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2008 WTA Tier I Series
Details
Duration	February 18 – October 12
Edition	19th
Tournaments	9
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Dinara Safina (3)
Most finals	Jelena Jankovic; Dinara Safina ; Vera Zvonareva (3)
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The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money^[2]
Qatar Total Open	Qatar	Doha	Hard	Feb 18 – 24	$2,500,000
Pacific Life Open	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 10 – 23	$2,100,000
Sony Ericsson Open	United States	Key Biscayne	Hard	Mar 24 – Apr 6	$3,770,000
Family Circle Cup	United States	Charleston	Clay (green)	Apr 14 – 20	$1,340,000
Qatar Telecom German Open^[3]	Germany	Berlin	Clay (red)	May 5 – 11	$1,340,000
Internazionali BNL d'Italia^[4]^[5]	Italy	Rome	Clay (red)	May 12 – 18	$1,340,000
Rogers Cup	Canada	Montreal	Hard	Jul 28 – Aug 3	$1,340,000
Toray Pan Pacific Open^[6]	Japan	Tokyo	Hard	Sep 15 – 21	$1,340,000
Kremlin Cup	Russia	Moscow	Hard (i)	Oct 6 – 12	$1,340,000

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Doha Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva	6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3	Dinara Safina Elena Vesnina	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
Miami Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams	Jelena Janković	6–1, 5–7, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Charleston Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	Edina Gallovits Olga Govortsova	6–2, 6–2
Berlin Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva	3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Rome Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković	Alizé Cornet	6–2, 6–2	Chan Latisha Chuang Chia-jung	Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulková	6–2, 6–1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	6–1, 6–1
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3	Vania King*	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3	Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
Moscow Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–4	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 6–4

Tournament details

Doha

Tournament name	Qatar Total Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Doha, Qatar
Prize money	$2,500,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic
16	A Radwańska	w/o			16	A Radwańska	6	6¹	6
	D Cibulková	6	6			D Cibulková	4	7⁷	4
6	V Williams	3	3							16	A Radwańska	4	3
4	M Sharapova	6	6							4	M Sharapova	6	6
Q	T Tanasugarn	2	2		4	M Sharapova	6	6
	A Medina Garrigues	6	6³	3		C Wozniacki	0	1
	C Wozniacki	3	7⁷	6											4	M Sharapova	6	2	6
	N Li	6	6													V Zvonareva	1	6	0
12	S Pe'er	1	3			N Li	6	6
	A Sugiyama	1	2		3	J Janković	3	4
3	J Janković	6	6								N Li	6	3	3
	V Zvonareva	7	6								V Zvonareva	3	6	6
11	D Safina	5	3			V Zvonareva	2	6	6
15	S Bammer	6	7¹⁰		15	S Bammer	6	2	0
2	S Kuznetsova	3	6⁸

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	6¹	10

7	Medina / Ruano	2	7⁷	2
					1	Black / Huber	7	6

					WC	Šafářová / Zvonareva	5	2
4	Chan / Chuang	6	4	6

WC	Šafářová / Zvonareva	4	6	10
									1	Black / Huber	1	7	7

									3	Peschke / Stubbs	6	5	10
	Husárová / Radwańska	6⁶	1

3	Peschke / Stubbs	7⁸	6
					3	Peschke / Stubbs	6	6

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	2	0
	Morita / Niculescu	3	2

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6

Indian Wells

Tournament name	Pacific Life Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Prize money	$2,100,000

Singles

Fourth Round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic	2	7	6
13	F Schiavone	6	5	2	1	A Ivanovic	6	6
12	V Zvonareva	6⁵	6	6	12	V Zvonareva	1	4
	C Dellacqua	7⁷	0	4					1	A Ivanovic	7⁷	6
3	J Janković	6	6						3	J Janković	6³	3
20	A Medina Garrigues	3	3		3	J Janković	6	0
24	L Davenport	6	7		24	L Davenport	2	0^r
6	M Bartoli	2	5											1	A Ivanovic	6	6
5	D Hantuchová	6	7⁷											2	S Kuznetsova	4	3
21	S Mirza	1	6⁴		5	D Hantuchová	6²	1
15	A Bondarenko	2	7	4	4	M Sharapova	7⁷	6
4	M Sharapova	6	5	6					4	M Sharapova	3	7	2
	A Harkleroad	6	2	4					2	S Kuznetsova	6	5	6
10	A Radwańska	4	6	6	10	A Radwańska	2	4
	C Wozniacki	2	3		2	S Kuznetsova	6	6
2	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

	Koryttseva / Uhlířová	6⁷	3

8	Hantuchová / Sugiyama	7⁹	6
					8	Hantuchová / Sugiyama	3	4

						Safina / Vesnina	6	6
4	Bondarenko / Bondarenko	6	5	7

	Safina / Vesnina	3	7	10
											Safina / Vesnina	6	1	10

										3	Yan / Zheng	1	6	8
	Benešová / Radwańska	0	4

3	Yan / Zheng	6	6
					3	Yan / Zheng	6⁴	7	10

					7	Mattek / Mirza	7⁷	5	5
7	Mattek / Mirza	7	4	11

2	Chan / Chuang	5	6	9

Miami

Tournament name	Sony Ericsson Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Miami, Florida, United States
Prize money	$4,500,000

Singles

Fourth Round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

1	J Henin	6	6
	E Vesnina	2	2		1	J Henin	2	0
	K Kanepi	3	3		8	S Williams	6	6
8	S Williams	6	6						8	S Williams	3	7	6
3	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6						3	S Kuznetsova	6	5	3
16	S Pe'er	6⁴	3		3	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	C Wozniacki	3	3		6	V Williams	4	4
6	V Williams	6	6											8	S Williams	6	5	6
WC	S Lisicki	3	2											4	J Janković	1	7	3
10	E Dementieva	6	6		10	E Dementieva	1	1^r
	J Zheng	4	5		4	J Janković	6	3
4	J Janković	6	7						4	J Janković	6	6
	A Sugiyama	2	7⁷	0					19	V Zvonareva	1	4
19	V Zvonareva	6	6⁵	6	19	V Zvonareva	7	6
13	D Safina	6	6		13	D Safina	5	4
32	L Davenport	3	4

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	4	10

	Peng / Sun	3	6	6
					1	Black / Huber	6	6

					3	Peschke / Stubbs	3	3
3	Peschke / Stubbs	3	6	10

8	Likhovtseva / Raymond	6	3	6
									1	Black / Huber	5	6	3

									2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	7	4	10
7	Azarenka / Pe'er	7	4	10

WC	Kuznetsova / Mauresmo	5	6	6
					7	Azarenka / Pe'er	0	3

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
WC	Davenport / Hantuchová	4	6	4

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	3	10

Charleston

Tournament name	Family Circle Cup
Surface	Green Clay/Outdoors
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	J Janković	6	6
	A Rodionova	0	2		1	J Janković	2	6	2
9	V Zvonareva	6	4	6	9	V Zvonareva	6	3	6
6	M Bartoli	4	6	1						9	V Zvonareva	6	6²	6
4	E Dementieva	6	7							4	E Dementieva	3	7⁷	3
13	V Azarenka	4	5		4	E Dementieva	6	6
11	A Radwańska	3	2		7	P Schnyder	4	4
7	P Schnyder	6	6												9	V Zvonareva	4	6	3
8	D Safina	2	5												5	S Williams	6	3	6
10	Á Szávay	6	7		10	Á Szávay	5	4
	A Cornet	6	7			A Cornet	7	6
	S Cîrstea	1	5								A Cornet	5	3
5	S Williams	4	6	6						5	S Williams	7	6
12	K Srebotnik	6	4	3	5	S Williams	7	4	6
	T Perebiynis	5	2		2	M Sharapova	5	6	1
2	M Sharapova	7	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber

5	Safina / Szávay	w	/	o
					1	Black / Huber	4	6	[7]

						Gallovits / Govortsova	6	4	[10]
3	Peschke / Stubbs	2	2

	Gallovits / Govortsova	6	6
											Gallovits / Govortsova	2	2

										2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
8	Azarenka / Vesnina	6	1	10

4	Chan / Chuang	2	6	2
					8	Azarenka / Vesnina	1	1

					2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6	6
6	Likhovtseva / Raymond	7⁷	4	7

2	Srebotnik / Sugiyama	6⁵	6	10

Berlin

Tournament name	Qatar Telecom German Open
Surface	Clay/Outdoors
Location	Berlin, Germany
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	J Henin	7	3	1
13	D Safina	5	6	6	13	D Safina	2	6	7⁷
11	A Radwańska	3	1		5	S Williams	6	1	6⁵
5	S Williams	6	6							13	D Safina	6	6
3	S Kuznetsova	6	2	2							V Azarenka	4	1
15	A Bondarenko	1	6	6	15	A Bondarenko	6²	2
	G Dulko	3	1			V Azarenka	7⁷	6
	V Azarenka	6	6											13	D Safina	3	6	6
7	E Dementieva	7	6											7	E Dementieva	6	2	2
	V Dushevina	5	3		7	E Dementieva	6	2	6
	M Kirilenko	2	4		4	J Janković	3	6	3
4	J Janković	6	6							7	E Dementieva	6	7
8	M Bartoli	5	5							2	A Ivanovic	2	5
10	Á Szávay	7	7		10	Á Szávay	6	4	3
	S Bammer	5	6	4	2	A Ivanovic	3	6	6
2	A Ivanovic	7	4	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	7⁷	6

	Peng / Sun	6⁴	4
					1	Black / Huber	3

					4	Azarenka / Pe'er	0^r
4	Azarenka / Pe'er	6	7

5	Bondarenko / Bondarenko	1	5
										1	Black / Huber	3	6	10

											Vives / Sánchez	6	2	2
	Vives / Sánchez	7	6

	Poutchek / Rodionova	5	1
						Vives / Sánchez	6	3	16

					2	Peschke / Stubbs	2	6	14
6	Safina / Vesnina	6	3	8

2	Peschke / Stubbs	4	6	10

Rome

Tournament name	Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Surface	Clay/Outdoors
Location	Rome, Italy
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

Q	T Pironkova	6	1
WC	V Azarenka	2	0^r		Q	T Pironkova	2	6	1
12	A Radwańska	4	6	1	6	A Chakvetadze	6	3	6
6	A Chakvetadze	6	1	6						6	A Chakvetadze	6	4	3
3	S Kuznetsova	2	4							Q	A Cornet	3	6	6
Q	A Cornet	6	6		Q	A Cornet
WC	S Errani	4	3		5	S Williams	w	/	o
5	S Williams	6	6												Q	A Cornet	2	2
7	V Williams	7	6												4	J Janković	6	6
10	V Zvonareva	5	2		7	V Williams	7	2	3
	M Kirilenko	1	1		4	J Janković	5	6	6
4	J Janković	6	6							4	J Janković
8	M Bartoli	6	4	6⁷						2	M Sharapova	w	/	o
9	P Schnyder	4	6	7⁹	9	P Schnyder	7⁷	5	2
	C Wozniacki	4	6³		2	M Sharapova	6³	7	6
2	M Sharapova	6	7⁷

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	6	5	6

	Peng / Sun	4	7	10
						Peng / Sun	4	2

					5	Chan / Chuang	6	6
3	Peschke / Stubbs	5	2

5	Chan / Chuang	7	6
										5	Chan / Chuang	7⁷	6

											Benešová / Husárová	6⁵	3
	Benešová / Husárová	6⁴	6	10

	Kirilenko / Radwańska	7⁷	3	4
						Benešová / Husárová	5	6	10

						Jans / Jugić-Salkić	7	3	2
	Garrigues / Ruano Pascual	7⁷	3	9

	Jans / Jugić-Salkić	6²	6	11

Montreal

Tournament name	Rogers Cup
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Montreal, Canada
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Third Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	A Ivanovic	2	6	2
	T Paszek	6	1	6		T Paszek	4	5
11	V Azarenka	7⁷	2		11	V Azarenka	6	7
	V Razzano	6⁴	0^r							11	V Azarenka	0	6	3
4	S Kuznetsova	7	2	6						7	D Safina	6	2	6
Q	M Larcher de Brito	5	6	4	4	S Kuznetsova	6	3	2
9	P Schnyder	2	2		7	D Safina	2	6	6
7	D Safina	6	6												7	D Safina	6	6
6	A Chakvetadze	6	5	6⁴												D Cibulková	2	1
10	M Bartoli	4	7	7⁷	10	M Bartoli	6	6
	A Sugiyama	w	/	o		A Sugiyama	2	3
3	M Sharapova									10	M Bartoli	6	4	3
	D Cibulková	7⁷	6								D Cibulková	4	6	6
12	N Petrova	6²	2			D Cibulková	7	6
WC	S Dubois	3	2		2	J Janković	5	2
2	J Janković	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Black / Huber	6	6

	Dubois / Lisicki	4	1
					1	Black / Huber	w	/	o

					7	Vesnina / Zvonareva
	Pelletier / Tanasugarn	3	4

7	Vesnina / Zvonareva	6	6
										1	Black / Huber	6	6

											Kirilenko / Pennetta	1	1
5	Poutchek / Rodionova	7	0	7

	Kirilenko / Pennetta	6⁴	6	10
						Kirilenko / Pennetta	6	6

					2	Peschke / Stubbs	4	0
	Morita / Sugiyama	5	6⁶

2	Peschke / Stubbs	7	7

Tokyo

Tournament name	Toray Pan Pacific Open
Surface	Hard/Outdoors
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Second Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	J Janković	6	6
	F Pennetta	2	1		1	J Janković	6	5	5
WC	A Morita	1	1		5	S Kuznetsova	2	7	7
5	S Kuznetsova	6	6							5	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6
3	E Dementieva	6	6							Q	K Srebotnik	6⁵	2
	A Cornet	0	3		3	E Dementieva	3	4
Q	K Srebotnik	6	6		Q	K Srebotnik	6	6
	F Schiavone	4	3											5	S Kuznetsova	1	3
Q	K Kanepi	6	6											4	D Safina	6	6
	V Razzano	4	2		Q	K Kanepi	4	7⁷	2
	D Cibulková	3	4		4	D Safina	6	6⁵	6
4	D Safina	6	6							4	D Safina	6	6
6	A Radwańska	6	6								N Petrova	1	0
	M Bartoli	2	3		6	A Radwańska	3	0
	N Petrova	6	1	6		N Petrova	6	6
2	A Ivanovic	1	6	2

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

	King / Petrova	6	6

	Shvedova / Tanasugarn	0	3
						King / Petrova	6	6

					4	Chuang / Hsieh	3	4
4	Chuang / Hsieh	w	/	o

	Kirilenko / Pennetta
										King / Petrova	6	6

									2	Raymond / Stosur	1	4
WC	Chakvetadze / Radwańska	2	4

3	Dellacqua / Schiavone	6	6
					3	Dellacqua / Schiavone	5	1

					2	Raymond / Stosur	7	6
	Hantuchová / Szávay	7	3	2

2	Raymond / Stosur	5	6	10

Moscow

Tournament name	Kremlin Cup
Surface	Carpet/Indoors
Location	Moscow, Russia
Prize money	$1,340,000

Singles

Second Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	J Janković	6⁶	6	6
WC	V Dushevina	7⁸	3	2	1	J Janković	7⁸	6
WC	E Makarova	6	4	4		F Pennetta	6⁶	3
	F Pennetta	3	6	6						1	J Janković	0	6	6
3	E Dementieva	6	4	7⁷						3	E Dementieva	6	1	0
Q	K Srebotnik	3	6	6²	3	E Dementieva	6	4	7⁸
	N Petrova	6	3			N Petrova	4	6	6⁶
	C Wozniacki	4	2^r												1	J Janković	6	6
7	V Zvonareva	6	6												7	V Zvonareva	2	4
	D Hantuchová	1	0		7	V Zvonareva	7	6
	D Cibulková	3	6	7⁷		D Cibulková	5	4
4	A Ivanovic	6	2	6⁴						7	V Zvonareva	6	7⁷
5	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6							2	D Safina	2	6⁵
Q	S Errani	6⁰	1		5	S Kuznetsova	4	5
	A Mauresmo	7⁷	4	4	2	D Safina	6	7
2	D Safina	6²	6	6

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Black / Huber	6	4	10

WC	Ivanovic / Schiavone	2	6	7
					1	Black / Huber	6	6

						Kirilenko / Pennetta	1	0
	Kirilenko / Pennetta	6¹	6	10

	Makarova / Voskoboeva	7⁷	1	5
									1	Black / Huber	4	4

									4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	6
	Dushevina / Kudryavtseva	0	5

4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	7
					4	Petrova / Srebotnik	6	6

						Niculescu / Shvedova	3	2
	Niculescu / Shvedova	4	6	10

2	Peschke / Stubbs	6	0	7

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