Federer and Henin Named Itf World Champions

Roger Federer and Justine Henin have been named 2007 International Tennis Federation World Champions, the sport's governing body announced on Monday.

Federer, who reached all four major finals for the second successive year, winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open, claimed a further five titles during the course of the year and became the first player to earn over $10m in annual prize money.

The 26-year-old World No1 has also become only the second player after Pete Sampras to receive the accolade for the fourth successive year. "Each year brings new challenges, and I am proud that I have been able to raise the level of my game when needed," he said. "It gives me great satisfaction to have won another three grand slam titles and maintained the No1 ranking."

Henin, 25, bounced back from her marriage breakdown to dominate her sport with a career-best 10 titles in 2007, becoming the first woman to earn more than $5m in a single year. "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 the Belgian. "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."

Meanwhile, America's Bob and Mike Bryan, and Cara Black and Liezel Huber of South Africa were named doubles world champions.