2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles

Dinara Safina defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Pan Pacific Open. It was her fourth title of the season.[1]

Singles
2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open
Final
ChampionRussia Dinara Safina
Runner-upRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score6–1, 6–3
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Martina Hingis was the reigning champion, but she retired from professional tennis the previous year.

This was the first edition of the Pan Pacific Open to be held on outdoor hard courts; the tournament had previously been held on indoor carpet courts.

Seeds edit

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

  1.   Jelena Janković (quarterfinals)
  2.   Ana Ivanovic (second round)
  3.   Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
  4.   Dinara Safina (champion)
  5.   Svetlana Kuznetsova (final)
  6.   Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)
  7.   Daniela Hantuchová (first round)
  8.   Anna Chakvetadze (first round)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Semifinals Final
          
5   Svetlana Kuznetsova 77 6  
Q   Katarina Srebotnik 65 2  
5   Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 3  
4   Dinara Safina 6 6  
4   Dinara Safina 6 6  
    Nadia Petrova 1 0  

Top half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   J Janković 6 6  
    F Pennetta 6 6       F Pennetta 2 1  
    S Pe'er 4 4   1   J Janković 6 5 5
WC   A Morita 67 7 6 5   S Kuznetsova 2 7 7
    Á Szávay 79 5 4 WC   A Morita 1 1  
    N Li 2 6 3 5   S Kuznetsova 6 6  
5   S Kuznetsova 6 1 6 5   S Kuznetsova 77 6  
Q   K Srebotnik 65 2  
3   E Dementieva 6 6  
    A Cornet 4 6 6     A Cornet 0 3  
Q   A Wozniak 6 3 3 3   E Dementieva 3 4  
    C Wozniacki 1 2   Q   K Srebotnik 6 6  
Q   K Srebotnik 6 6   Q   K Srebotnik 6 6  
    F Schiavone 6 7       F Schiavone 4 3  
7   D Hantuchová 1 5  

Bottom half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8   A Chakvetadze 4 6 3
Q   K Kanepi 6 3 6 Q   K Kanepi 6 6  
    V Razzano 6 6       V Razzano 4 2  
    A Sugiyama 3 2   Q   K Kanepi 4 77 2
    D Cibulková 0 6 710 4   D Safina 6 65 6
WC   A Mauresmo 6 1 68     D Cibulková 3 4  
4   D Safina 6 6  
4   D Safina 6 6  
6   A Radwańska 6 6       N Petrova 1 0  
WC   A Nakamura 1 4   6   A Radwańska 6 6  
    M Kirilenko 2 2       M Bartoli 2 3  
    M Bartoli 6 6   6   A Radwańska 3 0  
Q   A Rezaï 5 2       N Petrova 6 6  
    N Petrova 7 6       N Petrova 6 1 6
2   A Ivanovic 1 6 2

References edit

  1. ^ "Safina wins in Japan, Zvonareva triumphs in China". The New York Times. 23 September 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

External links edit