2008 WTA Tour Calendar & 2008 WTA Results, WTA Tournament Links & Singles Champion Photos

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2008 Women Tennis Association Tour Calendar, with Tournament Website Links & Champion Photos:
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Week Name City Prize Court Draw M/Q/D
Dec 31 Women's Hardcourts*! Gold Coast, AUS $175,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 29 Na Li CHN d # 30 Victoria Azarenka BLR 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

cdr40 s3 Dinara Safina & Agnes Szavay d cdr36 s2 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 6-1, 6-2

Na Li, in her first tourney since recovering from a rib fracture, won her
2nd WTA singles title, in her 4th final, on Saturday, January 5, 2008.
Dec 31 ASB Bank Classic * Auckland, NZL $145,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 72 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 90 Aravane Rezai FRA 6-2, 6-2

cdr244 Mariya Koryttseva & Lilia Osterloh d cdr145 Martina Muller & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3, 6-4

Lindsay Davenport won her 54th WTA singles title,
in her 90th final, on Saturday, January 5, 2008.
Jan 7 Medibank International !** Sydney, AUS $600,000 HO 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 1 s1 Justine Henin BEL d # 2 s2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

cdr36 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng d cdr99 Tatiana Perebiynis & Tatiana Poutchek 6-4, 7-6(5)

Justine Henin won her 40th WTA singles title,
in her 56th final, on Friday, January 11, 2008.
Jan 7 Moorilla International !* Hobart, AUS $170,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 42 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d # 22 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS walkover--left ankle injury

cdr55 s2 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual d cdr111 E Daniilidou & J Woehr 6-2, 6-4

Eleni Daniilidou won her 5th WTA singles title,
in her 6th final, on Friday, January 11, 2008.
Jan 14 -28 Australian Open * Melbourne, AUS ½ $20,600,000 AU HO 128/96/64
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draws, .pdf

# 5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 4 s4 Ana Ivanovic SRB 7-5, 6-3

d55 Alona Bondarenko & d52 Kateryna Bondarenko
    d s12 d31 Victoria Azarenka & d29 Shahar Peer 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

s5 d16 Tiantian Sun & Nenad Zimonjic d d18 Sania Mirza & Mahesh Bhupathi 7-6(4), 6-4

Maria Sharapova won her 3rd Grand Slam tourney singles title,
and her 17th WTA singles title, on Saturday, January 26, 2008.
Jan 28 FED CUP I (QFs) ^ Feb 2-3 (USA rain ppd-Feb 4)    
full World Group results with photos & quotes

World Group I Results:
home teams in italics
Russia d Israel 4-1
USA d Germany 4-1
China d France 3-2
Spain d Italy 3-2
  World Group II results:
home teams in italics
Argentina d Austria 4-1
Japan d Croatia 4-1
Czech Republic d Slovak Republic 3-2
Ukraine d Belgium 3-2
  Zonal Group Winners:
Serbia
Switzerland
Uzbekistan
Colombia

The 2007 Fed Cup World Group I semifinals and World Group I & II playoffs will be held on April 26-27.

Maria Sharapova is shown playing in the first Fed Cup match of her career on Sat, Feb 2 in
Israel, defeating Tzipora Obziler 6-0, 6-4. On Sunday, Maria defeated Shahar Peer, 6-1, 6-1.
Feb 4 Open Gaz de France Paris, FRA $600,000 GSI 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 7 s1 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d # 20 s7 Agnes Szavay HUN 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

cdr39 s3 Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko d cdr136 Vladimira Uhlirova & Eva Hrdinova 6-1, 6-4

Anna Chakvetadze won her 7th WTA singles title, in her 7th final, on Sunday, February 10, 2008.
The Paris indoor trophy is always one of the ugliest of the year, but Anna probably doesn't mind.
Feb 4 Pattaya Open Pattaya City, THA $170,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 21 s1 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d # 81 s7 Jill Craybas USA 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(4)

cdr21 s1 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang d cdr75 s2 Su-Wei Hsieh & Vania King 6-4, 6-3

Agnieszka Radwanska, shown with fine glassware, won her 2nd
WTA singles title, in her 2nd final, on Sunday, February 10, 2008.
Feb 11 Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, BEL $600,000 HI 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 1 s1 Justine Henin BEL d # 48 Karin Knapp ITA 6-3, 6-3

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Lizel Huber d cdr12 s2 Kveta Peschke & Ai Sugiyama 6-1, 6-3

Justine Henin won her 41st WTA singles title, in her 57th final, on Sunday, February 17, 2008. The
new diamond-studded trophy, worth $1.5 million, will shelved; Antwerp is not on the 2009 schedule.
Feb 11 Cachantun Cup Vina del Mar, CHI $200,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 33 s1 Flavia Pennetta ITA d # 70 s8 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-4, 5-4 retired--left ankle injury

cdr223 Alicja Rosolska & Liga Dekmeijere d cdr262 Mariya Koryttseva & Julia Schruff 7-5, 6-3

Flavia Pennetta made friends with her 5th WTA singles trophy, after her 11th final, on Sun, Feb 17, 2008.
Feb 18 Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar $2,500,000 HO 56/32/28
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 5 s4 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 26 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-1, 2-6, 6-0

cdr15 s3 Kveta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs d cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 6-1, 5-7, (10-7)

Maria Sharapova won her 18th WTA singles title, in her 25th final, on Sunday,
February 24, 2008. Maria is shown holding the gold falcon of the Qatar Tennis
Federation, which is conducting 3 tourneys in 2008, totaling $8,290,000 in prizes.
Feb 18 Copa Consanitas Bogota, COL $185,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 135 q Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d # 89 Maria Emilia Salerni ARG 6-0, 6-4

cdr74 s1 Iveta Benesova & Bethanie Mattek d cdr143 s4 Jelena Kostanic Tosic & Martina Muller 6-3, 6-3

Nuria Llagostera Vives won her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 3rd final, on Sunday, February 24, 2008.
The Bogota trophy is only slightly oddly-shaped compared to the really weird ones on the Tour.
Feb 25 Dubai Women's Open * Dubai, UAE Tier II $1,500,000 HO 28/48/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 11 s8 Elena Dementieva RUS d # 2 s2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber v cdr35 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 7-5, 6-2

Elena Dementieva won her 9th WTA singles title, in her 20th final, on Saturday, March 1, 2008. Elena's last two titles, both Tier I, were won on the same day her sometimes doubles partner Flavia Pennetta also won.
Feb 25 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso * Acapulco, MEX $180,000 RCO 32/16/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 30 s1 Flavia Pennetta ITA d # 49 s2 Alize Cornet FRA 6-0, 4-6, 6-1

cdr193 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martínez Sánchez d cdr158 Iveta Benesova & Petra Cetkovska 6-2, 6-4

Flavia Pennetta won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 12th final, on Saturday, March 1, 2008.
The Acapulco trophy has been a big ball for some time, but the sombrero is new this year.
Feb 25 Cellular South Cup !* Memphis, TN, USA $175,000 HI 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 46 s4 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 50 s5 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-2, 6-1

cdr179 s3 Lindsay Davenport & Lisa Raymond d cdr383 Angela Haynes & Mashona Washington 6-3, 6-1

Lindsay Davenport won her 55th WTA singles title, in her 93rd final, on Saturday, March 1, 2008.
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Mar 3 Bangalore Open Bangalore, IND $600,000 HO 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 10 s3 Serena Williams USA d # 12 s4 Patty Schnyder SUI 7-5, 6-3

cdr52 s3 Shuai Peng & Tiantian Sun d cdr19 s1 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang 6-4, 5-7, (10-8)

Serena Williams won her 29th WTA singles title, in her 40th final, on
Sunday, March 9, 2008. It was Serena's first title since Miami in March of last year.
Mar 10 -23 Pacific Life Open !!! Indian Wells,CA,USA $2,100,000 HO 96/48/32
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 2 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB d # 3 s2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-4, 6-3

cdr70 Dinara Safina & Elena Vesnina d cdr31 s3 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 6-1, 1-6, (10-8)

Ana Ivanovic won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 9th final, on Sunday, March 23, 2008.
It was Ana's 3rd Tier I tourney title. The Pacific Life Open hardware, once again, is in the
shape of a aquatic mammal of the genus Cetacea, not, as some reporters call it, a fish.
Mar 24 -Apr 6 Sony Ericsson Open !!!* Miami, FL, USA $3,770,000 HO 96/48/32
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 9 s8 Serena Williams USA d # 4 s4 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-1, 5-7, 6-3

cdr7 s2 Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama d cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 7-5, 4-6 (10-3)

Serena Williams won her 30th WTA singles title, in her 41st final, on Saturday,
April 5, 2008. It was Serena's 5th Miami title; nowhere else has she won so many.
Apr 7 Bausch & Lomb Champ's Amelia Island,FL,USA $600,000 GCO 56/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 5 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 38 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-6(7), 6-3

cdr56 Bethanie Mattek & Vladimira Uhlirova d cdr62 Victoria Azarenka & Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-1

Maria Sharapova won her 19th WTA singles title, in her 26th final, on
Sunday, April 13, 2008. It was Maria's first WTA title in a clay court tourney.
Apr 14 Family Circle Cup Charleston,SC,USA $1,340,000 GCO 56/32/28
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 9 s5 Serena Williams USA d # 14 s9 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

cdr7 s2 Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama d cdr344 Edina Gallovits & Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2

Serena Williams won her 31st WTA singles title, in her 42nd
final, on Sunday, April 20, 2008. It was Serena's third title in a row.
Apr 14 Estoril Open Estroil, POR $145,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 32 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d # 132 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-4, 6-2

cdr111 s1 Maria Kirilenko & Flavia Pennetta d Mervana Jugic-Salkic & Ipek Senoglu 6-4, 6-4

Maria Kirilenko won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 5th final, on Sunday,
April 20, 2008. Maria, with Flavia Pennetta, won the doubles on Saturday, too.
Apr 21 FED CUP II (SFs) ^ Apr 26-27    
World Group I SFs
USA 2 at Russia 3
Spain 4 at China 1
  World Group playoffs:
Italy 3 at Ukraine 2
France 4 at Japan 1
Germany 2 at Argentina 3
Czech Republic 3 at Israel 2
  W Group II Playoffs:
Colombia 0 at Belgium 5
Switzerland 3 at Austria 2
Uzbekistan 0 at Slovakia 5
Serbia 3 at Croatia 2

full results with photos & quotes  Russia will travel to play at Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup final, Sep 13-14.

Nuria Llagostera Vives is shown driving a forehand against Jie Zheng on April 26.
Nuria led Spain to victory over China; winning both her singles and the doubles as well.
 
Apr 28 ECM Prague Open Prague, CZE $145,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 14 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d # 26 s3 Victoria Azarenka BLR 7-6(2), 6-2

cdr185 Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecká d cdr122 s4 M Krajicek & J Craybas 1-6, 6-3, (10-6)

Vera Zvonareva won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 14th final, on
Sunday, May 4, 2008. It was Vera's first title since Cincinnati in 2006.
Apr 28 Grand Prix La Princesse Fes, MAR $145,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 47 s2 Gisela Dulko ARG d # 34 s1 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 7-6(2), 7-6(5)

cdr384 Sorana Cirstea & Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d cdr262 s3 E Makarova & A Kleybanova 6-2, 6-2

Gisela Dulko won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 5th final, on Sunday,
May 4, 2008. All 3 of Gisela's titles were won in the past year--plus 1 week.
May 5 Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, GER $1,340,000 RCO 56/32/28
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 17 s13 Dinara Safina RUS d # 9 s7 Elena Dementieva RUS 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr150 N Llagostera Vives & MJ Martínez Sánchez 3-6, 6-2, (10-2)

Dinara Safina won her 6th WTA singles title (and her 1st Tier I), in her 10th final, on Sunday,
May 11, 2008. The gold falcon of the Qatar Tennis Federation flew all the way from Doha for this event.
May 12 Internazionali d' Italia Rome, ITA $1,340,000 RCO 56/48/28
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 5 s4 Jelena Jankovic SRB d # 34 q Alize Cornet FRA 6-2, 6-2

cdr19 s5 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang d cdr57 Iveta Benesova & Janette Husarova 7-6(5), 6-3

Jelena Jankovic won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 15th final,
on Sunday, May 19, 2008. Jelena won the Rome title in 2007, also.
May 19 Istanbul Cup * Istanbul, TUR $200,000 RCO 30/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 16 s2 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d # 7 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS 6-3, 6-2

cdr153 s3 Jill Craybas & Olga Govortsova d cdr421 Marina Erakovic & Polona Hercog 6-1, 6-2

 Agnieszka Radwanska won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 3rd final, on Saturday, May 24, 2008.
May 19 Internationaux * Strasbourg, FRA $175,000 RCO 30/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 31 s6 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP # 30 s5 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-0

cdr60 s2 Zi Yan & Tatiana Perebiynis d cdr21 s1 Yung-Jan Chan& Chia-Jung Chuang 6-4, 6(3)-7, (10-6)

 Anabel Medina Garrigues won her 8th WTA singles title, in her 12th final, on Saturday, May 24, 2008. They probably had some kind of a trophy, but Anabel appears to have traded it for what was in the box that Carol Merril was showing us.
May 25 - Jun 8 Roland Garros !* Paris, FRA €6,985,680 RCO 128/96/64
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 2 s2 Ana Ivanovic SRB d # 14 s13 Dinara Safina RUS 6-4, 6-3

cdr40 s10 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual
    d cdr185 Francesca Schiavone & Casey Dellacqua 2-6, 7-5, 6-4

xd: s3 Victoria Azarenka & Bob Bryan d s1 Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonjic 6-2 7-6(4)

girls: wta#545 s9 Simona Halep ROU d wta#721 s10 Elena Bogdan ROU 6-4, 6(3)-7, 6-2

girls doub: s8 Polona Hercog SLO & Jessica Moore AUS
    d s7 Lesley Kerkhove NED & Arantxa Rus NED 5-7, 6-1, 1-0(7)

 Ana Ivanovic won her first Grand Slam tourney title, and her 7th WTA singles title, while playing in her 3rd Grand Slam singles final, on Saturday, June 7, 2008.
Jun 9 DFS Classic Birmingham, GBR $200,000 GO 56/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 57 s12 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR d # 98 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 7-6(7), 3-6, 7-6(4)

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr174 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Severine Bremond 6-2, 6-1

 Kateryna Bondarenko won her 1st WTA singles title, in her first final, on Sunday, June 15, 2008. The non-keeper "Maude Watson Trophy" was the first Wimbledon ladies trophy, which Maude won in 1884.
Jun 9 Barcelona KIA Barcelona, ESP $145,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 23 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d # 145 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 6-0, 6-2

cdr172 s3 Lourdes Domínguez Lino & Arantxa Parra Santonja
    d cdr87 s1 N Llagostera Vives & M J Martínez Sánchez 4-6, 7-5, (10-4)


 Maria Kirilenko won her 4th WTA singles title, in her 6th final, on Sunday, June 15, 2008. Maria is shown after match point.
Jun 16 Int'l Women's Open * Eastbourne, GBR $600,000 GO 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 14 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d # 21 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-4, 6(11)-7, 6-4

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr11 s2 Kveta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs 2-6, 6-0, (10-8)

 Agnieszka Radwanska, shown with punchbowl, won her 4th WTA singles title, in her 4th final, on Saturday, June 21, 2008.
Jun 16 Ordina Open *! 's-Hertogenbosch, NED $175,000 GO 30/16/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 89 q Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d # 9 s3 Dinara Safina RUS 7-5, 6-3

cdr189 Michaella Krajicek & Marina Erakovic d cdr692 Liga Dekmeijere & Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-2

 Tammy Tanasugarn happily raised the, uh, trophy thing, high after winning her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 8th final, on Saturday, June 21, 2008.
Jun 23 -Jul 5 The Championships * Wimbledon, GBR TBA GO 128/96/64
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

#7 s7 Venus Williams USA d #6 s6 Serena Williams USA 7-5, 6-4

cdr201 s11 Serena Williams & Venus Williams d cdr57 s16 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-2

xd: Samantha Stosur & Bob Bryan d s1 Katarina Srebotnik & Mike Bryan 7-5, 6-4

girls: wtaNR jr36 Laura Robson GBR d wta478 jr5 s3 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

girls d: s6 Polona Hercog SLO & Jessica Moore AUS d Isabella Holland & Sally Peers 6-3, 1-6, 6-2

 Venus Williams won her 7th Grand Slam tourney title, her 5th at Wimbledon, on Saturday, July 6, 2008.
Jul 7 Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, HUN $175,000 RCO 30/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 17 s2 Alize Cornet FRA d # 134 Andreja Klepac SLO 7-6(5), 6-3

cdr252 s3 Alize Cornet & Janette Husarova d cdr1008 V Henke & Iona Raluca Olaru 6(5)-7, 6-1, (10-6)

 Alize Cornet, shown with compact portatrophy, won her first WTA singles title, in her third final, and her first WTA doubles title as well, (Janette's 24th) on Sunday, July 13, 2008.
Jul 7 Internazionali Femminili Palermo, ITA $145,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 57 s5 Sara Errani ITA d # 70 s7 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 6-2, 6-3

s3 cdr170 Sara Errani & Nuria Llagostera Vives d s4 cdr175 Kudryavtseva & Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-6(1), (10-4)

 Sara Errani, evidently engaged in metallurgical analysis, won her first WTA singles title, in her first final, on Sunday, July 13, 2008. She had won her first WTA doubles title (Nuria's 5th) the day before.
Jul 14 Bank of the West Classic Stanford, CA, USA $600,000 HO 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 84 q Aleksandra Wozniak CAN d # 15 s6 Marion Bartoli FRA 7-5, 6-3

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr116 Elena Vesnina & Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-3

 Aleksandra Wozniak won her first WTA singles title, in her second final, on Sunday, July 20, 2008.
Jul 14 Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, AUT $175,000 RCO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 52 s4 Pauline Parmentier FRA d # 231 q Lucie Hradecka CZE 6-4, 6-4

cdr183 s3 Lucie Hradecka & Andrea Hlavackova d cdr1052 Sesil Karatantcheva & Natasa Zoric 6-3, 6-3

 Pauline Parmentier won her second WTA singles title, in her second final, on Sunday, July 20, 2008.
Jul 21 East West Bank Classic Los Angeles, CA, USA $600,000 HO 56/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 9 s4 Dinara Safina RUS d # 21 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-4, 6-2

cdr17 s1 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang d cdr101 Eva Hrdinova & Vladimira Uhlirova 2-6, 7-5, (10-4)

 Dinara Safina won her 7th WTA singles title, in her 13th final, on Sunday, July 27, 2008.
Jul 21 Slovenia Open Portoroz, SLO $145,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 51 s8 Sara Errani ITA d # 31 s4 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-3

cdr23 s1 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual
    d cdr153 Vera Dushevina & Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 6-1

 Sara Errani won her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 2nd final, on Sunday, July 27, 2008.
Jul 28 Rogers Cup (Canadian Open) Montreal, CAN $1,340,000 HO 56/32/28
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 9 s7 Dinara Safina RUS d # 31 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-2, 6-1

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr103 Flavia Pennetta & Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-1

 Dinara Safina won her 8th WTA singles title, and her 2nd in a row, in her 14th final, on Sunday, August 3, 2008.
Jul 28 Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, SWE $145,000 HO 32/16/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 29 s4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d v # 65 Vera Dushevina RUS 6-0, 6-2

cdr93 Iveta Benesova & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova d cdr333 Petra Cetkovska & Lucie Safarova 7-5, 6-4

 Caroline Wozniacki won her first WTA singles title, in her first final, on Sunday, August 3, 2008.
Aug 4 no event scheduled
Aug 11 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, CHN; Tennis: Aug 10-17 $0 HO 64 - 32
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

gold: # 6 s5 Elena Dementieva RUS d # 7 s6 Dinara Safina RUS 3-6, 7-5, 6-3

bronze: # 11 s9 Vera Zvonareva RUS d # 43 Na Li CHN 6-0, 7-5

gold: cdr63 s2 V Williams & S Williams d cdr23 s4 V Ruano Pascual & A Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-0

bronze: cdr35 s8 Jie Zheng & Zi Yan d cdr27 s6 Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 6-2

 Elena Dementieva won her 10th WTA singles title, and her first Olympic gold medal, in her 23rd final, on Sunday, August 17, 2008. Elena won the silver medal in Sydney in 2000, when she was 18.
Aug 11 W&S Financial Open Cincinnati, OH $175,000 HO 32/16/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 18 s2 Nadia Petrova RUS d # 91 Nathalie Dechy FRA 6-2, 6-1

cdr148 s2 Maria Kirilenko & Nadia Petrova d cdr125 s1 Yaroslava Shvedova & Su-Wei Hsieh 6-3, 4-6, (10-8)

 Nadia Petrova won her 8th WTA singles title, in her 17th final, on Sunday, August 17, 2008.
Aug 18 Pilot Pen Tennis !* New Haven, CT, USA $600,000 HO 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 22 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d # 10 s1 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

cdr21 s2 Kveta Peschke & Lisa Raymond d cdr162 Sorana Cirstea & Monica Niculescu 4-6, 7-5, (10-7)

 Caroline Wozniacki won her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 2nd final, on Saturday, August 23, 2008.
Aug 18 Forest Hills !!* NY, USA $74,800 HO 16/--/--
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 82 Lucie Safarova CZE d # 53 Shuai Peng CHN 6-4, 6-2

 Lucie Safarova won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 6th final, on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Lucie is holding the board upon which a photo-op check is mounted; the last time Forest Hills produced a trophy photo was in 2005, when Lucie also won.
Aug 25 -Sep 7 US Open * Flushing Meadows, NY TBA HO 128/128/64
full singles results with photos & quotes - draws, .pdf

# 4 s4 Serena Williams USA d # 2 s2 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-4, 7-5
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr52 s10 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur 6-3, 7-6(6)
xd: s5 Cara Black & Leander Paes d Liezel Huber & Jamie Murray 7-6(6), 6-4
girls: wta # 518 Coco Vandeweghe USA d wta # 430 Gabriela Paz Franco VEN 7-6(3), 6-1
girls doub: s3 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA & Sandra Roma SWE d Mallory Burdette & Sloane Stephens USA 6-0, 6-2

 Serena Williams, shown on September 8 in Times Square, won her 32rd WTA singles title, in her 44th final, on Sunday, September 7, 2008. It was Serena's 9th Grand Slam singles title; she also won the US Open in 1999 and 2002.
Sep 8 FED CUP Final ^ Sep 13-14    
World Group Final: Russia d Spain 4-0 full singles results with photos & quotes

Russia: # 7 S Kuznetsova, # 9 V Zvonareva, # 58 E Makarova, # 61 E Vesnina
Spain: # 29 A Medina Garrigues, # 39 C Suarez Navarro, # 87 V Ruano Pascual, # 94 N Llagostera Vives

 Svetlana Kuznetsova with the Fed Cup, and holding her own "keeper" version of the trophy, after leading Russia to their 4th title in 5 years on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 in Madrid, Spain.
Sep 8 Commonwealth Bank Classic Bali, INA $225,000 HO 30/16/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 15 s2 Patty Schnyder SUI d # 68 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-3, 6-0

cdr83 s3 Su-Wei Hsieh & Shuai Peng d cdr235 Marta Domachowska & Nadia Petrova 6(4)-7, 7-6(3), (10-7)

 Patty Schnyder won her 11th WTA singles title, in her 24th final, on Sunday, September 14, 2008. It was also the 500th match victory of Patty's career.
Sep 15 Toray Pan Pacific Open !! Tokyo, JPN $1,340,000 HO 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 5 s4 Dinara Safina RUS d # 7 s5 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-1, 6-3

cdr122 Nadia Petrova & Vania King d cdr27 s2 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-4

 Dinara Safina won her 9th WTA singles title, in her 15th final, on Sunday, September 21, 2008. About her fine new tableware, Dinara said: "It's always nice to get a trophy, but the one here at the Toray Pan Pacific Open is very pretty and unique."
Sep 15 Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, CHN $175,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 9 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d # 40 s4 Shuai Peng CHN 6(4)-7, 6-0, 6-2

cdr75 s2 Mariya Koryttseva & Tatiana Poutchek d cdr37 s1 Zi Yan & Tiantian Sun 6-3, 4-6, (10-8)

 Vera Zvonareva won her 7th WTA singles title, in her 15th final, on Sunday,
September 21, 2008. The Guangzhou trophy is another fine piece of Asian ceramic work.
Sep 22 China Open Beijing, CHN $600,000 HO 28/16/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 2 s1 Jelena Jankovic SRB d # 7 s4 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-3, 6-2

Anabel Medina Garrigues & Caroline Wozniacki d Xinyun Han & Yi-Fan Xu 6-1, 6-3

 Jelena Jankovic won her 7th WTA singles title, in her 17th final, on Sunday,
September 28, 2008. The Beijing pottery is accompanied by a plush tourney mascot.
Sep 22 Hansol Korea Open Seoul, KOR $145,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 27 s1 Maria Kirilenko RUS d # 73 sr Samantha Stosur AUS 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

cdr58 s1 Chia-Jung Chuang & Su-Wei Hsieh d cdr112 s3 Vera Dushevina & Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-0

 Maria Kirilenko won her 5th WTA singles title, in her 7th final, on
Sunday, September 28, 2008. The Seoul trophies are fine looking ceramics.
Sep 29 Porsche Grand Prix Stuttgart, GER $650,000 HI 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 2 s2 Jelena Jankovic SRB d # 18 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-4, 6-3

cdr242 Patty Schnyder & Anna-Lena Groenefeld d cdr10 s1 Kveta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs 6-2, 6-4

 Jelena Jankovic won her 8th WTA singles title, in her 18th final, on Sunday, October 5, 2008. The trophy is small, possibly because of the optional Porsche 911 Carrera 4S that goes with it. Unfortunately the winner must must forfeit the $100,000 prize to take the car—which retails for the same amount.
Sep 29 AIG Japan Open * Tokyo, JPN $175,000 HO 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 17 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d # 34 s5 Kaia Kanepi EST 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

cdr138 Jill Craybas & Marina Erakovic d cdr209 Ayumi Morita & Aiko Nakamura 4-6, 7-5, (10-6)

 Caroline Wozniacki won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 3rd final, on Sunday, October 5, 2008. The Japan Open cup with wooden base is one of the largest tradtional-style trophies awarded on the WTA Tour; it is a holder, not a keeper.
Sep 29 Tashkent Open Tashkent, UZB $145,000 HO 32/16/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 46 s3 Sorana Cirstea ROU d # 63 s4 Sabine Lisicki GER 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)

cdr345 Iona Raluca Olaru & Olga Savchuk d cdr367 Nina Bratchikova & Kathrin Woerle 5-7, 7-5, (10-7)

 Sorana Cirstea won her first WTA singles title, in her 2nd final, on Sunday, October 5, 2008. Players don traditional Uzbek garb for the Tashkent ceremony.
Oct 6 Ladies Kremlin Cup Moscow, RUS $1,340,000 SI 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 2 s1 Jelena Jankovic SRB d # 9 s7 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-2, 6-4

cdr46 s4 Nadia Petrova & Katarina Srebotnik d cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-4

 Jelena Jankovic won her 9th WTA singles title, in her 19th final, on Sunday, October 12, 2008. It was Jelena's 3rd consecutive title, and 12th consecutive match victory.
Oct 13 Zurich Open Zurich, SUI $600,000 HI 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 8 s3 Venus Williams USA d # 18 Flavia Pennetta ITA 7-6(1), 6-2

cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr140 Patty Schnyder & Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1, 7-6(3)

 Venus Williams won her 38th WTA singles title, in her 60th final, on Sunday, October 19, 2008. It was the Wimbledon champ's second title this year.
Oct 20 Generali Ladies Linz Linz, AUT $600,000 HI 28/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 4 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB d # 8 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-2, 6-1

cdr7 s2 Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama d cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 6-4, 7-5

 Ana Ivanovic won her 8th WTA singles title, in her 11th final, on Sunday, October 26, 2008. It was the French Open champ's third title this year.
Oct 20 FORTIS Championships Luxembourg, LUX $225,000 HI 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 5 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d # 15 s4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)

cdr119 s4 Sorana Cirstea & Marina Erakovic d cdr115 s3 Vera Dushevina & Mariya Koryttseva 2-6, 6-3, (10-8)

 Elena Dementieva won her 12th WTA singles title, in her 23rd final, on Sunday, October 26, 2008. It was the Olympic gold medalist's third title this year.
Oct 27 Bell Challenge Quebec City, CAN $175,000 HI 32/32/16
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 13 s1 Nadia Petrova RUS d # 43 s5 Bethanie Mattek USA 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

cdr105 s2 Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Vania King d cdr126 s4 Tamarine Tanasugarn & Jill Craybas 7-6(3), 6-4

 Nadia Petrova won her 9th WTA singles title, in her 19th final, on Sunday, November 2, 2008.
 
Nov 3 WTA Tour Championships Doha, QAT $4,450,000 HO 8/--/4
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf

# 8 Venus Williams USA d # 9 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6(7)-5, 6-0, 6-2

cdr2 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr17 Kveta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs 6-1, 7-5)

 Venus Williams won her 39th WTA singles title, in her 61st final, on Sunday, November 9, 2008. It was the Wimbledon champ's third title this year.

All events are subject to change.

Tournament Categories
by Minimum Prize Money (US dollars)

Grand Slams
WTA Championships
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Tier III
Tier IV
TBA
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cdr=combined doubles rankings
Court Surfaces
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GCO
RCO
GO
SI
CI
HI
GSI
Hardcourt Outdoors
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Red Clay Outdoors
Grass Court Outdoors
Supreme Indoors
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Hardcourt Indoors
Greenset Indoors

2008 WTA Player Tourney Prize Money Earnings
As of Nov 17, 2008, in US dollars, includes WTA bonuses
Cur Name Nation Singles Doubles Mixed Total
1 WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 3,594,119 258,054 3,852,173
2 WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 3,485,326 262,239 3,766,315
3 JANKOVIC, JELENA SRB 3,051,407 13,058 3,564,465
4 IVANOVIC, ANA SRB 2,833,815 4,575 3,119,640
5 SAFINA, DINARA RUS 2,406,259 108,761 2,541,270
6 DEMENTIEVA, ELENA RUS 1,920,679 1,951,304
7 SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 1,937,879 1,937,879
8 ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS 1,713,580 59,595 1,777,675
9 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS 1,425,877 26,492 1,771,119
10 RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA POL 1,103,454 60,618 1,170,072
11 PETROVA, NADIA RUS 769,071 104,464 19,760 1,075,795
12 BLACK, CARA ZIM 5,520 822,600 91,820 919,940
13 SREBOTNIK, KATARINA SLO 474,590 341,613 78,942 907,145
14 HUBER, LIEZEL USA 822,600 70,137 892,737
15 CHAKVETADZE, ANNA RUS 565,442 14,482 2,500 844,924
16 MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL ESP 378,899 423,027 1,599 807,525
17 ZHENG, JIE CHN 579,516 178,002 13,951 771,469
18 SUGIYAMA, AI JPN 372,732 336,301 13,168 757,201
19 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 488,615 212,567 51,007 754,857
20 SCHNYDER, PATTY SUI 658,544 61,930 752,974
21 PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA 615,525 97,392 10,142 727,059
22 BARTOLI, MARION FRA 555,317 690,567
23 WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 623,536 53,031 9,760 686,327
24 BONDARENKO, ALONA UKR 286,776 295,178 616,954
25 HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA SVK 528,117 61,357 614,474
26 MAURESMO, AMELIE FRA 405,022 25,507 568,029
27 RUANO PASCUAL, VIRGINIA ESP 156,635 407,714 564,349
28 CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA SVK 514,169 41,014 7,441 562,624
29 PEER, SHAHAR ISR 321,712 201,135 2,500 560,347
30 SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA ITA 370,002 149,913 531,915
31 STOSUR, SAMANTHA AUS 167,223 260,651 98,475 527,685
32 BONDARENKO, KATERYNA UKR 200,859 297,483 13,612 515,954
33 VAIDISOVA, NICOLE CZE 414,071 17,158 5,283 509,762
34 CORNET, ALIZE FRA 473,067 27,562 6,262 506,891
35 SZAVAY, AGNES HUN 420,830 62,279 4,241 499,350
36 BAMMER, SYBILLE AUT 435,142 18,838 488,980
37 HENIN, JUSTINE BEL 458,470 458,470
38 DELLACQUA, CASEY AUS 264,207 188,226 5,000 457,433
39 KIRILENKO, MARIA RUS 344,450 83,951 23,369 455,770
40 KANEPI, KAIA EST 402,862 25,590 2,642 431,094
41 TANASUGARN, TAMARINE THA 356,241 57,867 414,108
42 LI, NA CHN 376,562 4,006 386,568
43 VESNINA, ELENA RUS 227,281 125,321 8,439 365,041
44 MATTEK, BETHANIE USA 254,738 97,111 7,861 359,710
45 PESCHKE, KVETA CZE 326,376 31,318 357,694
46 PENG, SHUAI CHN 243,879 95,847 9,901 353,627
47 YAN, ZI CHN 143,133 179,692 24,398 347,223
48 CHAN, YUNG-JAN TPE 172,690 150,912 16,497 340,099
49 KLEYBANOVA, ALISA RUS 296,052 39,585 1,321 336,958
50 RAYMOND, LISA USA 302,110 15,699 317,809
51 STUBBS, RENNAE AUS 300,334 13,859 314,193
52 DECHY, NATHALIE FRA 179,752 94,891 29,601 304,244
53 GOVORTSOVA, OLGA BLR 236,536 56,857 10,224 303,617
54 DAVENPORT, LINDSAY USA 252,380 43,038 295,418
55 MAKAROVA, EKATERINA RUS 231,442 59,082 290,524
56 DULKO, GISELA ARG 227,941 40,599 290,415
57 SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA ESP 274,111 11,976 286,087
58 RAZZANO, VIRGINIE FRA 224,708 38,517 18,089 281,314
59 CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 226,122 54,116 280,238
60 WOZNIAK, ALEKSANDRA CAN 271,627 5,846 277,473
61 KUDRYAVTSEVA, ALLA RUS 209,303 59,920 269,223
62 GARBIN, TATHIANA ITA 215,448 41,452 268,900
63 BENESOVA, IVETA CZE 187,050 72,406 6,359 265,815
64 ERRANI, SARA ITA 230,244 34,921 265,165
65 CRAYBAS, JILL USA 180,506 58,940 17,642 257,088
66 SAFAROVA, LUCIE CZE 201,979 39,868 255,222
67 NICULESCU, MONICA ROU 177,641 71,394 249,035
68 LLAGOSTERA VIVES, NURIA ESP 148,229 97,821 1,321 247,371
69 MIRZA, SANIA IND 139,820 65,922 31,271 243,013
70 RODIONOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 165,151 71,985 3,821 240,957
71 VOSKOBOEVA, GALINA KAZ 144,656 92,191 3,298 240,145
72 DOMACHOWSKA, MARTA POL 204,136 29,552 1,321 235,009
73 ERAKOVIC, MARINA NZL 179,255 54,902 234,157
74 MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, MARIA JOSE ESP 133,308 96,948 1,321 231,577
75 LISICKI, SABINE GER 212,284 19,280 231,564
76 KORYTTSEVA, MARIYA UKR 158,819 68,204 227,023
77 KING, VANIA USA 137,053 86,677 2,920 226,650
78 HSIEH, SU-WEI TPE 173,380 51,769 225,149
79 BACSINSZKY, TIMEA SUI 199,681 22,097 221,778
80 REZAI, ARAVANE FRA 184,599 37,029 221,628
81 PEREBIYNIS, TATIANA UKR 166,111 55,357 221,468
82 AMANMURADOVA, AKGUL UZB 170,987 49,145 220,132
83 CETKOVSKA, PETRA CZE 193,584 26,200 219,784
84 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 208,327 10,423 218,750
85 PASZEK, TAMIRA AUT 186,584 22,039 1,599 214,222
86 PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA BUL 192,877 19,586 212,463
87 PARMENTIER, PAULINE FRA 183,753 26,050 2,118 211,921
88 KNAPP, KARIN ITA 200,180 9,911 210,091
89 DUSHEVINA, VERA RUS 161,278 45,473 209,419
90 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 177,623 18,400 196,023
91 CHUANG, CHIA-JUNG TPE 5,430 164,934 21,882 192,246
92 SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA KAZ 126,194 65,272 191,466
93 LOIT, EMILIE FRA 157,206 29,197 190,403
94 GALLOVITS, EDINA ROU 155,122 34,973 190,095
95 PIN, CAMILLE FRA 149,714 32,047 4,941 186,702
96 KEOTHAVONG, ANNE GBR 164,629 19,031 2,642 186,302
97 ZAKOPALOVA, KLARA CZE 161,521 23,426 184,947
98 ARVIDSSON, SOFIA SWE 170,218 14,259 184,477
99 BREMOND, SEVERINE FRA 166,371 17,694 184,065
100 NAKAMURA, AIKO JPN 146,325 32,550 178,875
143 VAKULENKO, JULIA UKR 89,878 9,261 100,475
144 MORIGAMI, AKIKO JPN 86,140 12,831 98,971
200 CRAVERO, JORGELINA ARG 36,276 15,659 51,935

    (Dec 11, 2007 revised) Additional revision to the 2008 WTA schedule (earlier changes are described at the bottom of this page):
- The Warsaw J&S Cup has been deleted, and the ECM Prague Open has been moved from May 5 to April 28.

- The Bangalore Open has been promoted to Tier II, and moved from Feb 11 to fill the empty week of Mar 3, and a new Tier III tourney, the Cachantun Cup in Vina del Mar, Chile, has been placed at Feb 11.

- The Oct 13 Zurich Open has been demoted from a $1.34 million Tier I tourney to a $600,000 Tier II, and the following week's Fortis Championships in Luxembourg has been demoted from a $600,000 Tier II to a $225,000 Tier III. This reduces the payout to players at these two tournaments by well over a million dollars.

2008 WTA Calendar official .pdf version
    For info on WTA rankings and the full point scales, see the 4-page WTA .pdf, How Rankings Work.
    Also available: 2008 WTA Tour Official Rules, 398-page 2MB .pdf

    (Oct 14, 2007) The WTA has posted their 2008 schedule (.pdf version), which is reproduced below with links to most tourney websites. There are massive changes from the 2007 schedule, as the WTA Tour is moving toward their Roadmap 2010 goals. Some of the notable differences from 2007:

- Many tourneys have been repositioned in the schedule, the largest move being by the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, which has moved from a February indoor tourney to a September outdoor event--just two weeks before the AIG Japan Open, also in Tokyo.

- Fed Cup play has been moved up in the calendar; Fed Cup I (World Group quarterfinals) is now Feb 2-3, immediately following the Australian Open, and Fed Cup II (World Group semis) is now April 26-27. The Fed Cup finals will still follow the US Open, as they have in recent years.

- The San Diego (Tier I Acura Classic ) and Bangkok (Thailand Open ) tourneys have been dropped from the schedule. The never-yet-played Anda Open slated for Tel Aviv, Israel, which scheduled and dropped due to security concerns in both 2006 and 2007, is not on the schedule.

- The Doha Qatar Total Open has been elevated to a Tier I tourney, with $2.5 million in prize money. The Qatar Tennis Federation is now practically a Tour unto itself; the WTA Championships will be in Doha in 2008 and 2009, with the prize money raised from $3 million to $4.45 million , and they also run the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin.

- There are two dead weeks in the calendar, with no tourneys scheduled: March 3 and August 4 [Mar 3 was later filled].

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