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2008 tennis event results
Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |
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| Venue | Olympic Green Tennis Centre |
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| Date | 10 to 17 August 2008 |
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| Competitors | 64 from 21 nations |
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The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–2, 6–2. This was the Williams sisters' second Olympic gold medal in Women's Doubles.
The tournament was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing, China. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament.
China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the reigning gold medalists, but Li retired from tennis in 2007. Sun partnered with Peng Shuai, but they were defeated in the first round by Belarus' Olga Govortsova and Darya Kustova.
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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| Morning
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10.30
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10.30
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10.30
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| Afternoon
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17.00
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17.00
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17.00
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16.00
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16.00
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16.00
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16.00
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16.00
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Round of 32
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Round of 32
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Round of 32
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Round of 16
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Round of 16
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze
Final
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| Grand Slam events | |
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| Tier I tournaments | |
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| Tier II tournaments |
- Sydney (S, D)
- Paris (S, D)
- Antwerp (S, D)
- Dubai (S, D)
- Bangalore (S, D)
- Amelia Island (S, D)
- Eastbourne (S, D)
- Stanford (S, D)
- Los Angeles (S, D)
- New Haven (S, D)
- Beijing (S, D)
- Stuttgart (S, D)
- Zürich (S, D)
- Linz (S, D)
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| Tier III tournaments |
- Gold Coast (S, D)
- Viña del Mar (S, D)
- Bogotá (S, D)
- Memphis (S, D)
- Acapulco (S, D)
- İstanbul
- Strasbourg (S, D)
- Birmingham (S, D)
- Rosmalen (S, D)
- Budapest (S, D)
- Bad Gastein (S, D)
- Cincinnati (S, D)
- Bali (S, D)
- Guangzhou (S, D)
- Tokyo (S, D)
- Luxembourg City (S, D)
- Quebec City (S, D)
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| Tier IV tournaments |
- Auckland (S, D)
- Hobart (S, D)
- Pattaya (S, D)
- Estoril (S, D)
- Fes (S, D)
- Prague (S, D)
- Barcelona (S, D)
- Palermo (S, D)
- Portorož (S, D)
- Stockholm (S, D)
- Forest Hills
- Seoul (S, D)
- Tashkent (S, D)
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| Team events | |
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Serena Williams 
Venus Williams (USA)
Anabel Medina Garrigues 
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
China
Svetlana Kuznetsova / Dinara Safina (RUS) (quarterfinals)
Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) (second round)
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (final, silver medalists)
Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) (semifinals, fourth place)
Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (CHN) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
Yan Zi (CHN)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
