2008 Qatar Telecom German Open – Singles

Tennis tournament 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open RUS Dinara Safina RUS Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 singles doubles German Open (WTA) German Open Qatar Telecom German Open 2021 WTA German Open 56 (4WC Wild cards/8Q Qualifiers/1LL Lucky loser) 16 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open Dinara Safina defeated Elena Dementieva in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 WTA German Open.Safina wins all-Russian final https://www.france24.com/en/20080511-safina-wins-all-russian-final-tennis-berlin 12 July 2026 France 24 11 May 2008Safina recovers to win all-Russian final https://www.rte.ie/sport/tennis/2008/0511/231693-berlin/ 12 July 2026 RTÉ 11 May 2008Dinara Safina beats Dementieva to win German Open title https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/05/13/2003411789 12 July 2026 Taipei Times Associated Press 13 May 2008 Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Dementieva.All-Russian final at the German Open https://www.france24.com/en/20080510-all-russian-final-german-open-tennis-berlin 12 July 2026 France 24 10 May 2008 This was the last tournament in which incumbent world No. 1 Justine Henin participated before announcing her retirement. She was defeated in the third round by Safina.Justine Henin stunned in German Open third round | Justine Henin Seeds The top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em BEL Justine Henin (third round) SRB Ana Ivanovic (semifinals) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round) SRB Jelena Janković (quarterfinals) USA Serena Williams (quarterfinals) RUS Anna Chakvetadze (second round) RUS Elena Dementieva (final) FRA Marion Bartoli (third round) SUI Patty Schnyder (first round) HUN Ágnes Szávay (quarterfinals) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round) CZE Nicole Vaidišová (first round) RUS Dinara Safina (champion) ISR Shahar Pe'er (first round) UKR Alona Bondarenko (quarterfinals) RUS Nadia Petrova (second round) Draw Key Q = Qualifier WC = Wild card LL = Lucky loser r = Retired w/o = Walkover Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 175 13 RUS Dinara Safina 2 6 7 5 USA Serena Williams 6 1 65 15 UKR Alona Bondarenko 62 2   BLR Victoria Azarenka 7 6 7 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 2 6 4 SRB Jelena Janković 3 6 3 10 HUN Ágnes Szávay 6 4 3 2 SRB Ana Ivanovic 3 6 6 13 RUS Dinara Safina 6 6   BLR Victoria Azarenka 4 1 7 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 7 2 SRB Ana Ivanovic 2 5 13 RUS Dinara Safina 3 6 6 7 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 2 2 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 150   FRA P Parmentier 5 6 4 Q TPE Y-J Chan 7 2 6   ITA K Knapp 0 1 Q EST K Kanepi 6 6 WC GER J Görges 3 4 13 RUS D Safina 6 6 11 POL A Radwańska 6 5 WC GER A Kerber 0 3 r Q BLR E Dzehalevich 67 6 3 Q GER A Bachmann 7 3 6   ITA F Schiavone 7 4 6   FRA A Cornet 5 6 3 1 BEL J Henin 6 6 Q TPE Y-J Chan 0 2 Q EST K Kanepi 4 3 13 RUS D Safina 6 6 11 POL A Radwańska 6 6 Q GER A Bachmann 1 1   ITA F Schiavone 2 3 5 USA S Williams 6 6 1 BEL J Henin 7 3 1 13 RUS D Safina 5 6 6 11 POL A Radwańska 3 1 5 USA S Williams 6 6 13 RUS D Safina 2 6 7 5 USA S Williams 6 1 65 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 150 Q COL C Castaño 6 6 Q RUS G Voskoboeva 2 2   ITA T Garbin 6 5 2r   ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 7 2   SVK D Cibulková 4 6 69 15 UKR A Bondarenko 6 1 7 12 CZE N Vaidišová 6 1 2   ARG G Dulko 4 6 6   DEN C Wozniacki 7 6   FRA T Golovin 64 2   BLR V Azarenka 6 6   AUS C Dellacqua 2 2 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 Q COL C Castaño 3 2   ESP A Medina Garrigues 5 6 3 15 UKR A Bondarenko 7 0 6   ARG G Dulko 6 7   DEN C Wozniacki 2 5   BLR V Azarenka 1 7 6 6 RUS A Chakvetadze 6 61 4 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 2 2 15 UKR A Bondarenko 1 6 6   ARG G Dulko 3 1   BLR V Azarenka 6 6 15 UKR A Bondarenko 62 2   BLR V Azarenka 7 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 150   UKR K Bondarenko 6 6   AUT T Paszek 4 3   BLR O Govortsova 0 0 Q RUS A Kleybanova 6 6   RUS V Dushevina 6 6 9 SUI P Schnyder 2 3 16 RUS N Petrova 7 3 7   SLO K Srebotnik 65 6 62   RUS M Kirilenko 2 7 6   RUS E Vesnina 6 5 2   CHN S Peng 7 5 6 Q USA J Craybas 64 7 0 7 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   UKR K Bondarenko 1 2 Q RUS A Kleybanova 2 6 3   RUS V Dushevina 6 4 6 16 RUS N Petrova 3 3   RUS M Kirilenko 6 6   CHN S Peng 5 0 4 SRB J Janković 7 6 7 RUS E Dementieva 7 6 RUS V Dushevina 5 3 RUS M Kirilenko 2 4 4 SRB J Janković 6 6 7 RUS E Dementieva 6 2 6 4 SRB J Janković 3 6 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 150   FRA V Razzano 4 5   CZE L Šafářová 6 7 WC GER M Müller 2 3   CHN Z Yan 6 6   VEN M Sequera 2 0 r 10 HUN Á Szávay 6 3 14 ISR S Pe'er 5 1 WC GER S Lisicki 7 6   AUT S Bammer 6 6   NED M Krajicek 1 2 LL UZB A Amanmuradova 7 7   FRA A Rezaï 5 5 8 FRA M Bartoli 6 6   CZE L Šafářová 0 3   CHN Z Yan 1 1 10 HUN Á Szávay 6 6 WC GER S Lisicki 3 6 65   AUT S Bammer 6 1 7 LL UZB A Amanmuradova 60 2 2 SRB A Ivanovic 7 6 8 FRA M Bartoli 5 5 10 HUN Á Szávay 7 7   AUT S Bammer 5 6 4 2 SRB A Ivanovic 7 4 6 10 HUN Á Szávay 6 4 3 2 SRB A Ivanovic 3 6 6 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em CZE Klára Zakopalová (first round) EST Kaia Kanepi (qualified) UKR Mariya Koryttseva (first round) USA Jill Craybas (qualified) UZB Akgul Amanmuradova (qualifying competition, lucky loser) BUL Tsvetana Pironkova (qualifying competition) RUS Alisa Kleybanova (qualified) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (first round) RUS Anastasia Rodionova (first round) ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives (first round) RUS Ekaterina Makarova (qualifying competition) SUI Timea Bacsinszky (qualifying competition) TPE Chan Yung-jan (qualified) RUS Galina Voskoboeva (qualified) PAR 1990 Rossana de los Ríos (withdrew) ISR Tzipora Obziler (qualifying competition) JPN Ayumi Morita (first round) Qualifiers 30em COL Catalina Castaño EST Kaia Kanepi RUS Galina Voskoboeva USA Jill Craybas GER Angelika Bachmann TPE Chan Yung-jan RUS Alisa Kleybanova BLR 1995 Ekaterina Dzehalevich Lucky loser UZB Akgul Amanmuradova Qualifying draws First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 CZE Klára Zakopalová 6 2 3 COL Catalina Castaño 4 6 6 Alt RUS Alina Jidkova 2 4 11 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 6 6 COL Catalina Castaño 6 6 11 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 3 1 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 EST Kaia Kanepi 7 6 SLO Andreja Klepač 5 2 GER Julia Schruff 66 5 16 ISR Tzipora Obziler 78 7 2 EST Kaia Kanepi 77 6 16 ISR Tzipora Obziler 62 3 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 UKR Mariya Koryttseva 3 2 WC RUS Ksenia Pervak 6 6 GER Sandra Klösel 3 6 5 14 RUS Galina Voskoboeva 6 2 7 WC RUS Ksenia Pervak 6 1 3 14 RUS Galina Voskoboeva 4 6 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 USA Jill Craybas 0 6 6 ITA Maria Elena Camerin 6 4 3 WC GER Vanessa Henke 3 2 12 SUI Timea Bacsinszky 6 6 4 USA Jill Craybas 2 77 77 12 SUI Timea Bacsinszky 6 62 63 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 2 6 6 Alt ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 6 4 1 WC GER Angelika Bachmann 7 6 10 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives 5 1 5 UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 4 4 WC GER Angelika Bachmann 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 6 6 BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek 3 4 UKR Yuliana Fedak 6 5 1 13 TPE Chan Yung-jan 2 7 6 6 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 2 5 13 TPE Chan Yung-jan 6 7 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 RUS Alisa Kleybanova 6 4 6 CHN Yuan Meng 2 6 1 USA Julie Ditty 77 6 17 JPN Ayumi Morita 62 1 7 RUS Alisa Kleybanova 6 6 USA Julie Ditty 3 0 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 2 4 WC GER Kristina Barrois 6 6 Alt BLR 1995 Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6 6 9 RUS Anastasia Rodionova 4 3 WC GER Kristina Barrois 6 4 2 Alt BLR 1995 Ekaterina Dzehalevich 3 6 6 References External links Official results archive (World Tennis) Official results archive (WTA) Qatar Telecom German Open 2008 Singles