2008 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2008 Australian Open
Champion	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
Runner-up	Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er
Final score	2–6, 6–1, 6–4

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.

Seeds

1. Cara Black / Liezel Huber (Quarterfinals)
2. Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama (Second round)
3. Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (Third round)
4. Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs (Quarterfinals)
5. Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina (First round)
6. Sania Mirza / Alicia Molik (Third round)
7. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Semifinals)
8. Peng Shuai / Sun Tiantian (Second round)
9. Lisa Raymond / Francesca Schiavone (First round)
10. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (Semifinals)
11. Maria Kirilenko / Ágnes Szávay (First round)
12. Victoria Azarenka / Shahar Pe'er (Final)
13. Janette Husárová / Flavia Pennetta (Quarterfinals)
14. Vania King / Nicole Pratt (First round)
15. Maria Elena Camerin / Gisela Dulko (First round)
16. 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	7^7
								7	Yan Zi   Zheng Jie	6	5	6^3
	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	7^7	6				G Navrátilová K Zakopalová	2	1
	WC	C Dellacqua J Moore	6	6^5	3											L Davenport D Hantuchová
		S Cohen-Aloro V Razzano	6^3	3												A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	w/o
		A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	7^7	6					A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	4	6	7^8
		A Chakvetadze N Li	2	7^9	2			8	S Peng T Sun	6	4	6^6
	8	S Peng T Sun	6	6^7	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	4	K Peschke R Stubbs	7^7	7^7
	Alt	O Savchuk Y Shvedova	6^4	6^4				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	6^5	6
		O Govortsova D Kustova	6	7												J Janković B Mattek	2	7^7	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	7^7
		L Granville V Uhlířová	3	6	7^7										3	Y-j Chan C-j Chuang	2	6^3
		A Harkleroad T Obziler	6	2	6^4				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	7^7
		T Garbin R Vinci	6	7^9					T Garbin R Vinci	4	6^4
		A Jidkova A Morigami	4	6^7												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	7^7
		J Gajdošová B Stewart	4	3				2	K Srebotnik A Sugiyama	2	6^2
	2	K Srebotnik A Sugiyama	6	6

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