2007 ITF World Champions
ITF awarded for the third time overall men’s tennis world #1 Roger Federer and women’s #1 Justine Henin the 2007 ITF World Champions.
Federer (26 years), who won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open titles to bring his Grand Slam haul to 12, took the award for the fourth straight year, while Henin, (25 years), who won the French and US Open titles was named for the third time overall.
“Each year brings new challenges, and I am proud that I have been able to raise the level of my game when needed. It gives me great satisfaction to have won another three Grand Slam titles and maintained the number one ranking.” – R. Federer said.
“This has definitely been the best season of my career so far and I am delighted to be named ITF World Champion once again.” –J. Henin said.
“Roger Federer and Justine Henin both enjoyed outstanding seasons to maintain their status as the world’s number one players. In particular their record in Grand Slam events saw them emerge as the clear choices for ITF World Champions.” – The ITF President Francesco Ricci said.
Japan open WTA final
First-seeded Venus Williams (USA) will face fifth-seeded Virginie Razzano (FRA) in Japan Open WTA final (October 06, 2007). They meat each other twice on carpet court (Antwerp 2005 Q16) and on hard court (San Diego 2007 Q8). Each time V. Williams won in 2 sets. Statistics says that V. Williams is the big favorite in this match with 261-52 (Won-Lost) matches on hard courts, compared with 52-55 on the same court for V. Razzano. In 2007 V. Razzano have had a good season on hard court with 20-8 victories compared with 24-3 from V. Williams on the same court. Only a bad day from V. Williams could make her not to be a winner in this final.