Doubles | |
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2008 DFS Classic | |
Champions | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Runners-up | Séverine Brémond Virginia Ruano Pascual |
Score | 6–2, 6–1 |
Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung were the defending champions, but Chan chose not to participate, and only Chuang competed that year.
Chuang partnered with Rika Fujiwara, but lost in the quarterfinals to Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6–2, 6–1, against Séverine Brémond and Virginia Ruano Pascual.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Morita A Nakamura | 1 | 1 | 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C Dellacqua R Stubbs | 7 | 2 | [8] | J Craybas O Govortsova | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Craybas O Govortsova | 5 | 6 | [10] | 1 | C Black L Huber | 5 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | B Mattek S Mirza | 4 | 6 | [4] | Y Shvedova T Tanasugarn | 7 | 4 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||
N Grandin R Kops-Jones | 6 | 3 | [10] | N Grandin R Kops-Jones | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Y Shvedova T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | Y Shvedova T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | A Keothavong M South | 0 | 2 | 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
V King A Kudryavtseva | 7 | 4 | [11] | S Brémond V Ruano Pascual | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C Gullickson V Uhlířová | 5 | 6 | [9] | V King A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
C-j Chuang R Fujiwara | 7 | 6 | C-j Chuang R Fujiwara | 4 | 6 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | L Raymond S Stosur | 5 | 3 | V King A Kudryavtseva | 4 | 6 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
T Poutchek A Rodionova | 3 | 4 | S Brémond V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Krajicek M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | M Krajicek M Niculescu | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Brémond V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | S Brémond V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 4 | 4 |
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