2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem 28 April – 4 May 8th ARG Gisela Dulko ROM Sorana Cîrstea / RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Morocco Open The 2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Fes, Morocco, from 28 April until 4 May 2008. Singles Milagros Sequera was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Gisela Dulko won in the final 7–6(2), 7–6(5), against Anabel Medina Garrigues. Seeds 30em ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (final) ARG Gisela Dulko (champion) ITA Tathiana Garbin (second round) FRA Aravane Rezaï (semifinals) SUI Timea Bacsinszky (second round) RUS Alisa Kleybanova (quarterfinals) ROU Sorana Cîrstea (quarterfinals) RUS Ekaterina Makarova (second round) Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 7     HUN Gréta Arn 3 63   4 FRA Aravane Rezaï 66 3   2 ARG Gisela Dulko 7 6   1 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 62 65   2 ARG Gisela Dulko 7 7   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 ESP A Medina Garrigues 4 6 6   ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 2 1   BUL S Karatantcheva 7 6     GBR E Baltacha 5 2     LUX A Kremer 6 3 0   UKR O Savchuk 4 6 6   SLO A Klepač 2 3   8 RUS E Makarova 6 6   3 ITA T Garbin 4 6 6   COL C Castaño 6 3 3   HUN G Arn 6 6   Q AUS J Dokić 4 2     CZE P Cetkovská 6 7     GER S Kloesel 4 5   WC MAR N Lalami 2 4   5 SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6   1 ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 7 6   BUL S Karatantcheva 6 64 1   UKR O Savchuk 7 6   8 RUS E Makarova 64 4   3 ITA T Garbin 4 5     HUN G Arn 6 7     CZE P Cetkovská 6 7   5 SUI T Bacsinszky 1 5   1 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 6     UKR O Savchuk 1 1     HUN G Arn 6 6     CZE P Cetkovská 2 2   1 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 7     HUN G Arn 3 63   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 RUS A Kleybanova 6 6   Q CAN A Wozniak 2 3   Q RUS A Rodionova 6 6   WC MAR L Essaadi 1 1     PAR R de los Ríos 6 6     USA L Osterloh 4 4     USA V King 2 4   4 FRA A Rezaï 6 6   7 ROU S Cîrstea 2 6 6   NZL M Erakovic 6 3 2 Q RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6   WC MAR FZ El Allami 0 1     GBR K O'Brien 7 4 1   FRA É Loit 67 6 6   ITA ME Camerin 1 1   2 ARG G Dulko 6 6   6 RUS A Kleybanova 63 6 6 Q RUS A Rodionova 7 3 4   PAR R de los Ríos 62 0   4 FRA A Rezaï 7 6   7 ROU S Cîrstea 6 6   Q RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 4 2     FRA É Loit 3 2   2 ARG G Dulko 6 6   6 RUS A Kleybanova 7 5 5 4 FRA A Rezaï 5 7 7 7 ROU S Cîrstea 0 3   2 ARG G Dulko 6 6   4 FRA A Rezaï 66 3   2 ARG G Dulko 7 6   Doubles Vania King and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mirza chose not to participate, and only King competed that year. King partnered with Lourdes Domínguez Lino, but lost in the first round to Sorana Cîrstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Sorana Cîrstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won in the final 6–2, 6–2, against Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova. Seeds 30em ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino / USA Vania King (first round) ARG Gisela Dulko / ARG Betina Jozami (first round) RUS Alisa Kleybanova / RUS Ekaterina Makarova (final) NZL Marina Erakovic / RUS Alina Jidkova (first round) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 ESP L Domínguez LinoUSA V King 68 5     ROU S CîrsteaRUS A Pavlyuchenkova 7 7     SUI T BacsinszkyGER S Kloesel 7 6     RUS N BratchikovaBLR K Milevskaya 5 2   4 NZL M ErakovicRUS A Jidkova 4 3     RUS M KondratievaFRA S Lefèvre 6 6     CZE P CetkovskáUKR O Savchuk 4 6 [3]   SLO A KlepačUSA L Osterloh 6 3 [10]   ITA ME CamerinPAR R de los Ríos 6 6   WC MAR FZ El AllamiMAR N Lalami 3 2     GBR E BaltachaGBR A Elliott 0 r   3 RUS A KleybanovaRUS E Makarova 5       RSA K AndersonGBR K O'Brien 3 6 [2]   COL C CastañoLUX A Kremer 6 3 [10]   SWE J LarssonRUS A Rodionova 7 6   2 ARG G DulkoARG B Jozami 62 3     ROU S CîrsteaRUS A Pavlyuchenkova w/o       SUI T BacsinszkyGER S Kloesel         RUS M KondratievaFRA S Lefèvre 7 6     SLO A KlepačUSA L Osterloh 63 1     ITA ME CamerinPAR R de los Ríos 4 3   3 RUS A KleybanovaRUS E Makarova 6 6     COL C CastañoLUX A Kremer 5 63     SWE J LarssonRUS A Rodionova 7 7     ROU S CîrsteaRUS A Pavlyuchenkova 4 6 [16]   RUS M KondratievaFRA S Lefèvre 6 4 [14] 3 RUS A KleybanovaRUS E Makarova 6 6     SWE J LarssonRUS A Rodionova 1 3     ROU S CîrsteaRUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6   3 RUS A KleybanovaRUS E Makarova 2 2   External links Official website Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem 2008 Category:2008 in Moroccan tennis Category:2008 in African women's sport Category:April 2008 sports events in Africa Category:May 2008 sports events in Africa Category:Sport in Fez, Morocco