2007 Australian Open

2007 Australian Open
Date	15–28 January 2007
Edition	95th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Hardcourt (Rebound Ace)
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
Mixed doubles
Daniel Nestor / Elena Likhovtseva
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair men's doubles
Robin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Jiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer
Boys' singles
Brydan Klein
Girls' singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Boys' doubles
Graeme Dyce / Harri Heliövaara
Girls' doubles
Evgeniya Rodina / Arina Rodionova
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The 2007 Australian Open was a

The total prize pool was set at exactly

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.^[2]

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.

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Heat in excess of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Day 2 caused the

Roger Federer defeated 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.

Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–2

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi, 7–5, 7–5

Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung

Daniel Nestor / Elena Likhovtseva^[5] defeated Max Mirnyi / Victoria Azarenka, 6–4, 6–4

Brydan Klein defeated Jonathan Eysseric, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Madison Brengle, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–3)

Graeme Dyce / Harri Heliövaara defeated Stephen Donald / Rupesh Roy, 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3

Evgeniya Rodina / Arina Rodionova defeated Julia Cohen / Urszula Radwańska, 2–6, 6–3, 6-1

Shingo Kunieda defeated Michaël Jérémiasz, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier, 6–1, 6–0

Robin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers/ Ronald Vink, 6–2, 6–0

Jiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier/ Korie Homan, 6–0, 3–6, [10–6]

The seeded players are listed below with the round in which they exited.

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

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Coverage of the 2007 Australian Open was as follows:

• Three men were arrested for taking up-skirt photos inside Melbourne Park.^[7]
• Police were summoned to investigate the sexual assault of a five-year-old boy in a toilet cubicle at the tournament.^[7]
• Maria Sharapova was fined $2000 for allegations of sideline-coaching from her father, Yuri Sharapov in her match against Anna Chakvetadze.^[8]

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