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Serena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Family Circle Cup.^[1] This was Williams' third successive title in the 2008 season, and her first clay court title since the 2002 French Open.^[2]

Champion

Serena Williams

Runner-up

Score6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Draw56

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Singles

2008 Family Circle Cup

Final

Champion

Serena Williams

Runner-up

Score

6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Details

Draw

56

Seeds

16

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Jelena Janković was the defending champion,^[3] but lost in the quarterfinals to Zvonareva.^[4]

Seeds

The top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.

Jelena Janković (quarterfinals)
Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals)
Anna Chakvetadze (second round)
Elena Dementieva (semifinals)
Serena Williams (champion)
Marion Bartoli (third round)
Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
Dinara Safina (third round)
Vera Zvonareva (final)
Ágnes Szávay (quarterfinals)
Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)
Katarina Srebotnik (third round)
Victoria Azarenka (third round)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
Dominika Cibulková (first round)
Michaëlla Krajicek (first round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals

	1	Jelena Janković	2	6	2

	9	Vera Zvonareva	6	3	6
								9	Vera Zvonareva	6	6²	6

								4	Elena Dementieva	3	7⁷	3
	4	Elena Dementieva	6	6

	7	Patty Schnyder	4	4
															9	Vera Zvonareva	4	6	3

															5	Serena Williams	6	3	6
	10	Ágnes Szávay	5	4

		Alizé Cornet	7	6
									Alizé Cornet	5	3

								5	Serena Williams	7	6
	5	Serena Williams	7	4	6

	2	Maria Sharapova	5	6	1

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								1	J Janković	7	6
	Q	A Jidkova	6⁶	1				Q	A Stevenson	5	0
	Q	A Stevenson	7⁸	6											1	J Janković	6	6
		A Rezaï	6	4	7											A Rodionova	0	2
		M Sequera	4	6	5				A Rezaï	3	4
		A Rodionova	6	1					A Rodionova	6	6
	15	D Cibulková	4	0	r																	1	J Janković	2	6	2
	9	V Zvonareva	6	6																		9	V Zvonareva	6	3	6
	Q	C-J Chuang	2	2				9	V Zvonareva	6	6
		V Ruano Pascual	4	7	6				V Ruano Pascual	1	0
		O Puchkova	6	5	0										9	V Zvonareva	6	4	6
		C Dellacqua	7	6											6	M Bartoli	4	6	1
		ME Salerni	5	4					C Dellacqua	5	6	1
								6	M Bartoli	7	4	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								4	E Dementieva	6	6
		J Craybas	6	6					J Craybas	0	2
	Q	V Lepchenko	2	2											4	E Dementieva	6	7
	WC	A Rolle	6	6¹	2										13	V Azarenka	4	5
	Q	T Sun	2	7⁷	6			Q	T Sun	6⁴	0
	Q	C Scheepers	1	0				13	V Azarenka	7⁷	6
	13	V Azarenka	6	6																		4	E Dementieva	6	6
	11	A Radwańska	6	4	6																	7	P Schnyder	4	4
		M Domachowska	4	6	3			11	A Radwańska	6⁷	6	7
		M Shaughnessy	3	0	r				E Gallovits	7⁹	2	5
		E Gallovits	6	3											11	A Radwańska	3	2
		E Vesnina	3	2											7	P Schnyder	6	6
		O Govortsova	6	6					O Govortsova	6²	0
								7	P Schnyder	7⁷	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								8	D Safina	6	6
		L Domínguez Lino	6	6					L Domínguez Lino	1	4
	Q	A Wozniak	1	1											8	D Safina	2	5
		A Sugiyama	6	6											10	Á Szávay	6	7
		A Morita	4	1					A Sugiyama	5	6	4
		Y Fedak	0	6⁴				10	Á Szávay	7	3	6
	10	Á Szávay	6	7⁷																		10	Á Szávay	5	4
	16	M Krajicek	3	6	4																		A Cornet	7	6
		A Cornet	6	3	6				A Cornet	6	2	6
		S Errani	6	6					S Errani	3	6	3
		J Ditty	2	3												A Cornet	6	7
		S Cîrstea	6⁵	7	6											S Cîrstea	1	5
	WC	V King	7⁷	5	1				S Cîrstea	6	1	6
								3	A Chakvetadze	2	6	2

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								5	S Williams	6	6
		A Molik	2	3					G Dulko	3	4
		G Dulko	6	6											5	S Williams	4	6	6
		Y-J Chan	3	2											12	K Srebotnik	6	4	3
	Q	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6				Q	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	1	5
		T Bacsinszky	6⁴	3				12	K Srebotnik	4	6	7
	12	K Srebotnik	7⁷	6																		5	S Williams	7	4	6
	14	A Medina Garrigues	6	0	5																	2	M Sharapova	5	6	1
		T Perebiynis	4	6	7				T Perebiynis	6	6
	LL	J Schruff	7⁷	6				LL	J Schruff	4	3
		G Voskoboeva	6²	4												T Perebiynis	5	2
		M Yuan	3	6	2										2	M Sharapova	7	6
	WC	B Mattek	6	4	6			WC	B Mattek	0	0
								2	M Sharapova	6	6

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