2008 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy chose not to participate, and only Santangelo competed that year.
Santangelo partnered with Alicia Molik, but lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska.

Women's doubles
2008 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
Runners-up	Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová
Score	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Events
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Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung won in the final 7–6^(7–5), 6–2, against Iveta Benešová and Janette Husárová.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1.   Cara Black /   Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)
2.   Katarina Srebotnik /   Ai Sugiyama (second round)
3.   Květa Peschke /   Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
4.   Alicia Molik /   Mara Santangelo (second round)
5.   Chan Yung-jan /   Chuang Chia-jung (champions)
6.   Lisa Raymond /   Samantha Stosur (second round)
7.   Alona Bondarenko /   Kateryna Bondarenko (second round)
8.   Dinara Safina /   Ágnes Szávay (withdrew due to a low back injury for Safina)
9.   Yan Zi /   Zheng Jie (second round)

Draw

Key

• 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

	Semifinals							Final
		Peng Shuai   Sun Tiantian	4	2
	5	Chan Yung-jan   Chuang Chia-jung	6	6
								5	Chan Yung-jan   Chuang Chia-jung	7	6
									Iveta Benešová   Janette Husárová	6^5	3
		Iveta Benešová   Janette Husárová	5	6	[10]
	ALT	Klaudia Jans   Mervana Jugić-Salkić	7	3	[2]

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	C Black   L Huber	6	6
		J Craybas   A Kudryavtseva	6	6					J Craybas   A Kudryavtseva	3	3
		T Poutchek   A Rodionova	3	4											1	C Black   L Huber	6	5	[6]
		S Peng   T Sun	6	2	[10]											S Peng   T Sun	4	7	[10]
		A Amanmuradova   E Vesnina	4	6	[5]				S Peng   T Sun	7	6
		G Navrátilová   A Rosolska	1	5				7	A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	6^2	1
	7	A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	6	7																			S Peng   T Sun	4	2
																						5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	6	6
								3	K Peschke   R Stubbs	4	6	[11]
		L Hradecká   M Krajicek	6	6					L Hradecká   M Krajicek	6	3	[9]
		N Petrova   Y Shvedova	3	4											3	K Peschke   R Stubbs	5	2
		V Dushevina   E Likhovtseva	7	6											5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	7	6
		T Garbin   R Vinci	5	4					V Dushevina   E Likhovtseva	2	5
		M Koryttseva   V Uhlířová	5	1				5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	6	7
	5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	7	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	L Raymond   S Stosur	7	6
		C Ji   S Sun	5	2				6	L Raymond   S Stosur	4	6	[2]
		I Benešová   J Husárová	3	6	[10]				I Benešová   J Husárová	6	2	[10]
		A Kleybanova   G Voskoboeva	6	2	[8]											I Benešová   J Husárová	6^4	6	[10]
	WC	S Errani   K Knapp	2	6^6												M Kirilenko   A Radwańska	7	3	[4]
		M Kirilenko   A Radwańska	6	7					M Kirilenko   A Radwańska	6	6
								4	A Molik   M Santangelo	4	3
																							I Benešová   J Husárová	5	6	[10]
	9	Z Yan   J Zheng	7	6																		ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	7	3	[2]
	WC	C Dentoni   C Wozniacki	5	3				9	Z Yan   J Zheng	4	2
		A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	6					A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	6
		ME Camerin   G Dulko	4	2												A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	7	3	[9]
	ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	7	6											ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	6^2	6	[11]
	WC	A Chakvetadze   N Vaidišová	6^4	3				ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	1	7	[10]
								2	K Srebotnik   A Sugiyama	6	5	[4]

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