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 Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

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. The field was led by Jelena Janković and formers world #1, Venus Williams and

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. Patty Schnyder,

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, Sybille Bammer and Vera Zvonareva were also present.

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, 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 e and my managerjust thought it was better not to play this time."

WTA entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 25 February 2008

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw: *

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* Shikha Uberoi The following player used

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to gain entry into the singles main draw: *

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The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: *

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* Ágnes Szatmári

Champions

Singles

def. Patty Schnyder, 7–5, 6–3 * It was Williams' first title of the year and 29th of her career.

Doubles

Peng Shuai /

def. Chan Yung-jan /

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, 6–4, 5–7, 10–8

References

External links

Official website

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