Rogers Cup 2008 / women

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Rogers Cup 2008
date	July 28, 2008 - August 3, 2008
Edition	107
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Montreal Canada Canada
Tournament number	806
category	WTA Tier I
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	56E / 37Q / 28D
Prize money	US $ 1,340,000

Last year's winner (individual)	Belgium Justine Henin
Last year's winner (double)	Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama Japan

Winner (singles)	Russia Dinara Safina
Winner (doubles)	Zimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber United States

Tournament supervisor	Fabrice Chouquet
Last direct assumption	Canada Aleksandra Wozniak (95)
Player representatives	Canada Aleksandra Wozniak Marion Bartoli France

As of May 5, 2013

The 2008 Rogers Cup was a hard court tennis tournament for women in Montreal . It was part of the 2008 WTA Tour as a Tier I category tournament . The tournament took place from July 28th to August 3rd, 2008.

In the singles Dinara Safina won against Dominika Cibulková 6: 2 and 6: 1. In doubles, the pairing Cara Black / Liezel Huber won 6: 1 and 6: 1 against Marija Kirilenko / Flavia Pennetta .

singles

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	Serbia Ana Ivanović	Round of 16
02.	Serbia Jelena Janković	Quarter finals
03.	Russia Maria Sharapova	Round of 16
04th	Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova	Quarter finals
05.	Russia Jelena Dementjewa	2nd round
06th	Russia Anna Chakvetadze	Round of 16
07th	Russia Dinara Safina	victory
08th.	Russia Vera Swonaryova	2nd round

No.	Player	Round reached
09.	Switzerland Patty Schnyder	Round of 16
10.	France Marion Bartoli	Semifinals
11.	Belarus 1995 Viktoriya Azaranka	Semifinals
12.	Russia Nadia Petrova	Round of 16
13.	Russia Maria Kirilenko	2nd round
14th	Italy Francesca Schiavone	1 round
15th	Italy Flavia Pennetta	2nd round
16.	Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

11

Viktoriya Azaranka

0

6th

3

7th

Russia Dinara Safina

6th

2

6th

7th

Russia Dinara Safina

6th

Dominika Cibulková

2

1

10

Marion Bartoli

6th

4th

3

Slovakia Dominika Cibulková

4th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Serbia A. Ivanović

6th

4th

6th

A. Nakamura

2

4th

P. Kvitová

3

6th

3

Czech Republic P. Kvitová

6th

1

A. Ivanović

2

6th

2

Q

Hungary M. Czink

7th

6th

Austria T. Paszek

6th

1

6th

Q

J. Ditty

6 ⁴

0

Q

M. Czink

4th

5

Austria T. Paszek

7th

1

6th

Austria T. Paszek

6th

7th

14th

F. Schiavone

6 ⁴

6th

1

T. Paszek

4th

5

11

Belarus 1995 W. Asaranka

6th

11

Belarus 1995 W. Asaranka

6th

7th

Q

J. Jackson

1

11

Belarus 1995 W. Asaranka

6th

Q

M. Adamczak

7th

1

2

S. Bammer

2

Austria S. Bammer

6 ⁶

6th

11

Belarus 1995 W. Asaranka

7th

2

France V. Razzano

6th

V. Razzano

6 ⁴

0

r

A. Rezaï

1

2

France V. Razzano

6th

1

7th

8th

W. Swonaryova

3

6th

6 ²

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

Russia S. Kuznetsova

6th

1

Q

Russia A. Kudryavtseva

6th

7th

Q

A. Kudryavtseva

1

0

r

Q

C. Scheepers

3

6 ¹

4th

Russia S. Kuznetsova

7th

2

6th

V. King

6th

3

Q

M. Larcher de Brito

5

6th

4th

Q

Portugal M. Larcher de Brito

2

6th

Q

Portugal M. Larcher de Brito

6th

0

6th

LL

O. Savchuk

6th

5

3

15th

F. Pennetta

3

6th

3

15th

Italy F. Pennetta

1

7th

6th

4th

S. Kuznetsova

6th

3

2

9

Switzerland P. Schnyder

7th

3

7th

Russia D. Safina

2

6th

Q

M. Yuan

6 ⁶

2

r

9

Switzerland P. Schnyder

6th

7th

Romania M. Niculescu

6th

M. Niculescu

1

5

Q

V. Lepchenko

1

2

9

P. Schnyder

2

Australia A. Rodionova

6th

7th

Russia D. Safina

6th

Q

C. Black

2

A. Rodionova

2

4th

7th

Russia D. Safina

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

6th

Russia A. Chakvetadze

6th

7th

United States J. Craybas

6th

J. Craybas

2

5

WC

S. Fichman

4th

3

6th

A. Chakvetadze

6th

5

6 ⁴

Q

A. Role

4th

2

10

France M. Bartoli

4th

7th

Russia A. Kleibanova

6th

A. Kleibanova

Q

M. South

3

7th

0

10

France M. Bartoli

w.

O.

10

France M. Bartoli

6th

6 ⁵

6th

10

France M. Bartoli

6th

16

N. Vaidišová

3

6th

2

A. Sugiyama

2

3

Japan A. Sugiyama

6th

3

6th

Japan A. Sugiyama

6th

S. Lisicki

3

4th

S. Peer

2

Israel S. Peer

6th

Japan A. Sugiyama

w.

O.

B. Mattek

5

2

3

M. Sharapova

Poland M. Domachowska

7th

6th

M. Domachowska

5

7th

2

3

Russia M. Sharapova

7th

5

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

J. Dementjewa

4th

2

Slovakia D. Cibulková

6th

Slovakia D. Cibulková

6th

J. Wesnina

1

Slovakia D. Cibulková

7th

6th

Thailand T. Tanasugarn

6th

12

N. Petrova

6 ²

2

O. Sanchez

3

1

T. Tanasugarn

3

2

WC

M.-E. Pelletier

0

1

12

Russia N. Petrova

6th

12

Russia N. Petrova

6th

Slovakia D. Cibulková

7th

6th

13

Russia M. Kirilenko

6th

7th

2

J. Janković

5

2

A. Keothavong

1

5

13

M. Kirilenko

2

6th

6 ⁴

W. Hawarzowa

1

2

r

WC

Canada S. Dubois

6th

2

7th

WC

Canada S. Dubois

6th

4th

WC

S. Dubois

3

2

Y.-j. Chan

2

6th

5

2

Serbia J. Janković

6th

Canada A. Wozniak

6th

1

7th

A. Wozniak

0

4th

2

Serbia J. Janković

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Zimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber United States	victory
02.	Czech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs Australia	Semifinals
03.	Belarus 1995 Wiktoryja Asaranka Shahar Peer Israel	Round of 16
04th	Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States	Round of 16

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Belarus 1995 Tazzjana Putschak Anastasija Rodionova Russia	Quarter finals
06th	United States Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva Russia	Round of 16
07th	Russia Elena Wesnina Vera Swonaryova Russia	Semifinals
08th.	Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová Czech Republic	Round of 16