US Open 2008

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US Open 2008
Date: August 25–8. September 2008
Edition: 128th  US Open
Place: new York
Covering: Hard
Defending champion
Men's singles : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer
Ladies singles : BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin
Men's double : SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle
AustriaAustria 
Ladies doubles : FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina
RussiaRussia 
Mixed : Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoria Azaranka Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
winner
Men's singles : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Serena Williams
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
Grand Slams 2008

The 128th US Open is an international tennis tournament and took place from August 25 to September 8, 2008 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park in New York City , USA .

Defending champion in the singles was Roger Federer for the men and Justine Henin for the women, who resigned in May and did not appear. In the men's doubles were Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle , in women's doubles Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina , the defending champion. Wiktoryja Asaranka and Max Mirny were the defending champions in mixed doubles .

Men's singles

Winner: Roger Federer

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. SpainSpain Rafael Nadal Semifinals
02. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer victory
03. SerbiaSerbia Novak Đoković Semifinals
04th SpainSpain David Ferrer 3rd round

05. RussiaRussia Nikolai Davydenko Round of 16

06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Murray final

07th ArgentinaArgentina David Nalbandian 3rd round

08th. United StatesUnited States Andy Roddick Quarter finals

09. United StatesUnited States James Blake 3rd round

10. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stanislas Wawrinka Round of 16

11. ChileChile Fernando González Round of 16

12. FranceFrance Richard Gasquet 1 round

13. SpainSpain Fernando Verdasco 3rd round

14th CroatiaCroatia Ivo Karlović 3rd round

15th SpainSpain Tommy Robredo Round of 16

16. FranceFrance Gilles Simon 3rd round
No. player Round reached
17th ArgentinaArgentina Juan Martín del Potro Quarter finals

18th SpainSpain Nicolás Almagro 3rd round

19th FranceFrance Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3rd round

20th GermanyGermany Nicolas Kiefer 1 round

21st RussiaRussia Mikhail Juschny retreat
22nd Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych 1 round
23. RussiaRussia Igor Andreyev Round of 16
24. FranceFrance Paul-Henri Mathieu 2nd round
25th GermanyGermany Philipp Kohlschreiber 2nd round
26th RussiaRussia Dmitri Tursunov 3rd round
27. SpainSpain Feliciano López 1 round
28. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Radek Štěpánek 3rd round
29 ArgentinaArgentina Juan Mónaco 1 round
30th CroatiaCroatia Marin Čilić 3rd round
31. ItalyItaly Andreas Seppi 3rd round
32. FranceFrance Gaël Monfils Round of 16

Ladies singles

Winner: Serena Williams

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 2nd round
02. SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković final
03. RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 3rd round
04th United StatesUnited States Serena Williams victory

05. RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa Semifinals

06th RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Semifinals

07th United StatesUnited States Venus Williams Quarter finals

08th. RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova 2nd round

09. PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska Round of 16

10. RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze 1 round

11. SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 1 round

12. FranceFrance Marion Bartoli Round of 16

13. HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay 2nd round

14th Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka 3rd round

15th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder Quarter finals

16. ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta Quarter finals
No. Player Round reached
17th FranceFrance Alizé Cornet 3rd round

18th SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková 3rd round

19th RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 3rd round

20th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nicole Vaidišová 2nd round

21st DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki Round of 16
22nd RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 1 round
23. United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 3rd round
24. IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer 1 round
25th ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 2nd round
26th SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues 2nd round
27. UkraineUkraine Alyona Bondarenko 3rd round
28. SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Round of 16
29 AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer Quarter finals
30th JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama 3rd round
31. FranceFrance Virginie Razzano 1 round
32. FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo Round of 16

Men's doubles

Winner: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia 
Round of 16
02. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
victory
03. IsraelIsrael Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
2nd round
04th IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles
BahamasBahamas 
Round of 16

05. SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
2nd round

06th SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle
AustriaAustria 
2nd round

07th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
final

08th. PolandPoland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
PolandPoland 
1 round
No. pairing Round reached
09. AustraliaAustralia Paul Hanley Jordan Kerr
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round

10. FranceFrance Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra
FranceFrance 
1 round

11. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin dam Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Round of 16

12. UruguayUruguay Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna
PeruPeru 
2nd round

13. South AfricaSouth Africa Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen
NetherlandsNetherlands 
1 round

14th Belarus 1995Belarus Max Mirny Jamie Murray
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
1 round

15th BrazilBrazil Marcelo Melo André Sá
BrazilBrazil 
Round of 16

16. FranceFrance Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut
FranceFrance 
2nd round

Ladies doubles

Winners: Cara Black and Liezel Huber

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
victory
02. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round
03. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
1 round
04th SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Semifinals

05. SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
Semifinals

06th Belarus 1995Belarus Wiktoryja Asaranka Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael 
1 round

07th UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
UkraineUkraine 
Round of 16

08th. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
09. FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round

10. United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
final

11. SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Round of 16

12. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboyeva
RussiaRussia 
2nd round

13. RussiaRussia Elena Wesnina Vera Swonaryova
RussiaRussia 
2nd round

14th SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain 
2nd round

15th RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly 
1 round

16. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
1 round

Mixed

Winner: Cara Black and Leander Paes

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Chuang Chia-young
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
1 round
02. SerbiaSerbia Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
Quarter finals
03. ZimbabweZimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
1 round
04th AustriaAustria Julian Knowle Chan Yung-jan
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
1 round
No. pairing Round reached
05. IndiaIndia Leander Paes Cara Black
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
victory

06th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Vízner Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Round of 16

07th BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Yan Zi
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
1 round

08th. IsraelIsrael Andy Ram Nathalie Dechy
FranceFrance 
1 round

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