The 2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the men's tournament (7th for the women) of the

Abierto Mexicano Telcel The Mexican Open (currently sponsored by Telcel and HSBC Mexico, HSBC and called the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC) is a men's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, and usually held annually in late February at ...

, and was part of the

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of the

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, and of the

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of the

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. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the

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, Mexico, from February 26 through March 3, 2007. The men's draw was led by former World No. 1,

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and

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runner-up

Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...

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titlist and Auckland semifinalist Agustín Calleri, and Buenos Aires semifinalist

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. Other seeded players were defending finalist and Costa do Sauípe semifinalist Juan Ignacio Chela,

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doubles winner

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, Nicolás Massú,

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and Carlos Moyá. In the women's field were present

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and

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champion Marion Bartoli, Gold Coast semifinalist and

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runner-up

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, and ITF Bordeaux winner

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. Other seeds were

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and Quebec City semifinalist Séverine Brémond, 2005 Acapulco champion and Bogotá semifinalist

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, Gisela Dulko, Sybille Bammer and

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Finals

Men's singles

Juan Ignacio Chela defeated Carlos Moyá, 6–3, 7–6^(7–2) *It was Juan Ignacio Chela's 1st title of the year, and his 4th overall.

Women's singles

Émilie Loit Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a retired tennis player from France. Besides her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007, she won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her hi ...

defeated

, 7–6^(7–0), 6–4 *It was Émilie Loit's 1st title of the year, and her 3rd overall.

Men's doubles

Potito Starace / Martín Vassallo Argüello defeated

Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý (born 9 April 1983) is a retired professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in June 2009. Career Dlouhý has been part of two long-term doubles ...

Pavel Vízner Pavel Vízner (born 15 July 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World ...

, 6–0, 6–2

Women's doubles

Lourdes Domínguez Lino / Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated

, 6–3, 6–3

References

External links

Official websiteMen's Singles drawMen's Doubles drawMen's Qualifying Singles drawWomen's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles draws
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