Australian Open 2008

◄ Australian Open 2008 ►
Date:	January 14-27, 2008
Edition:	96th  Australian Open
Place:	Melbourne
Covering:	Hard court
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Roger Federer
Ladies singles :	Serena Williams
Men's double :	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Ladies doubles :	Cara Black Liezel Huber
Mixed :	Jelena Lichowzewa Daniel Nestor
winner
Men's singles :	Novak Đoković
Ladies singles :	Maria Sharapova
Men's double :	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
Ladies doubles :	Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
Mixed :	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić
Grand Slams 2008
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The 96th Australian Open took place in Melbourne from January 14-27, 2008 .

Defending champions in the singles were Roger Federer in the men and Serena Williams in the women. In the men's doubles these were the twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan , in the women's doubles Cara Black and Liezel Huber the defending champions. Defending champions in mixed were Daniel Nestor and Jelena Lichowzewa .

After 20 years, the Australian Open was no longer played on Rebound Ace , but for the first time on Plexicushion , a thinner and slightly faster surface.

All of the top 100 male tennis players were registered for the tournament, and of the top 100 women only Samantha Stosur and Wera Duschewina were missing , so that the 96th edition of the Australian Open was very busy.

In the men's singles Novak Đoković was able to win his first Grand Slam title. The final in the women's singles was won by Maria Sharapova . The men's doubles were Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram decide for themselves and in women's doubles won Alyona and Kateryna Bondarenko . In mixed, Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić prevailed.

Seniors

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Roger Federer Semifinals 02.  Rafael Nadal Semifinals 03.  Novak Đoković victory 04th  Nikolai Davydenko Round of 16 05.  David Ferrer Quarter finals 06th  Andy Roddick 3rd round 07th  Fernando González 3rd round 08th.  Richard Gasquet Round of 16 09.  Andy Murray 1 round 10.  David Nalbandian 3rd round 11.  Tommy Robredo 2nd round 12.  James Blake Quarter finals 13.  Tomáš Berdych Round of 16 14th  Mikhail Juschny Quarter finals 15th  Marcos Baghdatis 3rd round 16.  Carlos Moyá 1 round

No. player Round reached 17th  Ivan Ljubičić 1 round 18th  Juan Ignacio Chela 1 round 19th  Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16 20th  Ivo Karlović 3rd round 21st  Juan Mónaco 3rd round 22nd  Juan Carlos Ferrero Round of 16 23.  Paul-Henri Mathieu Round of 16 24.  Jarkko Nieminen Quarter finals 25th  Fernando Verdasco 2nd round 26th  Stanislas Wawrinka 2nd round 27.  Nicolás Almagro 1 round 28.  Gilles Simon 3rd round 29  Philipp Kohlschreiber Round of 16 30th  Radek Štěpánek 1 round 31.  Igor Andreyev 3rd round 32.  Dmitri Tursunov 2nd round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Justine Henin Quarter finals 02.  Svetlana Kuznetsova 3rd round 03.  Jelena Janković Semifinals 04th  Ana Ivanović final 05.  Maria Sharapova victory 06th  Anna Chakvetadze 3rd round 07th  Serena Williams Quarter finals 08th.  Venus Williams Quarter finals 09.  Daniela Hantuchová Semifinals 10.  Marion Bartoli 1 round 11.  Jelena Dementjewa Round of 16 12.  Nicole Vaidišová Round of 16 13.  Tatiana Golovin 2nd round 14th  Nadia Petrova Round of 16 15th  Patty Schnyder 2nd round 16.  Dinara Safina 1 round

No. Player Round reached 17th  Shahar Peer 3rd round 18th  Amélie Mauresmo 3rd round 19th  Sybille Bammer 2nd round 20th  Ágnes Szávay 1 round 21st  Alyona Bondarenko 2nd round 22nd  Lucie Šafářová 1 round 23.  Vera Swonaryova 1 round 24.  Li Na 3rd round 25th  Francesca Schiavone 3rd round 26th  Viktoriya Azaranka 3rd round 27.  Maria Kirilenko Round of 16 28.  Katarina Srebotnik 3rd round 29  Agnieszka Radwańska Quarter finals 30th  Virginie Razzano 3rd round 31.  Sania Mirza 3rd round 32.  Yulia Wakulenko 1 round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   Quarter finals 02.  Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić   Quarter finals 03.  Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle   1 round 04th  Martin dam Pavel Vízner   Quarter finals 05.  Paul Hanley Leander Paes   2nd round 06th  Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles   Semifinals 07th  Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra   final 08th.  Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram   victory

No. pairing Round reached 09.  František Čermák Lukáš Dlouhý   Round of 16 10.  Eric Butorac Kevin Ullyett   Round of 16 11.  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski   Round of 16 12.  Max Mirny Jamie Murray   1 round 13.  Marcelo Melo André Sá   1 round 14th  Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut   Round of 16 15th  Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen   Round of 16 16.  Leoš Friedl David Škoch   2nd round

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Cara Black Liezel Huber   Quarter finals 02.  Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama   2nd round 03.  Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung   Round of 16 04th  Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs   Quarter finals 05.  Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina   1 round 06th  Sania Mirza Alicia Molik   Round of 16 07th  Yan Zi Zheng Jie   Semifinals 08th.  Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian   2nd round

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Lisa Raymond Francesca Schiavone   1 round 10.  Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual   Semifinals 11.  Marija Kirilenko Ágnes Szávay   1 round 12.  Wiktoryja Asaranka Shahar Peer   final 13.  Janette Husárová Flavia Pennetta   Quarter finals 14th  Vania King Nicole Pratt   1 round 15th  Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko   1 round 16.  Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboyeva   Round of 16

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Cara Black Paul Hanley   Quarter finals 02.  Lisa Raymond Simon Aspelin   Round of 16 03.  Yan Zi Mark Knowles   Semifinals 04th  Zheng Jie Daniel Nestor   1 round

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić   victory 06th  Chuang Chia-jung Jonathan Erlich   Quarter finals 07th  Květa Peschke Martin Damm   Quarter finals 08th.  Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram   Semifinals

Juniors

Individual juniors

The junior title was won by Australian Bernard Tomic , who won the final in three sets with 4: 6, 7: 6 (5) and 6: 0 against number 10 on the seeding list, Yang Tsung-hua from Taiwan. Tomic had defeated the top seeded Mexican César Ramírez in the quarterfinals .

Single juniors

Arantxa Rus from the Netherlands prevailed among the juniors . In the final she defeated the Australian Jessica Moore 6: 3 and 6: 4.

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1. ↑ Strong line-up at the Australian Open 2008

Web links

Commons : Australian Open 2008  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tournament schedule men’s singles on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 37 kB)
• Tournament schedule men’s doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 26 kB)
• Tournament schedule for men’s individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 35 kB)
• Tournament information on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 54 kB)
• Schedule at the WTA (PDF; 305 kB) (English)