2007 Roger Federer tennis season

2007 Roger Federer tennis season
Calendar prize money $10,130,620
Singles
Season record 68–9 (88.31%)
Calendar titles 8
Year-end ranking #1
Ranking change from previous year =
Grand Slam results
Australian Open W
French Open F
Wimbledon W
US Open W
Tour Finals W
Last updated on: 31 December 2007.
Main article: Roger Federer

Roger Federer made all four Grand Slam finals in 2007, winning three of them. He defeated Fernando González, 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4, in the Australian Open final, Rafael Nadal, 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2, in the final at Wimbledon, and Novak Djokovic, 7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–4, at the US Open. However, Federer lost the 2007 French Open final to Nadal, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. Federer made five ATP Masters Series 1000 Finals in 2007, but only won two of those, in Hamburg and Cincinnati. Federer won one ATP 500 series event in Dubai and ended the year by winning the year-end championships for the fourth time. In December 2011 Stephen Tignor, chief editorial writer for Tennis.com, ranked Federer's 2007 season as the sixth greatest season of all-time during the open era.[1]

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Year summary

Federer won his third Australian Open and 10th Grand Slam singles title, defeating Fernando González of Chile in the final. He became the first man since Björn Borg in 1980 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament without losing a set.[2] His winning streak of 41 consecutive matches ended when he lost to Guillermo Cañas in the second round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, after winning the tournament for three consecutive years. The following week at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Federer again lost to Cañas, this time in the fourth round in three sets. However, he was awarded four ATP Awards during a ceremony at the tournament, making him the first player to receive four awards during the same year.[3][4]

Federer started his clay-court season by reaching his second consecutive final of the Monte Carlo Masters, but lost once again to second seed Nadal. Federer also lost in the third round of the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome to Filippo Volandri.[5] This defeat meant he had gone four tournaments without a title, his longest stretch since becoming world no. 1.[5] Federer rebounded, however, to defeat Nadal on clay for the first time, winning his fourth Hamburg Masters title, and ending Nadal's clay court streak of 81 consecutive matches.[6] At the French Open, Federer reached the final for the second consecutive year, but lost to Nadal for the second time, in four sets. One day after the loss, Federer announced that he was withdrawing from his usual warm-up tournament in Halle, which he had won the last four years, citing fatigue and fear of getting an injury.[7] He therefore entered Wimbledon for the first time without having played a warm-up grass-court tournament. Despite this, Federer once again defeated Nadal in a five set final, and tied Björn Borg's open-era men's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles.

During the hard-court season in August, Federer won the Cincinnati Masters title for the second time, defeating James Blake in the final. The victory was Federer's 50th career singles title, his 14th ATP Masters Series title, and made him the winner of the 2007 US Open Series points race. At the US Open final, Federer defeated third seed Novak Djokovic to collect his 12th Grand Slam singles title, and fourth consecutive US Open title. As champion of the US Open Series points race, Federer received a bonus of $1 million, in addition to the $1.4 million prize for winning the US Open singles title. He became the only player in history to win three Grand Slams in a year for three years (2004, 2006, 2007).[8][9][10][11] Federer then finished the season at the year-end Tennis Masters Cup. Despite losing for the first time in the round-robin group to Fernando González, Federer moved on to defeat Nadal in the semifinals and David Ferrer in the tournament finals to win his fourth Tennis Masters Cup title. Federer finished the year as the world no. 1 player for the fourth consecutive time. Due to his performance on the court and off-court personality, in 2007, Time magazine named him as one of the 100 most important persons in the world. Rod Laver, one of the greatest player ever himself described him as follows: "One thing is for sure: he's the best player of his time and one of the most admirable champions on the planet. That's certainly something worth crowing over. The beauty is, Roger Federer won't.".[12]

Matches

Grand Slam performance

Tournament Round Result Opponent Score
Australian Open 1R Win Björn Phau 7–5, 6–0, 6–4
2R Win Jonas Björkman 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
3R Win Mikhail Youzhny 6–3, 6–3, 7–6(5)
4R Win Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5, 6–3
QF Win Tommy Robredo 6–3, 7–6(2), 7–5
SF Win Andy Roddick 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
F Win (10) Fernando González 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4
French Open 1R Win Michael Russell 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
2R Win Thierry Ascione 6–1, 6–2, 7–6(8)
3R Win Potito Starace 6–2, 6–3, 6–0
4R Win Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(3), 6–4, 6–4
QF Win Tommy Robredo 7–5, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2
SF Win Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 7–6(5), 7–6(7)
F Loss Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Wimbledon 1R Win Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2R Win Juan Martín del Potro 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
3R Win Marat Safin 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)
4R Win Tommy Haas walkover
QF Win Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–6(2), 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
SF Win Richard Gasquet 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
F Win (11) Rafael Nadal 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2
US Open 1R Win Scoville Jenkins 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2R Win Paul Capdeville 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
3R Win John Isner 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
4R Win Feliciano López 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
QF Win Andy Roddick 7–6(5), 7–6(4), 6–2
SF Win Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–1, 7–5
F Win (12) Novak Djokovic 7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–4

All matches

Match Tournament Start
Date		 Type I/O Surface Round Opponent Rank Result Score
828 Australian Open 1/15 GS Outdoor Hard R128 Björn Phau #82 W 7-5, 6-0, 6-4
829 Australian Open 1/15 GS Outdoor Hard R64 Jonas Björkman #50 W 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
830 Australian Open 1/15 GS Outdoor Hard R32 Mikhail Youzhny #25 W 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(5)
831 Australian Open 1/15 GS Outdoor Hard R16 Novak Djokovic #15 W 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
832 Australian Open 1/15 GS Outdoor Hard Q Tommy Robredo #6 W 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-5
833 Australian Open 1/15 GS Outdoor Hard S Andy Roddick #7 W 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
834 Australian Open 1/15 GS Outdoor Hard W Fernando González #9 W 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4
835 Dubai 2/26 500 Outdoor Hard R32 Kristian Pless #86 W 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3
836 Dubai 2/26 500 Outdoor Hard R16 Daniele Bracciali #88 W 7-5, 6-3
837 Dubai 2/26 500 Outdoor Hard Q Novak Djokovic #14 W 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
838 Dubai 2/26 500 Outdoor Hard S Tommy Haas #9 W 6-4, 7-5
839 Dubai 2/26 500 Outdoor Hard W Mikhail Youzhny #18 W 6-4, 6-3
840 Indian Wells Masters 3/5 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye N/A W  
841 Indian Wells Masters 3/5 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Guillermo Cañas #60 L 5-7, 2-6
842 Miami Masters 3/19 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye N/A W  
843 Miami Masters 3/19 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Sam Querrey #69 W 6-4, 6-3
844 Miami Masters 3/19 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Nicolás Almagro #34 W 7-5, 6-3
845 Miami Masters 3/19 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Guillermo Cañas #55 L 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-7(5)
846 Monte Carlo Masters 4/15 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Bye N/A W  
847 Monte Carlo Masters 4/15 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Andreas Seppi #101 W 7-6(4), 7-6(6)
848 Monte Carlo Masters 4/15 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Hyung-Taik Lee #49 W 6-4, 6-3
849 Monte Carlo Masters 4/15 1000 Outdoor Clay Q David Ferrer #16 W 6-4, 6-0
850 Monte Carlo Masters 4/15 1000 Outdoor Clay S Juan Carlos Ferrero #21 W 6-3, 6-4
851 Monte Carlo Masters 4/15 1000 Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal #2 L 4-6, 4-6
852 Rome Masters 5/7 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Bye N/A W  
853 Rome Masters 5/7 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Nicolás Almagro #40 W 6-3, 6-4
854 Rome Masters 5/7 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Filippo Volandri #53 L 2-6, 4-6
855 Hamburg Masters 5/14 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Bye N/A W  
856 Hamburg Masters 5/14 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Juan Mónaco #48 W 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
857 Hamburg Masters 5/14 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Juan Carlos Ferrero #19 W 6-2, 6-3
858 Hamburg Masters 5/14 1000 Outdoor Clay Q David Ferrer #14 W 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
859 Hamburg Masters 5/14 1000 Outdoor Clay S Carlos Moyá #36 W 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
860 Hamburg Masters 5/14 1000 Outdoor Clay W Rafael Nadal #2 W 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
861 Roland Garros 5/28 GS Outdoor Clay R128 Michael Russell #68 W 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
862 Roland Garros 5/28 GS Outdoor Clay R64 Thierry Ascione #168 W 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(8)
863 Roland Garros 5/28 GS Outdoor Clay R32 Potito Starace #57 W 6-2, 6-3, 6-0
864 Roland Garros 5/28 GS Outdoor Clay R16 Mikhail Youzhny #15 W 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4
865 Roland Garros 5/28 GS Outdoor Clay Q Tommy Robredo #9 W 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
866 Roland Garros 5/28 GS Outdoor Clay S Nikolay Davydenko #4 W 7-5, 7-6(5), 7-6(7)
867 Roland Garros 5/28 GS Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal #2 L 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6
868 Wimbledon 6/25 GS Outdoor Grass R128 Teymuraz Gabashvili #86 W 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
869 Wimbledon 6/25 GS Outdoor Grass R64 Juan Martín del Potro #56 W 6-2, 7-5, 6-1
870 Wimbledon 6/25 GS Outdoor Grass R32 Marat Safin #24 W 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)
871 Wimbledon 6/25 GS Outdoor Grass R16 Tommy Haas #10 W W/O
872 Wimbledon 6/25 GS Outdoor Grass Q Juan Carlos Ferrero #18 W 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
873 Wimbledon 6/25 GS Outdoor Grass S Richard Gasquet #14 W 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
874 Wimbledon 6/25 GS Outdoor Grass W Rafael Nadal #2 W 7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2
875 Canada Masters 8/5 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Bye N/A W  
876 Canada Masters 8/5 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Ivo Karlović #34 W 7-6(2), 7-6(3)
877 Canada Masters 8/5 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Fabio Fognini #139 W 6-1, 6-1
878 Canada Masters 8/5 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Lleyton Hewitt #21 W 6-3, 6-4
879 Canada Masters 8/5 1000 Outdoor Hard S Radek Štěpánek #60 W 7-6(6), 6-2
880 Canada Masters 8/5 1000 Outdoor Hard F Novak Djokovic #4 L 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-7(2)
881 Cincinnati Masters 8/13 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Bye N/A W  
882 Cincinnati Masters 8/13 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Julien Benneteau #68 W 6-3, 6-3
883 Cincinnati Masters 8/13 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Marcos Baghdatis #18 W 7-6(5), 7-5
884 Cincinnati Masters 8/13 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Nicolás Almagro #32 W 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
885 Cincinnati Masters 8/13 1000 Outdoor Hard S Lleyton Hewitt #20 W 6-3, 6-7(7), 7-6(1)
886 Cincinnati Masters 8/13 1000 Outdoor Hard W James Blake #8 W 6-1, 6-4
887 US Open 8/27 GS Outdoor Hard R128 Scoville Jenkins #319 W 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
888 US Open 8/27 GS Outdoor Hard R64 Paul Capdeville #120 W 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
889 US Open 8/27 GS Outdoor Hard R32 John Isner #184 W 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
890 US Open 8/27 GS Outdoor Hard R16 Feliciano López #60 W 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
891 US Open 8/27 GS Outdoor Hard Q Andy Roddick #5 W 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-2
892 US Open 8/27 GS Outdoor Hard S Nikolay Davydenko #4 W 7-5, 6-1, 7-5
893 US Open 8/27 GS Outdoor Hard W Novak Djokovic #3 W 7-6(4), 7-6(2), 6-4
894 CZE v. SUI WG Play-offs 9/21 DC Indoor Carpet RR Radek Štěpánek #34 W 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-6(5)
895 CZE v. SUI WG Play-offs 9/21 DC Indoor Carpet RR Tomáš Berdych #10 W 7-6(5), 7-6(10), 6-3
896 Madrid Masters 10/15 1000 Indoor Hard R64 Bye N/A W  
897 Madrid Masters 10/15 1000 Indoor Hard R32 Robby Ginepri #72 W 7-6(2), 6-4
898 Madrid Masters 10/15 1000 Indoor Hard R16 Guillermo Cañas #14 W 6-0, 6-3
899 Madrid Masters 10/15 1000 Indoor Hard Q Feliciano López #42 W 7-6(4), 6-4
900 Madrid Masters 10/15 1000 Indoor Hard S Nicolas Kiefer #112 W 6-4, 6-4
901 Madrid Masters 10/15 1000 Indoor Hard F David Nalbandian #25 L 6-1, 3-6, 3-6
902 Basel 10/22 250 Indoor Hard R32 Michael Berrer #56 W 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
903 Basel 10/22 250 Indoor Hard R16 Juan Martín del Potro #49 W 6-1, 6-4
904 Basel 10/22 250 Indoor Hard Q Nicolas Kiefer #64 W 6-3, 6-2
905 Basel 10/22 250 Indoor Hard S Ivo Karlović #25 W 7-6(6), 7-6(5)
906 Basel 10/22 250 Indoor Hard W Jarkko Nieminen #29 W 6-3, 6-4
907 Paris Masters 10/28 1000 Indoor Hard R64 Bye N/A W  
908 Paris Masters 10/28 1000 Indoor Hard R32 Ivo Karlović #24 W 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
909 Paris Masters 10/28 1000 Indoor Hard R16 David Nalbandian #21 L 4-6, 6-7(3)
910 Tennis Masters Cup 11/12 WC Indoor Hard RR Fernando González #7 L 6-3, 6-7(1), 5-7
911 Tennis Masters Cup 11/12 WC Indoor Hard RR Nikolay Davydenko #4 W 6-4, 6-3
912 Tennis Masters Cup 11/12 WC Indoor Hard RR Andy Roddick #5 W 6-4, 6-2
913 Tennis Masters Cup 11/12 WC Indoor Hard S Rafael Nadal #2 W 6-4, 6-1
914 Tennis Masters Cup 11/12 WC Indoor Hard W David Ferrer #6 W 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

See also

References

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