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.
Federer 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.
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.
In 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 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:
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:
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