, Wimbledon announced that the prize money would increase to £700,000 for men and women singles champions. The total prize fund would be £11,282,710, the highest any tennis tournament has ever offered.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Singles£700,000£350,000
Doubles*£222,900£111,440
Mixed doubles*£90,000£45,000

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 2–6, 6–2
  • Federer won his fifth consecutive title, equalling the modern-era record set by Björn Borg. It was also the first time that Federer had played five sets in the final of a Grand Slam.

    Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–4, 6–1
  • The final was fought between the two lowest seeds ever to appear in a Wimbledon final, with Williams starting the tournament as the no. 23 seed and Bartoli as the no. 18 seed.

    Men's doubles

Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
  • It was Clément's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title. It was Llodra's 3rd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st at Wimbledon.

    Women's doubles

Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
  • It was Black's 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 3rd at Wimbledon. It was Huber's 3rd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd at Wimbledon.

    Mixed doubles

Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković defeated Jonas Björkman / Alicia Molik, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
  • This marked the first grand slam win of both Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković.

    Juniors

Boys' singles

Donald Young defeated Vladimir Ignatic, 7–5, 6–1

Girls' singles

Urszula Radwańska defeated Madison Brengle, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Boys' doubles

Daniel Alejandro López / Matteo Trevisan defeated Roman Jebavý / Martin Kližan, 7–6, 4–6,

Girls' doubles

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Urszula Radwańska defeated Misaki Doi / Kurumi Nara, 6–4, 2–6,

Other events

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Mark Petchey / Chris Wilkinson, 6–2, 6–2

Ladies' invitation doubles

Jana Novotná / Helena Suková defeated Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–3

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd defeated Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair men's doubles

Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink defeated Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

Tournament timeline

Notable stories

Comebacks

  • Martina Hingis had to save two match points against British wild card Naomi Cavaday on Day 1, almost repeating her first-round exit from the 2001 championships. Hingis eventually went on to win the match 6–7, 7–5, 6–0.
  • Janko Tipsarević beat Fernando González 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6 to advance to the fourth round. Tipsarević was ranked 64 and González was seeded 5 but ranked 6, and saved a match point over González.
  • Tim Henman defeated Carlos Moyá in round 1 after going down two sets to one in a match that lasted two days with a 5th set scoreline of 13–11. Henman failed to convert 6 match points before capitalizing from a double fault by Moya on the 7th match point.
  • Juan Carlos Ferrero also came back, this time from two sets to none down in a match suspended for 2 days, 7–5 in the 5th set against Jan Hájek.
  • Nikolay Davydenko made a remarkable comeback against Chris Guccione in round 2, losing the first 2 sets before winning 3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2. It was a special comeback because Davydenko, who had a previous horrific record on grass, made it into round 3 of Wimbledon for the first time.
  • Serena Williams made an unbelievable comeback against Daniela Hantuchová in the fourth round. Williams cramped in the second set at 5–5, 30–15 with Hantuchová serving. She was treated and played to a tiebreak when a rain delay halted play for almost 2 hours. Both players came back and finished the tiebreak, which Hantuchová won. Then in the third set, Williams started off slow but powered to a 6–2, 6–7, 6–2 win to advance to the quarterfinals against Justine Henin.
  • Venus Williams was almost knocked out by Alla Kudryavtseva in her first round match, when she won 2–6, 6–3, 7–5. She was down a set and possible break points before finally winning her match in three sets.
  • Venus Williams came back from one set all to win a match tightly against Akiko Morigami 6–2, 3–6, 7–5. Morigami had been a game away from victory, but Venus was able to take control and dismiss Morigami.
  • Nicole Vaidišová knocked out defending champion Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round to reach her first Wimbledon quarterfinal. After narrowly winning a first set tie-break and losing the second set to the title holder, Vaidišová came back to win 6–1 in the third set.
  • Marion Bartoli beat world number one Justine Henin in the women's singles semi-final after losing the first set 6–1 and being a break down in the second. She won the final set 6–1.
  • Ai Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik beat the top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 after being down 6–1, 3–0 in the ladies' doubles semifinal. This was Srebotnik's first Wimbledon final and Sugiyama's fifth.
  • Ana Ivanovic defeated Nicole Vaidišová 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 having been down a break in the second set and saving three match points at 3–5 down in the third set.

    Day-by-day summaries

Day 1

Many matches were cancelled by rain, an ominous precursor to the entire tournament. Top seeds Roger Federer and Justine Henin managed to defeat their opponents easily. Philipp Kohlschreiber became the first seeded player to exit the tournament. Seeded players Martina Hingis and Patty Schnyder were pushed by their opponents, each playing 3 sets with Hingis saving 2 match points. Serena Williams, Marion Bartoli and Shahar Pe'er won their games simply.
  • Seeded players out: Philipp Kohlschreiber

    Day 2

easily dispatched Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Favourites such as Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova, Amélie Mauresmo, Novak Djokovic, James Blake and Rafael Nadal won their matches with ease. However, Venus Williams was almost knocked out by Alla Kudryavtseva, when she won 2–6, 6–3, 7–5.
and Richard Gasquet advanced towards third round, true to expectations. Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic, Martina Hingis and Serena Williams also beat their opponents with little difficulty. Lucky loser Alizé Cornet defeated ranked number 42 Maria Kirilenko. Unfortunately the evening matches were delayed due to the rain.
became today's highest-ranked woman to lose, while Tommy Robredo the highest-ranked man to lose on day 4. However, other seeded players like Ana Ivanovic, Elena Dementieva, Roger Federer and Marat Safin have done their jobs well and advanced towards third round. Also, Serena and Venus Williams returned to their doubles competitions by beating Anne Keothavong and Claire Curran in the first round.
The players who began their games at 11 o'clock were delayed by rain, but it did not affect Justine Henin, Jelena Janković and Patty Schnyder who all hastily completed their matches. Anna Chakvetadze is the highest-ranked woman to lose so far, while Fernando González became the highest-seeded man to lose so far.