2007 Tennis Channel Open – Singles Explained

Champ: Lleyton Hewitt
Runner: Jürgen Melzer
Score:6–4, 7–6(12–10)
Draw:24
Seeds:8
Before Name 2:Tennis Channel Open
After Name 2:Hilton Cup

See main article: 2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup.

James Blake was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the round robin competition.

Lleyton Hewitt won the title, defeating Jürgen Melzer 6–4, 7–6(12–10) in the final.[1] [2] [3]

Seeds

See also: 1. James Blake (round robin)

See also: 2. Lleyton Hewitt (champion)

See also: 3. Marat Safin (semifinals)

See also: 4. Jürgen Melzer (final)

See also: 5. Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals)

See also: 6. Julien Benneteau (round robin)

See also: 7. Tim Henman (round robin)

See also: 8. Benjamin Becker (round robin)

Draw

Round robin

As del Potro retired on his last match, Korolev advanced to Quarterfinals based on head-to-head results against Blake.

Elimination round

Prior to the round robin and after the completion of the qualifying draws, the 16 players with the lowest tier in the tournament (4 qualifiers, 2 wild cards, 1 lucky loser and 9 based on ATP rankings) competed in the elimination round in order to get one of the 8 last spots into the round robin competition. Winners in this round entered as main entrants.

Main draw elimination round
EventWinnerLoserScore
Main Entrant 1 Gustavo Kuerten [WC] Wesley Moodie [Q]6–4, 7–5
Main Entrant 2 Danai Udomchoke [Q] Robert Kendrick6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Main Entrant 3 Igor Kunitsyn Frank Dancevic6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Main Entrant 4 Thomas Johansson Björn Phau4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Main Entrant 5 Evgeny Korolev Amer Delić7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Main Entrant 6 Paul Capdeville [Q] Lu Yen-hsun RR-LL6–3, 6–3
Main Entrant 7 Sam Querrey [WC] Alex Bogdanovic [Q]6–3, 6–2
Main Entrant 8 Feliciano López Chris Guccione [LL]6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
RR-LL :Lu entered the round robin competition as lucky loser.

Qualifying

Seeds

See also: 1. Danai Udomchoke (qualified)

See also: 2. Chris Guccione (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

See also: 3. Ilija Bozoljac (qualifying competition)

See also: 4. Paul Capdeville (qualified)

See also: 5. Wesley Moodie (qualified)

See also: 6. Zack Fleishman (qualifying competition)

See also: 7. Ramón Delgado (qualifying competition)

See also: 8. Alex Bogdanovic (qualified)

Lucky loser

  1. Chris Guccione

Qualifying draw

Fourth qualifier

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Hewitt claims Vegas title . 17 March 2024 . . . 5 March 2007.
  2. News: Hewitt drought ended in Las Vegas . 17 March 2024 . . 5 March 2007 . Las Vegas.
  3. News: Hewitt hits Vegas jackpot . 17 March 2024 . . . 4 March 2007.