2008 Wimbledon Championships
# 2008 Wimbledon Championships

The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final in what many regard as the greatest tennis match of all time. In the women's singles, Venus Williams claimed her fifth title, and first win over her sister Serena in a Wimbledon final (she had lost the previous two). The performances of Britons Andy Murray in the men's singles and Laura Robson in the girls' singles were able to arouse significant interest from the home crowd.

Following the completion of the 2007 Championships, the new fixed roof was put in place at Centre Court, in time for the 2008 Championships. The retractable section of the new roof was completed for the 2009 Championships.

## Point and prize money distribution

### Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

**Senior points**

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 150 | 75 | 35 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 150 | 75 | 0 | — | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Women's singles | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 140 | 90 | 60 | 2 | | | | |
| Women's doubles | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 140 | 90 | 0 | — | | — | 0 | 0 |

Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2008 championships was £11,812,000. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £750,000.

Event

W

F

SF

QF

Round of 16

Round of 32

Round of 64

Round of 128

Q3

Q2

Q1

Singles

£750,000

£375,000

£187,500

£93,750

£50,000

£28,125

£17,000

£10,250

£6,500

£3,250

£1,625

Doubles*

£230,000

£115,000

£57,500

£30,000

£16,000

£9,000

£5,250

Mixed doubles*

£92,000

£46,000

£23,000

£10,500

£5,200

£2,600

£1,300

Wheelchair doubles*

£6,750

£3,750

£2,250

£1,250

Invitation doubles

£17,000

£14,000

£10,500

£9,500

£9,000

$_{*perteam}$

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main articles: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles and 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final

Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ $6–7^{(8–10)},$ 9–7

It was Rafael Nadal's sixth title of the year, and his 29th overall. It was his second Grand Slam title of the year, his fifth overall, and his first Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Venus Williams def. Serena Williams, 7–5, 6–4

It was Venus Williams's first title of the year, and her 37th overall. It was her seventh Grand Slam title, her fifth Wimbledon win, and her second consecutive win at the event.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Jonas Björkman / Kevin Ullyett, $7–6^{(14–12)},$ $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–3, 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur def. Mike Bryan / Katarina Srebotnik, 7–5, 6–4

Juniors

Girls' singles champion Laura Robson practicing.

Boys' singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Grigor Dimitrov def. Henri Kontinen, 7–5, 6–3

Girls' singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

Laura Robson def. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua def. Matt Reid / Bernard Tomic, 6–4, 2–6, 12–10

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

Polona Hercog / Jessica Moore def. Isabella Holland / Sally Peers, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

Other events

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer def. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis, walkover

Ladies' invitation doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles

Jana Novotná / Kathy Rinaldi def. Martina Navratilova / Helena Suková, 5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Ken Flach / Robert Seguso def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, $7–6^{(7–1)},$ $6–7^{(5–7)},$ [10–7]

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles

Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, $6–7^{(8–10)},$ 6–1, 6–3

Notable stories

Betting scandal

There were allegations in a dossier that several matches, including eight at Wimbledon, were under suspicion of being fixed by professional gambling syndicates after bookmakers noted unexpected spikes in betting patterns. The dossier, released on the Sunday prior to the first day of play, had been commissioned by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA), International Tennis Federation (ITF), and four Grand Slams earlier in the year, and was compiled by bookmakers. An official said, "If you look at a tournament, you might see one match for £23,000 [in betting turnover], one for £27,000, one for £36,000 and one for £4.5m. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that something is going on in the last one." Betting on Wimbledon matches was popular in 2007, with over £420m wagered on bets.

To help deal with any potential gambling problems, the All England Club restricted access to player's changing rooms this year, allowing only the player and their coach permission. It was hoped that this would make communication between gamblers and players more difficult. Match fixing became a prominent issue in the media after the 2007 Orange Prokom Open, where the then World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko came under suspicion of colluding with gamblers, and gambling company Betfair took the unprecedented step of voiding all bets on a match of his with Martín Vassallo Argüello.

Pigeon killing controversy

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the sport club that plays host to the Championships, came under fire from animal activists for using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons. The marksmen were ordered to use hawks to scare them away, but when some failed to do so, the marksmen killed them, which led to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group releasing a statement admonishing the practice and subsequently, referring to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, contacting the Metropolitan Police.

Several players complained about the pigeons distracting them during play, and because of the inefficient nature of the hawks, rapid action was sought on the Sunday evening before the tournament began. The marksmen were hired by the All England Club and, armed with rifles, shot several birds. When the media broke the story on Monday, a spokesman for the All England Club defended the club's approach, saying that, "The hawks are our first line of deterrent, and by and large they do the job. But unfortunately there were one or two areas where the hawks didn't deter the pigeons, so it was deemed necessary to take a harder approach." By Tuesday however, the Metropolitan Police wildlife crime unit had been alerted to the practice by PETA, after allegedly infringing the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Bruce Friedrich, vice-president of PETA, wrote in a letter to the All England Club chairman Tim Phillips, that the birds did not represent "a demonstrable risk to public health and safety", and the activity was therefore in violation of the Act. A Wimbledon spokesperson subsequently announced that they had reneged on their policy, and that the All England Club would no longer shoot pigeons.

A similar, but more inconspicuous, incident also occurred on the Sunday evening before the Championships. A swarm of bees descended upon the area surrounding the All England Club; this caused the clearing out of the players' lawn (where competitors gather after play) and a temporary cessation of some interviews. Further disruption was caused because organizers had to alter the overnight queuing system, in order to protect people. This was the first time that bees had caused disruptions at the All England Club. Some media outlets reported that the bees deserted the grounds after around 90 minutes, whilst others claimed that a similar resolution to the pigeon problem was sought, with the bees being professionally exterminated.

Laura Robson (left), in her first round juniors match against Alexa Guarachi

British performance

The British public were treated to some palpable success, as London-based Laura Robson became the first British girl to win the Girls' juniors competition since Annabel Croft in 1984. Fourteen-year-old Robson, the youngest player in the Girls' juniors, had to beat players aged up to eighteen, the maximum age allowed for entry into the juniors. She garnered considerable media attention; with a large crowd gathered to watch both her semi-final and final matches, the latter of which was on No. 1 Court, she called it an "overwhelming experience." British-based gambling company Ladbrokes slashed her odds of winning Wimbledon before 2020 from 50/1 to 20/1.

In the seniors, 2007 mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray could not replicate his triumph of the previous year with new partner Liezel Huber, after his 2007 partner Jelena Janković opted not to play in order to concentrate on the singles competition. Murray and Huber reached the semi-finals where they were knocked out by Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur.

In the seniors singles competition, the most significant impact was made by Scottish player Andy Murray, when he became the first British player to reach the quarter-finals since Tim Henman in 2004. Murray, often castigated in the British media for his surly manner, won the crowd's affections with his five-set victory over Richard Gasquet (details of this match are given in the Day 7 summary). The Murray–Gasquet match was watched by over 10 million people in the UK, and it was watched by more than 50% of the potential viewing public in his native Scotland.

Chris Eaton from Surrey, the ATP No. 661, successfully began his campaign in qualifying, and then caused a major surprise by beating ATP No. 114 Boris Pašanski in the first round. Anne Keothavong was the first British woman to directly qualify to the main draw since 1998, however no British woman made it beyond the second round.

A tournament of upsets and surprises

Rainer Schüttler reached his first Wimbledon semi-final

The men's side of the draw was notable for the performances of Marat Safin and Rainer Schüttler, ranked 75th and 94th respectively on entering the tournament. Safin caused an upset in the second round when he defeated Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets, on the way to his first ever Wimbledon semi-final, where he lost to Roger Federer. After more than five years without reaching the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, and thirteen consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without advancing past the second round, Schüttler also reached his first Wimbledon semi-final, where he was defeated in straight sets by the eventual champion Rafael Nadal. Schüttler had earlier defeated Arnaud Clément (who had previously not advanced to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament since reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open) in an epic quarter-final that lasted two days.

Agnieszka Radwańska reached her first Wimbledon quarter-final by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round

The women's side of the draw saw some of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history, in which the top four seeds—Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova—all failed to reach the quarter-finals. Maria Sharapova suffered her earliest exit at Wimbledon when she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round; this was also her earliest exit at a Grand Slam since the 2003 US Open. Recent French Open champion and newly crowned World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic was stunned in the third round by Chinese wild card entrant and World No. 133 Zheng Jie. This was the earliest exit by a top seed at Wimbledon since Martina Hingis lost in the first round in 2001, and Zheng Jie also became the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat a top seed at the tournament. Janković and Kuznetsova were both toppled in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn and Agnieszka Radwańska, respectively. This was the first time since seedings began at Wimbledon in 1927 (and the first time in the Open Era) that none of the top four seeds managed to advance past the fourth round. Zheng Jie became the second Chinese player (after Li Na in 2006) to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and the first wild card entry ever to reach the semi-finals (a feat later achieved by Sabine Lisicki in 2011), where she was defeated by eventual runner-up Serena Williams. Meanwhile, Tanasugarn reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final by virtue of her victory over Janković, losing to the eventual champion Venus Williams.

Singles players

Men's singles

Champion

Runner-up

Rafael Nadal [2]

Roger Federer [1]

Semi-finals out

Marat Safin

Rainer Schüttler

Quarter-finals out

Mario Ančić

Feliciano López

Arnaud Clément

Andy Murray

Fourth round out

Lleyton Hewitt

Fernando Verdasco

Stan Wawrinka

Marcos Baghdatis

Janko Tipsarević

Marin Čilić

Richard Gasquet

Mikhail Youzhny

Third round out

Marc Gicquel

Simone Bolelli

Tomáš Berdych

David Ferrer [5]

Andreas Seppi

Mischa Zverev

Simon Stadler (Q)

Bobby Reynolds

Dmitry Tursunov

Guillermo García López

Paul-Henri Mathieu

Jürgen Melzer

Gilles Simon

Tommy Haas

Radek Štěpánek

Nicolas Kiefer

Second round out

Robin Söderling

Ilija Bozoljac (LL)

Albert Montañés

Fernando González

Victor Hănescu

Olivier Rochus

Philipp Petzschner (Q)

Igor Andreev

Novak Djokovic [3]

Florent Serra

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Juan Martín del Potro

Thomas Johansson

Thomaz Bellucci

Roko Karanušić

Frank Dancevic

Andy Roddick

Chris Eaton (Q)

Nicolás Almagro

James Blake

Jérémy Chardy (WC)

Jarkko Nieminen

Jesse Levine (Q)

Benjamin Becker

Sébastien Grosjean

Agustín Calleri

Tommy Robredo

Xavier Malisse (WC)

Viktor Troicki

Stefano Galvani (Q)

Martín Vassallo Argüello

Ernests Gulbis

First round out

Dominik Hrbatý (PR)

Kevin Kim (Q)

Kei Nishikori

Chris Guccione

Robin Haase

Carlos Berlocq

Alex Bogdanovic (WC)

Robby Ginepri

Evgeny Korolev

Alejandro Falla

Dudi Sela

Philipp Kohlschreiber

Michaël Llodra

Lee Hyung-taik

Jiří Vaněk

Sergiy Stakhovsky (Q)

Michael Berrer

Fabio Fognini

Lu Yen-hsun

Tobias Kamke (LL)

Sam Querrey

Alexander Peya (Q)

Pavel Šnobel (Q)

Marcos Daniel

Steve Darcis

Vince Spadea

Igor Kunitsyn

Ivo Karlović

Brian Dabul

Luis Horna

Filippo Volandri

David Nalbandian

Eduardo Schwank

Thierry Ascione

Boris Pašanski

Nicolas Mahut

Marcel Granollers

Izak van der Merwe (Q)

Santiago Ventura Bertomeu

Christophe Rochus (Q)

Óscar Hernández

Frederico Gil (Q)

Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Q)

Wayne Odesnik

Ivan Ljubičić

Donald Young

Jonas Björkman

Nikolay Davydenko [4]

Mardy Fish

Potito Starace

Kevin Anderson

Dawid Olejniczak (Q)

Kristof Vliegen

Guillermo Cañas

Denis Gremelmayr

Fabrice Santoro

Jan Hernych (Q)

Nicolás Lapentti

Jamie Baker (WC)

Sergio Roitman

Julien Benneteau

Ivo Minář

John Isner

Andreas Beck (Q)

Women's singles

Champion

Runner-up

Venus Williams [7]

Serena Williams [6]

Semi-finals out

Zheng Jie (WC)

Elena Dementieva [5]

Quarter-finals out

Nicole Vaidišová

Agnieszka Radwańska [14]

Nadia Petrova [21]

Tamarine Tanasugarn

Fourth round out

Ágnes Szávay [15]

Anna Chakvetadze [8]

Svetlana Kuznetsova [4]

Bethanie Mattek

Shahar Pe'er [24]

Alla Kudryavtseva

Alisa Kleybanova

Jelena Janković [2]

Third round out

Ana Ivanovic [1]

Anabel Medina Garrigues

Casey Dellacqua

Evgeniya Rodina

Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (Q)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q)

Marion Bartoli [11]

Amélie Mauresmo [29]

Gisela Dulko

Dinara Safina [9]

Victoria Azarenka [16]

Peng Shuai

María José Martínez Sánchez (Q)

Ai Sugiyama

Marina Erakovic

Caroline Wozniacki [31]

Second round out

Nathalie Dechy

Elena Baltacha (WC)

Francesca Schiavone

Monica Niculescu

Pauline Parmentier

Samantha Stosur (WC)

Elena Vesnina

Edina Gallovits

Kateryna Bondarenko

Alona Bondarenko

Li Na

Marta Domachowska

Tatiana Perebiynis

Vera Dushevina

Virginia Ruano Pascual

Urszula Radwańska (WC)

Timea Bacsinszky

Lindsay Davenport

Émilie Loit

Hsieh Su-wei

Sorana Cîrstea

Mara Santangelo

Sybille Bammer [26]

Maria Sharapova [3]

Anne Keothavong

Sania Mirza [32]

Flavia Pennetta

Daniela Hantuchová [10]

Vera Zvonareva [13]

Julia Görges

Aleksandra Wozniak

Carla Suárez Navarro (WC)

First round out

Rossana de los Ríos

Yuan Meng

Angelique Kerber

Dominika Cibulková

Tamira Paszek

Yan Zi

Magdaléna Rybáriková (Q)

Tathiana Garbin

Patty Schnyder [12]

Akgul Amanmuradova

Raluca Olaru

Zuzana Ondrášková (Q)

Virginie Razzano [27]

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Yvonne Meusburger

Stéphanie Dubois

Mathilde Johansson (Q)

Rika Fujiwara (Q)

Camille Pin

Melanie South (WC)

Alizé Cornet [17]

Anastasia Rodionova

Jill Craybas

Iveta Benešová

Sabine Lisicki

Petra Kvitová

Séverine Brémond (Q)

Maria Kirilenko [19]

Ashley Harkleroad

Milagros Sequera

Klára Zakopalová

Kaia Kanepi

Maria Elena Camerin (Q)

Julie Ditty

Aravane Rezaï

Renata Voráčová

Katie O'Brien (WC)

Lucie Šafářová

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro

Chan Yung-jan

Tsvetana Pironkova

Ekaterina Bychkova

Maret Ani

Olga Govortsova

Sofia Arvidsson

Viktoriya Kutuzova (Q)

Ekaterina Makarova

Stéphanie Foretz (Q)

Naomi Cavaday (WC)

Vania King

Martina Müller

Catalina Castaño

Julia Vakulenko

Yanina Wickmayer

Tzipora Obziler

Sara Errani

Aiko Nakamura

Petra Cetkovská

Michaëlla Krajicek

Katarina Srebotnik

Eva Hrdinová (Q)

Mariya Koryttseva

Galina Voskoboeva

Olga Savchuk

Day by day

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 June 2008. Rankings and points before are as of 23 June 2008.

Men's singles

The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:

ESP points as at a week before The Championships at 16 June 2008

Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (18 June 2007 – 15 June 2008)

add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (19 June 2006 – 17 June 2007).

Seed

Rank

Player

Points before

Points defending

Points won

Points after

Status

1

1

Roger Federer

6,900

1,000

700

6,600

Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [2]

2

2

Rafael Nadal

5,755

700

1,000

6,055

Champion, defeated Roger Federer [1]

3

3

Novak Djokovic

5,360

450

35

4,945

Second round lost to Marat Safin

4

4

Nikolay Davydenko

3,115

150

5

2,970

First round lost to Benjamin Becker

5

5

David Ferrer

3,005

35

75

3,045

Third round lost to Mario Ančić

6

6

Andy Roddick

2,280

250

35

2,065

Second round lost to Janko Tipsarević

7

7

David Nalbandian

2,100

75

5

2,030

First round lost to Frank Dancevic

8

10

Richard Gasquet

1,610

450

150

1,310

Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [12]

9

8

James Blake

2,015

75

35

1,975

Second round lost to Rainer Schüttler

10

25

Marcos Baghdatis

1,090

250

150

990

Fourth round lost to Feliciano López [31]

11

20

Tomáš Berdych

1,290

450

75

915

Third round lost to Fernando Verdasco [22]

12

11

Andy Murray

1,555

0

250

1,805

Quarter-finals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]

13

9

Stan Wawrinka

1,615

5

150

1,760

Fourth round lost to Marat Safin

14

16

Paul-Henri Mathieu

1,345

150

75

1,270

Third round lost to Marin Čilić

15

14

Fernando González

1,405

75

35

1,365

Second round lost to Simone Bolelli

16

15

Radek Štěpánek

1,360

5

75

1,430

Third round lost to Mikhail Youzhny [17]

17

17

Mikhail Youzhny

1,305

150

150

1,305

Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]

18

22

Ivo Karlović

1,220

5

5

1,220

First round lost to Simon Stadler [Q]

19

12

Nicolás Almagro

1,485

5

35

1,515

Second round lost to Guillermo García López

20

27

Lleyton Hewitt

1,050

150

150

1,050

Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [1]

21

23

Juan Carlos Ferrero

1,135

250

35

920

Second round retired against Mischa Zverev

22

18

Fernando Verdasco

1,300

75

150

1,375

Fourth round lost to Mario Ančić

23

19

Tommy Robredo

1,300

35

35

1,300

Second round lost to Tommy Haas

24

28

Jarkko Nieminen

1,050

75

35

1,010

Second round lost to Marin Čilić

25

33

Dmitry Tursunov

968

75

75

968

Third round lost to Janko Tipsarević

26

31

Ivan Ljubičić

980

75

5

910

First round lost to Jürgen Melzer

27

32

Nicolas Kiefer

970

75

75

970

Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]

28

29

Gilles Simon

1,030

35

75

1,070

Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [8]

29

30

Andreas Seppi

1,015

35

35

1,015

Third round lost to Marat Safin

30

26

Gaël Monfils

1,053

75

0

978

Withdrew due to shoulder injury

31

35

Feliciano López

950

75

250

1,125

Quarter-finals lost to Marat Safin

32

34

Michaël Llodra

951

35

5

921

First round lost to Mario Ančić

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank

Player

Points before

Points defending

Points after

Withdrawal reason

13

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

1,415

150

1,265

Knee injury

21

Juan Mónaco

1,245

5

1,240

Back injury

24

Carlos Moyá

1,095

5

1,090

Shoulder injury

Women's singles

Seed

Rank

Player

Points before

Points defending

Points won

Points after

Status

1

1

Ana Ivanovic

4,188

450

90

3,828

Third round lost to Zheng Jie [WC]

2

3

Jelena Janković

3,685

140

140

3,685

Fourth round lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn

3

2

Maria Sharapova

3,706

140

60

3,646

Second round lost to Alla Kudryavtseva

4

4

Svetlana Kuznetsova

3,565

450

140

3,255

Fourth round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [14]

5

5

Elena Dementieva

2,745

90

450

3,105

Semi-finals lost to Venus Williams [7]

6

6

Serena Williams

2,676

250

700

3,126

Runner-up, lost to Venus Williams [7]

7

7

Venus Williams

2,606

1,000

1,000

2,606

Champion, defeated Serena Williams [6]

8

8

Anna Chakvetadze

2,436

90

140

2,486

Fourth round lost to Nicole Vaidišová [18]

9

9

Dinara Safina

2,257

60

90

2,287

Third round lost to Shahar Pe'er [24]

10

12

Daniela Hantuchová

2,007

140

60

1,927

Second round lost to Alisa Kleybanova

11

10

Marion Bartoli

2,030

700

90

1,420

Third round lost to Bethanie Mattek

12

13

Patty Schnyder

1,940

140

2

1,802

First round lost to Casey Dellacqua

13

14

Vera Zvonareva

1,912

0

60

1,972

Second round lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn

14

11

Agnieszka Radwańska

2,011

90

250

2,171

Quarter-finals lost to Serena Williams [6]

15

15

Ágnes Szávay

1,645

91

140

1,694

Fourth round lost to Zheng Jie [WC]

16

16

Victoria Azarenka

1,386

90

90

1,386

Third round lost to Nadia Petrova [21]

17

17

Alizé Cornet

1,248

60

2

1,190

First round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [Q]

18

22

Nicole Vaidišová

1,153

250

250

1,153

Quarter-finals lost to Zheng Jie [WC]

19

19

Maria Kirilenko

1,208

2

2

1,208

First round lost to Vera Dushevina

20

20

Francesca Schiavone

1,201

60

60

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Second round lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues

21

18

Nadia Petrova

1,211

140

250

1,321

Quarter-finals lost to Elena Dementieva [5]

22

23

Flavia Pennetta

1,122

2

60

1,180

Second round lost to Ai Sugiyama

23

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Katarina Srebotnik

1,110

90

2

1,022

First round lost to Julia Görges

24

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Shahar Pe'er

1,027

90

140

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Fourth round lost to Elena Dementieva [5]

25

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Lindsay Davenport

1,055

0

60

1,115

Second round withdrew due to knee injury

26

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Sybille Bammer

977

60

60

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Second round lost to Peng Shuai

27

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Virginie Razzano

1,015

2

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First round lost to Evgeniya Rodina

28

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1,018

90

60

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Second round retired against Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová [Q]

29

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832

140

90

782

Third round lost to Serena Williams [6]

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Dominika Cibulková

902

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First round lost to Zheng Jie [WC]

31

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Caroline Wozniacki

932

60

90

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Third round lost to Jelena Janković [2]

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Sania Mirza

867

60

60

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Second round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez [Q]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2007. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Rank

Player

Points before

Points defending

Points after

Withdrawal reason

21

Tatiana Golovin

1,160

60

1,100

Back injury

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

Jamie Baker

Alex Bogdanovic

Jérémy Chardy

Xavier Malisse

Women's singles

Elena Baltacha

Naomi Cavaday

Katie O'Brien

Urszula Radwańska

Melanie South

Carla Suárez Navarro

Samantha Stosur

Zheng Jie

Men's doubles

James Auckland / Jamie Delgado

Neil Bamford / Josh Goodall

Richard Bloomfield / Ken Skupski

Alex Bogdanovic / Jonathan Marray

Chris Eaton / Alexander Slabinsky

Women's doubles

Elena Baltacha / Naomi Cavaday

Amanda Elliott / Katie O'Brien

Anne Keothavong / Melanie South

Anna Fitzpatrick / Anna Hawkins

Sarah Borwell / Jocelyn Rae

Mixed doubles

James Auckland / Elena Baltacha

Alex Bogdanovic / Melanie South

Richard Bloomfield / Sarah Borwell

Jamie Delgado / Katie O'Brien

Ross Hutchins / Anne Keothavong

Main draw qualifier entries

Men's singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Men's singles qualifiers

Andreas Beck

Christophe Rochus

Frederico Gil

Philipp Petzschner

Kevin Kim

Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Izak van der Merwe

Jesse Levine

Pavel Šnobel

Stefano Galvani

Alexander Peya

Jan Hernych

Sergiy Stakhovsky

Simon Stadler

Chris Eaton

Dawid Olejniczak

Lucky losers

Ilija Bozoljac

Tobias Kamke

Women's singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Women's singles qualifiers

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Zuzana Ondrášková

Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

Séverine Brémond

María José Martínez Sánchez

Viktoriya Kutuzova

Maria Elena Camerin

Stéphanie Foretz

Magdaléna Rybáriková

Rika Fujiwara

Eva Hrdinová

Mathilde Johansson

Men's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles Qualifying

Men's doubles qualifiers

Amer Delić / Brendan Evans

Frederico Gil / Dick Norman

K. J. Hippensteel / Tripp Phillips

Petr Pála / Igor Zelenay

Lucky losers

Johan Brunström / Adam Feeney

Mikhail Elgin / Alexander Kudryavtsev

Hugo Armando / Jesse Levine

Women's doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles Qualifying

Women's doubles qualifiers

Maria Kirilenko / Flavia Pennetta

Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears

Jorgelina Cravero / Betina Jozami

Andrea Hlaváčková / Olga Savchuk

Lucky losers

Christina Fusano / Angela Haynes

Ayumi Morita / Junri Namigata

Anna Smith / Georgie Stoop

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.

Men's singles

José Acasuso → replaced by Tobias Kamke

Juan Ignacio Chela → replaced by Brian Dabul

Stefan Koubek → replaced by Alejandro Falla

Florian Mayer → replaced by Boris Pašanski

Juan Mónaco → replaced by Roko Karanušić

Gaël Monfils → replaced by Ilija Bozoljac

Carlos Moyá → replaced by Martín Vassallo Argüello

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Wayne Odesnik

Women's singles

Eleni Daniilidou → replaced by Aleksandra Wozniak

Tatiana Golovin → replaced by Milagros Sequera

Karin Knapp → replaced by Monica Niculescu

Akiko Morigami → replaced by Renata Voráčová

María Emilia Salerni → replaced by Julia Görges

Meghann Shaughnessy → replaced by Bethanie Mattek

Meilen Tu → replaced by Vania King

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