2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Statistics for Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera Spain $4,896,935 (Singles $4,862,310, Doubles $34,625)Rafael Nadal, Player 2007 activity, Singles 2007 https://www.atpworldtour.com/players/rafael-nadal/n409/player-activity?year=2007&matchType=singles aptworldtour 22 January 2023 Rafael Nadal, Player 2007 activity, Doubles 2007 https://www.atpworldtour.com/players/rafael-nadal/n409/player-activity?year=2007&matchType=doubles aptworldtour 22 January 2023 70 15 6 No. 2 QF W F 4R Knee Injury 2006 2008 The 2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 1 January 2007 with the start of the Chennai Open. He won five titles, including one Major and three Masters. Year summary Rafael Nadal started the year by playing in six hard-court tournaments. He lost in the semifinals and first round of his first two tournaments and then lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to eventual runner-up Fernando González.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jan/24/tennis.australianopen20073 Gonzalez makes light work of Nadal www.theguardian.com 24 January 2007 15 November 2023 After another quarterfinal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships, he won the Indian Wells Masters after beating Novak Djokovic in the final, before losing to Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Miami Masters.https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/indian-wells-masters/2007/rafa-tastes-victory-again_sto1121461/story.shtml Rafa tastes victory again www.eurosport.com 18 March 2007 15 November 2023 He played five clay-court tournaments in Europe after that, winning the titles at the Monte-Carlo Masters, the Torneo Godó in Barcelona, and the Italian Open, before losing to Roger Federer in the final of the Hamburg Masters. This defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay, which is the male Open Era record for consecutive wins on a single surface.https://www.tennismajors.com/our-features/on-this-day/may-20th-2007-the-day-roger-federer-snapped-rafael-nadals-81-match-clay-winning-streak-257350.html 20 May 2007: Roger Federer breaks Rafael Nadal’s 81-match winning streak on clay www.tennismajors.com 20 May 2023 15 November 2023 He bounced back quickly in the French Open, not dropping a set en route to the final where he faced Federer once again, this time winning in four sets to join Björn Borg as the only man to win three French Open titles in a row since 1914.https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/rafa-rewind-2007-nadal-s-key-serving-leads-to-french-open-three-peat Nadal's key serving leads to French Open three-peat www.tennis.com 28 May 2020 15 November 2023 Between the tournaments in Barcelona and Rome, Nadal defeated Federer in the "Battle of Surfaces" exhibition match in Mallorca, Spain, with the tennis court being half grass and half clay.http://www.thebattleofsurfaces.com The Battle of Surfaces 4 April 2007https://www.givemesport.com/88019157-rafael-nadal-vs-roger-federer-on-a-50-50-court-of-clay-and-grass-in-2007/ Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer on a 50-50 court of clay and grass in 2007 www.givemesport.com 25 May 2023 15 November 2023 Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. As in 2006, Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in the five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since 2001.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6280788.stm Wimbledon 2007 BBC Sport Caroline Cheese 7 July 2007 13 November 2008 In July, Nadal beat the unseeded Stan Wawrinka in the final of the clay-court Stuttgart Open, which proved to be his last title of the year.https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/nadal-wins-stuttgart-title_sto1254471/story.shtml Nadal wins Stuttgart title www.eurosport.com 22 July 2007 15 November 2023 He played three important tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. He was a semifinalist at the Canadian Masters in Montreal before losing his first match at the Cincinnati Masters.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-men-masters-nadal-idUSL1520264720070815 Nadal withdraws from Cincinnati Masters www.reuters.com 15 August 2007 15 November 2023 He was the second-seeded player at the US Open, but was defeated in the fourth round by David Ferrer, and spent the tournament dealing with a knee injury.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/sep/05/tennis.usopentennis20071 Nadal shown the door by Ferrer www.theguardian.com 5 September 2007 15 November 2023 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7117076.stm Nadal plays down foot injury fear BBC Sport Tennis Piers Newbury 28 November 2007 11 February 2009 After a month-long break from tournament tennis, Nadal played the Madrid Masters in Madrid and the Paris Masters, but David Nalbandian beat him in straight sets in the quarterfinals and final of those tournaments.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/nalbandian-destroys-nadal-s-perfect-paris-record-399055.html Nalbandian destroys Nadal's perfect Paris record www.independent.co.uk 5 November 2007 15 November 2023 To end the year, Nadal won two of his three-round robin matches to advance to the semifinals of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him in straight sets.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-men-masters-idUST14028520071117 Federer crushes Nadal to reach Shanghai final www.reuters.com 17 November 2007 15 November 2023 In addition, there were rumors at the end of the year that the foot injury he suffered during 2005, caused long-term damage, which were given credence by coach Toni Nadal's claim that the problem was "serious". Nadal and his spokesman strongly denied this, however, with Nadal himself calling the story "totally false". Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score Chennai OpenChennai, IndiaATP World Tour 250Hard, outdoor1–8 January 2007 1 / 235 1R GER Rainer Schüttler 96 Win 6–4, 6–2 2 / 236 2R IND Karan Rastogi 480 Win 6–4, 6–1 3 / 237 QF ITA Davide Sanguinetti 106 Win 6–3, 6–2 4 / 238 SF BEL Xavier Malisse 37 Loss 4–6, 6–7(4–7) Medibank InternationalSydney, AustraliaATP World Tour 250Hard, outdoor7–13 January 2007 5 / 239 1R AUS Chris Guccione 107 Loss 5–6 RET Australian OpenMelbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard, outdoor15–28 January 2007 6 / 240 1R USA Robert Kendrick 90 Win 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–2 7 / 241 2R GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 61 Win 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 8 / 242 3R SUI Stan Wawrinka 40 Win 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 9 / 243 4R GBR Andy Murray 16 Win 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 10 / 244 QF CHI Fernando González 9 Loss 2–6, 4–6, 3–6 Barclays Dubai Tennis ChampionshipsDubai, UAEATP World Tour 500Hard, outdoor26 February 26 – 4 March 2007 11 / 245 1R CYP Marcos Baghdatis 17 Win 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 12 / 246 2R RUS Igor Andreev 139 Win 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–2) 13 / 247 QF RUS Mikhail Youzhny 18 Loss 6–7(5–7), 3–6 Pacific Life OpenIndian Wells, United StatesATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor5–18 March 2007 – 1R Bye 14 / 248 2R FRA Arnaud Clément 53 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 15 / 249 3R ESP Fernando Verdasco 33 Win 6–4, 6–4 16 / 250 4R ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 23 Win 6–1, 6–1 17 / 251 QF ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 31 Win 7–5, 7–5 18 / 252 SF USA Andy Roddick 3 Win 6–4, 6–3 19 / 253 W SRB Novak Djokovic 13 Win (1) 6–2, 7–5 Sony Ericsson OpenMiami, United StatesATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor21 March – 1 April 2007 – 1R Bye 20 / 254 2R BRA Ricardo Mello 127 Win 7–6(9–7), 6–2 – 3R BEL Olivier Rochus 36 Win W/O 21 / 255 4R ARG Juan Martín del Potro 63 Win 6–0, 6–4 22 / 256 QF SRB Novak Djokovic 10 Loss 3–6, 4–6 Monte Carlo MastersMonte Carlo, MonacoATP World Tour Masters 1000Clay, outdoor14–22 April 2007 – 1R Bye 23 / 257 2R ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 22 Win 6–3, 6–1 24 / 258 3R BEL Kristof Vliegen 52 Win 6–3, 6–1 25 / 259 QF GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 59 Win 6–2, 6–3 26 / 260 SF CZE Tomáš Berdych 14 Win 6–0, 7–5 27 / 261 W SUI Roger Federer 1 Win (2) 6–4, 6–4 Torneo GodoBarcelona, SpainATP World Tour 500Clay, outdoor23–29 April 2007 – 1R Bye 28 / 262 2R BEL Kristof Vliegen 53 Win 6–1, 6–2 29 / 263 3R SWE Thomas Johansson 73 Win 6–1, 6–4 30 / 264 QF ITA Potito Starace 72 Win 6–2, 7–5 31 / 265 SF ESP David Ferrer 16 Win 7–5, 6–1 32 / 266 W ARG Guillermo Cañas 28 Win (3) 6–3, 6–4 Internazionali BNL d'ItaliaRome, ItalyATP World Tour Masters 1000Clay, outdoor5–13 May 2007 – 1R Bye 33 / 267 2R ITA Daniele Bracciali 125 Win 6–4, 6–2 34 / 268 3R RUS Mikhail Youzhny 16 Win 6–2, 6–2 35 / 269 QF SRB Novak Djokovic 5 Win 6–2, 6–3 36 / 270 SF RUS Nikolay Davydenko 4 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–7(8–10), 6–4 37 / 271 W CHI Fernando González 6 Win (4) 6–2, 6–2 Masters Series HamburgHamburg, GermanyATP World Tour Masters 1000Clay, outdoor14–22 May 2007 – 1R Bye 38 / 272 2R ESP Óscar Hernández 69 Win 7–5, 6–1 39 / 273 3R RUS Igor Andreev 164 Win 6–4, 6–1 40 / 274 QF CHI Fernando González 5 Win 6–4, 6–4 41 / 275 SF AUS Lleyton Hewitt 21 Win 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 42 / 276 F SUI Roger Federer 1 Loss (1) 6–2, 2–6, 0–6 French OpenParis, FranceGrand SlamClay, outdoor27 May – 10 June 2007 43 / 277 1R ARG Juan Martín del Potro 59 Win 7–5, 6–3, 6–2 44 / 278 2R ITA Flavio Cipolla 227 Win 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 45 / 279 3R ESP Albert Montañés 50 Win 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 46 / 280 4R AUS Lleyton Hewitt 16 Win 6–3, 6–1, 7–6(7–5) 47 / 281 QF ESP Carlos Moyá 26 Win 6–4, 6–3, 6–0 48 / 282 SF SRB Novak Djokovic 6 Win 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 49 / 283 W SUI Roger Federer 1 Win (5) 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 Stella Artois ChampionshipsLondon, United KingdomATP World Tour 250Grass, outdoor11–17 June 2007 – 1R Bye 50 / 284 2R ARG Juan Martín del Potro 59 Win 6–4, 6–4, 51 / 285 3R BLR Max Mirnyi 58 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–3 52 / 286 QF FRA Nicolas Mahut 106 Loss 5–7, 6–7(0–7) The Championships, WimbledonWimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass, outdoor25 June – 8 July 2007 53 / 287 1R USA Mardy Fish 38 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 54 / 288 2R AUT Werner Eschauer 72 Win 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 55 / 289 3R SWE Robin Söderling 28 Win 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 4–6, 7–5 56 / 290 4R RUS Mikhail Youzhny 13 Win 4–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 57 / 291 QF CZE Tomáš Berdych 11 Win 7–6(7–1), 6–4, 6–2 58 / 292 SF SRB Novak Djokovic 5 Win 3–6, 6–1, 4–1 RET 59 / 293 F SUI Roger Federer 1 Loss (2) 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 2–6 Mercedes CupStuttgart, GermanyATP World Tour 500Clay, outdoor16–23 July 2007 60 / 294 1R GER Alexander Waske 135 Win 6–1, 6–1 61 / 295 2R GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 37 Win 6–3, 6–3 62 / 296 QF ARG Juan Mónaco 29 Win 6–1, 6–3 63 / 297 SF ESP Feliciano López 84 Win 6–1, 7–5 64 / 298 W SUI Stan Wawrinka 50 Win (6) 6–4, 7–5 Rogers CupMontreal, CanadaATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor6–12 August 2007 – 1R Bye 65 / 299 2R RUS Marat Safin 22 Win 7–6(7–4), 6–0 66 / 300 3R FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu 23 Win 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 67 / 301 QF CAN Frank Dancevic 91 Win 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 68 / 302 SF SRB Novak Djokovic 4 Loss 5–7, 3–6 Western & Southern Financial Group MastersOhio, United StatesATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor11–19 August 2007 – 1R Bye 69 / 303 2R ARG Juan Mónaco 25 Loss 6–7(5–7), 1–4 RET US OpenNew York, USAGrand SlamHard, outdoor27 August – 9 September 2007 70 / 304 1R AUS Alun Jones 123 Win 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 71 / 305 2R SRB Janko Tipsarević 56 Win 6–2, 6–3, 3–2 RET 72 / 306 3R FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 74 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–2, 6–1 73 / 307 4R ESP David Ferrer 15 Loss 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 Mutua Madrileña Masters MadridMadrid, SpainATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, indoor15–21 October 2007 – 1R Bye 74 / 308 2R CYP Marcos Baghdatis 22 Win 6–4, 6–4 75 / 309 3R GBR Andy Murray 17 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–4 76 / 310 QF ARG David Nalbandian 25 Loss 1–6, 2–6 BNP Paribas MastersParis, FranceATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, indoor27 October – 4 November 2007 – 1R Bye 77 / 311 2R ITA Filippo Volandri 41 Win 6–3, 6–1 78 / 312 3R SUI Stan Wawrinka 36 Win 6–4, 6–3 79 / 313 QF RUS Mikhail Youzhny 18 Win 6–4, 6–2 80 / 314 SF CYP Marcos Baghdatis 22 Win 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 81 / 315 F ARG David Nalbandian 21 Loss (3) 4–6, 0–6 Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, China Year-end Championships Hard, indoor 11–18 November 2007 82 / 316 RR FRA Richard Gasquet 8 Win 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 83 / 317 RR ESP David Ferrer 6 Loss 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 84 / 318 RR SRB Novak Djokovic 3 Win 6–4, 6–4 85 / 319 SF SUI Roger Federer 1 Loss 4–6, 1–6 See also 2007 ATP Tour 2007 Roger Federer tennis season References External links http://www.rafaelnadal.com/en/ es ATP tour profile Category:Rafael Nadal tennis seasons Nadal, Rafael Nadal, Rafael Rafael Nadal Category:2007 in Spanish sport