2008 WTA Tour

The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2008 WTA Tour schedule.

January

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
31 December	2008 MAW Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia Hard	Tier III	Li Na 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Patty Schnyder Shahar Peer	Nicole Vaidisova Amelie Mauresmo Dinara Safina Dominika Cibulkova
			Safina / Szavay 6–1, 6–2	Yan / Zheng
31 December	2008 ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Hard	Tier IV	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–2	Aravane Rezai	Marina Erakovic Tamira Paszek	Vera Zvonareva Katarina Srebotnik Sara Errani Maria Kirilenko
			Koryttseva / Osterloh 6–3, 6–4	Muller / Zahlavova-Strycova
7 January	2008 Medibank International Sydney, Australia Hard	Tier II	Justine Henin 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ana Ivanovic Nicole Vaidisova	Kaia Kanepi Katarina Srebotnik Jelena Jankovic Francesca Schiavone
			Yan / Zheng 6–4, 7–6(5)	Perebiynis / Poutchek
7 January	2008 Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Hard	Tier IV	Eleni Daniilidou Walkover	Vera Zvonareva	Flavia Pennetta Ashley Harkleroad	Casey Dellacqua Sania Mirza Edina Gallovits Elena Vesnina
			Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual 6–2, 6–4	Daniilidou / Woehr
14 January (2 weeks)	2008 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Hard	Grand Slam	Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–3	Ana Ivanovic	Jelena Jankovic Daniela Hantuchova	Justine Henin Serena Williams Venus Williams Agnieszka Radwanska
			A. Bondarenko / K. Bondarenko 2–6, 6–1, 6–4	Azarenka / Pe'er
			Mixed Doubles: Zimonjic / Sun 7–6(4), 6–4	Bhupathi / Mirza

February

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
4 February	2008 Open Gaz de France Paris, France Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 2–6, 6–2	Agnes Szavay	Marion Bartoli Elena Dementieva	Amelie Mauresmo Virginie Razzano Kateryna Bondarenko Daniela Hantuchova
			A. Bondarenko / K. Bondarenko 6–1, 6–4	Uhlirova / Hrdinova
4 February	2008 Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya, Thailand Hard	Tier IV	Agnieszka Radwanska 6–2, 1–6, 7-6(4)	Jill Craybas	Ekaterina Bychkova Akgul Amanmuradova	Tamarine Tanasugarn Vesna Manasieva Chan Yung-jan Andreja Klepac
			Chan / Chuang 6–4, 6–3	Hsieh / King
11 February	2008 Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Justine Henin 6–3, 6–3	Karin Knapp	Timea Bacsinszky Li Na	Alisa Kleybanova Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder Sofia Arvidsson
			Black / Huber 6–1, 6–3	Peschke / Sugiyama
11 February	2008 Cachantún Cup Viña del Mar, Chile Red clay	Tier III	Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 5–4 ret.	Klara Zakopalova	Pauline Parmentier Mariya Koryttseva	Kaia Kanepi Martina Muller Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Dominguez Lino
			Dekmeijere / Rosolska 7–5, 6–3	Koryttseva / Schruff
18 February	2008 Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Hard	Tier I	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Vera Zvonareva	Agnieszka Radwanska Li Na	Dominika Cibulkova Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković Sybille Bammer
			Peschke / Stubbs 6–1, 5–7, 10–7	Black / Huber
18 February	2008 Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia Red clay	Tier III	Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–0, 6–4	Maria Emilia Salerni	Betina Jozami Carla Suarez Navarro	Martina Muller Sara Errani Catalina Castano Mariana Duque Marino
			Benesova / Mattek 6–3, 6–3	Kostanic Tosic / Muller
25 February	2008 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE Hard	Tier II	Elena Dementieva 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Francesca Schiavone Jelena Jankovic	Justine Henin Ana Ivanovic Anna Chakvetadze Amelie Mauresmo
			Black / Huber 7–5, 6–2	Yan / Zheng
25 February	2008 Cellular South Cup Memphis, USA Hard (indoor)	Tier III	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–1	Olga Govortsova	Marina Erakovic Shahar Peer	Alla Kudryavtseva Caroline Wozniacki Sofia Arvidsson Julia Goerges
			Davenport / Raymond 6–3, 6–1	Haynes / Washington
25 February	2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Red clay	Tier III	Flavia Pennetta 6–0, 4–6, 6–1	Alize Cornet	Kaia Kanepi Jill Craybas	Edina Gallovits Sorana Cirstea Iveta Benesova Mariya Koryttseva
			Llagostera Vives / Martinez Sanchez 6–2, 6–4	Benesova / Cetkovska

March

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
3 March	2008 Bangalore Open Bangalore, India Hard	Tier II	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3	Patty Schnyder	Yan Zi Venus Williams	Jelena Jankovic Akgul Amanmuradova Anastasia Rodionova Vera Zvonareva
			Peng / Sun 6–4, 5–7, 10–8	Chan / Chuang
10 March (2 weeks)	2008 Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, USA Hard	Tier I	Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Jankovic Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva Lindsay Davenport Daniela Hantuchova Agnieszka Radwanska
			Safina / Vesnina 6–1, 1–6, 10–8	Yan / Zheng
24 March (2 weeks)	2008 Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA Hard	Tier I	Serena Williams 6–1, 5–7, 6–3	Jelena Jankovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Justine Henin Venus Williams Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina
			Srebotnik / Sugiyama 7–5, 4–6, 10–3	Black / Huber

April

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
7 April	2008 Bausch & Lomb Champs. Amelia Island, USA Green clay	Tier II	Maria Sharapova 7–6(7), 6–3	Dominika Cibulkova	Lindsay Davenport Alize Cornet	Alona Bondarenko Agnes Szavay Virginie Razzano Amelie Mauresmo
			Mattek / Uhlirova 6–3, 6–1	Azarenka / Vesnina
14 April	2008 Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA Green clay	Tier I	Serena Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Elena Dementieva Alize Cornet	Jelena Jankovic Patty Schnyder Agnes Szavay Maria Sharapova
			Srebotnik / Sugiyama 6–2, 6–2	Gallovits / Govortsova
14 April	2008 Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal Red clay	Tier IV	Maria Kirilenko 6–4, 6–2	Iveta Benesova	Maret Ani Klara Zakopalova	Camille Pin Olga Savchuk Karin Knapp Tathiana Garbin
			Kirilenko / Pennetta 6–4, 6–4	Jugic-Salkic / Senoglu
28 April	2008 GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco Red clay	Tier IV	Gisela Dulko 7–6(2), 7–6(5)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Greta Arn Aravane Rezai	Olga Savchuk Petra Cetkovska Alisa Kleybanova Sorana Cirstea
			Cirstea /  Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–2	Kleybanova /  Makarova
28 April	2008 ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic Red clay	Tier IV	Vera Zvonareva 7–6(2), 6–2	Victoria Azarenka	Katarina Srebotnik Klara Zakopalova	Roberta Vinci Iveta Benesova Karolina Pliskova Shahar Peer
			Hlavackova / Hradecka 1–6, 6–3, 10–6	Craybas / Krajicek

May

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
5 May	2008 Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany Red clay	Tier I	Dinara Safina 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Elena Dementieva	Victoria Azarenka Ana Ivanovic	Serena Williams Alona Bondarenko Jelena Jankovic Agnes Szavay
			Black / Huber 3–6, 6–2, 10–2	Llagostera Vives / Martinez Sanchez
12 May	2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy Red clay	Tier I	Jelena Jankovic 6–2, 6–2	Alize Cornet	Anna Chakvetadze Maria Sharapova	Tsvetana Pironkova Serena Williams Venus Williams Patty Schnyder
			Chan / Chuang 7–6(5), 6–3	Benesova / Husarova
19 May	2008 İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey Red clay	Tier III	Agnieszka Radwanska 6–3, 6–2	Elena Dementieva	Akgul Amanmuradova Tsvetana Pironkova	Jill Craybas Nadia Petrova Olga Govortsova Andreja Klepac
			Craybas / Govortsova 6–1, 6–2	Erakovic / Hercog
19 May	2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Red clay	Tier III	Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–0	Katarina Srebotnik	Chan Yung-jan Timea Bacsinszky	Peng Shuai Ai Sugiyama Flavia Pennetta Alona Bondarenko
			Perebiynis / Yan 6–4, 6–7(3), 10–6	Chan / Chuang
26 May (2 weeks)	2008 French Open Paris, France Red clay	Grand Slam	Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Jankovic	Elena Dementieva Kaia Kanepi Carla Suarez Navarro Patty Schnyder
			Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual 2–6, 7–5, 6–4	Dellacqua / Schiavone
			Mixed Doubles: Azarenka / B. Bryan 6–2, 7–6(4)	Srebotnik / Zimonjic

June

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
9 June	2008 DFS Classic Birmingham, UK Grass	Tier III	Kateryna Bondarenko 7–6(7), 3–6, 7–6(4)	Yanina Wickmayer	Marina Erakovic Bethanie Mattek	Petra Cetkovska Alona Bondarenko Melanie South Nicole Vaidisova
			Black / Huber 6–2, 6–1	Bremond / Ruano Pascual
9 June	2008 Barcelona KIA Barcelona, Spain Red clay	Tier IV	Maria Kirilenko 6–0, 6–2	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Nuria Llagostera Vives Stephanie Cohen-Aloro	Sara Errani Lucie Safarova Ekaterina Ivanova Edina Gallovits
			Dominguez Lino / Parra Santonja 4–6, 7–5, 10–4	Llagostera Vives / Martinez Sanchez
16 June	2008 International Women's Open Eastbourne, UK Grass	Tier II	Agnieszka Radwanska 6–4, 6–7(11), 6–4	Nadia Petrova	Samantha Stosur Marion Bartoli	Caroline Wozniacki Ekaterina Makarova Gisela Dulko Alisa Kleybanova
			Black / Huber 2–6, 6–0, 10–8	Peschke / Stubbs
16 June	2008 Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass	Tier III	Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva Alona Bondarenko	Sorana Cirstea Katarina Srebotnik Michaella Krajicek Anna Chakvetadze
			Erakovic / Krajicek 6–3, 6–2	Dekmeijere / Kerber
23 June (2 weeks)	2008 Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, London, UK Grass	Grand Slam	Venus Williams 7–5, 6–4	Serena Williams	Jie Zheng Elena Dementieva	Nicole Vaidisova Agnieszka Radwanska Nadia Petrova Tamarine Tanasugarn
			S. Williams / V. Williams 6–2, 6–2	Raymond / Stosur
			Mixed Doubles: Stosur / B. Bryan 7–5, 6–4	Srebotnik / M. Bryan

July

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
7 July	2008 Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Red clay	Tier III	Alize Cornet 7–6(5), 6–3	Andreja Klepac	Karolina Sprem Greta Arn	Petra Kvitova Katalin Marosi Klara Zakopalova Anna-Lena Groenefeld
			Cornet / Husarova 6–7(5), 6–1, 10–6	Henke / Olaru
7 July	2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Red clay	Tier IV	Sara Errani 6–2, 6–3	Mariya Koryttseva	Flavia Pennetta Anabel Medina Garrigues	Margalita Chakhnashvili Carla Suarez Navarro Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Tathiana Garbin
			Errani / Llagostera Vives 2–6, 7–6(1), 10–4	Kudryavtseva / Pavlyuchenkova
14 July	2008 Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA Hard	Tier II	Aleksandra Wozniak 7–5, 6–3	Marion Bartoli	Serena Williams Ai Sugiyama	Patty Schnyder Samantha Stosur Dominika Cibulkova Anna Chakvetadze
			Black / Huber 6–4, 6–3	Vesnina / Zvonareva
14 July	2008 Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria Red clay	Tier III	Pauline Parmentier 6–4, 6–4	Lucie Hradecka	Agnes Szavay Mariya Koryttseva	Iveta Benesova Yvonne Meusburger Tereza Hladikova Patricia Mayr
			Hlavackova / Hradecka 6–3, 6–3	Karatantcheva / Zoric
21 July	2008 East West Bank Classic Los Angeles, USA Hard	Tier II				J Jankovic v N Petrova D Safina v V Azarenka F Pennetta v S Bammer B Mattek v M Yuan
21 July	2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia Hard	Tier IV			S Errani v C Wozniacki A Medina Garrigues v TBD	Maria Kirilenko Vera Dushevina Elena Bovina P Martic v J Goerges
28 July	2008 Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada Hard	Tier I
28 July	Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden Hard	Tier IV

August

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
11 August	2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China Hard
11 August	Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, USA Hard	Tier III
18 August	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, USA Hard	Tier II
18 August	Forest Hills Classic Forest Hills, USA Hard	Tier IV
25 August (2 weeks)	2008 U.S. Open Flushing Meadows, New York, USA Hard	Grand Slam
			Mixed Doubles:

September

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
8 September	Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic Bali, Indonesia Hard	Tier III
15 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Hard	Tier I
15 September	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China Hard	Tier III
22 September	China Open Beijing, China Hard	Tier II
22 September	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, Korea Hard	Tier IV
29 September	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Hard (indoor)	Tier II
29 September	AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Hard	Tier III
29 September	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard	Tier IV

October

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
6 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Carpet (indoor)	Tier I
6 October	Sunfeast Open Kolkata, India Hard (indoor)	Tier III
13 October	Zürich Open Zürich, Switzerland Hard (indoor)	Tier II
20 October	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Hard (indoor)	Tier II
20 October	Fortis Championships Luxembourg Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard (indoor)	Tier III
27 October	2008 Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Hard (indoor)	Tier III

November

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
3 November	2008 WTA Tour Championships Doha, Qatar Hard

Statistical Information

List of players & titles won, last name alphabetically:

• Agnieszka Radwanska - Pattaya, Istanbul, and Eastbourne (3)
• Maria Sharapova - Australian Open, Doha, and Amelia Island (3)
• Serena Williams - Bangalore, Miami, and Charleston (3)
• Lindsay Davenport - Auckland and Memphis (2)
• Justine Henin - Sydney and Antwerp (2)
• Ana Ivanovic - Indian Wells, French Open (2)
• Maria Kirilenko - Estoril and Barcelona (2)
• Flavia Pennetta - Viña del Mar and Acapulco (2)
• Kateryna Bondarenko - Birmingham (1)
• Anna Chakvetadze - Paris (1)
• Alize Cornet - Budapest (1)
• Eleni Daniilidou - Hobart (1)
• Elena Dementieva - Dubai (1)
• Gisela Dulko - Fes (1)
• Sara Errani - Palermo (1)
• Jelena Jankovic - Rome (1)
• Nuria Llagostera Vives - Bogotá (1)
• Anabel Medina Garrigues - Strasbourg (1)
• Li Na - Gold Coast (1)
• Pauline Parmentier - Bad Gastein (1)
• Dinara Safina - Berlin (1)
• Tamarine Tanasugarn - 's-Hertogenbosch (1)
• Venus Williams - Wimbledon (1)
• Aleksandra Wozniak - Stanford (1)
• Vera Zvonareva - Prague (1)

The following players won their first title:

• Kateryna Bondarenko - Birmingham
• Alize Cornet - Budapest
• Sara Errani - Palermo
• Aleksandra Wozniak - Stanford

Titles won by Nation

• Russia - 9 (Australian Open, Paris, Doha, Dubai, Amelia Island, Estoril, Prague, Berlin and Barcelona)
• United States - 6 (Auckland, Memphis, Bangalore, Miami, Charleston, and Wimbledon)
• Italy - 3 (Viña del Mar, Acapulco, and Palermo)
• Poland - 3 (Pattaya, Istanbul, and Eastbourne)
• Serbia - 3 (Indian Wells, Rome, and French Open)
• Belgium - 2 (Sydney and Antwerp)
• Spain - 2 (Bogotá and Strasbourg)
• France - 2 (Budapest and Bad Gastein)
• Argentina - 1 (Fes)
• Canada - 1 (Stanford)
• China - 1 (Gold Coast)
• Greece - 1 (Hobart)
• Thailand - 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch)
• Ukraine - 1 (Birmingham)

Race To The Championships

Unlike the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings, which are based on the best performance during the most recent 52 weeks, the Sony Ericsson "Race to the Championships" (race to the Sony Ericsson Championship held yearly in November ) starts all players with zero points at the beginning of the calendar year. The following is the current top 20 Race To The Championships.

Race rankings (21 July 2008)
Rk	Name	Nation	Points	Tour
1	Ana Ivanovic	SRB	2,761	10
2	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	2,645	12
3	Serena Williams	USA	2,590	9
4	Maria Sharapova	RUS	2,455	8
5	Elena Dementieva	RUS	2,051	11
6	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	1,821	11
7	Venus Williams	USA	1,766	8
8	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	1,727	15
9	Dinara Safina	RUS	1,723	13
10	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	1,524	14
11	Alize Cornet	FRA	1,068	15
12	Anna Chakvetadze	RUS	1,025	15
13	Patty Schnyder	SUI	1,015	14
14	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	883	13
15	Agnes Szavay	HUN	853	16
16	Daniela Hantuchova	SVK	847	9
17	Flavia Pennetta	ITA	832	15
18	Marion Bartoli	FRA	820	17
19	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	810	12
20	Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	780	18

Players in Gold are guaranteed a place in 2008 WTA Tour Championships.

See also

• Tennis statistics
• Grand Slam (tennis)
• WTA Tour Championships
• List of WTA number 1 ranked players
• List of female tennis players
• WTA Awards
• 2008 WTA Tier I Series
• 2008 ATP Tour

External links

• Official WTA Tour website.

• Official Tour Calendar 2008 (pdf)