2007 ATP Tour
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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.
Round-robin trial
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]
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Schedule
The table below shows the 2007 ATP Tour schedule
- Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Tennis Masters Cup |
| ATP Masters Series |
| ATP International Series Gold |
| ATP International Series |
| Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov | Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, China Tennis Masters Cup Hard (i) – $4,450,000 – 8S/8D (RR) Singles – Doubles |
Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
Template:Flagicon David Ferrer | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick |
Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko Template:Flagicon Fernando González Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic |
| Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor 6–2, 6–3 |
Template:Flagicon Simon Aspelin Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle | ||||
| 26 Nov | Davis Cup Final Portland, Oregon, USA – hard (i) |
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4–1 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
ATP rankings
Points were awarded as follows:
| Tournament Category | Total Financial commitment |
W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Additional qualifying points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
- Grand Slams: 8 points for a last round loser, 4 points for a second round loser
- Tennis Masters Series: 8 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser
- International Series Gold: 5 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser,
(*): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).
Statistics
Titles won by player
| Total titles | Country | Player | Grand Slam | ATP Tour Finals | ATP Tour Masters Series | ATP Tour International Series Gold | ATP Tour International Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg SUI | Roger Federer | Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open | Masters Cup | Hamburg Masters, Cincinnati Masters |
Dubai | Basel |
| 6 | File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | Rafael Nadal | French Open | Monte Carlo Masters, Rome Masters, Indian Wells Masters | Stuttgart, Barcelona |
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| 5 | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg SRB | Novak Djokovic | Miami Masters, Rogers Masters |
Vienna | Adelaide Estoril | ||
| 3 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG | Juan Mónaco | Kitzbühel | Buenos Aires, Poertschach | |||
| File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | David Ferrer | Tokyo | Auckland, Båstad | ||||
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg CRO | Ivo Karlović | Houston, Nottingham, Stockholm | |||||
| 2 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG | David Nalbandian | Madrid Masters, Paris Masters |
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Andy Roddick | Queen's Club, Washington, D.C. | |||||
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg CRO | Ivan Ljubičić | Doha, 's-Hertogenbosch | |||||
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL | Xavier Malisse | Chennai, Delray Beach | |||||
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | James Blake | Medibank, New Haven | |||||
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Gilles Simon | Marseille, Bucharest | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR | Andy Murray | San Jose, St. Petersburg | |||||
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Casablanca, Gstaad | |||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Dmitry Tursunov | Indianapolis, Bangkok | |||||
| File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | Tommy Robredo | Sopot, Metz | |||||
| 1 | File:Flag of Germany.svg GER | Tommy Haas | Memphis | ||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | Rotterdam | |||||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG | Juan Ignacio Chela | Acapulco | |||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Nikolay Davydenko | Moscow | |||||
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Richard Gasquet | Mumbai | |||||
| File:Flag of Peru.svg PER | Luis Horna | Viña del Mar | |||||
| File:Flag of Cyprus.svg CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | Zagreb | |||||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG | Guillermo Cañas | Costa do Sauípe | |||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS | Lleyton Hewitt | Las Vegas | |||||
| File:Flag of Germany.svg GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | Munich | |||||
| File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | Nicolás Almagro | Valencia | |||||
| File:Flag of Chile.svg CHI | Fernando González | Beijing | |||||
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Tomáš Berdych | Halle | |||||
| File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | Carlos Moyà | Umag | |||||
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Fabrice Santoro | Newport | |||||
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Sébastien Grosjean | Lyon | |||||
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Radek Štěpánek | Los Angeles | |||||
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL | Steve Darcis | Amersfoort |
The following players won their first title:
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Winners/runners-up by country:
| # | Country | Wins | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Spain | 13 | 12 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Switzerland | 8 | 6 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon France | 7 | 8 |
| 4. | Template:Flagicon Argentina | 7 | 4 |
| 5. | Template:Flagicon Croatia | 5 | 3 |
| 6. | Template:Flagicon Serbia | 5 | 2 |
| 7. | Template:Flagicon USA | 4 | 7 |
| 8. | Template:Flagicon Russia | 4 | 2 |
| 9. | Template:Flagicon Belgium | 3 | 1 |
| 10. | Template:Flagicon Great Britain | 2 | 2 |
| 11. | Template:Flagicon Germany | 2 | 1 |
| 12. | Template:Flagicon Czech Republic | 2 | 0 |
| 13. | Template:Flagicon Chile | 1 | 3 |
| 14. | Template:Flagicon Cyprus | 1 | 2 |
| 15. | Template:Flagicon Australia | 1 | 1 |
| 16. | Template:Flagicon Peru | 1 | 0 |
| 17. | Template:Flagicon Italy | 0 | 4 |
| 18. | Template:Flagicon Austria | 0 | 3 |
| 19. | Template:Flagicon Romania | 0 | 2 |
| 20. | Template:Flagicon Sweden | 0 | 3 |
| Template:Flagicon Netherlands | 0 | 1 | |
| Template:Flagicon Sweden | 0 | 1 | |
| Template:Flagicon Canada | 0 | 1 |
ATP prize money leaders
- As of 19 November 2007
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Roger Federer | US$10,130,620 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 5,646,935 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic | 3,927,700 |
| 4. | Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko | 2,051,775 |
| 5. | Template:Flagicon David Ferrer | 1,955,252 |
| 6. | Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick | 1,532,070 |
| 7. | Template:Flagicon Fernando González | 1,437,130 |
| 8. | Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet | 1,284,790 |
| 9. | Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian | 1,230,465 |
| 10. | Template:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych | 1,126,070 |
Retirements
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:
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Wayne Arthurs (born 18 March 1971 in Adelaide, Australia) He turned professional in 1990 and reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 44 in 2001. He earned only one career singles title. In doubles, he was ranked no. 11 in 2003 and earned 12 career titles. His last career singles and doubles matches were at Wimbledon.[9]
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Kenneth Carlsen (born April 17, 1973, in Copenhagen, Denmark) He turned professional in 1991 and achieved a career-high ranking of no. 41. He played his last ATP match at the Stockholm Open in October and his last match at a Challenger tournament in Kolding, Denmark a week later against Björn Phau.[10]
- File:Flag of France.svg FRA Arnaud Di Pasquale (born 11 February 1979 in Casablanca, Morocco) He turned professional in 1998 and reached his highest ranking of no. 39 in 2000. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics and played his last match in November 2006 in Asuncion against Guillermo Cañas.[11]
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Tim Henman (born 6 September 1974 in Oxford, England) He turned professional in 1993 and achieved the ranking of world no. 4. He was a four-time semifinalist and four-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and reached the semifinals of the French and US Opens once each. He won one Masters 1000 event in Paris in 2003. He played his last match at the Davis Cup competition against Croatia in September.[12]
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Jiří Novák (born March 22, 1975, in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) He turned professional in 1993 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 5 in 2002. He was a semifinalist at the 2002 Australian Open and won seven career titles. He played his last match in June in Košice, Slovakia against Lukáš Rosol.[13]
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Greg Rusedski (born 6 September 1973, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) He turned professional in 1991 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4. He was a finalist at the US Open in 1997 and earned 15 career titles. He played his last match in March in Sarajevo against Kenneth Carlsen.[14]
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Sjeng Schalken (born 8 September 1976 in Weert, Netherlands) He turned professional in 1994 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 11 in 2003. He reached the semifinals of the US Open in 2002 and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2002, 2003, and 2004. He earned nine career singles titles. In doubles, he was ranked no. 21 in 2002 and reached the semifinals of the US Open in 2001 and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2001. He earned six career doubles titles and played his last career match in February 2006 in Bergamo, Italy against Simone Bolelli.[15]
See also
References
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