The Artois Championships
Place: London, England
Date: June 11-17, 2007
Draw Size: 56
Surface: Grass
Prize Money: €680,250
Tournament Director: Ian Wight
Ticket Hotline:(44) 207 894 5005
Website: www.artoischampionships.com
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Result/Points/Prizemoney
W 225 €80,500
F 155 €47,400
SF 100 €27,850
QF 55 €16,400
R16 20 €9,650
R32 10 €5,670
R56 0 €3,335
Entrylist:
Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
Roddick, Andy USA 3
Djokovic, Novak SRB 5
Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 6
Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 8
Murray, Andy GBR 10
Ancic, Mario CRO 14
Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20
Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 24
Safin, Marat RUS 26
Stepanek, Radek CZE 29
Fish, Mardy USA 31
Malisse, Xavier BEL 32
Verdasco, Fernando ESP 34
Benneteau, Julien FRA 36
Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 40
Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 42
Monfils, Gael FRA 45
Ginepri, Robby USA 46
Mirnyi, Max BLR 47
Henman, Tim GBR 50
Clement, Arnaud FRA 51
Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 58
Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 63
Johansson, Thomas SWE 67
Delic, Amer USA 72
Serra, Florent FRA 74
Lopez, Feliciano ESP 75
Hernandez, Oscar ESP 77
Karlovic, Ivo CRO 78
Roitman, Sergio ARG 79
Pless, Kristian DEN 81
Llodra, Michael FRA 82
Kendrick, Robert USA 83
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 85
Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 86
Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 87
Hernych, Jan CZE 90
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 91
Peya, Alexander AUT 92
Seppi, Andreas ITA 94
Udomchoke, Danai THA 95
Bolelli, Simone ITA 96
Gimelstob, Justin USA 127
Wild Cards
Andreev, Igor RUS
Cilic, Marin CRO
Marat played here twice. He reached the Quarters in 2000 and R16 in 2001.
At the moment Marat is in Moscow practising and preparing for Queen's. He will go to London soon.
Mario Ancic withdrew from Queen's because of injury, which means Marat is now number 9. With only one other witdraw, Marat will be seeded and he might have a Bye.Article about Marat joining the players field:
Safin Joins Elite Field As Artois Entry List Revealed
FFormer World No.1 and two-time Grand Slam title winner Marat Safin has joined the list of star names set to contest the 2007 Artois Championships at the Queen’s Club in London.Safin, who won the US Open in 2000 and the Australian Open two years ago, joins World No.2 Rafael Nadal, three-time winner Andy Roddick, defending champion Lleyton Hewitt and British No.1 Andy Murray.
“The Artois Championships in 2005 was only my second ATP event and it was great to win my first ATP level match,” said Murray. “It’s a great tournament.”
Top Ten players Novak Djokovic, Fernando Gonzalez and Ivan Ljubicic are also on the official Entry List, which was announced today.It means that six of the current Top Ten will compete on the grass at the Artois Championships, 11-17 June.“We are delighted to add Marat to an already strong field,” said Tournament Director, Ian Wight.British favourite Tim Henman – a semifinalist last year, former finalist Sebastien Grosjean and exciting Frenchman Gael Monfils are also entered.The doubles draw will feature the Bryan Brothers – Mike and Bob, and Andy Murray’s brother, Jamie.The full singles entry list is attached.For the first time at an ATP event in the UK, the electronic line-calling system ‘Hawk-Eye’ will be in operation at the Artois Championships.Giant Screens will be installed at opposite ends of the centre court showing replays of line-calls ‘challenged’ by players. The technology has been greeted with huge acclaim among players, spectators and the media.More fans than ever before will be able to enjoy the Artois Championships with the Centre Court capacity increasing by 400 seats to 6,858.
