WTA Australian Open 2008 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

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
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 27, 2008* F Maria Sharapova #5 7-5 6-3 Ana Ivanovic #3 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 26, 2008* SF 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
QF (4)
Jan 24, 2008* QF Jelena Jankovic #4 6-3 6-4 Serena Williams #7 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 #1 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 22, 2008* R16 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 #7 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 #1 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
R32 (16)
Jan 20, 2008* R32 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 #7 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 Casey Dellacqua #78 3-6 6-4 6-4 Amélie Mauresmo #18 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2008* R32 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 #1 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
R64 (32)
Jan 17, 2008* R64 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 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 #1 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 #18 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 #51 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 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 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 #7 6-3 6-1 Meng Yuan #121 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 16, 2008* R128 Ai Sugiyama #41 6-3 1-1 (ret.) Vera Zvonareva #22 H2H Match data
Jan 16, 2008* R128 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 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 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 #7 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 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 Justine Henin #1 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 #51 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 #18 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 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

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