2008 Kremlin Cup

2008 Kremlin Cup 6–12 October 19th (men) / 13th (women) Hard / indoor Moscow, Russia Olympic Stadium RUS Igor Kunitsyn SRB Jelena Janković UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky / ITA Potito Starace RUS Nadia Petrova / SLO Katarina Srebotnik The 2008 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 6 October through 12 October 2008. The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 6, Miami Masters, Portschach, Warsaw champion, and Moscow three-time winner, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, Gstaad and Umag runner-up Igor Andreev, and Australian Open quarterfinalist, Chennai champion Mikhail Youzhny. Also lined up were Metz finalist, 2002 Moscow champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, Sydney and Metz titlist Dmitry Tursunov, Michaël Llodra, Marat Safin and Janko Tipsarević. The women's draw –the strongest in nineteen years–BBC Sport Mauresmo overcomes Cornet scare https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7655609.stm 6 October 2008 was led by World No. 1, US Open runner-up, Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart titlist Jelena Janković, French Open finalist, Berlin, Los Angeles, Montreal, Tokyo titlist Dinara Safina, and Olympic gold, Dubai winner, defending champion Elena Dementieva. Other seeds included French Open champion and Australian Open finalist Ana Ivanovic, Indian Wells, Tokyo, and Beijing runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Anna Chakvetadze. First-seeded Jelena Janković won the singles title.Jankovic secures title hat-trick https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7665986.stm BBC Sport 12 October 2008 Finals Men's singles 2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles RUS Igor Kunitsyn defeated RUS Marat Safin, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 6–3 It was Igor Kunitsyn's 1st career title, and proved to be Marat Safin's last final before his retirement in 2009. Women's singles 2008 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles SRB Jelena Janković defeated RUS Vera Zvonareva, 6–2, 6–4 It was Jelena Janković's 4th title of the year, and her 9th overall. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year, and her 4th overall. Men's doubles 2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky / ITA Potito Starace defeated AUS Stephen Huss / GBR Ross Hutchins, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6] It was Stakhovsky's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Starace's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career. Women's doubles 2008 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles RUS Nadia Petrova / SLO Katarina Srebotnik defeated ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–4 It was Petrova's 3rd title of the year and the 15th of his career. It was Srebotnik's 3rd title of the year and the 19th of his career. References External links Official website en Men's singles draw Men's doubles draw WTA tournament draws Category:Kremlin Cup Kremlin Cup Kremlin Cup Kremlin Cup Kremlin Cup Category:2008 in Russian sport Category:October 2008 sports events in Europe Category:October 2008 in Russia cs:Kremlin Cup 2008 - ženy fr:Coupe du Kremlin 2008 (ATP) pl:Kremlin Cup 2008 - kobiety