2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Date:		April 28 – May 4
Edition:		8th
Champions
Singles
Gisela Dulko
Doubles
Sorana Cirstea / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem  < 2007 2009 >

The 2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Fes, Morocco, from April 28 through May 4, 2008.

Contents 1 Singles 1.1 Seeds 1.2 Finals 1.2.1 Top Half 1.2.2 Bottom Half 2 Doubles 2.1 Seeds 2.2 Draw 3 External links

[edit] Singles

Milagros Sequera was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.

Gisela Dulko won in the final 7–6(2), 7–6(5), against Anabel Medina Garrigues.

[edit] Seeds

Anabel Medina Garrigues (Final) Gisela Dulko (Champion) Tathiana Garbin (Second Round) Aravane Rezai (Semifinals)

Timea Bacsinszky (Second Round) Alisa Kleybanova (Quarterfinals) Sorana Cirstea (Quarterfinals) Ekaterina Makarova (Second Round)

[edit] Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6	7
		Greta Arn	3	63
								1	Anabel Medina Garrigues	62	65
								2	Gisela Dulko	7	7
	4	Aravane Rezai	66	3
	2	Gisela Dulko	7	6

[edit] Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	A Medina Garrigues	4	6	6
	L Dominguez Lino	6	2	1			1	A Medina Garrigues	3	7	6
	S Karatantcheva	7	6					S Karatantcheva	6	64	1
	E Baltacha	5	2											1	A Medina Garrigues	6	6
	A Kremer	6	3	0											O Savchuk	1	1
	O Savchuk	4	6	6				O Savchuk	7	6
	A Klepac	2	3				8	E Makarova	64	4
8	E Makarova	6	6																		1	A Medina Garrigues	6	7
3	T Garbin	4	6	6																		G Arn	3	63
	C Castano	6	3	3			3	T Garbin	4	5
	G Arn	6	6					G Arn	6	7
Q	J Dokic	4	2												G Arn	6	6
	P Cetkovska	6	7												P Cetkovska	2	2
	S Kloesel	4	5					P Cetkovska	6	7
WC	N Lalami	2	4				5	T Bacsinszky	1	5
5	T Bacsinszky	6	6

[edit] Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	A Kleybanova	6	6
Q	A Wozniak	2	3				6	A Kleybanova	63	6	6
Q	A Rodionova	6	6				Q	A Rodionova	7	3	4
WC	L Essaadi	1	1											6	A Kleybanova	7	5	5
	R de los Rios	6	6											4	A Rezai	5	7	7
	L Osterloh	4	4					R de los Rios	62	0
	V King	2	4				4	A Rezaï	7	6
4	A Rezai	6	6																		4	A Rezai	66	3
7	S Cirstea	2	6	6																	2	G Dulko	7	6
	M Erakovic	6	3	2			7	S Cirstea	6	6
Q	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6				Q	A Pavlyuchenkova	4	2
WC	FZ El Allami	0	1											7	S Cirstea	0	3
	K O'Brien	7	4	1										2	G Dulko	6	6
	E Loit	67	6	6				E Loit	3	2
	ME Camerin	1	1				2	G Dulko	6	6
2	G Dulko	6	6

[edit] Doubles

Vania King and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mirza chose not to participate, and only King competed that year.
King partnered with Lourdes Dominguez Lino, but lost in the first round to Sorana Cirstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Sorana Cirstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won in the final 6–2, 6–2, against Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova.

[edit] Seeds

Lourdes Dominguez Lino / Vania King (First Round) Gisela Dulko / Betina Jozami (First Round)

Alisa Kleybanova / Ekaterina Makarova (Final) Marina Erakovic / Alina Jidkova (First Round)

[edit] Draw

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
1	L Dominguez Lino   V King	68	5
	S Cirstea   A Pavlyuchenkova	7	7					S Cirstea   A Pavlyuchenkova	w/o
	T Bacsinszky   S Kloesel	7	6					T Bacsinszky   S Kloesel
	N Bratchikova   K Milevskaya	5	2												S Cirstea   A Pavlyuchenkova	4	6	[16]
4	M Erakovic   A Jidkova	4	3												M Kondratieva   S Lefevre	6	4	[14]
	M Kondratieva   S Lefevre	6	6					M Kondratieva   S Lefevre	7	6
	P Cetkovska   O Savchuk	4	6	[3]				A Klepac   L Osterloh	63	1
	A Klepac   L Osterloh	6	3	[10]																		S Cirstea   A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6
	ME Camerin   R de los Rios	6	6																		3	A Kleybanova   E Makarova	2	2
WC	FZ El Allami   N Lalami	3	2					ME Camerin   R de los Ríos	4	3
	E Baltacha   A Elliott	0	r				3	A Kleybanova   E Makarova	6	6
3	A Kleybanova   E Makarova	5												3	A Kleybanova   E Makarova	6	6
	K Anderson   K O'Brien	3	6	[2]											J Larsson   A Rodionova	1	3
	C Castano   A Kremer	6	3	[10]				C Castano   A Kremer	5	63
	J Larsson   A Rodionova	7	6					J Larsson   A Rodionova	7	7
2	G Dulko   B Jozami	62	3

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws

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