2007 Australian Open

April 2022 2007 Australian Open 15–28 January 2007 95th Grand Slam (ITF) Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Park Hardcourt (Rebound Ace) SUI Roger Federer USA Serena Williams USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan ZIM Cara Black / RSA Liezel Huber CAN Daniel Nestor / RUS Elena Likhovtseva AUS Brydan Klein RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova GBR Graeme Dyce / FIN Harri Heliövaara RUS Evgeniya Rodina / RUS Arina Rodionova JPN Shingo Kunieda NED Esther Vergeer NED Robin Ammerlaan / JPN Shingo Kunieda NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Esther Vergeer Australian Open Australian Open The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007. The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competition each receiving A$1,281,000.http://www.australianopen.com.au/pages/article.aspx?id=15&articleid=ArticleID200610216528&pageId=140&HandlerId=1 Australian Open Showcases the Wonderful World of Tennis 2006-11-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20061009221348/http://www.australianopen.com.au/pages/article.aspx?id=15&articleid=ArticleID200610216528&pageId=140&HandlerId=1 2006-10-09 dead Over 500 players competed in 2007. The main draw for singles and doubles was released on Friday 12 January 2007. In Mixed Doubles, the scoring system was changed. Should both teams in a match become one set apiece, a match tie break will take part in the final set where the first team to score ten points wins the match. If the score for the match tie break becomes 9–9, a difference by two is required to win the game (e.g. 11–9, 12–10, etc.). Notable stories New technology used in line-calling thumb|200px|right|Women's singles fourth round match at Melbourne Arena on day six of the 2007 Australian Open. This was the first time that the tournament used the Hawk-Eye system in an official line-calling capacity, as an auxiliary to the human line judges. Players were given the opportunity to challenge a human line call if they believed it to be incorrect, by having Hawk-Eye confirm or overrule the original call. The system was installed on only one court being used for the tournament, in the Rod Laver Arena. At the beginning of a set, the players were each given the opportunity to incorrectly challenge a maximum of two line calls during the set. A player who still had some incorrect challenges remaining was allowed to make an unlimited number of correct challenges, but when a player had no incorrect challenges remaining, his or her opportunity to challenge line calls was lost. Players received an extra incorrect challenge during a tiebreak. The players regained both challenges at the beginning of each set and also after every 12 games in the final deciding set. Unused challenges did not carry over when this happened.http://www.australianopen.com.au/pages/article.aspx?id=15&articleid=ArticleID2006112172449&pageId=140&HandlerId=1September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes An additional aspect to the new system was that a video replay screen was installed inside the arena for the first time, to display the results of the challenges. The screen also allowed the spectators (and players themselves) to view instant replays that could previously only be seen by the television audience and those viewing the match on screens outside the stadium. This implementation caused noticeable drama in a match between No. 2 Amélie Mauresmo and Olga Puchkova in which Mauresmo challenged the in call on Poutchkova's shot and the replay showed the ball out graphically but still called the ball in. Factional fighting on day 1 On 15 January 2007, around one hundred and fifty Australian youths of Serbian, Croatian and Greek origins were ejected from the Open after brawling with one another in Garden Square at Melbourne Park. The brawl reportedly developed after fans taunted each other with nationalist slogans. According to The Age newspaper, twenty police tried to quell the disturbance, which allegedly developed after an informal understanding between some Serb and Croat fans — that the two groups would not attend on the same day — was broken. The two opposing groups were ejected out separate exits and escorted away from the venue in opposite directions by police. No arrests were made, and no charges were laid against any of the participants. The Greek supporters protested that they had not been involved in the taunts exchanged between the Serb and Croat contingents, though The Age reported that some Greek supporters had sided with some Serbs and chanted, "Greece, Serbia! Greece, Serbia!" and "We must support our Orthodox brothers". Serb fans claimed that the violence had been provoked by Croat use of the Croatian national flag, which in their eyes carried connotations of Second World War fascism, while Croats claimed that the violence was provoked by Serbs shouting anti-Croat, pro-Serb chants.Serbs, Croats clash at Open - Tennis - Sport - smh.com.au A Croatian supporter suffered minor injuries in the ethnic brawl after being hit with a Serbian flagpole. People wearing Croatian or Serbian national colours were subsequently refused entry and the next day featured heightened security. Police in Victoria said that this sort of behaviour was never seen in the tournament before.2GB.com - Swans in strife Weather conditions Heat in excess of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Day 2 caused the Extreme Heat Policy to be implemented. Most daytime matches were delayed, and matches continued on outside courts till 3.30am the following morning. Janko Tipsarević chose to forfeit his match against David Nalbandian because of the heat. On Rod Laver Arena with the roof open, top-seeded Maria Sharapova nearly succumbed to the heat, losing a 5–0 lead in the final set, but managed to defeat Camille Pin 6–3. 4–6, 9–7. During the night sessions on Day 3, the Australian Open was affected by rain delaying play. Three men's matches were postponed in progress. The matches on Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Arena were delayed for only 15 minutes while the retractable roofs closed. Marat Safin wisely requested that play be suspended while noticeably out of the match against Dudi Sela with Sela up two sets to one, six games to five, and 30-30. After the delay, Safin returned to win the fourth set and then the final set 6–0 to advance. This was reminiscent of the match in the 2006 Australian Open in which Marcos Baghdatis advanced after appearing rejuvenated against David Nalbandian. The match on Rod Laver featuring women's number two Amélie Mauresmo and Olga Puchkova was barely underway when the rains came. Rain on day six caused play to only proceed on the covered courts of Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Arena, for the duration of the day. Thus, only high seeds Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, Kim Clijsters, James Blake, and Martina Hingis were able to play their matches, as well as Australians Alicia Molik and Lleyton Hewitt. Players scheduled for play on the outer courts had to wait until Day 7, and faced the possibility of playing on consecutive days for the winners. Initially only 10 matches were scheduled for play in Laver and Vodafone, but the match between Andy Murray and Juan Ignacio Chela was moved indoors, to leave only five delayed matches in men's and women's singles. Seniors Men's singles 2007 Australian Open – Men's singles SUI Roger Federer defeated CHI Fernando González, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4 It was Federer's 1st title of the year, and his 46th overall. It was his 10th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd Australian Open title. Women's singles 2007 Australian Open – Women's singles USA Serena Williams defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–2 Men's doubles 2007 Australian Open – Men's doubles USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated SWE Jonas Björkman / BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi, 7–5, 7–5 Women's doubles 2007 Australian Open – Women's doubles ZIM Cara Black / RSA Liezel Huber defeated TPE Chan Yung-jan / TPE Chuang Chia-jung, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 Mixed doubles 2007 Australian Open – Mixed doubles CAN Daniel Nestor / RUS Elena LikhovtsevaNestor and Likhovtseva came back from the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles final to win the title. defeated BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi / BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka, 6–4, 6–4 Juniors Boys' singles 2007 Australian Open – Boys' singles AUS Brydan Klein defeated FRA Jonathan Eysseric, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 Girls' singles 2007 Australian Open – Girls' singles RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated USA Madison Brengle, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3) Boys' doubles 2007 Australian Open – Boys' doubles GBR Graeme Dyce / FIN Harri Heliövaara defeated AUS Stephen Donald / IND Rupesh Roy, 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 Girls' doubles 2007 Australian Open – Girls' doubles RUS Evgeniya Rodina / RUS Arina Rodionova defeated USA Julia Cohen / POL Urszula Radwańska, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 Wheelchair Men's wheelchair singles 2007 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated FRA Michaël Jérémiasz, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 Women's wheelchair singles 2007 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles NED Esther Vergeer defeated FRA Florence Gravellier, 6–1, 6–0 Men's wheelchair doubles 2007 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles NED Robin Ammerlaan / JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated NED Maikel Scheffers/ NED Ronald Vink, 6–2, 6–0 Women's wheelchair doubles 2007 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Esther Vergeer defeated FRA Florence Gravellier/ NED Korie Homan, 6–0, 3–6, [10–6] Seeds The seeded players are listed below with the round in which they exited. Men SUI Roger Federer (champion) ESP Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals, lost to Fernando González) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals, lost to Tommy Haas) CRO Ivan Ljubičić (first round, lost to Mardy Fish) USA James Blake (fourth round, lost to Fernando González) USA Andy Roddick (semifinals, lost to Roger Federer) ESP Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer) ARG David Nalbandian (fourth round, lost to Tommy Haas) CRO Mario Ančić (fourth round, lost to Andy Roddick) CHI Fernando González (final, lost to Roger Federer) CYP Marcos Baghdatis (second round, lost to Gaël Monfils) GER Tommy Haas (semifinals, lost to Fernando González) CZE Tomáš Berdych (fourth round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko) SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer) GBR Andy Murray (fourth round, lost to Rafael Nadal) ESP David Ferrer (fourth round, lost to Mardy Fish) FIN Jarkko Nieminen (second round, lost to Juan Ignacio Chela) FRA Richard Gasquet (fourth round, lost to Tommy Robredo) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (third round, lost to Fernando González) CZE Radek Štěpánek (third round, lost to David Ferrer) RUS Dmitry Tursunov (third round, lost to Tomáš Berdych) SVK Dominik Hrbatý (Third Round, lost to Mario Ančić) SWE Robin Söderling (first round, lost to Florian Mayer) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, lost to Danai Udomchoke) RUS Mikhail Youzhny (third round, lost to Roger Federer) RUS Marat Safin (third round, lost to Andy Roddick) ARG José Acasuso (first round, lost to Sam Querrey) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (third round, lost to David Nalbandian) BEL Xavier Malisse (first round, lost to Arnaud Clément) ARG Agustín Calleri (first round, lost to Zack Fleishman) SUI Stanislas Wawrinka (third round, lost to Rafael Nadal) ESP Nicolás Almagro (first round, lost to Robby Ginepri) Women RUS Maria Sharapova (final, lost to Serena Williams) FRA Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round, lost to Lucie Šafářová) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round, lost to Shahar Pe'er) BEL Kim Clijsters (semifinals, lost to Maria Sharapova) RUS Nadia Petrova (third round, lost to Serena Williams) SUI Martina Hingis (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters) RUS Elena Dementieva (fourth round, lost to Nicole Vaidišová) SUI Patty Schnyder (fourth round, lost to Anna Chakvetadze) RUS Dinara Safina (third round, lost to Li Na) CZE Nicole Vaidišová (semifinals, lost to Serena Williams) SRB 2004 Jelena Janković (fourth round, lost to Serena Williams) RUS Anna Chakvetadze (quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova) SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic (third round, lost to Vera Zvonareva) ITA Francesca Schiavone (second round, lost to Lucie Šafářová) SVK Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters) ISR Shahar Pe'er (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams) GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld (second round, lost to Ashley Harkleroad) FRA Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Victoria Azarenka) CHN Li Na (fourth round, lost to Martina Hingis) FRA Tatiana Golovin (third round, lost to Shahar Pe'er) SVN Katarina Srebotnik (third round, lost to Casey Dellacqua) RUS Vera Zvonareva (fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova) JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round, lost to Anastasiya Yakimova) AUS Samantha Stosur (second round, lost to Jelena Kostanić Tošić) ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round, lost to Elena Vesnina) RUS Maria Kirilenko (third round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova) ITA Mara Santangelo (first round, lost to Serena Williams) ITA Flavia Pennetta (first round, lost to Kaia Kanepi) UKR Alona Bondarenko (third round, lost to Kim Clijsters) ITA Tathiana Garbin (third round, lost to Maria Sharapova) CHN Zheng Jie (first round, lost to Julia Schruff) GRE Eleni Daniilidou (first round, lost to Aiko Nakamura) Main draw wildcard entries Men's singles AUS Wayne Arthurs AUS Chris Guccione AUS Alun Jones AUS Peter Luczak USA Sam Querrey AUS Robert Smeets JPN Go Soeda FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Women's singles AUS Monique Adamczak USA Madison Brengle AUS Casey Dellacqua FRA Youlia Fedossova AUS Sophie Ferguson AUS Alicia Molik AUS Jessica Moore UZB Iroda Tulyaganova Men's doubles AUS Wayne Arthurs / AUS Peter Luczak AUS Paul Baccanello / AUS Chris Guccione AUS Carsten Ball / AUS Adam Feeney AUS Andrew Coelho / AUS Alun Jones AUS Nathan Healey / AUS Robert Smeets AUS Greg Jones / AUS Brydan Klein Women's doubles AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Evie Dominikovic AUS Lauren Breadmore / AUS Emily Hewson TPE Chan Yung-jan / TPE Chuang Chia-jung AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS Jessica Moore AUS Daniella Dominikovic / AUS Sophie Ferguson FRA Tatiana Golovin / AUS Alicia Molik AUS Trudi Musgrave / AUS Christina Wheeler Mixed doubles AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Stephen Huss AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS Chris Guccione AUS Alicia Molik / AUS Paul Hanley AUS Nicole Pratt / AUS Ashley Fisher AUS Bryanne Stewart / AUS Nathan Healey Qualifier entries Men's qualifiers entries 2007 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying GBR Alan Mackin USA Zack Fleishman GER Alexander Waske GER Mischa Zverev RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili USA Michael Russell USA Bobby Reynolds SUI Marco Chiudinelli CRO Marin Čilić GER Michael Berrer ISR Dudi Sela CHI Paul Capdeville SVK Lukáš Lacko SRB 2004 Ilija Bozoljac USA Brian Wilson USA Alex Kuznetsov Women's qualifiers entries 2007 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying FRA Alizé Cornet RUS Alla Kudryavtseva FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro CZE Sandra Záhlavová UKR Julia Vakulenko CZE Klára Zakopalová SLO Andreja Klepač ARG Jorgelina Cravero USA Ahsha Rolle CZE Renata Voráčová LUX Anne Kremer AUT Tamira Paszek Protected ranking The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: Men's Singles ROU Victor Hănescu SWE Joachim Johansson Women's Singles RUS Elena Bovina Withdrawn players Men's Singles USA Justin Gimelstob → replaced by CZE Jiří Vaněk GBR Tim Henman → replaced by RUS Evgeny Korolev GER Nicolas Kiefer → replaced by THA Danai Udomchoke NED Martin Verkerk → replaced by LUX Gilles Müller Women's Singles USA Lindsay Davenport → replaced by ISR Tzipora Obziler BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne → replaced by RUS Galina Voskoboeva ESP María José Martínez Sánchez → replaced by CHN Yuan Meng RUS Anastasia Myskina → replaced by FRA Stéphanie Foretz USA Venus Williams → replaced by SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi Attendance DayDay SessionNight SessionTotal 1 41,254 14,288 55,542 2 33,024 15,574 48,598 3 31,109 16,677 47,786 4 38,622 17,580 56,202 5 32,253 17,557 49,810 6 35,555 14,932 50,487 7 35,957 14,801 50,758 8 28,998 15,178 44,176 9 19,616 15,091 34,707 10 18,674 14,971 33,645 11 16,826 14,957 31,783 12 17,868 – 17,868 13 15,833 – 15,833 14 17,663 – 17,663 Total 383,252 171,606 554,858 http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/attendance_history.pdf Archived copy 2008-01-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070905123308/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/attendance_history.pdf 2007-09-05 Media coverage Coverage of the 2007 Australian Open was as follows: Television networks Australia — Channel Seven (Live) Australia — Fox Sports (Live) Canada — TSN (Live and re-runs) Europe — Eurosport (Live) India — Star Sports (Live) Latin America — ESPN (Live and re-runs) Macedonia — Macedonian Radio-Television Netherlands — Sport 1 (Live) Netherlands — Nederland 1 & Nederland 3 (Highlights) New Zealand — SKY Sport (Live) Singapore — ESPN (Live) South Africa — Supersport South America — ESPN (Live) & ESPN+ (Live) United Kingdom — BBC One (Live – finals only) United Kingdom — BBC Red Button (Live – evening sessions only) United Kingdom — BBC Two (Live – Unscheduled coverage) United States — ESPN2 & ESPN (Live) Radio United Kingdom — BBC Radio 5 Live (Live) Controversies and scandals Three men were arrested for taking up-skirt photos inside Melbourne Park.http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/sports/view_article.php?article_id=45327 Third up-skirt incident mars Australian Open – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos 2007-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070126075334/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/sports/view_article.php?article_id=45327 2007-01-26 dead Police were summoned to investigate the sexual assault of a five-year-old boy in a toilet cubicle at the tournament. Maria Sharapova was fined $2000 for allegations of sideline-coaching from her father, Yuri Sharapov in her match against Anna Chakvetadze.http://www.torontodailynews.com/index.php/SportsNews/2007012606maria-sharapova Toronto Daily News Maria Sharapova Fined for Illegal Coaching – Maria Sharapova was fined at Australian after her father allegedly used hand signals to coach her during the match 2007-01-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20070525021004/http://www.torontodailynews.com/index.php/SportsNews/2007012606maria-sharapova 2007-05-25 dead See also 2007 in tennis References External links Australian Open official website 2006 U.S. Open Grand Slams 2007 French Open Category:2007 in Australian tennis Category:January 2007 sports events in Australia 2007, Australian Open Category:2007 WTA Tour Category:2007 ATP Tour Category:2007 in Victoria (state)