Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women

The Women's Doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament.

The results returned the gold to the United States, after the only Olympiad at which they had not won the gold medal since the event's re-introduction in 1988. It was also the second occasion on which the team of Serena and Venus Williams emerged as Olympic champions, having previously captured the gold in Sydney. Spanish Olympian, Virginia Ruano Pascual, successfully defended her silver medal from Athens, albeit with a different partner. Although China failed to repeat its historic championship performance from Athens, it did return to the medal stand for a bronze. Russia, whose doubles teams were composed of individuals who had won all the medals in this Olympiad's singles event, failed to advance past the quarterfinals.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Calendar 3 Seeds 4 Draw 4.1 Key 4.2 Finals 4.3 Top Half 4.4 Bottom Half 5 External links

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Serena Williams / Venus Williams United States (USA)
Silver	Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Yan Zi / Zheng Jie China (CHN)

[edit] Calendar

August	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Morning	10.30	10.30	10.30
Afternoon	17.00	17.00	17.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
	Round of 32	Round of 32	Round of 32	Round of 16	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze Final

[edit] Seeds

Svetlana Kuznetsova / Dinara Safina (RUS) (Quarterfinals)  Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) (Champions, Gold Medalists)  Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) (Second Round)  Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (Final, Silver Medalists)

Lindsay Davenport / Liezel Huber (USA) (Quarterfinals)  Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) (Semifinals, Fourth Place)  Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) (Quarterfinals)  Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (CHN) (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)

[edit] Draw

[edit] Key

INV = Tripartite Invitation IP = ITF Place ALT = Alternate

r = Retired w/o = Walkover

[edit] Finals

	Semifinals							Final (Gold Medal Match)
	8	Yan Zi (CHN)   Zheng Jie (CHN)	4	65
	4	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)   Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	7
								4	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)   Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)	2	0
								2	Serena Williams (USA)   Venus Williams (USA)	6	6
	6	Alona Bondarenko (UKR)   Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)	6	4	1
	2	Serena Williams (USA)   Venus Williams (USA)	4	6	6			Bronze Medal Match
								8	Yan Zi (CHN)   Zheng Jie (CHN)	6	6
								6	Alona Bondarenko (UKR)   Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)	2	2

[edit] Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	S Kuznetsova (RUS)   D Safina (RUS)	6	3	7
	M Santangelo (ITA)   R Vinci (ITA)	1	6	5			1	S Kuznetsova (RUS)   D Safina (RUS)	6	6
	T Golovin (FRA)   P Parmentier (FRA)						IP	S Mirza (IND)   S Rao (IND)	4	4
IP	S Mirza (IND)   S Rao (IND)	w/o												1	S Kuznetsova (RUS)   D Safina (RUS)	3	7	8
IP	E Gagliardi (SUI)   P Schnyder (SUI)	6	6											8	Z Yan (CHN)   J Zheng (CHN)	6	5	10
IP	E Daniilidou (GRE)   A Gerasimou (GRE)	0	4					E Gagliardi (SUI)   P Schnyder (SUI)	3	62
	D Hantuchová (SVK)   J Husárová (SVK)	1	69				8	Z Yan (CHN)   J Zheng (CHN)	6	7
8	Z Yan (CHN)   J Zheng (CHN)	6	7																		8	Z Yan (CHN)   J Zheng (CHN)	4	65
4	A Medina Garrigues (ESP)   V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6																		4	A Medina Garrigues (ESP)   V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	7
	M Koryttseva (UKR)   T Perebiynis (UKR)	3	4				4	A Medina Garrigues (ESP)   V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	4	6	6
	S Stosur (AUS)   R Stubbs (AUS)	6	6					S Stosur (AUS)   R Stubbs (AUS)	6	4	4
	P Kvitová (CZE)   L Šafářová (CZE)	1	0											4	A Medina Garrigues (ESP)   V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	5	7	8
IP	M Ani (EST)   K Kanepi (EST)	2	2											5	L Davenport (USA)   L Huber (USA)	7	66	6
	V Azarenka (BLR)   T Poutchek (BLR)	6	6					V Azarenka (BLR)   T Poutchek (BLR)	4	6	3
IP	K Jans (POL)   A Rosolska (POL)	2	1				5	L Davenport (USA)   L Huber (USA)	6	4	6
5	L Davenport (USA)   L Huber (USA)	6	6

[edit] Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	A Bondarenko (UKR)   K Bondarenko (UKR)	6	6
	M Domachowska (POL)   A Radwańska (POL)	3	2				6	A Bondarenko (UKR)   K Bondarenko (UKR)	6	6
	O Govortsova (BLR)   D Kustova (BLR)	7	7					O Govortsova (BLR)   D Kustova (BLR)	1	3
	S Peng (CHN)   T Sun (CHN)	61	63											6	A Bondarenko (UKR)   K Bondarenko (UKR)	6	3	7
	C Dellacqua (AUS)   A Molik (AUS)	4	4												F Pennetta (ITA)   F Schiavone (ITA)	1	6	5
	F Pennetta (ITA)   F Schiavone (ITA)	6	6					F Pennetta (ITA)   F Schiavone (ITA)	7	1	8
	A Cornet (FRA)   V Razzano (FRA)	62	7	5			3	Y-j Chan (TPE)   C-j Chuang (TPE)	61	6	6
3	Y-j Chan (TPE)   C-j Chuang (TPE)	7	63	7																	6	A Bondarenko (UKR)   K Bondarenko (UKR)	6	4	1
7	E Vesnina (RUS)   V Zvonareva (RUS)	2	6	6																	2	S Williams (USA)   V Williams (USA)	4	6	6
	N Llagostera Vives (ESP)   MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP)	6	1	3			7	E Vesnina (RUS)   V Zvonareva (RUS)	6	6
IP	T Obziler (ISR)   S Pe'er (ISR)	3	2				IP	G Dulko (ARG)   B Jozami (ARG)	2	3
IP	G Dulko (ARG)   B Jozami (ARG)	6	6											7	E Vesnina (RUS)   V Zvonareva (RUS)	4	0
	A Morita (JPN)   A Sugiyama (JPN)	6	6											2	S Williams (USA)   V Williams (USA)	6	6
IP	G Arn (HUN)   Á Szávay (HUN)	3	3					A Morita (JPN)   A Sugiyama (JPN)	5	2
	I Benešová (CZE)   N Vaidišová (CZE)	6	5	1			2	S Williams (USA)   V Williams (USA)	7	6
2	S Williams (USA)   V Williams (USA)	4	7	6

[edit] External links

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