Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy chose not to participate, and only Santangelo competed that year.
Santangelo partnered with Alicia Molik, but lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska.

Women's doubles
2008 Italian Open
Final
ChampionsChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Runners-upCzech Republic Iveta Benešová
Slovakia Janette Husárová
Score7–6(7–5), 6–2
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–2, against Iveta Benešová and Janette Husárová.

Seeds

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The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1.   Cara Black /   Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)
  2.   Katarina Srebotnik /   Ai Sugiyama (second round)
  3.   Květa Peschke /   Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
  4.   Alicia Molik /   Mara Santangelo (second round)
  5.   Chan Yung-jan /   Chuang Chia-jung (champions)
  6.   Lisa Raymond /   Samantha Stosur (second round)
  7.   Alona Bondarenko /   Kateryna Bondarenko (second round)
  8.   Dinara Safina /   Ágnes Szávay (withdrew due to a low back injury for Safina)
  9.   Yan Zi /   Zheng Jie (second round)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
    Peng Shuai
  Sun Tiantian
4 2  
5   Chan Yung-jan
  Chuang Chia-jung
6 6  
5   Chan Yung-jan
  Chuang Chia-jung
7 6  
    Iveta Benešová
  Janette Husárová
65 3  
    Iveta Benešová
  Janette Husárová
5 6 [10]
ALT   Klaudia Jans
  Mervana Jugić-Salkić
7 3 [2]

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   C Black
  L Huber
6 6  
    J Craybas
  A Kudryavtseva
6 6       J Craybas
  A Kudryavtseva
3 3  
    T Poutchek
  A Rodionova
3 4   1   C Black
  L Huber
6 5 [6]
    S Peng
  T Sun
6 2 [10]     S Peng
  T Sun
4 7 [10]
    A Amanmuradova
  E Vesnina
4 6 [5]     S Peng
  T Sun
7 6  
    G Navrátilová
  A Rosolska
1 5   7   A Bondarenko
  K Bondarenko
62 1  
7   A Bondarenko
  K Bondarenko
6 7       S Peng
  T Sun
4 2  
5   Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
6 6  
3   K Peschke
  R Stubbs
4 6 [11]
    L Hradecká
  M Krajicek
6 6       L Hradecká
  M Krajicek
6 3 [9]
    N Petrova
  Y Shvedova
3 4   3   K Peschke
  R Stubbs
5 2  
    V Dushevina
  E Likhovtseva
7 6   5   Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
7 6  
    T Garbin
  R Vinci
5 4       V Dushevina
  E Likhovtseva
2 5  
    M Koryttseva
  V Uhlířová
5 1   5   Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
6 7  
5   Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
7 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6   L Raymond
  S Stosur
7 6  
    C Ji
  S Sun
5 2   6   L Raymond
  S Stosur
4 6 [2]
    I Benešová
  J Husárová
3 6 [10]     I Benešová
  J Husárová
6 2 [10]
    A Kleybanova
  G Voskoboeva
6 2 [8]     I Benešová
  J Husárová
64 6 [10]
WC   S Errani
  K Knapp
2 66       M Kirilenko
  A Radwańska
7 3 [4]
    M Kirilenko
  A Radwańska
6 7       M Kirilenko
  A Radwańska
6 6  
4   A Molik
  M Santangelo
4 3  
    I Benešová
  J Husárová
5 6 [10]
9   Z Yan
  J Zheng
7 6   ALT   K Jans
  M Jugić-Salkić
7 3 [2]
WC   C Dentoni
  C Wozniacki
5 3   9   Z Yan
  J Zheng
4 2  
    A Medina Garrigues
  V Ruano Pascual
6 6       A Medina Garrigues
  V Ruano Pascual
6 6  
    ME Camerin
  G Dulko
4 2       A Medina Garrigues
  V Ruano Pascual
7 3 [9]
ALT   K Jans
  M Jugić-Salkić
7 6   ALT   K Jans
  M Jugić-Salkić
62 6 [11]
WC   A Chakvetadze
  N Vaidišová
64 3   ALT   K Jans
  M Jugić-Salkić
1 7 [10]
2   K Srebotnik
  A Sugiyama
6 5 [4]
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