2008 WTA Tour

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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 2 Statistical Information 3 Race To The Championships 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Schedule

The table below shows the 2008 WTA Tour schedule.

[edit] January

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
31 December	2008 MAW Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia Hard	Tier III	Li Na 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Patty Schnyder Shahar Peer	Nicole Vaidišová Amélie Mauresmo Dinara Safina Dominika Cibulková
			Safina / Szávay 6–1, 6–2	Yan / Zheng
	2008 ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Hard	Tier IV	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–2	Aravane Rezaï	Marina Erakovic Tamira Paszek	Vera Zvonareva Katarina Srebotnik Sara Errani Maria Kirilenko
			Koryttseva / Osterloh 6–3, 6–4	Muller / Zahlavova-Strycova
7 January	2008 Medibank International Sydney, Australia Hard	Tier II	Justine Henin 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ana Ivanović Nicole Vaidišová	Kaia Kanepi Katarina Srebotnik Jelena Janković Francesca Schiavone
			Yan / Zheng 6–4, 7–6(5)	Perebiynis / Poutchek
	2008 Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Hard	Tier IV	Eleni Daniilidou Walkover	Vera Zvonareva	Flavia Pennetta Ashley Harkleroad	Casey Dellacqua Sania Mirza Edina Gallovits Elena Vesnina
			Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual 6–2, 6–4	Daniilidou / Wöhr
14 January (2 weeks)	2008 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Hard	Grand Slam	Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–3	Ana Ivanović	Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová	Justine Henin Serena Williams Venus Williams Agnieszka Radwańska
			A. Bondarenko / K. Bondarenko 2–6, 6–1, 6–4	Azarenka / Peer
			Mixed Doubles: Zimonjić / Sun 7–6(4), 6–4	Bhupathi / Mirza
28 January	2008 Fed Cup First Round HaSharon, Israel, Hard California, United States, Hard Beijing, China, Hard (i) Naples, Italy, Hard (i)		First Round winners  Russia 4–1  United States 4–1  China 3–2  Spain 3–2	First Round losers  Israel  Germany  France  Italy

[edit] February

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
4 February	2008 Open Gaz de France Paris, France Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 2–6, 6–2	Ágnes Szávay	Marion Bartoli Elena Dementieva	Amélie Mauresmo Virginie Razzano Kateryna Bondarenko Daniela Hantuchová
			A. Bondarenko / K. Bondarenko 6–1, 6–4	Uhlířová / Hrdinová
4 February	2008 Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya, Thailand Hard	Tier IV	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 1–6, 7-6(4)	Jill Craybas	Ekaterina Bychkova Akgul Amanmuradova	Tamarine Tanasugarn Vesna Manasieva Chan Yung-jan Andreja Klepač
			Chan / Chuang 6–4, 6–3	Hsieh / King
11 February	2008 Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Justine Henin 6–3, 6–3	Karin Knapp	Timea Bacsinszky Li Na	Alisa Kleybanova Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder Sofia Arvidsson
			Black / Huber 6–1, 6–3	Peschke / Sugiyama
11 February	2008 Cachantún Cup Viña del Mar, Chile Red clay	Tier III	Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 5–4 ret.	Klára Zakopalová	Pauline Parmentier Mariya Koryttseva	Kaia Kanepi Martina Müller Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Domínguez Lino
			Dekmeijere / Rosolska 7–5, 6–3	Koryttseva / Schruff
18 February	2008 Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Hard	Tier I	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Vera Zvonareva	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na	Dominika Cibulková Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković Sybille Bammer
			Peschke / Stubbs 6–1, 5–7, 10–7	Black / Huber
18 February	2008 Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia Red clay	Tier III	Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–0, 6–4	María Emilia Salerni	Betina Jozami Carla Suárez Navarro	Martina Müller Sara Errani Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño
			Benešová / Mattek 6–3, 6–3	Kostanić Tošić / Müller
25 February	2008 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE Hard	Tier II	Elena Dementieva 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Francesca Schiavone Jelena Janković	Justine Henin Ana Ivanović Anna Chakvetadze Amélie Mauresmo
			Black / Huber 7–5, 6–2	Yan / Zheng
25 February	2008 Cellular South Cup Memphis, USA Hard (indoor)	Tier III	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–1	Olga Govortsova	Marina Erakovic Shahar Peer	Alla Kudryavtseva Caroline Wozniacki Sofia Arvidsson Julia Görges
			Davenport / Raymond 6–3, 6–1	Haynes / Washington
25 February	2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Red clay	Tier III	Flavia Pennetta 6–0, 4–6, 6–1	Alizé Cornet	Kaia Kanepi Jill Craybas	Edina Gallovits Sorana Cîrstea Iveta Benešová Mariya Koryttseva
			Llagostera Vives / Martínez Sánchez 6–2, 6–4	Benešová / Cetkovská

[edit] March

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
3 March	2008 Bangalore Open Bangalore, India Hard	Tier II	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3	Patty Schnyder	Yan Zi Venus Williams	Jelena Janković Akgul Amanmuradova Anastasia Rodionova Vera Zvonareva
			Peng / Sun 6–4, 5–7, 10–8	Chan / Chuang
10 March (2 weeks)	2008 Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, USA Hard	Tier I	Ana Ivanović 6–4, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva Lindsay Davenport Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska
			Safina / Vesnina 6–1, 1–6, 10–8	Yan / Zheng
24 March (2 weeks)	2008 Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA Hard	Tier I	Serena Williams 6–1, 5–7, 6–3	Jelena Janković	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Justine Henin Venus Williams Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina
			Srebotnik / Sugiyama 7–5, 4–6, 10–3	Black / Huber

[edit] April

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
7 April	2008 Bausch & Lomb Champs. Amelia Island, USA Green clay	Tier II	Maria Sharapova 7–6(7), 6–3	Dominika Cibulková	Lindsay Davenport Alizé Cornet	Alona Bondarenko Ágnes Szávay Virginie Razzano Amélie Mauresmo
			Mattek / Uhlířová 6–3, 6–1	Azarenka / Vesnina
14 April	2008 Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA Green clay	Tier I	Serena Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Elena Dementieva Alizé Cornet	Jelena Janković Patty Schnyder Ágnes Szávay Maria Sharapova
			Srebotnik / Sugiyama 6–2, 6–2	Gallovits / Govortsova
14 April	2008 Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal Red clay	Tier IV	Maria Kirilenko 6–4, 6–2	Iveta Benešová	Maret Ani Klára Zakopalová	Camille Pin Olga Savchuk Karin Knapp Tathiana Garbin
			Kirilenko / Pennetta 6–4, 6–4	Jugić-Salkić / Şenoğlu
21 April	2008 Fed Cup Semifinals Moscow, Russia, Clay (i) Beijing, China, Hard (i)		Semifinals winners  Russia 3–2  Spain 4–1	Semifinals losers  United States  China
28 April	2008 GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco Red clay	Tier IV	Gisela Dulko 7–6(2), 7–6(5)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Gréta Arn Aravane Rezaï	Olga Savchuk Petra Cetkovská Alisa Kleybanova Sorana Cîrstea
			Cîrstea /  Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–2	Kleybanova /  Makarova
28 April	2008 ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic Red clay	Tier IV	Vera Zvonareva 7–6(2), 6–2	Victoria Azarenka	Katarina Srebotnik Klára Zakopalová	Roberta Vinci Iveta Benešová Karolina Plíšková Shahar Peer
			Hlaváčková / Hradecká 1–6, 6–3, 10–6	Craybas / Krajicek

[edit] May

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
5 May	2008 Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany Red clay	Tier I	Dinara Safina 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Elena Dementieva	Victoria Azarenka Ana Ivanović	Serena Williams Alona Bondarenko Jelena Janković Ágnes Szávay
			Black / Huber 3–6, 6–2, 10–2	Llagostera Vives / Martínez Sánchez
12 May	2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy Red clay	Tier I	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–2	Alizé Cornet	Anna Chakvetadze Maria Sharapova	Tsvetana Pironkova Serena Williams Venus Williams Patty Schnyder
			Chan / Chuang 7–6(5), 6–3	Benešová / Husarova
19 May	2008 İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey Red clay	Tier III	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–2	Elena Dementieva	Akgul Amanmuradova Tsvetana Pironkova	Jill Craybas Nadia Petrova Olga Govortsova Andreja Klepač
			Craybas / Govortsova 6–1, 6–2	Erakovic / Hercog
19 May	2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Red clay	Tier III	Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–0	Katarina Srebotnik	Chan Yung-jan Timea Bacsinszky	Peng Shuai Ai Sugiyama Flavia Pennetta Alona Bondarenko
			Perebiynis / Yan 6–4, 6–7(3), 10–6	Chan / Chuang
26 May (2 weeks)	2008 French Open Paris, France Red clay	Grand Slam	Ana Ivanović 6–4, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković	Elena Dementieva Kaia Kanepi Carla Suárez Navarro Patty Schnyder
			Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual 2–6, 7–5, 6–4	Dellacqua / Schiavone
			Mixed Doubles: Azarenka / B. Bryan 6–2, 7–6(4)	Srebotnik / Zimonjić

[edit] June

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
9 June	2008 DFS Classic Birmingham, UK Grass	Tier III	Kateryna Bondarenko 7–6(7), 3–6, 7–6(4)	Yanina Wickmayer	Marina Erakovic Bethanie Mattek	Petra Cetkovská Alona Bondarenko Melanie South Nicole Vaidišová
			Black / Huber 6–2, 6–1	Brémond / Ruano Pascual
9 June	2008 Barcelona KIA Barcelona, Spain Red clay	Tier IV	Maria Kirilenko 6–0, 6–2	María José Martínez Sánchez	Nuria Llagostera Vives Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Sara Errani Lucie Šafářová Ekaterina Ivanova Edina Gallovits
			Domínguez Lino / Parra Santonja 4–6, 7–5, 10–4	Llagostera Vives / Martínez Sánchez
16 June	2008 International Women's Open Eastbourne, UK Grass	Tier II	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–7(11), 6–4	Nadia Petrova	Samantha Stosur Marion Bartoli	Caroline Wozniacki Ekaterina Makarova Gisela Dulko Alisa Kleybanova
			Black / Huber 2–6, 6–0, 10–8	Peschke / Stubbs
16 June	2008 Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass	Tier III	Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva Alona Bondarenko	Sorana Cîrstea Katarina Srebotnik Michaella Krajicek Anna Chakvetadze
			Erakovic / Krajicek 6–3, 6–2	Dekmeijere / Kerber
23 June (2 weeks)	2008 Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, London, UK Grass	Grand Slam	Venus Williams 7–5, 6–4	Serena Williams	Zheng Jie Elena Dementieva	Nicole Vaidišová Agnieszka Radwańska Nadia Petrova Tamarine Tanasugarn
			S. Williams / V. Williams 6–2, 6–2	Raymond / Stosur
			Mixed Doubles: Stosur / B. Bryan 7–5, 6–4	Srebotnik / M. Bryan

[edit] July

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
7 July	2008 Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Red clay	Tier III	Alizé Cornet 7–6(5), 6–3	Andreja Klepač	Karolina Šprem Gréta Arn	Petra Kvitová Katalin Marosi Klára Zakopalová Anna-Lena Grönefeld
			Cornet / Husarova 6–7(5), 6–1, 10–6	Henke / Olaru
7 July	2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Red clay	Tier IV	Sara Errani 6–2, 6–3	Mariya Koryttseva	Flavia Pennetta Anabel Medina Garrigues	Margalita Chakhnashvili Carla Suárez Navarro Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Tathiana Garbin
			Errani / Llagostera Vives 2–6, 7–6(1), 10–4	Kudryavtseva / Pavlyuchenkova
14 July	2008 Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA Hard	Tier II	Aleksandra Wozniak 7–5, 6–3	Marion Bartoli	Serena Williams Ai Sugiyama	Patty Schnyder Samantha Stosur Dominika Cibulková Anna Chakvetadze
			Black / Huber 6–4, 6–3	Vesnina / Zvonareva
14 July	2008 Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria Red clay	Tier III	Pauline Parmentier 6–4, 6–4	Lucie Hradecká	Ágnes Szávay Mariya Koryttseva	Iveta Benešová Yvonne Meusburger Tereza Hladíková Patricia Mayr
			Hlaváčková / Hradecká 6–3, 6–3	Karatantcheva / Zorić
21 July	2008 East West Bank Classic Los Angeles, USA Hard	Tier II	Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2	Flavia Pennetta	Jelena Janković Bethanie Mattek	Nadia Petrova Victoria Azarenka Sybille Bammer Yuan Meng
			Chan / Chuang 2–6, 7–5, 10–4	Hrdinová / Uhlířová
21 July	2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia Hard	Tier IV	Sara Errani 6–3, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Caroline Wozniacki Julia Görges	Maria Kirilenko Vera Dushevina Elena Bovina Petra Martic
			Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual 6–4, 6–1	Dushevina / Makarova
28 July	2008 Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada Hard	Tier I	Dinara Safina 6–2, 6–1	Dominika Cibulková	Victoria Azarenka Marion Bartoli	Tamira Paszek Svetlana Kuznetsova Ai Sugiyama Jelena Janković
			Black / Huber 6–1, 6–1	Kirilenko / Pennetta
28 July	2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden Hard	Tier IV	Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 6–2	Vera Dushevina	Agnieszka Radwańska Katarina Srebotnik	Camille Pin Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual Iveta Benešová
			Benešová / Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–5, 6–4	Cetkovská / Šafářová

[edit] August

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists		Quarter finalists
11 August	2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China Hard		1 Gold	2 Silver	3 Bronze	Fourth Place	Sybille Bammer Serena Williams Venus Williams Jelena Janković
			Elena Dementieva 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva 6–0, 7–5	Li Na
			S. Williams / V. Williams 6–2, 6–0	Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual	Yan / Zheng 6–2, 6–2	A. Bondarenko / K. Bondarenko
11 August	2008 W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, USA Hard	Tier III	Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–1	Nathalie Dechy	Amélie Mauresmo Maria Kirilenko		Vania King Aleksandra Wozniak Sabine Lisicki Lilia Osterloh
			Kirilenko / Petrova 6–3, 4–6, 10–8	Hsieh / Shvedova
18 August	2008 Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, USA Hard	Tier II	Caroline Wozniacki 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	Anna Chakvetadze	Amélie Mauresmo Alizé Cornet		Sorana Cîrstea Ágnes Szávay Marion Bartoli Daniela Hantuchová
			Peschke / Raymond 4–6, 7–5, 10–7	Cîrstea / Niculescu
18 August	2008 Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills, USA Hard	Tier IV	Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–2	Peng Shuai	Carla Suárez Navarro Iveta Benešová		Vera Dushevina Martina Muller Ekaterina Makarova Jamea Jackson
25 August (2 weeks)	2008 U.S. Open Flushing Meadows, New York, USA Hard	Grand Slam	Serena Williams 6–4, 7–5	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina Elena Dementieva		Flavia Pennetta Venus Williams Patty Schnyder Sybille Bammer
			Black / Huber 6–3, 7–6(6)	Raymond / Stosur
			Mixed Doubles: Black / Paes 7–6(6), 6–4	Huber / J. Murray

[edit] September

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
8 September	2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic Bali, Indonesia Hard	Tier III	Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–0	Tamira Paszek	Daniela Hantuchová Nadia Petrova	Chan Yung-jan Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone Marta Domachowska
			Hsieh / Peng 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 10–7	Domachowska / Petrova
8 September	2008 Fed Cup Finals Madrid, Spain, Clay		Russia 4–0	Spain
15 September	2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Hard	Tier I	Dinara Safina 6–1, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Katarina Srebotnik Nadia Petrova	Jelena Janković Elena Dementieva Kaia Kanepi Agnieszka Radwańska
			King / Petrova 6–1, 6–4	Raymond / Stosur
15 September	2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China Hard	Tier III	Vera Zvonareva 6–7(4), 6–0, 6–2	Peng Shuai	Zheng Jie Camille Pin	Karin Knapp Tamira Paszek Jill Craybas Arantxa Rus
			Koryttseva / Poutchek 6–3, 4–6, 10–8	Sun / Yan
22 September	2008 China Open Beijing, China Hard	Tier II	Jelena Janković 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Vera Zvonareva Zheng Jie	Daniela Hantuchová Anabel Medina Garrigues Dominika Cibulková Ana Ivanović
			Medina Garrigues / Wozniacki 6–1, 6–3	Han / Xu
22 September	2008 Hansol Korea Open Seoul, Korea Hard	Tier IV	Maria Kirilenko 2–6, 6–1, 6–4	Samantha Stosur	Kaia Kanepi Jill Craybas	Pauline Parmentier Yanina Wickmayer Ekaterina Makarova Shahar Peer
			Chuang / Hsieh 6–3, 6–0	Dushevina / Kirilenko
29 September	2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Jelena Janković 6–4, 6–3	Nadia Petrova	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams	Li Na Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina Vera Zvonareva
			Grönefeld / Schnyder 6-2, 6-4	Peschke / Stubbs
29 September	2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Hard	Tier III	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 3–6, 6–1	Kaia Kanepi	Jarmila Gajdosova Aleksandra Wozniak	Tamarine Tanasugarn Klára Zakopalová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Samantha Stosur
			Craybas / Erakovic 4–6, 7–5, 10–6	Morita / Nakamura
29 September	2008 Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard	Tier IV	Sorana Cîrstea 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)	Sabine Lisicki	Peng Shuai Magdaléna Rybáriková	Monica Niculescu Urszula Radwańska Michelle Larcher de Brito Ioana Raluca Olaru
			Olaru / Savchuk 5–7, 7–5, 10–7	Bratchikova / Woerle

[edit] October

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
6 October	2008 Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Hard (indoor)	Tier I	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–4	Vera Zvonareva	Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta Nadia Petrova Dominika Cibulková Svetlana Kuznetsova
			Petrova / Srebotnik 6–4, 6–4	Black / Huber
13 October	2008 Zürich Open Zürich, Switzerland Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Venus Williams 7–6(1), 6–2	Flavia Pennetta	Anabel Medina Garrigues Ana Ivanović	Katarina Srebotnik Victoria Azarenka Francesca Schiavone Petra Kvitová
			Black / Huber 6–1, 7–6(3)	Grönefeld / Schnyder
20 October	2008 Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Ana Ivanović 6–2, 6–1	Vera Zvonareva	Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli	Flavia Pennetta Nadia Petrova Alona Bondarenko Alizé Cornet
			Srebotnik / Sugiyama 6–4, 7–5	Black / Huber
20 October	2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard (indoor)	Tier III	Elena Dementieva 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	Sorana Cîrstea Li Na	Amélie Mauresmo Daniela Hantuchová Anabel Medina Garrigues Iveta Benešová
			Cîrstea / Erakovic 2–6, 6–3, 10–8	Dushevina / Koryttseva
27 October	2008 Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Hard (indoor)	Tier III	Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	Bethanie Mattek	Angela Haynes Aleksandra Wozniak	Melinda Czink Nathalie Dechy Galina Voskoboeva Melanie Oudin
			Grönefeld / King 7–6(3), 6–4	Craybas / Tanasugarn

[edit] November

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Round Robin
3 November	2008 WTA Tour Championships Doha, Qatar Hard		Venus Williams 6–7(5), 6–0, 6–2	Vera Zvonareva	Elena Dementieva Jelena Janković	Ana Ivanović Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina Serena Williams Nadia Petrova Agnieszka Radwańska
			Black / Huber 6–1, 7–5	Peschke / Stubbs

[edit] Statistical Information

List of players & titles won, last name alphabetically:

• Jelena Janković - Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart and Moscow (4)
• Dinara Safina - Berlin, Los Angeles, Montréal and Tokyo (Tier I) (4)
• Serena Williams - Bangalore, Miami, Charleston, and US Open (4)
• Elena Dementieva - Dubai, Beijing Olympics, and Luxembourg (3)
• Ana Ivanović - Indian Wells, French Open, and Linz (3)
• Maria Kirilenko - Estoril, Barcelona and Seoul (3)
• Agnieszka Radwańska - Pattaya, Istanbul, and Eastbourne (3)
• Maria Sharapova - Australian Open, Doha, and Amelia Island (3)
• Venus Williams - Wimbledon, Zürich, and WTA Tour Championships (3)
• Caroline Wozniacki - Stockholm, New Haven, and Tokyo (Tier III) (3)
• Lindsay Davenport - Auckland and Memphis (2)
• Sara Errani - Palermo and Portoroz (2)
• Justine Henin - Sydney and Antwerp (2)
• Flavia Pennetta - Viña del Mar and Acapulco (2)
• Nadia Petrova - Cincinnati and Quebec City (2)
• Vera Zvonareva - Prague and Guangzhou (2)
• Kateryna Bondarenko - Birmingham (1)
• Anna Chakvetadze - Paris (1)
• Sorana Cîrstea - Tashkent (1)
• Alizé Cornet - Budapest (1)
• Eleni Daniilidou - Hobart (1)
• Gisela Dulko - Fes (1)
• Nuria Llagostera Vives - Bogotá (1)
• Anabel Medina Garrigues - Strasbourg (1)
• Li Na - Gold Coast (1)
• Pauline Parmentier - Bad Gastein (1)
• Lucie Šafářová - Forest Hills (1)
• Patty Schnyder - Bali (1)
• Tamarine Tanasugarn - 's-Hertogenbosch (1)
• Aleksandra Wozniak - Stanford (1)

The following players won their first title:

• Kateryna Bondarenko - Birmingham
• Alizé Cornet - Budapest
• Sara Errani - Palermo
• Caroline Wozniacki - Stockholm
• Aleksandra Wozniak - Stanford
• Sorana Cîrstea - Tashkent

Titles won by Nation

•  Russia - 18 (Australian Open, Paris, Doha, Dubai, Amelia Island, Estoril, Prague, Berlin, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Montréal, Olympics, Cincinnati, Tokyo, Guangzhou, Seoul, Luxembourg, and Quebec City)
•  United States - 9 (Auckland, Memphis, Bangalore, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, US Open, Zürich, and WTA Tour Championships)
•  Serbia - 7 (Indian Wells, Rome, French Open, Beijing, Stuttgart, Moscow, and Linz)
•  Italy - 4 (Viña del Mar, Acapulco, Palermo, and Portoroz)
•  Denmark - 3 (Stockholm, New Haven, and Tokyo (Tier III))
•  Poland - 3 (Pattaya, Istanbul, and Eastbourne)
•  Belgium - 2 (Sydney and Antwerp)
•  Spain - 2 (Bogotá and Strasbourg)
•  France - 2 (Budapest and Bad Gastein)
•  Argentina - 1 (Fes)
•  Canada - 1 (Stanford)
•  China - 1 (Gold Coast)
•  Czech Republic - 1 (Forest Hills)
•  Greece - 1 (Hobart)
•  Romania - 1 (Tashkent)
•  Switzerland - 1 (Bali)
•  Thailand - 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch)
•  Ukraine - 1 (Birmingham)

[edit] Race To The Championships

Unlike the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Ranking, which are based on the best performance during the most recent 52 weeks, the Sony Ericsson "Race to the Championships" (race to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships held yearly in November^[1] ) starts all players with zero points at the beginning of the calendar year. Eight top players and two alternates can attend the WTA Tour Championships in November. The following is the current top 20 in the Race To The Championships.^[2]

Players in Gold are guaranteed a place in 2008 WTA Tour Championships.

Player in red have withdrawn, Maria Sharapova announced she was to not play for the rest of the year due to a shoulder injury sustained at the Rogers Cup, in August.

Player/s in blue are alternates for the championships, It was confirmed from the WTA that Agnieszka Radwańska will have one of the two singles alternate positions, with the last spot going to Nadia Petrova, as she went into the semi-finals of Quebec City.

Race rankings (3 November 2008)
Rk	Name	Nation	Points	Tour
1	Jelena Janković	SRB	4,786	21
2	Dinara Safina	RUS	3,823	20
3	Serena Williams	USA	3,681	12
4	Elena Dementieva	RUS	3,400	18
5	Ana Ivanović	SRB	3,353	17
6	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	2,626	24
7	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	2,623	18
8	Venus Williams	USA	2,522	13
9	Maria Sharapova	RUS	2,515	9
10	Agnieszka Radwańska	POL	2,256	23
11	Nadia Petrova	RUS	1,914	24
12	Flavia Pennetta	ITA	1,814	26
13	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	1,756	23
14	Patty Schnyder	SUI	1,596	23
15	Alizé Cornet	FRA	1,499	23
16	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	1,497	20
17	Marion Bartoli	FRA	1,487	25
18	Dominika Cibulková	SVK	1,447	25
19	Katarina Srebotnik	SLO	1,410	24
20	Anna Chakvetadze	RUS	1,370	23

[edit] See also

• Tennis statistics
• Grand Slam (tennis)
• WTA Tour Championships
• List of WTA number 1 ranked players
• List of female tennis players
• WTA Awards
• 2008 WTA Tier I Series
• 2008 ATP Tour

[edit] External links

• Official WTA Tour website.
• Official Tour Calendar 2008 (pdf)

[edit] References

1. ^ "Sony Ericsson Championships". Sony Ericsson Championship. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. http://www.sonyericsson-championships.com/1/en/home/. Retrieved on 2007-07-28. 
2. ^ "Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships". Rankings: Singles Standings. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/rankings/race/singles.asp. Retrieved on 2007-07-28. 

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