The 2007 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2007 tennis season. The
ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ...
is the elite tour for professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
organized by the
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, a ...
. The ATP Tour includes the four
Grand Slam
Grand Slam most often refers to:
* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category te ...
tournaments, the
Tennis Masters Cup
The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant event in the annual ATP calendar after the four majors as it features the top-eight singles players and top-eight doubles teams based on their results th ...
, the
ATP Masters Series
The ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (previously known as ATP Masters Series) is an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour. The series' events have been held in Europe and North America since the ...
, the
International Series Gold and the
International Series tournaments.
Round-robin trial
In August 2006 the ATP announced that it would conduct a trial of the
round-robin tournament format during the 2007 season. ATP Executive Chairman Etienne De Villiers claimed their research showed a preference for this tournament setup among fans, tournaments and media. In a round-robin tournament each player competes once against every other player in his group. The only men's tournament using this format was the season-ending event but all regular tournaments, including the Grand Slams, used the traditional elimination or knock-out system. The round-robin format would be tested at 13 events during the 2007 ATP Tour but the Masters Series events and the Grand Slam tournaments were excluded from the experiment. The
Adelaide International was scheduled as the pilot.
Initial reactions from players were mixed, with
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis ...
in favor of the scheme and
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in ...
opposed.
[ In early March 2007 at the Las Vegas Channel Open there was controversy when the ATP decided that James Blake had qualified for the quarterfinals only to revert that decision hours later.] Player reactions became increasingly negative, claiming the format was confusing and could enable match-fixing.[ On 21 March 2007 the ATP announced that it had abandoned the experiment and had decided that the remaining scheduled round-robin tournaments would revert to the single-elimination form.
]
Schedule
The table below shows the 2007 ATP Tour schedule
;Key
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
ATP rankings
''Points were awarded as follows:''
+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize
money level in that category. $/€25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€50,000. Monies
shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.
(*): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series)
In addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series and
International Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:
* Grand Slams: 8 points for a last round loser, 4 points for a second round loser
* Tennis Masters Series: 8 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser
* International Series Gold: 5 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser,
(*): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).
Statistics
Titles won by player
Winners/runners-up by country:
ATP prize money leaders
:''As of 19 November 2007''
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings
The Pepperstone ATP rankings are the merit-based method used by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for determining the qualification for entry as well as the seeding of players in all singles and doubles tournaments. The first rankings ...
top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2007 season:
* Wayne Arthurs (born 18 March 1971 in Adelaide, Australia) He turned professional in 1990 and reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 44 in 2001. He earned only one career singles title. In doubles, he was ranked no. 11 in 2003 and earned 12 career titles. His last career singles and doubles matches were at Wimbledon.
* Kenneth Carlsen
Kenneth Carlsen (born 17 April 1973) is a Danish former professional tennis player, who was active between 1992 and 2007. Carlsen played left-handed with a one-handed backhand. His greatest asset was his powerful serve, and his game was therefor ...
(born April 17, 1973, in Copenhagen, Denmark) He turned profession in 1991 and achieved a career-high ranking of no. 41. He played his last ATP match at the Stockholm Open in October and his last match at a Challenger tournament in Kolding, Denmark a week later against Björn Phau
Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals ( Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beiji ...
.
* Arnaud Di Pasquale (born 11 February 1979 in Casablanca, Morocco) He turned professional in 1998 and reached his highest ranking of no. 39 in 2000. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics and played his last match in November 2006 in Asuncion against Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977), often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired tennis player from Argentina. He was born in Buenos Aires and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. Cañas won the Canada Masters i ...
.
* Tim Henman
Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in th ...
(born 6 September 1974 in Oxford, England) He turned professional in 1993 and achieved the ranking of world no. 4. He was a four-time semifinalist and four-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and reached the semifinals of the French and US Opens once each. He won one Masters 1000 event in Paris in 2003. He played his last match at the Davis Cup competition against Croatia in September.
* Jiří Novák
Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Career
Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
(born March 22, 1975, in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) He turned professional in 1993 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 5 in 2002. He was a semifinalist at the 2002 Australian Open and won seven career titles. He played his last match in June in Košice, Slovakia against Lukáš Rosol
Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Dosed ...
.
* Greg Rusedski
Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a British and Canadian former tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October 1997 and from 25 ...
(born 6 September 1973, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) He turned professional in 1991 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4. He was a finalist at the US Open in 1997 and earned 15 career titles. He played his last match in March in Sarajevo against Kenneth Carlsen
Kenneth Carlsen (born 17 April 1973) is a Danish former professional tennis player, who was active between 1992 and 2007. Carlsen played left-handed with a one-handed backhand. His greatest asset was his powerful serve, and his game was therefor ...
.
* Sjeng Schalken
Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
Playing style
A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his ...
(born 8 September 1976 in Weert, Netherlands) He turned professional in 1994 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 11 in 2003. He reached the semifinals of the US Open in 2002 and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2002, 2003, and 2004. He earned nine career singles titles. In doubles, he was ranked no. 21 in 2002 and reached the semifinals of the US Open in 2001 and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2001. He earned six career doubles titles and played his last career match in February 2006 in Bergamo, Italy against Simone Bolelli
Simone Bolelli (; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. Bolelli is a Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open doubles event with Fabio Fognini, together becoming the first all-Italian men's pair to win a ...
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See also
* 2007 in tennis
* 2007 WTA Tour
References
External links
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