2008 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

2008 Australian Open
Champions		Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
Runners-up		Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er
Final score		2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men				mixed
WC Singles		men		women		quad
WC Doubles		men		women		quad

Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko.

Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko won in the final 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, against Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er.

Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2.1 Key 2.2 Finals 2.3 Top Half 2.3.1 Section 1 2.3.2 Section 2 2.4 Bottom Half 2.4.1 Section 3 2.4.2 Section 4 3 External links

Seeds

Cara Black / Liezel Huber (Quarterfinals) Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama (Second Round) Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (Third Round) Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs (Quarterfinals) Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina (First Round) Sania Mirza / Alicia Molik (Third Round) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Semifinals) Peng Shuai / Sun Tiantian (Second Round)

Lisa Raymond / Francesca Schiavone (First Round) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (Semifinals) Maria Kirilenko / Ágnes Szávay (First Round) Victoria Azarenka / Shahar Pe'er (Final) Janette Husárová / Flavia Pennetta (Quarterfinals) Vania King / Nicole Pratt (First Round) Maria Elena Camerin / Gisela Dulko (First Round) Iveta Benešová / Galina Voskoboeva (Third Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Cara Black   Liezel Huber	3	2
		Alona Bondarenko   Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6
									Alona Bondarenko   Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6
								10	Anabel Medina Garrigues   Virginia Ruano Pascual	2	4
	4	Květa Peschke   Rennae Stubbs	4	1
	10	Anabel Medina Garrigues   Virginia Ruano Pascual	6	6
																Alona Bondarenko   Kateryna Bondarenko	2	6	6
															12	Victoria Azarenka   Shahar Pe'er	6	1	4
	12	Victoria Azarenka   Shahar Pe'er	6	6
	13	Janette Husárová   Flavia Pennetta	1	1
								12	Victoria Azarenka   Shahar Pe'er	0	7	77
								7	Yan Zi   Zheng Jie	6	5	63
	7	Yan Zi   Zheng Jie	3	6	6
		Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	4	2

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
1	C Black   L Huber	6	6
	A Kremer   P Parmentier	1	1				1	C Black   L Huber	6	6
	T Poutchek   A Rodionova	6	6					T Poutchek   A Rodionova	2	4
WC	T Calderwood   A Hubacek	1	2											1	C Black   L Huber	6	6
	S Kuznetsova   A Mauresmo	6	6												M Koryttseva   T Perebiynis	2	2
WC	D Dominikovic   E Hewson	2	0					S Kuznetsova   A Mauresmo
	M Koryttseva   T Perebiynis	6	7					M Koryttseva   T Perebiynis	w/o
15	M Camerin   G Dulko	4	5																		1	C Black   L Huber	3	2
11	M Kirilenko   Á Szávay	2	5																			A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	6	6
	L Davenport   D Hantuchová	6	7					L Davenport   D Hantuchová	6	6
	G Navrátilová   K Zakopalová	4	77	6				G Navrátilová   K Zakopalová	2	1
WC	C Dellacqua   J Moore	6	65	3											L Davenport   D Hantuchová
	S Cohen-Aloro   V Razzano	63	3												A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	w/o
	A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	77	6					A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	4	6	78
	A Chakvetadze   N Li	2	79	2			8	S Peng   T Sun	6	4	66
8	S Peng   T Sun	6	67	6

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
4	K Peschke   R Stubbs	77	77
Alt	O Savchuk   Y Shvedova	64	64				4	K Peschke   R Stubbs	6	6
	J Kostanić Tošić   M Müller	6	6					J Kostanić Tošić   M Müller	1	1
WC	M Mirkovic   K Wlodarczak	1	2											4	K Peschke   R Stubbs	4	6	6
	S Foretz   S Sfar	4	6	6										16	I Benešová   G Voskoboeva	6	2	4
	L Hradecká   R Voráčová	6	3	4				S Foretz   S Sfar	2	3
	A Cornet   C Pin	3	5				16	I Benešová   G Voskoboeva	6	6
16	I Benešová   G Voskoboeva	6	7																		4	K Peschke   R Stubbs	4	1
10	A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	6																		10	A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	6
	A Kerber   Y Meusburger	2	0				10	A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	6
	L Domínguez Lino   A Parra Santonja	3	5					M Sharapova   T Tanasugarn	3	1
	M Sharapova   T Tanasugarn	6	7											10	A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	65	6
	O Govortsova   D Kustova	6	7												J Janković   B Mattek	2	77	2
	E Gallovits   IR Olaru	3	5					O Govortsova   D Kustova	4	3
	J Janković   B Mattek	6	6	6				J Janković   B Mattek	6	6
5	N Dechy   D Safina	3	7	4

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
6	S Mirza   A Molik	6	4	6
	E Daniilidou   J Wöhr	3	6	4			6	S Mirza   A Molik	6	5	6
WC	S Ferguson   T Musgrave	3	4					N Petrova   E Vesnina	3	7	4
	N Petrova   E Vesnina	6	6											6	S Mirza   A Molik	5	3
WC	A Bai   N Kriz	4	1											12	V Azarenka   S Pe'er	7	6
	E Gagliardi   P Schnyder	6	6					E Gagliardi   P Schnyder	3	3
	S Bammer   T Paszek	1	3				12	V Azarenka   S Pe'er	6	6
12	V Azarenka   S Pe'er	6	6																		12	V Azarenka   S Pe'er	6	6
13	J Husárová   F Pennetta	6	6																		13	J Husárová   F Pennetta	1	1
	J Craybas   L Osterloh	4	2				13	J Husárová   F Pennetta	6	6
	S Brémond   J Vakulenko	6	2	3				C Ji   S Sun	0	3
	C Ji   S Sun	4	6	6										13	J Husárová   F Pennetta	6	77
	L Granville   V Uhlířová	3	6	77										3	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	2	63
	A Harkleroad   T Obziler	6	2	64				L Granville   V Uhlířová	1	4
Alt	A Rosolska   ME Salerni	3	1				3	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	6	6
3	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	6	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
7	Z Yan   J Zheng	6	6
	O Poutchkova   A Rezaï	2	1				7	Z Yan   J Zheng	6	6
	S Errani   K Knapp	6	2	0				K Jans   C Wozniacki	2	3
	K Jans   C Wozniacki	1	6	6										7	Z Yan   J Zheng	6	6
	M Krajicek   A Radwańska	6	4	4											N Vaidišová   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	4	1
	S-w Hsieh   A Kudryavtseva	4	6	6				S-w Hsieh   A Kudryavtseva	3	4
	N Vaidišová   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	2	6	6				N Vaidišová   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6
9	L Raymond   F Schiavone	6	4	2																	7	Z Yan   J Zheng	3	6	6
14	V King   N Pratt	5	3																			S Williams   V Williams	6	4	2
	M Ani   M Tu	7	6					M Ani   M Tu	6	77
	T Garbin   R Vinci	6	79					T Garbin   R Vinci	4	64
	A Jidkova   A Morigami	4	67												M Ani   M Tu	4	1
WC	M Adamczak   C Wheeler	5	1												S Williams   V Williams	6	6
	S Williams   V Williams	7	6					S Williams   V Williams	6	77
	J Gajdošová   B Stewart	4	3				2	K Srebotnik   A Sugiyama	2	62
2	K Srebotnik   A Sugiyama	6	6

External links

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