2007 ITF World Champions Announced The ITF announced today that Roger Federer (SUI) and Justine Henin (BEL) are the 2007 ITF World Champions. This is the fourth year running Federer has r eceived this honour, and the third time overall for Henin. Federer becomes only the second player to be named Men’s World Champion for four consecutive years, following Pete Sampras. The 26-year-old reached all four Grand Slam finals for the second successive year, again capturing thre e titles, the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open. He also won the season -ending Tennis Masters Cup, and became the first player to earn over $10 mil lion in annual prize money. Federer said: "It is an honour to be named ITF World Champion for the fourth year running. Each year brings new challenges, and I am proud that I have b een able to raise the level of my game when needed. It gives me great satisf action to have won another three Grand Slam titles and maintained the number one ranking." Henin becomes Women’s World Champion for the second year running, having al so received the honour in 2003. The 25-year-old won two Grand Slam titles, R oland Garros and US Open, and went on to triumph at the season-ending champi onships. She captured a career-best 10 titles for the year, boasting a 63-4 win-loss record, and became the first woman to earn more than $5 million in a single year. Henin said: "This has definitely been the best season of my career so far an d I am delighted to be named ITF World Champion once again. It has been a ve ry challenging year overall, but I have stayed positive and proved that noth ing is impossible if you work hard. I still think my best tennis is yet to c ome." The ITF’s selection of its World Champions is based on an objective system that considers not only performances at the Grand Slams, on the respective t ours and at the season-ending events, but also gives weight to performances in the two ITF international team competitions, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas. ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti said: “Roger Federer and Justine Henin both enjoyed outstanding seasons to maintain their status as the world’s nu mber one players. In particular their record in Grand Slam events saw them e merge as the clear choices for ITF World Champions.” The ITF also announced that Bob and Mike Bryan (USA), and Cara Black (ZIM) a nd Liezel Huber (USA) are the 2007 ITF Doubles World Champions. The Bryans are Men’s Doubles World Champions for a record fifth successive year. The pairing won a career-high 11 titles during 2007, including the Aus tralian Open, and were runners-up at Wimbledon. They were also unbeaten for the USA team that won the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for the first time since 1995. Black and Huber are Women’s Doubles Champions for the first time in their f irst complete season together. The duo won nine events during the year, incl uding two Grand Slam titles, the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and the seas on-ending championships. This is the third ITF award for Black, who was Juni or Singles and Doubles World Champion in 1997. Huber became a US citizen in July 2007 having previously represented her home nation South Africa. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) and Urszula Radwanska (POL) are the 2007 ITF Junior World Champions. Berankis, 17, is the first ever Lithuanian player to be named ITF World Cham pion after the boys’ title was decided in the final week of the season. A m ember of the ITF Junior Touring Team, Berankis overtook long-time world No. 1 and fellow team member Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) by winning back-to-back tit les at the Orange Bowl and last week’s Yucatan Cup. He won the US Open juni or title, and reached two semifinals and one quarterfinal at the other Slams . Radwanska, the younger sister of former junior world No. 1 Agnieszka, become s Poland’s first World Champion in any category. Despite playing a limited schedule of junior events, the 17-year-old emulated her sister by winning th e junior Wimbledon title, and was also a finalist at the US Open. In doubles she narrowly failed to complete the junior Grand Slam, losing in the Austra lian Open final before winning titles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open. The ITF Wheelchair World Champions are Shingo Kunieda (JPN) and Esther Verge er (NED). Kunieda becomes the first Asian Wheelchair World Champion, having narrowly m issed out on the men’s No. 1 ranking in 2006. The 23-year-old became the fi rst man to win the Grand Slam of wheelchair tennis with victories in all fou r Super-Series singles events. Overall he won a total of eight singles and e ight doubles titles, and helped Japan’s men win the Invacare World Team Cup . Twenty-six-year-old Vergeer finishes 2007 as Women’s Wheelchair World Champ ion for an astonishing eighth consecutive year. She extended her singles win ning streak to 303 straight matches, having remained unbeaten since January 2003, and became the first woman to win the Grand Slam of four Super-Series titles. During the year she collected a total of 15 singles and 12 doubles t itles, and led Netherlands to victory in the World Team Cup. ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti said: “I want to extend my congratulati ons to all the ITF World Champions for 2007, and thank them for their contri bution to another outstanding year for the sport.” The ITF World Champions will receive their awards at the annual ITF World Ch ampions Dinner on Tuesday 3 June, in Paris, during Roland Garros. http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=18222 ------------------------------- 中文版 费德勒海宁获ITF年度冠军 主席赞两NO.1无可争议 http://sports.sina.com.cn 2007年12月17日22:09 新浪体育 　　新浪体育讯　12月17日消息，国际网球联合会ITF在周一正式宣布将2007年度的男女 世界冠军的荣誉分别授予世界头号选手费德勒和海宁。 　　费德勒在2007赛季获得了包括澳网、温网和美网在内的8个赛事的冠军，瑞士人将个 人的大满贯数量增加到12个，费德勒是连续第四年获得ITF授予的年度冠军。海宁今年拿 到了法网和美网在内的10个赛事的冠军，个人大满贯数量提高到7个，今年是海宁第三次 当选ITF年度世界冠军。　　26岁的费德勒同时也是今年ATP上海大师杯总决赛的冠军， 谈到被授予ITF年度冠军之时，费德勒说：“我很开心能够第四次被授予ITF年度冠军， 这对于我来说是很重要的荣誉，每一年我都面临着新的挑战，我为自己在最需要的时候 表现出自己的网球水平感到骄傲，能够在07年拿到三个大满贯冠军和继续保持世界第一 ，我感到很满意。” 　　07年是海宁连续第二年获得ITF年度冠军，此外海宁还曾经在2003年获得这一荣誉， 25岁的海宁今年也是WTA马德里总决赛的冠军，她说：“今年无疑是我职业生涯以来最好 的一个赛季，能够再次被国际网球联合会授予这一荣誉我感到很开心。今年整个一年我 都受到了许多挑战，但是我用行动证明了只要努力一切皆有可能，我相信我最好的网球 水平还在将来。” 　　国际网球联合会的主席里奇-比蒂说：“费德勒和海宁都拥有了一个杰出的赛季，他 们俩都保持住了自己世界第一的状态和水平，他们俩在大满贯赛事中的出色表现更是让 他们俩无可争议的当选ITF的年度冠军。” 　　在其他奖项中，布莱恩兄弟连续第5年当选ITF年度最佳男子双打选手，津巴布韦人 布莱克和美国人胡贝尔则当选为ITF年度最佳女子双打选手，青少年的ITF年度最佳分别 授予立陶宛人里卡达斯-布兰克斯和波兰选手U-拉德万斯卡。 http://sports.sina.com.cn/t/2007-12-17/22093365838.shtml --

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