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Doubles | |
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2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships | |
Champions | Bethanie Mattek Vladimíra Uhlířová |
Runners-up | Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina |
Score | 6–3, 6–1 |
Draw | 16 (2 WC ) |
Seeds | 4 |
The women's doubles draw for the 2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships .
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | C Black L Huber | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
T Poutchek A Rodionova | 7 | 6 | T Poutchek A Rodionova | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
V Azarenka E Vesnina | 7 | 6 | V Azarenka E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J Husárová A Radwańska | 65 | 4 | V Azarenka E Vesnina | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | S Peng T Sun | 5 | 4 | N Dechy M Shaughnessy | 4 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
N Dechy M Shaughnessy | 7 | 6 | N Dechy M Shaughnessy | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T Perebiynis G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | T Perebiynis G Voskoboeva | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Molik B Stewart | 4 | 4 | V Azarenka E Vesnina | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 7 | B Mattek V Uhlířová | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E Likhovtseva L Raymond | 0 | 5 | A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 3 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
G Dulko V King | 66 | 6 | [3] | 3 | D Safina Á Szávay | 6 | 0 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | D Safina Á Szávay | 7 | 3 | [10] | A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 7 | 4 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||
B Mattek V Uhlířová | 5 | 6 | [21] | B Mattek V Uhlířová | 65 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | J Craybas M Krajicek | 7 | 4 | [19] | B Mattek V Uhlířová | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | A Bondarenko A Jidkova | 4 | 3 | 2 | Y-J Chan C-J Chuang | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Y-J Chan C-J Chuang | 6 | 6 |
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