2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships s USA Jill CraybasNZL Marina Erakovic JPN Ayumi MoritaJPN Aiko Nakamura 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] 16 (1WC Wild cards) 4 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi were the defending champions, but Yan chose not to participate, and only Sun competed that year. Sun partnered with Vania King, but lost in the semifinals to Aiko Nakamura and Ayumi Morita. Jill Craybas and Marina Erakovic won in the final 4–6, 7–5, [10–6], against Aiko Nakamura and Ayumi Morita. Seeds 30em CZE Iveta Benešová / ISR Shahar Pe'er (first round) USA Vania King / CHN Sun Tiantian (semifinals) TPE Chia-jung Chuang / TPE Su-wei Hsieh (first round) ARG Gisela Dulko / RUS Maria Kirilenko (first round, withdrew due to a left hip injury for Kirilenko) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 CZE I BenešováISR S Pe'er 1 6 [5]   JPN J NamigataJPN A Yonemura 6 4 [10]   USA J CraybasNZL M Erakovic 6 6     CAN S DuboisUSA C Fusano 4 2   4 ARG G DulkoRUS M Kirilenko         RUS A PavlyuchenkovaBEL Y Wickmayer w/o       TPE Y-j ChanITA M Santangelo 6 7     RUS M KondratievaFRA S Lefèvre 1 64   WC JPN K Date-KrummJPN R Fujiwara 6 64 [10]   CZE P CetkovskáCZE L Šafářová 4 7 [7]   JPN A MoritaJPN A Nakamura 4 6 [10] 3 TPE C-j ChuangTPE S-w Hsieh 6 4 [6]   IND S UberoiUSA M Washington 6 6     POL M DomachowskaCZE K Zakopalová 4 4     TPE C-w ChanRSA N Grandin 2 5   2 USA V KingCHN T Sun 6 7     JPN J NamigataJPN A Yonemura 6 65 [9]   USA J CraybasNZL M Erakovic 4 7 [11]   RUS A PavlyuchenkovaBEL Y Wickmayer 64 6 [15]   TPE Y-j ChanITA M Santangelo 7 3 [13] WC JPN K Date-KrummJPN R Fujiwara 2 6 [5]   JPN A MoritaJPN A Nakamura 6 1 [10]   IND S UberoiUSA M Washington 3 4   2 USA V KingCHN T Sun 6 6     USA J CraybasNZL M Erakovic 6 6     RUS A PavlyuchenkovaBEL Y Wickmayer 4 1     JPN A MoritaJPN A Nakamura 7 6   2 USA V KingCHN T Sun 5 2     USA J CraybasNZL M Erakovic 4 7 [10]   JPN A MoritaJPN A Nakamura 6 5 [6] External links Draw Category:2008 Japan Open Tennis Championships Category:2008 WTA Tour Category:2008 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan