2007-- The Year in Review

As the year draws to a close, here is my Best of 2007 List:

**Marryin’ of the Year: Kim Clijsters
**Marion of the Year: Bartoli
**Diamond of the Year (every year): Neil
**Seminar of the Year: Grand Slam Stringers Symposium
**Rain of the Year: Wimbledon
**Reign of the Year: Roger Federer
**Drama Queen of the Year: Serena Williams
**Goodbye of the Year: Bud Collins
**Good to Have You Back of the Year: Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon
**Appendix of the Year: Amelie Mauresmo
**Comeback of the Year: Serena Williams, Guillermo Canas
**Fix your Hat of the Year: Donald Young
**Racquet of the Year: Prince O3 SpeedPort Blue
**Engagement of the Year: Martina Hingis & Radek Stepanek (wait; forget about that one)
**Farewell of the Year: Tim Henman
**Welcome Back of the Year: Lindsay Davenport
**Reversal of the Year: James Blake signing a big Prince contract, then returning to Dunlop after being unable to find a Prince frame he wanted to use
**Tennis Website of the Year: what do you think?
**Scandal of the Year: betting in pro tennis
**Technology of the Year: Prince SpeedPorts
**Pants of the Year: Rafael Nadal
**You’re Wearing that? of the Year: Bethanie Mattek
**Isn’t that Dress a little Short? of the Year: most of the WTA Tour
**We’ll Never See That Again of the Year: Marion Bartoli in the finals of Wimbledon
**Jacket of the Year: Roger Federer
**Jackass of the Year: John McEnroe
**Bush League of the Year: Agnieszka Radwanska’s 14-and-under standing at the service line routine against Maria Sharapova at the U.S. Open
**Strangely Not Missed of the Year: Andre Agassi
**Newcomer of the Year: John Isner
**Commercial of the Year: John McEnroe’s American Express “Dispute” ad
**Good Riddance of the Year: Kim Clijster’s dopey retirement/marriage/pregnancy debacle
**Stupid Marketing Gimmick of the Year: Wilson’s constant barrage of different bags carried by Roger Federer during major tournaments
**Unappreciated of the Year: Fabrice Santoro (we’ll never see this entertaining game again)
**Cool New Guy of the Year: Novak Djokovic
**Wait ‘till Next Year of the Year: Novak Djokovic; Agnes Szavay
**I Wish You’d do Better ‘cause I Like Watching You Play of the Year: Patty Schnyder
**I Don’t Get It of the Year: why so many WTA Tour players seem to lack a basic knowledge of the serve