The 2007 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978âÂÂ81; and maintained his unbeaten run at Roland Garros. Justine Henin also equaled Monica Seles' record of three consecutive wins. This was the third straight year that Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin won the French Open singles titles.
Most of the day's matches were canceled due to rain. Serena Williams and Justine Henin both won on the women's side. Marat Safin won his match, and was the 2007 French Open's first victor. Other winners include Dinara Safina, Tamira Paszek, Potito Starace and Janko TipsareviÃÂ.
Most of the day was again canceled due to rain. However, Venus Williams, Michaëlla Krajicek and Nikolay Davydenko were amongst that day's winners.
The third day saw almost the entire men's draw completed, with only seven of 64 matches yet to play. The top half of the women's singles draw also completed their action. The Americans struggled; only two of the eleven Americans in action are still in the tournament, one of nine men and one of two women. The only American woman to advance was Shenay Perry, who survived a loss of the first set against Olivia Sanchez. The other American man still in the tournament was Robby Ginepri, who didn't even advance yet. He split sets with Diego Hartfield before play was suspended. Spanish players enjoyed the opposite fortune, with six of eight men and the only woman all winning their matches. Ernests Gulbis, who became the first Latvian man in the main draw of a Grand Slam, saw off Britain's only representative, Tim Henman.
The longest match of the men's singles draw was Philipp Kohlschreiber's clash with LukÃ¡à ¡ Dlouhý where the fifth set was eventually taken by Kohlschreiber, 17âÂÂ15. Eight male seeds left the tournament:
Also, the injured Russian eleventh seed Nadia Petrova went out 5âÂÂ7, 7âÂÂ5, 0âÂÂ6 to KvÃÂta Peschke. Nicole Vaidià ¡ová and Jelena Jankoviàdefeated their opponents in straight sets.
Tenth seed TomÃ¡à ¡ Berdych failed to turn his overnight two-set deficit against Guillermo GarcÃÂa López, and became the ninth men's seed to bow out in the first round. The conqueror of Fernando González, Radek à  tÃÂpánek, lost in five sets to wildcard ÃÂdouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round. Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Amélie Mauresmo won through as well. The unseeded Kristof Vliegen was able to beat eleventh seed Richard Gasquet in straight sets, 7âÂÂ6(4), 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ1.
Gastón Gaudio, the 2004 champion, was up 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ3 on fourteenth-seeded and former number one Lleyton Hewitt, but ended up losing the match in five sets. Hewitt came from behind two sets to defeat Gaudio. Also, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and other players advanced, however rain once again stopped play around 6 P.M. Andreea Ehritt-Vanc and Anastasia Rodionova were amongst the first to win their doubles match today.
On Day 6, a repeat of last year's mixed doubles final came when Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjiàbeat Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor 6âÂÂ2, 5âÂÂ7, 10âÂÂ7 in the first round. Number four seed Jelena Jankoviàbeat Venus Williams 6âÂÂ4, 4âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ1 in the third round. Filippo Volandri, seeded 29th, then the most recent person who defeated Roger Federer (at the 2007 Rome Masters), upset the 7th seed Ivan LjubiÃÂià6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ7, 4âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4 in the third round, and he will play Tommy Robredo in the fourth round, which is his best French Open of his career.
On Day 7, there was no rain delay. According to coverage on NBC, a game in the first set between Rafael Nadal and Albert Montañés went to over ten deuces, and thirty two points. Today, number five seed Amélie Mauresmo lost to Lucie à  afáà Âová for the second time at a major in a row.
On Day 8, the women's quarterfinal draw took shape. Two men's quarterfinals also took shape, and many matches in doubles and juniors were also played. The four women's quarterfinals are:
<br> The men's quarterfinals that have been formed by winning their fourth round matches are:
The last two men's quarterfinals were formed. Junior singles and doubles matches as well as other senior doubles matches were played. The men's quarterfinals are as so:
In the men's singles quarterfinals, Roger Federer beat Tommy Robredo, and Nikolay Davydenko beat Guillermo Cañas. Federer will meet Davydenko in the semifinals.
The last men's semifinal was formed. Novak Djokovic beat Igor Andreev, and Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Moyá, and these two winners would take each other on in the semifinals.
In the women's semifinals Ana Ivanovic beat Maria Sharapova 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ2 to make it to her first Grand Slam singles final and Justine Henin beat Jelena JankoviÃÂ, and still hasn't lost a set in over two years at the French Open. The first champions were Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram after finals victory over the 2006 champions Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjiàin mixed doubles.
Finalists of men's singles are Roger Federer (who beat Nikolay Davydenko 7âÂÂ5, 7âÂÂ6, 7âÂÂ6) and Rafael Nadal (who beat Novak Djokovic 7âÂÂ5, 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ2). 17th seeded Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo beat Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama, the seventh seeds, to win the women's doubles championship.
Justine Henin beat Ana Ivanovic in straight sets, and is the three-time champion who has not lost a set since the 2005 fourth round when she saved match points against Svetlana Kuznetsova. The men's doubles and juniors doubles finals were played.
Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in 4 sets to win his 3rd straight French Open title. Nadal has now won 3 French Opens. He won all of twenty-one matches playing on Roland Garros. This was also the second consecutive year that Nadal denied Federer winning 4 slams in a row.
Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, 6âÂÂ3, 4âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4
Justine Henin defeated Ana Ivanovic, 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ2
Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated LukÃ¡à ¡ Dlouhý / Pavel VÃÂzner, 2âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4
Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7âÂÂ5)</sup>, 6âÂÂ4
Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad ZimonjiÃÂ, 7âÂÂ5, 6âÂÂ3
Vladimir Ignatic defeated Greg Jones 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4
Alizé Cornet defeated Mariana Duque Marino 4âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ0
Thomas Fabbiano / Andrei Karatchenia defeated Kellen Damico / Jonathan Eysseric 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ0
Ksenia Milevskaya / Urszula Radwaà Âska defeated Sorana Cîrstea / Alexa Glatch 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ4
Arnaud Boetsch / Guy Forget defeated Henri Leconte / Cédric Pioline 6âÂÂ3, 3âÂÂ6, 1âÂÂ0(14)
Anders Järryd / John McEnroe defeated John Fitzgerald / Guillermo Vilas 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ2
Shingo Kunieda defeated Robin Ammerlaan 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4
Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier 6âÂÂ3, 5âÂÂ7, 6âÂÂ2
Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jérémiasz defeated Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7âÂÂ4)</sup>, 6âÂÂ1
Maaike Smit / Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier / Mie Yaosa 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ4
The seeded players are listed below. Players in bold are still in the competition. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Coverage of the 2007 French Open was as follows: