AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships 2008 / Women

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AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships 2008
date September 27, 2008 - October 5, 2008
Edition 34
navigation 2007  ◄  2008  ►  2015
WTA tour
venue Tokyo Japan
JapanJapan 
Tournament number 405
category WTA Tier III
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US $ 175,000 
Last year's winner (individual) FranceFrance Virginie Razzano
Last year's winner (double) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sun Tiantian Yan Zi
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Winner (singles) DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki
Winner (doubles) United StatesUnited States Jill Craybas Marina Eraković
New ZealandNew Zealand 
Tournament supervisor Giulia Orlandi
Last direct assumption RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova (86)
Player representatives JapanJapan Kimiko Date-Krumm
Status: May 6, 2013

The 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships were a women's tennis tournament on the 2008 WTA Tour . The Tier III hard court tournament took place from September 27 to October 5, 2008 in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .

Caroline Wozniacki won the singles final against Kaia Kanepi 6: 2, 3: 6 and 6: 1. In the double final, Jill Craybas and Marina Eraković defeated the pairing Ayumi Morita / Aiko Nakamura with 4: 6, 7: 5 and 10: 6.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki victory
02. SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Round of 16
03. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zheng Jie 1 round
04th RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 1 round
No. Player Round reached
05. EstoniaEstonia Kaia Kanepi final

06th IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer Round of 16

07th ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasu yarn Quarter finals

08th. CanadaCanada Aleksandra Wozniak Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  DenmarkDenmark C. Wozniacki 4th 6th 6th                        
   ArgentinaArgentina G. Dulko 6th 0 3   1  DenmarkDenmark C. Wozniacki 6th 6th  
   New ZealandNew Zealand M. Eraković 1 4th     WC  JapanJapan A. Morita 2 1    
WC  JapanJapan A. Morita 6th 6th       1  DenmarkDenmark C. Wozniacki 6th 6th  
   FranceFrance C. Pin 6th 7th     7th  ThailandThailand T. Tanasugarn 4th 1    
   SpainSpain C. Suarez Navarro 0 5        FranceFrance C. Pin 2 2    
Q  CanadaCanada S. Dubois 1 3     7th  ThailandThailand T. Tanasugarn 6th 6th    
7th  ThailandThailand T. Tanasugarn 6th 6th       1  DenmarkDenmark C. Wozniacki 6th 6th  
4th  RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko 6th 2 5   LL  SlovakiaSlovakia J. Gajdošová 4th 3    
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Zakopalová 4th 6th 7th      Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Zakopalová 6th 6th    
WC  JapanJapan A. Nakamura 4th 5        PolandPoland M. Domachowska 3 0    
   PolandPoland M. Domachowska 6th 7th          Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Zakopalová 5 5  
   ItalyItaly M. Santangelo 4th 6 0     LL  SlovakiaSlovakia J. Gajdošová 7th 7th    
LL  SlovakiaSlovakia J. Gajdošová 6th 7th     LL  SlovakiaSlovakia J. Gajdošová 5 6th 7th  
WC  JapanJapan K. Date-Krumm 3 1     6th  IsraelIsrael S. Peer 7th 1 6 9  
6th  IsraelIsrael S. Peer 6th 6th       1  DenmarkDenmark C. Wozniacki 6th 3 6th
5  EstoniaEstonia K. Kanepi 4th 6th 6th   5  EstoniaEstonia K. Kanepi 2 6th 1
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic L. Šafářová 6th 3 4th   5  EstoniaEstonia K. Kanepi 3 6th 6th  
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic I. Benešová 4th 6th 3      BelgiumBelgium Y. Wickmayer 6th 1 0  
   BelgiumBelgium Y. Wickmayer 6th 3 6th     5  EstoniaEstonia K. Kanepi 7th 7th  
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic P. Cetkovská 6 6 4th        RussiaRussia A. Pavlyuchenkova 6 4 6 1    
Q  JapanJapan R. Fujiwara 7th 6th     Q  JapanJapan R. Fujiwara 2 4th    
   RussiaRussia A. Pavlyuchenkova 6th 6th        RussiaRussia A. Pavlyuchenkova 6th 6th    
3  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China J. Zheng 1 2       5  EstoniaEstonia K. Kanepi 6th 6th  
8th  CanadaCanada A. Wozniak 7th 6 2 6th   8th  CanadaCanada A. Wozniak 4th 4th    
   United StatesUnited States J. Craybas 5 7th 3   8th  CanadaCanada A. Wozniak 6th 6th    
Q  JapanJapan R. Fuda 7th 6th     Q  JapanJapan R. Fuda 1 1    
   FranceFrance P. Parmentier 5 2       8th  CanadaCanada A. Wozniak 7th 6th  
   AustraliaAustralia S. Stosur 6th 0        AustraliaAustralia S. Stosur 5 3    
Q  United StatesUnited States V. King 2 0 r      AustraliaAustralia S. Stosur 6th 7th    
   Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Y.-j. Chan 6th 3 3   2  SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues 1 5    
2  SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues 3 6th 6th    

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael 
1 round
02. United StatesUnited States Vania King Sun Tiantian
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Semifinals
03. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
1 round
04th ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Marija Kirilenko
RussiaRussia 
1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  Czech RepublicCzech Republic I. Benešová S. Peer
 IsraelIsrael 
1 6th [5]        
   JapanJapan J. Namigata A. Yonemura
 JapanJapan 
6th 4th [10]        JapanJapan J. Namigata A. Yonemura
 JapanJapan 
6th 6 5 [9]  
   United StatesUnited States J. Craybas, M. Eraković
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
6th 6th        United StatesUnited States J. Craybas, M. Eraković
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
4th 7th [11]  
   CanadaCanada S. Dubois C. Fusano
 United StatesUnited States 
4th 2            United StatesUnited States J. Craybas, M. Eraković
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
6th 6th    
4th  ArgentinaArgentina G. Dulko M. Kirilenko
 RussiaRussia 
             RussiaRussia A. Pavlyuchenkova Y. Wickmayer
 BelgiumBelgium 
4th 1    
   RussiaRussia A. Pavlyuchenkova Y. Wickmayer
 BelgiumBelgium 
w. O.          RussiaRussia A. Pavlyuchenkova Y. Wickmayer
 BelgiumBelgium 
6 4 6th [15]  
   Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Y.-j. Chan M. Santangelo
 ItalyItaly 
6th 7th        Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Y.-j. Chan M. Santangelo
 ItalyItaly 
7th 3 [13]  
   RussiaRussia M. Kondratjewa S. Lefèvre
 FranceFrance 
1 6 4            United StatesUnited States J. Craybas, M. Eraković
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
4th 7th [10]
WC  JapanJapan K. Date-Krumm R. Fujiwara
 JapanJapan 
6th 6 4 [10]        JapanJapan A. Morita A. Nakamura
 JapanJapan 
6th 5 [6]
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic P. Cetkovská L. Šafářová
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4th 7th [7]     WC  JapanJapan K. Date-Krumm R. Fujiwara
 JapanJapan 
2 6th [5]    
   JapanJapan A. Morita A. Nakamura
 JapanJapan 
4th 6th [10]      JapanJapan A. Morita A. Nakamura
 JapanJapan 
6th 1 [10]  
3  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei C.-j. Chuang S.-w. Hsieh
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
6th 4th [6]          JapanJapan A. Morita A. Nakamura
 JapanJapan 
7th 6th  
   IndiaIndia S. Uberoi M. Washington
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 6th       2  United StatesUnited States V. King T. Sun
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
5 2    
   PolandPoland M. Domachowska K. Zakopalová
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4th 4th          IndiaIndia S. Uberoi M. Washington
 United StatesUnited States 
3 4th    
   Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei C.-w. Chan N. Grandin
 South AfricaSouth Africa 
2 5     2  United StatesUnited States V. King T. Sun
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6th 6th    
2  United StatesUnited States V. King T. Sun
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6th 7th      

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