The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking. [edit] Schedule The table below shows the 2007 WTA Tour schedule. [edit] January | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 1 January | MAW Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia | Tier III | Dinara Safina 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 | Martina Hingis | Tathiana Garbin Shahar Pe'er | Catalina Castaño Elena Vesnina Ana Ivanović Samantha Stosur | Safina / Srebotnik 6-3, 6-4 | Benešová / Voskoboeva | | 1 January | 2007 ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand | Tier IV | Jelena Janković 7-6(9), 5-7, 6-3 | Vera Zvonareva | Camille Pin Jill Craybas | Émilie Loit Paola Suárez Eleni Daniilidou Virginie Razzano | Husárová / Suárez 6-0, 6-2 | Hsieh / Uberoi | | 8 January | 2007 Medibank International Sydney, Australia | Tier II | Kim Clijsters 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4 | Jelena Janković | Nicole Vaidišová Li Na | Amélie Mauresmo Ana Ivanović Shahar Pe'er Katarina Srebotnik | Grönefeld / Shaughnessy 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 | Bartoli / Tu | | 8 January | Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia | Tier IV | Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 7-6(3) | Vasilisa Bardina | Sania Mirza Sybille Bammer | Zheng Jie Alicia Molik Catalina Castaño Serena Williams | Likhovtseva / Vesnina 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 | Garrigues / Pascual | 15 January (2 weeks) | 2007 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia | Grand Slam | Serena Williams 6-1, 6-2 | Maria Sharapova | Kim Clijsters Nicole Vaidišová | Shahar Pe'er Lucie Šafářová Anna Chakvetadze Martina Hingis | Black / Huber 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1 | Chan / Chuang | Mixed Doubles: Nestor / Likhovtseva 6-4, 6-4 | Mirnyi / Azarenka | | 29 January | 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan | Tier I | Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2 | Ana Ivanović | Elena Dementieva Maria Sharapova | Jelena Janković Samantha Stosur Ai Sugiyama Roberta Vinci | Raymond / Stosur 7-6(6), 3-6, 7-5 | King / Stubbs | [edit] February | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 5 February | 2007 Open Gaz de France Paris, France | Tier II | Nadia Petrova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 | Lucie Šafářová | Justine Henin Amélie Mauresmo | Tatiana Golovin Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina Anna Chakvetadze | Black / Huber 6-2, 6-0 | Navrátilová / Uhlířová | | 5 February | 2007 Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya City, Thailand | Tier IV | Sybille Bammer 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 | Gisela Dulko | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | Mara Santangelo Martina Suchá Nicole Pratt Tzipora Obziler | Pratt / Santangelo 6-4, 7-6(4) | Chan / Chuang | | 12 February | 2007 Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium | Tier II | Amélie Mauresmo 6-4, 7-6(4) | Kim Clijsters | Anna Chakvetadze Tatiana Golovin | Dinara Safina Ana Ivanović Nadia Petrova Elena Likhovtseva | Black / Huber 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 | Likhovtseva / Vesnina | | 12 February | 2007 Bangalore Open Bangalore, India | Tier III | Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 6-4 | Mara Santangelo | Olga Savchuk Tzipora Obziler | Jelena Kostanić Tošić Melinda Czink Sania Mirza Yurika Sema | Chan / Chuang 6-7(4), 6-2, 10-9 | Hsieh / Kudryavtseva | | 19 February | 2007 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE | Tier II | Justine Henin 6-4, 7-5 | Amélie Mauresmo | Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković | Eleni Daniilidou Martina Hingis Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder | Black / Huber 7-6(5), 6-4 | Kuznetsova / Molik | | 19 February | 2007 M.K. Championships Memphis, United States | Tier III | Venus Williams 6-1, 6-1 | Shahar Pe'er | Meilen Tu Ioana Raluca Olaru | Sofia Arvidsson Samantha Stosur Bethanie Mattek Laura Granville | Pratt / Stewart 7-5, 4-6, 10-5 | Gajdošová / Morigami | | 19 February | Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia | Tier III | Roberta Vinci 6-7(5), 6-4, 0-3 ret. | Tathiana Garbin | Flavia Pennetta Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Émilie Loit Klára Zakopalová Nathalie Vierin Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová | Lino / Suárez 1-6, 6-3, 11-9 | Pennetta / Vinci | | 26 February | Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar | Tier II | Justine Henin 6-4, 6-2 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová | Martina Hingis Francesca Schiavone Kateryna Bondarenko Patty Schnyder | Hingis / Kirilenko 6-1, 6-1 | Szávay / Uhlířová | | 26 February | 2007 Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco, Mexico | Tier III | Émilie Loit 7-6(0), 6-4 | Flavia Pennetta | Julia Schruff Sara Errani | Alizé Cornet Gisela Dulko Melissa Torres Tathiana Garbin | Lino / Santonja 6-3, 6-3 | Loit / Pratt | | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 2 April | 2007 Bausch & Lomb Champs. Amelia Island, USA | Tier II | Tatiana Golovin 6-2, 6-1 | Nadia Petrova | Ana Ivanović Sybille Bammer | Dinara Safina Daniela Hantuchová Venus Williams Jelena Janković | Santangelo / Srebotnik 6-3, 7-6(4) | Garrigues / Pascual | | 9 April | 2007 Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA | Tier I | Jelena Janković 6-2, 6-2 | Dinara Safina | Vera Zvonareva Venus Williams | Michaëlla Krajicek Tatiana Golovin Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik | Yan / Zheng 7-5, 6-0 | Peng / Sun | | 23 April | 2007 Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary | Tier III | Gisela Dulko 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-2 | Sorana Cîrstea | Ágnes Szávay Karin Knapp | Olga Savchuk Émilie Loit Anne Kremer Eleni Daniilidou | Szávay / Uhlířová 7-5, 6-2 | Müller / Navrátilová | | 30 April | 2007 J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland | Tier II | Justine Henin 6-1, 6-3 | Alyona Bondarenko | Jelena Janković Svetlana Kuznetsova | Mara Santangelo Anna Chakvetadze Venus Williams Julia Vakulenko | Dushevina / Perebiynis 7-5, 3-6, 10-2 | Likhovtseva / Vesnina | | 30 April | 2007 Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal | Tier IV | Gréta Arn 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3) | Victoria Azarenka | Nuria Llagostera Vives Lucie Šafářová | Marion Bartoli Sofia Arvidsson Lourdes Domínguez Lino Gisela Dulko | Ehritt-Vanc / Rodionova 6-3, 6-2 | Lino / Santonja | | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 7 May | 2007 Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany | Tier I | Ana Ivanović 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Justine Henin Julia Vakulenko | Jelena Janković Nadia Petrova Patty Schnyder Dinara Safina | Raymond / Stosur 6-3, 6-4 | Garbin / Vinci | | 7 May | ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic | Tier IV | Akiko Morigami 6-1, 6-3 | Marion Bartoli | Klára Zakopalová Victoria Azarenka | Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Schruff Camille Pin Dominika Cibulková | Cetkovská / Hlavacková 7-6(7), 6-2 | Ji / Sun | | 14 May | 2007 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy | Tier I | Jelena Janković 7-5, 6-1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Patty Schnyder Daniela Hantuchová | Serena Williams Elena Dementieva Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina | Dechy / Santangelo 6-4, 6-1 | Garbin / Vinci | | 14 May | 2007 GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco | Tier IV | Milagros Sequera 6-1, 6-3 | Aleksandra Wozniak | María Emilia Salerni Ioana Raluca Olaru | Sandra Klösel Alizé Cornet Caroline Wozniacki Camille Pin | King / Mirza 6-1, 6-2 | Ehritt-Vanc / Rodionova | | 21 May | Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France | Tier III | Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 | Amélie Mauresmo | Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković | Émilie Loit Elena Vesnina Li Na Maria Elena Camerin | Yan / Zheng 6-3, 6-4 | Molik / Sun | | 21 May | 2007 Istanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey | Tier III | Elena Dementieva 7-6(5), 3-0 ret. | Aravane Rezaï | Maria Sharapova Alyona Bondarenko | Agnieszka Radwańska Meghann Shaughnessy Patty Schnyder Catalina Castaño | A. Radwańska / U. Radwańska 6-1, 6-3 | Chan / Mirza | 27 May (2 weeks) | 2007 French Open Paris, France | Grand Slam | Justine Henin 6-1, 6-2 | Ana Ivanović | Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova | Serena Williams Nicole Vaidišová Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Chakvetadze | Molik / Santangelo 7-6(5), 6-4 | Srebotnik / Sugiyama | Mixed Doubles: Ram / Dechy 7-5, 6-3 | Zimonjić / Srebotnik | | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 11 June | 2007 DFS Classic Birmingham, UK | Tier III | Jelena Janković 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 | Maria Sharapova | Marion Bartoli Mara Santangelo | Elena Likhovtseva Daniela Hantuchová Li Na Alyona Bondarenko | Chan / Chuang 7-6(3), 6-3 | Sun / Tu | | 11 June | 2007 Barcelona KIA Barcelona, Spain | Tier IV | Meghann Shaughnessy 6-3, 6-2 | Edina Gallovits | Flavia Pennetta Virginie Razzano | Ágnes Szávay Émilie Loit Kaia Kanepi Alla Kudryavtseva | Santonja / Vives 7-6(3), 2-6, 12-10 | Lino / Pennetta | | 18 June | 2007 International Women's Open Eastbourne, UK | Tier II | Justine Henin 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(2) | Amélie Mauresmo | Marion Bartoli Nadia Petrova | Nicole Vaidišová Elena Dementieva Sybille Bammer Shahar Pe'er | Raymond / Stosur 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 | Peschke / Stubbs | | 18 June | Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Tier III | Anna Chakvetadze 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3 | Jelena Janković | Dinara Safina Daniela Hantuchová | Alyona Bondarenko Flavia Pennetta Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanović | Chan / Chuang 7-5, 6-2 | Garrigues / Pascual | 25 June (2 weeks) | 2007 Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, London, UK | Grand Slam | Venus Williams 6-4, 6-1 | Marion Bartoli | Justine Henin Ana Ivanović | Serena Williams Michaëlla Krajicek Nicole Vaidišová Svetlana Kuznetsova | Black / Huber 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 | Srebotnik / Sugiyama | Mixed Doubles: J. Murray / Janković 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 | Björkman / Molik | | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 16 July | 2007 W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, United States | Tier III | Anna Chakvetadze 6-1, 6-3 | Akiko Morigami | Sania Mirza Akgul Amanmuradova | Elena Vesnina Olga Govortsova Lilia Osterloh Patty Schnyder | Mattek / Mirza 7-6(4), 7-5 | Jidkova / Poutchek | | 16 July | Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy | Tier IV | Ágnes Szávay 6-0, 6-1 | Martina Müller | Sara Errani Karin Knapp | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Agnieszka Radwańska Émilie Loit Flavia Pennetta | Koryttseva / Kustava 6-4, 6-1 | Canepa / Knapp | | 23 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States | Tier II | Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-2 | Sania Mirza | Daniela Hantuchová Sybille Bammer | Katarina Srebotnik Olga Govortsova Patty Schnyder Lilia Osterloh | Mirza / Pe'er 6-4, 7-6(5) | Azarenka / Chakvetadze | | 23 July | Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria | Tier III | Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-4 | Yvonne Meusburger | Kaia Kanepi Karin Knapp | Ágnes Szávay Renata Voráčová María José Martínez Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Hradecká / Voráčová 6-3, 7-5 | Szávay / Uhlířová | | 30 July | 2007 Acura Classic San Diego, United States | Tier I | Maria Sharapova 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 | Patty Schnyder | Anna Chakvetadze Elena Dementieva | Sania Mirza Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko | Black / Huber 7-5, 6-4 | Azarenka / Chakvetadze | | 30 July | 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden | Tier IV | Agnieszka Radwańska 6-1, 6-1 | Vera Dushevina | Julia Görges Tsvetana Pironkova | Dominika Cibulková Émilie Loit Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Caroline Wozniacki | Garrigues / Pascual 6-1, 5-7, 10-6 | Chan / Luzhanska | [edit] August | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 6 August | 2007 East West Bank Classic Los Angeles, USA | Tier II | Ana Ivanović 7-5, 6-4 | Nadia Petrova | Maria Sharapova Jelena Janković | Elena Dementieva Virginie Razzano Maria Kirilenko Victoria Azarenka
| Peschke / Stubbs 6-0, 6-1 | Molik / Santangelo | | 13 August | 2007 Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada | Tier I | Justine Henin 7-6(3), 7-5 | Jelena Janković | Yan Zi Tatiana Golovin | Nadia Petrova Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginie Razzano | Srebotnik / Sugiyama 6-4, 2-6, 10-5 | Black / Huber | | 20 August | 2007 Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, USA | Tier II | Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 3-0 ret. | Ágnes Szávay | Elena Dementieva Eleni Daniilidou | Francesca Schiavone Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Alyona Bondarenko | Mirza / Santangelo 6-1, 6-2 | Black / Huber | | 20 August | 2007 Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills, USA | Tier IV | Gisela Dulko 6-2, 6-2 | Virginie Razzano | Elena Vesnina Nathalie Dechy | Akiko Morigami Aiko Nakamura Audra Cohen Meilen Tu | 27 August (2 weeks) | 2007 U.S. Open Flushing Meadows, New York, USA | Grand Slam | Justine Henin 6-1, 6-3 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Venus Williams Anna Chakvetadze | Serena Williams Jelena Janković Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er | Dechy / Safina 6-4, 6-2 | Chan / Chuang | Mixed Doubles: Mirnyi / Azarenka 6-4, 7-6(6) | Paes / Shaughnessy | [edit] September | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 10 September | 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic Bali, Indonesia | Tier III | Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 | Daniela Hantuchová | Sara Errani Sorana Cîrstea | Jelena Janković Aiko Nakamura Edina Gallovits Ayumi Morita | Ji / Sun 6-3, 6-2 | Craybas / Grandin | | 17 September | 2007 China Open Beijing, China | Tier II | Ágnes Szávay 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-2 | Jelena Janković | Peng Shuai Lindsay Davenport | María Emilia Salerni Amélie Mauresmo Elena Dementieva Akiko Morigami | Chuang / Hsieh 7-6(2), 6-3 | Han / Xu | | 17 September | 2007 Sunfeast Open Kolkata, India | Tier III | Maria Kirilenko 6-0, 6-2 | Mariya Koryttseva | Anne Keothavong Daniela Hantuchová | Tatiana Poutchek Tzipora Obziler Flavia Pennetta Chan Yung-jan | King / Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-4 | Brianti / Koryttseva | | 17 September | Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portoroz, Slovenia | Tier IV | Tatiana Golovin 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 | Katarina Srebotnik | Vera Dushevina Gisela Dulko | Meilen Tu Vera Zvonareva Émilie Loit Sybille Bammer | Hradecká / Voráčová 5-7, 6-4, 10-7 | Klepač / Likhovtseva | | 24 September | Fortis Championships Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Tier II | Ana Ivanović 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 | Daniela Hantuchová | Marion Bartoli Vera Zvonareva | Anna Chakvetadze Patty Schnyder Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Golovin | Benešová / Husárová 6-4, 6-2 | Azarenka / Pe'er | | 24 September | Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China | Tier III | Virginie Razzano 6-0, 6-3 | Tzipora Obziler | Anastasia Rodionova Dominika Cibulková | Anabel Medina Garrigues Ioana Raluca Olaru Alicia Molik Virginia Ruano Pascual | Peng / Yan 6-3, 6-4 | King / Sun | | 24 September | 2007 Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, Korea | Tier IV | Venus Williams 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 | Maria Kirilenko | Flavia Pennetta Eleni Daniilidou | Marta Domachowska Ayumi Morita Catalina Castaño Ágnes Szávay | Chuang / Hsieh 6-2, 6-2 | Daniilidou / Wöhr | [edit] October | Week of | Tournament | Tier | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalists | | 1 October | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany | Tier II | Justine Henin 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 | Tatiana Golovin | Jelena Janković Svetlana Kuznetsova | Elena Dementieva Nadia Petrova Kateryna Bondarenko Serena Williams | Peschke / Stubbs 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 10-2 | Chan / Safina | | 1 October | 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan | Tier III | Virginie Razzano 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 | Venus Williams | Caroline Wozniacki Flavia Pennetta | Alicia Molik Klára Zakopalová Camille Pin Sania Mirza | Sun / Yan 1-6, 6-2, 10-6 | Chuang / King | | 1 October | Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Tier IV | Pauline Parmentier 7-5, 6-2 | Victoria Azarenka | Elena Vesnina Olga Govortsova | Ksenia Palkina Ioana Raluca Olaru Katie O'Brien Akgul Amanmuradova | Dzehalevich / Yakimova 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 | Poutchek / Rodionova | | 8 October | 2007 Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia | Tier I | Elena Dementieva 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 | Serena Williams | Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina | Vera Dushevina Nicole Vaidišová Vera Zvonareva Victoria Azarenka | Black / Huber 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 | Azarenka / Poutchek | | 8 October | PTT Bangkok Open Bangkok, Thailand | Tier III | Flavia Pennetta 6-1, 6-3 | Chan Yung-jan | Yan Zi Venus Williams | Vania King Urszula Radwańska Shahar Pe'er Camille Pin | Sun / Yan Walkover | Morita / Namigata | | 15 October | 2007 Zürich Open Zürich, Switzerland | Tier I | Justine Henin 6-4, 6-4 | Tatiana Golovin | Nicole Vaidišová Francesca Schiavone | Agnieszka Radwańska Alyona Bondarenko Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova | Peschke / Stubbs 7-5, 7-6(1) | Raymond / Schiavone | | 22 October | 2007 Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria | Tier II | Daniela Hantuchová 6-4, 6-2 | Patty Schnyder | Marion Bartoli Nicole Vaidišová | Anna Chakvetadze Julia Vakulenko Dinara Safina Alyona Bondarenko | Black / Huber 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 | Srebotnik / Sugiyama | | 29 October | Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada | Tier III | Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 6-1 | Julia Vakulenko | Julie Ditty Vera Zvonareva | Vania King Olga Govortsova Stéphanie Foretz Olga Poutchkova | Fusano / Kops-Jones 6-2, 7-6(6) | Dubois / Voráčová | [edit] November [edit] Statistics List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically: Justine Henin - Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, French Open, Eastbourne, Toronto, U.S. Open, Stuttgart, Zürich and WTA Tour Championships (10) Jelena Janković - Auckland, Charleston, Rome and Birmingham (4) Anna Chakvetadze - Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati and Stanford (4) Ana Ivanović - Berlin, Los Angeles and Luxembourg (3) Venus Williams - Memphis, Wimbledon and Seoul (3) Lindsay Davenport - Bali and Quebec City (2) Elena Dementieva - Istanbul and Moscow (2) Gisela Dulko - Budapest and Forest Hills (2) Tatiana Golovin - Amelia Island and Portoroz (2) Daniela Hantuchová - Indian Wells and Linz (2) Virginie Razzano - Guangzhou and Tokyo Japan Open (2) Ágnes Szávay - Palermo and Beijing (2) Serena Williams - Australian Open and Miami (2) Gréta Arn - Estoril (1) Sybille Bammer - Pattaya City (1) Kim Clijsters - Sydney (1) Martina Hingis - Tokyo (1) Maria Kirilenko - Kolkata (1) Svetlana Kuznetsova - New Haven (1) Émilie Loit - Acapulco (1) Amélie Mauresmo - Antwerp (1) Anabel Medina Garrigues - Strasbourg (1) Akiko Morigami - Prague (1) Pauline Parmentier - Tashkent (1) Flavia Pennetta - Bangkok (1) Nadia Petrova - Paris (1) Agnieszka Radwańska - Stockholm (1) Dinara Safina - Gold Coast (1) Milagros Sequera - Fes (1) Francesca Schiavone - Bad Gastein (1) Maria Sharapova - San Diego (1) Meghann Shaughnessy - Barcelona (1) Yaroslava Shvedova - Bangalore (1) Roberta Vinci - Bogotá (1) The following players won their first title: Titles won by nation: Russia - 12 (Gold Coast, Hobart, Paris, Bangalore, Istanbul, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stanford, San Diego, New Haven, Kolkata and Moscow) Belgium - 11 (Sydney, Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, French Open, Eastbourne, Toronto, U.S. Open, Stuttgart, Zürich and WTA Tour Championships) United States - 8 (Australian Open, Memphis, Miami, Barcelona, Wimbledon, Bali, Seoul and Quebec City) France - 7 (Antwerp, Acapulco, Amelia Island, Portoroz, Guangzhou, Tokyo Japan Open and Tashkent) Serbia - 7 (Auckland, Charleston, Berlin, Rome, Birmingham, Los Angeles and Luxembourg) Italy - 3 (Bogotá, Bad Gastein and Bangkok) Argentina - 2 (Budapest and Forest Hills) Hungary - 2 (Palermo and Beijing) Slovakia - 2 (Indian Wells and Linz) Austria - 1 (Pattaya City) Germany - 1 (Estoril) Japan - 1 (Prague) Poland - 1 (Stockholm) Spain - 1 (Strasbourg) Switzerland - 1 (Tokyo) Venezuela - 1 (Fes) [edit] Race To The Championships Unlike the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings, which are based on the best performance during the most recent 52 weeks, the Sony Ericsson "Race to the Championships" (race to the Sony Ericsson Championship held yearly in November[1] ) starts all players with zero points at the beginning of the calendar year. Eight top players and two alternates can attend the WTA Tour Championships in November. The following is the current top 20 Race To The Championships.[2] Players in Gold are guaranteed a place in 2007 WTA Tour Championships. Players in red have withdrawn and players in blue are alternates for the championships. | Race rankings (5 November 2007) | | Rk | Name | Nation | Points | Tour | | 1 | Justine Henin | BEL | 5,405 | 13 | | 2 | Jelena Janković | SRB | 4,097 | 27 | | 3 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | RUS | 3,691 | 18 | | 4 | Ana Ivanović | SRB | 3,163 | 19 | | 5 | Serena Williams | USA | 2,767 | 11 | | 6 | Anna Chakvetadze | RUS | 2,698 | 21 | | 7 | Venus Williams[3] | USA | 2,470 | 13 | | 8 | Daniela Hantuchová | SVK | 2,431 | 26 | | 9 | Maria Sharapova | RUS | 2,431 | 12 | | 10 | Marion Bartoli | FRA | 2,224 | 30 | | 11 | Elena Dementieva | RUS | 2,023 | 20 | | 12 | Dinara Safina | RUS | 1,973 | 24 | | 13 | Nicole Vaidišová | CZE | 1,942 | 14 | | 14 | Patty Schnyder | SUI | 1,936 | 26 | | 15 | Tatiana Golovin | FRA | 1,919 | 19 | | 16 | Nadia Petrova | RUS | 1,864 | 19 | | 17 | Shahar Pe'er | ISR | 1,699 | 22 | | 18 | Amélie Mauresmo | FRA | 1,538 | 15 | | 19 | Sybille Bammer | AUT | 1,497 | 26 | | 20 | Martina Hingis | SUI | 1,372 | 14 | Players in Gold are guaranteed a place in 2007 WTA Tour Championships. [edit] See also [edit] External links [edit] References - ^ "Sony Ericsson Championships". Sony Ericsson Championship. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. http://www.sonyericsson-championships.com/1/en/home/. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
- ^ "Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships". Rankings: Singles Standings. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/rankings/race/singles.asp. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ "Sharapova, Hantuchova Round Out Elite Eight Field". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1848. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
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