2008 Italian Open – Women's singles

2008 Italian Open SRB Jelena Janković FRA Alizé Cornet 6–2, 6–2 56 (4WC Wild cards/12Q Qualifiers/4LL Lucky losers) 19 2008 Italian Open (tennis) Defending champion Jelena Janković defeated Alizé Cornet in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 Italian Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/may/19/tennis Jankovic happy with back-to-back Italian titles 19 May 2008 The Guardian 1 August 2017 Cornet entered the tournament as a qualifier. Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em SRB Ana Ivanovic (second round) RUS Maria Sharapova (semifinals, withdrew due to a left calf strain) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round) SRB Jelena Janković (champion) USA Serena Williams (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a back injury) RUS Anna Chakvetadze (semifinals) USA Venus Williams (quarterfinals) FRA Marion Bartoli (third round) SUI Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals) RUS Vera Zvonareva (third round) HUN Ágnes Szávay (second round) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round) CZE Nicole Vaidišová (first round) RUS Dinara Safina (withdrew due to a low back injury) ISR Shahar Pe'er (withdrew due to a right shoulder tendinitis) FRA Amélie Mauresmo (withdrew due to right intercostal muscle strain) ITA Francesca Schiavone (second round) RUS Nadia Petrova (first round) AUT Sybille Bammer (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 Q BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 2 6 1 6 RUS Anna Chakvetadze 6 3 6 Q FRA Alizé Cornet w/o     5 USA Serena Williams       7 USA Venus Williams 7 2 3 4 SRB Jelena Janković 5 6 6 9 SUI Patty Schnyder 77 5 2 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 63 7 6 6 RUS Anna Chakvetadze 6 4 3 Q FRA Alizé Cornet 3 6 6 4 SRB Jelena Janković w/o     2 RUS Maria Sharapova       Q FRA Alizé Cornet 2 2   4 SRB Jelena Janković 6 6   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q CZE K Zakopalová 4 2   Q BUL T Pironkova 6 6   Q ROU M Niculescu 6 3 6 Q USA J Craybas 4 6 4 WC BLR V Azarenka 6 6   19 AUT S Bammer 1 3   12 POL A Radwańska 6 6   Q UZB A Amanmuradova 3 0   Q EST K Kanepi 4 6 0 WC ITA R Vinci 6 4 6   UKR K Bondarenko 7 6     ITA T Garbin 5 4   1 SRB A Ivanovic 4 7 2 Q BUL T Pironkova 6 5 6 Q ROU M Niculescu 3 2   WC BLR V Azarenka 6 6   12 POL A Radwańska 3 6 6 WC ITA R Vinci 6 2 2   UKR K Bondarenko 6 61 0 6 RUS A Chakvetadze 3 77 6 Q BUL T Pironkova 6 1   WC BLR V Azarenka 2 0r 12 POL A Radwańska 4 6 1 6 RUS A Chakvetadze 6 1 6 Q BUL T Pironkova 2 6 1 6 RUS A Chakvetadze 6 3 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   BLR O Govortsova 4 6 6   ITA K Knapp 6 1 2   RUS V Dushevina 1 3   Q FRA A Cornet 6 6     CZE L Šafářová 4 5   17 ITA F Schiavone 6 7   11 HUN Á Szávay 6 6     CHN Z Yan 1 1   Q CHN S Peng 4 6 3 WC ITA S Errani 6 1 6 WC ITA M Santangelo 2 2     UKR A Bondarenko 6 6   3 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6     BLR O Govortsova 2 0   Q FRA A Cornet 6 6   17 ITA F Schiavone 3 2   11 HUN Á Szávay 0 3   WC ITA S Errani 6 6     UKR A Bondarenko 2 0   5 USA S Williams 6 6   3 RUS S Kuznetsova 2 4   Q FRA A Cornet 6 6   WC ITA S Errani 4 3   5 USA S Williams 6 6   Q FRA A Cornet w/o     5 USA S Williams       Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   NED M Krajicek 3 2     AUS S Stosur 6 6   Q RUS E Vesnina 3 5   Q CZE I Benešová 6 7     JPN A Sugiyama 3 3   10 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6   18 RUS N Petrova 6 5 4   RUS M Kirilenko 3 7 6   ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 7   Q RUS A Kleybanova 1 5   LL UKR O Savchuk 711 3 1   ITA F Pennetta 69 6 6 7 USA V Williams 6 6     AUS S Stosur 4 1   Q CZE I Benešová 5 6 5 10 RUS V Zvonareva 7 4 7   RUS M Kirilenko 6 5 6   ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 7 2   ITA F Pennetta 1 4   4 SRB J Janković 6 6   7 USA V Williams 7 6   10 RUS V Zvonareva 5 2     RUS M Kirilenko 1 1   4 SRB J Janković 6 6   7 USA V Williams 7 2 3 4 SRB J Janković 5 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP J Vakulenko 1 2     FRA V Razzano 6 6   LL RUS A Rodionova 1 3   LL ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6   Q UKR M Koryttseva 6 2 3 9 SUI P Schnyder 3 6 6 13 CZE N Vaidišová 4 6 2 LL RUS E Makarova 6 4 6   AUT T Paszek 3 0     DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     SVK D Cibulková 77 6     ARG G Dulko 61 4   8 FRA M Bartoli 6 7     FRA V Razzano 4 5   LL ESP V Ruano Pascual 1 0   9 SUI P Schnyder 6 6   LL RUS E Makarova 3 4     DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     SVK D Cibulková 2 6 4 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 3 6 8 FRA M Bartoli 6 4 67 9 SUI P Schnyder 4 6 79   DEN C Wozniacki 4 63   2 RUS M Sharapova 6 77   9 SUI P Schnyder 77 5 2 2 RUS M Sharapova 63 7 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em FRA Alizé Cornet (qualified) RUS Elena Vesnina (qualified) FRA Pauline Parmentier (first round) CZE Klára Zakopalová (qualified) AUS Casey Dellacqua (first round) EST Kaia Kanepi (qualified) UKR Mariya Koryttseva (qualified) RUS Alisa Kleybanova (qualified) UZB Akgul Amanmuradova (qualified) USA Jill Craybas (qualified) CHN Peng Shuai (qualified) BUL Tsvetana Pironkova (qualified) RUS Anastasia Rodionova (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SUI Timea Bacsinszky (first round) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (qualifying competition, lucky loser) RUS Ekaterina Makarova (qualifying competition, lucky loser) POL Marta Domachowska (first round) UKR Olga Savchuk (qualifying competition, lucky loser) CZE Iveta Benešová (qualified) ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives (Still competing in Berlin) RUS Galina Voskoboeva (qualifying competition) PAR 1990 Rossana de los Ríos (qualifying competition) TPE Chan Yung-jan (qualifying competition) FRA Émilie Loit (first round) Qualifiers 30em FRA Alizé Cornet RUS Elena Vesnina ROU Monica Niculescu CZE Klára Zakopalová CZE Iveta Benešová EST Kaia Kanepi UKR Mariya Koryttseva RUS Alisa Kleybanova UZB Akgul Amanmuradova USA Jill Craybas CHN Peng Shuai BUL Tsvetana Pironkova Lucky losers 30em RUS Anastasia Rodionova ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual RUS Ekaterina Makarova UKR Olga Savchuk Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 FRA Alizé Cornet 7 6 CHN Zhang Shuai 5 2 WC ITA Nathalie Viérin 6 3 3 13 RUS Anastasia Rodionova 2 6 6 1 FRA Alizé Cornet 6 6 13 RUS Anastasia Rodionova 0 3 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 RUS Elena Vesnina 6 6 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 3 1 SLO Andreja Klepač 6 77 17 POL Marta Domachowska 3 63 2 RUS Elena Vesnina 77 6 SLO Andreja Klepač 65 3 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 FRA Pauline Parmentier 2 0 ROU Monica Niculescu 6 6 WC ITA Anna-Giulia Remondina 1 6 5 16 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 6 4 7 ROU Monica Niculescu 3 6 6 16 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 6 2 3 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 CZE Klára Zakopalová 0 6 6 WC ITA Corinna Dentoni 6 2 1 JPN Ayumi Morita 65 3 21 RUS Galina Voskoboeva 77 6 4 CZE Klára Zakopalová 6 3 6 21 RUS Galina Voskoboeva 1 6 2 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 AUS Casey Dellacqua 3 65 UKR Yuliana Fedak 6 77 GBR Katie O'Brien 4 3 19 CZE Iveta Benešová 6 6 UKR Yuliana Fedak 1 2 19 CZE Iveta Benešová 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 EST Kaia Kanepi 6 6 RUS Yaroslava Shvedova 2 2 ITA Maria Elena Camerin 6 6 24 FRA Émilie Loit 0 2 6 EST Kaia Kanepi 6 77 ITA Maria Elena Camerin 4 63 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 UKR Mariya Koryttseva 6 6 HUN Kira Nagy 2 0 USA Julie Ditty 2 7 6 Alt RUS Regina Kulikova 6 5 3 7 UKR Mariya Koryttseva 6 6 USA Julie Ditty 2 4 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 RUS Alisa Kleybanova 6 6 Alt CHN Zheng Jie 3 2 AUS Alicia Molik 3 5 15 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 7 8 RUS Alisa Kleybanova 0 6 6 15 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 4 3 Ninth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 9 UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 6 6 WC ITA Astrid Besser 1 1 SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 4 6 3 18 UKR Olga Savchuk 6 2 6 9 UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 6 77 18 UKR Olga Savchuk 2 64 Tenth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 10 USA Jill Craybas 3 6 77 WC ITA Camila Giorgi 6 2 61 BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek 4 4 22 PAR 1990 Rossana de los Ríos 6 6 10 USA Jill Craybas 7 6 22 PAR 1990 Rossana de los Ríos 5 1 Eleventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 11 CHN Peng Shuai 6 6 CHN Yuan Meng 1 2 WC ITA Giulia Gabba 3 1 23 TPE Chan Yung-jan 6 6 11 CHN Peng Shuai 6 6 23 TPE Chan Yung-jan 3 4 Twelfth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 12 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 6 6 RUS Evgeniya Rodina 3 1 COL Catalina Castaño 5 6 6 14 SUI Timea Bacsinszky 7 4 3 12 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 6 6 COL Catalina Castaño 1 2 References External links Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA) Women's Singles Italian Open - Singles Category:2008 in Italian women's sport