WTA US Open 2008 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

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
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Sep 7, 2008* F Serena Williams #3 6-4 7-5 Jelena Jankovic #2 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Sep 6, 2008* SF Serena Williams #3 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
QF (4)
Sep 4, 2008* QF 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 #3 7-6(6) 7-6(7) Venus Williams #8 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 2008* QF Dinara Safina #7 6-2 6-3 Flavia Pennetta #19 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Sep 2, 2008* R16 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 #8 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 #3 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
R32 (16)
Aug 31, 2008* R32 Marion Bartoli #13 6-1 7-6(3) Lindsay Davenport #24 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 2008* R32 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 #4 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 #3 6-2 6-1 Ai Sugiyama #32 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 2008* R32 Venus Williams #8 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 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
R64 (32)
Aug 28, 2008* R64 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 Serena Williams #3 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 #24 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 Tatiana Perebiynis #76 6-3 6-3 Vera Zvonareva #10 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 2008* R64 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 Timea Bacsinszky #60 6-3 6-2 Yung Jan Chan H2H Match data
Aug 28, 2008* R64 Venus Williams #8 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 #4 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
R128 (64)
Aug 27, 2008* R128 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 #331 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 #8 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 #4 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 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 Lindsay Davenport #24 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 #3 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

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