The 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open was a women's tennis event that was played from 5 May to 11 May 2008. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. It was played at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in the German capital of Berlin. The tournaments offered a total prize fund of US$1,300,000 across all rounds.
World number one Justine Henin, the three-time French Open defending champion, was the tournament's top seed. She was hoping to win this event for the fourth time after collecting titles here in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Defending champion Ana Ivanovic was Henin's biggest threat for the title as the number two seed, with Jelena Janković and Svetlana Kuznetsova rounding out the top four seeds. Fifth seed Serena Williams was also a big threat for the title; she had won her last three tournaments and is a former French Open champion. Russian pair Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Dementieva brought the field up to seven of the world's top ten players.[1]Maria Sharapova and Daniela Hantuchová were also due to play the event but it was announced that both had pulled out on April 30.[2]
The tournament was won by Dinara Safina, who started the tournament as the thirteenth seed. She enjoyed the best week of her career to win her first ever Tier I title.[3] In the third round, she beat top seed Justine Henin in a match that turned out to be the last before she retired, her second victory over a world number one, and followed it up by stopping Serena Williams's 17-match winning streak.[4] She defeated Elena Dementieva (who had defeated defending champion Ivanovic in the semi-finals) in the final, in the 14th all-Russian final on the WTA Tour, and the third of five in the 2008 season (Dementieva would go on to beat Safina in the final of the Olympics).[5]
Ana Ivanovic was the only top six seed to reach the semifinals in a tournament littered with upsets. Henin and Williams lost the aforementioned matches to Safina, third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Alyona Bondarenko, Jelena Janković lost to Elena Dementieva and Anna Chakvetadze went down in her first match to Victoria Azarenka, who eventually made her first ever Tier I semifinal. Ivanovic, for her part, was defeated in the semi-finals by Elena Dementieva; the defeat dropped her to World No. 3 behind Henin and Maria Sharapova at the conclusion of the tournament.
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^"Dementieva, Safina Set Up 14th All-Russian Final". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
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The 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open was a women s tennis event that was played from 5 May to 11 May 2008 It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build up to the second Grand Slam of the year the French Open It was played at the Rot Weiss Tennis Club in the German capital of Berlin The tournaments offered a total prize fund of US 1 300 000 across all rounds 2008 Qatar Telecom German OpenDate5 11 MayEdition39thCategoryTier IDraw56S 28DPrize money 1 340 000SurfaceClay outdoorLocationBerlin GermanyVenueRot Weiss Tennis ClubChampionsSinglesDinara SafinaDoublesCara Black Liezel Huber 2007 WTA German Open 2021 World number one Justine Henin the three time French Open defending champion was the tournament s top seed She was hoping to win this event for the fourth time after collecting titles here in 2002 2003 and 2005 Defending champion Ana Ivanovic was Henin s biggest threat for the title as the number two seed with Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova rounding out the top four seeds Fifth seed Serena Williams was also a big threat for the title she had won her last three tournaments and is a former French Open champion Russian pair Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Dementieva brought the field up to seven of the world s top ten players 1 Maria Sharapova and Daniela Hantuchova were also due to play the event but it was announced that both had pulled out on April 30 2 Contents 1 Review 2 Finals 2 1 Singles 2 2 Doubles 3 Prize money amp points 4 Images 5 References 6 External linksReview edit nbsp Champion Dinara Safina during the final match The tournament was won by Dinara Safina who started the tournament as the thirteenth seed She enjoyed the best week of her career to win her first ever Tier I title 3 In the third round she beat top seed Justine Henin in a match that turned out to be the last before she retired her second victory over a world number one and followed it up by stopping Serena Williams s 17 match winning streak 4 She defeated Elena Dementieva who had defeated defending champion Ivanovic in the semi finals in the final in the 14th all Russian final on the WTA Tour and the third of five in the 2008 season Dementieva would go on to beat Safina in the final of the Olympics 5 Ana Ivanovic was the only top six seed to reach the semifinals in a tournament littered with upsets Henin and Williams lost the aforementioned matches to Safina third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Alyona Bondarenko Jelena Jankovic lost to Elena Dementieva and Anna Chakvetadze went down in her first match to Victoria Azarenka who eventually made her first ever Tier I semifinal Ivanovic for her part was defeated in the semi finals by Elena Dementieva the defeat dropped her to World No 3 behind Henin and Maria Sharapova at the conclusion of the tournament World number ones Cara Black and Liezel Huber won the doubles title beating the unseeded Spanish pairing Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez who had upset number two seeds Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs in a thrilling match tiebreak in the semifinals which ended at 16 14 Finals edit nbsp Dinara Safina l and Elena Dementieva r shake hands after the final Singles edit Main article 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open Singles nbsp Dinara Safina defeated nbsp Elena Dementieva 3 6 6 2 6 2 It was Safina s first title of the year and 6th of her career Doubles edit Main article 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open Doubles nbsp Cara Black nbsp Liezel Huber defeated nbsp Nuria Llagostera Vives nbsp Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 3 6 6 2 10 2 Prize money amp points editTotal prize money 1 300 000 6 Round Singles Doubles Prize money WTA ranking points Prize money WTA ranking points Winner 196 900 430 59 000 430 Finalist 100 000 300 30 000 300 Semifinal 51 000 195 15 351 195 Quarterfinal 26 050 110 7 800 110 Round of 16 13 285 60 3 980 60 Round of 32 6 775 35 2 030 1 Round of 64 3 455 1 Images edit nbsp Dementieva hitting a backhand nbsp Preparing for a serve References edit Entry List 2008 German Open Official Site Archived from the original on 2008 04 10 Retrieved 2008 05 04 Sharapova Hantuchova pull out of German Open Yahoo Eurosport UK 2008 04 30 Archived from the original on 2008 10 06 Retrieved 2008 05 03 Safina secures German Open title BBC Sport 2008 05 11 Archived from the original on 13 May 2008 Retrieved 2008 05 11 Safina ends Serena s winning streak CNN com 2008 05 09 Archived from the original on May 11 2008 Retrieved 2008 05 11 Dementieva Safina Set Up 14th All Russian Final Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 2008 05 10 Retrieved 2008 05 11 Prize Money amp Points German Open Official Site Archived from the original on 2008 05 06 Retrieved 2008 05 03 External links editTournament draws ITF tournament edition details Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open amp oldid 1096785305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
