2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová
Runners-up Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina
Score6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw16 (2 WC )
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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The women's doubles draw for the 2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships .

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber (first round)
  2. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung Jan / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina / Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian (first round)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
5 2
  Flag of Belarus.svg T Poutchek
Flag of Russia.svg A Rodionova
76 Flag of Belarus.svg T Poutchek
Flag of Russia.svg A Rodionova
0 4
  Flag of Belarus.svg V Azarenka
Flag of Russia.svg E Vesnina
76 Flag of Belarus.svg V Azarenka
Flag of Russia.svg E Vesnina
66
  Flag of Slovakia.svg J Husárová
Flag of Poland.svg A Radwańska
654   Flag of Belarus.svg V Azarenka
Flag of Russia.svg E Vesnina
67
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg T Sun
5 4 Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of the United States.svg M Shaughnessy
4 65
  Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of the United States.svg M Shaughnessy
76 Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of the United States.svg M Shaughnessy
77
  Flag of Ukraine.svg T Perebiynis
Flag of Russia.svg G Voskoboeva
66 Flag of Ukraine.svg T Perebiynis
Flag of Russia.svg G Voskoboeva
5 5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Molik
Flag of Australia (converted).svg B Stewart
4 4 Flag of Belarus.svg V Azarenka
Flag of Russia.svg E Vesnina
3 1
  Flag of Spain.svg A Medina Garrigues
Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
67 Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
66
  Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva
Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
0 5 Flag of Spain.svg A Medina Garrigues
Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
3 6[10]
  Flag of Argentina.svg G Dulko
Flag of the United States.svg V King
666[3] 3 Flag of Russia.svg D Safina
Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay
60 [7]
3 Flag of Russia.svg D Safina
Flag of Hungary.svg Á Szávay
73 [10] Flag of Spain.svg A Medina Garrigues
Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
74 [8]
  Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
5 6[21] Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
656[10]
WC Flag of the United States.svg J Craybas
Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Krajicek
74 [19] Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
66
WC Flag of Ukraine.svg A Bondarenko
Flag of Russia.svg A Jidkova
4 3 2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-J Chan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-J Chuang
4 3
2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-J Chan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-J Chuang
66

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