2008 Kangaroo Cup – Singles

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Singles
2008 Kangaroo Cup
Champion Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn
Runner-up Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm
Final score4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Events
Singles Doubles
  2007  · Kangaroo Cup ·  2009  

Chan Yung-jan was the defending champion, but decided not to compete that year.

Contents

Tamarine Tanasugarn won the title, defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Japan.svg Aiko Nakamura (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn (champion)
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Melanie South (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata (first round)
  5. Flag of Japan.svg Rika Fujiwara (first round)
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Kumiko Iijima (second round)
  7. Flag of Japan.svg Akiko Yonemura (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole Thijssen (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
Q Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm 776
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Melanie South 653
Q Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm 65 2
2 Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn 4 76
Q Flag of Croatia.svg Ana Savić 3 1
2 Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn 66

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Japan.svg A Nakamura 66 
Flag of Japan.svg S Hisamatsu 1 0  1 Flag of Japan.svg A Nakamura 63 6
Q Flag of Japan.svg Y Koshino 1 63   Flag of Japan.svg E Takao 0 62
  Flag of Japan.svg E Takao 64 61 Flag of Japan.svg A Nakamura 6763
WC Flag of Japan.svg A Yamasoto 4 66Q Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 794 6
  Flag of South Africa.svg S de Beer 64 3 WC Flag of Japan.svg A Yamasoto 682  
Q Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 2 66Q Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 7106 
5 Flag of Japan.svg R Fujiwara 64 4 Q Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 776 
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M South 66 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M South 653  
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Zhao 2 2  3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M South 66 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg W Liu 5 1 WC Flag of Japan.svg Y Kuroda 3 2  
WC Flag of Japan.svg Y Kuroda 763 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M South 3 66
Flag of Japan.svg K Hisami 3 3    Flag of New Zealand.svg E Barry 62 1
  Flag of New Zealand.svg E Barry 66   Flag of New Zealand.svg E Barry 76 
  Flag of the United States.svg A Yelsey 6622 6 Flag of Japan.svg K Iijima 5 1  
6 Flag of Japan.svg K Iijima 1 776

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg N Thijssen 3 65 
Q Flag of Croatia.svg A Savić 677 Q Flag of Croatia.svg A Savić 66
WC Flag of Japan.svg K Nara 66 WC Flag of Japan.svg K Nara 4 3
  Flag of Japan.svg C Okadaue 1 2  Q Flag of Croatia.svg A Savić 4 776
  Flag of Japan.svg T Yonemura 66  Flag of Japan.svg T Yonemura 6644
  Flag of Japan.svg M Kato 2 2    Flag of Japan.svg T Yonemura 66 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Kriz 66  Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Kriz 4 4  
4 Flag of Japan.svg J Namigata 4 4  Q Flag of Croatia.svg A Savić 3 1
7 Flag of Japan.svg A Yonemura 786 2 Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn 66
Flag of Germany.svg T Priachin 660  7 Flag of Japan.svg A Yonemura 66 
Q Flag of Russia.svg K Lykina 64 71Q Flag of Russia.svg K Lykina 1 4  
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Bai 0 6617 Flag of Japan.svg A Yonemura 6630
  Flag of Japan.svg M Tanaka 662 Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn 4 776
WC Flag of Japan.svg K Watanabe 0 1   Flag of Japan.svg M Tanaka 1 1  
Flag of France.svg I Pavlovic 1 2 2 Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn 66 
2 Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn 66

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