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2007 WTA Tour Championships

The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held from 6 November though 11 November 2007, in Madrid, Spain.

Since 2005, main tournament sponsor is Sony Ericsson; and for the second time, the final event in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar is held in Spain, on Casa de Campo grounds, in Madrid Arena.

Justine Henin from Belgium won the tournament and the check for $1 million, her second tournament title in a row, defeating Maria Sharapova in three sets. Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Ai Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik in the final of doubles competition.

Belgium Justine Henin defeated Russia Maria Sharapova, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3.

Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber defeated Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Japan Ai Sugiyama, 5–7, 6–3, [10–8].

On August 1, the first two players to qualify for the Championships were Justine Henin from Belgium and Jelena Janković from Serbia. Henin, last year's winner, leads the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour with nine singles titles already claimed in 2007, including French Open and US Open, and also titles in Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, Eastbourne, Toronto, Stuttgart and Zurich. Janković is the first Serbian woman representing her country to qualify for the season-ending event. This season, she has won four singles titles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at Auckland, Charleston, Rome, and Birmingham. She also reached the semifinals at the French Open.

By reaching the semifinals on September 7, and later the final of the US Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia moved up to third on the Sony Ericsson Points Standings, just behind Henin and Janković. Her season highlights include winning the New Haven tournament a week before the US Open, and four runner-up finishes in Doha, Indian Wells, Berlin and Rome.

Ana Ivanovic from Serbia was the fourth player to qualify, by reaching the semifinals on September 27 at Luxembourg. Ivanovic was this year's runner-up at the French Open, and a semifinalist at Wimbledon. This season Ivanovic has won tournaments in Berlin, Los Angeles and Luxembourg.

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