2008 Family Circle Cup | ||||
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Date | April 14β20 | |||
Edition | 36th | |||
Category | WTA Tier I | |||
Draw | 56S / 28D | |||
Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
Location | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | |||
Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center | |||
Attendance | 90,437 | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
Serena Williams | ||||
Doubles | ||||
Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama | ||||
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The 2008 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis Tier I event on theββ2008 WTA Tour, which took place from April 14ββto April 20, "2008." The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States and was the "second event of the clay court season," played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,340,000.
Defending champion Jelena JankoviΔ led the field as the number one seed. Maria Sharapova, Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva and eventual champion Serena Williams joined her as the other four of five top ten players in the field. Other notable names that participated were 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli and Charleston standout Patty Schnyder, a two-time runner-up at this event.
Finalsβ»
Singlesβ»
Serena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva, 6β4, 3β6, 6β3
- It was Williams' 3rd title of the year. And 31st of her career.
Doublesβ»
Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama defeated Edina Gallovits / Olga Govortsova, 6β2, 6β2
External linksβ»
- Official website
- ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine