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2008 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

Main article: 2008 WTA Tour Championships

Venus Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships. It was her first Tour Finals title. Williams was the third player in the Open Era (after Steffi Graf and her sister Serena Williams) to defeat the top-three ranked players at the same event: defeating world No. 2 Dinara Safina and No. 3 Serena in the round-robin stage, and No. 1 Jelena Janković in the semifinals.

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

Safina and Agnieszka Radwańska (as an alternate) made their tournament debuts.

Seeds

  1. SRB Jelena Janković (semifinals)
  2. RUS Dinara Safina (round robin)
  3. USA Serena Williams (round robin, withdrew due to a stomach injury)
  4. SRB Ana Ivanovic (round robin, withdrew due to a virus)
  5. RUS Elena Dementieva (semifinals)
  6. RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (round robin)
  7. USA Venus Williams (champion)
  8. RUS Vera Zvonareva (final)

Alternates

  1. POL Agnieszka Radwańska (round robin, Replaced Ivanovic)
  2. RUS Nadia Petrova (round robin, Replaced S.Williams)

Draw

Finals

| team-width=200

| RD1-seed1=8 | RD1-team1=RUS Vera Zvonareva | RD1-score1-1=79 | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-3=6 | RD1-seed2=5 | RD1-team2=RUS Elena Dementieva | RD1-score2-1=67 | RD1-score2-2=6 | RD1-score2-3=3

| RD1-seed3=7 | RD1-team3=USA Venus Williams | RD1-score3-1=6 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-3=6 | RD1-seed4=1 | RD1-team4=SRB Jelena Janković | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=6 | RD1-score4-3=3

| RD2-seed1=8 | RD2-team1=RUS Vera Zvonareva | RD2-score1-1=77 | RD2-score1-2=0 | RD2-score1-3=2 | RD2-seed2=7 | RD2-team2=USA Venus Williams | RD2-score2-1=65 | RD2-score2-2=6 | RD2-score2-3=6

White group

| title-1= | title-2=RR W–L | title-3=Set W–L | title-4=Game W–L | title-5=Standings

| seed-1=1 | team-1-abbrev=SRB Janković | team-1=SRB Jelena Janković | match-w/l-1=2–1 | set-w/l-1=5–2 | game-w/l-1=38–31 | standings-1=2

| seed-2=4 Alt | team-2-abbrev=SRB Ivanovic POL Radwańska | team-2=SRB Ana Ivanovic POL Agnieszka Radwańska | match-w/l-2=0–2 1–0 | set-w/l-2=1–4 2–0 | game-w/l-2=21–30 13–7 | standings-2=X 3

| seed-3=6 | team-3-abbrev=RUS Kuznetsova | team-3=RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova | match-w/l-3=0–3 | set-w/l-3=0–6 | game-w/l-3=22–38 | standings-3=4

| seed-4=8 | team-4-abbrev=RUS Zvonareva | team-4=RUS Vera Zvonareva | match-w/l-4=3–0 | set-w/l-4=6–2 | game-w/l-4=44–32 | standings-4=1

|color-row-1= | 1v2=6–3, 6–4 (w/ Ivanovic) |1v3=7–6(8–6), 6–4 |1v4=6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |color-row-2= |2v1=3–6, 4–6 (w/ Ivanovic) | 2v3=6–2, 7–5 (w/ Radwańska) |2v4=3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6 (w/ Ivanovic) |color-row-3= |3v1=6–7(6–8), 4–6 |3v2=2–6, 5–7 (w/ Radwańska) | 3v4=2–6, 3–6 |color-row-4= |4v1=2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |4v2=6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4 (w/ Ivanovic) |4v3=6–2, 6–3

Maroon group

| title-1= | title-2=RR W–L | title-3=Set W–L | title-4=Game W–L | title-5=Standings

| seed-1=2 | team-1-abbrev=RUS Safina | team-1=RUS Dinara Safina | match-w/l-1=0–3 | set-w/l-1=0–6 | game-w/l-1=19–37 | standings-1=3

| seed-2=3 Alt | team-2-abbrev=USA S Williams RUS Petrova | team-2=USA Serena Williams RUS Nadia Petrova | match-w/l-2=1–1 0–1 | set-w/l-2=3–2 1–2 | game-w/l-2=20–22 14–16 | standings-2=X 4

| seed-3=5 | team-3-abbrev=RUS Dementieva | team-3=RUS Elena Dementieva | match-w/l-3=2–1 | set-w/l-3=5–3 | game-w/l-3=41–36 | standings-3=2

| seed-4=7 | team-4-abbrev=USA V Williams | team-4=USA Venus Williams | match-w/l-4=3–0 | set-w/l-4=6–2 | game-w/l-4=46–29 | standings-4=1

|color-row-1= | 1v2=4–6, 1–6 (w/ Williams) |1v3=2–6, 4–6 |1v4=5–7, 3–6 |color-row-2= |2v1=6–4, 6–1 (w/ Williams) | 2v3=4–6, 6–4, 4–6 (w/ Petrova) |2v4=7–5, 1–6, 0–6 (w/ Williams) |color-row-3= |3v1=6–2, 6–4 |3v2=6–4, 4–6, 6–4 (w/ Petrova) | 3v4=4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |color-row-4= |4v1=7–5, 6–3 |4v2=5–7, 6–1, 6–0 (w/ Williams) |4v3=6–4, 4–6, 6–3

References

References

  1. (25 February 2023). "Barbora Krejcikova beats Swiatek in Dubai final, becomes first woman to beat her twice as No. 1".
  2. (2008-11-07). "Serena and Ivanovic out of Doha". [[BBC Sport]].
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