2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open

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2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open
BangaloreOpenLogo.jpg
Date3 March – March 9
Edition6th
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian
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The 2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open was the biggest Women's WTA Tennis Tournament of South and South-East Asia in 2008. It took place from 3 March to 9 March in the KST Signature Kingfisher Tennis stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore on outdoor hardcourts. 2008 was the sixth edition of the event, and the third held in Bangalore. The tournament had been upgraded to Tier 2 from a Tier 3 event and would offer a total prize money pot of US$600,000 up from $175,000 last year.

Contents

The field was led by Jelena Janković [1] and formers world #1, Venus Williams and Serena Williams.[ citation needed ] Patty Schnyder, Ágnes Szávay, Sybille Bammer and Vera Zvonareva [2] were also present.

Sania Mirza, the top Indian woman tennis player decided to skip her home event, citing the number of controversies that ensue every time she plays at home. According to Mirza: "Every time I play in India, there has been a problem. So [me and my manager] just thought it was better not to play this time." [3]

WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank 1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Jelena Janković 41
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 82
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 103
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Patty Schnyder 124
Flag of Hungary.svg HUN Ágnes Szávay 175
Flag of Austria.svg AUT Sybille Bammer 206
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Vera Zvonareva 217
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Maria Kirilenko 278

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams def. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian def. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung, 6–4, 5–7, 10–8

References

  1. PTI (25 February 2008). "Jankovic confirms participation in Bangalore Open". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. "Zvonareva to play in Bangalore Open". Rediff. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. "Sania Mirza boycotts WTA Bangalore Open". ThePicky. Retrieved 31 October 2018.