2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open

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 3 March to 9 March 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.

2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open
Date3 March – March 9
Edition6th
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
Champions
Singles
United States Serena Williams
Doubles
China Peng Shuai / China Sun Tiantian

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
  • 1 Rankings are as of 25 February 2008

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
Main article: 2008 Bangalore Open – Singles

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

  • It was Williams' first title of the year and 29th of her career.

Doubles
Main article: 2008 Bangalore Open – 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
  1. PTI (25 February 2008). "Jankovic confirms participation in Bangalore Open". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. "Zvonareva to play in Bangalore Open". Rediff. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. "Sania Mirza boycotts WTA Bangalore Open". ThePicky. Retrieved 31 October 2018.


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