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Main article Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics The United States Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Spain s Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final 6 2 6 0 to win the gold medal in Women s Doubles tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics In the bronze medal match China s Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated Ukraine s Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko 6 2 6 2 This was the Williams sisters second Olympic gold medal in Women s Doubles Women s doublesTennis at the 2008 Summer OlympicsFinalChampions Serena Williams Venus Williams USA Runners up Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP Score6 2 6 0EventsSingles men women Doubles men womenQualification 2004 Summer Olympics 2012 Women s doubles tennisat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueOlympic Green Tennis CentreDate10 to 17 August 2008Competitors64 from 21 nationsMedalistsSerena WilliamsVenus Williams United StatesAnabel Medina GarriguesVirginia Ruano Pascual SpainYan ZiZheng Jie China 20042012 Main article Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics The tournament was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing China The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament China s Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the reigning gold medalists but Li retired from tennis in 2007 Sun partnered with Peng Shuai but they were defeated in the first round by Belarus Olga Govortsova and Darya Kustova Contents 1 Medalists 2 Calendar 3 Seeds 4 Draw 4 1 Key 4 2 Finals 4 3 Top half 4 4 Bottom half 5 External linksMedalists editGold Serena Williams Venus Williams nbsp United States Silver Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual nbsp Spain Bronze Yan Zi Zheng Jie nbsp ChinaCalendar editAugust 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Morning 10 30 10 30 10 30 Afternoon 17 00 17 00 17 00 16 00 16 00 16 00 16 00 16 00 Round of 32 Round of 32 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals BronzeFinalSeeds edit nbsp Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina RUS quarterfinals nbsp Serena Williams Venus Williams USA champions gold medalists nbsp Chan Yung jan Chuang Chia jung TPE second round nbsp Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP final silver medalists nbsp Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber USA quarterfinals nbsp Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko UKR semifinals fourth place nbsp Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva RUS quarterfinals nbsp Yan Zi Zheng Jie CHN semifinals bronze medalists Draw editKey edit INV Tripartite Invitation IP ITF place ALT Alternate r Retired w o Walkover Finals edit SemifinalsFinal gold medal match 8 nbsp Yan Zi CHN nbsp Zheng Jie CHN 465 4 nbsp Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP nbsp Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 677 4 nbsp Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP nbsp Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 20 2 nbsp Serena Williams USA nbsp Venus Williams USA 66 6 nbsp Alona Bondarenko UKR nbsp Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 6412 nbsp Serena Williams USA nbsp Venus Williams USA 466Bronze medal match8 nbsp Yan Zi CHN nbsp Zheng Jie CHN 66 6 nbsp Alona Bondarenko UKR nbsp Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 22 Top half edit First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals1 nbsp S Kuznetsova RUS nbsp D Safina RUS 637 nbsp M Santangelo ITA nbsp R Vinci ITA 1651 nbsp S Kuznetsova RUS nbsp D Safina RUS 66 nbsp T Golovin FRA nbsp P Parmentier FRA IP nbsp S Mirza IND nbsp S Rao IND 44 IP nbsp S Mirza IND nbsp S Rao IND w o 1 nbsp S Kuznetsova RUS nbsp D Safina RUS 378IP nbsp E Gagliardi SUI nbsp P Schnyder SUI 66 8 nbsp Yan Z CHN nbsp Zheng J CHN 6510IP nbsp E Daniilidou GRE nbsp A Gerasimou GRE 04 nbsp E Gagliardi SUI nbsp P Schnyder SUI 362 nbsp D Hantuchova SVK nbsp J Husarova SVK 169 8 nbsp Yan Z CHN nbsp Zheng J CHN 677 8 nbsp Yan Z CHN nbsp Zheng J CHN 6711 8 nbsp Yan Z CHN nbsp Zheng J CHN 4654 nbsp A Medina Garrigues ESP nbsp V Ruano Pascual ESP 66 4 nbsp A Medina Garrigues ESP nbsp V Ruano Pascual ESP 677 nbsp M Koryttseva UKR nbsp T Perebiynis UKR 34 4 nbsp A Medina Garrigues ESP nbsp V Ruano Pascual ESP 466 nbsp S Stosur AUS nbsp R Stubbs AUS 66 nbsp S Stosur AUS nbsp R Stubbs AUS 644 nbsp P Kvitova CZE nbsp L Safarova CZE 10 4 nbsp A Medina Garrigues ESP nbsp V Ruano Pascual ESP 5788IP nbsp M Ani EST nbsp K Kanepi EST 22 5 nbsp L Davenport USA nbsp L Huber USA 7666 nbsp V Azarenka BLR nbsp T Poutchek BLR 66 nbsp V Azarenka BLR nbsp T Poutchek BLR 463IP nbsp K Jans POL nbsp A Rosolska POL 21 5 nbsp L Davenport USA nbsp L Huber USA 6465 nbsp L Davenport USA nbsp L Huber USA 66 Bottom half edit First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals6 nbsp A Bondarenko UKR nbsp K Bondarenko UKR 66 nbsp M Domachowska POL nbsp A Radwanska POL 32 6 nbsp A Bondarenko UKR nbsp K Bondarenko UKR 66 nbsp O Govortsova BLR nbsp D Kustova BLR 7777 nbsp O Govortsova BLR nbsp D Kustova BLR 13 nbsp S Peng CHN nbsp T Sun CHN 6163 6 nbsp A Bondarenko UKR nbsp K Bondarenko UKR 637 nbsp C Dellacqua AUS nbsp A Molik AUS 44 nbsp F Pennetta ITA nbsp F Schiavone ITA 165 nbsp F Pennetta ITA nbsp F Schiavone ITA 66 nbsp F Pennetta ITA nbsp F Schiavone ITA 7718 nbsp A Cornet FRA nbsp V Razzano FRA 627753 nbsp Y j Chan TPE nbsp C j Chuang TPE 61663 nbsp Y j Chan TPE nbsp C j Chuang TPE 776376 nbsp A Bondarenko UKR nbsp K Bondarenko UKR 6417 nbsp E Vesnina RUS nbsp V Zvonareva RUS 2662 nbsp S Williams USA nbsp V Williams USA 466 nbsp N Llagostera Vives ESP nbsp MJ Martinez Sanchez ESP 6137 nbsp E Vesnina RUS nbsp V Zvonareva RUS 66 IP nbsp T Obziler ISR nbsp S Pe er ISR 32 IP nbsp G Dulko ARG nbsp B Jozami ARG 23 IP nbsp G Dulko ARG nbsp B Jozami ARG 66 7 nbsp E Vesnina RUS nbsp V Zvonareva RUS 40 nbsp A Morita JPN nbsp A Sugiyama JPN 66 2 nbsp S Williams USA nbsp V Williams USA 66 IP nbsp G Arn HUN nbsp A Szavay HUN 33 nbsp A Morita JPN nbsp A Sugiyama JPN 52 nbsp I Benesova CZE nbsp N Vaidisova CZE 6512 nbsp S Williams USA nbsp V Williams USA 76 2 nbsp S Williams USA nbsp V Williams USA 476External links editDraw permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women 27s doubles amp oldid 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