2008 Kremlin Cup

The 2008 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 6 October through 12 October 2008.

2008 Kremlin Cup
Date6–12 October
Edition19th (men) / 13th (women)
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationMoscow, Russia
VenueOlympic Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Women's singles
Serbia Jelena Janković
Men's doubles
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky / Italy Potito Starace
Women's doubles
Russia Nadia Petrova / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 6, Miami Masters, Portschach, Warsaw champion, and Moscow three-time winner, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, Gstaad and Umag runner-up Igor Andreev, and Australian Open quarterfinalist, Chennai champion Mikhail Youzhny. Also lined up were Metz finalist, 2002 Moscow champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, Sydney and Metz titlist Dmitry Tursunov, Michaël Llodra, Marat Safin and Janko Tipsarević.

The women's draw –the strongest in nineteen years–[1] was led by World No. 1, US Open runner-up, Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart titlist Jelena Janković, French Open finalist, Berlin, Los Angeles, Montreal, Tokyo titlist Dinara Safina, and Olympic gold, Dubai winner, defending champion Elena Dementieva. Other seeds included French Open champion and Australian Open finalist Ana Ivanovic, Indian Wells, Tokyo, and Beijing runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Anna Chakvetadze. First-seeded Jelena Janković won the singles title.[2]

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

Russia Igor Kunitsyn defeated Russia Marat Safin, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 6–3

  • It was Igor Kunitsyn's 1st career title, and proved to be Marat Safin's last final before his retirement in 2009.

Women's singles
Main article: 2008 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Serbia Jelena Janković defeated Russia Vera Zvonareva, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Jelena Janković's 4th title of the year, and her 9th overall. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year, and her 4th overall.

Men's doubles
Main article: 2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky / Italy Potito Starace defeated Australia Stephen Huss / United Kingdom Ross Hutchins, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]

  • It was Stakhovsky's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Starace's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

Women's doubles
Main article: 2008 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles

Russia Nadia Petrova / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik defeated Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was Petrova's 3rd title of the year and the 15th of his career. It was Srebotnik's 3rd title of the year and the 19th of his career.

References
  1. "Mauresmo overcomes Cornet scare". BBC Sport. 6 October 2008.
  2. "Jankovic secures title hat-trick". BBC Sport. 12 October 2008.
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