2008 Family Circle Cup – Singles

The 2008 Family Circle Cup – Singles was the singles event of the 2008 Family Circle Cup, a WTA
Singles
Tier I tennis tournament held in April. Jelena Janković was the defending champion, but lost in the
quarterfinals to Vera Zvonareva. Serena Williams went on to win the title beating Zvonareva in her 2008 Family Circle Cup
second Family Circle Cup final appearance.[1] This was the third successive title for Williams in the 2008 Champion Serena Williams
season and the first time she had won a clay court tournament since the2002 French Open.[2] Runner-up Vera Zvonareva
Final score 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Draw 64
Contents Seeds 16
Seeds
Draw
Key
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4

References

Seeds
The top 8 seeds received abye into the second round.

1. Jelena Janković (Quarterfinals)

2. Maria Sharapova (Quarterfinals)
3. Anna Chakvetadze (Second Round)
4. Elena Dementieva (Semifinals)
5. Serena Williams (Champion)
6. Marion Bartoli (Third Round)
7. Patty Schnyder (Quarterfinals)
8. Dinara Safina (Third Round)
9. Vera Zvonareva (Final)
10. Ágnes Szávay (Quarterfinals)
11. Agnieszka Radwańska(Third Round)
12. Katarina Srebotnik (Third Round)
13. Victoria Azarenka (Third Round)
14. Anabel Medina Garrigues(First Round)
15. Dominika Cibulková (First Round)
16. Michaëlla Krajicek (First Round)

Draw

Key
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r = retired
W/O = walkover
Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

1 Jelena Janković 2 6 2
9 Vera Zvonareva 6 3 6
9 Vera Zvonareva 6 62 6
4 Elena Dementieva 3 77 3
4 Elena Dementieva 6 6
7 Patty Schnyder 4 4
9 Vera Zvonareva 4 6 3
5 Serena Williams 6 3 6
10 Ágnes Szávay 5 4
Alizé Cornet 7 6
Alizé Cornet 5 3
5 Serena Williams 7 6
5 Serena Williams 7 4 6
2 Maria Sharapova 5 6 1

Top half

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals

1 J Janković 76
Q A Jidkova 66 1 Q A Stevenson 50
Q A Stevenson 78 6 1 J Janković 66
A Rezaï 6 47 A Rodionova 0 2
M Sequera 4 65 A Rezaï 34
A Rodionova 61 A Rodionova 66
15 D Cibulková 4 0r 1 J Janković 262
9 V Zvonareva 66 9 V Zvonareva 6 3 6
Q C-J Chuang 22 9 V Zvonareva 66
V Ruano Pascual 4 7 6 V Ruano Pascual 1 0
O Puchkova 6 50 9 V Zvonareva 6 4 6
C Dellacqua 76 6 M Bartoli 461
ME Salerni 54 C Dellacqua 561
6 M Bartoli 746

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals

4 E Dementieva 6 6
J Craybas 66 J Craybas 02
Q V Lepchenko 22 4 E Dementieva 6 7
WC A Rolle 6 61 2 13 V Azarenka 45
Q T Sun 2 77 6 Q T Sun 64 0
Q C Scheepers 10 13 V Azarenka 77 6
13 V Azarenka 66 4 E Dementieva 6 6
11 A Radwańska 6 4 6 7 P Schnyder 44
M Domachowska 4 6 3 11 A Radwańska 67 6 7
M Shaughnessy 3 0 r E Gallovits 79 2 5
E Gallovits 63 11 A Radwańska 3 2
E Vesnina 32 7 P Schnyder 66
O Govortsova 6 6 O Govortsova 62 0
7 P Schnyder 77 6

Bottom half

Section 3
 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
8 D Safina 66
L Domínguez Lino 6 6 L Domínguez Lino 1 4
Q A Wozniak 1 1 8 D Safina 25
A Sugiyama 6 6 10 Á Szávay 67
A Morita 4 1 A Sugiyama 564
Y Fedak 0 64 10 Á Szávay 736
10 Á Szávay 6 77 10 Á Szávay 54
16 M Krajicek 3 64 A Cornet 76
A Cornet 6 36 A Cornet 626
S Errani 6 6 S Errani 363
J Ditty 2 3 A Cornet 67
S Cîrstea 65 7 6 S Cîrstea 15
WC V King 77 5 1 S Cîrstea 616
3 A Chakvetadze 262

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals

5 S Williams 66
A Molik 23 G Dulko 34
G Dulko 66 5 S Williams 466
Y-J Chan 32 12 K Srebotnik 643
Q B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 6 Q B Záhlavová-Strýcová615
T Bacsinszky 64 3 12 K Srebotnik 467
12 K Srebotnik 77 6 5 S Williams 746
14 A Medina Garrigues 6 05 2 M Sharapova 561
T Perebiynis 4 67 T Perebiynis 66
LL J Schruff 77 6 LL J Schruff 43
G Voskoboeva 62 4 T Perebiynis 52
M Yuan 3 62 2 M Sharapova 76
WC B Mattek 6 46 WC B Mattek 00
2 M Sharapova 66

References
1. "Serena stumbles to Carolina win"(http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7357808.stm)
. BBC Sport. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 1 August
2017.
2. "Serena Williams captures 3rd successive title"(https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/sports/20iht-tenniswomen20.12171381.html).
The New York Times. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

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