2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying

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Women's doubles qualifying
2008 Wimbledon Championships
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  2007  · Wimbledon Championships ·  2009  

Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko / Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta (qualified)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears (qualified)
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Alina Jidkova / Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh (qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of Hungary.svg Melinda Czink / Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Şenoğlu (first round)
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Christina Fusano / Flag of the United States.svg Angela Haynes (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Morita / Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
  7. Flag of Argentina.svg Jorgelina Cravero / Flag of Argentina.svg Betina Jozami (qualified)
  8. Flag of Estonia.svg Maret Ani / Flag of France.svg Séverine Bremond (first round)

Qualifiers

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko / Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
  3. Flag of Argentina.svg Jorgelina Cravero / Flag of Argentina.svg Betina Jozami
  4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková / Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Savchuk

Lucky losers

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Christina Fusano / Flag of the United States.svg Angela Haynes
  2. Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Morita / Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Smith / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Georgie Stoop

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
66
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ditty
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stéphanie Dubois
4 4
1 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
776
5 Flag of the United States.svg Christina Fusano
Flag of the United States.svg Angela Haynes
642
Flag of France.svg Mathilde Johansson
Flag of France.svg Olivia Sanchez
2 3
5 Flag of the United States.svg Christina Fusano
Flag of the United States.svg Angela Haynes
66

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
7116
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Görges
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marie-Ève Pelletier
693
2 Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
4 66
6 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Morita
Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata
62 4
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Bychkova
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Rodina
64 1
6 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Morita
Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata
4 66

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Flag of Russia.svg Alina Jidkova
Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh
76
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Curtis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elizabeth Thomas
5 0
3 Flag of Russia.svg Alina Jidkova
Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh
65 1
7 Flag of Argentina.svg Jorgelina Cravero
Flag of Argentina.svg Betina Jozami
2 76
Flag of Brazil.svg Maria Fernanda Alves
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Rossana de los Ríos
3 2
7 Flag of Argentina.svg Jorgelina Cravero
Flag of Argentina.svg Betina Jozami
66

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Flag of Hungary.svg Melinda Czink
Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Şenoğlu
64 1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková
Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Savchuk
3 66
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková
Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Savchuk
66
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Georgie Stoop
3 3
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Georgie Stoop
5 66
8 Flag of Estonia.svg Maret Ani
Flag of France.svg Séverine Bremond
73 4

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