WTA Australian Open 2008 Draw, Results & Schedule

Maria Sharapova won the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Ana Ivanovic 7-5 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 14 to January 27, 2008. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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Champion
Maria Sharapova
def. Ana Ivanovic , 7-5 6-3
Dates
Jan 14 — Jan 27
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$8,000,000

Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

Australian Open 2008 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Maria Sharapova #5 7-5 6-3 Ana Ivanovic #3 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2008* F
SF (2)
Maria Sharapova #5 6-3 6-1 Jelena Jankovic #4 H2H Match data Jan 26, 2008* SF
Ana Ivanovic #3 0-6 6-3 6-4 Daniela Hantuchova #9 H2H Match data Jan 26, 2008* SF
QF (4)
Jelena Jankovic #4 6-3 6-4 Serena Williams #7DEF · 3× H2H Match data Jan 24, 2008* QF
Ana Ivanovic #3 7-6(3) 6-4 Venus Williams #8 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2008* QF
Daniela Hantuchova #9 6-2 6-2 Agnieszka Radwanska #28 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2008* QF
Maria Sharapova #5 6-4 6-0 Justine Henin #1CH H2H Match data Jan 24, 2008* QF
R16 (8)
Ana Ivanovic #3 6-1 7-6(2) Caroline Wozniacki #64 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
Agnieszka Radwanska #28 1-6 7-5 6-0 Nadia Petrova #14 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
Venus Williams #8 6-4 6-4 Marta Domachowska #146 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
Maria Sharapova #5 6-2 6-0 Elena Dementieva #11 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
Serena Williams #7DEF · 3× 6-3 6-4 Nicole Vaidisova #12 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
Daniela Hantuchova #9 1-6 6-4 6-4 Maria Kirilenko #26 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
Justine Henin #1CH 6-2 6-2 Su-Wei Hsieh #158 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
Jelena Jankovic #4 7-6(3) 6-1 Casey Dellacqua #78 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2008* R16
R32 (16)
Caroline Wozniacki #64 4-6 6-4 6-3 Sabine Lisicki #194 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Daniela Hantuchova #9 6-2 6-3 Virginia Ruano Pascual #82 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Jelena Jankovic #4 6-2 4-6 6-1 Virginie Razzano #29 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Maria Sharapova #5 6-3 6-0 Elena Vesnina #55 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Serena Williams #7DEF · 3× 6-3 6-4 Victoria Azarenka #25 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Marta Domachowska #146 2-6 6-2 6-4 Na Li #30 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Casey Dellacqua #78 3-6 6-4 6-4 Amélie Mauresmo #18CH H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nicole Vaidisova #12 6-3 6-4 Ai Sugiyama #41 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Su-Wei Hsieh #158 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 Aravane Rezai #69 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Justine Henin #1CH 7-5 6-4 Francesca Schiavone #24 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Maria Kirilenko #26 6-7(6) 6-1 6-2 Anna Chakvetadze #6 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Agnieszka Radwanska #28 6-3 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova #2 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Elena Dementieva #11 6-2 6-0 Shahar Peer #17 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Ana Ivanovic #3 6-3 6-4 Katarina Srebotnik #27 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Venus Williams #8 7-6(0) 6-4 Sania Mirza #32 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
Nadia Petrova #14 6-1 7-6(8) Ekaterina Makarova #110 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2008* R32
R64 (32)
Caroline Wozniacki #64 7-6(4) 6-1 Alona Bondarenko #21 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Ana Ivanovic #3 6-0 6-3 Tathiana Garbin #40 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Virginia Ruano Pascual #82 6-2 6-4 Catalina Castano #139 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Elena Vesnina #55 6-2 6-4 Jill Craybas #98 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Nicole Vaidisova #12 6-2 6-3 Alicia Molik #62 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Casey Dellacqua #78 4-6 7-5 8-6 Patty Schnyder #15 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Na Li #30 6-4 6-3 Maria Elena Camerin #99 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Svetlana Kuznetsova #2 7-6(0) 6-2 Tsvetana Pironkova #94 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Jelena Jankovic #4 6-2 7-5 Edina Gallovits Hall H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Nadia Petrova #14 7-5 7-5 Anne Kremer #84 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Virginie Razzano #29 6-2 5-7 6-3 Flavia Pennetta #37 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Anna Chakvetadze #6 6-3 6-4 Alisa Kleybanova #154 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Marta Domachowska #146 7-5 1-6 6-1 Sofia Arvidsson #80 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Shahar Peer #17 6-0 7-5 Jessica Moore #376 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Venus Williams #8 7-5 6-4 Camille Pin #90 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Francesca Schiavone #24 6-2 6-3 Angelique Kerber #89 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Justine Henin #1CH 6-1 7-5 Olga Puchkova #97 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Maria Kirilenko #26 6-1 6-1 Akiko Morigami #49 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Agnieszka Radwanska #28 7-5 6-4 Pauline Parmentier #56 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Amélie Mauresmo #18CH 6-4 7-6(5) Yaroslava Shvedova #85 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Katarina Srebotnik #27 6-4 6-1 Anastasia Rodionova #79 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Maria Sharapova #5 6-1 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #51CH H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Elena Dementieva #11 5-7 6-2 6-3 Anabel Medina Garrigues #34 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Ekaterina Makarova #110 6-3 6-1 Yvonne Meusburger #70 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Sabine Lisicki #194 6-1 7-5 Mariya Koryttseva #104 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Aravane Rezai #69 6-3 3-6 6-3 Tatiana Golovin #13 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ai Sugiyama #41 6-4 6-4 Tatiana Perebiynis #93 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Su-Wei Hsieh #158 6-2 6-0 Sybille Bammer #20 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sania Mirza #32 6-1 4-6 7-5 Timea Bacsinszky #119 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Victoria Azarenka #25 6-1 6-1 Sandra Kloesel #162 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Daniela Hantuchova #9 6-2 7-5 Alizé Cornet #59 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
Serena Williams #7DEF · 3× 6-3 6-1 Meng Yuan #121 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64
R128 (64)
Ai Sugiyama #41 6-3 1-1 (ret.) Vera Zvonareva #22 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Virginia Ruano Pascual #82 6-4 6-4 Roberta Vinci #74 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Ekaterina Makarova #110 3-6 6-4 7-5 Agnes Szavay #19 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Meng Yuan #121 4-6 6-4 6-2 Ekaterina Ivanova #210 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Mariya Koryttseva #104 6-2 6-3 María Emilia Salerni #88 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Su-Wei Hsieh #158 2-6 6-4 8-6 Klara Koukalova #63 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Anna Chakvetadze #6 0-0 (ret.) Andrea Petkovic #92 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Tsvetana Pironkova #94 6-1 6-1 Olga Govortsova #47 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Pauline Parmentier #56 7-5 6-3 Martina Müller #54 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Tatiana Golovin #13 6-1 4-6 6-3 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #109 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Elena Dementieva #11 6-2 6-2 Tzipora Obziler #81 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Caroline Wozniacki #64 6-1 6-1 Gisela Dulko #38 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Sabine Lisicki #194 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2 Dinara Safina #16 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Agnieszka Radwanska #28 6-0 6-1 Olga Savchuk #86 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Anabel Medina Garrigues #34 7-6(1) 6-0 Petra Cetkovska #103 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Francesca Schiavone #24 6-3 7-6(5) Emilie Loit #44 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Edina Gallovits Hall 7-6(7) 6-3 Stéphanie Dubois #105 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Shahar Peer #17 6-2 2-6 6-0 Renata Voracova #107 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Nicole Vaidisova #12 6-3 6-0 Raluca Olaru #57 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Sandra Kloesel #162 6-1 6-7(1) 6-4 Julia Schruff #114 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Alizé Cornet #59 6-3 6-3 Clarisa Fernandez #400 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Svetlana Kuznetsova #2 6-3 6-1 Nathalie Dechy #67 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Venus Williams #8 6-2 7-5 Zi Yan #61 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Maria Elena Camerin #99 6-1 6-2 Christina Wheeler #214 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Elena Vesnina #55 6-4 1-6 6-4 Julia Vakulenko #31 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Anne Kremer #84 7-6(8) 6-0 Evgenia Linetskaya #584 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Sybille Bammer #20 6-7(6) 6-4 6-2 Tamarine Tanasugarn #117 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Daniela Hantuchova #9 6-3 7-5 Vania King #108 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Sania Mirza #32 6-4 6-2 Iroda Tulyaganova #317 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Maria Sharapova #5 6-4 6-3 Jelena Kostanic Tosic #102 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Yaroslava Shvedova #85 6-2 6-2 Tatjana Maria #83 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Maria Kirilenko #26 6-4 4-6 6-3 Meilen Tu #46 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Serena Williams #7DEF · 3× 6-3 6-3 Jarmila Wolfe #145 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Na Li #30 6-2 4-6 6-4 Severine Beltrame #115 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Jelena Jankovic #4 2-6 6-2 12-10 Tamira Paszek H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Virginie Razzano #29 6-3 7-5 Ashley Harkleroad #58 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Catalina Castano #139 6-1 6-4 Lucie Safarova #23 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nadia Petrova #14 6-1 6-3 Nicole Pratt #87 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Alisa Kleybanova #154 7-5 4-6 9-7 Shuai Peng #45 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Justine Henin #1CH 6-2 6-2 Aiko Nakamura #73 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Yvonne Meusburger #70 6-1 6-4 Laura Granville #72 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Lindsay Davenport #51CH 6-2 3-6 7-5 Sara Errani #65 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Marta Domachowska #146 6-1 6-1 Mathilde Johansson #134 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Akiko Morigami #49 6-2 6-2 Michaella Krajicek #33 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Anastasia Rodionova #79 7-6(3) 6-4 Angelika Bachmann #159 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Camille Pin #90 5-7 6-1 6-1 Monica Niculescu #155 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Victoria Azarenka #25 6-2 7-5 Akgul Amanmuradova #95 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Tathiana Garbin #40 6-2 6-2 Eleni Daniilidou #36 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Katarina Srebotnik #27 4-6 6-0 9-7 Lourdes Domínguez Lino #71 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Aravane Rezai #69 7-6(4) 6-2 Kateryna Volodko #43 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Alona Bondarenko #21 6-4 7-6(4) Alla Kudryavtseva #75 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Jill Craybas #98 6-4 6-2 Yung Jan Chan H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Angelique Kerber #89 0-6 6-3 6-2 Maret Ani #100 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Jessica Moore #376 6-3 6-2 Julie Ditty #101 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Amélie Mauresmo #18CH 6-7(6) 6-0 6-0 Tatiana Poutchek #96 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Ana Ivanovic #3 7-5 6-3 Sorana Cirstea #106 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Tatiana Perebiynis #93 7-5 6-2 Madison Brengle #228 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Alicia Molik #62 7-6(4) 7-5 Kaia Kanepi #60 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Patty Schnyder #15 6-3 6-3 Lilia Osterloh #91 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Flavia Pennetta #37 6-4 5-7 6-4 Dominika Cibulkova #48 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Casey Dellacqua #78 4-6 6-3 8-6 Karin Knapp #50 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Sofia Arvidsson #80 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 Marion Bartoli #10 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Timea Bacsinszky #119 6-4 6-3 Sophie Ferguson #174 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128
Olga Puchkova #97 6-4 6-0 Monique Adamczak #149 H2H Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Australian Open held?
Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?
The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?
The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.
What surface is Australian Open played on?
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