2008 Family Circle Cup

2008 Family Circle Cup
Date	April 14–20
Edition	36th
Category	WTA Tier I
Draw	56S / 28D
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance	90,437
Champions
Singles
Serena Williams
Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama
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The 2008 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis Tier I event on the 2008 WTA Tour, which took place from April 14 to April 20, 2008. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States and was the second event of the clay court season, played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,340,000.

Defending champion Jelena Janković led the field as the number one seed. Maria Sharapova, Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva and eventual champion Serena Williams joined her as the other four of five top ten players in the field. Other notable names that participated were 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli and Charleston standout Patty Schnyder, a two-time runner-up at this event.

Finals

Singles

Serena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

• It was Williams' 3rd title of the year and 31st of her career.

Doubles

Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama defeated Edina Gallovits / Olga Govortsova, 6–2, 6–2

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 Family Circle Cup.

• Official website
• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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