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2008 Qatar Telecom German Open – Singles

Tennis tournament

Tennis tournament

Field	Value
champ	RUS Dinara Safina
runner	RUS Elena Dementieva
score	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
type	singles doubles
main_name	German Open (WTA) German Open
before_name	Qatar Telecom German Open
after_year	2021
after_name	WTA German Open
draw	56 (4WC/8Q/1LL)
seeds	16

Main article: 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open

Dinara Safina defeated Elena Dementieva in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 WTA German Open.

Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Dementieva.

This was the last tournament in which incumbent world No. 1 Justine Henin participated before announcing her retirement. She was defeated in the third round by Safina.

Seeds

The top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.

BEL Justine Henin (third round)
SRB Ana Ivanovic (semifinals)
RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round)
SRB Jelena Janković (quarterfinals)
USA Serena Williams (quarterfinals)
RUS Anna Chakvetadze (second round)
RUS Elena Dementieva (final)
FRA Marion Bartoli (third round)
SUI Patty Schnyder (first round)
HUN Ágnes Szávay (quarterfinals)
POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)
CZE Nicole Vaidišová (first round)
RUS Dinara Safina (champion)
ISR Shahar Pe'er (first round)
UKR Alona Bondarenko (quarterfinals)
RUS Nadia Petrova (second round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
r = Retired
w/o = Walkover

Finals

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Top half

Section 1

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Section 2

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Bottom half

Section 3

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Section 4

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References

References

[http://www.womenstennisblog.com/2008/05/08/justine-henin-stunned-in-german-open-third-round/ Justine Henin stunned in German Open third round. Justine Henin]

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