2008 WTA Tier I Series

The WTA Tier I Events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2008 WTA Tier I Series schedule.

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
18 February	2008 Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Vera Zvonareva	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na	Dominika Cibulková Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković Sybille Bammer
18 February	2008 Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Peschke Stubbs 6–1, 5–7, 10–7	Black Huber	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na
10 March (2 weeks)	2008 Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States	Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva Lindsay Davenport Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska
10 March (2 weeks)	2008 Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States	Safina Vesnina 6–1, 1–6, 10–8	Yan Zheng	Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova
24 March (2 weeks)	2008 Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA	Serena Williams 6–1, 5–7, 6–3	Jelena Janković	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Justine Henin Venus Williams Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina
24 March (2 weeks)	2008 Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA	Srebotnik Sugiyama 7–5, 4–6, 10–3	Black Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Justine Henin Venus Williams Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina
14 April	2008 Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Serena Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Elena Dementieva Alizé Cornet	Jelena Janković Patty Schnyder Ágnes Szávay Maria Sharapova
14 April	2008 Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Srebotnik Sugiyama 6–2, 6–2	Gallovits Govortsova	Elena Dementieva Alizé Cornet	Jelena Janković Patty Schnyder Ágnes Szávay Maria Sharapova
5 May	2008 Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany	Dinara Safina 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Elena Dementieva	Victoria Azarenka Ana Ivanovic	Serena Williams Alona Bondarenko Jelena Janković Ágnes Szávay
5 May	2008 Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany	Black Huber 3–6, 6–2, 10–2	Llagostera Vives Martínez Sánchez	Victoria Azarenka Ana Ivanovic
12 May	2008 Internazionali d'Italia Rome, Italy	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–2	Alizé Cornet	Anna Chakvetadze Maria Sharapova	Tsvetana Pironkova Serena Williams Venus Williams Patty Schnyder
12 May	2008 Internazionali d'Italia Rome, Italy	Chan Chuang 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	Benešová Husárová	Anna Chakvetadze Maria Sharapova
28 July	2008 Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada	Dinara Safina 6–2, 6–1	Dominika Cibulková	Marion Bartoli Victoria Azarenka	Tamira Paszek Svetlana Kuznetsova Ai Sugiyama Jelena Janković
28 July	2008 Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada	Black Huber 6–1, 6–1	Kirilenko Pennetta	Marion Bartoli Victoria Azarenka
15 September	2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Dinara Safina 6–1, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Katarina Srebotnik Nadia Petrova	Jelena Janković Elena Dementieva Kaia Kanepi Agnieszka Radwańska
15 September	2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	King Petrova 6–1, 6–4	Raymond Stosur	Katarina Srebotnik Nadia Petrova
6 October	2008 Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–4	Vera Zvonareva	Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta Nadia Petrova Dominika Cibulková Svetlana Kuznetsova
6 October	2008 Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Petrova Srebotnik 6–4, 6–4	Black Huber	Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina

Tournament details

Doha

Tournament name	Qatar Total Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Doha, Qatar
Prize money	$2,500,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic
16	A Radwańska	w/o			16	A Radwańska	6	6¹	6
	D Cibulková	6	6			D Cibulková	4	7⁷	4
6	V Williams	3	3							16	A Radwańska	4	3
4	M Sharapova	6	6							4	M Sharapova	6	6
Q	T Tanasugarn	2	2		4	M Sharapova	6	6
	A Medina Garrigues	6	6³	3		C Wozniacki	0	1
	C Wozniacki	3	7⁷	6											4	M Sharapova	6	2	6
	N Li	6	6													V Zvonareva	1	6	0
12	S Pe'er	1	3			N Li	6	6
	A Sugiyama	1	2		3	J Janković	3	4
3	J Janković	6	6								N Li	6	3	3
	V Zvonareva	7	6								V Zvonareva	3	6	6
11	D Safina	5	3			V Zvonareva	2	6	6
15	S Bammer	6	7¹⁰		15	S Bammer	6	2	0
2	S Kuznetsova	3	6⁸

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	6¹	10

7	Medina / Ruano	2	7⁷	2
					1	Black / Huber	7	6

					WC	Šafářová / Zvonareva	5	2
4	Chan / Chuang	6	4	6

WC	Šafářová / Zvonareva	4	6	10
									1	Black / Huber	1	7	7

									3	Peschke / Stubbs	6	5	10
	Husárová / Radwańska	6⁶	1

3	Peschke / Stubbs	7⁸	6
					3	Peschke / Stubbs	6	6

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	2	0
	Morita / Niculescu	3	2

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6

Indian Wells

Tournament name	Pacific Life Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Prize money	$2,100,000

Singles

Fourth Round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic	2	7	6
13	F Schiavone	6	5	2	1	A Ivanovic	6	6
12	V Zvonareva	6⁵	6	6	12	V Zvonareva	1	4
	C Dellacqua	7⁷	0	4					1	A Ivanovic	7⁷	6
3	J Janković	6	6						3	J Janković	6³	3
20	A Medina Garrigues	3	3		3	J Janković	6	0
24	L Davenport	6	7		24	L Davenport	2	0^r
6	M Bartoli	2	5											1	A Ivanovic	6	6
5	D Hantuchová	6	7⁷											2	S Kuznetsova	4	3
21	S Mirza	1	6⁴		5	D Hantuchová	6²	1
15	A Bondarenko	2	7	4	4	M Sharapova	7⁷	6
4	M Sharapova	6	5	6					4	M Sharapova	3	7	2
	A Harkleroad	6	2	4					2	S Kuznetsova	6	5	6
10	A Radwańska	4	6	6	10	A Radwańska	2	4
	C Wozniacki	2	3		2	S Kuznetsova	6	6
2	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

	Koryttseva / Uhlířová	6⁷	3

8	Hantuchová / Sugiyama	7⁹	6
					8	Hantuchová / Sugiyama	3	4

						Safina / Vesnina	6	6
4	Bondarenko / Bondarenko	6	5	7

	Safina / Vesnina	3	7	10
											Safina / Vesnina	6	1	10

										3	Yan / Zheng	1	6	8
	Benešová / Radwańska	0	4

3	Yan / Zheng	6	6
					3	Yan / Zheng	6⁴	7	10

					7	Mattek / Mirza	7⁷	5	5
7	Mattek / Mirza	7	4	11

2	Chan / Chuang	5	6	9

Miami

Tournament name	Sony Ericsson Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Miami, Florida, United States
Prize money	$4,500,000

Singles

Fourth Round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

1	J Henin	6	6
	E Vesnina	2	2		1	J Henin	2	0
	K Kanepi	3	3		8	S Williams	6	6
8	S Williams	6	6						8	S Williams	3	7	6
3	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6						3	S Kuznetsova	6	5	3
16	S Pe'er	6⁴	3		3	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	C Wozniacki	3	3		6	V Williams	4	4
6	V Williams	6	6											8	S Williams	6	5	6
WC	S Lisicki	3	2											4	J Janković	1	7	3
10	E Dementieva	6	6		10	E Dementieva	1	1^r
	J Zheng	4	5		4	J Janković	6	3
4	J Janković	6	7						4	J Janković	6	6
	A Sugiyama	2	7⁷	0					19	V Zvonareva	1	4
19	V Zvonareva	6	6⁵	6	19	V Zvonareva	7	6
13	D Safina	6	6		13	D Safina	5	4
32	L Davenport	3	4

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	4	10

	Peng / Sun	3	6	6
					1	Black / Huber	6	6

					3	Peschke / Stubbs	3	3
3	Peschke / Stubbs	3	6	10

8	Likhovtseva / Raymond	6	3	6
									1	Black / Huber	5	6	3

									2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	7	4	10
7	Azarenka / Pe'er	7	4	10

WC	Kuznetsova / Mauresmo	5	6	6
					7	Azarenka / Pe'er	0	3

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
WC	Davenport / Hantuchová	4	6	4

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	3	10

Charleston

Tournament name	Family Circle Cup
Surface	Green Clay/Outdoors
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	J Janković	6	6
	A Rodionova	0	2		1	J Janković	2	6	2
9	V Zvonareva	6	4	6	9	V Zvonareva	6	3	6
6	M Bartoli	4	6	1						9	V Zvonareva	6	6²	6
4	E Dementieva	6	7							4	E Dementieva	3	7⁷	3
13	V Azarenka	4	5		4	E Dementieva	6	6
11	A Radwańska	3	2		7	P Schnyder	4	4
7	P Schnyder	6	6												9	V Zvonareva	4	6	3
8	D Safina	2	5												5	S Williams	6	3	6
10	Á Szávay	6	7		10	Á Szávay	5	4
	A Cornet	6	7			A Cornet	7	6
	S Cîrstea	1	5								A Cornet	5	3
5	S Williams	4	6	6						5	S Williams	7	6
12	K Srebotnik	6	4	3	5	S Williams	7	4	6
	T Perebiynis	5	2		2	M Sharapova	5	6	1
2	M Sharapova	7	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber

5	Safina / Szávay	w	/	o
					1	Black / Huber	4	6	[7]

						Gallovits / Govortsova	6	4	[10]
3	Peschke / Stubbs	2	2

	Gallovits / Govortsova	6	6
											Gallovits / Govortsova	2	2

										2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
8	Azarenka / Vesnina	6	1	10

4	Chan / Chuang	2	6	2
					8	Azarenka / Vesnina	1	1

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
6	Likhovtseva / Raymond	7⁷	4	7

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6⁵	6	10

Berlin

Tournament name	Qatar Telecom German Open
Surface	Clay/Outdoors
Location	Berlin, Germany
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	J Henin	7	3	1
13	D Safina	5	6	6	13	D Safina	2	6	7⁷
11	A Radwańska	3	1		5	S Williams	6	1	6⁵
5	S Williams	6	6							13	D Safina	6	6
3	S Kuznetsova	6	2	2							V Azarenka	4	1
15	A Bondarenko	1	6	6	15	A Bondarenko	6²	2
	G Dulko	3	1			V Azarenka	7⁷	6
	V Azarenka	6	6											13	D Safina	3	6	6
7	E Dementieva	7	6											7	E Dementieva	6	2	2
	V Dushevina	5	3		7	E Dementieva	6	2	6
	M Kirilenko	2	4		4	J Janković	3	6	3
4	J Janković	6	6							7	E Dementieva	6	7
8	M Bartoli	5	5							2	A Ivanovic	2	5
10	Á Szávay	7	7		10	Á Szávay	6	4	3
	S Bammer	5	6	4	2	A Ivanovic	3	6	6
2	A Ivanovic	7	4	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	7⁷	6

	Peng / Sun	6⁴	4
					1	Black / Huber	3

					4	Azarenka / Pe'er	0^r
4	Azarenka / Pe'er	6	7

5	Bondarenko / Bondarenko	1	5
										1	Black / Huber	3	6	10

											Vives / Sánchez	6	2	2
	Vives / Sánchez	7	6

	Poutchek / Rodionova	5	1
						Vives / Sánchez	6	3	16

					2	Peschke / Stubbs	2	6	14
6	Safina / Vesnina	6	3	8

2	Peschke / Stubbs	4	6	10

Rome

Tournament name	Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Surface	Clay/Outdoors
Location	Rome, Italy
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

Q	T Pironkova	6	1
WC	V Azarenka	2	0^r		Q	T Pironkova	2	6	1
12	A Radwańska	4	6	1	6	A Chakvetadze	6	3	6
6	A Chakvetadze	6	1	6						6	A Chakvetadze	6	4	3
3	S Kuznetsova	2	4							Q	A Cornet	3	6	6
Q	A Cornet	6	6		Q	A Cornet
WC	S Errani	4	3		5	S Williams	w	/	o
5	S Williams	6	6												Q	A Cornet	2	2
7	V Williams	7	6												4	J Janković	6	6
10	V Zvonareva	5	2		7	V Williams	7	2	3
	M Kirilenko	1	1		4	J Janković	5	6	6
4	J Janković	6	6							4	J Janković
8	M Bartoli	6	4	6⁷						2	M Sharapova	w	/	o
9	P Schnyder	4	6	7⁹	9	P Schnyder	7⁷	5	2
	C Wozniacki	4	6³		2	M Sharapova	6³	7	6
2	M Sharapova	6	7⁷

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	6	5	6

	Peng / Sun	4	7	10
						Peng / Sun	4	2

					5	Chan / Chuang	6	6
3	Peschke / Stubbs	5	2

5	Chan / Chuang	7	6
										5	Chan / Chuang	7⁷	6

											Benešová / Husárová	6⁵	3
	Benešová / Husárová	6⁴	6	10

	Kirilenko / Radwańska	7⁷	3	4
						Benešová / Husárová	5	6	10

						Jans / Jugić-Salkić	7	3	2
	Garrigues / Ruano Pascual	7⁷	3	9

	Jans / Jugić-Salkić	6²	6	11

Montreal

Tournament name	Rogers Cup
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Montreal, Canada
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic	2	6	2
	T Paszek	6	1	6		T Paszek	4	5
11	V Azarenka	7⁷	2		11	V Azarenka	6	7
	V Razzano	6⁴	0^r							11	V Azarenka	0	6	3
4	S Kuznetsova	7	2	6						7	D Safina	6	2	6
Q	M Larcher de Brito	5	6	4	4	S Kuznetsova	6	3	2
9	P Schnyder	2	2		7	D Safina	2	6	6
7	D Safina	6	6												7	D Safina	6	6
6	A Chakvetadze	6	5	6⁴												D Cibulková	2	1
10	M Bartoli	4	7	7⁷	10	M Bartoli	6	6
	A Sugiyama	w	/	o		A Sugiyama	2	3
3	M Sharapova									10	M Bartoli	6	4	3
	D Cibulková	7⁷	6								D Cibulková	4	6	6
12	N Petrova	6²	2			D Cibulková	7	6
WC	S Dubois	3	2		2	J Janković	5	2
2	J Janković	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	6	6

	Dubois / Lisicki	4	1
					1	Black / Huber	w	/	o

					7	Vesnina / Zvonareva
	Pelletier / Tanasugarn	3	4

7	Vesnina / Zvonareva	6	6
										1	Black / Huber	6	6

											Kirilenko / Pennetta	1	1
5	Poutchek / Rodionova	7	0	7

	Kirilenko / Pennetta	6⁴	6	10
						Kirilenko / Pennetta	6	6

					2	Peschke / Stubbs	4	0
	Morita / Sugiyama	5	6⁶

2	Peschke / Stubbs	7	7

Tokyo

Tournament name	Toray Pan Pacific Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Second Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	J Janković	6	6
	F Pennetta	2	1		1	J Janković	6	5	5
WC	A Morita	1	1		5	S Kuznetsova	2	7	7
5	S Kuznetsova	6	6							5	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6
3	E Dementieva	6	6							Q	K Srebotnik	6⁵	2
	A Cornet	0	3		3	E Dementieva	3	4
Q	K Srebotnik	6	6		Q	K Srebotnik	6	6
	F Schiavone	4	3											5	S Kuznetsova	1	3
Q	K Kanepi	6	6											4	D Safina	6	6
	V Razzano	4	2		Q	K Kanepi	4	7⁷	2
	D Cibulková	3	4		4	D Safina	6	6⁵	6
4	D Safina	6	6							4	D Safina	6	6
6	A Radwańska	6	6								N Petrova	1	0
	M Bartoli	2	3		6	A Radwańska	3	0
	N Petrova	6	1	6		N Petrova	6	6
2	A Ivanovic	1	6	2

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

	King / Petrova	6	6

	Shvedova / Tanasugarn	0	3
						King / Petrova	6	6

					4	Chuang / Hsieh	3	4
4	Chuang / Hsieh	w	/	o

	Kirilenko / Pennetta
										King / Petrova	6	6

									2	Raymond / Stosur	1	4
WC	Chakvetadze / Radwańska	2	4

3	Dellacqua / Schiavone	6	6
					3	Dellacqua / Schiavone	5	1

					2	Raymond / Stosur	7	6
	Hantuchová / Szávay	7	3	2

2	Raymond / Stosur	5	6	10

Moscow

Tournament name	Kremlin Cup
Surface	Carpet/Indoors
Location	Moscow, Russia
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Second Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	J Janković	6⁶	6	6
WC	V Dushevina	7⁸	3	2	1	J Janković	7⁸	6
WC	E Makarova	6	4	4		F Pennetta	6⁶	3
	F Pennetta	3	6	6						1	J Janković	0	6	6
3	E Dementieva	6	4	7⁷						3	E Dementieva	6	1	0
Q	K Srebotnik	3	6	6²	3	E Dementieva	6	4	7⁸
	N Petrova	6	3			N Petrova	4	6	6⁶
	C Wozniacki	4	2^r												1	J Janković	6	6
7	V Zvonareva	6	6												7	V Zvonareva	2	4
	D Hantuchová	1	0		7	V Zvonareva	7	6
	D Cibulková	3	6	7⁷		D Cibulková	5	4
4	A Ivanovic	6	2	6⁴						7	V Zvonareva	6	7⁷
5	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6							2	D Safina	2	6⁵
Q	S Errani	6⁰	1		5	S Kuznetsova	4	5
	A Mauresmo	7⁷	4	4	2	D Safina	6	7
2	D Safina	6²	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	4	10

WC	Ivanovic / Schiavone	2	6	7
					1	Black / Huber	6	6

						Kirilenko / Pennetta	1	0
	Kirilenko / Pennetta	6¹	6	10

	Makarova / Voskoboeva	7⁷	1	5
									1	Black / Huber	4	4

									4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	6
	Dushevina / Kudryavtseva	0	5

4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	7
					4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	6

						Niculescu / Shvedova	3	2
	Niculescu / Shvedova	4	6	10

2	Peschke / Stubbs	6	0	7

External links

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2008 WTA Tour « 2007 2009 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tier I tournaments	Doha (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
Tier II tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Bangalore (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Zürich (S, D) Linz (S, D)
Tier III tournaments	Gold Coast (S, D) Viña del Mar (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) İstanbul Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Bali (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D) Quebec City (S, D)
Tier IV tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Fes (S, D) Prague (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Portorož (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Forest Hills Seoul (S, D) Tashkent (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I Play-offs WG II Play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa
Summer Olympic Games, Beijing (S, D) WTA Championships, Doha (S, D)

2008 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Tours	Men: ATP Tour (Tennis Masters Cup, ATP Masters Series) Challenger Series Women: WTA Tour (Tour Championships, Tier I Series) ITF Circuit Olympics
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup World TeamTennis