Defending champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were first seed. They were defeated in the semifinals by eighth seed Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik who, in turn, had to give way in the finals to the unseeded Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva, the new champions.
Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, however Clijsters did not compete.
The 2008 Sony Ericsson Open women's singles was the women's singles event of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, a WTA Tier I tennis tournament held in late March and early April. Serena Williams was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 against Jelena Janković. It was the fifth time Williams had won the tournament, tying the record with Steffi Graf.
The 1999 Family Circle Cup singles was the singles event of the twenty-seventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Hilton Head, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Amanda Coetzer was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Henrieta Nagyová.
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Zheng Jie.
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but did not participate in the tournament.
In the final, Elena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina defeated Neha Uberoi and Shikha Uberoi 6–1, 6–0 to win the first edition of this tournament.
Elena Bovina was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.
Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Chan Hao-ching played alongside Flavia Pennetta, but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza.
Chan Yung-jan teamed up with Zheng Jie, but lost to Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–7(5–7), 2–6.
This was the first edition of the tournament, so no defending champions were declared.
The women's doubles Tournament at the 2006 İstanbul Cup took place between 22 May and 27 May on outdoor clay courts in Istanbul, Turkey. Alona Bondarenko and Anastasiya Yakimova won the title, defeating Sania Mirza and Alicia Molik in the final.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but Kuznetsova did not compete this year. Likhovtseva teamed up with Magdalena Maleeva and successfully defended her title, by defeating Maria Elena Camerin and Silvia Farina Elia 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 in the final.
Maria Elena Camerin and Émilie Loit were the defending champions, but Loit did not compete this year.
The tournament was moved from Shanghai to Beijing in 2004. Last champions in Shanghai were Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt. Pratt teamed up with Tamarine Tanasugarn but they were eliminated in semifinals.
Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi were the defending champions, but chose to compete in Luxembourg at the same week.
Evgenia Kulikovskaya and Elena Tatarkova were the defending champions, but Kulikovskaya did not compete this year. Tatarkova teamed up with Martina Navratilova and lost in first round to Maria Elena Camerin and Flavia Pennetta.
Émilie Loit was the defending champion, but lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives in the semifinals.
Amy Frazier was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Li Na in an upset.
Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were the defending champions, but Bartoli chose not to participate in 2005. Loit successfully defended her title, alongside Barbora Strýcová.
In the first edition of the tournament, Zsófia Gubacsi won the title by defeating Maria Elena Camerin 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) in the final.
Maria Elena Camerin 
Emmanuelle Gagliardi 
Neha Uberoi 
Shikha Uberoi 
