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| name = 2008 WTA Tour
| image = Jelena-jankovic.jpg
| image_caption = [[Jelena Janković]] finished the year as [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players|WTA world No. 1]] for the first time in her career, though [[Serena Williams]] was named the Player of the Year. Janković won four tournaments during the season, including two [[WTA Tier I tournaments|Tier I]] events, and finished runner-up at a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]] at the [[2008 US Open – Women's singles|US Open]]. Williams won four tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open, and two Tier I events.
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| duration = December
| edition = 38th
| tournaments = 59
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| player_of_the_year = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]
| doubles_team_of_the_year = {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]]<
| most_improved_player_of_the_year = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]]
| newcomer_of_the_year = {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]
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The '''2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour''' was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2008 tennis season. The 2008 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-IV Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships, and the tennis event at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|world No. 1 ranking]], with [[Justine Henin]], [[Maria Sharapova]], [[Ana Ivanovic]], [[Jelena Janković]] and [[Serena Williams]] all holding the position at
Four players won the Grand Slam titles. Maria Sharapova won her third major title at the Australian Open, Ana Ivanovic won her maiden title at the French Open, [[Venus Williams]] won her seventh Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, and Serena Williams won her ninth Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open. [[Dinara Safina]] also reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open, and won four events during the season.
One of the big stories of the year was the shock retirement of Justine Henin on May 14, less than two weeks before she was set to defend her French Open title.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7399963.stm|title=Henin announces shock retirement|access-date=2010-06-06|date=2007-05-14|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> She became the first player to retire while ranked at No. 1 in the world. Henin later returned for the 2010 season.
== Summary ==
[[Justine Henin]] started the season as the No. 1 ranked player in the world. Following her impressive 2007 season and victory at the warm-up tournament in Sydney, she was considered the outright favourite to win the Australian Open. However, she was beaten in emphatic fashion by [[Maria Sharapova]] in the quarterfinals, who then defeated [[Jelena Janković]] and [[Ana Ivanovic]] to win her third Grand Slam title. [[Daniela Hantuchová]] also reached her first Grand Slam semifinal. Sister team [[Alona Bondarenko|Alona]] and [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] pulled off an unexpected title run in the
[[File:Maria Sharapova 2008 B&L Championship trophy.jpg|left|thumb|[[Maria Sharapova]] started the year on an 18-match winning streak.]]
Sharapova continued to impress by winning the tournament in Doha, before her 18-match win streak was snapped by [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] in the semifinals of Indian Wells. Kuznetsova went on to lose to Ivanovic in the final. It was then the turn of [[Serena Williams]] to build a win streak, claiming the titles in Bangalore,
During the Rome tournament Henin announced her shock retirement from professional tennis, becoming the first player ever to retire whilst ranked at No. 1 in the world. Henin's removal from the rankings meant that then-No. 2 Maria Sharapova became the new No. 1 by default. Jelena Janković eventually won the tournament in Rome.
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Ivanovic lost her No. 1 ranking in August, as fellow Serbian Jelena Janković ascended to the top position for the first time. [[Dinara Safina]] proved strong on the summer hardcourts, winning titles in Los Angeles and Montréal. She then made it to the final match at the Beijing Olympics, but lost to Dementieva, who achieved her biggest career victory with the gold medal. With [[Vera Zvonareva]] also winning the bronze medal it meant that Russia swept the podium in the singles event. [[Li Na]] almost made a strong run at home, but lost in the bronze medal match. In doubles Serena and Venus Williams won their second gold medals together, after winning at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Ivanovic regained the No. 1 position following the Olympics, and held it heading into the U.S. Open. There it was up to grabs with five
The fall season saw Jelena Janković return to the No. 1 position after winning events in Beijing, Stuttgart and Moscow, and thus securing the year-end No. 1 ranking. Dinara Safina won the title in Tokyo, beating Petrova and Kuznetsova en route. Both had a solid indoor season with Petrova making the final of Stuttgart and winning Quebec, and Kuznetsova finishing runner-up in Beijing and Tokyo. Vera Zvonareva also had a strong finish to the year, reaching the final of Moscow and Linz, where she lost to Ivanovic, and the WTA Tour Championships in Doha, where she lost to Venus Williams. Williams won her first title at the year-end championships. Other players at the final event were semifinalists Elena Dementieva and Jelena Janković, Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova, plus alternates Agnieszka Radwańska and [[Nadia Petrova]]. In the doubles event Black and Huber successfully defended the title they won in 2007.
== Schedule ==
The table below shows the '''2008 WTA Tour schedule'''.
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=== January ===
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|rowspan=5|31 Dec || style="background:#ECF2FF;"| [[2008 Hopman Cup|Hopman Cup]]<br /> [[
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts|Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts]]<br> [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], Australia<br />Tier III event <br /> Hard – $175,000
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] <br /> {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ágnes Szávay]]<br>6–1, 6–2 || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2|[[2008 ASB Classic|ASB Classic]]<br> [[Auckland]], New Zealand<br />Tier IV event<br />Hard – $145,000
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Koryttseva]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lilia Osterloh]] <br>6–3, 6–4 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Martina Müller (tennis)|Martina Müller]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=4|7 Jan ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Medibank International|Medibank International]]<br> [[Sydney]], Australia<br />Tier II event <br />Hard – $600,000
|- valign="top"
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]]<br>6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Tatiana Perebiynis]] <br /> {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Tatiana Poutchek]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2|[[2008 Moorilla Hobart International|Moorilla Hobart International]]<br> [[Hobart]], Australia <br />Tier IV event<br />Hard – $170,000
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]]<br>6–2, 6–4 || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]] <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jasmin Wöhr]]
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=3|14 Jan<br>21 Jan || rowspan=3 style="background:#f3e6d7;"| [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]]<br> [[Melbourne]], Australia<br />Grand Slam<br />Hard – $8,000,000
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| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Alona Bondarenko]] <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]]<br>2–6, 6–1, 6–4 || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] <br /> {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Pe'er]]
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|28 Jan ||style="background:#ecf2ff;"| [[2008 Fed Cup World Group#First Round|Fed Cup: Quarterfinals]]<br /> [[Ramat HaSharon|HaSharon]], [[Israel]],
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=== February ===
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|rowspan=4|4 Feb ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Open Gaz de France|Open Gaz de France]]<br> Paris, France <br />Tier II event<br />
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|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Alona Bondarenko]] <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] <br> 6–1, 6–4|| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Eva Hrdinová]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimíra Uhlířová]]
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|rowspan=2|[[2008 Pattaya Women's Open|Pattaya Women's Open]]<br> [[Pattaya]],
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|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Chia-jung]] <br> 6–4, 6–3|| {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsieh Su-wei]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vania King]]
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|rowspan=4|11 Feb ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Proximus Diamond Games|Proximus Diamond Games]]<br> [[Antwerp]], Belgium <br />Tier II event<br />
|- valign="top"
|| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]] <br>6–1, 6–3 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"|[[2008 Cachantún Cup|Cachantún Cup]]<br> [[Viña del Mar]],
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|{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Līga Dekmeijere]] <br /> {{flagicon|POL}} [[Alicja Rosolska]]<br>7–5, 6–3 || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Koryttseva]] <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Schruff]]
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|rowspan=4| 18 Feb || rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008 Qatar Total Open|Qatar Total Open]] <br> [[Doha]],
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|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]]<br> 6–1, 5–7, [10–7] || {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"|[[2008 Copa Colsanitas Seguros
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||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Iveta Benešová]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek]]<br>6–3, 6–3||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Jelena Kostanić Tošić]] <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Martina Müller (tennis)|Martina Müller]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=6|25 Feb ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Dubai Tennis Championships|Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships]]<br> [[Dubai]],
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|{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]<br>7–5, 6–2 || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|Abierto Mexicano Telcel]]<br> [[Acapulco]], Mexico <br />Tier III event<br />
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|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[María José Martínez Sánchez]] <br> 6–2, 6–4 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Iveta Benešová]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Cetkovská]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"|[[2008 Cellular South Cup|Cellular South Cup]]<br> [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], United States<br />Tier III event<br />
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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]]<br> 6–3, 6–1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Angela Haynes]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mashona Washington]]
|}
=== March ===
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|rowspan=2|3 Mar ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open|Canara Bank Bangalore Open]]<br> [[Bangalore]], India<br />Tier II event<br />Hard – $600,000
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|| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Tiantian]] <br> 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] ||{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Chia-jung]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2| 10 Mar<br>17 Mar ||rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008 Pacific Life Open|Pacific Life Open]]<br> [[Indian Wells, California|Indian Wells]], United States<br />Tier I event<br />Hard – $2,100,000
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|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] <br> 6–1, 1–6, [10–8] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2| 24 Mar<br>31 Mar || rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008 Sony Ericsson Open|Sony Ericsson Open]]<br> [[Key Biscayne]], United States<br />Tier I event<br />Hard – $3,770,000
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|{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]]<br> 7–5, 4–6, [10–3]||{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]
|}
=== April ===
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|rowspan=2| 7 Apr || rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"| [[2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships|Bausch & Lomb Championships]]<br /> [[Amelia Island]], United States<br />Tier II event<br />Clay – $600,000
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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimíra Uhlířová]]<br> 6–3, 6–1||{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=4| 14 Apr || rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008 Family Circle Cup|Family Circle Cup]]<br /> [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], United States<br />Tier I event<br />Clay – $1,340,000
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|{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]]<br>6–2, 6–2||{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Edina Gallovits]] <br /> {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Olga Govortsova]]
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|rowspan=2| [[2008 Estoril Open|Estoril Open]]<br /> [[
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|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]]<br>6–4, 6–4||{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Mervana Jugić-Salkić]] <br /> {{flagicon|TUR}} [[İpek Şenoğlu]]
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|rowspan=1| 21 Apr ||rowspan=1 style="background:#ecf2ff;"| [[2008 Fed Cup World Group#Semifinals|Fed Cup: Semifinals]]<br /> Moscow, Russia,
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|rowspan=4| 28 April || rowspan=2| [[2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem|Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem]]<br /> [[
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|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorana Cîrstea]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]<br />6–2, 6–2||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alisa Kleybanova]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]]
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|rowspan=2| [[2008 ECM Prague Open|ECM Prague Open]]<br />[[Prague]],
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|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Andrea Hlaváčková]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Hradecká]]<br />1–6, 6–3, [10–6] ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jill Craybas]] <br /> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Michaëlla Krajicek]]
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=== May ===
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|rowspan=2| 5 May || rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008 Qatar Telecom German Open|Qatar Telecom German Open]]<br /> Berlin, Germany<br />Tier I event<br />Clay (red) – $1,340,000
|- valign="top"
|{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]] <br/> 3–6, 6–2, [10–2] ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[María José Martínez Sánchez]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2| 12 May || rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008
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|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Chia-jung]]<br>7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–3 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Iveta Benešová]] <br /> {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Janette Husárová]]
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|rowspan=4| 19 May ||rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 İstanbul Cup|
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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jill Craybas]] <br /> {{flagicon|BLR|}} [[Olga Govortsova]]<br />6–1, 6–2||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marina Erakovic]] <br /> {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Polona Hercog]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg|Internationaux de Strasbourg]]<br /> [[Strasbourg]], France<br />Tier III event<br />
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|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Tatiana Perebiynis]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]]<br />6–4, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, [10–6] ||{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Chia-jung]]
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|rowspan=3|26 May<br />2 Jun ||rowspan=3 style="background:#f3e6d7;"| [[2008 French Open|French Open]]<br /> Paris, France<br />Grand Slam<br />Clay (red) – $9,711,335
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| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]]<br />2–6, 7–5, 6–4|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Casey Dellacqua]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]]
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=== June ===
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|rowspan=4| 9 Jun || rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 DFS Classic|DFS Classic]]<br /> [[Birmingham]],
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|{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]<br />6–2, 6–1 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Séverine Brémond]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]]
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|rowspan=2| [[2008 Barcelona KIA|Barcelona Open]]<br /> [[Barcelona]], Spain <br />Tier IV event<br />
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|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lourdes Domínguez Lino]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Parra Santonja]]<br />4–6, 7–5, [10–4]||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[María José Martínez Sánchez]]
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|rowspan=4| 16 Jun || rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"| [[2008 International Women's Open|International Women's Open]]<br /> [[Eastbourne]],
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| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]] <br />2–6, 6–0, 10–8 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]]
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Ordina Open|Ordina Open]]<br /> [['s-Hertogenbosch]], Netherlands<br />Tier III event<br />Grass – $175,000
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|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marina Erakovic]] <br /> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Michaëlla Krajicek]]<br />6–3, 6–2|| {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Līga Dekmeijere]] <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Angelique Kerber]]
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|rowspan=3| 23 Jun<br />30 Jun || rowspan=3 style="background:#f3e6d7;"| [[2008 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]]<br />
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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]<br />6–2, 6–2 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]
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=== July ===
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|rowspan=4| 7 Jul || rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Budapest Grand Prix|Budapest Grand Prix]]<br /> [[Budapest]], Hungary<br />Tier III event<br />
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]] <br /> {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Janette Husárová]]<br />6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–1, [10–6]|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Vanessa Henke]] <br /> {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioana Raluca Olaru]]
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|rowspan=2| [[2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo|Internazionali Femminili di Palermo]]<br /> [[Palermo]], Italy<br />Tier IV event<br />
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|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sara Errani]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]]<br /> 2–6, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>, [10–4] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alla Kudryavtseva]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]
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|rowspan=4| 14 Jul || rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"| [[2008 Bank of the West Classic|Bank of the West Classic]]<br /> [[Stanford, California|Stanford]], United States<br />Tier II event<br />Hard – $600,000
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|{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]<br />6–4, 6–3 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Gastein Ladies|Gastein Ladies]]<br /> [[Bad Gastein]],
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|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Andrea Hlaváčková]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Hradecká]]<br />6–3, 6–3||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sesil Karatantcheva]] <br /> {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nataša Zorić]]
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|rowspan=4| 21 Jul || rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"| [[2008 East West Bank Classic|East West Bank Classic]]<br />
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|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Chia-jung]]<br />2–6, 7–5, [10–4]|| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Eva Hrdinová]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimíra Uhlířová]]
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|rowspan=2| [[2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open|Banka Koper Slovenia Open]]<br /> [[Portorož]],
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|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]] <br />6–4, 6–1 ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Dushevina]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]]
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|rowspan=4| 28 Jul || rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008 Canada Masters|Rogers Cup]]<br /> [[Montreal]], Canada<br />Tier I event<br />Hard – $1,340,000
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|{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]<br />6–1, 6–1 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]]
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|rowspan=2| [[2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open|Nordea Nordic Light Open]]<br /> [[Stockholm]], Sweden<br />Tier IV event<br />Hard – $145,000
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|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Iveta Benešová]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]]<br />7–5, 6–4 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Cetkovská]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Šafářová]]
|}
=== August ===
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|rowspan=5|11 Aug ||rowspan=3 bgcolor="#f0dc82"| [[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]]<br />[[Beijing]],
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|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] <br />3–6, 7–5, 6–3 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]<br />6–0, 7–5 || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Na]]
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Cincinnati Masters|W&S Financial Group Women's Open]]<br /> [[Mason, Ohio|Mason]], United States<br />Tier III event<br />Hard – $175,000
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|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] <br /> 6–3, 4–6, [10–8] ||{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsieh Su-wei]] <br /> {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]]
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|rowspan=3| 18 Aug || rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"| [[2008 Pilot Pen Tennis|Pilot Pen Tennis]]<br /> [[New Haven]], United States<br />Tier II event<br />Hard – $600,000
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|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]]<br /> 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]||{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorana Cîrstea]] <br /> {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Monica Niculescu]]
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|[[2008 Forest Hills Tennis Classic|Forest Hills Tennis Classic]]<br /> [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]],
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|rowspan=3| 25 Aug<br />1 Sep || rowspan=3 style="background:#f3e6d7;"| [[2008
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| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]<br />6–3, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]
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=== September ===
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|rowspan=3| 8 Sep || rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic|Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic]]<br /> [[Bali]],
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|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsieh Su-wei]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]]<br />6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, [10–7] || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Marta Domachowska]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]]
|-valign="top"
| rowspan=1 style="background:#ecf2ff;"| [[2008 Fed Cup World Group#Final|Fed Cup: Final]]<br /> [[Madrid]], Spain,
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|rowspan=4| 15 Sep || rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"| [[2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Toray Pan Pacific Open]]<br /> Tokyo, Japan<br />Tier I event<br />Hard – $1,340,000
|- valign="top"
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Vania King]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] <br />6–1, 6–4||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open|Guangzhou International Women's Open]]<br /> [[Guangzhou]], China<br />Tier III event<br />Hard – $175,000
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|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Koryttseva]] <br /> {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Tatiana Poutchek]] <br />6–3, 4–6, [10–8]||{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Tiantian]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=4| 22 Sep || rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"| [[2008 China Open (tennis)|China Open]]<br /> [[Beijing]], China<br />Tier II event<br />Hard – $600,000
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|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]<br />6–1, 6–3 || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Han Xinyun]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xu Yifan]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2| [[2008 Hansol Korea Open|Hansol Korea Open]]<br /> [[Seoul]],
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|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Chia-jung]] <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsieh Su-wei]]<br />6–3, 6–0 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Dushevina]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]]
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|rowspan=6|29 Sep ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|Porsche Tennis Grand Prix]]<br />[[Stuttgart]], Germany<br />Tier II event<br />
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|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] <br /> {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patty Schnyder]]<br />6–2, 6–4 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"|[[2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships|Japan Open Tennis Championships]]<br /> Tokyo, Japan<br />Tier III event<br />Hard – $175,000
|- valign="top"
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jill Craybas]] <br /> {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marina Erakovic]]<br />4–6, 7–5, [10–6] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ayumi Morita]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aiko Nakamura]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2|[[2008 Tashkent Open|Tashkent Open]]<br /> [[Tashkent]],
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|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioana Raluca Olaru]] <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olga Savchuk]]<br />5–7, 7–5, [10–7] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nina Bratchikova]] <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kathrin Wörle]]
|}
=== October ===
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|rowspan=2|6 Oct ||rowspan=2 style="background:#d8cef6;"|[[2008 Kremlin Cup|Kremlin Cup]]<br /> Moscow, Russia<br />Tier I event<br />Hard (i) – $1,340,000
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|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] <br /> {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]]<br> 6–4, 6–4 ||{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]
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|rowspan=2|13 Oct ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Zürich Open|Zurich Open]]<br />[[Zürich]], Switzerland<br />Tier II event<br />
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]<br /> 6–1, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup> || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] <br /> {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patty Schnyder]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=4|20 Oct ||rowspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[2008 Generali Ladies Linz|Generali Ladies Linz]]<br /> [[Linz]], Austria<br />Tier II event<br />
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]]<br />6–4, 7–5 ||{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"| [[2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg|Fortis Championships Luxembourg]]<br /> [[
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorana Cîrstea]] <br /> {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marina Erakovic]]<br />2–6, 6–3, [10–8]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Dushevina]] <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Koryttseva]]
|- valign="top"
|rowspan=2|27 Oct ||rowspan=2 style="background:#d4f1c5;"|[[2008 Bell Challenge|Bell Challenge]]<br />[[Quebec City]], Canada<br />Tier III event<br />
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vania King]]<br />7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jill Craybas]] <br /> {{flagicon|THA}} [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]]
|}
=== November ===
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|rowspan=2|3 Nov ||rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FFFFCC|[[2008 WTA Tour Championships|WTA Tour Championships]]<br> [[Doha]],
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| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]]<br />6–1, 7–5|| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]]
|}
=== Calendar changes ===
* Prize money continued to increase to a record of approximately $67 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/PressReleases/2007/2008_2009CalendarRelease.pdf|title=2008/2009 Calendar Press Release}}</ref>
* The [[J&S Cup]], the [[Acura Classic]], and the [[PTT Bangkok Open]] were all removed from the calendar.<ref name="Calendar changes">{{cite web|url=http://tennis.quickfound.net/2008_wta_tour.html|title=2008 WTA Tour}}</ref>
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* Lastly, the WTA Tour Championships were relocated from their previous location of Madrid, Spain in 2006 and 2007, to Doha, Qatar for 2008. The prize money was also raised from $3 million to $4.5 million.<ref name="Calendar changes" />
== Statistics ==
=== Titles information ===
List of players & singles titles won, last name alphabetically:
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]]
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]]
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ana Ivanovic]]
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Agnieszka Radwańska]]
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sara Errani]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Justine Henin]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]]
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]]
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]]
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Chakvetadze]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorana Cîrstea]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]]
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gisela Dulko]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Na]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pauline Parmentier]]
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Šafářová]]
* {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patty Schnyder]]
* {{flagicon|THA}} [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Aleksandra Wozniak]]
The following players won their first title:
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sara Errani]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Aleksandra Wozniak]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorana Cîrstea]]
Titles won by Nation
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=== Rankings ===
{|
| valign=top width=33% align=left |
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| align="right" | 2 ||[[Dinara Safina]]||{{flag|RUS}}|| align="right" | 3,823 || align="center" | 20
|-
| align="right" | 3 ||[[Serena Williams]] ||{{
|-
| align="right" | 4 || [[Elena Dementieva]] ||{{flag|RUS}}|| align="right" | 3,400 || align="center" | 18
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| align="right" | 7 ||[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]||{{flag|RUS}}|| align="right" | 2,623 ||align="center" | 18
|-
| align="right" | 8 ||[[Venus Williams]]||{{
|-
| align="right" | 9 || [[Maria Sharapova]] ||{{flag|RUS}}|| align="right" | 2,515 || align="center" | 9
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|-
! colspan="5" | Singles
|-
! Rk
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! Change
|-
| align="right" | 1 || [[Jelena Janković]] || {{flag|SRB}} || align="right" | 4,710 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 2 || [[Serena Williams]] || {{
|-
| align="right" | 3 || [[Dinara Safina]] || {{flag|RUS}} || align="right" | 3,817 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 4 || [[Elena Dementieva]] || {{flag|RUS}} || align="right" | 3,663 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 5 || [[Ana Ivanovic]] || {{flag|SRB}} || align="right" | 3,457 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 6 || [[Venus Williams]] || {{
|-
| align="right" | 7 || [[Vera Zvonareva]] || {{flag|RUS}} || align="right" | 2,952 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 8 || [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] || {{flag|RUS}} || align="right" | 2,726 || align="center" |
|-s
| align="right" | 9 || [[Maria Sharapova]] || {{flag|RUS}} || align="right" | 2,515 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 10 || [[Agnieszka Radwańska]] || {{flag|POL}} || align="right" | 2,286 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 11 || [[Nadia Petrova]] || {{flag|RUS}} || align="right" | 1,976 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 12 || [[Caroline Wozniacki]] || {{flag|DEN}} || align="right" | 1,713 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 13 || [[Flavia Pennetta]] || {{flag|ITA}} || align="right" | 1,670 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 14 || [[Patty Schnyder]] || {{flag|SUI}} || align="right" | 1,590 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 15 || [[Victoria Azarenka]] || {{flag|BLR}} || align="right" | 1,494 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 16 || [[Alizé Cornet]] || {{flag|FRA}} || align="right" | 1,492 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 17 || [[Marion Bartoli]] || {{flag|FRA}} || align="right" | 1,410 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 18 || [[Anna Chakvetadze]] || {{flag|RUS}} || align="right" | 1,363 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 19 || [[Dominika Cibulková]] || {{flag|SVK}} || align="right" | 1,337 || align="center" |
|-
| align="right" | 20 || [[Katarina Srebotnik]] || {{flag|SLO}} || align="right" | 1,272 || align="center" |
|}
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! style="width:222px;"| Holder
! style="width:110px;"| Date
! style="width:110px;"| Date
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Henin]]|BEL}}
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=== Points distribution ===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-align=center
|bgcolor=#efefef|Category||width=40 bgcolor=lime|'''W'''||width=40 bgcolor=#D8BFD8|F||width=40 bgcolor=#FFFF00|SF||width=40 bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF||width=40 bgcolor=#afeeee|R16||width=40 bgcolor=#afeeee|R32||width=40 bgcolor=#afeeee|R64||width=40 bgcolor=#afeeee|R128||width=40 bgcolor=#F0F8FF|Q||width=40 bgcolor=#F0F8FF|Q3||width=40 bgcolor=#F0F8FF|Q2||width=40 bgcolor=#F0F8FF|Q1
|-align=center bgcolor=#F3E6D7
|Grand Slam (S)||2000||1400||900||500||280||160||100||5||60||50||40||2
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== Awards ==
The winners of the 2008 [[WTA Awards]] were announced on 25 March 2009, during a special ceremony at the [[Sony Ericsson Open]].<ref>[http://www.tennis-x.com/story/2009-03-27/o.php Williams, Safina, Ivanovic Among WTA Award Winners]</ref>
* Player of the Year – [[Serena Williams]]
* Doubles Team of the Year – [[Cara Black]] & [[Liezel Huber]]
* Most Improved Player – [[Dinara Safina]]
* Comeback Player of the Year – [[Zheng Jie]]
* Newcomer of the Year – [[Caroline Wozniacki]]
* Humanitarian of the Year – [[Ana Ivanovic]]
* Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award – [[Elena Dementieva]]
* Player Service Award – [[Liezel Huber]]
* Favorite Premier Tournament – [[Porsche Tennis Grand Prix]] (Stuttgart)
* Favorite International Tournament – [[Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic]] (Bali)
== See also ==
* [[Tennis statistics]]
* [[Grand Slam (tennis)]]
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* [[2008 ATP Tour]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.wtatennis.com Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website]
== References ==
<references/>
{{WTA seasons}}
{{Women's tennis seasons}}
{{2008 WTA Tour}}
{{2008 in tennis}}
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