For the golf tournament, see 2007 U.S. Open Golf Championship.
The 2007 U.S. Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City.
Roger Federer successfully defended his title, becoming the first man in the open era to win four consecutive U.S. Open titles. Justine Henin won her second U.S. Open title, this year without losing a set. It was also her last grand slam win.
Timeline
Notable stories
Player of the Day
Player of the day can be found here
- Day 1:
Donald Young for winning his first Grand Slam match over Chris Guccione.
- Day 2:
Arnaud Clément for defeating someone over a foot taller than him.
- Day 3:
- Day 4:
Andy Murray for winning a five set match against Jonas Björkman, returning to top form found earlier on.
- Day 5:
Ana Ivanović for playing superb tennis in her matches and not dropping a set.
- Day 6:
Agnieszka Radwańska for causing the upset of the tournament in defeating defending women's singles champion Maria Sharapova.
- Day 7:
David Ferrer for staying strong to defeat David Nalbandian.
- Day 8:
Shahar Pe'er for becoming the first Israeli player to make the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open.
- Day 9:
- Day 10:
Anna Chakvetadze for reaching the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career.
- Day 11:
Victoria Azarenka for winning the mixed doubles title.
- Day 12:
- Day 13:
- Day 14:
Roger Federer for winning his 12th career Grand Slam and 4th consecutive U.S Open title.
Important Matches
- Rafael Nadal, seeded and ranked second, was tested by Alun Jones, who broke him in the first set before Nadal came back to break back and take the set 7-5. Jones, however, won the second set 6-3, and Nadal, more at ease, won the next two sets, finally advancing 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
- Donald Young won his first Grand Slam match against Chris Guccione in four sets.
- Fernando Verdasco rallied in coming from two sets down to defeat Paul-Henri Mathieu, the 22nd seed. Verdasco was ahead 5-1 in the third set and 5-3 in the final set. He won a dramatic game and thus match in the fifth set.
- Daniela Hantuchová lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to Julia Vakulenko, becoming the first top ten seed to exit the tournament.
- Teimuraz Gabashvili defeated #7 Fernando González in round 1 in 5 sets, having let sets 3 and 4 slip away, before rebounding 6-4 in the 5th.
- Ahsha Rolle continued her run at the 2007 U.S. Open after coming from a set and a break down to defeat Italian Karin Knapp.
- James Blake defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to achieve his first ever victory in a match that went to 5 sets, having gone 0-9 previously. He saved 3 break points at 4-4 in the final set.
- Novak Djokovic defeated Radek Štěpánek in five sets, where neither player won a set with a score of 6 games — Djokovic won the match 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (2). After his victory, Djokovic fell to the ground and the players embraced each other. The match lasted four hours, 44 minutes and 63 games, equalling a record set in 1979.
- Maria Sharapova, the defending champion, was dumped out in the third round by Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwańska. After losing the first set, Sharapova responded by winning the second, 6-1. However, Radwańska was undetered and broke Sharapova thrice in the final set, 6-2. This was the first time the #2 women's seed has lost before Round 4 since Andrea Jaeger in 1981.
- Roger Federer defeated John Isner, making a run of 105 consecutive points without an unforced error during the second and third sets.
- Tommy Haas beat James Blake 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4), despite winning 7 straight games and broke Blake in his first service game in the fifth set. Blake broke back and eventually had match points, but Haas saved them and had three match points. The first was saved by Blake with an in call that Haas incorrectly lost a Chase review. Blake went on to challenge, but the call was in and Haas won the match. Haas also was ahead in the tiebreak, but Blake edged back until Haas was ahead and won the match.
- Roger Federer was a set down, but came to set up a showdown with Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, beating Feliciano López, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. Towards the end of the match, Federer won 35 consecutive points on serve.
- David Ferrer beat #2 seed Rafael Nadal 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2 in a match that finished 1.51am local time. This was the third latest finish in U.S. Open history. Ferrer admitted to having a McDonald's meal afterwards. The match itself lasted 3hrs, 28mins and was preceded by the Justine Henin-Serena Williams tie.
- Roger Federer went past Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, in straight sets with the score 7-6, 7-6, 6-2 to set up a semi-final clash with Nikolay Davydenko.
- Justine Henin defeated Venus Williams 7-6 (2), 6-4 to reach the final. This match marked the first time since 2001 (Martina Hingis; Australian Open) that someone had defeated both Williams sisters in the same tournament. Henin has yet to lose a set on her way to the final.
- Novak Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam final, and in doing so became the first Serbian man to become a Grand Slam finalist. He beat David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Day by day
Qualifying Day 1
Qualifying was impossible due to rain.
Qualifying Day 2
Qualifying Day 2 saw lots of rain. However, according to this link, players such as Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Pablo Cuevas, Jamie Baker, Steve Darcis, Alina Jidkova and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi were winners to the following round of qualifying. In addition, main singles draws for men and women were released, except qualifiers' names; however the draw shows where qualifiers will go. Roger Federer, seeded 1st, will play a qualifier for the first two rounds, and possibly three consecutive rounds.
Qualifying Day 3
The first round of qualifying was completed and second round matches began. In-form Frank Dancevic came through in the men's draw; whilst 2007 French Open Girl's Singles champion Alizé Cornet came through in the women's qualifying.
Qualifying Day 4
Players began qualifying for the main draw; the first on the men's side being Pablo Cuevas and the first on the women's, Renata Voráčová. Scoville Jenkins was the first American qualifier to reach the main draw.
Qualifying Day 5
Qualifying was completed as Danc
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