2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season

2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Name	Rafael Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$5,646,935
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

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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".^[3]

Singles

Match	Tournament	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surf.	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
1	Chennai	1/1	250	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Rainer Schuettler	#96	W	6-4, 6–2
2	Chennai	1/1	250	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Karan Rastogi	#480	W	6–4, 6–1
3	Chennai	1/1	250	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Davide Sanguinetti	#106	W	6–3, 6–2
4	Chennai	1/1	250	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Xavier Malisse	#37	L	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
5	Sydney	1/8	250	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Chris Guccione	#107	L	5–6 RET
6	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Robert Kendrick	#90	W	7–6^(8–6), 6–3, 6–2
7	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	#61	W	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
8	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Stanislas Wawrinka	#40	W	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
9	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Andy Murray	#16	W	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
10	Australian Open	1/15	GS	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	#9	L	2–6, 4–6, 3–6
11	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Marcos Baghdatis	#17	W	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
12	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Igor Andreev	#139	W	6–2, 3–6, 7–6^(7–2)
13	Dubai	2/26	500	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Mikhail Youzhny	#18	L	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
	Indian Wells	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
14	Indian Wells	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Arnaud Clement	#53	W	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
15	Indian Wells	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Fernando Verdasco	#33	W	6–4, 6–4
16	Indian Wells	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Juan Carlos Ferrero	#23	W	6–1, 6–1
17	Indian Wells	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	#31	W	7–5, 7–5
18	Indian Wells	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Roddick	#3	W	6–4, 6–3
19	Indian Wells	3/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (1)	Novak Djokovic	#13	W	6–2, 7–5
	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
20	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Ricardo Mello	#127	W	7–6^(9–7), 6–2
	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Olivier Rochus	#36		W/O
21	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Juan Martin del Potro	#63	W	6–0, 6–4
22	Miami Masters	3/19	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Novak Djokovic	#10	L	3–6, 4–6
	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
23	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Juan Ignacio Chela (2)	#22	W	6–3, 6–1
24	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Kristof Vliegen	#52	W	6–1, 6–2
25	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber (2)	#59	W	6–1, 6–1
26	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Tomas Berdych	#14	W	6–0, 7–5
27	Monte Carlo Masters	4/15	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Win (2)	Roger Federer	#1	W	6–4, 6–4
	Barcelona	4/23	500	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
28	Barcelona	4/23	500	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Kristof Vliegen (2)	#53	W	6–1, 6–2
29	Barcelona	4/23	500	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Thomas Johansson	#73	W	6–1, 6–4
30	Barcelona	4/23	500	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Potito Starace	#72	W	6–2, 7–5
31	Barcelona	4/23	500	Outdoor	Clay	SF	David Ferrer	#16	W	7–5, 6–1
32	Barcelona	4/23	500	Outdoor	Clay	Win (3)	Guillermo Cañas	#28	W	6–3, 6–4
	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
33	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Daniele Bracciali	#125	W	6–4, 6–2
34	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Mikhail Youzhny	#16	W	6–2, 6–2
35	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Novak Djokovic (2)	#5	W	6–2, 6–3
36	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Nikolay Davyvenko	#4	W	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(8–10), 6–4
37	Rome Masters	5/7	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Win (4)	Fernando Gonzalez	#6	W	6–2, 6–2
	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
38	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Oscar Hernandez	#69	W	7–5, 6–1
39	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Igor Andreev (2)	#164	W	6–4, 6–1
40	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Fernando Gonzalez (2)	#5	W	6–4, 6–4
41	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	#21	W	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
42	Hamburg Masters	5/14	1000	Outdoor	Clay	F	Roger Federer	#1	L	6–2, 2–6, 0–6
43	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Juan Martin del Potro (2)	#59	W	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
44	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Flavio Cipolla	#227	W	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
45	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Albert Montañes	#50	W	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
46	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	4R	Lleyton Hewitt (2)	#16	W	6–3, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
47	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Carlos Moya	#26	W	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
48	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Novak Djokovic (3)	#6	W	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
49	Roland Garros	5/28	GS	Outdoor	Clay	Win (5)	Roger Federer (2)	#1	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	Queen's Club	6/11	250	Outdoor	Grass	1R	Bye
50	Queen's Club	6/11	250	Outdoor	Grass	2R	Juan Martin del Potro (3)	#59	W	6–4, 6–4
51	Queen's Club	6/11	250	Outdoor	Grass	3R	Max Mirnyi	#58	W	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
52	Queen's Club	6/11	250	Outdoor	Grass	QF	Nicolas Mahut	#106	L	5–7, 6–7^(0–7)
53	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	1R	Mardy Fish	#38	W	6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
54	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	2R	Werner Eschauer	#72	W	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
55	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	3R	Robin Soderling	#28	W	6–4, 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 4–6, 7–5
56	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	4R	Mikhail Youzhny (2)	#13	W	4–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
57	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	QF	Tomas Berdych (2)	#11	W	7–6^(7–1), 6–4, 6–2
58	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	SF	Novak Djokovic (4)	#5	W	3–6, 6–1, 4–1 RET
59	Wimbledon	6/25	GS	Outdoor	Grass	F	Roger Federer (2)	#1	L	6–7^(7–9), 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 2–6
60	Stuttgart	7/16	500	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Alexander Waske	#135	W	6–1, 6–1
61	Stuttgart	7/16	500	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber (3)	#37	W	6–3, 6–3
62	Stuttgart	7/16	500	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Juan Monaco	#29	W	6–1, 6–3
63	Stuttgart	7/16	500	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Feliciano Lopez	#84	W	6–1, 7–5
64	Stuttgart	7/16	500	Outdoor	Clay	Win (6)	Stanislas Wawrinka (2)	#50	W	6–4, 7–5
	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
65	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Marat Safin	#22	W	7–6^(7–4), 6–0
66	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	#23	W	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
67	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Frank Dancevic	#91	W	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
68	Canada Masters	8/5	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Novak Djokovic (2)	#4	L	5–7, 3–6
	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
69	Cincinnati Masters	8/13	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Juan Monaco	#25	L	6–7^(5–7), 1–4 RET
70	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Alun Jones	#123	W	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
71	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Janko Tipsarevic	#56	W	6–2, 6–3, 3–2 RET
72	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	#74	W	7–6^(7–3), 6–2, 6–1
73	US Open	8/27	GS	Outdoor	Hard	4R	David Ferrer	#15	L	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6
	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	1R	Bye
74	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	2R	Marcos Baghdatis (2)	#22	W	6–4, 6–4
75	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	3R	Andy Murray (2)	#17	W	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
76	Madrid Masters	10/15	1000	Indoor	Hard	QF	David Nalbandian	#25	L	1–6, 2–6
	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	1R	Bye
77	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	2R	Filippo Volandri	#41	W	6–3, 6–1
78	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	3R	Stanislas Wawrinka (3)	#36	W	6–4, 6–3
79	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	QF	Mikhail Youzhny (3)	#18	W	6–4, 6–2
80	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	SF	Marcos Baghdatis (3)	#22	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
81	Paris Masters	10/28	1000	Indoor	Hard	F	David Nalbandian (2)	#21	L	4–6, 0–6
82	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Richard Gasquet	#8	W	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
83	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	David Ferrer (2)	#6	L	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
84	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Novak Djokovic (5)	#3	W	6–4, 6–4
85	Tennis Masters Cup	11/12	YEC	Indoor	Hard	SF	Roger Federer (3)	#1	L	4–6, 1–6

References

1. "The Battle of Surfaces". Retrieved 4 April 2007.
2. Cheese, Caroline (7 July 2007). "Wimbledon 2007". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
3. Newbury, Piers (28 November 2007). "Nadal plays down foot injury fear". BBC Sport Tennis. Retrieved 11 February 2009.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Rafael-Nadal.aspx?t=pa&y=2007&m=s&e=0#