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Federer - Winner 2007

Federer won his tenth Grand Slam singles title when he won the 2007 Australian Open without dropping a set, defeating Fernando González of Chile in the final 7-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Roger Federer Winner 2007Federer then won the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open, defeating Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the final 6-4, 6-3. This raised his match record for the year to 12-0 and brought his winning streak to 41-consecutive matches. His streak ended during his next match when he lost to Guillermo Cañas in the second round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, after winning this tournament three consecutive years (2004-2006); this loss also ended his bids to break Guillermo Vilas' record of 46-consecutive matches in a row and to tie with the eight title wins-in-a-row record.

At the Sony Ericcson Open in Miami, Florida, Federer again lost to Guillermo Cañas, this time in the fourth round in three sets, 6-7, 6-2, 6-7(5). It was only the fifth time he has lost back-to-back to the same player; Nadal being one of the other players to do so.[citation needed] However, he was awarded four ATP Awards during a ceremony at the tournament, making him the first player to receive four during the same year.


Justine Henin - Winner 2007

On January 4, 2007, Henin withdrew from the Australian Open and the warm-up tournament in Sydney for personal reasons, which resulted in her losing the No. 1 ranking to Maria Sharapova.

Justine Henin Winner 2007In her first tournament of the year, Henin lost in the semifinals of the Open Gaz de France to Czech Lucie Safarova 7-6(5), 6-4.

Henin then won two hardcourt tournaments in the Middle East. She won the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open for the fourth time in the last five years, defeating Amelie Mauresmo in the final 6-4, 7-5. In Doha, she won her first Qatar Total Open title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final 6-4, 6-2. She also reached US$14 million in career prize money earnings, and on March 19th, she regained the No. 1 ranking.

At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Henin reached the final for the first time in her career, where she lost to Serena Williams 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 after Henin had two match points at 6-0, 5-4.

Henin withdrew from the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina with an ongoing respiratory problem. Her next tournament will be the J&S Cup in Warsaw, Poland.


Male

Male players who have played at least part of their careers during the open era and who have won at least two Grand Slam singles titles are as follows:

  • Pete Sampras 14
  • Roy Emerson, Roger Federer 12
  • Rod Laver, Björn Borg 11
  • Ken Rosewall, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi 8
  • John Newcombe, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander 7
  • Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg 6
  • Jim Courier, Guillermo Vilas 4
  • Arthur Ashe, Jan Kodes, Gustavo Kuerten, Rafael Nadal 3
  • Stan Smith, Ilie Nãstase, Johan Kriek, Lleyton Hewitt, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Patrick Rafter, Sergi Bruguera, and Marat Safin 2

Female

Female players who have played at least part of their careers during the open era and who have won at least two Grand Slam singles titles are as follows:

  • Margaret Smith Court 24
  • Steffi Graf 22
  • Chris Evert, Martina Navrátilová 18
  • Billie Jean King 12
  • Monica Seles 9
  • Serena Williams 8
  • Justine Henin, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7
  • Venus Williams 6
  • Martina Hingis 5
  • Hana Mandlíková, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4
  • Virginia Wade, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati 3
  • Maria Sharapova , Nancy Richey Gunter , Tracy Austin , Mary Pierce , and Amélie Mauresmo 2

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