2008 US Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
2008 US Open
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Jelena Janković
Final score	6–4, 7–5
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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[]

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[]

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	11	D Hantuchová	4	2
	Q	A-L Grönefeld	6	6				Q	A-L Grönefeld	6	6
	WC	J Moore	7	7				WC	J Moore	1	3
	WC	M Oudin	65	65											Q	A-L Grönefeld	6	7
		M Domachowska	7	5	4										17	A Cornet	4	5
		B Mattek	67	7	6				B Mattek	65	1
		C Pin	5	0				17	A Cornet	7	6
	17	A Cornet	7	6																		Q	A-L Grönefeld	5	0
	31	V Razzano	4	1																		6	D Safina	7	6
		T Bacsinszky	6	6					T Bacsinszky	6	6
		A Kudryavtseva	6	5	3				Y-j Chan	3	2
		Y-j Chan	4	7	6											T Bacsinszky	6	5	2
		S Cohen-Aloro	1	4											6	D Safina	3	7	6
	Q	R Vinci	6	6				Q	R Vinci	4	3
	Q	K Ahn	3	4				6	D Safina	6	6
	6	D Safina	6	6

Section 3[]

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	4	S Williams	6	6
		K Bondarenko	1	4				4	S Williams	6	6
		E Vesnina	4	6	6				E Vesnina	1	1
		J Vakulenko	6	1	2										4	S Williams	6	6
		O Govortsova	6	6											30	A Sugiyama	2	1
	Q	S Záhlavová	3	1					O Govortsova	6	64	1
		A Klepač	6	3	2r			30	A Sugiyama	4	7	6
	30	A Sugiyama	4	6	4																	4	S Williams	6	6
	20	N Vaidišová	6	6																		WC	S Brémond	2	2
		P Cetkovská	1	2				20	N Vaidišová	5	3
	WC	S Brémond	7	6				WC	S Brémond	7	6
		J Görges	60	4											WC	S Brémond	7	3	6
		M Ani	0	65												T Garbin	5	6	4
		T Garbin	6	7					T Garbin	5	6	6
	WC	G Brodsky	5	3				13	Á Szávay	7	2	3
	13	Á Szávay	7	6

Section 4[]

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	9	A Radwańska	6	6
	Q	Y Shvedova	4	2				9	A Radwańska	6	7
		T Tanasugarn	6	3	2			LL	M Duque Mariño	0	63
	LL	M Duque Mariño	0	6	6										9	A Radwańska	6	6
	Q	IR Olaru	6	6											18	D Cibulková	0	3
		E Gallovits	0	2				Q	IR Olaru	2	2
		J Craybas	3	64				18	D Cibulková	6	6
	18	D Cibulková	6	7																		9	A Radwańska	1	3
	27	A Bondarenko	2	6	6																	7	V Williams	6	6
	WC	J Jackson	6	3	2			27	A Bondarenko	6	1	6
		MJ Martínez Sánchez	3	4					S Lisicki	4	6	4
		S Lisicki	6	6											27	A Bondarenko	2	1
	Q	H Šromová	3	6	3										7	V Williams	6	6
	Q	R de los Ríos	6	2	6			Q	R de los Ríos	0	3
		S Stosur	2	3				7	V Williams	6	6
	7	V Williams	6	6

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[]

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	14	V Azarenka	6	6
		K Zakopalová	2	1				14	V Azarenka	6	6
		K Knapp	0	3					I Benešová	2	3
		I Benešová	6	6											14	V Azarenka	4	4
		É Loit	0	2											21	C Wozniacki	6	6
	Q	ME Camerin	6	6				Q	ME Camerin	1	2
	WC	A Rolle	2	1				21	C Wozniacki	6	6
	21	C Wozniacki	6	6																		21	C Wozniacki	6	2	1
	26	A Medina Garrigues	6	7																		2	J Janković	3	6	6
		T Pironkova	4	5				26	A Medina Garrigues	1	4
		J Zheng	6	6					J Zheng	6	6
	Q	S Perry	2	3												J Zheng	5	5
		Z Yan	2	4											2	J Janković	7	7
		S Arvidsson	6	6					S Arvidsson	3	7	5
	WC	C Vandeweghe	3	1				2	J Janković	6	65	7
	2	J Janković	6	6

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

External links[]

• Draws
• 2008 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation