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 Recent News
  • Davydenko and Kuznetsova win, Venus sent packing Oct 7 (Reuters)
  • Amelie Mauresmo advances at Kremlin Cup with three-set win over Cornet Oct 6 (The Canadian Press)
  • Jankovic replaces Serena atop rankings Oct 6 (PA SportsTicker)
  • Safina and Venus to meet in Stuttgart quarters Oct 2 (Reuters)
  • Taking stock of the tennis world Oct 2 (PA SportsTicker)
  • Safina rebounds after she was on the verge of quitting Sep 29 (Reuters)
 2008 At A Glance - Singles
 Current WTA Rank: 3  
 WTA Tournaments Played: 17 WTA Record: 46-12
 Hardcourt: 23-7 Clay: 14-3
 Carpet: 4-0 Grass: 5-2
 Tournaments Won in 2008: East West Bank Classic, Rogers Cup, Toray Pan Pacific Open, Qatar Telecom German Open
 2008 Tournament Results - Singles
 Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score
 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts (3)
 Dec 31-Jan 6		 Hard First Round Jarmila Gajdosova W 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
  Second Round Flavia Pennetta W 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Shahar Peer (5) L 6-4, 1-6, 6-7 (8-10)
 Medibank International 
 Jan 7-Jan 13		 Hard First Round Daniela Hantuchova (6) L 7-5, 4-6, 4-6
 Australian Open (16)
 Jan 14-Jan 27		 Hard First Round Sabine Lisicki L 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 2-6
 Qatar Total Open (11)
 Feb 18-Feb 24		 Hard First Round Katarina Srebotnik W 6-2, 6-4
  Second Round Zi Yan W 6-2, 6-1
  Third Round Vera Zvonareva L 5-7, 3-6
 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships 
 Feb 25-Mar 2		 Hard Second Round Anna Chakvetadze (6) L 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 3-6
 Pacific Life Open (8)
 Mar 10-Mar 23		 Hard Second Round Jill Craybas W 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
 Sony Ericsson Open (13)
 Mar 24-Apr 6		 Hard Second Round Aleksandra Wozniak W 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Sybille Bammer (18) W 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
  Fourth Round Lindsay Davenport (32) W 6-3, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Vera Zvonareva (19) L 5-7, 4-6
 Bausch & Lomb Championships (6)
 Apr 7-Apr 13		 Clay Second Round Tatiana Perebiynis W 6-3, 6-3
  Third Round Alona Bondarenko (10) L 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 5-7
 Family Circle Cup (8)
 Apr 14-Apr 20		 Clay Second Round Lourdes Dominguez Lino W 6-1, 6-4
  Third Round Agnes Szavay (10) L 2-6, 5-7
 Qatar Telecom German Open (13)
 May 5-May 11		 Clay First Round Julia Goerges W 6-3, 6-4
  Second Round Kaia Kanepi W 6-4, 6-3
  Third Round Justine Henin (1) W 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Serena Williams (5) W 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
  Semifinals Victoria Azarenka W 6-4, 6-1
  Final Elena Dementieva (7) W 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
 French Open (13)
 May 25-Jun 8		 Clay First Round Kateryna Bondarenko W 6-1, 6-3
  Second Round Magdalena Rybarikova W 6-0, 6-1
  Third Round Jie Zheng W 6-2, 7-5
  Fourth Round Maria Sharapova (1) W 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
  Quarterfinals Elena Dementieva (7) W 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
  Semifinals Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) W 6-3, 6-2
  Final Ana Ivanovic (2) L 4-6, 3-6
 Ordina Open (3)
 Jun 16-Jun 22		 Grass First Round Pauline Parmentier W 6-4, 6-1
  Second Round Camille Pin W 6-1, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Katarina Srebotnik (7) W walkover
  Semifinals Elena Dementieva (1) W 6-3, 6-2
  Final Tamarine Tanasugarn L 5-7, 3-6
 Wimbledon (9)
 Jun 23-Jul 6		 Grass First Round Yung-Jan Chan W 7-6 (10-8), 6-2
  Second Round Su-Wei Hsieh W 6-3, 6-2
  Third Round Shahar Peer (24) L 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-8
 East West Bank Classic (4)
 Jul 21-Jul 27		 Hard Second Round Shuai Peng W 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Alla Kudryavtseva W 7-6 (7-1), 0-6, 7-6 (7-3)
  Quarterfinals Victoria Azarenka (8) W 6-3, 6-1
  Semifinals Jelena Jankovic (1) W 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
  Final Flavia Pennetta (10) W 6-4, 6-2
 Rogers Cup (7)
 Jul 28-Aug 3		 Hard Second Round Anastasia Rodionova W 6-2, 6-4
  Third Round Patty Schnyder (9) W 6-2, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) W 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
  Semifinals Victoria Azarenka (11) W 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
  Final Dominika Cibulkova W 6-2, 6-1
 US Open (6)
 Aug 25-Sep 7		 Hard First Round Kristie Ahn W 6-3, 6-4
  Second Round Roberta Vinci W 6-4, 6-3
  Third Round Timea Bacsinszky W 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
  Fourth Round Anna-Lena Groenefeld W 7-5, 6-0
  Quarterfinals Flavia Pennetta (16) W 6-2, 6-3
  Semifinals Serena Williams (4) L 3-6, 2-6
 Toray Pan Pacific Open (4)
 Sep 15-Sep 21		 Carpet Second Round Dominika Cibulkova W 6-3, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Kaia Kanepi W 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2
  Semifinals Nadia Petrova W 6-1, 6-0
  Final Svetlana Kuznetsova (5) W 6-1, 6-3