2007 Roger Federer tennis season

2007 Roger Federer tennis season

Calendar prize money	$10,130,620
Singles
Season record	68–9 (88.3%)
Calendar titles	8
Year-end ranking	No. 1
Ranking change from previous year	=
Grand Slam & significant results
Tour Finals	W
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	WG PO (adv. to 2008 WG)
Last updated on: 31 December 2007.
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Roger Federer made all four Major finals in 2007, winning three of them. He defeated Fernando González, 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4, at the Australian Open, Rafael Nadal, 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2, at Wimbledon, and Novak Djokovic, 7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–4, at the US Open. However, Federer lost the 2007 French Open final to Nadal, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6. Federer made five ATP Masters Series 1000 Finals in 2007, but only won two of those, in Hamburg and Cincinnati. Federer won 1 ATP 500 series event in Dubai. He ended the year by winning the year-end championships for the fourth time. In 2011 Stephen Tignor, chief editorial writer for Tennis.com, ranked Federer's 2007 season as the sixth greatest season of all-time during the Open Era.^[1]

Year summary

Early Hard Court Season

Federer entered the Australian Open with a 29 match winning streak dating back to

Federer next played in Dubai where he was a three time former champion. Federer again played Djokovic in the quarterfinals and prevailed in a tight three set match. He defeated Mikhail Youzhny in the finals to capture his fourth Dubai title in the last five years. After his victory Federer's winning streak stood at 41 consecutive matches, just five shy of the all-time record held by Guillermo Vilas in 1977.

Entering

The following week at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, he entered as the two-time defending champion. This tournament was disappointing as 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.^[3][4]

Clay Court Season

Federer started his clay-court season by reaching his second consecutive final of the

Federer also lost in the third round of the

Federer rebounded, 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.^[6]

After his victory over Nadal on clay two weeks earlier in Hamburg, speculation started on whether Federer could become the first man since

He, therefore, entered

Federer began the hard-court season in August in Montreal at the Canadian Open as the defending champion. Federer advanced through the tournament without dropping a set and faced the young world no. 4 Novak Djokovic in the finals. Entering the final Federer had never lost to the young Serbian, holding a 4–0 record against him. The first set was a back and forth affair with Federer squandering triple set point on his own serve and losing the tiebreaker. Federer, however, ran away with the second set and forced a final set for the championship. Djokovic prevailed in a final-set tiebreaker, defeating Federer for the first time.

The following week Federer entered the

As the winner of U.S. Open Series, Federer had never entered the

Federer began the indoor season as the defending champion at the Madrid Masters. Fresh off wins at the Cincinnati Masters and the US Open, Federer was the clear favorite to win the tournament. He advanced to the finals without dropping a set and faced his early career nemesis David Nalbandian. Federer took the first set easily but was defeated in three sets by the red-hot Argentine. Notably, Nalbandian had consecutively beaten Nadal, Djokovic, and Federer in Madrid to claim his first masters title.

Federer next entered his home-town tournament in Basel as the defending champion. He dropped only one set en route to his second Basel title and his third title in his native Switzerland.

The last masters tournament of the year at Bercy was a brief affair for Federer who fell again to Nalbandian, this time in the third round. The streaking Argentine would go on to defeat Nadal in the finals of Bercy.

Federer then finished the season at the year-end

Season Accomplishments

Federer finished the year as the world no. 1 player for the fourth consecutive time, compiling an impressive 68–9 record. 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 players 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.".^[14]

Matches

Grand Slam performance

Tournament Round Result Opponent Score Australian Open 1R Win Björn 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 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 Wimbledon 1R Win Teymuraz 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	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surface	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
609	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Björn Phau	#82	W	7–5, 6–0, 6–4
610	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Jonas Björkman	#50	W	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
611	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	#25	W	6–3, 6–3, 7–6(5)
612	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Novak Djokovic	#15	W	6–2, 7–5, 6–3
613	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Tommy Robredo	#6	W	6–3, 7–6(2), 7–5
614	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Andy Roddick	#7	W	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
615	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Win (1)	Fernando González	#9	W	7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4
616	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Kristian Pless	#86	W	7–6(2), 3–6, 6–3
617	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Daniele Bracciali	#88	W	7–5, 6–3
618	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Novak Djokovic (2)	#14	W	6–3, 6–7(6), 6–3
619	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	S	Tommy Haas	#9	W	6–4, 7–5
620	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	Win (2)	Mikhail Youzhny (2)	#18	W	6–4, 6–3
–	Indian Wells Masters	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	N/A
621	Indian Wells Masters	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Guillermo Cañas	#60	L	5–7, 2–6
–	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	N/A
622	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Sam Querrey	#69	W	6–4, 6–3
623	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Nicolás Almagro	#34	W	7–5, 6–3
624	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Guillermo Cañas (2)	#55	L	6–7(2), 6–2, 6–7(5)
–	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	N/A
625	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Andreas Seppi	#101	W	7–6(4), 7–6(6)
626	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Lee Hyung-taik	#49	W	6–4, 6–3
627	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	David Ferrer	#16	W	6–4, 6–0
628	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	Juan Carlos Ferrero	#21	W	6–3, 6–4
629	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	#2	L	4–6, 4–6
–	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	N/A
630	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Nicolás Almagro (2)	#40	W	6–3, 6–4
631	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Filippo Volandri	#53	L	2–6, 4–6
–	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	N/A
632	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Juan Mónaco	#48	W	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
633	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero (2)	#19	W	6–2, 6–3
634	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	David Ferrer (2)	#14	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
635	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	Carlos Moyá	#36	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
636	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Win (3)	Rafael Nadal (2)	#2	W	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
637	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R128	Michael Russell	#68	W	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
638	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Thierry Ascione	#168	W	6–1, 6–2, 7–6(8)
639	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Potito Starace	#57	W	6–2, 6–3, 6–0
640	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Mikhail Youzhny (3)	#15	W	7–6(3), 6–4, 6–4
641	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Tommy Robredo	#9	W	7–5, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2
642	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	S	Nikolay Davydenko	#4	W	7–5, 7–6(5), 7–6(7)
643	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	F	Rafael Nadal (3)	#2	L	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
644	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R128	Teymuraz Gabashvili	#86	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
645	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R64	Juan Martín del Potro	#56	W	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
646	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Marat Safin	#24	W	6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)
–	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Tommy Haas	#10	W/O	N/A
647	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Juan Carlos Ferrero (3)	#18	W	7–6(2), 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
648	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	S	Richard Gasquet	#14	W	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
649	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Win (4)	Rafael Nadal (4)	#2	W	7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2
–	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Bye	N/A
650	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Karlović	#34	W	7–6(2), 7–6(3)
651	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Fabio Fognini	#139	W	6–1, 6–1
652	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Lleyton Hewitt	#21	W	6–3, 6–4
653	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Radek Štěpánek	#60	W	7–6(6), 6–2
654	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	F	Novak Djokovic (3)	#4	L	6–7(2), 6–2, 6–7(2)
–	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Bye	N/A
655	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Julien Benneteau	#68	W	6–3, 6–3
656	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	#18	W	7–6(5), 7–5
657	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Nicolás Almagro (3)	#32	W	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
658	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Lleyton Hewitt (2)	#20	W	6–3, 6–7(7), 7–6(1)
659	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (5)	James Blake	#8	W	6–1, 6–4
660	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Scoville Jenkins	#319	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
661	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Paul Capdeville	#120	W	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
662	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	John Isner	#184	W	6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
663	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Feliciano López	#60	W	3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
664	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Andy Roddick (2)	#5	W	7–6(5), 7–6(4), 6–2
665	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Nikolay Davydenko (2)	#4	W	7–5, 6–1, 7–5
666	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Win (6)	Novak Djokovic (4)	#3	W	7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–4
667	CZE v. SUI WG Play-offs	9/21	DC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Radek Štěpánek (2)	#34	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–6(5)
668	CZE v. SUI WG Play-offs	9/21	DC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Tomáš Berdych	#10	W	7–6(5), 7–6(10), 6–3
–	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	R64	Bye	N/A
669	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	R32	Robby Ginepri	#72	W	7–6(2), 6–4
670	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	R16	Guillermo Cañas (3)	#14	W	6–0, 6–3
671	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	Q	Feliciano López (2)	#42	W	7–6(4), 6–4
672	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	S	Nicolas Kiefer	#112	W	6–4, 6–4
673	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	F	David Nalbandian	#25	L	6–1, 3–6, 3–6
674	Basel	10/22	250	Indoor	Hard	R32	Michael Berrer	#56	W	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
675	Basel	10/22	250	Indoor	Hard	R16	Juan Martín del Potro (2)	#49	W	6–1, 6–4
676	Basel	10/22	250	Indoor	Hard	Q	Nicolas Kiefer (2)	#64	W	6–3, 6–2
677	Basel	10/22	250	Indoor	Hard	S	Ivo Karlović (2)	#25	W	7–6(6), 7–6(5)
678	Basel	10/22	250	Indoor	Hard	Win (7)	Jarkko Nieminen	#29	W	6–3, 6–4
–	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	R64	Bye	N/A
679	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Karlović (3)	#24	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
680	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	R16	David Nalbandian (2)	#21	L	4–6, 6–7(3)
681	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Fernando González (2)	#7	L	6–3, 6–7(1), 5–7
682	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Nikolay Davydenko (3)	#4	W	6–4, 6–3
683	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Andy Roddick (3)	#5	W	6–4, 6–2
684	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	WC	Indoor	Hard	S	Rafael Nadal (5)	#2	W	6–4, 6–1
685	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	WC	Indoor	Hard	Win (8)	David Ferrer (3)	#6	W	6–2, 6–3, 6–2

Finals

Singles: 12 (8–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	46.	28 January 2007	Australian Open, Australia (3)	Hard	Fernando González	7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	47.	7 March 2007	Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates (4)	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	22 April 2007	Monte-Carlo Masters, France (2)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 4–6
Winner	48.	20 May 2007	Hamburg Masters, Germany (4)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	15.	10 June 2007	French Open, France (2)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	49.	8 July 2007	Wimbledon, England, UK (5)	Grass	Rafael Nadal	7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	12 August 2007	Canada Open, Canada	Hard	Novak Djokovic	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	50.	19 August 2007	Cincinnati Masters, United States (2)	Hard	James Blake	6–1, 6–4
Winner	51.	9 September 2007	US Open, United States (4)	Hard	Novak Djokovic	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up	17.	21 October 2007	Madrid Open, Spain	Hard (i)	David Nalbandian	6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	52.	28 October 2007	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland (2)	Hard (i)	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–4
Winner	53.	18 November 2007	Year-End Championships, China (4)	Hard (i)	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–3, 6–2

Prize Money Earnings

See also

• Roger Federer
• Roger Federer career statistics

References

External links

• Official website
• ATP tour profile