2008 Family Circle Cup – Singles

2008 Family Circle Cup USA Serena Williams RUS Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 56 16 singles doubles 2008 Family Circle Cup Serena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Family Circle Cup.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7357808.stm Serena stumbles to Carolina win 20 April 2008 BBC Sport 1 August 2017 This was Williams' third successive title in the 2008 season, and her first clay court title since the 2002 French Open.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/sports/20iht-tenniswomen20.12171381.html Serena Williams captures 3rd successive title 20 April 2008 The New York Times 1 August 2017 Jelena Janković was the defending champion,https://www.rte.ie/sport/tennis/2007/0415/216749-jankovic/ Jankovic defeats Safina to take Charleston title RTE 5 May 2026 but lost in the quarterfinals to Zvonareva.https://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/04/18/tennis.familycircle/index.html Serena beats Sharapova as Jankovic goes ou CNN 5 May 2026 Seeds The top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em SRB Jelena Janković (quarterfinals) RUS Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals) RUS Anna Chakvetadze (second round) RUS Elena Dementieva (semifinals) USA Serena Williams (champion) FRA Marion Bartoli (third round) SUI Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals) RUS Dinara Safina (third round) RUS Vera Zvonareva (final) HUN Ágnes Szávay (quarterfinals) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round) SLO Katarina Srebotnik (third round) BLR Victoria Azarenka (third round) ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round) SVK Dominika Cibulková (first round) NED Michaëlla Krajicek (first round) Draw Key Q = Qualifier WC = Wild card LL = Lucky loser w/o = Walkover r = Retired Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 175 1 SRB Jelena Janković 2 6 2 9 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 3 6 4 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 6 7 SUI Patty Schnyder 4 4 10 HUN Ágnes Szávay 5 4   FRA Alizé Cornet 7 6 5 USA Serena Williams 7 4 6 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 5 6 1 9 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 62 6 4 RUS Elena Dementieva 3 77 3   FRA Alizé Cornet 5 3 5 USA Serena Williams 7 6 9 RUS Vera Zvonareva 4 6 3 5 USA Serena Williams 6 3 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q RUS A Jidkova 66 1 Q USA A Stevenson 78 6   FRA A Rezaï 6 4 7   VEN M Sequera 4 6 5   RUS A Rodionova 6 1 15 SVK D Cibulková 4 0 r 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 Q TPE C-J Chuang 2 2   ESP V Ruano Pascual 4 7 6   RUS O Puchkova 6 5 0   AUS C Dellacqua 7 6   ARG ME Salerni 5 4 1 SRB J Janković 7 6 Q USA A Stevenson 5 0   FRA A Rezaï 3 4   RUS A Rodionova 6 6 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6   ESP V Ruano Pascual 1 0   AUS C Dellacqua 5 6 1 6 FRA M Bartoli 7 4 6 1 SRB J Janković 6 6   RUS A Rodionova 0 2 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 4 6 6 FRA M Bartoli 4 6 1 1 SRB J Janković 2 6 2 9 RUS V Zvonareva 6 3 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   USA J Craybas 6 6 Q USA V Lepchenko 2 2 WC USA A Rolle 6 61 2 Q CHN T Sun 2 77 6 Q RSA C Scheepers 1 0 13 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 11 POL A Radwańska 6 4 6   POL M Domachowska 4 6 3   USA M Shaughnessy 3 0 r   ROU E Gallovits 6 3   RUS E Vesnina 3 2   BLR O Govortsova 6 6 4 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   USA J Craybas 0 2 Q CHN T Sun 64 0 13 BLR V Azarenka 77 6 11 POL A Radwańska 67 6 7   ROU E Gallovits 79 2 5   BLR O Govortsova 62 0 7 SUI P Schnyder 77 6 4 RUS E Dementieva 6 7 13 BLR V Azarenka 4 5 11 POL A Radwańska 3 2 7 SUI P Schnyder 6 6 4 RUS E Dementieva 6 6 7 SUI P Schnyder 4 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 6 Q CAN A Wozniak 1 1   JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   JPN A Morita 4 1   UKR Y Fedak 0 64 10 HUN Á Szávay 6 77 16 NED M Krajicek 3 6 4   FRA A Cornet 6 3 6   ITA S Errani 6 6   USA J Ditty 2 3   ROU S Cîrstea 65 7 6 WC USA V King 77 5 1 8 RUS D Safina 6 6   ESP L Domínguez Lino 1 4   JPN A Sugiyama 5 6 4 10 HUN Á Szávay 7 3 6   FRA A Cornet 6 2 6   ITA S Errani 3 6 3   ROU S Cîrstea 6 1 6 3 RUS A Chakvetadze 2 6 2 8 RUS D Safina 2 5 10 HUN Á Szávay 6 7   FRA A Cornet 6 7   ROU S Cîrstea 1 5 10 HUN Á Szávay 5 4   FRA A Cornet 7 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   AUS A Molik 2 3   ARG G Dulko 6 6   TPE Y-J Chan 3 2 Q CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 6   SUI T Bacsinszky 64 3 12 SLO K Srebotnik 77 6 14 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 0 5   UKR T Perebiynis 4 6 7 LL GER J Schruff 77 6   RUS G Voskoboeva 62 4   CHN M Yuan 3 6 2 WC USA B Mattek 6 4 6 5 USA S Williams 6 6   ARG G Dulko 3 4 Q CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 1 5 12 SLO K Srebotnik 4 6 7   UKR T Perebiynis 6 6 LL GER J Schruff 4 3 WC USA B Mattek 0 0 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 5 USA S Williams 4 6 6 12 SLO K Srebotnik 6 4 3   UKR T Perebiynis 5 2 2 RUS M Sharapova 7 6 5 USA S Williams 7 4 6 2 RUS M Sharapova 5 6 1 References External links WTA tournament draws 2008 Category:2008 WTA Tour