2008 Australian Open

January 2020 2008 Australian Open 14–27 January 2008 96th Grand Slam (ITF) Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Park Hardcourt (Plexicushion) SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic ISR Jonathan Erlich / ISR Andy Ram RUS Maria Sharapova UKR Alona Bondarenko / UKR Kateryna Bondarenko CHN Sun Tiantian / SRB 2004 Nenad Zimonjić AUS Bernard Tomic NED Arantxa Rus TPE Hsieh Cheng-peng / TPE Yang Tsung-hua RUS Ksenia Lykina / RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova JPN Shingo Kunieda NED Esther Vergeer GBR Peter Norfolk JPN Shingo Kunieda / JPN Satoshi Saida NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Esther Vergeer USA Nick Taylor / USA David Wagner Australian Open Australian Open Australian Open The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008. After twenty years of playing on Rebound Ace, the courts were changed to Plexicushion, a marginally faster surface. The new surface is thinner, and therefore has lower heat retention. This decision was made in a bid to reduce the "stick" of the court and the frequency of the extreme heat policy being invoked. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7178646.stm On-court blues for Aussie tennis? BBC Sport Chris Bevan 11 January 2008 However, the new surface faced criticism for being too similar to DecoTurf, the surface used at the US Open. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21823655-2722,00.html Fears of second-rate US Open The Australian 31 May 2007 27 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081229105436/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21823655-2722,00.html 29 December 2008 dead dmy-all Player reaction to the change of surface was generally ambivalent.http://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/federer-unimpressed-by-plexicushion/story-e6frf4mu-1111115309530 Federer unimpressed by Plexicushion 14 January 2008 Fox Sports Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20110522110646/http://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/federer-unimpressed-by-plexicushion/story-e6frf4mu-1111115309530 22 May 2011 live News Corp Australiahttp://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7184355,00.html Top players unimpressed by Australian Open surface Cambers Simon 29 December 2007 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20080101160223/http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7184355,00.html 1 January 2008 dead London Both Roger Federer and Serena Williams were unsuccessful in defending their 2007 titles; Federer losing to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals and Williams losing in the quarter-finals to Jelena Janković. Djokovic won his first Grand Slam singles title, defeating unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final; Maria Sharapova, runner-up to Williams in 2007, defeated Ana Ivanovic to win her first Australian Open title and third Grand Slam title. For the mixed doubles, in every game, the first team to score four points, won the game. In other words, when a deuce happened in a game, the team who won the next point won the game. Notable stories Surface change On 30 May 2007, Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley announced that as of the 2008 Australian Open, the Rebound Ace surface that had been used since 1988 would be replaced by a newer, faster Plexicushion surface. The Rebound Ace surface had been criticized for several years, from players including Andy Roddick and Mark Philippoussis, who claimed that the "stick" of the court was a contributing factor in many players injuring themselves. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/australian_open/1765862.stm Tournament chief defends court surface BBC Sport 24 January 2008 This "stick" was a result of the thick rubber mat (10 mm) laid beneath the surface, the high heat retention because of this, and the high temperatures present during the Australian summer, which intermittently resulted in the extreme heat policy being invoked. Conversely, players such as Pete Sampras and Marat Safin put the high number of injuries down to lack of preparation from players; partly due to the fact that the tournament is held so early in the year, but also because there were so few tournaments preceding it. Rebound Ace was also chastised by Lleyton Hewitt for having an inconsistent bounce, in terms of height and pace (shock absorption); and claimed that these factors varied depending on the weather. http://www.tennis.com.au/pages/News.aspx?id=4&pageId=11499&HandlerId=2&archive=false&newsid=3003 Hewitt supports new court surface Tennis.com 1 June 2007 29 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080212022132/http://www.tennis.com.au/pages/News.aspx?id=4&pageId=11499&HandlerId=2&archive=false&newsid=3003 12 February 2008 dead dmy-all The heat retention of the surface had also been a point of contention between players. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/australian_open/6703267.stm Australian Open plans new surface BBC Sport 30 May 2007 In announcing the change, Tiley said Plexicushion would have a "lower rubber content than Rebound Ace, was firmer under foot and retained less heat through its thinner top layer." http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/open-drops-rebound-ace-for-new-surface/2007/05/30/1180205342716.html Open drops Rebound Ace for new surface The Age 31 May 2007 Melbourne Linda Pearce Tiley later said that the change of colour, from green to blue, would also benefit players and officials, although this change was quite arbitrary. The manufacturers of Rebound Ace derided the new surface, with director Paul Bull saying that, "We had an Australian icon event with a unique Australian product and now we are just going to become a clone of the US Open." Bull also said that the inconsistencies in pace were down to the organizers' imperative, who kept asking for the pace to be adjusted to pander for certain players, such as Hewitt. Bull, however, conceded that a change was needed; and said that the suggestion of a Rebound Ace court with a rubber mat thickness of around 5 mm was made. The Plexicushion surface received a relatively mixed reception from players. Lleyton Hewitt, Justine Henin and Serena Williams were all keen to endorse the new courts; with Hewitt's appraisal focused on the greater consistency of the courts. Henin called it a "good surface" but said she did not find it markedly distinguishable from Rebound Ace, saying the biggest difference was the change of colour. Williams claimed that the court was not as "bouncy" and was causing less physical strain on her feet and ankles. One source of criticism from players was the slower than expected pace, although many of these comments came prior to the event's commencement. Players were exposed to the new courts through other tournaments, played in advance of the Open; and practise on the new surface. Roger Federer described it as slow, with Novak Djokovic, Jelena Janković and James Blake all corroborating this opinion, albeit from experience in preliminary tournaments. Pundit and former World No. 1 Pat Rafter said it was possible that the courts would speed up in time. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/sport/doubts-on-new-oz-open-surface/2007/12/22/1198344862355.html?page=2 Doubts on new Oz Open surface Brisbane Times 23 December 2007 Implementation of anti-corruption policing On 21 December 2007, organizers of the event announced that the tournament would be watched under the scrutiny of anti-corruption officials. https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7155445.stm Aussie Open takes anti-fraud step BBC Sport 21 December 2007 22 December 2007 A partnership was formed with Victoria Police. This announcement came in the wake of a series of scandals to hit the sport, including World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko coming under suspicion of match fixing; with at least a dozen other players coming forward about having been approached to influence matches in an unethical manner. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2007/s2111972.htm Transcript Tennis Australia targets match fixing PM ABC Australia Radio National Alison Caldwell (reporter) 21 December 2007 Tennis Australia chief executive Steve Wood commented that, "Match-fixing and illegal gambling are a threat to the integrity of sport. We're putting our policies, procedures and programme in place to protect it." This was followed by a statement from the wider community of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and organizers of all four Grand Slams that they would review their anti-corruption policies in the future. This announcement came six days prior to the start of the Open, on 8 January 2008. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7176539.stm Tennis launches corruption review BBC Sport 8 January 2008 Crowd trouble On 15 January, Day 2 of the tournament, Victoria Police had to intervene when Greek Australian supporters, following Greece's Konstantinos Economidis in his match against Chilean Fernando González, became unruly. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7189615.stm Crowd unrest mars Australian Open BBC Sport 15 January 2008 16 January 2008 The match, in progress at the Margaret Court Arena, was suspended for ten minutes as the police attempted stop the "offensive chanting" and eject certain fans. Approximately forty supporters, heavily outnumbered by Chilean fans, http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A004AC5A-9B7C-4E16-BD66-2D5F41D4796A.htm Crowd trouble hits Australian Open Al-Jazeera English 15 January 2008 16 January 2008 were warned of their disorderly conduct prior to the police deploying pepper spray. The police regiment was heavily outnumbered, with a BBC Radio employee commenting that, "[there were] two guys against maybe 70-80, that's not good." Tournament officials said that 3 people had been sprayed and 5 evicted; a small proportion of the Greek fans left the arena, upset at how events were transpiring and fearing for their safety. Both players said that the trouble was not something they had witnessed before; and Economidis condemned his supporters, saying that, "It was a really nice atmosphere until this moment. I am really unhappy." Some witnesses have implicated Cypriot and Serbian supporters in the trouble. http://www.smh.com.au/news/tennis/crowd-trouble-at-australian-open/2008/01/15/1200159452093.html Crowd trouble at Australian Open The Sydney Morning Herald 15 January 2008 16 January 2008 Australian Open director, Craig Tiley, had announced in the week preceding the event that police and security forces would "impose a 'zero-tolerance' policy on anti-social behaviour". This statement appeared to be a delayed reaction to the trouble that marred the event in 2007, with Australian youths of Greek, Serbian and Croatian origins involved in mutually abusive sparring. However, the problem was much more pronounced in 2007, with violence breaking out and around 150 fans ejected. http://www.smh.com.au/news/tennis/serbs-croats-clash-at-open/2007/01/15/1168709659893.html?page=fullpage Serbs, Croats clash at Open The Sydney Morning Herald Jessica Halloran 15 January 2007 16 January 2008 Sexual assault Police were called to investigate a report that a 12-year-old girl was indecently assaulted by a drunk man at the Australian Open. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23061194-661,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080125041038/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23061194-661,00.html dead 25 January 2008 12-year-old reportedly molested at Australian Open Herald Sun 16 January 2008 In a brief statement, Victoria Police said they received a report that the girl was inappropriately touched on the buttocks on Monday. "The matter was reported to police this morning and the incident is currently being investigated", the statement said. This event mirrors a series of incidents that occurred at last year's event, when several men attending the tournament were arrested for taking upskirt photographs. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/sports/view_article.php?article_id=45327 Third up-skirt incident mars Australian Open Philippine Daily Inquirer 24 January 2007 29 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070126075334/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/sports/view_article.php?article_id=45327 26 January 2007 dead dmy-all Marcos Baghdatis video controversy During the Open, a video posted on YouTube almost a year earlier made headlines in the Australian media. The video shows the 2008 fifteenth seed, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, at a barbecue hosted by his Greek Australian fans in Melbourne in early 2007. In it, Baghdatis is holding a flare and taking part in chants against the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Melbourne's Turkish Cypriot community called for Baghdatis to be expelled from Australia,http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23071537-29277,00.html Kick out Baghdatis, say Turkish Cypriots News.com.au 18 January 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090321140225/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C23071537-29277%2C00.html 21 March 2009 but in a statement issued through his manager, the Cypriot player said he was "supporting the interest of my country, Cyprus, while protesting against a situation that is not recognized by the United Nations". http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/banish-baghdatis-say-angry-turks/2008/01/18/1200620184170.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Ban Baghdatis, say Turks The Age, Reko Rennie 18 January 2008 Melbourne Serbian performance thumb|150px|Novak Djokovic became the first Serbian man to win a Grand Slam title. This tournament saw strong performances from Serbian players.Super Serbians taking tennis world by storm - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Serb supremos reach Australian Open semis – Sydney Morning Herald The men's side saw Janko Tipsarević, winner of the boys' tournament in 2001, almost cause an upset when he pushed Roger Federer to five sets in the third round, with the final score being 6–7 (5–7), 7–6 (7–1), 5–7, 6–1, 10–8 in Federer's favour. The match, which overlapped into the night session due to rain earlier in the day, took almost four-and-a-half hours to complete.Federer survives five-set thriller - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)King Roger's crown wobbles as Tipsy finds the prince within - Tennis - Sport Third-seed Novak Djokovic became Serbia's first Grand Slam singles title winner (Ana Ivanovic would later become that country's first Grand Slam women's singles title winner, at the 2008 French Open), and the youngest ever winner of the Australian Open, at 20 years and 250 days of age, when he defeated surprise finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final,Battling Djokovic outlasts Tsonga - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) having defeated the defending champion Federer in the semi-finals,Djokovic upsets Federer in straight sets - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and Australian hopeful Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets in the fourth round.Djokovic halts Hewitt's tilt - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Coincidentally, Djokovic would also defeat Federer in straight sets en route to his second Australian Open title, in 2011. The women's draw saw Jelena Janković, the 2001 girls' champion, and Ana Ivanovic produce notable performances to reach the semi-finals and the final, respectively. Janković saved three match points against Tamira Paszek in the first round, before defeating rising Australian player Casey Dellacqua in the fourth round.Dellacqua's dream run ends at Open - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Janković then ended the title defence of Serena Williams in the quarter-finals,Serena sent packing in Melbourne - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) before losing her semi-final to Maria Sharapova.Sharapova to face Ivanovic - Tennis - Sport Twenty-four hours after Janković's victory over Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic recorded her first career victory against Venus Williams in her quarter-final,Ivanovic topples Venus - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and went on to reach her second Grand Slam final by defeating Daniela Hantuchová in the semi-finals, having to recover from a 0–6, 0–2 deficit to do so.Ivanovic wrestles into Open final - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Ivanovic was then defeated in the final by Maria Sharapova, in a match dubbed as the "Glam Slam" final.Expect substance and style in blonde v brunette glam slam - Tennis - Sport Day-by-day summaries 2008 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries Seniors Men's singles thumb|150px|Tsonga stunned the tennis world by reaching the final. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7206398.stm Tsonga stuns Nadal to reach final BBC Sport 24 January 2008 https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/aus08/news/story?id=3210247 Tsonga advances to Australian Open final in stunning fashion ESPN, Associated Press 24 January 2008 2008 Australian Open – Men's singles SRB 2004 Novak DjokovicDjokovic became the first Serbian player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title. defeated FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) It was Djokovic's 1st title of the year, and his 8th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title. Women's singles 2008 Australian Open – Women's singles RUS Maria SharapovaSharapova became the first Russian woman to win the Australian Open singles title. defeated SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic, 7–5, 6–3 Men's doubles 2008 Australian Open – Men's doubles ISR Jonathan Erlich / ISR Andy Ram defeated FRA Arnaud Clément / FRA Michaël Llodra, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) The duo's first Grand Slam win after numerous ATP titles The first ever Grand Slam trophy in Men's Doubles for Israeli players. Women's doubles 2008 Australian Open – Women's doubles UKR Alona Bondarenko / UKR Kateryna Bondarenko defeated BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka / ISR Shahar Pe'er, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 It was Alona and Kateryna's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title. Mixed doubles 2008 Australian Open – Mixed doubles CHN Sun Tiantian / SRB 2004 Nenad Zimonjić defeated IND Sania Mirza / IND Mahesh Bhupathi, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 It was Sun's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title. It was Zimonjić's 3rd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 2nd at the Australian Open. Juniors Boys' singles 2008 Australian Open – Boys' singles AUS Bernard Tomic def TPE Yang Tsung-hua, 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0 Girls' singles 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles NED Arantxa Rus defeated AUS Jessica Moore, 6–3, 6–4 Boys' doubles 2008 Australian Open – Boys' doubles TPE Hsieh Cheng-peng / TPE Yang Tsung-hua defeated CAN Vasek Pospisil / MEX César Ramírez, 3–6, 7–5, [10]–[5] Girls' doubles 2008 Australian Open – Girls' doubles RUS Ksenia Lykina / RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated ROU Elena Bogdan / JPN Misaki Doi, 6–0, 6–4 Wheelchair Wheelchair men's singles 2008 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated FRA Michaël Jérémiasz, 6–1, 6–4 Wheelchair women's singles 2008 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles NED Esther Vergeer defeated NED Korie Homan, 6–3, 6–3 Wheelchair men's doubles 2008 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles JPN Shingo Kunieda / JPN Satoshi Saida defeated NED Robin Ammerlaan / NED Ronald Vink, 6–4, 6–3 Wheelchair women's doubles 2008 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Esther Vergeer defeated NED Korie Homan / NED Sharon Walraven, 6–3, 6–1 Wheelchair quad singles 2008 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles GBR Peter Norfolk defeated USA David Wagner, 6–2, 6–3 Wheelchair quad doubles 2008 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles USA Nicholas Taylor / USA David Wagner defeated CAN Sarah Hunter / GBR Peter Norfolk, 5–7, 6–0, [10]–[3] Seeds These were the seeds for the 2008 Australian Open. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/12/sports/TEN-Australian-Open-Seeds-List.php Australian Open Seeds International Herald Tribune Associated Press 12 January 2008 On the women's side of the draw, all of the world's top thirty-two players were present; whereas in the men's draw Tommy Haas and Guillermo Cañas were both forced to withdraw due to injury. http://www.ontennis.com/news/haas-withdraws-australian-open Haas Withdraws From Australian Open OnTennis.com 10 January 2008 On the date that the seeds were announced, 11 January 2008, Haas was No. 12 in the world and Cañas No. 17.ATP rankings for 7 January 2008 ATP website Men's singles SUI Roger Federer, (semifinals, lost to Novak Djokovic) ESP Rafael Nadal, (semifinals, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic, (champion) RUS Nikolay Davydenko, (4th Round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny) ESP David Ferrer, (quarterfinals, lost to Novak Djokovic) USA Andy Roddick, (3rd Round, lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber) CHI Fernando González, (3rd Round, lost to Marin Čilić) FRA Richard Gasquet, (4th Round, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) GBR Andy Murray, (1st Round, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) ARG David Nalbandian, (3rd Round, lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero) ESP Tommy Robredo, (2nd Round, lost to Mardy Fish) USA James Blake, (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer) CZE Tomáš Berdych, (4th Round, lost to Roger Federer) RUS Mikhail Youzhny, (quarterfinals, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) CYP Marcos Baghdatis, (3rd Round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt) ESP Carlos Moyá, (1st Round, lost to Stefan Koubek) HRV Ivan Ljubičić, (1st Round, lost to Robin Haase) ARG Juan Ignacio Chela, (1st Round, lost to Guillermo García López) AUS Lleyton Hewitt, (4th Round, lost to Novak Djokovic) HRV Ivo Karlović, (3rd Round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny) ARG Juan Mónaco, (3rd Round, lost to Tomáš Berdych) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero, (4th Round, lost to David Ferrer) FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu, (4th Round, lost to Rafael Nadal) FIN Jarkko Nieminen, (quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal) ESP Fernando Verdasco, (2nd Round, lost to Janko Tipsarević) SUI Stanislas Wawrinka, (2nd Round, lost to Marc Gicquel) ESP Nicolás Almagro, (1st Round, lost to Marin Čilić) FRA Gilles Simon, (3rd Round, lost to Rafael Nadal) GER Philipp Kohlschreiber, (4th Round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen) CZE Radek Štěpánek, (1st Round, lost to Vincent Spadea) RUS Igor Andreev, (3rd Round, lost to Richard Gasquet) RUS Dmitry Tursunov, (2nd Round, lost to Sam Querrey) Women's singles BEL Justine Henin, (quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, (3rd Round, lost to Agnieszka Radwańska) SRB 2004 Jelena Janković, (semifinals, lost to Maria Sharapova) SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic, (final, lost to Maria Sharapova) RUS Maria Sharapova, (champion) RUS Anna Chakvetadze, (3rd Round, lost to Maria Kirilenko) USA Serena Williams, (quarterfinals, lost to Jelena Janković) USA Venus Williams, (quarterfinals, lost to Ana Ivanovic) SVK Daniela Hantuchová, (semifinals, lost to Ana Ivanovic) FRA Marion Bartoli, (1st Round, lost to Sofia Arvidsson) RUS Elena Dementieva, (4th Round, lost to Maria Sharapova) CZE Nicole Vaidišová, (4th Round, lost to Serena Williams) FRA Tatiana Golovin, (2nd Round, lost to Aravane Rezaï) RUS Nadia Petrova, (4th Round, lost to Agnieszka Radwańska) SUI Patty Schnyder, (2nd Round, lost to Casey Dellacqua) RUS Dinara Safina, (1st Round, lost to Sabine Lisicki) ISR Shahar Pe'er, (3rd Round, lost to Elena Dementieva) FRA Amélie Mauresmo, (3rd Round, lost to Casey Dellacqua) AUT Sybille Bammer, (2nd Round, lost to Hsieh Su-wei) HUN Ágnes Szávay, (1st Round, lost to Ekaterina Makarova) UKR Alona Bondarenko, (2nd Round, lost to Caroline Wozniacki) CZE Lucie Šafářová, (1st Round, lost to Catalina Castaño) RUS Vera Zvonareva, (1st Round, retired due to injury) CHN Li Na, (3rd Round, lost to Marta Domachowska) ITA Francesca Schiavone, (3rd Round, lost to Justine Henin) BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka, (3rd Round, lost to Serena Williams) RUS Maria Kirilenko, (4th Round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová) SLO Katarina Srebotnik, (3rd Round, lost to Ana Ivanovic) POL Agnieszka Radwańska, (quarterfinals, lost to Daniela Hantuchová) FRA Virginie Razzano, (3rd Round, lost to Jelena Janković) IND Sania Mirza, (3rd Round, lost to Venus Williams) UKR Julia Vakulenko, (1st Round, lost to Elena Vesnina) Main draw wildcard entries Men's singles UZB Denis Istomin AUS Alun Jones AUS Brydan Klein USA Jesse Levine AUS Nick Lindahl FRA Mathieu Montcourt AUS Joseph Sirianni AUS Robert Smeets Women's singles AUS Monique Adamczak USA Madison Brengle AUS Sophie Ferguson SVK Jarmila Gajdošová FRA Mathilde Johansson AUS Jessica Moore UZB Iroda Tulyaganova AUS Christina Wheeler Men's doubles AUS Carsten Ball / AUS Adam Feeney AUS Andrew Coelho / AUS Brydan Klein AUS Colin Ebelthite / AUS Nick Lindahl AUS Samuel Groth / AUS Joseph Sirianni AUS Chris Guccione / AUS Peter Luczak AUS Nathan Healey / AUS Robert Smeets AUS Alun Jones / AUS Greg Jones Women's doubles AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Christina Wheeler AUS Alison Bai / AUS Nicole Kriz AUS Tyra Calderwood / AUS Alenka Hubacek AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS Jessica Moore AUS Daniella Dominikovic / AUS Emily Hewson AUS Sophie Ferguson / AUS Trudi Musgrave AUS Marija Mirkovic / AUS Karolina Wlodarczak Mixed doubles AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Stephen Huss AUS Sophie Ferguson / AUS Adam Feeney SVK Jarmila Gajdošová / AUS Samuel Groth AUS Isabella Holland / AUS Brydan Klein AUS Alicia Molik / AUS Nathan Healey AUS Jessica Moore / AUS Greg Jones Qualifier entries Men's qualifiers entries 2008 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying NED Robin Haase CZE Lukáš Dlouhý CRO Roko Karanušić RSA Kevin Anderson USA Amer Delić USA Sam Warburg GER Denis Gremelmayr SVK Lukáš Lacko GBR Jamie Baker ISR Harel Levy USA Wayne Odesnik AUT Martin Slanar SRB 2004 Viktor Troicki ESP Marcel Granollers USA Rajeev Ram GRE Konstantinos Economidis Women's qualifiers entries 2008 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying ROU Monica Niculescu GER Angelika Bachmann RUS Ekaterina Ivanova GER Julia Schruff RUS Alisa Kleybanova THA Tamarine Tanasugarn TPE Hsieh Su-wei POL Marta Domachowska SUI Timea Bacsinszky GER Sandra Klösel CHN Yuan Meng GER Sabine Lisicki Withdrawals Men's Singles CRO Mario Ančić → replaced by USA Bobby Reynolds SWE Jonas Björkman → replaced by FRA Olivier Patience ARG Guillermo Cañas → replaced by ARG Mariano Zabaleta GER Tommy Haas → replaced by TPE Lu Yen-hsun FRA Gaël Monfils → replaced by ARG Juan Pablo Brzezicki SWE Robin Söderling → replaced by USA John Isner ITA Potito Starace → replaced by USA Robert Kendrick Women's Singles RUS Vera Dushevina → replaced by ROU Sorana Cîrstea RUS Elena Likhovtseva → replaced by COL Catalina Castaño ITA Mara Santangelo → replaced by RUS Ekaterina Makarova VEN Milagros Sequera → replaced by ARG Clarisa Fernández USA Meghann Shaughnessy → replaced by FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro AUS Samantha Stosur → replaced by USA Vania King References 30em External links Australian Open official website 2007 US Open Grand Slams 2008 French Open Category:2008 in Australian tennis 2008, Australian Open Category:January 2008 sports events in Australia Category:2008 WTA Tour Category:2008 ATP Tour Category:2008 in Victoria (state)