2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
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2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Urszula Radwańska was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year. Laura Robson defeated Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. With this victory Robson became only the second British player in the open era to win a junior title at Wimbledon, following Annabel Croft's victory in 1984. Seeds Melanie Oudin ''(second round)'' Arantxa Rus ''(quarterfinals)'' Noppawan Lertcheewakarn ''(final)'' Elena Bogdan ''(first round)'' Polona Hercog ''(quarterfinals)'' Jessica Moore ''(third round)'' Ana Bogdan ''(first round)'' Kurumi Nara ''(first round)'' Bojana Jovanovski ''(quarterfinals)'' Johanna Konta ''(third round)'' Ksenia Lykina ''(first round)'' Nikola Hofmanova ''(third round)'' Jessy Rompies ''(first round)'' Elena Chernyakova ''(second round)'' Linda Berlinecke ''(second round)'' Katarzyna Piter Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 ...
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Laura Robson
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008. In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2012 Guangzhou Women's Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 the following year. In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with An ...
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Jessy Rompies
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Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a nine-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2016 and 2022 French Open women's doubles titles partnering Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open, 2019 and 2020 French Opens and 2020 Australian Open with Tímea Babos. In mixed doubles, Mladenovic won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Australian Open alongside Daniel Nestor, and the 2022 Australian Open with Ivan Dodig. She has also reached a further six Grand Slam finals across women's and mixed doubles. Mladenovic became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time in June 2019, and has held the top ranking for a total of 12 weeks. She has won 28 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2018 and 2019 WTA Finals and four at WTA 1000 level. Mladenovic has also enjoyed success in singles, ...
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Marta Sirotkina
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Isabella Holland
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