The 2007 Next Generation Adelaide International was a professional men's tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour in Adelaide, Australia, held from 1 January to 7 January 2007. Novak Djokovic won the title, an ATP International Series level tournament.
This was the first tournament of the season (alongside Viña del Mar, Delray Beach, Buenos Aires and Las Vegas) that implemented a 24-player round robin tournament for the singles competition, as part of the round-robin trials proposed during this season.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedNovak Djokovic161Richard Gasquet182Radek Štěpánek193Lleyton Hewitt204Dominik Hrbatý215Arnaud Clément426Gilles Simon457Paul-Henri Mathieu558 Rankings are as of 25 December 2006.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Chris Guccione Alun Jones Peter Luczak
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Paul Baccanello Nathan Healey Wesley Moodie Go Soeda
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Martín Vassallo Argüello
Withdrawals During the tournament Janko Tipsarević → replaced by Martín Vassallo Argüello
Retirements Florent Serra (illness) Janko Tipsarević (adductor injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedJonathan ErlichAndy Ram261Lukáš DlouhýPavel Vízner352Simon AspelinChris Haggard503Ashley FisherTripp Phillips574 1 Rankings are as of 25 December 2006.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: Wayne Arthurs / Chris Guccione Nathan Healey / Robert Smeets
Retirements Jan Hájek (dizziness)
Finals
Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Chris Guccione, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 It was Djokovic's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.
Doubles
Wesley Moodie / Todd Perry defeated Novak Djokovic / Radek Štěpánek, 6–4, 3–6, [15–13] It was 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career for Moodie; 1st title of the year and the 5th of his career for Perry. Both players have won their 1st of a total of 2 titles as a team, with the other one being Valencia at the same year.
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