2008 Wimbledon Championships

2008 Wimbledon Championships
Date	23 June – 6 July
Edition	122nd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money	£11,812,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Attendance	475,812
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur
Wheelchair men's doubles
Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink
Boys' singles
Grigor Dimitrov
Girls' singles
Laura Robson
Boys' doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua
Girls' doubles
Polona Hercog / Jessica Moore
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer
Ladies' invitation doubles
Jana Novotná / Kathy Rinaldi
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
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The two singles champions, Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams.

The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2]} It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final in what many regard as the greatest tennis match of all time. ^{[3] [4] [5]} In the women's singles, Venus Williams claimed her fifth title, and first win over her sister Serena in a Wimbledon final (she had lost the previous two). The performances of Britons Andy Murray in the men's singles and Laura Robson in the girls' singles were able to arouse significant interest from the home crowd.

Following the completion of the 2007 Championships, the new fixed roof was put in place at Centre Court, in time for the 2008 Championships. The retractable section of the new roof was completed for the 2009 Championships.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	1000	700	450	250	150	75	35	5	12	8	4	0
Men's doubles							0	—		—	0	0
Women's singles					140	90	60	2
Women's doubles							0	—		—	0	0

Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2008 championships was £11,812,000. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £750,000. ^{[6] [7]}

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	£750,000	£375,000	£187,500	£93,750	£50,000	£28,125	£17,000	£10,250	£6,500	£3,250	£1,625
Doubles*	£230,000	£115,000	£57,500	£30,000	£16,000	£9,000	£5,250	—	—	—	—
Mixed doubles*	£92,000	£46,000	£23,000	£10,500	£5,200	£2,600	£1,300	—	—	—	—
Wheelchair doubles*	£6,750	£3,750	£2,250	£1,250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Invitation doubles	£17,000	£14,000	£10,500	£9,500	£9,000	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main articles: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles and 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final

Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(8–10), 9–7 ^[8]

• It was Rafael Nadal's sixth title of the year, and his 29th overall. It was his second Grand Slam title of the year, his fifth overall, and his first Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Venus Williams def. Serena Williams, 7–5, 6–4 ^[9]

• It was Venus Williams's first title of the year, and her 37th overall. It was her seventh Grand Slam title, her fifth Wimbledon win, and her second consecutive win at the event.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Jonas Björkman / Kevin Ullyett, 7–6^(14–12), 6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 6–3 ^[10]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–2 ^[11]

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur def. Mike Bryan / Katarina Srebotnik, 7–5, 6–4 ^[12]

Juniors

Girls' singles champion Laura Robson practicing.

Boys' singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Grigor Dimitrov def. Henri Kontinen, 7–5, 6–3 ^[13]

Girls' singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

Laura Robson def. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 ^[14]

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua def. Matt Reid / Bernard Tomic, 6–4, 2–6, 12–10 ^[15]

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

Polona Hercog / Jessica Moore def. Isabella Holland / Sally Peers, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 ^[16]

Other events

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer def. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis, walkover

Ladies' invitation doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles

Jana Novotná / Kathy Rinaldi def. Martina Navratilova / Helena Suková, 5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Ken Flach / Robert Seguso def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, 7–6^(7–1), 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles

Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–7^(8–10), 6–1, 6–3

Notable stories

Betting scandal

There were allegations in a dossier that several matches, including eight at Wimbledon, were under suspicion of being fixed by professional gambling syndicates after bookmakers noted unexpected spikes in betting patterns. ^[17] The dossier, released on the Sunday prior to the first day of play, had been commissioned by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA), International Tennis Federation (ITF), and four Grand Slams earlier in the year, and was compiled by bookmakers. An official said, "If you look at a tournament, you might see one match for £23,000 [in betting turnover], one for £27,000, one for £36,000 and one for £4.5m. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that something is going on in the last one." ^[18] Betting on Wimbledon matches was popular in 2007, with over £420m wagered on bets.

To help deal with any potential gambling problems, the All England Club restricted access to player's changing rooms this year, allowing only the player and their coach permission. It was hoped that this would make communication between gamblers and players more difficult. ^[18] Match fixing became a prominent issue in the media after the 2007 Orange Prokom Open, where the then World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko came under suspicion of colluding with gamblers, and gambling company Betfair took the unprecedented step of voiding all bets on a match of his with Martín Vassallo Argüello.

Pigeon killing controversy

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the sport club that plays host to the Championships, came under fire from animal activists for using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons. The marksmen were ordered to use hawks to scare them away, but when some failed to do so, the marksmen killed them, which led to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group releasing a statement admonishing the practice and subsequently, referring to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, contacting the Metropolitan Police. ^[19]

Several players complained about the pigeons distracting them during play, and because of the inefficient nature of the hawks, rapid action was sought on the Sunday evening before the tournament began. ^[20] The marksmen were hired by the All England Club and, armed with rifles, shot several birds. When the media broke the story on Monday, a spokesman for the All England Club defended the club's approach, saying that, "The hawks are our first line of deterrent, and by and large they do the job. But unfortunately there were one or two areas where the hawks didn't deter the pigeons, so it was deemed necessary to take a harder approach." ^[21] By Tuesday however, the Metropolitan Police wildlife crime unit had been alerted to the practice by PETA, after allegedly infringing the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Bruce Friedrich, vice-president of PETA, wrote in a letter to the All England Club chairman Tim Phillips, that the birds did not represent "a demonstrable risk to public health and safety", and the activity was therefore in violation of the Act. ^[20] A Wimbledon spokesperson subsequently announced that they had reneged on their policy, and that the All England Club would no longer shoot pigeons.

A similar, but more inconspicuous, incident also occurred on the Sunday evening before the Championships. A swarm of bees descended upon the area surrounding the All England Club; this caused the clearing out of the players' lawn (where competitors gather after play) and a temporary cessation of some interviews. ^{[22] [23]} Further disruption was caused because organizers had to alter the overnight queuing system, in order to protect people. This was the first time that bees had caused disruptions at the All England Club. Some media outlets reported that the bees deserted the grounds after around 90 minutes, ^{[23] [24]} whilst others claimed that a similar resolution to the pigeon problem was sought, with the bees being professionally exterminated. ^[22]

Laura Robson (left), in her first round juniors match against Alexa Guarachi

British performance

The British public were treated to some palpable success, as London-based Laura Robson became the first British girl to win the Girls' juniors competition since Annabel Croft in 1984. Fourteen-year-old Robson, the youngest player in the Girls' juniors, had to beat players aged up to eighteen, the maximum age allowed for entry into the juniors. ^{[25] [26]} She garnered considerable media attention; ^{[25] [27] [28]} with a large crowd gathered to watch both her semi-final and final matches, the latter of which was on No. 1 Court, she called it an "overwhelming experience." ^[29] British-based gambling company Ladbrokes slashed her odds of winning Wimbledon before 2020 from 50/1 to 20/1. ^[28]

In the seniors, 2007 mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray could not replicate his triumph of the previous year with new partner Liezel Huber, after his 2007 partner Jelena Janković opted not to play in order to concentrate on the singles competition. ^[30] Murray and Huber reached the semi-finals where they were knocked out by Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur.

In the seniors singles competition, the most significant impact was made by Scottish player Andy Murray, when he became the first British player to reach the quarter-finals since Tim Henman in 2004. Murray, often castigated in the British media for his surly manner, won the crowd's affections with his five-set victory over Richard Gasquet ^{[31] [32]} (details of this match are given in the Day 7 summary). The Murray–Gasquet match was watched by over 10 million people in the UK, and it was watched by more than 50% of the potential viewing public in his native Scotland. ^[33]

Chris Eaton from Surrey, the ATP No. 661, successfully began his campaign in qualifying, and then caused a major surprise by beating ATP No. 114 Boris Pašanski in the first round. ^[34] Anne Keothavong was the first British woman to directly qualify to the main draw since 1998, however no British woman made it beyond the second round.

A tournament of upsets and surprises

Rainer Schüttler reached his first Wimbledon semi-final

The men's side of the draw was notable for the performances of Marat Safin and Rainer Schüttler, ranked 75th and 94th respectively on entering the tournament. Safin caused an upset in the second round when he defeated Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets, ^[35] on the way to his first ever Wimbledon semi-final, where he lost to Roger Federer. After more than five years without reaching the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, and thirteen consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without advancing past the second round, Schüttler also reached his first Wimbledon semi-final, ^[36] where he was defeated in straight sets by the eventual champion Rafael Nadal. ^[37] Schüttler had earlier defeated Arnaud Clément (who had previously not advanced to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament since reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open) in an epic quarter-final that lasted two days. ^[38]

Agnieszka Radwańska reached her first Wimbledon quarter-final by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round

The women's side of the draw saw some of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history, in which the top four seeds—Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova—all failed to reach the quarter-finals. ^[39] Maria Sharapova suffered her earliest exit at Wimbledon when she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round; this was also her earliest exit at a Grand Slam since the 2003 US Open. Recent French Open champion and newly crowned World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic was stunned in the third round by Chinese wild card entrant and World No. 133 Zheng Jie. This was the earliest exit by a top seed at Wimbledon since Martina Hingis lost in the first round in 2001, and Zheng Jie also became the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat a top seed at the tournament. Janković and Kuznetsova were both toppled in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn and Agnieszka Radwańska, respectively. This was the first time since seedings began at Wimbledon in 1927 (and the first time in the Open Era) that none of the top four seeds managed to advance past the fourth round. Zheng Jie became the second Chinese player (after Li Na in 2006) to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and the first wild card entry ever to reach the semi-finals (a feat later achieved by Sabine Lisicki in 2011), where she was defeated by eventual runner-up Serena Williams. Meanwhile, Tanasugarn reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final by virtue of her victory over Janković, losing to the eventual champion Venus Williams.

Singles players

Men's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Rafael Nadal [2]		Roger Federer [1]
Semi-finals out
Marat Safin		Rainer Schüttler
Quarter-finals out
Mario Ančić	Feliciano López [31]	Arnaud Clément	Andy Murray [12]
Fourth round out
Lleyton Hewitt [20]	Fernando Verdasco [22]	Stan Wawrinka [13]	Marcos Baghdatis [10]
Janko Tipsarević	Marin Čilić	Richard Gasquet [8]	Mikhail Youzhny [17]
Third round out
Marc Gicquel	Simone Bolelli	Tomáš Berdych [11]	David Ferrer [5]
Andreas Seppi [29]	Mischa Zverev	Simon Stadler (Q)	Bobby Reynolds
Dmitry Tursunov [25]	Guillermo García López	Paul-Henri Mathieu [14]	Jürgen Melzer
Gilles Simon [28]	Tommy Haas	Radek Štěpánek [16]	Nicolas Kiefer [27]
Second round out
Robin Söderling	Ilija Bozoljac (LL)	Albert Montañés	Fernando González [15]
Victor Hănescu	Olivier Rochus	Philipp Petzschner (Q)	Igor Andreev
Novak Djokovic [3]	Florent Serra	Juan Carlos Ferrero [21]	Juan Martín del Potro
Thomas Johansson	Thomaz Bellucci	Roko Karanušić	Frank Dancevic
Andy Roddick [6]	Chris Eaton (Q)	Nicolás Almagro [19]	James Blake [9]
Jérémy Chardy (WC)	Jarkko Nieminen [24]	Jesse Levine (Q)	Benjamin Becker
Sébastien Grosjean	Agustín Calleri	Tommy Robredo [23]	Xavier Malisse (WC)
Viktor Troicki	Stefano Galvani (Q)	Martín Vassallo Argüello	Ernests Gulbis
First round out
Dominik Hrbatý (PR)	Kevin Kim (Q)	Kei Nishikori	Chris Guccione
Robin Haase	Carlos Berlocq	Alex Bogdanovic (WC)	Robby Ginepri
Evgeny Korolev	Alejandro Falla	Dudi Sela	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Michaël Llodra [32]	Lee Hyung-taik	Jiří Vaněk	Sergiy Stakhovsky (Q)
Michael Berrer	Fabio Fognini	Lu Yen-hsun	Tobias Kamke (LL)
Sam Querrey	Alexander Peya (Q)	Pavel Šnobel (Q)	Marcos Daniel
Steve Darcis	Vince Spadea	Igor Kunitsyn	Ivo Karlović [18]
Brian Dabul	Luis Horna	Filippo Volandri	David Nalbandian [7]
Eduardo Schwank	Thierry Ascione	Boris Pašanski	Nicolas Mahut
Marcel Granollers	Izak van der Merwe (Q)	Santiago Ventura Bertomeu	Christophe Rochus (Q)
Óscar Hernández	Frederico Gil (Q)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Q)	Wayne Odesnik
Ivan Ljubičić [26]	Donald Young	Jonas Björkman	Nikolay Davydenko [4]
Mardy Fish	Potito Starace	Kevin Anderson	Dawid Olejniczak (Q)
Kristof Vliegen	Guillermo Cañas	Denis Gremelmayr	Fabrice Santoro
Jan Hernych (Q)	Nicolás Lapentti	Jamie Baker (WC)	Sergio Roitman
Julien Benneteau	Ivo Minář	John Isner	Andreas Beck (Q)

Women's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Venus Williams [7]		Serena Williams [6]
Semi-finals out
Zheng Jie (WC)		Elena Dementieva [5]
Quarter-finals out
Nicole Vaidišová [18]	Agnieszka Radwańska [14]	Nadia Petrova [21]	Tamarine Tanasugarn
Fourth round out
Ágnes Szávay [15]	Anna Chakvetadze [8]	Svetlana Kuznetsova [4]	Bethanie Mattek
Shahar Pe'er [24]	Alla Kudryavtseva	Alisa Kleybanova	Jelena Janković [2]
Third round out
Ana Ivanovic [1]	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua	Evgeniya Rodina
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (Q)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q)	Marion Bartoli [11]	Amélie Mauresmo [29]
Gisela Dulko	Dinara Safina [9]	Victoria Azarenka [16]	Peng Shuai
María José Martínez Sánchez (Q)	Ai Sugiyama	Marina Erakovic	Caroline Wozniacki [31]
Second round out
Nathalie Dechy	Elena Baltacha (WC)	Francesca Schiavone [20]	Monica Niculescu
Pauline Parmentier	Samantha Stosur (WC)	Elena Vesnina	Edina Gallovits
Kateryna Bondarenko	Alona Bondarenko [28]	Li Na	Marta Domachowska
Tatiana Perebiynis	Vera Dushevina	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Urszula Radwańska (WC)
Timea Bacsinszky	Lindsay Davenport [25]	Émilie Loit	Hsieh Su-wei
Sorana Cîrstea	Mara Santangelo	Sybille Bammer [26]	Maria Sharapova [3]
Anne Keothavong	Sania Mirza [32]	Flavia Pennetta [22]	Daniela Hantuchová [10]
Vera Zvonareva [13]	Julia Görges	Aleksandra Wozniak	Carla Suárez Navarro (WC)
First round out
Rossana de los Ríos	Yuan Meng	Angelique Kerber	Dominika Cibulková
Tamira Paszek	Yan Zi	Magdaléna Rybáriková (Q)	Tathiana Garbin
Patty Schnyder [12]	Akgul Amanmuradova	Raluca Olaru	Zuzana Ondrášková (Q)
Virginie Razzano [27]	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Yvonne Meusburger	Stéphanie Dubois
Mathilde Johansson (Q)	Rika Fujiwara (Q)	Camille Pin	Melanie South (WC)
Alizé Cornet [17]	Anastasia Rodionova	Jill Craybas	Iveta Benešová
Sabine Lisicki	Petra Kvitová	Séverine Brémond (Q)	Maria Kirilenko [19]
Ashley Harkleroad	Milagros Sequera	Klára Zakopalová	Kaia Kanepi
Maria Elena Camerin (Q)	Julie Ditty	Aravane Rezaï	Renata Voráčová
Katie O'Brien (WC)	Lucie Šafářová	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Chan Yung-jan
Tsvetana Pironkova	Ekaterina Bychkova	Maret Ani	Olga Govortsova
Sofia Arvidsson	Viktoriya Kutuzova (Q)	Ekaterina Makarova	Stéphanie Foretz (Q)
Naomi Cavaday (WC)	Vania King	Martina Müller	Catalina Castaño
Julia Vakulenko	Yanina Wickmayer	Tzipora Obziler	Sara Errani
Aiko Nakamura	Petra Cetkovská	Michaëlla Krajicek	Katarina Srebotnik [23]
Eva Hrdinová (Q)	Mariya Koryttseva	Galina Voskoboeva	Olga Savchuk

Day by day

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 June 2008. Rankings and points before are as of 23 June 2008.

Men's singles

The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:

• ESP points as at a week before The Championships at 16 June 2008
• Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (18 June 2007 – 15 June 2008)
• add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (19 June 2006 – 17 June 2007).

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Roger Federer	6,900	1,000	700	6,600	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	5,755	700	1,000	6,055	Champion, defeated Roger Federer [1]
3	3	Novak Djokovic	5,360	450	35	4,945	Second round lost to Marat Safin
4	4	Nikolay Davydenko	3,115	150	5	2,970	First round lost to Benjamin Becker
5	5	David Ferrer	3,005	35	75	3,045	Third round lost to Mario Ančić
6	6	Andy Roddick	2,280	250	35	2,065	Second round lost to Janko Tipsarević
7	7	David Nalbandian	2,100	75	5	2,030	First round lost to Frank Dancevic
8	10	Richard Gasquet	1,610	450	150	1,310	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [12]
9	8	James Blake	2,015	75	35	1,975	Second round lost to Rainer Schüttler
10	25	Marcos Baghdatis	1,090	250	150	990	Fourth round lost to Feliciano López [31]
11	20	Tomáš Berdych	1,290	450	75	915	Third round lost to Fernando Verdasco [22]
12	11	Andy Murray	1,555	0	250	1,805	Quarter-finals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
13	9	Stan Wawrinka	1,615	5	150	1,760	Fourth round lost to Marat Safin
14	16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1,345	150	75	1,270	Third round lost to Marin Čilić
15	14	Fernando González	1,405	75	35	1,365	Second round lost to Simone Bolelli
16	15	Radek Štěpánek	1,360	5	75	1,430	Third round lost to Mikhail Youzhny [17]
17	17	Mikhail Youzhny	1,305	150	150	1,305	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
18	22	Ivo Karlović	1,220	5	5	1,220	First round lost to Simon Stadler [Q]
19	12	Nicolás Almagro	1,485	5	35	1,515	Second round lost to Guillermo García López
20	27	Lleyton Hewitt	1,050	150	150	1,050	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [1]
21	23	Juan Carlos Ferrero	1,135	250	35	920	Second round retired against Mischa Zverev
22	18	Fernando Verdasco	1,300	75	150	1,375	Fourth round lost to Mario Ančić
23	19	Tommy Robredo	1,300	35	35	1,300	Second round lost to Tommy Haas
24	28	Jarkko Nieminen	1,050	75	35	1,010	Second round lost to Marin Čilić
25	33	Dmitry Tursunov	968	75	75	968	Third round lost to Janko Tipsarević
26	31	Ivan Ljubičić	980	75	5	910	First round lost to Jürgen Melzer
27	32	Nicolas Kiefer	970	75	75	970	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
28	29	Gilles Simon	1,030	35	75	1,070	Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [8]
29	30	Andreas Seppi	1,015	35	35	1,015	Third round lost to Marat Safin
30	26	Gaël Monfils	1,053	75	0	978	Withdrew due to shoulder injury [40]
31	35	Feliciano López	950	75	250	1,125	Quarter-finals lost to Marat Safin
32	34	Michaël Llodra	951	35	5	921	First round lost to Mario Ančić

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
13	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1,415	150	1,265	Knee injury [41]
21	Juan Mónaco	1,245	5	1,240	Back injury [40]
24	Carlos Moyá	1,095	5	1,090	Shoulder injury [40]

Women's singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ana Ivanovic	4,188	450	90	3,828	Third round lost to Zheng Jie [WC]
2	3	Jelena Janković	3,685	140	140	3,685	Fourth round lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn
3	2	Maria Sharapova	3,706	140	60	3,646	Second round lost to Alla Kudryavtseva
4	4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3,565	450	140	3,255	Fourth round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [14]
5	5	Elena Dementieva	2,745	90	450	3,105	Semi-finals lost to Venus Williams [7]
6	6	Serena Williams	2,676	250	700	3,126	Runner-up, lost to Venus Williams [7]
7	7	Venus Williams	2,606	1,000	1,000	2,606	Champion, defeated Serena Williams [6]
8	8	Anna Chakvetadze	2,436	90	140	2,486	Fourth round lost to Nicole Vaidišová [18]
9	9	Dinara Safina	2,257	60	90	2,287	Third round lost to Shahar Pe'er [24]
10	12	Daniela Hantuchová	2,007	140	60	1,927	Second round lost to Alisa Kleybanova
11	10	Marion Bartoli	2,030	700	90	1,420	Third round lost to Bethanie Mattek
12	13	Patty Schnyder	1,940	140	2	1,802	First round lost to Casey Dellacqua
13	14	Vera Zvonareva	1,912	0	60	1,972	Second round lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn
14	11	Agnieszka Radwańska	2,011	90	250	2,171	Quarter-finals lost to Serena Williams [6]
15	15	Ágnes Szávay	1,645	91	140	1,694	Fourth round lost to Zheng Jie [WC]
16	16	Victoria Azarenka	1,386	90	90	1,386	Third round lost to Nadia Petrova [21]
17	17	Alizé Cornet	1,248	60	2	1,190	First round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [Q]
18	22	Nicole Vaidišová	1,153	250	250	1,153	Quarter-finals lost to Zheng Jie [WC]
19	19	Maria Kirilenko	1,208	2	2	1,208	First round lost to Vera Dushevina
20	20	Francesca Schiavone	1,201	60	60	1,201	Second round lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues
21	18	Nadia Petrova	1,211	140	250	1,321	Quarter-finals lost to Elena Dementieva [5]
22	23	Flavia Pennetta	1,122	2	60	1,180	Second round lost to Ai Sugiyama
23	24	Katarina Srebotnik	1,110	90	2	1,022	First round lost to Julia Görges
24	26	Shahar Pe'er	1,027	90	140	1,077	Fourth round lost to Elena Dementieva [5]
25	25	Lindsay Davenport	1,055	0	60	1,115	Second round withdrew due to knee injury
26	29	Sybille Bammer	977	60	60	977	Second round lost to Peng Shuai
27	28	Virginie Razzano	1,015	2	2	1,015	First round lost to Evgeniya Rodina
28	27	Alona Bondarenko	1,018	90	60	988	Second round retired against Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová [Q]
29	33	Amélie Mauresmo	832	140	90	782	Third round lost to Serena Williams [6]
30	31	Dominika Cibulková	902	(20)†	2	884	First round lost to Zheng Jie [WC]
31	30	Caroline Wozniacki	932	60	90	962	Third round lost to Jelena Janković [2]
32	32	Sania Mirza	867	60	60	867	Second round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez [Q]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2007. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
21	Tatiana Golovin	1,160	60	1,100	Back injury [40]

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events. ^[42]

Men's singles Jamie Baker Alex Bogdanovic Jérémy Chardy Xavier Malisse

Women's singles Elena Baltacha Naomi Cavaday Katie O'Brien Urszula Radwańska Melanie South Carla Suárez Navarro Samantha Stosur Zheng Jie

Men's doubles James Auckland / Jamie Delgado Neil Bamford / Josh Goodall Richard Bloomfield / Ken Skupski Alex Bogdanovic / Jonathan Marray Chris Eaton / Alexander Slabinsky

Women's doubles Elena Baltacha / Naomi Cavaday Amanda Elliott / Katie O'Brien Anne Keothavong / Melanie South Anna Fitzpatrick / Anna Hawkins Sarah Borwell / Jocelyn Rae

Mixed doubles

1. James Auckland / Elena Baltacha
2. Alex Bogdanovic / Melanie South
3. Richard Bloomfield / Sarah Borwell
4. Jamie Delgado / Katie O'Brien
5. Ross Hutchins / Anne Keothavong

Main draw qualifier entries

Men's singles Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Men's singles qualifiers Andreas Beck Christophe Rochus Frederico Gil Philipp Petzschner Kevin Kim Édouard Roger-Vasselin Izak van der Merwe Jesse Levine Pavel Šnobel Stefano Galvani Alexander Peya Jan Hernych Sergiy Stakhovsky Simon Stadler Chris Eaton Dawid Olejniczak Lucky losers Ilija Bozoljac Tobias Kamke

Women's singles Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying Women's singles qualifiers Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Zuzana Ondrášková Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Séverine Brémond María José Martínez Sánchez Viktoriya Kutuzova Maria Elena Camerin Stéphanie Foretz Magdaléna Rybáriková Rika Fujiwara Eva Hrdinová Mathilde Johansson

Men's doubles Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles Qualifying Men's doubles qualifiers Amer Delić / Brendan Evans Frederico Gil / Dick Norman K. J. Hippensteel / Tripp Phillips Petr Pála / Igor Zelenay Lucky losers Johan Brunström / Adam Feeney Mikhail Elgin / Alexander Kudryavtsev Hugo Armando / Jesse Levine

Women's doubles Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles Qualifying Women's doubles qualifiers Maria Kirilenko / Flavia Pennetta Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears Jorgelina Cravero / Betina Jozami Andrea Hlaváčková / Olga Savchuk Lucky losers Christina Fusano / Angela Haynes Ayumi Morita / Junri Namigata Anna Smith / Georgie Stoop

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.

Men's singles José Acasuso → replaced by Tobias Kamke Juan Ignacio Chela → replaced by Brian Dabul Stefan Koubek → replaced by Alejandro Falla Florian Mayer → replaced by Boris Pašanski Juan Mónaco → replaced by Roko Karanušić Gaël Monfils → replaced by Ilija Bozoljac Carlos Moyá → replaced by Martín Vassallo Argüello Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Wayne Odesnik

Women's singles Eleni Daniilidou → replaced by Aleksandra Wozniak Tatiana Golovin → replaced by Milagros Sequera Karin Knapp → replaced by Monica Niculescu Akiko Morigami → replaced by Renata Voráčová María Emilia Salerni → replaced by Julia Görges Meghann Shaughnessy → replaced by Bethanie Mattek Meilen Tu → replaced by Vania King

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