2008 WTA Tier I Series

2008 WTA Tier I Series
Details
Duration	February 18 – October 12
Edition	19th
Tournaments	9
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Dinara Safina (3)
Most tournament finals	Jelena Jankovic; Dinara Safina ; Vera Zvonareva (3)
	← 2007 2009 →

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money^[2]
Qatar Total Open	Qatar	Doha	Hard	Feb 18 – 24	$2,500,000
Pacific Life Open	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 10 – 23	$2,100,000
Sony Ericsson Open	United States	Key Biscayne	Hard	Mar 24 – Apr 6	$3,770,000
Family Circle Cup	United States	Charleston	Clay (green)	Apr 14 – 20	$1,340,000
Qatar Telecom German Open^[3]	Germany	Berlin	Clay (red)	May 5 – 11	$1,340,000
Internazionali BNL d'Italia^[4]^[5]	Italy	Rome	Clay (red)	May 12 – 18	$1,340,000
Rogers Cup	Canada	Montreal	Hard	Jul 28 – Aug 3	$1,340,000
Toray Pan Pacific Open^[6]	Japan	Tokyo	Hard	Sep 15 – 21	$1,340,000
Kremlin Cup	Russia	Moscow	Hard (i)	Oct 6 – 12	$1,340,000

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Doha Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva	6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3	Dinara Safina Elena Vesnina	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
Miami Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams	Jelena Janković	6–1, 5–7, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Charleston Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	Edina Gallovits Olga Govortsova	6–2, 6–2
Berlin Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva	3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Rome Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković	Alizé Cornet	6–2, 6–2	Chan Latisha Chuang Chia-jung	Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulková	6–2, 6–1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	6–1, 6–1
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3	Vania King*	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3	Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
Moscow Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–4	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 6–4

Tournament details

Doha

Tournament name	Qatar Total Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Doha, Qatar
Prize money	$2,500,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic
16	A Radwańska	w/o			16	A Radwańska	6	6¹	6
	D Cibulková	6	6			D Cibulková	4	7⁷	4
6	V Williams	3	3							16	A Radwańska	4	3
4	M Sharapova	6	6							4	M Sharapova	6	6
Q	T Tanasugarn	2	2		4	M Sharapova	6	6
	A Medina Garrigues	6	6³	3		C Wozniacki	0	1
	C Wozniacki	3	7⁷	6											4	M Sharapova	6	2	6
	N Li	6	6													V Zvonareva	1	6	0
12	S Pe'er	1	3			N Li	6	6
	A Sugiyama	1	2		3	J Janković	3	4
3	J Janković	6	6								N Li	6	3	3
	V Zvonareva	7	6								V Zvonareva	3	6	6
11	D Safina	5	3			V Zvonareva	2	6	6
15	S Bammer	6	7¹⁰		15	S Bammer	6	2	0
2	S Kuznetsova	3	6⁸

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	6¹	10

7	Medina / Ruano	2	7⁷	2
					1	Black / Huber	7	6

					WC	Šafářová / Zvonareva	5	2
4	Chan / Chuang	6	4	6

WC	Šafářová / Zvonareva	4	6	10
									1	Black / Huber	1	7	7

									3	Peschke / Stubbs	6	5	10
	Husárová / Radwańska	6⁶	1

3	Peschke / Stubbs	7⁸	6
					3	Peschke / Stubbs	6	6

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	2	0
	Morita / Niculescu	3	2

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6

Indian Wells

Tournament name	Pacific Life Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Prize money	$2,100,000

Singles

Fourth Round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic	2	7	6
13	F Schiavone	6	5	2	1	A Ivanovic	6	6
12	V Zvonareva	6⁵	6	6	12	V Zvonareva	1	4
	C Dellacqua	7⁷	0	4					1	A Ivanovic	7⁷	6
3	J Janković	6	6						3	J Janković	6³	3
20	A Medina Garrigues	3	3		3	J Janković	6	0
24	L Davenport	6	7		24	L Davenport	2	0^r
6	M Bartoli	2	5											1	A Ivanovic	6	6
5	D Hantuchová	6	7⁷											2	S Kuznetsova	4	3
21	S Mirza	1	6⁴		5	D Hantuchová	6²	1
15	A Bondarenko	2	7	4	4	M Sharapova	7⁷	6
4	M Sharapova	6	5	6					4	M Sharapova	3	7	2
	A Harkleroad	6	2	4					2	S Kuznetsova	6	5	6
10	A Radwańska	4	6	6	10	A Radwańska	2	4
	C Wozniacki	2	3		2	S Kuznetsova	6	6
2	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

	Koryttseva / Uhlířová	6⁷	3

8	Hantuchová / Sugiyama	7⁹	6
					8	Hantuchová / Sugiyama	3	4

						Safina / Vesnina	6	6
4	Bondarenko / Bondarenko	6	5	7

	Safina / Vesnina	3	7	10
											Safina / Vesnina	6	1	10

										3	Yan / Zheng	1	6	8
	Benešová / Radwańska	0	4

3	Yan / Zheng	6	6
					3	Yan / Zheng	6⁴	7	10

					7	Mattek / Mirza	7⁷	5	5
7	Mattek / Mirza	7	4	11

2	Chan / Chuang	5	6	9

Miami

Tournament name	Sony Ericsson Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Miami, Florida, United States
Prize money	$4,500,000

Singles

Fourth Round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

1	J Henin	6	6
	E Vesnina	2	2		1	J Henin	2	0
	K Kanepi	3	3		8	S Williams	6	6
8	S Williams	6	6						8	S Williams	3	7	6
3	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6						3	S Kuznetsova	6	5	3
16	S Pe'er	6⁴	3		3	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	C Wozniacki	3	3		6	V Williams	4	4
6	V Williams	6	6											8	S Williams	6	5	6
WC	S Lisicki	3	2											4	J Janković	1	7	3
10	E Dementieva	6	6		10	E Dementieva	1	1^r
	J Zheng	4	5		4	J Janković	6	3
4	J Janković	6	7						4	J Janković	6	6
	A Sugiyama	2	7⁷	0					19	V Zvonareva	1	4
19	V Zvonareva	6	6⁵	6	19	V Zvonareva	7	6
13	D Safina	6	6		13	D Safina	5	4
32	L Davenport	3	4

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	4	10

	Peng / Sun	3	6	6
					1	Black / Huber	6	6

					3	Peschke / Stubbs	3	3
3	Peschke / Stubbs	3	6	10

8	Likhovtseva / Raymond	6	3	6
									1	Black / Huber	5	6	3

									2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	7	4	10
7	Azarenka / Pe'er	7	4	10

WC	Kuznetsova / Mauresmo	5	6	6
					7	Azarenka / Pe'er	0	3

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
WC	Davenport / Hantuchová	4	6	4

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	3	10

Charleston

Tournament name	Family Circle Cup
Surface	Green Clay/Outdoors
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	J Janković	6	6
	A Rodionova	0	2		1	J Janković	2	6	2
9	V Zvonareva	6	4	6	9	V Zvonareva	6	3	6
6	M Bartoli	4	6	1						9	V Zvonareva	6	6²	6
4	E Dementieva	6	7							4	E Dementieva	3	7⁷	3
13	V Azarenka	4	5		4	E Dementieva	6	6
11	A Radwańska	3	2		7	P Schnyder	4	4
7	P Schnyder	6	6												9	V Zvonareva	4	6	3
8	D Safina	2	5												5	S Williams	6	3	6
10	Á Szávay	6	7		10	Á Szávay	5	4
	A Cornet	6	7			A Cornet	7	6
	S Cîrstea	1	5								A Cornet	5	3
5	S Williams	4	6	6						5	S Williams	7	6
12	K Srebotnik	6	4	3	5	S Williams	7	4	6
	T Perebiynis	5	2		2	M Sharapova	5	6	1
2	M Sharapova	7	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber

5	Safina / Szávay	w	/	o
					1	Black / Huber	4	6	[7]

						Gallovits / Govortsova	6	4	[10]
3	Peschke / Stubbs	2	2

	Gallovits / Govortsova	6	6
											Gallovits / Govortsova	2	2

										2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
8	Azarenka / Vesnina	6	1	10

4	Chan / Chuang	2	6	2
					8	Azarenka / Vesnina	1	1

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
6	Likhovtseva / Raymond	7⁷	4	7

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6⁵	6	10

Berlin

Tournament name	Qatar Telecom German Open
Surface	Clay/Outdoors
Location	Berlin, Germany
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	J Henin	7	3	1
13	D Safina	5	6	6	13	D Safina	2	6	7⁷
11	A Radwańska	3	1		5	S Williams	6	1	6⁵
5	S Williams	6	6							13	D Safina	6	6
3	S Kuznetsova	6	2	2							V Azarenka	4	1
15	A Bondarenko	1	6	6	15	A Bondarenko	6²	2
	G Dulko	3	1			V Azarenka	7⁷	6
	V Azarenka	6	6											13	D Safina	3	6	6
7	E Dementieva	7	6											7	E Dementieva	6	2	2
	V Dushevina	5	3		7	E Dementieva	6	2	6
	M Kirilenko	2	4		4	J Janković	3	6	3
4	J Janković	6	6							7	E Dementieva	6	7
8	M Bartoli	5	5							2	A Ivanovic	2	5
10	Á Szávay	7	7		10	Á Szávay	6	4	3
	S Bammer	5	6	4	2	A Ivanovic	3	6	6
2	A Ivanovic	7	4	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	7⁷	6

	Peng / Sun	6⁴	4
					1	Black / Huber	3

					4	Azarenka / Pe'er	0^r
4	Azarenka / Pe'er	6	7

5	Bondarenko / Bondarenko	1	5
										1	Black / Huber	3	6	10

											Vives / Sánchez	6	2	2
	Vives / Sánchez	7	6

	Poutchek / Rodionova	5	1
						Vives / Sánchez	6	3	16

					2	Peschke / Stubbs	2	6	14
6	Safina / Vesnina	6	3	8

2	Peschke / Stubbs	4	6	10

Rome

Tournament name	Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Surface	Clay/Outdoors
Location	Rome, Italy
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

Q	T Pironkova	6	1
WC	V Azarenka	2	0^r		Q	T Pironkova	2	6	1
12	A Radwańska	4	6	1	6	A Chakvetadze	6	3	6
6	A Chakvetadze	6	1	6						6	A Chakvetadze	6	4	3
3	S Kuznetsova	2	4							Q	A Cornet	3	6	6
Q	A Cornet	6	6		Q	A Cornet
WC	S Errani	4	3		5	S Williams	w	/	o
5	S Williams	6	6												Q	A Cornet	2	2
7	V Williams	7	6												4	J Janković	6	6
10	V Zvonareva	5	2		7	V Williams	7	2	3
	M Kirilenko	1	1		4	J Janković	5	6	6
4	J Janković	6	6							4	J Janković
8	M Bartoli	6	4	6⁷						2	M Sharapova	w	/	o
9	P Schnyder	4	6	7⁹	9	P Schnyder	7⁷	5	2
	C Wozniacki	4	6³		2	M Sharapova	6³	7	6
2	M Sharapova	6	7⁷

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	6	5	6

	Peng / Sun	4	7	10
						Peng / Sun	4	2

					5	Chan / Chuang	6	6
3	Peschke / Stubbs	5	2

5	Chan / Chuang	7	6
										5	Chan / Chuang	7⁷	6

											Benešová / Husárová	6⁵	3
	Benešová / Husárová	6⁴	6	10

	Kirilenko / Radwańska	7⁷	3	4
						Benešová / Husárová	5	6	10

						Jans / Jugić-Salkić	7	3	2
	Garrigues / Ruano Pascual	7⁷	3	9

	Jans / Jugić-Salkić	6²	6	11

Montreal

Tournament name	Rogers Cup
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Montreal, Canada
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic	2	6	2
	T Paszek	6	1	6		T Paszek	4	5
11	V Azarenka	7⁷	2		11	V Azarenka	6	7
	V Razzano	6⁴	0^r							11	V Azarenka	0	6	3
4	S Kuznetsova	7	2	6						7	D Safina	6	2	6
Q	M Larcher de Brito	5	6	4	4	S Kuznetsova	6	3	2
9	P Schnyder	2	2		7	D Safina	2	6	6
7	D Safina	6	6												7	D Safina	6	6
6	A Chakvetadze	6	5	6⁴												D Cibulková	2	1
10	M Bartoli	4	7	7⁷	10	M Bartoli	6	6
	A Sugiyama	w	/	o		A Sugiyama	2	3
3	M Sharapova									10	M Bartoli	6	4	3
	D Cibulková	7⁷	6								D Cibulková	4	6	6
12	N Petrova	6²	2			D Cibulková	7	6
WC	S Dubois	3	2		2	J Janković	5	2
2	J Janković	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	6	6

	Dubois / Lisicki	4	1
					1	Black / Huber	w	/	o

					7	Vesnina / Zvonareva
	Pelletier / Tanasugarn	3	4

7	Vesnina / Zvonareva	6	6
										1	Black / Huber	6	6

											Kirilenko / Pennetta	1	1
5	Poutchek / Rodionova	7	0	7

	Kirilenko / Pennetta	6⁴	6	10
						Kirilenko / Pennetta	6	6

					2	Peschke / Stubbs	4	0
	Morita / Sugiyama	5	6⁶

2	Peschke / Stubbs	7	7

Tokyo

Tournament name	Toray Pan Pacific Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Second Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	J Janković	6	6
	F Pennetta	2	1		1	J Janković	6	5	5
WC	A Morita	1	1		5	S Kuznetsova	2	7	7
5	S Kuznetsova	6	6							5	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6
3	E Dementieva	6	6							Q	K Srebotnik	6⁵	2
	A Cornet	0	3		3	E Dementieva	3	4
Q	K Srebotnik	6	6		Q	K Srebotnik	6	6
	F Schiavone	4	3											5	S Kuznetsova	1	3
Q	K Kanepi	6	6											4	D Safina	6	6
	V Razzano	4	2		Q	K Kanepi	4	7⁷	2
	D Cibulková	3	4		4	D Safina	6	6⁵	6
4	D Safina	6	6							4	D Safina	6	6
6	A Radwańska	6	6								N Petrova	1	0
	M Bartoli	2	3		6	A Radwańska	3	0
	N Petrova	6	1	6		N Petrova	6	6
2	A Ivanovic	1	6	2

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

	King / Petrova	6	6

	Shvedova / Tanasugarn	0	3
						King / Petrova	6	6

					4	Chuang / Hsieh	3	4
4	Chuang / Hsieh	w	/	o

	Kirilenko / Pennetta
										King / Petrova	6	6

									2	Raymond / Stosur	1	4
WC	Chakvetadze / Radwańska	2	4

3	Dellacqua / Schiavone	6	6
					3	Dellacqua / Schiavone	5	1

					2	Raymond / Stosur	7	6
	Hantuchová / Szávay	7	3	2

2	Raymond / Stosur	5	6	10

Moscow

Tournament name	Kremlin Cup
Surface	Carpet/Indoors
Location	Moscow, Russia
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Second Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	J Janković	6⁶	6	6
WC	V Dushevina	7⁸	3	2	1	J Janković	7⁸	6
WC	E Makarova	6	4	4		F Pennetta	6⁶	3
	F Pennetta	3	6	6						1	J Janković	0	6	6
3	E Dementieva	6	4	7⁷						3	E Dementieva	6	1	0
Q	K Srebotnik	3	6	6²	3	E Dementieva	6	4	7⁸
	N Petrova	6	3			N Petrova	4	6	6⁶
	C Wozniacki	4	2^r												1	J Janković	6	6
7	V Zvonareva	6	6												7	V Zvonareva	2	4
	D Hantuchová	1	0		7	V Zvonareva	7	6
	D Cibulková	3	6	7⁷		D Cibulková	5	4
4	A Ivanovic	6	2	6⁴						7	V Zvonareva	6	7⁷
5	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6							2	D Safina	2	6⁵
Q	S Errani	6⁰	1		5	S Kuznetsova	4	5
	A Mauresmo	7⁷	4	4	2	D Safina	6	7
2	D Safina	6²	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	4	10

WC	Ivanovic / Schiavone	2	6	7
					1	Black / Huber	6	6

						Kirilenko / Pennetta	1	0
	Kirilenko / Pennetta	6¹	6	10

	Makarova / Voskoboeva	7⁷	1	5
									1	Black / Huber	4	4

									4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	6
	Dushevina / Kudryavtseva	0	5

4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	7
					4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	6

						Niculescu / Shvedova	3	2
	Niculescu / Shvedova	4	6	10

2	Peschke / Stubbs	6	0	7

References

^ "2008 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
^ "2008 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009.
^ "Berlin 2008 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
^ "2008 Italian Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008.
^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "Tokyo 2008 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022.

External links

[1] "2008 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.

[2] "2008 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009.

[3] "Berlin 2008 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.

[4] "2008 Italian Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008.

[collins-5] Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[6] "Tokyo 2008 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022.

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2008 WTA Tier I Series

Contents

Tournaments

Results

Tournament details

Doha

Singles

Doubles

Indian Wells

Singles

Doubles

Miami

Singles

Doubles

Charleston

Singles

Doubles

Berlin

Singles

Doubles

Rome

Singles

Doubles

Montreal

Singles

Doubles

Tokyo

Singles

Doubles

Moscow

Singles

Doubles

See also

References

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