Word number one Justine Henin has been named 2007 Women’s World Champion by the International Tennis Federation.
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s top doubles team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber are the female Doubles World Champions.
Henin, the 2007 Roland Garros, US Open, and Sony Ericsson Championships singles champion, completed the best season of her career in 2007 by winning ten titles and over six million dollars in prize money. Black and Huber captured the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and Sony Ericsson Championships doubles titles.
Henin becomes Women’s World Champion for the second year running, having also received the honor in 2003.
“This has definitely been the best season of my career so far and I am delighted to be named ITF World Champion once again,” said Henin in the ITF’s press release.
“It has been a very challenging year overall, but I have stayed positive and proved that nothing is impossible if you work hard. I still think my best tennis is yet to come.”
The International Tennis Federation’s selection of its World Champions is based on an objective system that considers not only performances at the Grand Slams, on the respective tours and at the season-ending events, but also gives weight to performances in the two ITF international team competitions, Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
The ITF World Champions will receive their awards at the annual ITF World Champions Dinner on Tuesday, June 3 in Paris during Roland Garros.
