2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date1–7 October
Edition34th
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationTokyo, Japan
VenueAriake Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles
Spain David Ferrer
Women's singles
France Virginie Razzano
Men's doubles
Australia Jordan Kerr / Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Women's doubles
China Sun Tiantian / China Yan Zi

The 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 1 through October 7, 2007.

The men's draw included ATP No. 8, US Open semifinalist, Auckland and Båstad champion David Ferrer, Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Halle winner Tomáš Berdych, and Wimbledon semifinalist, Estoril runner-up and Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet. Also lined up were Las Vegas champion Lleyton Hewitt, Marseille and Halle semifinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivo Karlović and Fernando Verdasco.

The women's field was led by WTA No. 8, Wimbledon, Memphis and Seoul champion Venus Williams, recent Stanford and New Haven doubles titlist Sania Mirza, and Seoul runner-up, Kolkata winner Maria Kirilenko. Also present were French Open and Wimbledon doubles finalist Ai Sugiyama, Guangzhou titlist Virginie Razzano, Akiko Morigami, Aiko Nakamura and Flavia Pennetta.

Finals

Men's singles

Spain David Ferrer defeated France Richard Gasquet, 6–1, 6–2

  • It was David Ferrer's 3rd title of the year and his 5th overall.

Women's singles

France Virginie Razzano defeated United States Venus Williams, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4

  • It was Virginie Razzano's 2nd title this year, and overall.

Men's doubles

Australia Jordan Kerr / Sweden Robert Lindstedt defeated Canada Frank Dancevic / Australia Stephen Huss, 6–3, 6–3

Women's doubles

China Sun Tiantian / China Yan Zi defeated Chinese Taipei Chia-jung Chuang / United States Vania King, 1–6, 6–2, [10–6]

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