User:Bluedogtn/Roger Federer in 2007

Roger Federer made all four slam finals in 2007, winning three of them, which those are the Australian Open over Fernando González in 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4, Wimbledon Championships over Rafael Nadal for the second time in 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2 and at the US Open over Novak Djokovic in 7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–4, but Federer did lose the 2007 French Open to Nadal in 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. Federer made five ATP Masters Series 1000 Finals in 2007, but only managed to win two of those at Hamburg and Madrid. Federer managed to win one 500 series event in Doha, and would end the year by winning the year end championships.

Year synopses

Federer won his 3rd 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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] This defeat meant he had gone four tournaments without a title, his longest stretch since becoming World No. 1.^[4] Federer rebounded back 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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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 4th 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 within a year for three years (2004, 2006, 2007).^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] Federer then finished the season at the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup. Despite losing for the first time in the round robin group to Fernando Gonzalez, Federer moved on to defeat rival Nadal in the semi-finals and David Ferrer in the tournament finals to win his 4th Tennis Masters Cup title. Federer finished the year as the World No. 1 player for the 4th 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.".^[11]

Matches

Grand Slam performance

Year	Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
2007	Australian Open	1R	Win	Bjorn 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

Year	Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
2007	Wimbledon	1R	Win	Teimuraz 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	Country	Start Date	Entry	Type	I/O	Surface	Round	Opponent	Result	Score
828	Australian Open	Australia	1/15/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bjorn Phau (GER)	W	7-5, 6-0, 6-4
829	Australian Open	Australia	1/15/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)	W	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
830	Australian Open	Australia	1/15/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)	W	6-3, 6-3, 7-6(5)
831	Australian Open	Australia	1/15/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Novak Djokovic (SRB)	W	6-2, 7-5, 6-3
832	Australian Open	Australia	1/15/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Tommy Robredo (ESP)	W	6-3, 7-6(2), 7-5
833	Australian Open	Australia	1/15/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Andy Roddick (USA)	W	6-4, 6-0, 6-2
834	Australian Open	Australia	1/15/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	W	Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)	W	7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4
835	Dubai	U.A.E.	2/26/2007	DA	500	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Kristian Pless (DEN)	W	7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3
836	Dubai	U.A.E.	2/26/2007	DA	500	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Daniele Bracciali (ITA)	W	7-5, 6-3
837	Dubai	U.A.E.	2/26/2007	DA	500	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Novak Djokovic (SRB)	W	6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
838	Dubai	U.A.E.	2/26/2007	DA	500	Outdoor	Hard	S	Tommy Haas (GER)	W	6-4, 7-5
839	Dubai	U.A.E.	2/26/2007	DA	500	Outdoor	Hard	W	Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)	W	6-4, 6-3
840	ATP Masters Series Indian Wells	USA	3/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	W
841	ATP Masters Series Indian Wells	USA	3/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Guillermo Canas (ARG)	L	5-7, 2-6
842	ATP Masters Series Miami	USA	3/19/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	W
843	ATP Masters Series Miami	USA	3/19/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Sam Querrey (USA)	W	6-4, 6-3
844	ATP Masters Series Miami	USA	3/19/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Nicolas Almagro (ESP)	W	7-5, 6-3
845	ATP Masters Series Miami	USA	3/19/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Guillermo Canas (ARG)	L	6-7(2), 6-2, 6-7(5)
846	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo	Monaco	4/15/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	W
847	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo	Monaco	4/15/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Andreas Seppi (ITA)	W	7-6(4), 7-6(6)
848	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo	Monaco	4/15/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)	W	6-4, 6-3
849	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo	Monaco	4/15/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	David Ferrer (ESP)	W	6-4, 6-0
850	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo	Monaco	4/15/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)	W	6-3, 6-4
851	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo	Monaco	4/15/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	F	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	L	4-6, 4-6
852	ATP Masters Series Rome	Italy	5/7/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	W
853	ATP Masters Series Rome	Italy	5/7/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Nicolas Almagro (ESP)	W	6-3, 6-4
854	ATP Masters Series Rome	Italy	5/7/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Filippo Volandri (ITA)	L	2-6, 4-6
855	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Germany	5/14/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	W
856	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Germany	5/14/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Juan Monaco (ARG)	W	6-3, 2-6, 6-4
857	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Germany	5/14/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)	W	6-2, 6-3
858	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Germany	5/14/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	David Ferrer (ESP)	W	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
859	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Germany	5/14/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	Carlos Moya (ESP)	W	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
860	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Germany	5/14/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	W	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	W	2-6, 6-2, 6-0
861	Roland Garros	France	5/28/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R128	Michael Russell (USA)	W	6-4, 6-2, 6-4
862	Roland Garros	France	5/28/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Thierry Ascione (FRA)	W	6-1, 6-2, 7-6(8)
863	Roland Garros	France	5/28/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Potito Starace (ITA)	W	6-2, 6-3, 6-0
864	Roland Garros	France	5/28/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)	W	7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4
865	Roland Garros	France	5/28/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Tommy Robredo (ESP)	W	7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
866	Roland Garros	France	5/28/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	S	Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)	W	7-5, 7-6(5), 7-6(7)
867	Roland Garros	France	5/28/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	F	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	L	3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6
868	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/25/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R128	Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)	W	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
869	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/25/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R64	Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)	W	6-2, 7-5, 6-1
870	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/25/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Marat Safin (RUS)	W	6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)
871	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/25/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Tommy Haas (GER)	W	W/O
872	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/25/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)	W	7-6(2), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
873	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/25/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	S	Richard Gasquet (FRA)	W	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
874	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/25/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	W	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	W	7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2
875	ATP Masters Series Canada	Canada	8/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Bye	W
876	ATP Masters Series Canada	Canada	8/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Karlovic (CRO)	W	7-6(2), 7-6(3)
877	ATP Masters Series Canada	Canada	8/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Fabio Fognini (ITA)	W	6-1, 6-1
878	ATP Masters Series Canada	Canada	8/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)	W	6-3, 6-4
879	ATP Masters Series Canada	Canada	8/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Radek Stepanek (CZE)	W	7-6(6), 6-2
880	ATP Masters Series Canada	Canada	8/5/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	F	Novak Djokovic (SRB)	L	6-7(2), 6-2, 6-7(2)
881	ATP Masters Series Cincinnati	USA	8/13/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Bye	W
882	ATP Masters Series Cincinnati	USA	8/13/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Julien Benneteau (FRA)	W	6-3, 6-3
883	ATP Masters Series Cincinnati	USA	8/13/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)	W	7-6(5), 7-5
884	ATP Masters Series Cincinnati	USA	8/13/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Nicolas Almagro (ESP)	W	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
885	ATP Masters Series Cincinnati	USA	8/13/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)	W	6-3, 6-7(7), 7-6(1)
886	ATP Masters Series Cincinnati	USA	8/13/2007	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	W	James Blake (USA)	W	6-1, 6-4
887	US Open	USA	8/27/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Scoville Jenkins (USA)	W	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
888	US Open	USA	8/27/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Paul Capdeville (CHI)	W	6-1, 6-4, 6-4
889	US Open	USA	8/27/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	John Isner (USA)	W	6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
890	US Open	USA	8/27/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Feliciano Lopez (ESP)	W	3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
891	US Open	USA	8/27/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Andy Roddick (USA)	W	7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-2
892	US Open	USA	8/27/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)	W	7-5, 6-1, 7-5
893	US Open	USA	8/27/2007	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	W	Novak Djokovic (SRB)	W	7-6(4), 7-6(2), 6-4
894	CZE v. SUI WG Play-offs	Czech Republic	9/21/2007	DA	DC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Radek Stepanek (CZE)	W	6-3, 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-6(5)
895	CZE v. SUI WG Play-offs	Czech Republic	9/21/2007	DA	DC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Tomas Berdych (CZE)	W	7-6(5), 7-6(10), 6-3
896	ATP Masters Series Madrid	Spain	10/15/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R64	Bye	W
897	ATP Masters Series Madrid	Spain	10/15/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R32	Robby Ginepri (USA)	W	7-6(2), 6-4
898	ATP Masters Series Madrid	Spain	10/15/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R16	Guillermo Canas (ARG)	W	6-0, 6-3
899	ATP Masters Series Madrid	Spain	10/15/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	Q	Feliciano Lopez (ESP)	W	7-6(4), 6-4
900	ATP Masters Series Madrid	Spain	10/15/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	S	Nicolas Kiefer (GER)	W	6-4, 6-4
901	ATP Masters Series Madrid	Spain	10/15/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	F	David Nalbandian (ARG)	L	6-1, 3-6, 3-6
902	Basel	Switzerland	10/22/2007	DA	250	Indoor	Hard	R32	Michael Berrer (GER)	W	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
903	Basel	Switzerland	10/22/2007	DA	250	Indoor	Hard	R16	Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)	W	6-1, 6-4
904	Basel	Switzerland	10/22/2007	DA	250	Indoor	Hard	Q	Nicolas Kiefer (GER)	W	6-3, 6-2
905	Basel	Switzerland	10/22/2007	DA	250	Indoor	Hard	S	Ivo Karlovic (CRO)	W	7-6(6), 7-6(5)
906	Basel	Switzerland	10/22/2007	DA	250	Indoor	Hard	W	Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)	W	6-3, 6-4
907	ATP Masters Series Paris	France	10/28/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R64	Bye	W
908	ATP Masters Series Paris	France	10/28/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Karlovic (CRO)	W	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
909	ATP Masters Series Paris	France	10/28/2007	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R16	David Nalbandian (ARG)	L	4-6, 6-7(3)
910	Tennis Masters Cup	China	11/12/2007	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)	L	6-3, 6-7(1), 5-7
911	Tennis Masters Cup	China	11/12/2007	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)	W	6-4, 6-3
912	Tennis Masters Cup	China	11/12/2007	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Andy Roddick (USA)	W	6-4, 6-2
913	Tennis Masters Cup	China	11/12/2007	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	S	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	W	6-4, 6-1
914	Tennis Masters Cup	China	11/12/2007	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	W	David Ferrer (ESP)	W	6-2, 6-3, 6-2

References

^ "Bjorn Borg-Tennis Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
^ "Federer claims record 4 ATP awards". 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
^ "Federer scoops record four awards". BBC Sport. 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-03-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Federer still has time to salvage a poor clay season". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
^ "Nadal's clay win streak comes to end at 81". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
^ "Off Court — Roger Withdraws From Halle". Roger Federer Official Website. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
^ "Australian Open Men's Singles Champions". Australian Open. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
^ "Roland Garros Men's Singles Past Winners 1891–2008". Roland Garros. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
^ "Wimbledon Men's Singles Finals". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
^ "US Open Men's Singles Finals". US Open. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
^ . Time http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615743,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-03. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

ATP World Tour > Players > Roger Federer > Playing Activity > 2007

[1] "Bjorn Borg-Tennis Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2007-06-21.

[2] "Federer claims record 4 ATP awards". 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2007-03-28.

[3] "Federer scoops record four awards". BBC Sport. 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-03-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[clay-4] "Federer still has time to salvage a poor clay season". Retrieved 2007-06-21.

[5] "Nadal's clay win streak comes to end at 81". Retrieved 2007-06-21.

[6] "Off Court — Roger Withdraws From Halle". Roger Federer Official Website. Retrieved 2007-06-21.

[7] "Australian Open Men's Singles Champions". Australian Open. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

[8] "Roland Garros Men's Singles Past Winners 1891–2008". Roland Garros. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

[9] "Wimbledon Men's Singles Finals". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

[10] "US Open Men's Singles Finals". US Open. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

[Time-11] . Time http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615743,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-03. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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