The 2008 Qatar Ladies Open, known as the 2008 Qatar Total Open, for sponsorship reasons, was a
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
hard court
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s. It was the 8th edition of the
Qatar Total Open, and was part of the
Tier I Series of the
2008 WTA Tour
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. It took place at the
Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
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in
Doha
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,
Qatar
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, from February 18 through February 24, 2008.
The field was led by
WTA No. 2 and
Australian Open finalist
Ana Ivanovic,
US Open and
Sydney runner-up and
defending finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and
Australian Open semifinalist Jelena Janković
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. Other top seeds were
Australian Open champion and
2005 Doha titlist
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...
,
Paris
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winner
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze ( ; born 5 March 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
In her career, Chakvetadze won eight WTA Tour singles titles, the biggest being the 2006 Kremlin Cup. She booked her highest singles ranking o ...
,
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ...
,
Daniela Hantuchová
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and
Marion Bartoli
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.
The granting of a visa to
Shahar Pe'er
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Pe'er won five singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. She reached ...
to play in the tournament was considered a diplomatic success.
Champions
Singles
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...
def.
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
*It was Maria Sharapova's 2nd title of the year, and her 18th overall. It was her 6th Tier I title, and her 2nd win at the event, after
2005.
Doubles
Květa Peschke
Květoslava Peschke (née Hrdličková; born 9 July 1975) is a Czech retired professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 in November 2005, winning one WTA singles title ...
/
Rennae Stubbs
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def.
Cara Black
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/
Liezel Huber
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, 6–1, 5–7, 10–7
References
External links
Official websiteSingles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws
Qatar Ladies Open
Qatar Ladies Open
2008 in Qatari sport
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