2008 Italian Open – Women's doubles

2008 Italian Open s TPE Chan Yung-jan TPE Chuang Chia-jung CZE Iveta Benešová SVK Janette Husárová 7–6(7–5), 6–2 2008 Italian Open (tennis) Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy chose not to participate, and only Santangelo competed that year. Santangelo partnered with Alicia Molik, but lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska. Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–2, against Iveta Benešová and Janette Husárová. Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber (quarterfinals) SLO Katarina Srebotnik / JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round) CZE Květa Peschke / AUS Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals) AUS Alicia Molik / ITA Mara Santangelo (second round) TPE Chan Yung-jan / TPE Chuang Chia-jung (champions) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Samantha Stosur (second round) UKR Alona Bondarenko / UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (second round) RUS Dinara Safina / HUN Ágnes Szávay (withdrew due to a low back injury for Safina) CHN Yan Zi / CHN Zheng Jie (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175   CHN Peng ShuaiCHN Sun Tiantian 4 2   5 TPE Chan Yung-janTPE Chuang Chia-jung 6 6     CZE Iveta BenešováSVK Janette Husárová 5 6 [10] ALT POL Klaudia JansBIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić 7 3 [2] 5 TPE Chan Yung-janTPE Chuang Chia-jung 7 6     CZE Iveta BenešováSVK Janette Husárová 65 3   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   USA J CraybasRUS A Kudryavtseva 6 6     BLR T PoutchekRUS A Rodionova 3 4     CHN S PengCHN T Sun 6 2 [10]   UZB A AmanmuradovaRUS E Vesnina 4 6 [5]   CZE G NavrátilováPOL A Rosolska 1 5   7 UKR A BondarenkoUKR K Bondarenko 6 7     CZE L HradeckáNED M Krajicek 6 6     RUS N PetrovaRUS Y Shvedova 3 4     RUS V DushevinaRUS E Likhovtseva 7 6     ITA T GarbinITA R Vinci 5 4     UKR M KoryttsevaCZE V Uhlířová 5 1   5 TPE Y-j ChanTPE C-j Chuang 7 6   1 ZIM C BlackUSA L Huber 6 6     USA J CraybasRUS A Kudryavtseva 3 3     CHN S PengCHN T Sun 7 6   7 UKR A BondarenkoUKR K Bondarenko 62 1   3 CZE K PeschkeAUS R Stubbs 4 6 [11]   CZE L HradeckáNED M Krajicek 6 3 [9]   RUS V DushevinaRUS E Likhovtseva 2 5   5 TPE Y-j ChanTPE C-j Chuang 6 7   1 ZIM C BlackUSA L Huber 6 5 [6]   CHN S PengCHN T Sun 4 7 [10] 3 CZE K PeschkeAUS R Stubbs 5 2   5 TPE Y-j ChanTPE C-j Chuang 7 6     CHN S PengCHN T Sun 4 2   5 TPE Y-j ChanTPE C-j Chuang 6 6   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 USA L RaymondAUS S Stosur 7 6     CHN C JiCHN S Sun 5 2     CZE I BenešováSVK J Husárová 3 6 [10]   RUS A KleybanovaRUS G Voskoboeva 6 2 [8] WC ITA S ErraniITA K Knapp 2 66     RUS M KirilenkoPOL A Radwańska 6 7   9 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 7 6   WC ITA C DentoniDEN C Wozniacki 5 3     ESP A Medina GarriguesESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6     ITA ME CamerinARG G Dulko 4 2   ALT POL K JansBIH M Jugić-Salkić 7 6   WC RUS A ChakvetadzeCZE N Vaidišová 64 3   6 USA L RaymondAUS S Stosur 4 6 [2]   CZE I BenešováSVK J Husárová 6 2 [10]   RUS M KirilenkoPOL A Radwańska 6 6   4 AUS A MolikITA M Santangelo 4 3   9 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 4 2     ESP A Medina GarriguesESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6   ALT POL K JansBIH M Jugić-Salkić 1 7 [10] 2 SLO K SrebotnikJPN A Sugiyama 6 5 [4]   CZE I BenešováSVK J Husárová 64 6 [10]   RUS M KirilenkoPOL A Radwańska 7 3 [4]   ESP A Medina GarriguesESP V Ruano Pascual 7 3 [9] ALT POL K JansBIH M Jugić-Salkić 62 6 [11]   CZE I BenešováSVK J Husárová 5 6 [10] ALT POL K JansBIH M Jugić-Salkić 7 3 [2] External links WTA tournament draws Women's Doubles Italian Open - Doubles Category:2008 in Italian women's sport