Wimbledon Championships 2008

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Wimbledon Championships 2008
Date: June 23 - July 6, 2008
Edition: 122nd  Wimbledon Championships
Place: London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Venus Williams
Men's double : FranceFrance Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra
FranceFrance 
Ladies doubles : ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Mixed : SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Jamie Murray
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
winner
Men's singles : SpainSpain Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Venus Williams
Men's double : CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Bob Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 2008

The 122nd Wimbledon Championships took place from June 23rd to July 6th 2008 in London , Great Britain . The host was the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club .

Defending champions in the singles were Roger Federer in the men and Venus Williams in the women. In the men's doubles Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra were the defending champions , in the women's doubles Cara Black and Liezel Huber . Jelena Janković and Jamie Murray were the defending champions in mixed doubles .

Rafael Nadal won the men's singles for the first time and defeated Roger Federer, who had won the last five Wimbledon tournaments, in the final. Defending champion Venus Williams won the women's singles. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic won in the men's doubles. Serena Williams and Venus Williams won the women's duo. Samantha Stosur and Bob Bryan won the mixed title.

Men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer final
02. SpainSpain Rafael Nadal victory
03. SerbiaSerbia Novak Đoković 2nd round
04th RussiaRussia Nikolai Davydenko 1 round

05. SpainSpain David Ferrer 3rd round

06th United StatesUnited States Andy Roddick 2nd round

07th ArgentinaArgentina David Nalbandian 1 round

08th. FranceFrance Richard Gasquet Round of 16

09. United StatesUnited States James Blake 2nd round

10. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis Round of 16

11. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych 3rd round

12. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Murray Quarter finals

13. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stanislas Wawrinka Round of 16

14th FranceFrance Paul-Henri Mathieu 3rd round

15th ChileChile Fernando González 2nd round

16. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Radek Štěpánek 3rd round
No. player Round reached
17th RussiaRussia Mikhail Juschny Round of 16

18th CroatiaCroatia Ivo Karlović 1 round

19th SpainSpain Nicolás Almagro 2nd round

20th AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16

21st SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 2nd round
22nd SpainSpain Fernando Verdasco Round of 16
23. SpainSpain Tommy Robredo 2nd round
24. FinlandFinland Jarkko Nieminen 2nd round
25th RussiaRussia Dmitri Tursunov 3rd round
26th CroatiaCroatia Ivan Ljubičić 1 round
27. GermanyGermany Nicolas Kiefer 3rd round
28. FranceFrance Gilles Simon 3rd round
29 ItalyItaly Andreas Seppi 3rd round
30th SpainSpain Feliciano López Quarter finals
31. FranceFrance Gaël Monfils retreat
32. FranceFrance Michaël Llodra 1 round

Ladies singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 3rd round
02. SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Round of 16
03. RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 2nd round
04th RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Round of 16

05. RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa Semifinals

06th United StatesUnited States Serena Williams final

07th United StatesUnited States Venus Williams victory

08th. RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze Round of 16

09. RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 3rd round

10. SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 2nd round

11. FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 3rd round

12. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 1 round

13. RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova 2nd round

14th PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska Quarter finals

15th HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay Round of 16

16. Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka 3rd round
No. Player Round reached
17th FranceFrance Alizé Cornet 1 round

18th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nicole Vaidišová Quarter finals

19th RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 1 round

20th ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 2nd round

21st RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova Quarter finals
22nd ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 2nd round
23. SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik 1 round
24. IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer Round of 16
25th United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 2nd round
26th AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer 2nd round
27. FranceFrance Virginie Razzano 1 round
28. UkraineUkraine Alyona Bondarenko 2nd round
29 FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 3rd round
30th SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková 1 round
31. DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 3rd round
32. IndiaIndia Sania Mirza 2nd round

Men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals
02. CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia 
victory
03. IsraelIsrael Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
Quarter finals
04th IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles
BahamasBahamas 
1 round

05. SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle
AustriaAustria 
1 round

06th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin dam Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
1 round

07th FranceFrance Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra
FranceFrance 
retreat

08th. SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
final
No. pairing Round reached
09. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
Semifinals

10. PolandPoland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
PolandPoland 
1 round

11. South AfricaSouth Africa Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie
South AfricaSouth Africa 
2nd round

12. BrazilBrazil Marcelo Melo André Sá
BrazilBrazil 
Round of 16

13. Czech RepublicCzech Republic František Čermák Jordan Kerr
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16

14th Belarus 1995Belarus Max Mirny Jamie Murray
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Round of 16

15th GermanyGermany Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Round of 16

16. FranceFrance Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut
FranceFrance 
Round of 16

Ladies doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals
02. JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
2nd round
03. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
2nd round
04th Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
1 round

05. SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
2nd round

06th Belarus 1995Belarus Wiktoryja Asaranka Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael 
Quarter finals

07th UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
UkraineUkraine 
retreat

08th. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
1 round
No. pairing Round reached
09. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
2nd round

10. RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Ágnes Szávay
HungaryHungary 
2nd round

11. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
victory

12. RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo
FranceFrance 
retreat

13. United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
Quarter finals

14th AustraliaAustralia Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly 
1 round

15th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
2nd round

16. United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
final

Mixed

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
final
02. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada
Quarter finals
03. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Quarter finals
04th ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Paul Hanley
AustraliaAustralia
Round of 16

05. JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe
Quarter finals

06th Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Julian Knowle
AustriaAustria
Round of 16

07th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Mark Knowles
BahamasBahamas
2nd round

08th. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia
2nd round
No. pairing Round reached
09. FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael
Quarter finals

10. AustraliaAustralia Rennae Stubbs Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
2nd round

11. IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi
IndiaIndia
2nd round

12. United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Jamie Murray
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Semifinals

13. United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Simon Aspelin
SwedenSweden
Round of 16

14th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Peng Shuai Martin dam
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Round of 16

15th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Jeff Coetzee
South AfricaSouth Africa
2nd round

16. UkraineUkraine Kateryna Bondarenko Jordan Kerr
AustraliaAustralia
2nd round

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