WTA Championships 2008
WTA Championships 2008 | |
date | November 4, 2008 - November 9, 2008 |
Edition | 38 |
navigation | 2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009 |
WTA tour | |
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venue | Doha Qatar![]() |
Tournament number | 808 |
category | WTA Tour Championships |
Tournament type | Free place tournament |
Game surface | Hard court |
draw | 8E / 4D |
Prize money | US $ 4,550,000 |
Website | Official website |
Last year's winner (individual) |
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Last year's winner (double) |
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Winner (singles) |
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Winner (doubles) |
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Tournament supervisor | Laura Ceccarelli Pam Whytcross |
As of October 9, 2013 |
The 2008 WTA Championships (also known as the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships ) was a hard court women's tennis tournament in Doha , Qatar . It took place from November 4th to 9th, 2008 and, after the four Grand Slam tournaments, was the tournament with the highest endowment in terms of points and prize money in the tournament calendar of the WTA . The tennis championships of the WTA Tour in women singles and doubles were held for the first time in Doha, the years before they took place in Madrid .
The defending champions were Justine Henin in singles and the duo Cara Black and Liezel Huber in doubles. Henin did not take part, she announced her retirement from competitive sports on May 14, 2008.
The winner in the individual was Venus Williams , who defeated Vera Swonaryova 6: 7, 5 , 6: 0 and 6: 2. As in the previous year, Cara Black and Liezel Huber secured the double title. They won the final against Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs 6-1 and 7-5.
singles
qualification
The eight best placed women on the WTA Tour qualified for this competition. There were also two substitutes.
Individual WTA Race on November 3rd, 2008 | ||||
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# | Player | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date |
1 |
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4786 | 21st | July 30, 2008 |
2 |
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3823 | 20th | September 4, 2008 |
3 |
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3681 | 12 | September 4, 2008 |
4th |
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3400 | 18th | September 18, 2008 |
5 |
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3353 | 17th | July 30, 2008 |
6th |
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2626 | 24 | October 24, 2008 |
7th |
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2623 | 18th | October 16, 2008 |
8th |
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2522 | 13 | October 24, 2008 |
9 |
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2515 | 9 | |
10 |
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2256 | 23 | |
11 |
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1914 | 25th | |
12 |
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1814 | 26th | |
13 |
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1756 | 23 | |
14th |
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1596 | 23 | |
15th |
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1499 | 24 | |
16 |
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1497 | 20th | |
17th |
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1487 | 26th | |
18th |
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1447 | 26th | |
19th |
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1410 | 25th | |
20th |
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1370 | 24 |
Competition mode
In the round of the tournament , four players played in two groups, each against each other ( round robin) . The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals. The winner of one group played against the second of the other group, the winners of these games played the final.
Seeding list
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Semi-finals, finals
Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
8th | ![]() |
7th | 3 | 6th | ||||||||
5 | ![]() |
6 7 | 6th | 3 | ||||||||
8th | ![]() |
7th | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
7th | ![]() |
6 5 | 6th | 6th | ||||||||
1 | ![]() |
2 | 6th | 3 | ||||||||
7th | ![]() |
6th | 2 | 6th |
Red group
Janković | Ivanović Radwańska |
Kuznetsova | Swonaryova | Round Robin S-N |
Sentences S-N |
Play S-N |
Item | ||
1 |
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6: 3, 6: 4 (Ivanović) |
7: 6 6 , 6: 4 | 6: 2, 3: 6, 4: 6 | 2: 1 | 5: 2 | 38:31 | 2 | |
4 ALT |
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3: 6, 4: 6 (Ivanović) |
6: 2, 7: 5 (Radwańska) |
3: 6, 7: 6 5 (Ivanović) |
0: 2 1: 0 |
1: 4 2: 0 |
21:30 13: 7 |
X 3 |
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6th |
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6: 7 6 , 4: 6 | 2: 6, 5: 7 (Radwańska) |
2: 6, 3: 6 | 0: 3 | 1: 6 | 29:43 | 4th | |
8th |
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2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
6: 3, 6: 7 5 , 6: 4 (Ivanović) |
6: 2, 6: 3 | 3-0 | 6: 2 | 44:32 | 1 |
- In the last group game, Ana Ivanović was replaced by Agnieszka Radwańska.
Maroon group
Safina | S. Williams Petrova |
Dementieva | V. Williams | Round Robin S-N |
Sentences S-N |
Play S-N |
Item | ||
2 |
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4: 7, 1: 6 (S. Williams) |
2: 6, 4: 6 | 5: 7, 3: 6 | 0: 3 | 0: 6 | 19:37 | 3 | |
3 OLD |
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6: 4, 6: 1 (S. Williams) |
4: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6 (Petrowa) |
7: 5, 1: 6, 0: 6 (S. Williams) |
1: 1 0: 1 |
3: 2 1: 2 |
20:22 14:16 |
X 4 |
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5 |
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6: 2, 6: 4 |
6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4 (Petrowa) |
4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6 | 2: 1 | 5: 3 | 41:36 | 2 | |
7th |
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7: 5, 6: 3 |
5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 0 (S. Williams) |
6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3 | 3-0 | 6: 2 | 46:29 | 1 |
- In the last group game, Serena Williams was replaced by Nadja Petrowa.
Double
qualification
The four best placed double pairings of the WTA Tour qualified for this competition.
WTA-Race in doubles on November 3rd, 2008 | ||||||
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# | pairing | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date | ||
1 |
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6158 | 23 | August 20, 2008 | ||
2 |
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2809 | 16 | October 28, 2008 | ||
3 |
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2614 | 18th | October 28, 2008 | ||
4th |
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2542 | 14th | October 16, 2008 | ||
5 |
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2350 | 14th | |||
6th |
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2196 | 18th | |||
7th |
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2167 | 10 | |||
8th |
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2093 | 14th | |||
9 |
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1657 | 7th | |||
10 |
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1395 | 4th |
Competition mode
The tournament winners were determined according to the knockout system.
Seeding list
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Semi-finals, finals
Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
1 | ![]() ![]() |
6th | 6th | |||||||||
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1 | 3 | |||||||||
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6th | 7th | |||||||||
3 | ![]() ![]() |
1 | 5 | |||||||||
3 | ![]() ![]() |
6th | 2 | [10] | ||||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 6th | 4th |
Web links
- Official website WTA Championships (English)
- WTA Championships 2008 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
- WTA Championships 2008 (English) on the ITF homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Notes & Netcords: October 3, 2008 (PDF; 549kB)
- ↑ Janković qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Safina qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ S. Williams qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dementjewa qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from December 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ivanović qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Swonaryova qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from November 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Kuznetsova qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ V. Venus qualified for the WTA final ( memento from November 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Peschke and Stubbs qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Srebotnik and Sugiyama qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from November 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Peschke and Stubbs qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from November 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Medina Garrigues and Ruano Pascual qualified for the WTA final ( Memento from November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )