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Line 4: \| 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. ~~\| image_caption = [[Jelena Janković]] was the year-end No. 1 in a season of disarray at the very top.~~ \| image_alt = \| image_size = 300px \| duration = December 3129, 2007 – November 9, 2008 \| edition = 38th \| tournaments = 59 Line 27: 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 ~~one~~some point during the season. ~~Eventually~~ Janković finished the season as the world No. 1 player ~~in the world~~ despite not winning a Grand Slam tournament. She did however reach the final of the U.S. Open, and won four tournaments throughout the season. 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. Line 641: {\| class="wikitable" \|- ! colspan="5" \| Singles ~~Year-end~~Year–end Ranking \|- ! Rk Line 649: ! Change \|- \| align="right" \| 1 \|\| [[Jelena Janković]] \|\| {{flag\|SRB}} \|\| align="right" \| 4,710 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 2 \|- \| align="right" \| 2 \|\| [[Serena Williams]] \|\| {{flagu\|USA}} \|\| align="right" \| 3,866 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 5 \|- \| align="right" \| 3 \|\| [[Dinara Safina]] \|\| {{flag\|RUS}} \|\| align="right" \| 3,817 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 12 \|- \| align="right" \| 4 \|\| [[Elena Dementieva]] \|\| {{flag\|RUS}} \|\| align="right" \| 3,663 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 7 \|- \| align="right" \| 5 \|\| [[Ana Ivanovic]] \|\| {{flag\|SRB}} \|\| align="right" \| 3,457 \|\| align="center" \| -{{decrease}} 1 \|- \| align="right" \| 6 \|\| [[Venus Williams]] \|\| {{flagu\|USA}} \|\| align="right" \| 3,272 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 2 \|- \| align="right" \| 7 \|\| [[Vera Zvonareva]] \|\| {{flag\|RUS}} \|\| align="right" \| 2,952 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 15 \|- \| align="right" \| 8 \|\| [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] \|\| {{flag\|RUS}} \|\| align="right" \| 2,726 \|\| align="center" \| -{{decrease}} 6 \|-s \| align="right" \| 9 \|\| [[Maria Sharapova]] \|\| {{flag\|RUS}} \|\| align="right" \| 2,515 \|\| align="center" \| -{{decrease}} 4 \|- \| align="right" \| 10 \|\| [[Agnieszka Radwańska]] \|\| {{flag\|POL}} \|\| align="right" \| 2,286 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 16 \|- \| align="right" \| 11 \|\| [[Nadia Petrova]] \|\| {{flag\|RUS}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,976 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 3 \|- \| align="right" \| 12 \|\| [[Caroline Wozniacki]] \|\| {{flag\|DEN}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,713 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 48 \|- \| align="right" \| 13 \|\| [[Flavia Pennetta]] \|\| {{flag\|ITA}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,670 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 26 \|- \| align="right" \| 14 \|\| [[Patty Schnyder]] \|\| {{flag\|SUI}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,590 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 2 \|- \| align="right" \| 15 \|\| [[Victoria Azarenka]] \|\| {{flag\|BLR}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,494 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 15 \|- \| align="right" \| 16 \|\| [[Alizé Cornet]] \|\| {{flag\|FRA}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,492 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 39 \|- \| align="right" \| 17 \|\| [[Marion Bartoli]] \|\| {{flag\|FRA}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,410 \|\| align="center" \| -{{decrease}} 7 \|- \| align="right" \| 18 \|\| [[Anna Chakvetadze]] \|\| {{flag\|RUS}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,363 \|\| align="center" \| -{{decrease}} 12 \|- \| align="right" \| 19 \|\| [[Dominika Cibulková]] \|\| {{flag\|SVK}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,337 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 32 \|- \| align="right" \| 20 \|\| [[Katarina Srebotnik]] \|\| {{flag\|SLO}} \|\| align="right" \| 1,272 \|\| align="center" \| +{{increase}} 7 \|} \|-