2007 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Singles

David Nalbandian defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2007 Madrid Open. Nalbandian achieved the rare feat of defeating the world's top three players in the same tournament, also defeating No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 3 Novak Djokovic en route to the title. He joined Djokovic and Boris Becker in achieving the feat, and became the only player to defeat all of the Big Three in the same tournament.[1][2][3]

Singles
2007 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
Final
ChampionArgentina David Nalbandian
Runner-upSwitzerland Roger Federer
Score1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (3WC/6Q/1LL/1SE)
Seeds16
Events
SinglesDoubles
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Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1. Roger Federer (final)
  2. Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals)
  3. Novak Djokovic (semifinals)
  4. Nikolay Davydenko (withdrew due to an elbow injury)
  5. Fernando González (quarterfinals)
  6. James Blake (second round)
  7. David Ferrer (second round)
  8. Tommy Robredo (second round)
  9. Tomáš Berdych (second round)
  10. Richard Gasquet (second round)
  11. Tommy Haas (second round)
  12. Ivan Ljubičić (second round)
  13. Guillermo Cañas (third round)
  14. Carlos Moyá (second round)
  15. Juan Ignacio Chela (second round)
  16. Mikhail Youzhny (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
1 Roger Federer76 
WC Feliciano López644 
1 Roger Federer66 
  Nicolas Kiefer44 
  Nicolas Kiefer776 
5 Fernando González642 
1 Roger Federer633
  David Nalbandian166
  Mario Ančić622 
3 Novak Djokovic76 
3 Novak Djokovic464 
  David Nalbandian677 
  David Nalbandian66 
2 Rafael Nadal12 

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 R Federer76 
  J Melzer6624Q R Ginepri624 
Q R Ginepri2761 R Federer66 
  D Tursunov664413 G Cañas03 
Q A Calleri376 Q A Calleri365
13 G Cañas637
1 R Federer76 
WC F López644 
12 I Ljubičić375
  J Nieminen364  S Koubek6627
Q S Koubek636  S Koubek691 
WC F López66 WC F López76 
  F Volandri32 WC F López77 
7 D Ferrer635 

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
LL Ó Hernández52 
  I Karlović66   I Karlović76 
  M Safin34   I Karlović6563 
  N Kiefer76   N Kiefer77 
SE S Wawrinka53   N Kiefer66 
16 M Youzhny13 
  N Kiefer76 
5 F González652 
11 T Haas45 
  I Andreev704  J Mónaco67 
  J Mónaco6566  J Mónaco42 
  N Almagro66 5 F González66 
  F Santoro44   N Almagro6115 
5 F González77 

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
8 J Blake34 
  M Ančić66   M Ančić66 
Q M Gicquel42   M Ančić66 
  P-H Mathieu627  P-H Mathieu43 
  M Fish365  P-H Mathieu77 
10 R Gasquet685 
  M Ančić622 
3 N Djokovic76 
14 C Moyá624 
  JC Ferrero67   JC Ferrero76 
Q A Falla45   JC Ferrero364
WC Montañés11 3 N Djokovic626
  F Verdasco66   F Verdasco733
3 N Djokovic6766

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
8 T Robredo743
WC JM del Potro76 WC JM del Potro6466
  P Starace51 WC JM del Potro24 
  A Clément724  D Nalbandian66 
  D Nalbandian566  D Nalbandian467
9 T Berdych6462
  D Nalbandian66 
2 R Nadal12 
15 JI Chela13 
  R Štěpánek41   A Murray66 
  A Murray66   A Murray654 
  M Baghdatis6462 R Nadal76 
Q A Pavel361  M Baghdatis44 
2 R Nadal66 

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

  1. Ernests Gulbis (first round)
  2. Óscar Hernández (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  3. Agustín Calleri (qualified)
  4. Stefan Koubek (qualified)
  5. Kristof Vliegen (qualifying competition)
  6. Frank Dancevic (qualifying competition)
  7. Robby Ginepri (qualified)
  8. Nicolás Massú (qualifying competition)
  9. Marc Gicquel (qualified)
  10. Vince Spadea (first round)
  11. Andrei Pavel (qualified)
  12. Simone Bolelli (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

  1. Óscar Hernández

Special exempt

  1. Stanislas Wawrinka (reached the final at Vienna)

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
1 Ernests Gulbis612
Teymuraz Gabashvili466
Teymuraz Gabashvili465
9 Marc Gicquel677
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo23
9 Marc Gicquel66

Second qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
2 Óscar Hernández66
WC Óscar Burrieza43
2 Óscar Hernández34
7 Robby Ginepri66
WC Carlos Gómez-Herrera01
7 Robby Ginepri66

Third qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
3 Agustín Calleri66
Flavio Cipolla30
3 Agustín Calleri677
12 Simone Bolelli162
WC Nenad Zimonjić2783
12 Simone Bolelli6666

Fourth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
4 Stefan Koubek66
Iván Navarro34
4 Stefan Koubek66
8 Nicolás Massú12
WC Guillermo Alcorta Olarra11
8 Nicolás Massú66

Fifth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
5 Kristof Vliegen6710
Ivo Minář168
5 Kristof Vliegen1794
11 Andrei Pavel6676
Nicolás Lapentti685
11 Andrei Pavel7107

Sixth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
6 Frank Dancevic71026
Guillermo García López6864
6 Frank Dancevic474
Alejandro Falla656
Alejandro Falla6466
10 Vince Spadea7723

References