2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season

2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Name	Rafael Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$4,896,935 (Singles $4,862,310, Doubles $34,625)[1][2]
Singles
Season record	70–15 (82.35%)
Calendar titles	6
Year-end ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	W
Wimbledon	F
US Open	4R
Injuries
Injuries	Knee Injury

The 2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 1 January 2007 with the start of the Chennai Open.

Year summary

Rafael Nadal started the year by playing in six hard-court tournaments. He lost in the semifinals and first round of his first two tournaments and then lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to eventual runner-up Fernando González. After another quarterfinal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships, he won the 2007 Indian Wells Masters, before Novak Djoković defeated him in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Miami Masters.

He played five clay-court tournaments in Europe after that winning the tites at the Masters Series Monte Carlo, the Open Sabadell Atlántico in Barcelona, and the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. He lost to Roger Federer in the final of the Masters Series Hamburg. This defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay, which is the male Open Era record for consecutive wins on a single surface. He then rebounded to win the French Open for the third straight year, defeating Federer once again in the final.

Between the tournaments in Barcelona and Rome, Nadal defeated Federer in the "Battle of Surfaces" exhibition match in Mallorca, Spain, with the tennis court being half grass and half clay.^[3]

Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. As in 2006, Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in the five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since 2001.^[4]

In July, Nadal won the clay court Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, which proved to be his last title of the year. He played three important tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. He was a semifinalist at the Masters Series Rogers Cup in Montreal before losing his first match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. He was the second-seeded player at the US Open, but was defeated in the fourth round by David Ferrer.

After a month-long break from tournament tennis, Nadal played the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid and the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. David Nalbandian upset him in the quarterfinals and final of those tournaments. To end the year, Nadal won two of his three round robin matches to advance to the semifinals of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him in straight sets.

During the second half of the year, Nadal battled a knee injury suffered during the Wimbledon final. In addition, there were rumors at the end of the year that the foot injury he suffered during 2005, caused long-term damage, which were given credence by coach Toni Nadal's claim that the problem was "serious". Nadal and his spokesman strongly denied this, however, with Nadal himself calling the story "totally false".^[5]

Singles matches

Tournament	Match Win	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Chennai Open Chennai, India ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor January 1, 2007 – January 8, 2007	203	1R	Rainer Schuettler	96	Win	6–4, 6–2
	204	2R	Karan Rastogi	480	Win	6–4, 6–1
	205	QF	Davide Sanguinetti	106	Win	6–3, 6–2
	206	SF	Xavier Malisse	37	Loss	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Medibank International Sydney, Australia ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor January 7, 2007 – January 13, 2007	206	1R	Chris Guccione	107	Loss	5–6 RET
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor January 15–28, 2007	207	1R	Robert Kendrick	90	Win	7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–2
	208	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	61	Win	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
	209	3R	Stan Wawrinka	40	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
	210	4R	Andy Murray	16	Win	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
	210	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	9	Loss	2–6, 4–6, 3–6
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE ATP World Tour 500 Hard, outdoor February 26–March 4, 2007	211	1R	Marcos Baghdatis	17	Win	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	212	2R	Igor Andreev	139	Win	6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
	212	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	18	Loss	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 5–18, 2007	–	1R	Bye
	213	2R	Arnaud Clement	53	Win	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
	214	3R	Fernando Verdasco	33	Win	6–4, 6–4
	215	4R	Juan Carlos Ferrero	23	Win	6–1, 6–1
	216	QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	31	Win	7–5, 7–5
	217	SF	Andy Roddick	3	Win	6–4, 6–3
	218	W	Novak Djokovic	13	Win (1)	6–2, 7–5
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 21–April 1, 2007	–	1R	Bye
	219	2R	Ricardo Mello	127	Win	7–6(9–7), 6–2
	–	3R	Olivier Rochus	36	Win	W/O
	220	4R	Juan Martin Del Potro	63	Win	6–0, 6–4
	220	QF	Novak Djokovic	10	Loss	3–6, 4–6
Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 14–22, 2007	–	1R	Bye
	221	2R	Juan Ignacio Chela	22	Win	6–3, 6–1
	222	3R	Kristof Vliegen	52	Win	6–3, 6–1
	223	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	59	Win	6–2, 6–3
	224	SF	Tomas Berdych	14	Win	6–0, 7–5
	225	W	Roger Federer	1	Win (2)	6–4, 6–4
Torneo Godo Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor April 23–29, 2007	–	1R	Bye
	226	2R	Kristof Vliegen	53	Win	6–1, 6–2
	227	3R	Thomas Johansson	73	Win	6–1, 6–4
	228	QF	Potito Starace	72	Win	6–2, 7–5
	229	SF	David Ferrer	16	Win	7–5, 6–1
	230	W	Guillermo Canas	28	Win (3)	6–3, 6–4
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 5–13 May 2007	–	1R	Bye
	231	2R	Daniele Bracciali	125	Win	6–4, 6–2
	232	3R	Mikhail Youzhny	16	Win	6–2, 6–2
	233	QF	Novak Djokovic	5	Win	6–2, 6–3
	234	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	4	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–7(8–10), 6–4
	235	W	Fernando Gonzalez	6	Win (4)	6–2, 6–2
Masters Series Hamburg Hamburg, Germany ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 14–22 May 2007	–	1R	Bye
	236	2R	Oscar Hernandez	69	Win	7–5, 6–1
	237	3R	Igor Andreev	164	Win	6–4, 6–1
	238	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	5	Win	6–4, 6–4
	239	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	21	Win	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
	239	F	Roger Federer	1	Loss (1)	6–2, 2–6, 0–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 27 May–10 June 2007	240	1R	Juan Martin Del Potro	59	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
	241	2R	Flavio Cipolla	227	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
	242	3R	Albert Montanes	50	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
	243	4R	Lleyton Hewitt	16	Win	6–3, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
	244	QF	Carlos Moya	26	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
	245	SF	Novak Djokovic	6	Win	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
	246	W	Roger Federer	1	Win (5)	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Stella Artois Championships London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 11–17 June 2007	–	1R	Bye
	247	2R	Juan Martin Del Potro	59	Win	6–4, 6–4,
	248	3R	Max Mirnyi	58	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–3
	248	QF	Nicolas Mahut	106	Loss	5–7, 6–7(0–7)
The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June–8 July 2007	249	1R	Mardy Fish	38	Win	6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
	250	2R	Werner Eschauer	72	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
	251	3R	Robin Soderling	28	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 4–6, 7–5
	252	4R	Mikhail Youzhny	13	Win	4–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
	253	QF	Tomas Berdych	11	Win	7–6(7–1), 6–4, 6–2
	254	SF	Novak Djokovic	5	Win	3–6, 6–1, 4–1 RET
	254	F	Roger Federer	1	Loss (2)	6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 2–6
Mercedes Cup Stuttgart, Germany ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor July 16–23, 2007	255	1R	Alexander Waske	135	Win	6–1, 6–1
	256	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	37	Win	6–3, 6–3
	257	QF	Juan Monaco	29	Win	6–1, 6–3
	258	SF	Feliciano Lopez	84	Win	6–1, 7–5
	259	W	Stan Wawrinka	50	Win (6)	6–4, 7–5
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 6–12 August 2007	–	1R	Bye
	260	2R	Marat Safin	22	Win	7–6(7–4), 6–0
	261	3R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	23	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
	262	QF	Frank Dancevic	91	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
	262	SF	Novak Djokovic	4	Loss	5–7, 3–6
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Ohio, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 11–19 August 2007	–	1R	Bye
	262	2R	Juan Monaco	25	Loss	6–7(5–7), 1–4 RET
US Open New York, USA Grand Slam Hard, outdoor August 27–September 9, 2007	263	1R	Alun Jones	123	Win	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
	264	2R	Janko Tipsarevic	56	Win	6–2, 6–3, 3–2 RET
	265	3R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	74	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–2, 6–1
	265	4R	David Ferrer	15	Loss	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 15–21 October 2007	–	1R	Bye
	266	2R	Marcos Baghdatis	22	Win	6–4, 6–4
	267	3R	Andy Murray	17	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–4
	267	QF	David Nalbandian	25	Loss	1–6, 2–6
BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor October 27–November 4, 2007	–	1R	Bye
	268	2R	Filippo Volandri	41	Win	6–3, 6–1
	269	3R	Stan Wawrinka	36	Win	6–4, 6–3
	270	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	18	Win	6–4, 6–2
	271	SF	Marcos Baghdatis	22	Win	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
	271	F	David Nalbandian	21	Loss (3)	4–6, 0–6
Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, China Year-end Championships Hard, indoor 11-18 November 2007	272	RR	Richard Gasquet	8	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	272	RR	David Ferrer	6	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
	273	RR	Novak Djokovic	3	Win	6–4, 6–4
	273	SF	Roger Federer	1	Loss	4–6, 1–6

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