2007 Tennis Channel Open – Singles Explained

Champ:	Lleyton Hewitt
Runner:	Jürgen Melzer
Score:	6–4, 7–6^(12–10)
Draw:	24
Seeds:	8
Before Name 2:	Tennis Channel Open
After Name 2:	Hilton Cup

See main article: 2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup.

James Blake was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the round robin competition.

Lleyton Hewitt won the title, defeating Jürgen Melzer 6–4, 7–6^(12–10) in the final.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Seeds

See also: 1. James Blake (round robin)

See also: 2. Lleyton Hewitt (champion)

Draw

Round robin

As del Potro retired on his last match, Korolev advanced to Quarterfinals based on head-to-head results against Blake.

Elimination round

Prior to the round robin and after the completion of the qualifying draws, the 16 players with the lowest tier in the tournament (4 qualifiers, 2 wild cards, 1 lucky loser and 9 based on ATP rankings) competed in the elimination round in order to get one of the 8 last spots into the round robin competition. Winners in this round entered as main entrants.

Main draw elimination round
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Main Entrant 1	Gustavo Kuerten [WC]	Wesley Moodie [Q]	6–4, 7–5
Main Entrant 2	Danai Udomchoke [Q]	Robert Kendrick	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
Main Entrant 3	Igor Kunitsyn	Frank Dancevic	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Main Entrant 4	Thomas Johansson	Björn Phau	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Main Entrant 5	Evgeny Korolev	Amer Delić	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Main Entrant 6	Paul Capdeville [Q]	Lu Yen-hsun ^RR-LL	6–3, 6–3
Main Entrant 7	Sam Querrey [WC]	Alex Bogdanovic [Q]	6–3, 6–2
Main Entrant 8	Feliciano López	Chris Guccione [LL]	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(8–6)