2008 US Open – Women's singles

January 2025 2008 US Open USA Serena Williams SRB 2004 Jelena Janković 6–4, 7–5 128 32 US Open – Women's singles US Open – Women's singles 2008 US Open (tennis) 2008 US Open Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7601548.stm Serena seals third US Open title BBC News 19 July 2025 It was her third US Open singles title and ninth major singles title overall. This was also Williams' second US Open (and third major overall) won without losing a set during the tournament. With the win, Williams regained the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2003. Three of the top four seeds were in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Justine Henin was the reigning champion, but she retired from the sport in May 2008. This was the final singles major appearance for 1998 champion, three-time major champion and former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, who was defeated by Marion Bartoli in the third round. Julie Coin, ranked as the world No. 188, defeated the world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the second round, making her the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat an incumbent world No. 1.September 2019 Seeds 30em 1 1 SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic (second round) 2 8 SRB 2004 Jelena Janković (final) 3 6 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round) 4 3 USA Serena Williams (champion) 5 5 RUS Elena Dementieva (semifinals) 6 2 RUS Dinara Safina (semifinals) 7 4 USA Venus Williams (quarterfinals) 8 7 RUS Vera Zvonareva (second round) 9 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round) 10 5 RUS Anna Chakvetadze (first round) 11 2 SVK Daniela Hantuchová (first round) 12 7 FRA Marion Bartoli (fourth round) 13 3 HUN Ágnes Szávay (second round) 14 8 BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka (third round) 15 6 SUI Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals) 16 1 ITA Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals) 17 2 FRA Alizé Cornet (third round) 18 4 SVK Dominika Cibulková (third round) 19 1 RUS Nadia Petrova (third round) 20 3 CZE Nicole Vaidišová (second round) 21 8 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round) 22 6 RUS Maria Kirilenko (first round) 23 7 USA Lindsay Davenport (third round) 24 5 ISR Shahar Pe'er (first round) 25 5 ITA Francesca Schiavone (second round) 26 8 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round) 27 4 UKR Alona Bondarenko (third round) 28 6 SLO Katarina Srebotnik (fourth round) 29 7 AUT Sybille Bammer (quarterfinals) 30 3 JPN Ai Sugiyama (third round) 31 2 FRA Virginie Razzano (first round) 32 1 FRA Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round) Qualifying 2008 US Open – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 16 ITA Flavia Pennetta 2 3   6 RUS Dinara Safina 6 6   4 USA Serena Williams 78 79   7 USA Venus Williams 66 67   5 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 6   15 SUI Patty Schnyder 2 3   29 AUT Sybille Bammer 1 4   2 SRB 2004 Jelena Janković 6 6   6 RUS Dinara Safina 3 2   4 USA Serena Williams 6 6   5 RUS Elena Dementieva 4 4   2 SRB 2004 Jelena Janković 6 6   4 USA Serena Williams 6 7   2 SRB 2004 Jelena Janković 4 5   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 6 4 6   RUS V Dushevina 1 6 4 Q FRA J Coin 7 7     AUS C Dellacqua 66 64     EST K Kanepi 6 6     ROU M Niculescu 0 3     FRA N Dechy 6 3 2 32 FRA A Mauresmo 4 6 6 19 RUS N Petrova 6 6     FRA O Sanchez 2 4   Q TPE S-w Hsieh 6 6     RUS E Rodina 2 4     CHN S Peng 6 6     GRE E Daniilidou 1 0   Q SUI S Vögele 6 2 2 16 ITA F Pennetta 2 6 6 1 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 3 6 3 Q FRA J Coin 6 4 6   EST K Kanepi 6 4 0 32 FRA A Mauresmo 2 6 6 19 RUS N Petrova 6 6   Q TPE S-w Hsieh 4 2     CHN S Peng 2 7 1 16 ITA F Pennetta 6 68 6 Q FRA J Coin 4 4   32 FRA A Mauresmo 6 6   19 RUS N Petrova 6 4 3 16 ITA F Pennetta 4 6 6 32 FRA A Mauresmo 3 0   16 ITA F Pennetta 6 6   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 SVK D Hantuchová 4 2   Q GER A-L Grönefeld 6 6   WC AUS J Moore 7 7   WC USA M Oudin 65 65     POL M Domachowska 7 5 4   USA B Mattek 67 7 6   FRA C Pin 5 0   17 FRA A Cornet 7 6   31 FRA V Razzano 4 1     SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6     RUS A Kudryavtseva 6 5 3   TPE Y-j Chan 4 7 6   FRA S Cohen-Aloro 1 4   Q ITA R Vinci 6 6   Q USA K Ahn 3 4   6 RUS D Safina 6 6   Q GER A-L Grönefeld 6 6   WC AUS J Moore 1 3     USA B Mattek 65 1   17 FRA A Cornet 7 6     SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6     TPE Y-j Chan 3 2   Q ITA R Vinci 4 3   6 RUS D Safina 6 6   Q GER A-L Grönefeld 6 7   17 FRA A Cornet 4 5     SUI T Bacsinszky 6 5 2 6 RUS D Safina 3 7 6 Q GER A-L Grönefeld 5 0   6 RUS D Safina 7 6   Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 USA S Williams 6 6     UKR K Bondarenko 1 4     RUS E Vesnina 4 6 6   UKR J Vakulenko 6 1 2   BLR 1995 O Govortsova 6 6   Q CZE S Záhlavová 3 1     SLO A Klepač 6 3 2r 30 JPN A Sugiyama 4 6 4 20 CZE N Vaidišová 6 6     CZE P Cetkovská 1 2   WC FRA S Brémond 7 6     GER J Görges 60 4     EST M Ani 0 65     ITA T Garbin 6 7   WC USA G Brodsky 5 3   13 HUN Á Szávay 7 6   4 USA S Williams 6 6     RUS E Vesnina 1 1     BLR 1995 O Govortsova 6 64 1 30 JPN A Sugiyama 4 7 6 20 CZE N Vaidišová 5 3   WC FRA S Brémond 7 6     ITA T Garbin 5 6 6 13 HUN Á Szávay 7 2 3 4 USA S Williams 6 6   30 JPN A Sugiyama 2 1   WC FRA S Brémond 7 3 6   ITA T Garbin 5 6 4 4 USA S Williams 6 6   WC FRA S Brémond 2 2   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 POL A Radwańska 6 6   Q KAZ Y Shvedova 4 2     THA T Tanasugarn 6 3 2 LL COL M Duque Mariño 0 6 6 Q ROU IR Olaru 6 6     ROU E Gallovits 0 2     USA J Craybas 3 64   18 SVK D Cibulková 6 7   27 UKR A Bondarenko 2 6 6 WC USA J Jackson 6 3 2   ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 3 4     GER S Lisicki 6 6   Q CZE H Šromová 3 6 3 Q PAR R de los Ríos 6 2 6   AUS S Stosur 2 3   7 USA V Williams 6 6   9 POL A Radwańska 6 7   LL COL M Duque Mariño 0 63   Q ROU IR Olaru 2 2   18 SVK D Cibulková 6 6   27 UKR A Bondarenko 6 1 6   GER S Lisicki 4 6 4 Q PAR R de los Ríos 0 3   7 USA V Williams 6 6   9 POL A Radwańska 6 6   18 SVK D Cibulková 0 3   27 UKR A Bondarenko 2 1   7 USA V Williams 6 6   9 POL A Radwańska 1 3   7 USA V Williams 6 6   Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 RUS E Dementieva 6 7     UZB A Amanmuradova 4 5     FRA P Parmentier 6 7     NZL M Erakovic 3 62   Q USA A Glatch 2 2     GBR A Keothavong 6 6     ESP N Llagostera Vives 5 5   25 ITA F Schiavone 7 7   24 ISR S Pe'er 6 0 1   CHN N Li 2 6 6   CRO J Kostanić Tošić 4 2     ITA S Errani 6 6     RUS E Bychkova 6 6     AUS A Rodionova 1 3     RUS E Makarova 1 6 6 10 RUS A Chakvetadze 6 2 3 5 RUS E Dementieva 6 6     FRA P Parmentier 2 1     GBR A Keothavong 6 3 6 25 ITA F Schiavone 2 6 4   CHN N Li 4 6 6   ITA S Errani 6 2 0   RUS E Bychkova 6 5 3   RUS E Makarova 3 7 6 5 RUS E Dementieva 6 6     GBR A Keothavong 3 4     CHN N Li 6 4 6   RUS E Makarova 1 6 2 5 RUS E Dementieva 6 6     CHN N Li 4 1   Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 SUI P Schnyder 6 3 6 Q RUS A Pivovarova 3 6 3   USA V King 2 6 2   RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 4 6   ARG G Dulko 4 0     SVK M Rybáriková 6 6     AUT T Paszek 6 3 6 22 RUS M Kirilenko 3 6 4 28 SLO K Srebotnik 3 6 6   BEL Y Wickmayer 6 0 3   ESP L Domínguez Lino 1 2     AUT Y Meusburger 6 6     CZE L Šafářová 4 6 2   ROU S Cîrstea 6 4 6 Q CHN S Zhang 4 2   3 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6   15 SUI P Schnyder 6 6     RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 3 3     SVK M Rybáriková 6 6     AUT T Paszek 1 2   28 SLO K Srebotnik 6 6     AUT Y Meusburger 1 3     ROU S Cîrstea 63 1   3 RUS S Kuznetsova 7 6   15 SUI P Schnyder 7 6     SVK M Rybáriková 64 4   28 SLO K Srebotnik 6 61 6 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 3 7 3 15 SUI P Schnyder 4 6 6 28 SLO K Srebotnik 6 3 3 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6     CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 4 3     UKR T Perebiynis 6 6     UKR M Koryttseva 1 4     FRA A Rezaï 6 6   WC USA A Muhammad 2 4     JPN A Nakamura 4 2   29 AUT S Bammer 6 6   23 USA L Davenport 6 6     CAN A Wozniak 4 2     RUS A Kleybanova 6 7     ESP C Suárez Navarro 2 5     CZE P Kvitová 7 4 2   ESP V Ruano Pascual 63 6 6   RUS G Voskoboeva 2 3   12 FRA M Bartoli 6 6   8 RUS V Zvonareva 3 3     UKR T Perebiynis 6 6     FRA A Rezaï 1 5   29 AUT S Bammer 6 7   23 USA L Davenport 7 6     RUS A Kleybanova 5 3     ESP V Ruano Pascual 4 2   12 FRA M Bartoli 6 6     UKR T Perebiynis 3 0   29 AUT S Bammer 6 6   23 USA L Davenport 1 63   12 FRA M Bartoli 6 7   29 AUT S Bammer 7 0 6 12 FRA M Bartoli 63 6 4 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6     CZE K Zakopalová 2 1     ITA K Knapp 0 3     CZE I Benešová 6 6     FRA É Loit 0 2   Q ITA ME Camerin 6 6   WC USA A Rolle 2 1   21 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6   26 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 7     BUL T Pironkova 4 5     CHN J Zheng 6 6   Q USA S Perry 2 3     CHN Z Yan 2 4     SWE S Arvidsson 6 6   WC USA C Vandeweghe 3 1   2 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 6   14 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6     CZE I Benešová 2 3   Q ITA ME Camerin 1 2   21 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6   26 ESP A Medina Garrigues 1 4     CHN J Zheng 6 6     SWE S Arvidsson 3 7 5 2 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 65 7 14 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 4 4   21 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     CHN J Zheng 5 5   2 SRB 2004 J Janković 7 7   21 DEN C Wozniacki 6 2 1 2 SRB 2004 J Janković 3 6 6 Championship match statistics Category USA S. Williams SRB Janković 1st serve % 45/73 (62%) 65/95 (68%) 1st serve points won27 of 45 = 60% 35 of 65 = 54% 2nd serve points won15 of 28 = 54% 13 of 30 = 43% Total service points won42 of 73 = 57.53% 48 of 95 = 50.53% Aces 3 3 Double faults 3 4 Winners44 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 79Source References External links Draws 2008 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Grand Slam women's singles 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles 2009 Australian Open – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles Category:2008 in women's tennis Category:2008 in American women's sports