2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

TennisEventInfo|2007|AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
date=October 1 – October 7
edition=35th
champms= flagicon|ESP David Ferrer
champws= flagicon|FRA Virginie Razzano
champmd= flagicon|AUS Jordan Kerr / flagicon|SWE Robert Lindstedt
champwd= flagicon|CHN Tiantian Sun / flagicon|CHN Zi Yan

The 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 1 through October 7, 2007.

The men's draw included ATP No. 8, US Open semifinalist, Auckland and Båstad champion David Ferrer, Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Halle winner Tomas Berdych, and Wimbledon semfinalist, Estoril runner-up and Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet. Also lined up were Las Vegas champion Lleyton Hewitt, Marseille and Halle semifinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivo Karlovic and Fernando Verdasco.

The women's field was led by WTA No. 8, Wimbledon, Memphis and Seoul champion Venus Williams, recent Stanford and New Haven doubles titlist Sania Mirza, and Seoul runner-up, Kolkata winner Maria Kirilenko. Also present were French Open and Wimbledon doubles finalist Ai Sugiyama, Guangzhou titlist Virginie Razzano, Akiko Morigami, Aiko Nakamura and Flavia Pennetta.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|ESP David Ferrer def. flagicon|FRA Richard Gasquet, 6–1, 6–2
*It was David Ferrer's 3rd title of the year and his 5th overall.

Women's Singles

flagicon|FRA Virginie Razzano def. flagicon|USA Venus Williams, 4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4
*It was Virginie Razzano's 2nd title this year, and overall.

Men's Doubles

flagicon|AUS Jordan Kerr / flagicon|SWE Robert Lindstedt def. flagicon|CAN Frank Dancevic / flagicon|AUS Stephen Huss, 6–3, 6–3

Women's Doubles

flagicon|CHN Tiantian Sun / flagicon|CHN Zi Yan def. flagicon|TPE Chia-jung Chuang / flagicon|USA Vania King, 1–6, 6–2, 10–6

External links

* [http://aigopen.jp/ Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2007/329/MDS.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2007/329/MDD.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2007/329/QS.pdf Men's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/Pdfs/events/2007/tokyo2_draws.pdf Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws]