Maria Sharapova was the defending Defending champion in women 's singles , but lost Competition in the final Competition to Serena Williams .

Serena Williams won an Open Era record Recording six women 's singles championships by defeating Conquering Maria Sharapova in the final , and this was the second time they met Come_together each other in the final .

Both Roger Federer and Serena Williams were unsuccessful in defending Defending their 2007 titles ; Federer losing Earnings_and_losses to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals and Williams losing Earnings_and_losses in the quarter-finals to Jelena Jankovic .

In the end , the South African team of Mariaan de Swardt and David Adams won , defeating Conquering Williams ' sister Serena and her partner Max Mirnyi in the final .

Rafael Nadal was the defending Defending champion in the men 's event ; however , on 18 August , the Spaniard announced Expressing_publicly his withdrawal Removing from the event after failing Earnings_and_losses to recover Recovering from a wrist injury Bodily_harm , while Serena Williams was the two-time defending Defending champion in the women 's event .

In the men 's singles competition Competition , Marin Čilić won his maiden grand slam title ; while , Serena Williams won her Open era record Recording tying sixth title in the women 's singles competition Competition tying Connect Chris Evert , and it was her eighteenth grand slam title tying Evert and Martina Navratilova .

Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the defending champions in singles events , but neither was able to repeat their success : Federer was eliminated Removing in the second round by Sergiy Stakhovsky , and Williams lost Competition in the fourth round to Sabine Lisicki .

Andy Murray and Serena Williams were the defending Defending champions in the singles events Competition .