2007 WTA Tier I Series

The WTA Tier I tournaments are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.^[1]

2007 WTA Tier I Series

Details
Duration	January 29 – October 21
Edition	18th
Tournaments	10
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Justine Henin Jelena Janković (2)
Most finals	Justine Henin Jelena Janković (3)
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Main article: 2007 WTA Tour

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open[3]	Japan	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Jan 29 – Feb 4	$1,340,000
Pacific Life Open	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 5–18	$2,100,000
Sony Ericsson Open	United States	Key Biscayne	Hard	Mar 19 – Apr 1	$3,450,000
Family Circle Cup	United States	Charleston	Clay (green)	Apr 9 – 15	$1,340,000
Qatar Telecom German Open[4]	Germany	Berlin	Clay	May 7 – 13	$1,340,000
Internazionali BNL d'Italia[5][6]	Italy	Rome	Clay	May 14 – 20	$1,340,000
Acura Classic[7]	United States	San Diego	Hard	Jul 30 – Aug 5	$1,340,000
Rogers Cup	Canada	Toronto	Hard	Aug 13–19	$1,340,000
Kremlin Cup[8]	Russia	Moscow	Hard (i)	Oct 8–14	$1,340,000
Zürich Open	Switzerland	Zürich	Hard (i)	Oct 15–21	$1,340,000

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Ana Ivanovic	6–4, 6–2	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Vania King Rennae Stubbs	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–5
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Daniela Hantuchová	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–4	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Chan Latisha Chuang Chia-jung	6–3, 7–5
Miami Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams	Justine Henin	0–6, 7–5, 6–3	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 3–6, [10–2]
Charleston Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina	6–2, 6–2	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	7–5, 6–0
Berlin Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	6–3, 6–4
Rome Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7–5, 6–1	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	6–4, 6–1
San Diego Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova	Patty Schnyder	6–2, 3–6, 6–0	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze	7–5, 6–4
Toronto Singles – Doubles	Justine Henin	Jelena Janković	7–6(7–3), 7–5	Katarina Srebotnik*	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
				Ai Sugiyama
Moscow Singles – Doubles	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams	5–7, 6–1, 6–1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Zürich Singles – Doubles	Justine Henin	Tatiana Golovin	6–4, 6–4	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Francesca Schiavone	7–5, 7–6(7–1)

Tournament details

Tokyo

Tournament name	Toray Pan Pacific Open
Surface	Carpet
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (32 players)	Martina Hingis d. Ana Ivanovic, 6–4, 6–2
Doubles (16 pairs)	Raymond/Stosur d. King/Stubbs, 7–6, 3–6, 7–5

Singles

	Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	M Sharapova	6	2	6
		F Schiavone	2	6	1			1	M Sharapova	4	6	6
		A Sugiyama	3	6	6				A Sugiyama	6	0	1
		M Kirilenko	6	1	3										1	M Sharapova	1	1	r
	4	J Janković	6	6											5	A Ivanovic	6	0
		J Zheng	4	0				4	J Janković	6	4	2
		M Santangelo	6	1	2			5	A Ivanovic	3	6	6
	5	A Ivanovic	4	6	6																	5	A Ivanovic	4	2
		R Vinci	6	6																		2	M Hingis	6	6
		S Brémond	3	0					R Vinci	1	2
		E Likhovtseva	3	5				3	E Dementieva	6	6
	3	E Dementieva	6	7											3	E Dementieva	4	3
	6	N Li	2	4											2	M Hingis	6	6
		S Stosur	6	6					S Stosur	0	1
		N Pratt	1	5				2	M Hingis	6	6
	2	M Hingis	6	7

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Raymond / Stosur	7	6
		Dementieva / Savchuk	5	2
								1	Raymond / Stosur	6	6
									Dulko / Tu	2	4
		Janković / Mattek	6	3	3
		Dulko / Tu	2	6	6
															1	Raymond / Stosur	77	3	7
																King / Stubbs	6	6	5
		King / Stubbs	6	2	6
	3	Likhovtseva / Vesnina	4	6	3
									King / Stubbs	7	4	77
								2	Yan / Zheng	5	6	63
		Dushevina / Kirilenko	1	1
	2	Yan / Zheng	6	6

Indian Wells

Tournament name	Pacific Life Open
Surface	Hardcourt
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Prize money	$2,100,000
Singles (96 players)	Daniela Hantuchová d. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–3, 6–4
Doubles (32 pairs)	Raymond/Stosur d. Chan YJ./Chuang CJ., 6–3 7–5

Singles

	Fourth round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	M Sharapova	6	5	1
	15	V Zvonareva	4	7	6			15	V Zvonareva	4	5
	12	N Li	6	7				12	N Li	6	7
	7	J Janković	3	61											12	N Li	5	6	1
	3	M Hingis	4	3											14	D Hantuchová	7	4	6
	14	D Hantuchová	6	6				14	D Hantuchová	6	5	77
	11	S Pe'er	6	7				11	S Pe'er	2	7	65
	8	A Chakvetadze	4	62																		14	D Hantuchová	6	6
	33	S Bammer	6	6	6																	2	S Kuznetsova	3	4
	10	A Ivanovic	7	0	3			33	S Bammer	6	6
	13	T Golovin	6	1				13	T Golovin	2	3
	4	N Petrova	2	0	r										33	S Bammer	77	4	1
	6	N Vaidišová	4	6	6										2	S Kuznetsova	65	6	6
	17	M Bartoli	6	3	2			6	N Vaidišová	6	3	4
	16	A Sugiyama	2	2				2	S Kuznetsova	4	6	6
	2	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Notes:

• Elena Dementieva (#5 seed) withdrew due to a rib injury.

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Raymond / Stosur	6	6
	8	King / Pe'er	0	2
								1	Raymond / Stosur	6	6
									Hradecká / Voráčová	2	3
	3	Ruano P. / Suárez	6	4	6
		Hradecká / Voráčová	4	6	10
															1	Raymond / Stosur	6	7
															5	Chan / Chuang	3	5
	6	Likhovtseva / Medina G.	77	3	7
	4	Dechy / Zvonareva	65	6	10
								4	Dechy / Zvonareva	4	4
								5	Chan / Chuang	6	6
	5	Chan / Chuang	6	6
	2	Yan / Zheng	2	2

Miami

Tournament name	Sony Ericsson Open
Surface	Hardcourt
Location	Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
Prize money	$ 3,450,000
Singles (96 players)	Serena Williams d. Justine Henin, 0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Doubles (32 pairs)	Raymond/Stosur d. Black/Huber 6–4, 3–6, [10–2]

Singles

	Fourth round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	M Sharapova	1	1
	13	S Williams	6	6				13	S Williams	6	6
	Q	V Dushevina	2	4				8	N Vaidišová	1	4
	8	N Vaidišová	6	6											13	S Williams	7	6
	3	S Kuznetsova	4	6	3										14	S Pe'er	64	1
	14	S Pe'er	6	4	6			14	S Pe'er	6	6
	24	T Garbin	6	6				24	T Garbin	0	3
		A Radwańska	4	2																		13	S Williams	0	7	6
	32	M Santangelo	1	5																		2	J Henin	6	5	3
	9	A Chakvetadze	6	7				9	A Chakvetadze	4	7	6
	15	N Li	4	6	6			15	N Li	6'	5	2
	4	K Clijsters	6	4	2										9	A Chakvetadze	2	3
	6	N Petrova	3	6	6										2	J Henin	6	6
	10	D Safina	6	2	4			6	N Petrova	64	64
	18	V Zvonareva	3	2				2	J Henin	7	7
	2	J Henin	6	6

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Raymond / Stosur	6	6
		Loit / Pratt	3	0
								1	Raymond / Stosur	6	6
								8	Chan / Chuang	4	4
	3	Yan / Zheng	4	4
	8	Chan / Chuang	6	6
															1	Raymond / Stosur	6	3	10
															2	Black / Huber	4	6	2
	WC	Hantuchová / Hingis	6	6
		Santangelo / Stewart	1	2
								WC	Hantuchová / Hingis	4	3
								2	Black / Huber	6	6
	WC	Golovin / Safina	4	3
	2	Black / Huber	6	6

Charleston

Tournament name	Family Circle Cup
Surface	Green Clay / Outdoors
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (56 players)	Jelena Janković d. Dinara Safina 6–2, 6–2
Doubles (28 pairs)	Yan/Zheng d. Peng/Sun, 7–5, 6–0

Singles

	Third round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		M Krajicek	64	6	6
	15	S Bammer	77	2	1				M Krajicek	1	5
	9	V Zvonareva	6	6				9	V Zvonareva	6	7
	7	A Ivanovic	3	3											9	V Zvonareva	3	1	r
	4	D Safina	6	6											4	D Safina	6	0
		L Domínguez Lino	2	2				4	D Safina	6
	10	T Golovin	6	4	6			10	T Golovin	3	r
		S Peng	2	6	3																	4	D Safina	2	2
	8	N Li	4	5																		2	J Janković	6	6
		A Medina Garrigues	6	7					A Medina Garrigues	4	5
		V Williams	6	6					V Williams	6	7
		Y-J Chan	2	1												V Williams	6	3	65
		J Zheng	5	65											2	J Janković	3	6	77
	12	K Srebotnik	7	77				12	K Srebotnik	2	0
	16	M Santangelo	3	0				2	J Janković	6	6
	2	J Janković	6	6

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Peng / Sun	w
	8	Dechy / Zvonareva	o
									Peng / Sun	4	7	6
									Dulko / Pennetta	6	5	2
	4	Safina / Srebotnik	o
		Dulko / Pennetta	w
																Peng / Sun	5	0
															3	Yan / Zheng	7	6
		Molik / Santangelo	6	3	1
	3	Yan / Zheng	3	6	6
								3	Yan / Zheng	6	6
								2	Black / Huber	0	4
		Pratt / Stewart	0	3
	2	Black / Huber	6	6

Berlin

Tournament name	Qatar Telecom German Open
Surface	Red clay / Outdoors
Location	Berlin, Germany
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (56 players)	Ana Ivanovic d. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6 (4)
Doubles (28 pairs)	Raymond/Stosur d. Garbin/Vinci, 6–3, 6–4

Singles

	Third round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	J Henin	6	6
		ME Camerin	1	3				1	J Henin	3	6	6
		S Peng	1	7	3r			5	J Janković	6	4	4
	5	J Janković	6	63	2										1	J Henin	4	7	4
	3	S Kuznetsova	6	6											3	S Kuznetsova	6	5	6
		M Müller	3	2				3	S Kuznetsova	7	6
	10	E Dementieva	3	3				7	N Petrova	65	4
	7	N Petrova	6	6																		3	S Kuznetsova	6	4	64
		A Bondarenko	3	0r																		12	A Ivanovic	3	6	7
	12	A Ivanovic	6	5				12	A Ivanovic	7	3	6
	15	P Schnyder	6	6				15	P Schnyder	5	6	4
	4	M Hingis	4	0											12	A Ivanovic	4
	8	D Safina	3	6	6											J Vakulenko	3r
		L Šafářová	6	3	2			8	D Safina	3	7	3
		J Vakulenko	2	6	6				J Vakulenko	6	5	6
	2	A Mauresmo	6	1	2

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Raymond / Stosur	6	3	10
		Husárová / Shaughnessy	2	6	6
								1	Raymond / Stosur	6	6
								4	Peschke / Stubbs	2	2
		Kuznetsova / Petrova
	4	Peschke / Stubbs	w/o
															1	Raymond / Stosur	6	6
																Garbin / Vinci	3	4
		Garbin / Vinci	6	6
		Granville / Kostanić Tošić	3	3
									Garbin / Vinci	3	6	10
								2	Black / Huber	6	3	5
	5	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	4	7
	2	Black / Huber	0	6	10

Rome

Tournament name	Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Surface	Red clay / Outdoors
Location	Rome, Italy
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (56 players)	Jelena Janković d. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7–5, 6–1
Doubles (27 pairs)	Dechy/Santangelo d. Garbin/Vinci, 6–4, 6–1

Singles

	Third round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		S Stosur	4	4
	14	P Schnyder	6	6				14	P Schnyder	6	2	7
	11	S Pe'er	3	3				8	S Williams	3	6	65
	8	S Williams	6	6											14	P Schnyder	1	3
	3	J Janković	6	7											3	J Janković	6	6
		A Bondarenko	4	5				3	J Janković	6	6
	10	E Dementieva	4					10	E Dementieva	2	1
	5	N Petrova	1	r																		3	J Janković	7	6
	7	A Chakvetadze	2	3																		2	S Kuznetsova	5	1
	9	D Hantuchová	6	6				9	D Hantuchová	7	7
		A Medina Garrigues	6	6					A Medina Garrigues	68	5
	LL	N Vierin	1	1											9	D Hantuchová	4	2
	6	D Safina	6	6											2	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	Q	K Bondarenko	2	3				6	D Safina	1	3
	LL	Y Fedak	2	2				2	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	2	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		J Husárová M Shaughnessy	4	2
	7	N Dechy M Santangelo	6	6
								7	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	6	6
								3	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	4	4
	3	K Peschke R Stubbs	6	3	12
	5	T Sun Z Yan	3	6	10
															7	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	6	6
																Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	4	1
		I Benešová G Voskoboeva	713	3	8
		T Garbin R Vinci	611	6	10
									Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	6	6
									Cara Black Liezel Huber	3	3
		K Knapp R Oprandi	7	2	4
	2	C Black L Huber	5	6	10

San Diego

Tournament name	Acura Classic
Surface	Hardcourt / Outdoors
Location	San Diego, USA
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (56 players)	Maria Sharapova d. Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 3–6, 6–0
Doubles (28 pairs)	Black/Huber d. Azarenka/Chakvetadze, 7–5, 6–4

Singles

	Third Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	M Sharapova	6	6
	13	T Golovin	0	3				1	M Sharapova	6	6
		S Mirza	6	6					S Mirza	2	1
	8	D Safina	1	2											1	M Sharapova	6	6
	3	A Chakvetadze	6	6											3	A Chakvetadze	3	2
		A Sugiyama	4	4				3	A Chakvetadze	65	77	6
	10	V Williams	6	6				10	V Williams	77	63	2
	6	D Hantuchová	0	3																		1	M Sharapova	6	3	6
	7	M Hingis	1	77	3																	11	P Schnyder	2	6	0
	11	P Schnyder	6	64	6			11	P Schnyder	6	6
		K Srebotnik	3	610				4	N Petrova	4	4
	4	N Petrova	6	712											11	P Schnyder	77	6
	5	M Bartoli	4	5											9	E Dementieva	64	0
	9	E Dementieva	6	7				9	E Dementieva	6	6
		M Kirilenko	6	3	7				M Kirilenko	2	4
	2	J Janković	2	6	5

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Black / Huber	6	6
	6	Castaño / Tanasugarn	3	3
								1	Black / Huber	4	6	10
								3	Chan / Chuang	6	4	5
	3	Chan / Chuang	6	6
		King / Peng	2	4
															1	Black / Huber	7	6
																Azarenka / Chakvetadze	5	4
		Azarenka / Chakvetadze	6	6
		Golovin / Safina	2	4
									Azarenka / Chakvetadze	6	3	10
								2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	2	6	6
		Hsieh / Kudryavtseva	3	4
	2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6

Toronto

Tournament name	Rogers Cup
Surface	Hardcourt / Outdoors
Location	Toronto, Canada
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (56 players)	Justine Henin d. Jelena Janković, 7–6 (3), 7–5
Doubles (28 pairs)	Srebotnik/Sugiyama d. Black/Huber, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]

Singles

	Third Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Henin	7	6
		S Peng	5	2				1	J Henin	7	6
	10	P Schnyder	4	1				6	N Petrova	64	3
	6	N Petrova	6	6											1	J Henin	6	6
	Q	Z Yan	6	5	7										Q	Z Yan	3	0
		E Daniilidou	3	7	65			Q	Z Yan	6	3
	9	D Safina	2	7	0			7	M Bartoli	2	0	r
	7	M Bartoli	6	62	6																	1	J Henin	7	7
		F Schiavone	2	0																		2	J Janković	63	5
	12	T Golovin	6	6				12	T Golovin	2	7	6
		M Shaughnessy	3	2				3	S Kuznetsova	6	5	1
	3	S Kuznetsova	6	6											12	T Golovin	7	3	2
		V Razzano	6	6											2	J Janković	5	6	6
	11	S Pe'er	4	3					V Razzano	5	2
	13	S Bammer	2	3				2	J Janković	7	6
	2	J Janković	6	6

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Black / Huber	6	6
		Foretz / Sfar	1	4
								1	Black / Huber	6	6
								4	Dechy / Sun	2	3
	4	Dechy / Sun	w/o
	8	Kuznetsova / Petrova
															1	Black / Huber	4	6	5
															2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	2	10
		Camerin / Dulko	4	3
	3	Molik / Santangelo	6	6
								3	Molik / Santangelo	2	3
								2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
	6	Peng / Yan	1	5
	2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	7

Moscow

Tournament name	Kremlin Cup
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Location	Moscow, Russia
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (32 players)	Elena Dementieva d. Serena Williams, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Doubles (16 pairs)	Black/Huber d. Azarenka/Poutchek, 4–6, 6–1, [10–7]

Singles

	2nd Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	S Kuznetsova	3	6	6
		G Dulko	6	2	4			1	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	WC	V Dushevina	2	6	6			WC	V Dushevina	2	2
	5	M Bartoli	6	0	4										1	S Kuznetsova	62	1
	4	S Williams	7	6											4	S Williams	7	6
	Q	T Perebiynis	5	4				4	S Williams	6	7
	WC	E Vesnina	3	4				8	N Vaidišová	4	67
	8	N Vaidišová	6	6																		4	S Williams	7	1	1
		V Zvonareva	6	6																			E Dementieva	5	6	6
		A Radwańska	2	2					V Zvonareva	2	6	3
		D Safina	7	6					D Safina	6	3	6
	3	A Chakvetadze	66	2												D Safina	1	0
	7	P Schnyder	3	4												E Dementieva	6	6
		E Dementieva	6	6					E Dementieva	7	6
		V Azarenka	7	6					V Azarenka	64	2
	2	M Sharapova	69	2

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Black / Huber	6	5	10
		Mirza / Schnyder	3	7	7
								1	Black / Huber	6	6
								3	Likhovtseva / Safina	1	4
	3	Likhovtseva / Safina	6	6
	WC	Jidkova / Kustova	2	2
															1	Black / Huber	4	6	10
																Azarenka / Poutchek	6	1	8
		Azarenka / Poutchek	6	6
		Loit / Tu	3	3
									Azarenka / Poutchek	6	1	10
									Benešová / Voskoboeva	1	6	8
		Benešová / Voskoboeva	2	7	10
	2	Peschke / Stubbs	6	61	8

Zürich

Tournament name	Zürich Open
Surface	Hardcourt / Indoors
Location	Zürich, Switzerland
Prize money	$1,340,000
Singles (28 players)	Justine Henin d. Tatiana Golovin 6–4, 6–4
Doubles (16 pairs)

Singles

	2nd Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Henin	6	6
		V Zvonareva	3	1				1	J Henin	6	6
	LL	A Radwańska	6	6				LL	A Radwańska	4	2
	7	D Hantuchová	3	3											1	J Henin	3	6	7
	3	J Janković	4	4												N Vaidišová	6	3	5
		N Vaidišová	6	6					N Vaidišová	6	6
		A Bondarenko	2	6	6				A Bondarenko	1	4
	8	A Mauresmo	6	4	1																	1	J Henin	6	6
	9	M Bartoli	6	6																			T Golovin	4	4
	WC	M Krajicek	4	1				9	M Bartoli	5r
		T Golovin	6	6					T Golovin	4
	5	A Ivanovic	3	1												T Golovin	6	6
		P Schnyder	6	3	4											F Schiavone	0	4
		F Schiavone	2	6	6				F Schiavone	6	3
		S Bammer	6	4	5			2	S Kuznetsova	3	3r
	2	S Kuznetsova	2	6	7

Doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Black / Huber	610	6	10
		Medina Garrigues / Pennetta	7	2	2
								1	Black / Huber	4	7	6
									Raymond / Schiavone	6	5	10
	3	Chan / Chuang	1	5
		Raymond / Schiavone	6	7
																Raymond / Schiavone	5	61
																Peschke / Stubbs	7	77
		Peng / Tu	6	6
	4	Molik / Santangelo	4	3
									Peng / Tu	4	3
									Peschke / Stubbs	6	6
		Peschke / Stubbs	6	5	10
	2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	4	7	8

See also

• WTA Tier I tournamentss
• 2007 WTA Tour
• 2007 ATP Masters Series
• 2007 ATP Tour