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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Round of 128
Serena Williams #3 6-1 6-4
Kateryna Volodko #46
Elena Vesnina #71 4-6 6-1 6-2
Julia Vakulenko #80
Ai Sugiyama #32 4-6 6-3 4-2 (ret.)
Andreja Klepac #119
Olga Govortsova #48 6-3 6-1
Sandra Zahlavova #248
Severine Beltrame #121 7-6(0) 6-4
Julia Goerges #101
Nicole Vaidisova #22 6-1 6-2
Petra Cetkovska #66
Tathiana Garbin #81 6-0 7-6(5)
Maret Ani #97
Agnes Szavay #16 7-5 6-3
Gail Brodsky #382
Venus Williams #8 6-2 6-3
Samantha Stosur #72
Rossana De Los Ríos #113 6-3 2-6 6-3
Hana Sromova #293
Alona Bondarenko #31 2-6 6-3 6-2
Jamea Jackson #271
Sabine Lisicki #73 6-3 6-4
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #79
Agnieszka Radwanska #11 6-4 6-2
Yaroslava Shvedova #115
Mariana Duque-Mariño #125 0-6 6-3 6-2
Tamarine Tanasugarn #38
Dominika Cibulkova #20 6-3 7-6(4)
Jill Craybas #75
Raluca Olaru #124 6-0 6-2
Edina Gallovits Hall
Dinara Safina #7 6-3 6-4
Kristie Ahn #758
Roberta Vinci #164 6-1 6-4
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #114
Timea Bacsinszky #60 6-4 6-1
Virginie Razzano #33
Yung Jan Chan 4-6 7-5 6-3
Alla Kudryavtseva #84
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141 6-4 6-2
Daniela Hantuchova #12
Jessica Moore #178 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
Melanie Oudin #221
Alizé Cornet #17 7-5 6-0
Camille Pin #77
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #44 6-7(7) 7-5 6-4
Marta Domachowska #55
Flavia Pennetta #19 2-6 6-2 6-2
Stefanie Voegele #162
Shuai Peng #47 6-1 6-0
Eleni Daniilidou #83
Nadia Petrova #21 6-2 6-4
Olivia Sanchez #104
Su-Wei Hsieh #108 6-2 6-4
Evgeniya Rodina #94
Amélie Mauresmo #29 4-6 6-3 6-2
Nathalie Dechy #86
Kaia Kanepi #43 6-0 6-3
Monica Niculescu #67
Julie Coin #188 7-6(6) 7-6(4)
Casey Dellacqua #40
Ana Ivanovic #1 6-1 4-6 6-4
Vera Dushevina #57
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-3 6-1
Coco Vandeweghe #512
Sofia Arvidsson #63 6-2 6-4
Zi Yan #92
Jie Zheng #37 6-2 6-3
Shenay Perry #331
Anabel Medina Garrigues #26 6-4 7-5
Tsvetana Pironkova #42
Caroline Wozniacki #18 6-2 6-1
Ahsha Rolle #146
Maria Elena Camerin #133 6-0 6-2
Emilie Loit #120
Victoria Azarenka #14 6-2 6-1
Klara Koukalova #64
Iveta Benesova #50 6-0 6-3
Karin Knapp #61
Sybille Bammer #30 6-4 6-2
Aiko Nakamura #127
Aravane Rezai #74 6-2 6-4
Asia Muhammad #414
Tatiana Perebiynis #76 6-1 6-4
Mariya Koryttseva #54
Vera Zvonareva #10 6-4 6-3
Barbora Strycova #82
Marion Bartoli #13 6-2 6-3
Galina Voskoboeva #100
Virginia Ruano Pascual #102 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2
Petra Kvitova #59
Lindsay Davenport #24 6-4 6-2
Aleksandra Wozniak #41
Alisa Kleybanova #34 6-2 7-5
Carla Suárez Navarro #51
Elena Dementieva #6 6-4 7-5
Akgul Amanmuradova #78
Pauline Parmentier #49 6-3 7-6(2)
Marina Erakovic #52
Anne Keothavong #87 6-2 6-2
Alexa Glatch #254
Francesca Schiavone #27 7-5 7-5
Nuria Llagostera Vives #93
Na Li #36 2-6 6-0 6-1
Shahar Peer #25
Sara Errani #39 6-4 6-2
Jelena Kostanic Tosic #90
Ekaterina Makarova #56 1-6 6-2 6-3
Anna Chakvetadze #9
Ekaterina Bychkova #106 6-1 6-3
Anastasia Rodionova #65
Patty Schnyder #15 6-3 3-6 6-3
Anastasia Pivovarova #166
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #85 6-2 4-6 6-2
Vania King #99
Magdalena Rybarikova #89 6-4 6-0
Gisela Dulko #45
Tamira Paszek 6-3 3-6 6-4
Maria Kirilenko #23
Katarina Srebotnik #28 3-6 6-0 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer #62
Yvonne Meusburger #110 6-1 6-2
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #96
Svetlana Kuznetsova #4 6-4 6-2
Shuai Zhang #243
Sorana Cirstea #53 6-4 4-6 6-2
Lucie Safarova #58
Round of 64
Serena Williams #3 6-1 6-1
Elena Vesnina #71
Ai Sugiyama #32 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1
Olga Govortsova #48
Severine Beltrame #121 7-5 6-3
Nicole Vaidisova #22
Tathiana Garbin #81 5-7 6-2 6-3
Agnes Szavay #16
Venus Williams #8 6-0 6-3
Rossana De Los Ríos #113
Alona Bondarenko #31 6-4 1-6 6-4
Sabine Lisicki #73
Agnieszka Radwanska #11 6-0 7-6(3)
Mariana Duque-Mariño #125
Dominika Cibulkova #20 6-2 6-2
Raluca Olaru #124
Dinara Safina #7 6-4 6-3
Roberta Vinci #164
Timea Bacsinszky #60 6-3 6-2
Yung Jan Chan
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141 6-1 6-3
Jessica Moore #178
Alizé Cornet #17 7-6(5) 6-1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #44
Flavia Pennetta #19 6-2 6-7(8) 6-1
Shuai Peng #47
Nadia Petrova #21 6-4 6-2
Su-Wei Hsieh #108
Amélie Mauresmo #29 2-6 6-4 6-0
Kaia Kanepi #43
Julie Coin #188 6-3 4-6 6-3
Ana Ivanovic #1
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5
Sofia Arvidsson #63
Jie Zheng #37 6-1 6-4
Anabel Medina Garrigues #26
Caroline Wozniacki #18 6-1 6-2
Maria Elena Camerin #133
Victoria Azarenka #14 6-2 6-3
Iveta Benesova #50
Sybille Bammer #30 6-1 7-5
Aravane Rezai #74
Tatiana Perebiynis #76 6-3 6-3
Vera Zvonareva #10
Marion Bartoli #13 6-4 6-2
Virginia Ruano Pascual #102
Lindsay Davenport #24 7-5 6-3
Alisa Kleybanova #34
Elena Dementieva #6 6-2 6-1
Pauline Parmentier #49
Anne Keothavong #87 6-2 3-6 6-4
Francesca Schiavone #27
Na Li #36 4-6 6-2 6-0
Sara Errani #39
Ekaterina Makarova #56 3-6 7-5 6-3
Ekaterina Bychkova #106
Patty Schnyder #15 6-3 6-3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #85
Magdalena Rybarikova #89 6-1 6-2
Tamira Paszek
Katarina Srebotnik #28 6-1 6-3
Yvonne Meusburger #110
Svetlana Kuznetsova #4 7-6(3) 6-1
Sorana Cirstea #53
Round of 32
Serena Williams #3 6-2 6-1
Ai Sugiyama #32
Severine Beltrame #121 7-5 3-6 6-4
Tathiana Garbin #81
Venus Williams #8 6-2 6-1
Alona Bondarenko #31
Agnieszka Radwanska #11 6-0 6-3
Dominika Cibulkova #20
Dinara Safina #7 3-6 7-5 6-2
Timea Bacsinszky #60
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141 6-4 7-5
Alizé Cornet #17
Flavia Pennetta #19 4-6 6-4 6-3
Nadia Petrova #21
Amélie Mauresmo #29 6-4 6-4
Julie Coin #188
Jelena Jankovic #2 7-5 7-5
Jie Zheng #37
Caroline Wozniacki #18 6-4 6-4
Victoria Azarenka #14
Sybille Bammer #30 6-3 6-0
Tatiana Perebiynis #76
Marion Bartoli #13 6-1 7-6(3)
Lindsay Davenport #24
Elena Dementieva #6 6-3 6-4
Anne Keothavong #87
Na Li #36 6-1 4-6 6-2
Ekaterina Makarova #56
Patty Schnyder #15 7-6(4) 6-4
Magdalena Rybarikova #89
Katarina Srebotnik #28 6-3 6-7(1) 6-3
Svetlana Kuznetsova #4
Round of 16
Serena Williams #3 6-2 6-2
Severine Beltrame #121
Venus Williams #8 6-1 6-3
Agnieszka Radwanska #11
Dinara Safina #7 7-5 6-0
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #141
Flavia Pennetta #19 6-3 6-0
Amélie Mauresmo #29
Jelena Jankovic #2 3-6 6-2 6-1
Caroline Wozniacki #18
Sybille Bammer #30 7-6(3) 0-6 6-4
Marion Bartoli #13
Elena Dementieva #6 6-4 6-1
Na Li #36
Patty Schnyder #15 4-6 6-3 6-3
Katarina Srebotnik #28
Quarterfinals
Serena Williams #3 7-6(6) 7-6(7)
Venus Williams #8
Dinara Safina #7 6-2 6-3
Flavia Pennetta #19
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-1 6-4
Sybille Bammer #30
Elena Dementieva #6 6-2 6-3
Patty Schnyder #15
Semifinals
Serena Williams #3 6-3 6-2
Dinara Safina #7
Jelena Jankovic #2 6-4 6-4
Elena Dementieva #6
Final
Serena Williams #3 6-4 7-5
Jelena Jankovic #2

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