2008 in tennis

none 2008 tennis This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2008. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, the Fed Cup, and the Olympics. News January See: 2008 ATP Tour, 2008 WTA Tour 1 – World No. 3 Jelena Janković was forced to withdraw from her Hopman Cup tie against Tatiana Golovin, putting a question mark over whether she will be fit enough to play the Australian Open. 2 – Lindsay Davenport survived a second set scare to edge past Anabel Medina Garrigues, while Xavier Malisse and Mikhail Youzhny both won in the men's event in Chennai. 3 – Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko, Ivan Ljubičić and Stanislas Wawrinka all advanced into the Qatar Open semi-finals, while Rafael Nadal continued his run in Chennai. Over on the WTA, hometown wildcard Marina Erakovic stunned Vera Zvonareva in Auckland, while defending champion Dinara Safina wasted five match points to lose to Shahar Pe'er in Gold Coast. 4 – former world number one Martina Hingis was banned for two years when the verdict over her drugs case was reached. Hingis had dropped the bombshell in October that she had tested positive for cocaine, and retired immediately after.https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/briefs-retired-hingis-gets-two-year-ban-for-positive-test/ Retired Hingis gets two-year ban for positive test Seattle Times 2008-01-04 2018-03-01 5 – Li Na defeated Victoria Azarenka to win the Gold Coast, while three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport won her third tournament since her comeback in Auckland. On the ATP, Michaël Llodra beat Jarkko Nieminen to win Adelaide, Andy Murray won the Qatar Open and Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Moyà to reach the Chennai final. United States team Serena Williams and Mardy Fish defeated Serbia to win the 2008 Hopman Cup. Finally, Venus Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3 to win the JB Group Classic, an exhibition tournament, in Hong Kong. 6 – World No. 2 Rafael Nadal was thrashed 6–0, 6–1 by Mikhail Youzhny in the Chennai Open final. Amélie Mauresmo announced her withdrawal from the following week's Medibank International tournament. Three time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten announced that he expected 2008 to be his final year of play.http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/06/sports/LA-SPT-TEN-Kuerten.php Report: Brazil's Kuerten to play his last season in 2008 International Herald Tribune 2008-01-06 2008-01-08 7 – Roger Federer withdrew from exhibition event the AAMI Kooyong Classic due to illness, while at the joint tournament in Sydney, Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva and defending men's champion James Blake all suffered shock defeats. Jelena Dokić won her first WTA main draw match in two years by defeating Martina Müller at Hobart. 8 – The ITF, ATP, WTA and organisers of all four slams announced that they would come together and review their anti-corruption policies, in light of recent events.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7176539.stm Tennis launches corruption review BBC News 2008-01-08 2008-01-08 Former British police officers, Jeffrey Rees and Ben Gunn, who have helped stamp out corruption in cricket and horse racing, have been hired. 9 – Lleyton Hewitt suffered another blow in his preparations for the 2008 Australian Open, making a second early exit in as many weeks; this time in Sydney. Nicole Vaidišová earned a shock victory over third seeded Jelena Janković on the women's side. 10 – The women's final of the Medibank International took shape – Justine Henin defeated Ana Ivanovic in three sets, whilst Svetlana Kuznetsova completed a tight two set victory over Nicole Vaidišová. 11 – The singles draws for the Australian Open were announced. WTA chief Larry Scott released a statement highlighting the threat of organised crime, in particular, the Russian mafia, in the corruption of the sport.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7179695.stm Tennis boss warns of mafia threat BBC News 2008-01-11 2008-01-12 Justine Henin defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's Medibank International tournament. Eleni Daniilidou won in Hobart. 12 – Dmitry Tursunov won the Medibank International 7–6(3), 7–6(4); ending Chris Guccione's dream run. Philipp Kohlschreiber triumphed in Auckland, defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero; and Andy Roddick won the Kooyong Classic exhibition, taking down Marcos Baghdatis. 13 – World No. 1 Roger Federer announced that he would play an exhibition match against Pete Sampras, to follow up the three in Asia during November 2007; this time at Madison Square Gardens, New York City. Outside of tournament play, it was reported that the Australian Open could be at risk due to Chinese ambitions of their own Grand Slam,http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article3216821.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20081007141833/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article3216821.ece dead October 7, 2008 Chinese ambitions could kill off Australian Open The Times Online 2008-01-20 2008-01-25 London Pat Cash something that Roger Federerhttps://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080113/sp_wl_afp/tennisopenauschnslams Australia, not China, deserves Grand Slam: Federer Yahoo! News 2008-01-13 2008-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080116140622/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080113/sp_wl_afp/tennisopenauschnslams 2008-01-16 and Serena Williamshttp://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/2008/01/15/139180/Grand-Slam.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120212182429/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/2008/01/15/139180/Grand-Slam.htm dead February 12, 2012 Grand Slam must stay Down Under, says Serena Williams The China Post 2008-01-15 2008-01-25 have publicly spoken out against. 14 – The 2008 Australian Open begins, with the singles matches. Jelena Janković, the women's no. 3 seed, survived a first round scare against Tamira Paszek, saving five match points. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sent men's no. 9 seed Andy Murray packing with a 7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 7–6 win. 15 – After the ATP match-fixing scandal, the WTA Tour announced that several female tennis players had been approached about throwing tennis matches. Sofia Arvidsson caused the first big upset on the women's side, knocking out tenth seed Marion Bartoli. Gustavo Kuerten announces that he will officially retire after the French Open.https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080115/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_kuerten_retirement;_ylt=Ak38ttzcX6STtwaJ1Cy2.EdNz7QF Kuerten will retire after French Open Yahoo! News 2008-01-15 2008-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080119125946/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080115/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_kuerten_retirement 2008-01-19 dead 16 – Play at the Australian Open was disrupted for the second year in a row by crowd riots, between Cypriot and Greek supporters in the match between Fernando González and Konstantinos Economidis, forcing the police to intervene.https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/aus08/news/story?id=3198133 Police use pepper spray to calm crowd trouble at Australian Open ESPN 2008-01-16 2008-01-24 Maria Sharapova beat former winner Lindsay Davenport in the women's second round. In men's second round action, Tommy Robredo lost easily to Mardy Fish. 18 – Taiwanese player Hsieh Su-wei reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career, having never made it past the first round before. Home favourite Casey Dellacqua stunned 2006 champion Amélie Mauresmo 3–6, 6–4, 6–4. Andy Roddick lost in a five-set thriller, going down to Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. 19 – No. 2 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was sent crashing out by Agnieszka Radwańska, while No. 6 seed Anna Chakvetadze lost to Maria Kirilenko in two shocking upsets in the women's draw. Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt wowed the Australian crowds, both pulling out two thrilling five set wins. Federer beat Janko Tipsarević 6–7, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1, 10–8, while Hewitt outlasted Marcos Baghdatis 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3. Fernando González lost to Marin Čilić in four sets. 20 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reached his maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal with a win over eighth seed Richard Gasquet. Mikhail Youzhny upset fourth-seeded compatriot Nikolay Davydenko in an all-Russian clash. In the women's draw, the favourites all moved through with ease. 21 – The quarterfinal line-ups were set in both the men and women's draws, with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic and Venus Williams being just a few of the eight players who moved through with wins. 22 – Maria Sharapova snapped world No. 1 Justine Henin's 32-match winning streak with a crushing 6–4, 6–0 defeat, while Jelena Janković stunned defending champion Serena Williams with a 6–3, 6–4 victory in the women's quarterfinals. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continued his incredible run in the men's quarterfinals, beating Mikhail Youzhny to set up a meeting with No. 2 Rafael Nadal. 23 – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic set up a men's semifinal clash, while Ana Ivanovic beat Venus Williams for the first time, to go on to meet Daniela Hantuchová, who beat Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets. 24 – The women's final was set as Maria Sharapova beat Jelena Janković 6–3, 6–1; she will now meet Ana Ivanovic who came from losing the first eight games of the match to beat Daniela Hantuchová 0–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the men's play, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reached his first Grand Slam final with a titanic upset over No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–3, 6–2. 25 – Sisters Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko won the women's doubles tournament by defeating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final. Novak Djokovic beat world number one Roger Federer in straight sets to advance to his second Grand Slam final, where he will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. 26 – Maria Sharapova defeats Ana Ivanovic to win the 2008 Australian Open women's singles title. 27 – Novak Djokovic defeats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the 2008 Australian Open men's singles title. February March April May June 7 – 2007 finalist Ana Ivanovic beats Dinara Safina to win the French Open and with this win Ivanovic would become the new World No. 1 8 – Three time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Three time runner-up Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 in the French Open Final to finish their rivalry. This is the first time since 1999 that Federer has lost a set 6–0. July Rafael Nadal dethrones five time defending champion Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7 in what many consider the greatest match of the decade. Nadal won his first Wimbledon title in near darkness after over four hours of play and over 2 hours of rain delay. August September 8 - US Open: Roger Federer wins the Men's Singles and Serena Williams wins the Women's Singles title. 14 - Fed Cup: Russia wins 4-0 over Spain October November 23 - Spain wins Davis Cup 3-1 over Argentina ITF Grand Slam events 2008 Australian Open (January 14 – January 27) Men's singles: SRB Novak Djokovic def. FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(2) Women's singles: RUS Maria Sharapova def. SRB Ana Ivanovic, 7–5, 6–3 Men's doubles: ISR Jonathan Erlich & ISR Andy Ram def. FRA Arnaud Clément & FRA Michaël Llodra, 7–5, 7–6(4) Women's doubles: UKR Alona Bondarenko & UKR Kateryna Bondarenko def. BLR Victoria Azarenka & ISR Shahar Pe'er, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 Mixed doubles: CHN Sun Tiantian & SRB Nenad Zimonjić def. IND Sania Mirza & IND Mahesh Bhupathi, 7–6(4), 6–4 2008 French Open (May 26 – June 8) Men's singles: ESP Rafael Nadal def. SUI Roger Federer, 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 Women's singles: SRB Ana Ivanovic def. RUS Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–3 Men's doubles: URU Pablo Cuevas & PER Luis Horna def. CAN Daniel Nestor & SRB Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 6–3 Women's doubles: ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues & ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual def. AUS Casey Dellacqua & ITA Francesca Schiavone, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 Mixed doubles: BLR Victoria Azarenka & USA Bob Bryan def. SLO Katarina Srebotnik & SRB Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 7–6(4) 2008 Wimbledon Championships (June 24 – July 6) Men's singles: ESP Rafael Nadal def. SUI Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7 Women's singles: USA Venus Williams def. USA Serena Williams, 7–5, 6–4 Men's doubles: CAN Daniel Nestor & SRB Nenad Zimonjić def. SWE Jonas Björkman & ZIM Kevin Ullyett, 7–6(12), 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–3 Women's doubles: USA Serena Williams & USA Venus Williams def. USA Lisa Raymond & AUS Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–2 Mixed doubles: USA Bob Bryan & AUS Samantha Stosur def. USA Mike Bryan & SLO Katarina Srebotnik, 7–5, 6–4 2008 US Open (August 25 – September 7) Men's singles: SUI Roger Federer def. GBR Andy Murray, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 Women's singles: USA Serena Williams def. SRB Jelena Janković, 6–4, 7–5 Men's doubles: USA Bob Bryan & USA Mike Bryan def. CZE Lukáš Dlouhý & IND Leander Paes, 7–6(5), 7–6(10) Women's doubles: ZIM Cara Black & USA Liezel Huber def. USA Lisa Raymond & AUS Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 7–6(6) Mixed doubles: ZIM Cara Black & IND Leander Paes def. USA Liezel Huber & GBR Jamie Murray, 7–6(6), 6–4 2008 Davis Cup World Group Draw S-Seeded U-Unseeded * Choice of ground Round One Quarterfinals Semifinals Final S RUS * 3 U SRB 2 S BEL 2 U CZE * 3 S ARG * 4 U GBR 1 S SWE 3 U ISR * 2 U KOR 2 S GER * 3 U PER * 0 S ESP 5 U ROM * 0 S FRA 5 U AUT * 1 S USA 4 S RUS * 3 U CZE 2 S ARG * 4 S SWE 1 S GER * 1 S ESP 4 S FRA 1 S USA * 4 S RUS 2 S ARG * 3 S ESP * 4 S USA 1 S ARG * 1 S ESP 3 Final Argentina Spain Estadio Polideportivo, Mar del Plata, Argentina November 21–23, 2008 hard (indoors) 1 3 David Nalbandián 6 6 6 David Ferrer 3 2 3 Juan Martín del Potro 6 6.02 6.04 3 Feliciano López 4 7 7 6 Agustín Calleri David Nalbandián 7 5 6.05 3 Feliciano López Fernando Verdasco 5 7 7 6 José Acasuso 3 7 6 3 1 Fernando Verdasco 6 6.03 4 6 6 David Nalbandián Feliciano López World Group Playoffs Date: 19–21 September Venue (surface)Home teamScoreVisiting teamAntofagasta, Chile (clay)CHI3–2AUSWimbledon, London, Great Britain (grass)GBR2–3AUTLausanne, Switzerland (indoor hard)SUI4–1BELZadar, Croatia (indoor hard)CRO4–1BRARamat HaSharon, Israel (hard)ISR4–1PERApeldoorn, Netherlands (indoor clay)NED3–2KORBucharest, Romania (clay)ROM4–1INDBratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)SVK1–4SRB 2008 Fed Cup World Group Draw S-Seeded U-Unseeded * Choice of ground Quarterfinals Semifinals Final S RUS 4 U ISR * 1 S USA * 4 U GER 1 U CHN * 3 S FRA 2 U ESP 3 S ITA * 2 S RUS * 3 S USA 2 U CHN * 1 U ESP 4 S RUS 4 U ESP * 0 Final Spain Russia Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 13–14 September 2008 Clay – Outdoors 0 4 Anabel Medina Garrigues 3 4 Vera Zvonareva 6 6 Carla Suárez Navarro 3 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 6 Anabel Medina Garrigues 7 3 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova 5 6 6 Carla Suárez Navarro Vera Zvonareva Nuria Llagostera Vives Virginia Ruano Pascual 2 1 Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova 6 6 World Group play-offs Date: 26–27 April Venue (surface)Home teamScoreVisiting teamRamat HaSharon, Israel (hard) ISR 2–3 CZEBuenos Aires, Argentina (clay) ARG 3–2 GERTokyo, Japan (indoor hard) JPN 1–4 FRAOlbia, Italy (clay) ITA 3–2 UKR 2008 Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is the Official Mixed Team Competition of the ITF, played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, in Perth, Australia. It is considered an exhibition competition as players do not gain ranking points for competing in the tournament. This year the USA's pairing of Mardy Fish and Serena Williams (who was replaced for the first group match by Meghann Shaughnessy) defeated Novak Djokovic and Jelena Janković of Serbia in the final. This was the 20th edition of the competition. Group A Pos.CountryWLMatchesSets1.Serbia307–215–82.France216–313–73.123–69–144.Argentina032–77–15 Group B Pos.CountryWLMatchesSets1.United States308–116–42.India124–510–123.Australia123–68–124.Czech Republic123–67–13 Final Serbia USA Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) 1 2 Jelena Janković Serena Williams 2 Novak Djokovic 6 6 7 Mardy Fish 2 7 6 Jelena Janković 6.04 2 Novak Djokovic Serena Williams Mardy Fish 7 6 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's singles: ESP Rafael Nadal def. CHI Fernando González, 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3 Bronze Medal: SRB Novak Djokovic def. USA James Blake, 6–3, 7–6(4) Women's singles: RUS Elena Dementieva def. RUS Dinara Safina, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 Bronze Medal: RUS Vera Zvonareva def CHN Li Na, 6–0, 7–5 Men's doubles: SUI Roger Federer & Stanislas Wawrinka def. SWE Simon Aspelin & Thomas Johansson, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3 Bronze Medal: USA Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan def. FRA Arnaud Clément & Michaël Llodra, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 Women's doubles: USA Serena Williams & Venus Williams def. ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6–2, 6–0 Bronze Medal: CHN Yan Zi & Zheng Jie def. UKR Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–2, 6–2 2008 ATP Tour Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, P.R. China (November 9 – November 16) Singles: SRB Novak Djokovic def. RUS Nikolay Davydenko, 6–1, 7–5 Doubles: CAN Daniel Nestor & SRB Nenad Zimonjić def. USA Bob Bryan & USA Mike Bryan, 7–6(3), 6–2 ATP Masters Series Tournament Singles Winner Runner-up Score Doubles Winners Runners-up Score Indian Wellsoutdoor/hardcourt SRB Novak Djokovic USA Mardy Fish 6–2, 5–7, 6–3ISR J Erlich / ISR A RamCAN D Nestor / SRB N Zimonjić 6–4, 6–4 Miamioutdoor/hardcourt RUS Nikolay DavydenkoESP Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–2 USA B Bryan / USA M Bryan IND M Bhupathi / BAH M Knowles 6–2, 6–2 Monte Carlooutdoor/clay ESP Rafael NadalSUI Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5 ESP R Nadal / ESP T Robredo IND M Bhupathi / BAH M Knowles 6–3, 6–3 Romeoutdoor/clay SRB Novak Djokovic SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 USA B Bryan / USA M Bryan CAN D Nestor / SRB N Zimonjić 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] Hamburgoutdoor/clay ESP Rafael NadalSUI Roger Federer 7–5, 6–7(3), 6–3 CAN D Nestor / SRB N Zimonjić USA B Bryan / USA M Bryan 4–6, 7–5, [10–8] Torontooutdoor/hardcourt ESP Rafael NadalGER Nicolas Kiefer 6–3, 6–2 CAN D Nestor / SRB N Zimonjić USA B Bryan / USA M Bryan 6–2, 4–6, [10–8] Cincinnatioutdoor/hardcourt GBR Andy MurraySRB Novak Djokovic 7–6(4), 7–6(5) USA B Bryan / USA M Bryan ISR J Erlich / ISR A Ram 4–6, 7–6(2), [10–7] Madridindoor/hardcourt GBR Andy Murray FRA Gilles Simon 6–4, 7–6(6) POL M Fyrstenberg / POL M Matkowski IND M Bhupathi / BAH M Knowles 6–4, 6–2 Parisindoor/carpetFRA Jo-Wilfried TsongaARG David Nalbandian6–3, 4–6, 6–4SWE J Björkman / ZIM K UllyettRSA J Coetzee / RSA W Moodie6–2, 6–2 2008 World Team Cup Round Robin TP: Ties Played TW: Ties Won MW: Matches Won SW: Sets Won Blue GroupTPTWMWSWRussia 3 2 6 12Italy 3 2 5 13Germany 3 1 3 8Spain 3 1 4 9 Red GroupTPTWMWSWSweden 3 3 8 16USA 3 2 4 10Argentina 3 1 4 10Czech Republic 3 0 2 7 Final Russia Sweden Düsseldorf, Germany 24 May 2008, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2) clay 1 2 Mikhail Youzhny 3 1 Robin Söderling 6 6 Igor Andreev 2 6 6 Thomas Johansson 6 3 4 Dmitry Tursunov Mikhail Youzhny 6 6.05 9 Robert Lindstedt Robin Söderling 4 7 11 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour WTA Tour Championships Doha, Qatar (November 4 – November 9) Singles: USA Venus Williams def. RUS Vera Zvonareva, 6–7(5), 6–0, 6–2 Doubles: ZIM Cara Black & USA Liezel Huber def. CZE Květa Peschke & AUS Rennae Stubbs, 6–1, 7–5 WTA Tier 1 Series TournamentSingles WinnerRunner-upScoreDoubles WinnersRunners-upScoreDoha, Qatar: Qatar Total Open, outdoor hardcourtRUS Maria SharapovaRUS Vera Zvonareva6–1, 2–6, 6–0CZE K Peschke / AUS R StubbsZIM C Black / USA L Huber6–1, 5–7, [10–7]Indian Wells, California, USA: Pacific Life Open, outdoor hardcourtSRB Ana IvanovicRUS Svetlana Kuznetsova6–4, 6–3RUS D Safina / RUS E VesninaCHN Z Yan / CHN J Zheng6–1, 1–6, [10–8]Miami, Florida, USA: Sony Ericsson Open, outdoor hardcourtUSA Serena WilliamsSRB Jelena Janković6–1, 5–7, 6–3SLO K Srebotnik / JPN A SugiyamaZIM C Black / USA L Huber7–5, 4–6, [10–3]Charleston, South Carolina, USA: Family Circle Cup, outdoor clayUSA Serena WilliamsRUS Vera Zvonareva6–3, 3–6, 6–3SLO K Srebotnik / JPN A SugiyamaROM E Gallovits / BLR O Govortsova6–2, 6–2Berlin, Germany: Qatar Total German Open, outdoor clayRUS Dinara SafinaRUS Elena Dementieva3–6, 6–2, 6–2ZIM C Black / USA L HuberESP N Llagostera Vives / ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez3–6, 6–2, [10–2]Rome, Italy: Internazionali d'Italia, outdoor claySRB Jelena JankovićFRA Alizé Cornet6–2, 6–2TPE C Yung-jan / TPE C Chia-jungCZE I Benešová / SVK J Husárová7–6(5), 6–3Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Rogers Cup presented by National Bank, outdoor hardcourtRUS Dinara SafinaSVK Dominika Cibulková6–2, 6–1ZIM C Black / USA L HuberRUS M Kirilenko / ITA F Pennetta6–1, 6–1Tokyo, Japan: Toray Pan Pacific Open, indoor hardcourtRUS Dinara SafinaRUS Svetlana Kuznetsova6–1, 6–3USA V King / RUS N PetrovaUSA L Raymond / AUS S Stosur6–1, 6–4Moscow, Russia: Kremlin Cup, indoor carpetSRB Jelena JankovićRUS Vera Zvonareva6–2, 6–4RUS N Petrova / SLO K SrebotnikZIM C Black / USA L Huber6–4, 6–4 Exhibition tournaments AAMI Kooyong Classic USA Andy Roddick def. CYP Marcos Baghdatis, 7–5, 6–3 JB Group Classic USA Venus Williams def. RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–4, 6–3 Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International Men's Singles: USA Amer Delic def. CHI Paul Capdeville, 6–7(3), 6–4, [10–7] Women's Singles: DEN Caroline Wozniacki def. USA Ashley Harkleroad, 4–6, 6–4, [10–5] Boodles Challenge GER Nicolas Kiefer def. ESP Tommy Robredo, 6–3, 3–6, [13–11] Retired May 14: Justine Henin (Belgium) International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2008: Michael Chang, player Mark McCormack, contributor Gene Scott, contributor See also Tennis 2008 Australian Open 2008 French Open 2008 Wimbledon Championships 2008 US Open Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics References External links Official website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Official website of 2008 Beijing Olympics (Tennis) Category:Tennis by year