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2008 Challenge Bell | |
Champion | |
Runner-up | |
Final score | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.
Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions, for a total of 98 weeks. Davenport is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times since 1975; the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. She has achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles as well.
Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Bethanie Mattek 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian former professional tennis player.
Bethanie Lynn Mattek-Sands is an American professional tennis player. She is an Olympic Gold medalist, and has won five Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles.
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WC | 3 | 3 | 6 | 77 | 3 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mattek chose not to participate, while Mirza chose to compete the Beijing Summer Olympics instead.
Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions. Both were present that year, but chose to compete with different players.
Kirilenko partnered with Elena Vesnina, but lost in the second round to Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.
Petrova partnered with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Liezel Huber.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6–3, 0–6, 10–2 against Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.
Victoria Azarenka and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions. Azarenka chose not to compete and Zvonareva partnered with Lucie Šafářová.
Zvonareva lost in the first round to the wildcard team of Jelena Janković and Tathiana Garbin.
The unseeded pair Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik won in the final 6–4, 2–6, [10–5], against Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo were the defending champions, but Mauresmo retired from the sport on December 3, 2009.
Kuznetsova chose to compete with Alicia Molik, but they lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta.
The unseeded pair Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won in the final 6–3, 4–6, [10–7], against Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova were the defenders of championship title; however, they chose not to play together.
Mattek-Sands partnered up with Yan Zi, but they lost to Natalie Grandin and Abigail Spears in the quarterfinals.
Petrova chose to play with Liezel Huber and they won in the final 6–3, 6–4, against Vania King and Michaëlla Krajicek.
Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová were the defending champions, but they lost in the first round against Maria Elena Camerin and Darya Kustova.
In the final, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy defeated Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 6–2.
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Daniela Hantuchová and Agnieszka Radwańska won the tournament, defeating Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova 7–6(5), 2–6, [10–8] in the final.
Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions but decided not to defend their title together.
Huber partnered up with Lisa Raymond but lost to Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the first round.
Meanwhile, Petrova played alongside Julia Görges but lost in the second round to top seeds Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik.
Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions and they reached the final. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond defeated them 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3) to win the title.
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the tournament by defeating Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Lucie Hradecká and František Čermák.
Australian wildcards Jarmila Gajdošová and Matthew Ebden won their first mixed doubles title, defeating Lucie Hradecká and František Čermák in the final, 6–3, 7–5.
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but decided not to participate together this year.
Huber played alongside Hsieh Su-wei, but lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round while Raymond partnered up with Samantha Stosur, but lost to Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in the quarterfinals.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final 2–6, 6–3, [10–6].
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Huber played with Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza. Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova.
Mattek-Sands and Mirza won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7].
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but chose not to play together.
Huber partnered up with María José Martínez Sánchez, but lost in the first round to Daniela Hantuchová and Anabel Medina Garrigues, while Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur, but lost in the second round to Kimiko Date-Krumm and Casey Dellacqua.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik 6–0, 5–7, [10–6] in the final.
Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions, but Kirilenko chose not to compete this year.
Petrova teamed with Katarina Srebotnik and successfully defended the title, defeating Lisa Raymond and Laura Robson in the final 6–1, 7–6(7–2).
Serena Williams successfully defended her title by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–1, 6–4.
Maria Sharapova successfully defended her title, beating Li Na in the final, 6–4, 6–3.
Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová were the defending champions, but Benešová decided not to participate.
Záhlavová-Strýcová played alongside Julia Görges, but they lost in the first round to Liezel Huber and Janette Husárová.
Mona Barthel and Sabine Lisicki won the title, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza in the final, 6–4, 7–5.
Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but they decided not to participate together. Petrova was scheduled to play alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but the team withdrew before the first round due to Mattek-Sands's hip injury. Srebotnik teamed up with Květa Peschke, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Sania Mirza.
Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. While Shaughnessy did not compete this year due to a back injury, Petrova partnered with Alina Jidkova and lost in first round to Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta.