Ana Ivanovic defeated Dinara Safina in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open.[1] It was her first and only major singles title. With the win, Ivanovic also became the world No. 1; Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković and Svetlana Kuznetsova were also in contention for the top ranking.[2][3] Ivanovic dropped only one set during the tournament, to Janković in the semifinals.
Justine Henin was the three-time reigning champion and reigning world No. 1, but she retired from the sport in May 2008. This left Serena Williams as the only former French Open champion in the draw; when Williams was defeated in the third round by Katarina Srebotnik, a first-time French Open champion was guaranteed.[4]
Safina reached the final after having come back from a set and match point down in both of her fourth round and quarterfinal matches, against Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, respectively.[5]
This was also the first major main draw appearance for future world No. 2 and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová, who lost to Kaia Kanepi in fourth round. With that win, Kanepi became the first Estonian to reach a major quarterfinal.
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Ana Ivanovic defeated Dinara Safina in the final 6 4 6 3 to win the women s singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open 1 It was her first and only major singles title With the win Ivanovic also became the world No 1 Maria Sharapova Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova were also in contention for the top ranking 2 3 Ivanovic dropped only one set during the tournament to Jankovic in the semifinals Women s singles2008 French OpenFinalChampionAna IvanovicRunner upDinara SafinaScore6 4 6 3EventsSingles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends 45 45 women 2007 French Open 2009 Main article 2008 French Open Justine Henin was the three time reigning champion and reigning world No 1 but she retired from the sport in May 2008 This left Serena Williams as the only former French Open champion in the draw when Williams was defeated in the third round by Katarina Srebotnik a first time French Open champion was guaranteed 4 Safina reached the final after having come back from a set and match point down in both of her fourth round and quarterfinal matches against Sharapova and Elena Dementieva respectively 5 This was also the first major main draw appearance for future world No 2 and two time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova who lost to Kaia Kanepi in fourth round With that win Kanepi became the first Estonian to reach a major quarterfinal Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 Championship match statistics 5 References 6 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Maria Sharapova fourth round 0 2 nbsp Ana Ivanovic champion 0 3 nbsp Jelena Jankovic semifinals 0 4 nbsp Svetlana Kuznetsova semifinals 0 5 nbsp Serena Williams third round 0 6 nbsp Anna Chakvetadze second round 0 7 nbsp Elena Dementieva quarterfinals 0 8 nbsp Venus Williams third round 0 9 nbsp Marion Bartoli first round 10 nbsp Patty Schnyder quarterfinals 11 nbsp Vera Zvonareva fourth round 12 nbsp Agnes Szavay third round 13 nbsp Dinara Safina final 14 nbsp Agnieszka Radwanska fourth round 15 nbsp Nicole Vaidisova first round 16 nbsp Victoria Azarenka fourth round 17 nbsp Shahar Pe er first round 18 nbsp Francesca Schiavone third round 19 nbsp Alize Cornet third round 20 nbsp Sybille Bammer first round 21 nbsp Maria Kirilenko second round 22 nbsp Amelie Mauresmo second round 23 nbsp Alona Bondarenko first round 24 nbsp Virginie Razzano first round 25 nbsp Nadia Petrova third round 26 nbsp Flavia Pennetta fourth round 27 nbsp Katarina Srebotnik fourth round 28 nbsp Dominika Cibulkova third round 29 nbsp Anabel Medina Garrigues third round 30 nbsp Caroline Wozniacki third round 31 nbsp Ai Sugiyama second round 32 nbsp Karin Knapp third round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Qualifying editMain article 2008 French Open Women s singles qualifyingDraw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 13 nbsp Dinara Safina47767 nbsp Elena Dementieva665013 nbsp Dinara Safina66 4 nbsp Svetlana Kuznetsova32 4 nbsp Svetlana Kuznetsova76 nbsp Kaia Kanepi52 13 nbsp Dinara Safina43 2 nbsp Ana Ivanovic66 Q nbsp Carla Suarez Navarro32 3 nbsp Jelena Jankovic66 3 nbsp Jelena Jankovic4642 nbsp Ana Ivanovic63610 nbsp Patty Schnyder32 2 nbsp Ana Ivanovic66 Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp M Sharapova638 nbsp E Rodina1661 nbsp M Sharapova636Q nbsp B Mattek626Q nbsp B Mattek262WC nbsp M Brengle3641 nbsp M Sharapova776 Q nbsp J Gajdosova6468 32 nbsp K Knapp640 WC nbsp O Sanchez77710 WC nbsp O Sanchez264 nbsp M Muller04 32 nbsp K Knapp677 32 nbsp K Knapp66 1 nbsp M Sharapova7865221 nbsp M Kirilenko66 13 nbsp D Safina66776 nbsp ME Camerin10 21 nbsp M Kirilenko632Q nbsp J Zheng466Q nbsp J Zheng466 nbsp M Santangelo630Q nbsp J Zheng25 Q nbsp M Rybarikova773813 nbsp D Safina67 PR nbsp K Sprem6366Q nbsp M Rybarikova01 nbsp K Bondarenko13 13 nbsp D Safina66 13 nbsp D Safina66 Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round11 nbsp V Zvonareva66 WC nbsp S Foretz21 11 nbsp V Zvonareva66 nbsp IR Olaru643 nbsp S Cohen Aloro24 nbsp S Cohen Aloro776 11 nbsp V Zvonareva66 Q nbsp Y Wickmayer25 nbsp A Wozniak22 nbsp A Amanmuradova67 nbsp A Amanmuradova613 nbsp A Wozniak66 nbsp A Wozniak16620 nbsp S Bammer02 11 nbsp V Zvonareva46231 nbsp A Sugiyama6267 nbsp E Dementieva616 nbsp A Kudryavtseva16331 nbsp A Sugiyama05 nbsp O Govortsova726 nbsp O Govortsova67 nbsp Y Fedak563 nbsp O Govortsova04 nbsp M Domachowska3667 nbsp E Dementieva66 nbsp R de los Rios631 nbsp M Domachowska14 nbsp V Dushevina78027 nbsp E Dementieva66 7 nbsp E Dementieva6666 Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp S Kuznetsova66 nbsp A Nakamura23 4 nbsp S Kuznetsova66 nbsp V King466 nbsp V King42 WC nbsp V Huck6214 nbsp S Kuznetsova66 nbsp A Kleybanova66 25 nbsp N Petrova21 nbsp T Tanasugarn30 nbsp A Kleybanova33 nbsp A Rezai643 25 nbsp N Petrova66 25 nbsp N Petrova776 4 nbsp S Kuznetsova66 18 nbsp F Schiavone66 16 nbsp V Azarenka23 nbsp J Craybas32 18 nbsp F Schiavone66 PR nbsp S Mamic66 PR nbsp S Mamic30 nbsp M Krajicek43 18 nbsp F Schiavone11 nbsp S Cirstea63 16 nbsp V Azarenka66 nbsp A Kremer00r nbsp S Cirstea00 nbsp E Gallovits13 16 nbsp V Azarenka66 16 nbsp V Azarenka66 Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round12 nbsp A Szavay646 nbsp A Morita16412 nbsp A Szavay776 nbsp S Lisicki366 nbsp S Lisicki633 nbsp E Vesnina64012 nbsp A Szavay6562 nbsp P Kvitova66 nbsp P Kvitova7746 nbsp A Morigami43 nbsp P Kvitova66 WC nbsp S Stosur636WC nbsp S Stosur21 17 nbsp S Pe er261 nbsp P Kvitova36129 nbsp A Medina Garrigues66 nbsp K Kanepi636Q nbsp MJ Martinez Sanchez32 29 nbsp A Medina Garrigues466 nbsp Y j Chan720 nbsp T Pironkova631 nbsp T Pironkova56629 nbsp A Medina Garrigues1775 nbsp K Kanepi66 nbsp K Kanepi6657 nbsp M Yuan22 nbsp K Kanepi677 nbsp N Llagostera Vives3716 nbsp A Chakvetadze462 6 nbsp A Chakvetadze656 Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round8 nbsp V Williams646 nbsp T Obziler3628 nbsp V Williams66 nbsp S Dubois52 Q nbsp S Sfar24 Q nbsp S Sfar76 8 nbsp V Williams53 Q nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova66 26 nbsp F Pennetta76 nbsp ME Salerni11 Q nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova611 nbsp T Perebiynis32 26 nbsp F Pennetta36626 nbsp F Pennetta66 26 nbsp F Pennetta32 22 nbsp A Mauresmo746Q nbsp C Suarez Navarro66 nbsp O Savchuk56122 nbsp A Mauresmo34 Q nbsp C Suarez Navarro656Q nbsp C Suarez Navarro66 nbsp P Parmentier472Q nbsp C Suarez Navarro66 nbsp J Ditty563 nbsp C Dellacqua33 nbsp N Dechy777 nbsp N Dechy42 nbsp C Dellacqua6466 nbsp C Dellacqua66 9 nbsp M Bartoli7732 Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round14 nbsp A Radwanska66 nbsp M Koryttseva43 14 nbsp A Radwanska66 WC nbsp S Bremond632Q nbsp J Pandzic20 Q nbsp J Pandzic46614 nbsp A Radwanska66 nbsp S Errani46519 nbsp A Cornet44 nbsp G Dulko647 nbsp G Dulko064 nbsp J Vakulenko54 19 nbsp A Cornet64619 nbsp A Cornet76 14 nbsp A Radwanska363 28 nbsp D Cibulkova66 3 nbsp J Jankovic677 nbsp A Kerber22 28 nbsp D Cibulkova66 nbsp M Sequera777 nbsp M Sequera30 nbsp L Osterloh655 28 nbsp D Cibulkova53 nbsp T Garbin711333 nbsp J Jankovic76 nbsp M Erakovic6966 nbsp M Erakovic265 LL nbsp M Niculescu632 3 nbsp J Jankovic677 3 nbsp J Jankovic776 Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 nbsp S Williams66 nbsp A Harkleroad21 5 nbsp S Williams67 WC nbsp M Johansson646WC nbsp M Johansson25 nbsp C Pin4625 nbsp S Williams44 nbsp E Makarova76 27 nbsp K Srebotnik66 nbsp C Castano51 nbsp E Makarova05 nbsp V Ruano Pascual42 27 nbsp K Srebotnik67 27 nbsp K Srebotnik66 27 nbsp K Srebotnik24 24 nbsp V Razzano63210 nbsp P Schnyder66 nbsp K Zakopalova466 nbsp K Zakopalova43 nbsp Z Yan646 nbsp E Loit66 nbsp E Loit168 nbsp E Loit6472 nbsp T Paszek63310 nbsp P Schnyder7756 nbsp T Bacsinszky166 nbsp T Bacsinszky461 nbsp E Bychkova34 10 nbsp P Schnyder64610 nbsp P Schnyder66 Section 8 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round15 nbsp N Vaidisova621 Q nbsp I Benesova776 Q nbsp I Benesova66 nbsp A Rodionova063 nbsp S Peng43 nbsp S Peng626Q nbsp I Benesova33 nbsp G Voskoboeva6646 nbsp P Cetkovska66 WC nbsp Y Fedossova0771 nbsp G Voskoboeva53 nbsp P Cetkovska66 nbsp P Cetkovska76 23 nbsp A Bondarenko30 nbsp P Cetkovska00 30 nbsp C Wozniacki66 2 nbsp A Ivanovic66 nbsp Y Meusburger02 30 nbsp C Wozniacki66 Q nbsp A Yakimova6476Q nbsp A Yakimova04 nbsp S w Hsieh775430 nbsp C Wozniacki41 nbsp S Klosel11 2 nbsp A Ivanovic66 nbsp L Safarova66 nbsp L Safarova12 nbsp S Arvidsson25 2 nbsp a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
