2008 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

2008 WTA Tour Championships USA Venus Williams RUS Vera Zvonareva 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–2 8 (RR + elimination) 8 singles doubles 2008 WTA Tour Championships Venus Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-11-10/venus-wins-wta-championships/200004 Venus wins WTA Championships Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 May 2026 It was her first Tour Finals title.https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/nov/10/venus-caps-season-with-first-wta-championship/ Venus caps season with first WTA championship The Spokesman-Review 22 May 2026 Williams was the third player in the Open Era (after Steffi Graf and her sister Serena Williams) to defeat the top-three ranked players at the same event: defeating world No. 2 Dinara Safina and No. 3 Serena in the round-robin stage, and No. 1 Jelena Janković in the semifinals.https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/barbora-krejcikova-defeats-iga-swiatek-in-dubai-final-top-3-sweep Barbora Krejcikova beats Swiatek in Dubai final, becomes first woman to beat her twice as No. 1 25 February 2023 1 March 2023 Justine Henin was the two-time reigning champion,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/nov/12/tennis.sport1 Henin beats the blues and Sharapova to retain her title The Guardian 22 May 2026 but retired from the sport in May 2008.https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/3562867/henin-announces-retirement Henin announces retirement Sky Sports 22 May 2026 Safina and Agnieszka Radwańska (as an alternate) made their tournament debuts.May 2026 Seeds 30em SRB Jelena Janković (semifinals) RUS Dinara Safina (round robin) USA Serena Williams (round robin, withdrew due to a stomach injury)http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7716045.stm Serena and Ivanovic out of Doha BBC Sport 2008-11-07 2008-11-08 SRB Ana Ivanovic (round robin, withdrew due to a virus) RUS Elena Dementieva (semifinals) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (round robin) USA Venus Williams (champion) RUS Vera Zvonareva (final) Alternates 30em POL Agnieszka Radwańska (round robin, Replaced Ivanovic) RUS Nadia Petrova (round robin, Replaced S.Williams) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 200 8 RUS Vera Zvonareva 79 3 6 5 RUS Elena Dementieva 67 6 3 7 USA Venus Williams 6 2 6 1 SRB Jelena Janković 2 6 3 8 RUS Vera Zvonareva 77 0 2 7 USA Venus Williams 65 6 6 White group   RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings 1 SRB Janković SRB Jelena Janković 2–1 5–2 38–31 2 4Alt SRB IvanovicPOL Radwańska SRB Ana IvanovicPOL Agnieszka Radwańska 0–21–0 1–42–0 21–3013–7 X3 6 RUS Kuznetsova RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–3 0–6 22–38 4 8 RUS Zvonareva RUS Vera Zvonareva 3–0 6–2 44–32 1 6–3, 6–4(w/ Ivanovic) 7–6(8–6), 6–4 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 3–6, 4–6(w/ Ivanovic) 6–2, 7–5(w/ Radwańska) 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6(w/ Ivanovic) 6–7(6–8), 4–6 2–6, 5–7(w/ Radwańska) 2–6, 3–6 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4(w/ Ivanovic) 6–2, 6–3Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision. Maroon group   RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings 2 RUS Safina RUS Dinara Safina 0–3 0–6 19–37 3 3Alt USA S WilliamsRUS Petrova USA Serena WilliamsRUS Nadia Petrova 1–10–1 3–21–2 20–2214–16 X4 5 RUS Dementieva RUS Elena Dementieva 2–1 5–3 41–36 2 7 USA V Williams USA Venus Williams 3–0 6–2 46–29 1 4–6, 1–6(w/ Williams) 2–6, 4–6 5–7, 3–6 6–4, 6–1(w/ Williams) 4–6, 6–4, 4–6(w/ Petrova) 7–5, 1–6, 0–6(w/ Williams) 6–2, 6–4 6–4, 4–6, 6–4(w/ Petrova) 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 7–5, 6–3 5–7, 6–1, 6–0(w/ Williams) 6–4, 4–6, 6–3Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision. See also WTA Tour Championships appearances References External links Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20081227010415/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/global/Pdfs/events/2008/championships_draws.pdf 2008-12-27 WTA Tour Championships - Singles Singles 2008