Women's Singles Champion Serena Williams Runner-up Jelena Janković Final score 6–4, 7–5
Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković 6–4, 7–5 in the final, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open . By winning her title, Williams regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2003. This was also the second US Open and third Grand Slam overall she won without losing a set during the tournament . Three of the top four seeds (with the exception of previous year's runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova ) were in contention for the no. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament.
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.
Notably this was the final Grand Slam in which 1998 champion and former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport competed in the singles championship. She lost to Marion Bartoli in the third round.
Julie Coin , ranked 188th at the time, defeated top seed Ana Ivanovic in the second round, making her the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat a world No. 1.[citation needed ] Coin surpassed Zheng Jie 's record, who was ranked 133rd when she also defeated Ivanovic just two months earlier at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships .[citation needed ] This record would remain unbroken until the 2009 China Open .[citation needed ]
Seeds [ ]
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
16
Flavia Pennetta
2
3
6
Dinara Safina
6
6
6
Dinara Safina
3
2
4
Serena Williams
6
6
4
Serena Williams
78
79
7
Venus Williams
66
67
4
Serena Williams
6
7
2
Jelena Janković
4
5
5
Elena Dementieva
6
6
15
Patty Schnyder
2
3
5
Elena Dementieva
4
4
2
Jelena Janković
6
6
29
Sybille Bammer
1
4
2
Jelena Janković
6
6
Top Half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
1
A Ivanovic
6
4
6
V Dushevina
1
6
4
1
A Ivanovic
3
6
3
Q
J Coin
7
7
Q
J Coin
6
4
6
C Dellacqua
66
64
Q
J Coin
4
4
K Kanepi
6
6
32
A Mauresmo
6
6
M Niculescu
0
3
K Kanepi
6
4
0
N Dechy
6
3
2
32
A Mauresmo
2
6
6
32
A Mauresmo
4
6
6
32
A Mauresmo
3
0
19
N Petrova
6
6
16
F Pennetta
6
6
O Sanchez
2
4
19
N Petrova
6
6
Q
S-w Hsieh
6
6
Q
S-w Hsieh
4
2
E Rodina
2
4
19
N Petrova
6
4
3
S Peng
6
6
16
F Pennetta
4
6
6
E Daniilidou
1
0
S Peng
2
7
1
Q
S Vögele
6
2
2
16
F Pennetta
6
68
6
16
F Pennetta
2
6
6
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom Half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
5
E Dementieva
6
7
A Amanmuradova
4
5
5
E Dementieva
6
6
P Parmentier
6
7
P Parmentier
2
1
M Erakovic
3
62
5
E Dementieva
6
6
Q
A Glatch
2
2
A Keothavong
3
4
A Keothavong
6
6
A Keothavong
6
3
6
N Llagostera Vives
5
5
25
F Schiavone
2
6
4
25
F Schiavone
7
7
5
E Dementieva
6
6
24
S Pe'er
6
0
1
N Li
4
1
N Li
2
6
6
N Li
4
6
6
J Kostanić Tošić
4
2
S Errani
6
2
0
S Errani
6
6
N Li
6
4
6
E Bychkova
6
6
E Makarova
1
6
2
A Rodionova
1
3
E Bychkova
6
5
3
E Makarova
1
6
6
E Makarova
3
7
6
10
A Chakvetadze
6
2
3
Section 6 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
15
P Schnyder
6
3
6
Q
A Pivovarova
3
6
3
15
P Schnyder
6
6
V King
2
6
2
A Pavlyuchenkova
3
3
A Pavlyuchenkova
6
4
6
15
P Schnyder
7
6
G Dulko
4
0
M Rybáriková
64
4
M Rybáriková
6
6
M Rybáriková
6
6
T Paszek
6
3
6
T Paszek
1
2
22
M Kirilenko
3
6
4
15
P Schnyder
4
6
6
28
K Srebotnik
3
6
6
28
K Srebotnik
6
3
3
Y Wickmayer
6
0
3
28
K Srebotnik
6
6
L Domínguez Lino
1
2
Y Meusburger
1
3
Y Meusburger
6
6
28
K Srebotnik
6
61
6
L Šafářová
4
6
2
3
S Kuznetsova
3
7
3
S Cîrstea
6
4
6
S Cîrstea
63
1
Q
S Zhang
4
2
3
S Kuznetsova
7
6
3
S Kuznetsova
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
8
V Zvonareva
6
6
B Záhlavová-Strýcová
4
3
8
V Zvonareva
3
3
T Perebiynis
6
6
T Perebiynis
6
6
M Koryttseva
1
4
T Perebiynis
3
0
A Rezaï
6
6
29
S Bammer
6
6
WC
A Muhammad
2
4
A Rezaï
1
5
A Nakamura
4
2
29
S Bammer
6
7
29
S Bammer
6
6
29
S Bammer
7
0
6
23
L Davenport
6
6
12
M Bartoli
63
6
4
A Wozniak
4
2
23
L Davenport
7
6
A Kleybanova
6
7
A Kleybanova
5
3
C Suárez Navarro
2
5
23
L Davenport
1
63
P Kvitová
7
4
2
12
M Bartoli
6
7
V Ruano Pascual
63
6
6
V Ruano Pascual
4
2
G Voskoboeva
2
3
12
M Bartoli
6
6
12
M Bartoli
6
6
Section 8 [ ]
Championship match statistics [ ]
Category
S. Williams
Janković
1st serve %
45/73 (62%)
65/95 (68%)
1st serve points won
27 of 45 = 60%
35 of 65 = 54%
2nd serve points won
15 of 28 = 54%
13 of 30 = 43%
Total service points won
42 of 73 = 57.53%
48 of 95 = 50.53%
Aces
3
3
Double faults
3
4
Winners
44
15
Unforced errors
39
22
Net points won
32 of 37 = 86%
11 of 17 = 65%
Break points converted
5 of 16 = 31%
3 of 8 = 38%
Return points won
47 of 95 = 49%
31 of 73 = 42%
Total points won
89
79
Source
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