2008 WTA Tour
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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2008 WTA Tour schedule.

January

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
31 December	2008 MAW Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia Hard	Tier III	Li Na 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Patty Schnyder Shahar Peer	Nicole Vaidisova Amelie Mauresmo Dinara Safina Dominika Cibulkova
			Safina / Szavay 6–1, 6–2	Yan / Zheng
31 December	2008 ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Hard	Tier IV	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–2	Aravane Rezai	Marina Erakovic Tamira Paszek	Vera Zvonareva Katarina Srebotnik Sara Errani Maria Kirilenko
			Koryttseva / Osterloh 6–3, 6–4	Muller / Zahlavova-Strycova
7 January	2008 Medibank International Sydney, Australia Hard	Tier II	Justine Henin 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ana Ivanovic Nicole Vaidisova	Kaia Kanepi Katarina Srebotnik Jelena Jankovic Francesca Schiavone
			Yan / Zheng 6–4, 7–6(5)	Perebiynis / Poutchek
7 January	2008 Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Hard	Tier IV	Eleni Daniilidou Walkover	Vera Zvonareva	Flavia Pennetta Ashley Harkleroad	Casey Dellacqua Sania Mirza Edina Gallovits Elena Vesnina
			Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual 6–2, 6–4	Daniilidou / Woehr
14 January (2 weeks)	2008 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Hard	Grand Slam	Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–3	Ana Ivanovic	Jelena Jankovic Daniela Hantuchova	Justine Henin Serena Williams Venus Williams Agnieszka Radwanska
			A. Bondarenko / K. Bondarenko 2–6, 6–1, 6–4	Azarenka / Peer
			Mixed Doubles: Zimonjic / Sun 7–6(4), 6–4	Bhupathi / Mirza

February

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
4 February	2008 Open Gaz de France Paris, France Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 2–6, 6–2	Agnes Szavay	Marion Bartoli Elena Dementieva	Amelie Mauresmo Virginie Razzano Kateryna Bondarenko Daniela Hantuchova
			A. Bondarenko / K. Bondarenko 6–1, 6–4	Uhlirova / Hrdinova
4 February	2008 Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya, Thailand Hard	Tier IV	Agnieszka Radwanska 6–2, 1–6, 7-6(4)	Jill Craybas	Ekaterina Bychkova Akgul Amanmuradova	Tamarine Tanasugarn Vesna Manasieva Chan Yung-jan Andreja Klepac
			Chan / Chuang 6–4, 6–3	Hsieh / King
11 February	2008 Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Hard (indoor)	Tier II	Justine Henin 6–3, 6–3	Karin Knapp	Timea Bacsinszky Li Na	Alisa Kleybanova Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder Sofia Arvidsson
			Black / Huber 6–1, 6–3	Peschke / Sugiyama
11 February	2008 Cachantún Cup Viña del Mar, Chile Red clay	Tier III	Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 5–4 ret.	Klara Zakopalova	Pauline Parmentier Mariya Koryttseva	Kaia Kanepi Martina Muller Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Dominguez Lino
			Dekmeijere / Rosolska 7–5, 6–3	Koryttseva / Schruff
18 February	2008 Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Hard	Tier I	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Vera Zvonareva	Agnieszka Radwanska Li Na	Dominika Cibulkova Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković Sybille Bammer
			Peschke / Stubbs 6–1, 5–7, 10–7	Black / Huber
18 February	2008 Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia Red clay	Tier III	Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–0, 6–4	Maria Emilia Salerni	Betina Jozami Carla Suarez Navarro	Martina Muller Sara Errani Catalina Castano Mariana Duque Marino
			Benesova / Mattek 6–3, 6–3	Kostanic Tosic / Muller
25 February	2008 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE Hard	Tier II	Elena Dementieva 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Francesca Schiavone Jelena Jankovic	Justine Henin Ana Ivanovic Anna Chakvetadze Amelie Mauresmo
			Black / Huber 7–5, 6–2	Yan / Zheng
25 February	2008 Cellular South Cup Memphis, USA Hard (indoor)	Tier III	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–1	Olga Govortsova	Marina Erakovic Shahar Peer	Alla Kudryavtseva Caroline Wozniacki Sofia Arvidsson Julia Goerges
			Davenport / Raymond 6–3, 6–1	Haynes / Washington
25 February	2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Red clay	Tier III	Flavia Pennetta 6–0, 4–6, 6–1	Alize Cornet	Kaia Kanepi Jill Craybas	Edina Gallovits Sorana Cirstea Iveta Benesova Mariya Koryttseva
			Llagostera Vives / Martinez Sanchez 6–2, 6–4	Benesova / Cetkovska

March

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
3 March	2008 Bangalore Open Bangalore, India Hard	Tier II	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3	Patty Schnyder	Yan Zi Venus Williams	Jelena Jankovic Akgul Amanmuradova Anastasia Rodionova Vera Zvonareva
			Peng / Sun 6–4, 5–7, 10–8	Chan / Chuang
10 March (2 weeks)	2008 Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, USA Hard	Tier I	Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Jankovic Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva Lindsay Davenport Daniela Hantuchova Agnieszka Radwanska
			Safina / Vesnina 6–1, 1–6, 10–8	Yan / Zheng
24 March (2 weeks)	2008 Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA Hard	Tier I	Serena Williams 6–1, 5–7, 6–3	Jelena Jankovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Justine Henin Venus Williams Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina
			Srebotnik / Sugiyama 7–5, 4–6, 10–3	Black / Huber

April

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
7 April	2008 Bausch & Lomb Champs. Amelia Island, USA Green clay	Tier II	Maria Sharapova 7–6(7), 6–3	Dominika Cibulkova	Lindsay Davenport Alize Cornet	Alona Bondarenko Agnes Szavay Virginie Razzano Amelie Mauresmo
			Mattek / Uhlirova 6–3, 6–1	Azarenka / Vesnina
14 April	2008 Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA Green clay	Tier I	Serena Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Elena Dementieva Alize Cornet