# Zurich Open 2008

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/manual_wta:zurich_open/zurich-open
Tour: WTA

Venus Williams won the 2008 Zurich Open, defeating Flavia Pennetta 7-6(1) 6-2 in the final. The WTA 500 event was played October 13–19 on hard courts in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Zurich Open was a women’s indoor tournament whose 25-edition WTA history ran from 1984 to 2008. It was also known as the Swisscom Challenge and Tennis.com Zurich Open.

## Tournament info
- Official 2008 name: Tennis.com Zurich Open
- Also known as: Zürich Open, Swisscom Challenge, Tennis.com Zurich Open, European Indoors
- Category: WTA 500
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Start date: 2008-10-13
- End date: 2008-10-19

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Champion
- Winner: Venus Williams
- Runner-up: Flavia Pennetta
- Final score: 7-6(1) 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Venus Williams def. Flavia Pennetta 7-6(1) 6-2

### SF
- Flavia Pennetta def. Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 7-6(6)
- Venus Williams def. Ana Ivanovic 4-6 6-3 6-4

### QF
- Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Victoria Azarenka 4-6 6-3 0-0 RET
- Venus Williams def. Francesca Schiavone 6-3 6-3
- Flavia Pennetta def. Katarina Srebotnik 7-5 6-2
- Ana Ivanovic def. Petra Kvitova 6-1 6-4

### R16
- Victoria Azarenka def. Monica Niculescu 6-0 6-0
- Francesca Schiavone def. Maria Kirilenko 6-3 7-5
- Katarina Srebotnik def. Agnieszka Radwanska 2-6 7-6(6) 6-3
- Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Vera Zvonareva 6-3 3-0 RET
- Flavia Pennetta def. Jelena Jankovic 5-7 6-3 6-3
- Venus Williams def. Alona Bondarenko 6-3 6-4
- Petra Kvitova def. Sofia Arvidsson 6-2 6-1
- Ana Ivanovic def. Marion Bartoli 6-2 6-4

### R32
- Katarina Srebotnik def. Timea Bacsinszky 6-3 6-3
- Flavia Pennetta def. Nadia Petrova 6-1 6-1
- Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Na Li 6-2 6-4
- Alona Bondarenko def. Alizé Cornet 1-6 6-3 7-6(6)
- Victoria Azarenka def. Amélie Mauresmo 6-2 6-1
- Sofia Arvidsson def. Sybille Bammer 0-6 7-5 6-4
- Maria Kirilenko def. Daniela Hantuchova 7-5 6-2
- Marion Bartoli def. Agnes Szavay 6-4 6-0
- Agnieszka Radwanska def. Vera Dushevina 6-4 6-1
- Petra Kvitova def. Patty Schnyder 6-4 3-6 6-4
- Francesca Schiavone def. Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(3) 6-2
- Monica Niculescu def. Anna Chakvetadze 3-6 6-3 6-2

## Stats
- Total matches: 27
- Players: 28

Other editions available: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
(+15 more)

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