Tennis.com Zurich Open 2008

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Tennis.com Zurich Open 2008
date October 13, 2008 - October 19, 2008
Edition 25th
navigation 2007  ◄  2008 
WTA tour
venue Zurich Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Tournament number 608
category WTA Tier II
Tournament type Indoor tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 28E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US $ 600,000 
Last year's winner (individual) BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin
Last year's winner (double) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Winner (singles) United StatesUnited States Venus Williams
Winner (doubles) ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
Tournament supervisor Fabrice Chouquet
Last direct assumption AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer (30)
Player representatives SwitzerlandSwitzerland Timea Bacsinszky Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Status: May 6, 2013

The Zurich Open 2008 (officially: TENNIS.com Zurich Open ) was the 25th and final edition of the indoor hard court tennis tournament for women in Zurich . It was part of the WTA Tour 2008 as a category Tier II tournament and took place from October 13th to 19th, 2008. It was carried out in the Hallenstadion .

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Round of 16
02. SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović Semifinals
03. United StatesUnited States Venus Williams victory
04th RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova Round of 16
No. Player Round reached
05. PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska Round of 16

06th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 1 round

07th RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze 1 round

08th. SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 1 round

Explanation of symbols

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

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
             
  1  SerbiaSerbia J. Janković 7th 3 3
   RussiaRussia N. Petrova 1 1          ItalyItaly F. Pennetta 5 6th 6th  
   ItalyItaly F. Pennetta 6th 6th          ItalyItaly F. Pennetta 7th 6th  
   SloveniaSlovenia K. Srebotnik 6th 6th            SloveniaSlovenia K. Srebotnik 5 2    
WC  SwitzerlandSwitzerland T. Bacsinszky 3 3          SloveniaSlovenia K. Srebotnik 2 7th 6th
Q  RussiaRussia W. Dushewina 4th 1       5  PolandPoland A. Radwańska 6th 6 6 3  
5  PolandPoland A. Radwańska 6th 6th          ItalyItaly F. Pennetta 6th 7th  
         SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues 3 6 6    
  4th  RussiaRussia W. Swonaryova 3 0 r
   SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues 6th 6th          SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues 6th 3    
WC  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China N. Li 2 4th          SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues 4th 6th  
   FranceFrance A. Mauresmo 2 1            Belarus 1995Belarus W. Asaranka 6th 3 r  
   Belarus 1995Belarus W. Asaranka 6th 6th          Belarus 1995Belarus W. Asaranka 6th 6th  
Q  RomaniaRomania M. Niculescu 3 6th 6th     Q  RomaniaRomania M. Niculescu 0 0    
7th  RussiaRussia A. Chakvetadze 6th 3 2        ItalyItaly F. Pennetta 6 1 2  
8th  SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová 5 2         3  United StatesUnited States V. Williams 7th 6th  
   RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko 7th 6th          RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko 3 5  
   DenmarkDenmark C. Wozniacki 6 3 2          ItalyItaly F. Schiavone 6th 7th    
   ItalyItaly F. Schiavone 7th 6th          ItalyItaly F. Schiavone 3 3  
   UkraineUkraine A. Bondarenko 1 6th 7th       3  United StatesUnited States V. Williams 6th 6th    
   FranceFrance A. Cornet 6th 3 6 6        UkraineUkraine A. Bondarenko 3 4th  
  3  United StatesUnited States V. Williams 6th 6th    
    3  United StatesUnited States V. Williams 4th 6th 6th
6th  SwitzerlandSwitzerland P. Schnyder 4th 6th 4th       2  SerbiaSerbia A. Ivanović 6th 3 4th  
Q  Czech RepublicCzech Republic P. Kvitová 6th 3 6th     Q  Czech RepublicCzech Republic P. Kvitová 6th 6th  
Q  SwedenSweden S. Arvidsson 0 7th 6th     Q  SwedenSweden S. Arvidsson 2 1    
   AustriaAustria S. Bammer 6th 5 4th     Q  Czech RepublicCzech Republic P. Kvitová 1 4th  
   FranceFrance M. Bartoli 6th 6th         2  SerbiaSerbia A. Ivanović 6th 6th    
   HungaryHungary Á. Szávay 4th 0          FranceFrance M. Bartoli 2 4th  
  2  SerbiaSerbia A. Ivanović 6th 6th    
 

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States  		victory
02. SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan  		Semifinals
03. SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain  		1 round
04th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia  		1 round

Explanation of symbols

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

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  ZimbabweZimbabwe C. Black L. Huber
 United StatesUnited States  		6th 6th          
WC  SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová Á. Szávay
 HungaryHungary  		2 3       1  ZimbabweZimbabwe C. Black L. Huber
 United StatesUnited States  		w. O.    
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic I. Benešová J. Craybas
 United StatesUnited States  		4th 0        Belarus 1995Belarus W. Azaranka N. Petrova
 RussiaRussia  		       
   Belarus 1995Belarus W. Azaranka N. Petrova
 RussiaRussia  		6th 6th         1  ZimbabweZimbabwe C. Black L. Huber
 United StatesUnited States  		6th 4th [10]  
3  SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues V. Pascual
 SpainSpain  		2 4th          RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko F. Pennetta
 ItalyItaly  		2 6th [6]  
   RomaniaRomania S. Cîrstea M. Niculescu
 RomaniaRomania  		6th 6th          RomaniaRomania S. Cîrstea M. Niculescu
 RomaniaRomania  		6th 2 [6]  
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic E. Hrdinová V. Uhlířová
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		4th 2        RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko F. Pennetta
 ItalyItaly  		2 6th [10]  
   RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko F. Pennetta
 ItalyItaly  		6th 6th         1  ZimbabweZimbabwe C. Black L. Huber
 United StatesUnited States  		6th 7th  
   United StatesUnited States L. Raymond S. Stosur
 AustraliaAustralia  		3 6 1       WC  GermanyGermany A.-L. Grönefeld P. Schnyder
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  		1 6 3  
   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China S. Peng J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		6th 7th          China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China S. Peng J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		6 7 3      
WC  GermanyGermany A.-L. Grönefeld P. Schnyder
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  		3 6th [12]   WC  GermanyGermany A.-L. Grönefeld P. Schnyder
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  		7th 6th    
4th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Peschke R. Stubbs
 AustraliaAustralia  		6th 4th [10]       WC  GermanyGermany A.-L. Grönefeld P. Schnyder
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  		6th 0 [10]
   SpainSpain N. Llagostera Vives, M.J. Martínez Sánchez
 SpainSpain  		1 2       2  SloveniaSlovenia Sugiyama, K. Srebotnik
 JapanJapan  		4th 6th [8th]  
   PolandPoland K. Jans A. Rosolska
 PolandPoland  		6th 6th          PolandPoland K. Jans A. Rosolska
 PolandPoland  		6th 3 [6]  
   UkraineUkraine A. Bondarenko, K. Bondarenko
 UkraineUkraine  		1 4th     2  SloveniaSlovenia Sugiyama, K. Srebotnik
 JapanJapan  		2 6th [10]  
2  SloveniaSlovenia Sugiyama, K. Srebotnik
 JapanJapan  		6th 6th      

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