Doubles | |
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2008 Family Circle Cup | |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
Score | 6–2, 6–2 |
Draw | 28 |
Seeds | 8 |
Yan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Edina Gallovits and Olga Govortsova 6–2, 6–2 in the final.
The top 4 seeds receive a bye into the second round.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 6 | [7] | |||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
8 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 2 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 6 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | ![]() ![]() | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | 5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 0 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 6 | [3] | 5 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 3 | [10] | 1 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 6 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 4 | 5 | ![]() ![]() | 63 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 7 | 3 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 5 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 7 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 7 | 68 | [7] | 7 | ![]() ![]() | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() | 5 | 7 | [10] |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alt | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 0 | r | 8 | ![]() ![]() | 5 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 7 | 0 | [7] | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 4 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 65 | 6 | [10] | 8 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 1 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 6 | [10] | 4 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 6 | [2] | |||||||||||||||||||
WC | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 1 | [6] | ![]() ![]() | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 7 | [10] | 2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 65 | [8] | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 2 | 2 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 4 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 1 | 6 | [6] | 2 | ![]() ![]() | 65 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 3 | [10] | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 |
Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Sugiyama held the all-time record, for both male and female players, for her 62 consecutive Grand Slam main-draw appearances, until she was surpassed by Roger Federer at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
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