2007 WTA Tour
The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2007 tennis season. The calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-IV Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships.
Justine Henin finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in her career. She won ten tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and the US Open, as well as the WTA Tour Championships. She also won two Tier I events. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 30 December 2006 – 11 November 2007 |
| Edition | 37th |
| Tournaments | 61 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (10) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (17) WTA Tier IV (14) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | Justine Henin (10) |
| Most tournament finals | Justine Henin (11) |
| Prize money leader | Justine Henin (US$5,429,586) |
| Points leader | Justine Henin (5,405) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Justine Henin |
| Doubles team of the year | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
| Most improved player of the year | Ana Ivanovic |
| Newcomer of the year | Ágnes Szávay |
| Comeback player of the year | Lindsay Davenport |
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Justine Henin put together an exceptional season, winning 10 out of the 14 events she entered. This included her sixth and seventh Grand Slam titles at the French Open and U.S. Open, whilst compiling a 63–4 win–loss record. Following her loss to Marion Bartoli in the Wimbledon semifinals she went undefeated for the rest of the year, in the process becoming the first woman to earn over $5 million in a single season.
Meanwhile, the Williams sisters returned to the forefront of tennis after years of injury struggles, with both finishing the season in the top ten, the first time since 2004 that Serena Williams finished in the upper elite in the rankings. Serena's emphatic victory at the Australian Open, ranked No. 81, surprised the tennis world. Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam overall, becoming the lowest ranked woman to win at Wimbledon.
The season saw two former world No. 1s retire and another one make her return. Kim Clijsters cut her farewell tour short by retiring abruptly in May, having originally been due to play her last event in October. She later returned in 2009. Martina Hingis was forced to quit after she admitted that she had tested positive for cocaine. However, Lindsay Davenport made a successful return to the tour following her pregnancy and won two tournament titles in the latter half of the season.