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2008 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Victoria Azarenka and Bob Bryan defeated Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Dominika Cibulková and Gaël Monfils. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Draw2008 French Open – Doubles draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 French Open - Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, and badminton (where it is known ... French Open by year – Mixed doubles ...
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Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks (including as the year-end No. 1 in 2012). Azarenka has won 21 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two majors at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Opens, becoming the first Belarusian to win a major singles title. Azarenka is also a three-time major finalist at the US Open, finishing runner-up to Serena Williams in both 2012 and 2013 and to Naomi Osaka in 2020. In singles, she has won six Premier Mandatory tournaments (including the Sunshine Double in 2016), four Premier 5 tournaments, and the singles bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. She was runner-up at the 2011 WTA Finals to Petra Kvitová. She finished with a year-end top 10 singles ranking from 2009 to 2013. Azarenka has won 10 WTA Tour doubles titles (including one WT ...
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Simon Aspelin
Simon Aspelin (; born 11 May 1974) is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998. His success mainly came in doubles, winning 12 titles and reaching World No. 7 in March 2008. In men's doubles, Aspelin won the 2007 US Open – Men's doubles, 2007 US Open and the silver medal at the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics. A memorable part of Aspelin's career was when he and doubles partner Todd Perry (tennis), Todd Perry were playing in the 2006 Wimbledon Championships men's doubles quarterfinals as the eighth-seeded doubles team against third-seeded Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. Knowles and Nestor won the match by winning the final set 23–21. At the 2007 U.S. Open, seeded tenth with his partner Julian Knowle, Aspelin achieved the greatest triumph of his career by winning the U.S. Open, his first Grand Slam. In the first two rounds, they won against Kubot/Skoch and got a walkover over Calleri/Horna. They went on ...
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Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 24 in the doubles rankings. Tennis career She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Memphis Championships but lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport. Govortsova has been sponsored by Wilson and Chinese clothing company Peak. She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited. 2009 She began her season at the Brisbane International, where she defeated eighth seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani. At the Australian Open, she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round. She then played in Indian Wells, a Premier-Mandatory event where she defeated British Anne Keothavong in ...
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Jordan Kerr
Jordan Kerr (born 26 October 1979, in Adelaide) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. Kerr reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 356, which he achieved on 7 August 2000. Additionally, he reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 18 August 2008. Kerr represented Australia in the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, losing in the opening round to the eventual silver medallists from Sweden. Kerr was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics


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Kerr played for the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis that summer. It was his first season playing for the WTT. The Freedoms competed in 14 matches this season, including seven home matches played at Finnera ...
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Kateryna Bondarenko
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; ; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. Her career-high rankings are world No. 29 in singles and No. 9 in doubles. She was the doubles champion at the 2008 Australian Open, partnering her sister Alona Bondarenko. Her best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open. Over her career, Bondarenko has defeated top ten players Elena Dementieva, Sara Errani, Ana Ivanovic, Garbiñe Muguruza, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Roberta Vinci, and Venus Williams. Personal life Kateryna is the younger sister of professional tennis players Valeria Bondarenko and Alona Bondarenko. Bondarenko was born on 8 August 1986 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine) to father, Vladimir, and mother, Natalia. She was introduced to tennis at age four by her parents. She has two sisters, Valeria and Alona, both used to play on the WTA Tour. Her favourite surface is hardcourt. In September 2011 ...
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Marcelo Melo
Marcelo Pinheiro Davi de Melo (; born September 23, 1983) is a Brazilian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1, which he achieved in 2 November 2015. Melo is the only Brazilian player who has reached number one in the ATP doubles rankings. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2015 French Open – Men's doubles, 2015 French Open alongside Ivan Dodig and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships with Łukasz Kubot. Melo was also the first Brazilian man ever to win a Grand Slam doubles title. He has won 39 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including nine at ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 level. He reached the final at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 US Open – Men's doubles, 2018 US Open in men's doubles, as well as at the 2009 French Open – Mixed doubles, 2009 ...
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Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 French Open, 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open (tennis), 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Consecutive titles, consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 69 and also in third place for Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Career totals, overall appearances with 72. Cornet became known for defeating world No. 1 Serena Williams on three occasions in 2014. At the 2014 Du ...
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Max Mirnyi
Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years despite only winning one ATP singles title (2003 Rotterdam Open). He represented Belarus in Davis Cup competition from April 1994, where he holds a record of 47 wins and 27 losses in 35 ties played. He reached the List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles players, World No. 1 doubles ranking in June 2003 and won ten Grand Slam titles: Men's doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open (tennis), US Open and the 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012 French Open; and mixed doubles in the 1998, 2007, and 2013 U.S. Opens and 1998 Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Mirnyi carried the flag of Belarus at the Opening Ceremony on 27 July 2012, and won the gold medal in the mixed doub ...
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Sun Tiantian
Sun Tiantian ( zh, s=孙甜甜, p=Sūn Tiántián; ; born 12 October 1981) is a Chinese tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles along with her partner Li Ting. Sun reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2007, winning her only WTA Tour singles title at the 2006 Tashkent Open, and a career-high in doubles of No. 16 in October 2007, winning eleven WTA Tour titles and reaching the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam tournaments, and winning the mixed doubles event at the 2008 Australian Open alongside Nenad Zimonjić. Career In September 2000, Sun won two successive $10k singles titles, a feat she would repeat in June 2001 with another pair of back-to-back $10k singles titles TA Official Website">ource: TA Official Websitehttps://www.wtatennis.com/) In 2002, Sun continued her success at the next level, winning two $25k tournaments: firstly in April at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where she defeated Zhen ...
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Jeff Coetzee
Jeff Coetzee (born 25 April 1977) is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist. The 5'8" player plays right-handed, double-handed on both sides and has won six ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. Coetzee plays doubles for the South Africa Davis Cup team. When Jeff is not traveling, he resides in Florida Hills, South Africa. ATP Tour finals Doubles (6–9) Doubles runners-up (10) *2006: Newport (with Justin Gimelstob, lost to Robert Kendrick and Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...) Doubles performance timeline Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coetzee, Jeff 1977 births Living people Coloureds South African people of Dutch descent South A ...
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Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open (tennis), 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles, partnering Bruno Soares. She reached also eight further finals in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She became world No. 1 for the first time in June 2018, alongside Makarova, with the pair jointly holding the top ranking for the next five weeks. Vesnina won 19 doubles titles on WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2016 WTA Finals and eight at WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000-level. She also achieved significant success in singles, reaching her career-high ranking o ...
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Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League. In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over the reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017. Career 1995–2006 Mahesh Bhupathi is considered one of the top doubles players of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes, including the French Open and Wimbledon. He and Paes became the first doubles team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams, the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era and the first time since 1952. On 26 April of that year, they became the ...
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