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Tennis · US Open

US Open 2008 (WTA)

Grand SlamNew YorkHard25 Aug 2008 – 7 Sept 2008

US Open 2008 (New York, Hard): Williams S. beat Jankovic J. 6-4 7-5 in the final. 127 matches, 33 won by the outsider.

The road to the final

Williams S. · champion

  1. 1st Roundbeat Bondarenko K. (46)6-1 6-4 @ 1.04
  2. 2nd Roundbeat Vesnina E. (71)6-1 6-1 @ 1.02
  3. 3rd Roundbeat Sugiyama A. (32)6-2 6-1 @ 1.03
  4. 4th Roundbeat Bremond S. (121)6-2 6-2 @ 1.01
  5. Quarterfinalsbeat Williams V. (8)7-6 7-6 @ 1.66
  6. Semifinalsbeat Safina D. (7)6-3 6-2 @ 1.30
  7. Finalbeat Jankovic J. (2)6-4 7-5 @ 1.25

Opponents' average ranking 41; 4 in the top 32. 26 Aug 2008 – 7 Sept 2008.

Jankovic J. · runner-up

  1. 1st Roundbeat Vandeweghe C. (512)6-3 6-1 @ 1.01
  2. 2nd Roundbeat Arvidsson S. (63)6-3 6-7 7-5 @ 1.07
  3. 3rd Roundbeat Zheng J. (37)7-5 7-5 @ 1.38
  4. 4th Roundbeat Wozniacki C. (18)3-6 6-2 6-1 @ 1.80
  5. Quarterfinalsbeat Bammer S. (30)6-1 6-4 @ 1.16
  6. Semifinalsbeat Dementieva E. (6)6-4 6-4 @ 2.37
  7. Finallost to Williams S. (3)6-4 7-5 @ 4.00

Opponents' average ranking 96; 4 in the top 32. 26 Aug 2008 – 7 Sept 2008.

The draw from the last 16

4th Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
The Final
6-2 6-2
6-1 6-3
7-5 6-0
6-3 6-0Upset
3-6 6-2 6-1
7-6 0-6 6-4Upset
6-4 6-1
4-6 6-3 6-3Upset
7-6 7-6
6-2 6-3
6-1 6-4
6-2 6-3
6-3 6-2
6-4 6-4Upset
6-4 7-5

Winner first, ranking at the match on the right. Tap a player to follow their route.

3rd Round

Score
29 Aug 2008Bammer S. (30)Perebiynis T. (76)6-3 6-0
29 Aug 2008Bartoli M. (13)Davenport L. (24)6-1 7-6Upset
29 Aug 2008Dementieva E. (6)Keothavong A. (87)6-3 6-4
29 Aug 2008Jankovic J. (2)Zheng J. (37)7-5 7-5
29 Aug 2008Li N. (36)Makarova E. (56)6-1 4-6 6-2
29 Aug 2008Schnyder P. (15)Rybarikova M. (89)7-6 6-4
29 Aug 2008Srebotnik K. (28)Kuznetsova S. (4)6-3 6-7 6-3Upset
29 Aug 2008Wozniacki C. (18)Azarenka V. (14)6-4 6-4
30 Aug 2008Groenefeld A.L. (141)Cornet A. (17)6-4 7-5Upset
30 Aug 2008Mauresmo A. (29)Coin J. (188)6-4 6-4
30 Aug 2008Pennetta F. (19)Petrova N. (21)4-6 6-4 6-3Upset
30 Aug 2008Radwanska A. (11)Cibulkova D. (20)6-0 6-3
30 Aug 2008Safina D. (7)Bacsinszky T. (60)3-6 7-5 6-2
30 Aug 2008Williams S. (3)Sugiyama A. (32)6-2 6-1
30 Aug 2008Williams V. (8)Bondarenko A. (31)6-2 6-1
31 Aug 2008Bremond S. (121)Garbin T. (81)7-5 3-6 6-4Upset

2nd Round

Score
27 Aug 2008Azarenka V. (14)Benesova I. (50)6-2 6-3
27 Aug 2008Bammer S. (30)Rezai A. (74)6-1 7-5
27 Aug 2008Bartoli M. (13)Ruano Pascual V. (102)6-4 6-2
27 Aug 2008Davenport L. (24)Kleybanova A. (34)7-5 6-3
27 Aug 2008Dementieva E. (6)Parmentier P. (49)6-2 6-1
27 Aug 2008Jankovic J. (2)Arvidsson S. (63)6-3 6-7 7-5
27 Aug 2008Keothavong A. (87)Schiavone F. (27)6-2 3-6 6-4Upset
27 Aug 2008Kuznetsova S. (4)Cirstea S. (53)7-6 6-1
27 Aug 2008Li N. (36)Errani S. (39)4-6 6-2 6-0
27 Aug 2008Makarova E. (56)Bychkova E. (106)3-6 7-5 6-3
27 Aug 2008Perebiynis T. (76)Zvonareva V. (10)6-3 6-3Upset
27 Aug 2008Rybarikova M. (89)Paszek T. (68)6-1 6-2Upset
27 Aug 2008Schnyder P. (15)Pavlyuchenkova A. (85)6-3 6-3
27 Aug 2008Srebotnik K. (28)Meusburger Y. (110)6-1 6-3
27 Aug 2008Wozniacki C. (18)Camerin M.E. (133)6-1 6-2
27 Aug 2008Zheng J. (37)Medina Garrigues A. (26)6-1 6-4
28 Aug 2008Bacsinszky T. (60)Chan Y.J. (69)6-3 6-2Upset
28 Aug 2008Bondarenko A. (31)Lisicki S. (73)6-4 1-6 6-4
28 Aug 2008Bremond S. (121)Vaidisova N. (22)7-5 6-3Upset
28 Aug 2008Cibulkova D. (20)Olaru R. (124)6-2 6-2
28 Aug 2008Coin J. (188)Ivanovic A. (1)6-3 4-6 6-3Upset
28 Aug 2008Cornet A. (17)Mattek-Sands B. (44)7-6 6-1
28 Aug 2008Garbin T. (81)Szavay A. (16)5-7 6-2 6-3Upset
28 Aug 2008Groenefeld A.L. (141)Moore J. (178)6-1 6-3
28 Aug 2008Mauresmo A. (29)Kanepi K. (43)2-6 6-4 6-0
28 Aug 2008Pennetta F. (19)Peng S. (47)6-2 6-7 6-1Upset
28 Aug 2008Petrova N. (21)Hsieh S.W. (108)6-4 6-2
28 Aug 2008Radwanska A. (11)Duque Marino M. (125)6-0 7-6
28 Aug 2008Safina D. (7)Vinci R. (164)6-4 6-3
28 Aug 2008Sugiyama A. (32)Govortsova O. (48)4-6 7-6 6-1
28 Aug 2008Williams S. (3)Vesnina E. (71)6-1 6-1
28 Aug 2008Williams V. (8)De Los Rios R. (113)6-0 6-3

1st Round

Score
25 Aug 2008Arvidsson S. (63)Yan Z. (92)6-2 6-4
25 Aug 2008Azarenka V. (14)Zakopalova K. (64)6-2 6-1
25 Aug 2008Bammer S. (30)Nakamura A. (127)6-4 6-2
25 Aug 2008Bartoli M. (13)Voskoboeva G. (100)6-2 6-3
25 Aug 2008Benesova I. (50)Knapp K. (61)6-0 6-3
25 Aug 2008Bychkova E. (106)Rodionova A. (65)6-1 6-3Upset
25 Aug 2008Camerin M.E. (133)Loit E. (120)6-0 6-2
25 Aug 2008Cirstea S. (53)Safarova L. (58)6-4 4-6 6-2Upset
25 Aug 2008Davenport L. (24)Wozniak A. (41)6-4 6-2
25 Aug 2008Dementieva E. (6)Amanmuradova A. (78)6-4 7-5
25 Aug 2008Errani S. (39)Kostanic Tosic J. (90)6-4 6-2
25 Aug 2008Keothavong A. (87)Glatch A. (254)6-2 6-2
25 Aug 2008Kleybanova A. (34)Suarez Navarro C. (51)6-2 7-5Upset
25 Aug 2008Kuznetsova S. (4)Zhang S. (243)6-4 6-2
25 Aug 2008Li N. (36)Peer S. (25)2-6 6-0 6-1
25 Aug 2008Makarova E. (56)Chakvetadze A. (9)1-6 6-2 6-3Upset
25 Aug 2008Medina Garrigues A. (26)Pironkova T. (42)6-4 7-5
25 Aug 2008Meusburger Y. (110)Dominguez Lino L. (96)6-1 6-2
25 Aug 2008Parmentier P. (49)Erakovic M. (52)6-3 7-6
25 Aug 2008Paszek T. (68)Kirilenko M. (23)6-3 3-6 6-4Upset
25 Aug 2008Pavlyuchenkova A. (85)King V. (99)6-2 4-6 6-2
25 Aug 2008Perebiynis T. (76)Koryttseva M. (54)6-1 6-4Upset
25 Aug 2008Rezai A. (74)Muhammad A. (414)6-2 6-4
25 Aug 2008Ruano Pascual V. (102)Kvitova P. (59)6-7 6-4 6-2Upset
25 Aug 2008Rybarikova M. (89)Dulko G. (45)6-4 6-0
25 Aug 2008Schiavone F. (27)Llagostera V. (93)7-5 7-5
25 Aug 2008Schnyder P. (15)Pivovarova A. (166)6-3 3-6 6-3
25 Aug 2008Srebotnik K. (28)Wickmayer Y. (62)3-6 6-0 6-3
25 Aug 2008Wozniacki C. (18)Rolle A. (146)6-2 6-1
25 Aug 2008Zheng J. (37)Perry S.6-2 6-3
25 Aug 2008Zvonareva V. (10)Zahlavova Strycova B. (248)6-4 6-3
26 Aug 2008Bacsinszky T. (60)Razzano V. (33)6-4 6-1Upset
26 Aug 2008Bondarenko A. (31)Jackson J. (271)2-6 6-3 6-2
26 Aug 2008Bremond S. (121)Goerges J. (101)7-6 6-4Upset
26 Aug 2008Chan Y.J. (69)Kudryavtseva A. (84)4-6 7-5 6-3Upset
26 Aug 2008Cibulkova D. (20)Craybas J. (75)6-3 7-6
26 Aug 2008Coin J. (188)Dellacqua C. (40)7-6 7-6Upset
26 Aug 2008Cornet A. (17)Pin C. (77)7-5 6-0
26 Aug 2008De Los Rios R. (113)Sromova H. (293)6-3 2-6 6-3
26 Aug 2008Duque Marino M. (125)Tanasugarn T. (38)0-6 6-3 6-2Upset
26 Aug 2008Garbin T. (81)Ani M. (97)6-0 7-6
26 Aug 2008Govortsova O. (48)Zahlavova S. (248)6-3 6-1
26 Aug 2008Groenefeld A.L. (141)Hantuchova D. (12)6-4 6-2Upset
26 Aug 2008Hsieh S.W. (108)Rodina E. (94)6-2 6-4
26 Aug 2008Ivanovic A. (1)Dushevina V. (57)6-1 4-6 6-4
26 Aug 2008Jankovic J. (2)Vandeweghe C. (512)6-3 6-1
26 Aug 2008Kanepi K. (43)Niculescu M. (67)6-0 6-3
26 Aug 2008Lisicki S. (73)Martinez-Sanchez M.J. (79)6-3 6-4Upset
26 Aug 2008Mattek-Sands B. (44)Domachowska M. (55)6-7 7-5 6-4
26 Aug 2008Moore J. (178)Oudin M. (221)7-6 7-6Upset
26 Aug 2008Olaru R. (124)Gallovits E. (88)6-0 6-2
26 Aug 2008Peng S. (47)Daniilidou E. (83)6-1 6-0
26 Aug 2008Pennetta F. (19)Voegele S. (162)2-6 6-2 6-2
26 Aug 2008Petrova N. (21)Sanchez O. (104)6-2 6-4
26 Aug 2008Radwanska A. (11)Shvedova Y. (115)6-4 6-2
26 Aug 2008Safina D. (7)Ahn K.H. (758)6-3 6-4
26 Aug 2008Sugiyama A. (32)Klepac A. (119)4-6 6-3 4-2 ret.
26 Aug 2008Szavay A. (16)Brodsky G. (382)7-5 6-3
26 Aug 2008Vaidisova N. (22)Cetkovska P. (66)6-1 6-2
26 Aug 2008Vesnina E. (71)Vakulenko J. (80)4-6 6-1 6-2Upset
26 Aug 2008Vinci R. (164)Cohen Aloro S. (114)6-1 6-4
26 Aug 2008Williams S. (3)Bondarenko K. (46)6-1 6-4
26 Aug 2008Williams V. (8)Stosur S. (72)6-2 6-3
27 Aug 2008Mauresmo A. (29)Dechy N. (86)4-6 6-3 6-2

The draw is rebuilt from results, so byes and withdrawals before a match show as empty boxes. Rankings are as at the match; odds are the pre-match average market price. Tour-level main draws. Data: tennis-data.co.uk.