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2008 US Open – Women's singles

December 20, 2023

Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open. It was her third US Open singles title and ninth major singles title overall. With the win, she regained the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2003. This was also her second US Open and third major overall won without losing a set during the tournament. Three of the top four seeds were in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament.

Women's singles
2008 US Open
Final
Champion Serena Williams
Runner-up Jelena Janković
Score6–4, 7–5
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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Main article: 2008 US Open (tennis)

Justine Henin was the reigning champion, but retired from the sport in May 2008.

This was the final singles major appearance for 1998 champion and former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, who was defeated by Marion Bartoli in the third round.

Julie Coin, ranked as the world No. 188, defeated the world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the second round, making her the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat a world No. 1.[citation needed]

Seeds edit

01.     Ana Ivanovic (second round)
02.     Jelena Janković (final)
03.     Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round)
04.     Serena Williams (champion)
05.     Elena Dementieva (semifinals)
06.     Dinara Safina (semifinals)
07.     Venus Williams (quarterfinals)
08.     Vera Zvonareva (second round)
09.     Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)
10.     Anna Chakvetadze (first round)
11.     Daniela Hantuchová (first round)
12.     Marion Bartoli (fourth round)
13.     Ágnes Szávay (second round)
14.     Victoria Azarenka (third round)
15.     Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
16.     Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals)
17.     Alizé Cornet (third round)
18.     Dominika Cibulková (third round)
19.     Nadia Petrova (third round)
20.     Nicole Vaidišová (second round)
21.     Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round)
22.     Maria Kirilenko (first round)
23.     Lindsay Davenport (third round)
24.     Shahar Pe'er (first round)
25.     Francesca Schiavone (second round)
26.     Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round)
27.     Alona Bondarenko (third round)
28.     Katarina Srebotnik (fourth round)
29.     Sybille Bammer (quarterfinals)
30.     Ai Sugiyama (third round)
31.     Virginie Razzano (first round)
32.     Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying edit

Main article: 2008 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
16   Flavia Pennetta 2 3  
6   Dinara Safina 6 6  
6   Dinara Safina 3 2  
4   Serena Williams 6 6  
4   Serena Williams 78 79  
7   Venus Williams 6667 
4   Serena Williams 6 7  
2   Jelena Janković 4 5  
5   Elena Dementieva 6 6  
15   Patty Schnyder 2 3  
5   Elena Dementieva 4 4  
2   Jelena Janković 6 6  
29   Sybille Bammer 1 4  
2   Jelena Janković 6 6  

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   A Ivanovic 6 4 6
    V Dushevina 1 6 4 1   A Ivanovic 3 6 3
Q   J Coin 7 7   Q   J Coin 6 4 6
    C Dellacqua 6664  Q   J Coin 4 4  
    K Kanepi 6 6   32   A Mauresmo 6 6  
    M Niculescu 0 3       K Kanepi 6 4 0
    N Dechy 6 3 2 32   A Mauresmo 2 6 6
32   A Mauresmo 4 6 6 32   A Mauresmo 3 0  
19   N Petrova 6 6   16   F Pennetta 6 6  
    O Sanchez 2 4   19   N Petrova 6 6  
Q   S-w Hsieh 6 6   Q   S-w Hsieh 4 2  
    E Rodina 2 4   19   N Petrova 6 4 3
    S Peng 6 6   16   F Pennetta 4 6 6
    E Daniilidou 1 0       S Peng 2 7 1
Q   S Vögele 6 2 2 16   F Pennetta 6 686
16   F Pennetta 2 6 6

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11   D Hantuchová 4 2  
Q   A-L Grönefeld 6 6   Q   A-L Grönefeld 6 6  
WC   J Moore 7 7   WC   J Moore 1 3  
WC   M Oudin 6565  Q   A-L Grönefeld 6 7  
    M Domachowska 7 5 4 17   A Cornet 4 5  
    B Mattek 677 6     B Mattek 651  
    C Pin 5 0   17   A Cornet 7 6  
17   A Cornet 7 6   Q   A-L Grönefeld 5 0  
31   V Razzano 4 1   6   D Safina 7 6  
    T Bacsinszky 6 6       T Bacsinszky 6 6  
    A Kudryavtseva 6 5 3     Y-j Chan 3 2  
    Y-j Chan 4 7 6     T Bacsinszky 6 5 2
    S Cohen-Aloro 1 4   6   D Safina 3 7 6
Q   R Vinci 6 6   Q   R Vinci 4 3  
Q   K Ahn 3 4   6   D Safina 6 6  
6   D Safina 6 6  

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4   S Williams 6 6  
    K Bondarenko 1 4   4   S Williams 6 6  
    E Vesnina 4 6 6     E Vesnina 1 1  
    J Vakulenko 6 1 2 4   S Williams 6 6  
    O Govortsova 6 6   30   A Sugiyama 2 1  
Q   S Záhlavová 3 1       O Govortsova 6 641
    A Klepač 6 3 2r30   A Sugiyama 4 7 6
30   A Sugiyama 4 6 4 4   S Williams 6 6  
20   N Vaidišová 6 6   WC   S Brémond 2 2  
    P Cetkovská 1 2   20   N Vaidišová 5 3  
WC   S Brémond 7 6   WC   S Brémond 7 6  
    J Görges 604   WC   S Brémond 7 3 6
    M Ani 0 65      T Garbin 5 6 4
    T Garbin 6 7       T Garbin 5 6 6
WC   G Brodsky 5 3   13   Á Szávay 7 2 3
13   Á Szávay 7 6  

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
9   A Radwańska 6 6  
Q   Y Shvedova 4 2   9   A Radwańska 6 7  
    T Tanasugarn 6 3 2 LL   M Duque Mariño 0 63 
LL   M Duque Mariño 0 6 6 9   A Radwańska 6 6  
Q   IR Olaru 6 6   18   D Cibulková 0 3  
    E Gallovits 0 2   Q   IR Olaru 2 2  
    J Craybas 3 64  18   D Cibulková 6 6  
18   D Cibulková 6 7   9   A Radwańska 1 3  
27   A Bondarenko 2 6 6 7   V Williams 6 6  
WC   J Jackson 6 3 2 27   A Bondarenko 6 1 6
    MJ Martínez Sánchez 3 4       S Lisicki 4 6 4
    S Lisicki 6 6   27   A Bondarenko 2 1  
Q   H Šromová 3 6 3 7   V Williams 6 6  
Q   R de los Ríos 6 2 6 Q   R de los Ríos 0 3  
    S Stosur 2 3   7   V Williams 6 6  
7   V Williams 6 6  

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   E Dementieva 6 7  
    A Amanmuradova 4 5   5   E Dementieva 6 6  
    P Parmentier 6 7       P Parmentier 2 1  
    M Erakovic 3 62  5   E Dementieva 6 6  
Q   A Glatch 2 2       A Keothavong 3 4  
    A Keothavong 6 6       A Keothavong 6 3 6
    N Llagostera Vives 5 5   25   F Schiavone 2 6 4
25   F Schiavone 7 7   5   E Dementieva 6 6  
24   S Pe'er 6 0 1     N Li 4 1  
    N Li 2 6 6     N Li 4 6 6
    J Kostanić Tošić 4 2       S Errani 6 2 0
    S Errani 6 6       N Li 6 4 6
    E Bychkova 6 6       E Makarova 1 6 2
    A Rodionova 1 3       E Bychkova 6 5 3
    E Makarova 1 6 6     E Makarova 3 7 6
10   A Chakvetadze 6 2 3

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15   P Schnyder 6 3 6
Q   A Pivovarova 3 6 3 15   P Schnyder 6 6  
    V King 2 6 2     A Pavlyuchenkova 3 3  
    A Pavlyuchenkova 6 4 6 15   P Schnyder 7 6  
    G Dulko 4 0       M Rybáriková 644  
    M Rybáriková 6 6       M Rybáriková 6 6  
    T Paszek 6 3 6     T Paszek 1 2  
22   M Kirilenko 3 6 4 15   P Schnyder 4 6 6
28   K Srebotnik 3 6 6 28   K Srebotnik 6 3 3
    Y Wickmayer 6 0 3 28   K Srebotnik 6 6  
    L Domínguez Lino 1 2       Y Meusburger 1 3  
    Y Meusburger 6 6   28   K Srebotnik 6 616
    L Šafářová 4 6 2 3   S Kuznetsova 3 7 3
    S Cîrstea 6 4 6     S Cîrstea 631  
Q   S Zhang 4 2   3   S Kuznetsova 7 6  
3   S Kuznetsova 6 6  

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8   V Zvonareva 6 6  
    B Záhlavová-Strýcová 4 3   8   V Zvonareva 3 3  
    T Perebiynis 6 6       T Perebiynis 6 6  
    M Koryttseva 1 4       T Perebiynis 3 0  
    A Rezaï 6 6   29   S Bammer 6 6  
WC   A Muhammad 2 4       A Rezaï 1 5  
    A Nakamura 4 2   29   S Bammer 6 7  
29   S Bammer 6 6   29   S Bammer 7 0 6
23   L Davenport 6 6   12   M Bartoli 636 4
    A Wozniak 4 2   23   L Davenport 7 6  
    A Kleybanova 6 7       A Kleybanova 5 3  
    C Suárez Navarro 2 5   23   L Davenport 1 63 
    P Kvitová 7 4 2 12   M Bartoli 6 7  
    V Ruano Pascual 636 6     V Ruano Pascual 4 2  
    G Voskoboeva 2 3   12   M Bartoli 6 6  
12   M Bartoli 6 6  

Section 8 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
14   V Azarenka 6 6  
    K Zakopalová 2 1   14   V Azarenka 6 6  
    K Knapp 0 3       I Benešová 2 3  
    I Benešová 6 6   14   V Azarenka 4 4  
    É Loit 0 2   21   C Wozniacki 6 6  
Q   ME Camerin 6 6   Q   ME Camerin 1 2  
WC   A Rolle 2 1   21   C Wozniacki 6 6  
21   C Wozniacki 6 6   21   C Wozniacki 6 2 1
26   A Medina Garrigues 6 7   2   J Janković 3 6 6
    T Pironkova 4 5   26   A Medina Garrigues 1 4  
    J Zheng 6 6       J Zheng 6 6  
Q   S Perry 2 3       J Zheng 5 5  
    Z Yan 2 4   2   J Janković 7 7  
    S Arvidsson 6 6       S Arvidsson 3 7 5
WC   C Vandeweghe 3 1   2   J Janković 6 657
2   J Janković 6 6  

Championship match statistics edit

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Serena Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic in the final 6 4 7 5 to win the women s singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open It was her third US Open singles title and ninth major singles title overall With the win she regained the world No 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2003 This was also her second US Open and third major overall won without losing a set during the tournament Three of the top four seeds were in contention for the No 1 ranking at the start of the tournament Women s singles2008 US OpenFinalChampionSerena WilliamsRunner upJelena JankovicScore6 4 7 5EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girlsWC Singles men women quadWC Doubles men women quadLegends men women mixed 2007 US Open 2009 Main article 2008 US Open tennis Justine Henin was the reigning champion but retired from the sport in May 2008 This was the final singles major appearance for 1998 champion and former world No 1 Lindsay Davenport who was defeated by Marion Bartoli in the third round Julie Coin ranked as the world No 188 defeated the world No 1 Ana Ivanovic in the second round making her the lowest ranked player ever to defeat a world No 1 citation needed 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 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Ana Ivanovic second round 0 2 nbsp Jelena Jankovic final 0 3 nbsp Svetlana Kuznetsova third round 0 4 nbsp Serena Williams champion 0 5 nbsp Elena Dementieva semifinals 0 6 nbsp Dinara Safina semifinals 0 7 nbsp Venus Williams quarterfinals 0 8 nbsp Vera Zvonareva second round 0 9 nbsp Agnieszka Radwanska fourth round 10 nbsp Anna Chakvetadze first round 11 nbsp Daniela Hantuchova first round 12 nbsp Marion Bartoli fourth round 13 nbsp Agnes Szavay second round 14 nbsp Victoria Azarenka third round 15 nbsp Patty Schnyder quarterfinals 16 nbsp Flavia Pennetta quarterfinals 17 nbsp Alize Cornet third round 18 nbsp Dominika Cibulkova third round 19 nbsp Nadia Petrova third round 20 nbsp Nicole Vaidisova second round 21 nbsp Caroline Wozniacki fourth round 22 nbsp Maria Kirilenko first round 23 nbsp Lindsay Davenport third round 24 nbsp Shahar Pe er first round 25 nbsp Francesca Schiavone second round 26 nbsp Anabel Medina Garrigues second round 27 nbsp Alona Bondarenko third round 28 nbsp Katarina Srebotnik fourth round 29 nbsp Sybille Bammer quarterfinals 30 nbsp Ai Sugiyama third round 31 nbsp Virginie Razzano first round 32 nbsp Amelie Mauresmo fourth round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Qualifying editMain article 2008 US 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 16 nbsp Flavia Pennetta23 6 nbsp Dinara Safina66 6 nbsp Dinara Safina32 4 nbsp Serena Williams66 4 nbsp Serena Williams7879 7 nbsp Venus Williams6667 4 nbsp Serena Williams67 2 nbsp Jelena Jankovic45 5 nbsp Elena Dementieva66 15 nbsp Patty Schnyder23 5 nbsp Elena Dementieva44 2 nbsp Jelena Jankovic66 29 nbsp Sybille Bammer14 2 nbsp Jelena Jankovic66 Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp A Ivanovic646 nbsp V Dushevina1641 nbsp A Ivanovic363Q nbsp J Coin77 Q nbsp J Coin646 nbsp C Dellacqua6664 Q nbsp J Coin44 nbsp K Kanepi66 32 nbsp A Mauresmo66 nbsp M Niculescu03 nbsp K Kanepi640 nbsp N Dechy63232 nbsp A Mauresmo26632 nbsp A Mauresmo46632 nbsp A Mauresmo30 19 nbsp N Petrova66 16 nbsp F Pennetta66 nbsp O Sanchez24 19 nbsp N Petrova66 Q nbsp S w Hsieh66 Q nbsp S w Hsieh42 nbsp E Rodina24 19 nbsp N Petrova643 nbsp S Peng66 16 nbsp F Pennetta466 nbsp E Daniilidou10 nbsp S Peng271Q nbsp S Vogele62216 nbsp F Pennetta668616 nbsp F Pennetta266Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round11 nbsp D Hantuchova42 Q nbsp A L Gronefeld66 Q nbsp A L Gronefeld66 WC nbsp J Moore77 WC nbsp J Moore13 WC nbsp M Oudin6565 Q nbsp A L Gronefeld67 nbsp M Domachowska75417 nbsp A Cornet45 nbsp B Mattek6776 nbsp B Mattek651 nbsp C Pin50 17 nbsp A Cornet76 17 nbsp A Cornet76 Q nbsp A L Gronefeld50 31 nbsp V Razzano41 6 nbsp D Safina76 nbsp T Bacsinszky66 nbsp T Bacsinszky66 nbsp A Kudryavtseva653 nbsp Y j Chan32 nbsp Y j Chan476 nbsp T Bacsinszky652 nbsp S Cohen Aloro14 6 nbsp D Safina376Q nbsp R Vinci66 Q nbsp R Vinci43 Q nbsp K Ahn34 6 nbsp D Safina66 6 nbsp D Safina66 Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp S Williams66 nbsp K Bondarenko14 4 nbsp S Williams66 nbsp E Vesnina466 nbsp E Vesnina11 nbsp J Vakulenko6124 nbsp S Williams66 nbsp O Govortsova66 30 nbsp A Sugiyama21 Q nbsp S Zahlavova31 nbsp O Govortsova6641 nbsp A Klepac632r30 nbsp A Sugiyama47630 nbsp A Sugiyama4644 nbsp S Williams66 20 nbsp N Vaidisova66 WC nbsp S Bremond22 nbsp P Cetkovska12 20 nbsp N Vaidisova53 WC nbsp S Bremond76 WC nbsp S Bremond76 nbsp J Gorges604 WC nbsp S Bremond736 nbsp M Ani065 nbsp T Garbin564 nbsp T Garbin67 nbsp T Garbin566WC nbsp G Brodsky53 13 nbsp A Szavay72313 nbsp A Szavay76 Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round9 nbsp A Radwanska66 Q nbsp Y Shvedova42 9 nbsp A Radwanska67 nbsp T Tanasugarn632LL nbsp M Duque Marino063 LL nbsp M Duque Marino0669 nbsp A Radwanska66 Q nbsp IR Olaru66 18 nbsp D Cibulkova03 nbsp E Gallovits02 Q nbsp IR Olaru22 nbsp J Craybas364 18 nbsp D Cibulkova66 18 nbsp D Cibulkova67 9 nbsp A Radwanska13 27 nbsp A Bondarenko2667 nbsp V Williams66 WC nbsp J Jackson63227 nbsp A Bondarenko616 nbsp MJ Martinez Sanchez34 nbsp S Lisicki464 nbsp S Lisicki66 27 nbsp A Bondarenko21 Q nbsp H Sromova3637 nbsp V Williams66 Q nbsp R de los Rios626Q nbsp R de los Rios03 nbsp S Stosur23 7 nbsp V Williams66 7 nbsp V Williams66 Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 nbsp E Dementieva67 nbsp A Amanmuradova45 5 nbsp E Dementieva66 nbsp P Parmentier67 nbsp P Parmentier21 nbsp M Erakovic362 5 nbsp E Dementieva66 Q nbsp A Glatch22 nbsp A Keothavong34 nbsp A Keothavong66 nbsp A Keothavong636 nbsp N Llagostera Vives55 25 nbsp F Schiavone26425 nbsp F Schiavone77 5 nbsp E Dementieva66 24 nbsp S Pe er601 nbsp N Li41 nbsp N Li266 nbsp N Li466 nbsp J Kostanic Tosic42 nbsp S Errani620 nbsp S Errani66 nbsp N Li646 nbsp E Bychkova66 nbsp E Makarova162 nbsp A Rodionova13 nbsp E Bychkova653 nbsp E Makarova166 nbsp E Makarova37610 nbsp A Chakvetadze623Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round15 nbsp P Schnyder636Q nbsp A Pivovarova36315 nbsp P Schnyder66 nbsp V King262 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova33 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova64615 nbsp P Schnyder76 nbsp G Dulko40 nbsp M Rybarikova644 nbsp M Rybarikova66 nbsp M Rybarikova66 nbsp T Paszek636 nbsp T Paszek12 22 nbsp M Kirilenko36415 nbsp P Schnyder46628 nbsp K Srebotnik36628 nbsp K Srebotnik633 nbsp Y Wickmayer60328 nbsp K Srebotnik66 nbsp L Dominguez Lino12 nbsp Y Meusburger13 nbsp Y Meusburger66 28 nbsp K Srebotnik6616 nbsp L Safarova4623 nbsp S Kuznetsova373 nbsp S Cirstea646 nbsp S Cirstea631 Q nbsp S Zhang42 3 nbsp S Kuznetsova76 3 nbsp S Kuznetsova66 Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round8 nbsp V Zvonareva66 nbsp B Zahlavova Strycova43 8 nbsp V Zvonareva33 nbsp T Perebiynis66 nbsp T Perebiynis66 nbsp M Koryttseva14 nbsp T Perebiynis30 nbsp A Rezai66 29 nbsp S Bammer66 WC nbsp A Muhammad24 nbsp A Rezai15 nbsp A Nakamura42 29 nbsp S Bammer67 29 nbsp S Bammer66 29 nbsp S Bammer70623 nbsp L Davenport66 12 nbsp M Bartoli6364 nbsp A Wozniak42 23 nbsp L Davenport76 nbsp A Kleybanova67 nbsp A Kleybanova53 nbsp C Suarez Navarro25 23 nbsp L Davenport163 nbsp P Kvitova74212 nbsp M Bartoli67 nbsp V Ruano Pascual6366 nbsp V Ruano Pascual42 nbsp G Voskoboeva23 12 nbsp M Bartoli66 12 nbsp M Bartoli66 Section 8 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round14 nbsp V Azarenka66 nbsp K Zakopalova21 14 nbsp V Azarenka66 nbsp K Knapp03 nbsp I Benesova23 nbsp I Benesova66 14 nbsp V Azarenka44 nbsp E Loit02 21 nbsp C Wozniacki66 Q nbsp ME Camerin66 Q nbsp ME Camerin12 WC nbsp A Rolle21 21 nbsp C Wozniacki66 21 nbsp C Wozniacki66 21 nbsp C Wozniacki62126 nbsp A Medina Garrigues67 2 nbsp J Jankovic366 nbsp T Pironkova45 26 nbsp A Medina Garrigues14 nbsp J Zheng66 nbsp J Zheng66 Q nbsp S Perry23 nbsp J Zheng55 nbsp Z Yan24 2 nbsp J Jankovic77 nbsp S Arvidsson66 nbsp S Arvidsson375WC nbsp C Vandeweghe31 2 nbsp J Jankovic66572 nbsp J Jankovic66 Championship match statistics edit section, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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