The 2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the

Toray Pan Pacific Open The Pan Pacific Open ( ja, 東レパン・パシフィック・オープン・テニストーナメント), currently sponsored by Toray Industries, is a women's outdoor hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Tokyo, Japan. It is a WTA 500-l ...

, and was part of the

Tier I Series The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. From 1988 to 1990, the different levels of WTA tournaments were referred to by the term 'Category', and there ...

of the

2008 WTA Tour The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2008 tennis season. The 2008 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the Internationa ...

. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 15 through September 21, 2008. Dinara Safina won the singles title.

Champions

Singles

Dinara Safina defeated

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, 6–1, 6–3 *It was Dinara Safina's 4th title of the year, and her 9th overall. It was her 3rd Tier I title of the year, and overall.

Doubles

Vania King / Nadia Petrova defeated Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur, 6–1, 6–4

References

External links

Official websiteSingles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles draws

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