2007 WTA Tour Championships

2007 WTA Tour Championships
Date	6–11 November
Edition	37th
Location	Madrid, Spain
Venue	Madrid Arena
Champions
Singles
Justine Henin
Doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
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The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending

Justine Henin from Belgium won the tournament and the check for $1 million, her second tournament title in a row, defeating Maria Sharapova in three sets. Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Ai Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik in the final of doubles competition.

Justine Henin defeated Maria Sharapova, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3.

Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 5–7, 6–3, [10–8].

Singles Qualifiers (29 October 2007)[1]
Rk	Name	Points	Tour
1	Justine Henin (BEL)	5,405	13
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)	3,690	18
3	Jelena Janković (SRB)	3,475	27
4	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)	3,161	19
5	Serena Williams (USA)	2,767	11
6	Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)	2,660	21
7	Venus Williams (USA)	2,470	13
8	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	2,431	12
9	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)	2,242	26

On August 1, the first two players to qualify for the Championships were Justine Henin from Belgium and

By reaching the semifinals on September 7, and later the final of the US Open,

, in addition to winning over $1 million in prize money so far.

Wimbledon champion

Seoul

and her sixth Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships.

The last two places went to

San Diego

. She also reached the semifinals of the French Open.

Doubles teams

Doubles Qualifiers (22 October 2007) [1] Archived 2007-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
Rk	Name	Points	Tour
1	Cara Black (ZIM) & Liezel Huber (United States)	6,375	21
2	Lisa Raymond (United States) & Samantha Stosur (AUS)	3,628	13
3	Chan Yung-jan (TPE) & Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)	3,146	13
4	Ai Sugiyama (JPN) & Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	2,622	10
5	Květa Peschke (CZE) & Rennae Stubbs (AUS)	2,537	13

On August 16,

From the 2001 WTA Tour, prize money for the Sony Ericsson Championships is three million United States dollars.

• ¹ Prize money for doubles is per team.
• ² Third place points and prize money in the yellow group is divided into two parts, one third ($33,333 and 35 points) goes to Serena Williams, because she played one match, and two thirds ($96,666 + $20,000 as one of the alternates, and 150 points) to Marion Bartoli, the first alternate and who played two matches.

The draw consisted of eight players in singles, and four teams in doubles. Players or teams were seeded based on the WTA Tour Rankings current the week prior to the Sony Ericsson Championships, on Monday, October 29.

The draw was conducted on Saturday, November 3 by retired Spanish tennis player, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott, and player representative to this tournament, Anna Chakvetadze.^[13] Players were divided into two groups, red and yellow, in honor of the colors of the Spanish flag.

Seed	Player	Rank
1	Justine Henin	1
3	Jelena Janković	3
5	Serena Williams (withdrew)	5
7	Anna Chakvetadze	7
Alt.	Marion Bartoli	10

Seed	Player	Rank
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2
4	Ana Ivanovic	4
6	Maria Sharapova	6
8	Daniela Hantuchová	9

After the draw in singles had been determined, the next two players who would be accepted into the Sony Ericsson Championships, based on total WTA Tour Ranking points in 2007, became the alternates. The alternates were only in singles, and they were required to be in Madrid along with other players who competed.^[14] The two alternates on standby were Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva;^[7] with Bartoli entering the tournament on day 3 due to Serena William's withdrawal.

Doubles teams started the tournament at the semifinal stage, with the winners of Saturday's opening round advancing to Sunday's final. The doubles draw was conducted on Thursday night, on November 8.^[15]

Seed	Teams	Rank
1	Cara Black & Liezel Huber	3
2	Ai Sugiyama & Katarina Srebotnik	14
3	Chan Yung-jan & Chuang Chia-jung	16
4	Květa Peschke & Rennae Stubbs	21

''Table below is in the process of editing Players in gold have qualified for Madrid. Players in brown have qualified, but withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Madrid.

Rank	Player	Mandatory Events					Best Other Tournaments												Total points	Tourn
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	MIA	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Justine Henin	A 0	W 1000	SF 450	W 1000	F 350	W 430	W 430	W 300	W 300	W 275	W 275	W 275	SF 195	SF 125				5,405	13
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	R16 140	QF 250	QF 250	F 700	R16 70	F 325	F 300	F 300	W 275	SF 195	F 190	SF 140	SF 140	SF 125	QF 110	QF 110	QF 70	3,690	18
3	Jelena Janković	R16 140	SF 450	R16 140	QF 250	R32 45	W 430	W 430	F 300	F 190	F 190	W 140	SF 140	SF 140	SF 125	SF 125	SF 125	W 115	3,475	28
4	Ana Ivanovic	R32 90	F 700	SF 450	R16 140	R64 1	W 430	F 300	W 275	W 275	SF 125	QF 70	QF 70	R16 65	R16 60	R16 40	QF 35	QF 35	3,161	19
5	Serena Williams	W 1000	QF 250	QF 250	QF 250	W 500	F 300	QF 110	R32 1	QF 75	QF 30	R32 1							2,767	11
6	Anna Chakvetadze	QF 250	QF 250	R32 90	SF 450	SF 225	W 275	SF 195	W 140	W 140	SF 125	W 115	QF 70	QF 70	QF 70	QF 70	R16 65	R16 60	2,660	21
7	Venus Williams	A 0	R32 90	W 1000	SF 450	R32 45	SF 195	W 140	W 115	SDQF 110	F 100	QF 70	QF 70	SF 65	R16 20				2,470	14
8	Maria Sharapova	F 700	SF 450	R16 140	R32 90	R16 70	W 430	SF 195	SF 125	F 100	SF 65	R16 65	R16 1						2,431	12
9	Daniela Hantuchová	R16 140	R32 90	R16 140	R128 2	R32 45	W 465	W 275	SF 195	F 190	SF 125	SF 125	F 115	QF 75	QF 70	SF 65	SF 65	R16 60	2,242	26
10	Marion Bartoli	R64 60	R16 140	F 700	R16 140	R64 1	SF 125	SF 125	SF 125	QF 110	QF 110	F 80	QF 70	SF 65	SF 65	R16 65	R16 60	R16 60	2,101	30
11	Elena Dementieva	R16 140	R32 90	R32 90	R32 90	A 0	W 430	TOKSF 195	SF 195	W 140	SF 125	QF 110	QF 75	QF 70	QF 70	QF 70	R16 60	R16 35	1,985	21

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