2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open

2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open
Date March 3 – March 9
Edition 6th
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Champions
Singles
United States Serena Williams
Doubles
China Peng Shuai / China Sun Tiantian

The 2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open was the biggest Women's WTA Tennis Tournament of South and South-East Asia in 2008. It took place from March 3 to March 9 in the KST Signature Kingfisher Tennis stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore on outdoor hardcourts. 2008 was the sixth edition of the event, and the third held in Bangalore. The tournament had been upgraded to Tier 2 from a Tier 3 event and would offer a total prize money pot of US$600,000 up from $175,000 last year.

The field was led by Jelena Janković[1] and formers world #1, Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Patty Schnyder, Ágnes Szávay, Sybille Bammer and Vera Zvonareva[2] were also present.

Sania Mirza, the top Indian woman tennis player decided to skip her home event, citing the number of controversies that ensue every time she plays at home. According to Mirza: "Every time I play in India, there has been a problem. So [me and my manager] just thought it was better not to play this time."[3]

WTA Entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank 1 Seed
 SRB Jelena Janković 4 1
 USA Venus Williams 8 2
 USA Serena Williams 10 3
  SUI Patty Schnyder 12 4
 HUN Ágnes Szávay 17 5
 AUT Sybille Bammer 20 6
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 21 7
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 27 8

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

United States Serena Williams def. Switzerland Patty Schnyder, 7-5, 6-3

Doubles

China Peng Shuai / China Sun Tiantian def. Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan / Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8

References


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