WTA US Open 2008 Draw, Results & Schedule

Serena Williams won the 2008 US Open, defeating Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 25 to September 7, 2008. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
Serena Williams
def. Jelena Jankovic , 6-4 7-5
Dates
Aug 25 — Sep 7
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$9,350,000

Results

US Open 2008 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Serena Williams #32× CH 6-4 7-5 Jelena Jankovic #2 H2H Match data Sep 7, 2008* F
SF (2)
Serena Williams #32× CH 6-3 6-2 Dinara Safina #7 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2008* SF
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-4 6-4 Elena Dementieva #6 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2008* SF
QF (4)
Elena Dementieva #6 6-2 6-3 Patty Schnyder #15 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2008* QF
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-1 6-4 Sybille Bammer #30 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2008* QF
Serena Williams #32× CH 7-6(6) 7-6(7) Venus Williams #82× CH H2H Match data Sep 4, 2008* QF
Dinara Safina #7 6-2 6-3 Flavia Pennetta #19 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2008* QF
R16 (8)
Jelena Jankovic #2 3-6 6-2 6-1 Caroline Wozniacki #18 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
Dinara Safina #7 7-5 6-0 Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
Sybille Bammer #30 7-6(3) 0-6 6-4 Marion Bartoli #13 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
Venus Williams #82× CH 6-1 6-3 Agnieszka Radwanska #11 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
Elena Dementieva #6 6-4 6-1 Na Li #36 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
Serena Williams #32× CH 6-2 6-2 Severine Beltrame #121 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
Patty Schnyder #15 4-6 6-3 6-3 Katarina Srebotnik #28 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
Flavia Pennetta #19 6-3 6-0 Amélie Mauresmo #29 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2008* R16
R32 (16)
Marion Bartoli #13 6-1 7-6(3) Lindsay Davenport #24CH H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Amélie Mauresmo #29 6-4 6-4 Julie Coin #188 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Severine Beltrame #121 7-5 3-6 6-4 Tathiana Garbin #81 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Katarina Srebotnik #28 6-3 6-7(1) 6-3 Svetlana Kuznetsova #4CH H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Caroline Wozniacki #18 6-4 6-4 Victoria Azarenka #14 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Serena Williams #32× CH 6-2 6-1 Ai Sugiyama #32 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Venus Williams #82× CH 6-2 6-1 Alona Bondarenko #31 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Sybille Bammer #30 6-3 6-0 Tatiana Perebiynis #76 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141 6-4 7-5 Alizé Cornet #17 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Patty Schnyder #15 7-6(4) 6-4 Magdalena Rybarikova #89 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Na Li #36 6-1 4-6 6-2 Ekaterina Makarova #56 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Flavia Pennetta #19 4-6 6-4 6-3 Nadia Petrova #21 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Dinara Safina #7 3-6 7-5 6-2 Timea Bacsinszky #60 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Elena Dementieva #6 6-3 6-4 Anne Keothavong #87 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Jelena Jankovic #2 7-5 7-5 Jie Zheng #37 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
Agnieszka Radwanska #11 6-0 6-3 Dominika Cibulkova #20 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2008* R32
R64 (32)
Flavia Pennetta #19 6-2 6-7(8) 6-1 Shuai Peng #47 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Jie Zheng #37 6-1 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues #26 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Severine Beltrame #121 7-5 6-3 Nicole Vaidisova #22 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Serena Williams #32× CH 6-1 6-1 Elena Vesnina #71 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Marion Bartoli #13 6-4 6-2 Virginia Ruano Pascual #102 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Katarina Srebotnik #28 6-1 6-3 Yvonne Meusburger #110 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Patty Schnyder #15 6-3 6-3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #85 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Alizé Cornet #17 7-6(5) 6-1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #44 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Dominika Cibulkova #20 6-2 6-2 Raluca Olaru #124 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Tathiana Garbin #81 5-7 6-2 6-3 Agnes Szavay #16 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5 Sofia Arvidsson #63 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Na Li #36 4-6 6-2 6-0 Sara Errani #39 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Lindsay Davenport #24CH 7-5 6-3 Alisa Kleybanova #34 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Ai Sugiyama #32 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 Olga Govortsova #48 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Nadia Petrova #21 6-4 6-2 Su-Wei Hsieh #108 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Victoria Azarenka #14 6-2 6-3 Iveta Benesova #50 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Julie Coin #188 6-3 4-6 6-3 Ana Ivanovic #1 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64 Upset: winner had a 4 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tatiana Perebiynis #76 6-3 6-3 Vera Zvonareva #10 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141 6-1 6-3 Jessica Moore #178 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Sybille Bammer #30 6-1 7-5 Aravane Rezai #74 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Amélie Mauresmo #29 2-6 6-4 6-0 Kaia Kanepi #43 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Anne Keothavong #87 6-2 3-6 6-4 Francesca Schiavone #27 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Timea Bacsinszky #60 6-3 6-2 Yung Jan Chan H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Venus Williams #82× CH 6-0 6-3 Rossana De Los Ríos #113 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Alona Bondarenko #31 6-4 1-6 6-4 Sabine Lisicki #73 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Magdalena Rybarikova #89 6-1 6-2 Tamira Paszek H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Elena Dementieva #6 6-2 6-1 Pauline Parmentier #49 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Svetlana Kuznetsova #4CH 7-6(3) 6-1 Sorana Cirstea #53 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Ekaterina Makarova #56 3-6 7-5 6-3 Ekaterina Bychkova #106 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Caroline Wozniacki #18 6-1 6-2 Maria Elena Camerin #133 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Agnieszka Radwanska #11 6-0 7-6(3) Mariana Duque-Mariño #125 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
Dinara Safina #7 6-4 6-3 Roberta Vinci #164 H2H Match data Aug 28, 2008* R64
R128 (64)
Sybille Bammer #30 6-4 6-2 Aiko Nakamura #127 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Jie Zheng #37 6-2 6-3 Shenay Perry H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Severine Beltrame #121 7-6(0) 6-4 Julia Goerges #101 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Aravane Rezai #74 6-2 6-4 Asia Muhammad #414 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Julie Coin #188 7-6(6) 7-6(4) Casey Dellacqua #40 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Elena Dementieva #6 6-4 7-5 Akgul Amanmuradova #78 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Tatiana Perebiynis #76 6-1 6-4 Mariya Koryttseva #54 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Agnes Szavay #16 7-5 6-3 Gail Brodsky #382 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Agnieszka Radwanska #11 6-4 6-2 Yaroslava Shvedova #115 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Rossana De Los Ríos #113 6-3 2-6 6-3 Hana Sromova #293 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Alisa Kleybanova #34 6-2 7-5 Carla Suárez Navarro #51 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Magdalena Rybarikova #89 6-4 6-0 Gisela Dulko #45 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Yung Jan Chan 4-6 7-5 6-3 Alla Kudryavtseva #84 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Na Li #36 2-6 6-0 6-1 Shahar Peer #25 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Vera Zvonareva #10 6-4 6-3 Barbora Strycova #82 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #85 6-2 4-6 6-2 Vania King #99 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Venus Williams #82× CH 6-2 6-3 Samantha Stosur #72 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Ai Sugiyama #32 4-6 6-3 4-2 (ret.) Andreja Klepac #119 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Svetlana Kuznetsova #4CH 6-4 6-2 Shuai Zhang #243 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Sorana Cirstea #53 6-4 4-6 6-2 Lucie Safarova #58 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Jessica Moore #178 7-6(5) 7-6(5) Melanie Oudin #221 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Sofia Arvidsson #63 6-2 6-4 Zi Yan #92 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Caroline Wozniacki #18 6-2 6-1 Ahsha Rolle #146 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Elena Vesnina #71 4-6 6-1 6-2 Julia Vakulenko #80 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Katarina Srebotnik #28 3-6 6-0 6-3 Yanina Wickmayer #62 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Sabine Lisicki #73 6-3 6-4 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #79 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Tathiana Garbin #81 6-0 7-6(5) Maret Ani #97 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Shuai Peng #47 6-1 6-0 Eleni Daniilidou #83 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Su-Wei Hsieh #108 6-2 6-4 Evgeniya Rodina #94 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Mariana Duque-Mariño #125 0-6 6-3 6-2 Tamarine Tanasugarn #38 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #44 6-7(7) 7-5 6-4 Marta Domachowska #55 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Pauline Parmentier #49 6-3 7-6(2) Marina Erakovic #52 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Anabel Medina Garrigues #26 6-4 7-5 Tsvetana Pironkova #42 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Timea Bacsinszky #60 6-4 6-1 Virginie Razzano #33 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Victoria Azarenka #14 6-2 6-1 Klara Koukalova #64 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141 6-4 6-2 Daniela Hantuchova #12 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Alizé Cornet #17 7-5 6-0 Camille Pin #77 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Marion Bartoli #13 6-2 6-3 Galina Voskoboeva #100 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Kaia Kanepi #43 6-0 6-3 Monica Niculescu #67 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Nadia Petrova #21 6-2 6-4 Olivia Sanchez #104 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Dominika Cibulkova #20 6-3 7-6(4) Jill Craybas #75 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Ana Ivanovic #1 6-1 4-6 6-4 Vera Dushevina #57 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Flavia Pennetta #19 2-6 6-2 6-2 Stefanie Voegele #162 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Patty Schnyder #15 6-3 3-6 6-3 Anastasia Pivovarova #166 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Amélie Mauresmo #29 4-6 6-3 6-2 Nathalie Dechy #86 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Yvonne Meusburger #110 6-1 6-2 Lourdes Domínguez Lino #96 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Iveta Benesova #50 6-0 6-3 Karin Knapp #61 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Anne Keothavong #87 6-2 6-2 Alexa Glatch #254 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Tamira Paszek 6-3 3-6 6-4 Maria Kirilenko #23 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Ekaterina Bychkova #106 6-1 6-3 Anastasia Rodionova #65 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Sara Errani #39 6-4 6-2 Jelena Kostanic Tosic #90 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Ekaterina Makarova #56 1-6 6-2 6-3 Anna Chakvetadze #9 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Lindsay Davenport #24CH 6-4 6-2 Aleksandra Wozniak #41 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Roberta Vinci #164 6-1 6-4 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #114 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Olga Govortsova #48 6-3 6-1 Sandra Zahlavova #248 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Nicole Vaidisova #22 6-1 6-2 Petra Cetkovska #66 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Serena Williams #32× CH 6-1 6-4 Kateryna Volodko #46 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Maria Elena Camerin #133 6-0 6-2 Emilie Loit #120 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Virginia Ruano Pascual #102 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 Petra Kvitova #59 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Alona Bondarenko #31 2-6 6-3 6-2 Jamea Jackson #271 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Raluca Olaru #124 6-0 6-2 Edina Gallovits Hall H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Francesca Schiavone #27 7-5 7-5 Nuria Llagostera Vives #93 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Dinara Safina #7 6-3 6-4 Kristie Ahn #758 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-3 6-1 Coco Vandeweghe #512 H2H Match data Aug 27, 2008* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for US Open.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles. 2 players share this record.

  1. Chris Evert 6 titles

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

  1. Venus Williams 26 appearances

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Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent US Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Aryna Sabalenka #1 6-3 7-6(3) Amanda Anisimova #9 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #2 7-5 7-5 Jessica Pegula #6 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Coco Gauff #6 2-6 6-3 6-2 Aryna Sabalenka #2 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Iga Swiatek #1 6-2 7-6(5) Ons Jabeur #5 H2H Match data 2022 Hard
Emma Raducanu #150 6-4 6-3 Leylah Fernandez #73 H2H Match data 2021 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is US Open held?
US Open is held in New York, United States.
Who won the most recent US Open?
The 2025 US Open was won by Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-3 7-6(3).
Who has won the most US Open titles?
Chris Evert and Serena Williams are tied for the most US Open titles in the Open Era (since 1968), with 6 each.
When was the first US Open played?
The first edition of US Open was held in 1881. The first women's singles edition was held in 1887.
What surface is US Open played on?
US Open is played on hard courts.