Women's Singles
2008 US Open
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Jelena Jankovi?
Final score	6-4, 7-5
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Serena Williams defeated Jelena Jankovi? 6-4, 7-5 in the final, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open By winning her title, Williams regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2003. This was also the second US Open and third Grand Slam overall she won without losing a set during the tournament. Three of the top four seeds (with the exception of previous year's runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova) were in contention for the no. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament.

Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.

Notably this was the final Grand Slam in which 1998 champion and former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport competed in the singles championship. She lost to Marion Bartoli in the third round.

Julie Coin, ranked 188th at the time, defeated top seed Ana Ivanovic in the second round, making her the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat a world No. 1.^[] Coin surpassed Zheng Jie's record, who was ranked 133rd when she also defeated Ivanovic just two months earlier at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.^[] This record would remain unbroken until the 2009 China Open.^[]

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	16	Flavia Pennetta	2	3
	6	Dinara Safina	6	6
								6	Dinara Safina	3	2
								4	Serena Williams	6	6
	4	Serena Williams	78	79
	7	Venus Williams	66	67
															4	Serena Williams	6	7
															2	Jelena Jankovi?	4	5
	5	Elena Dementieva	6	6
	15	Patty Schnyder	2	3
								5	Elena Dementieva	4	4
								2	Jelena Jankovi?	6	6
	29	Sybille Bammer	1	4
	2	Jelena Jankovi?	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	A Ivanovic	6	4	6
		V Dushevina	1	6	4			1	A Ivanovic	3	6	3
	Q	J Coin	7	7				Q	J Coin	6	4	6
		C Dellacqua	66	64											Q	J Coin	4	4
		K Kanepi	6	6											32	A Mauresmo	6	6
		M Niculescu	0	3					K Kanepi	6	4	0
		N Dechy	6	3	2			32	A Mauresmo	2	6	6
	32	A Mauresmo	4	6	6																	32	A Mauresmo	3	0
	19	N Petrova	6	6																		16	F Pennetta	6	6
		O Sanchez	2	4				19	N Petrova	6	6
	Q	S-w Hsieh	6	6				Q	S-w Hsieh	4	2
		E Rodina	2	4											19	N Petrova	6	4	3
		S Peng	6	6											16	F Pennetta	4	6	6
		E Daniilidou	1	0					S Peng	2	7	1
	Q	S Vögele	6	2	2			16	F Pennetta	6	68	6
	16	F Pennetta	2	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	11	D Hantuchová	4	2
	Q	A-L Grönefeld	6	6				Q	A-L Grönefeld	6	6
	WC	J Moore	7	7				WC	J Moore	1	3
	WC	M Oudin	65	65											Q	A-L Grönefeld	6	7
		M Domachowska	7	5	4										17	A Cornet	4	5
		B Mattek	67	7	6				B Mattek	65	1
		C Pin	5	0				17	A Cornet	7	6
	17	A Cornet	7	6																		Q	A-L Grönefeld	5	0
	31	V Razzano	4	1																		6	D Safina	7	6
		T Bacsinszky	6	6					T Bacsinszky	6	6
		A Kudryavtseva	6	5	3				Y-j Chan	3	2
		Y-j Chan	4	7	6											T Bacsinszky	6	5	2
		S Cohen-Aloro	1	4											6	D Safina	3	7	6
	Q	R Vinci	6	6				Q	R Vinci	4	3
	Q	K Ahn	3	4				6	D Safina	6	6
	6	D Safina	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	4	S Williams	6	6
		K Bondarenko	1	4				4	S Williams	6	6
		E Vesnina	4	6	6				E Vesnina	1	1
		J Vakulenko	6	1	2										4	S Williams	6	6
		O Govortsova	6	6											30	A Sugiyama	2	1
	Q	S Záhlavová	3	1					O Govortsova	6	64	1
		A Klepa?	6	3	2r			30	A Sugiyama	4	7	6
	30	A Sugiyama	4	6	4																	4	S Williams	6	6
	20	N Vaidi?ová	6	6																		WC	S Brémond	2	2
		P Cetkovská	1	2				20	N Vaidi?ová	5	3
	WC	S Brémond	7	6				WC	S Brémond	7	6
		J Görges	60	4											WC	S Brémond	7	3	6
		M Ani	0	65												T Garbin	5	6	4
		T Garbin	6	7					T Garbin	5	6	6
	WC	G Brodsky	5	3				13	Á Szávay	7	2	3
	13	Á Szávay	7	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	9	A Radwa?ska	6	6
	Q	Y Shvedova	4	2				9	A Radwa?ska	6	7
		T Tanasugarn	6	3	2			LL		0	63
	LL	M Duque Mariño	0	6	6										9		6	6
	Q	IR Olaru	6	6											18	D Cibulková	0	3
		E Gallovits	0	2				Q	IR Olaru	2	2
		J Craybas	3	64				18	D Cibulková	6	6
	18	D Cibulková	6	7																		9		1	3
	27	A Bondarenko	2	6	6																	7	V Williams	6	6
	WC	J Jackson	6	3	2			27	A Bondarenko	6	1	6
			3	4					S Lisicki	4	6	4
		S Lisicki	6	6											27	A Bondarenko	2	1
	Q	H ?romová	3	6	3										7	V Williams	6	6
	Q	R de los Ríos	6	2	6			Q	R de los Ríos	0	3
		S Stosur	2	3				7	V Williams	6	6
	7	V Williams	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	5	E Dementieva	6	7
		A Amanmuradova	4	5				5	E Dementieva	6	6
		P Parmentier	6	7					P Parmentier	2	1
		M Erakovic	3	62											5	E Dementieva	6	6
	Q	A Glatch	2	2												A Keothavong	3	4
		A Keothavong	6	6					A Keothavong	6	3	6
		N Llagostera Vives	5	5				25	F Schiavone	2	6	4
	25	F Schiavone	7	7																		5	E Dementieva	6	6
	24	S Pe'er	6	0	1																		N Li	4	1
		N Li	2	6	6				N Li	4	6	6
		J Kostani? To?i?	4	2					S Errani	6	2	0
		S Errani	6	6												N Li	6	4	6
		E Bychkova	6	6												E Makarova	1	6	2
		A Rodionova	1	3					E Bychkova	6	5	3
		E Makarova	1	6	6				E Makarova	3	7	6
	10	A Chakvetadze	6	2	3

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	15	P Schnyder	6	3	6
	Q	A Pivovarova	3	6	3			15	P Schnyder	6	6
		V King	2	6	2				A Pavlyuchenkova	3	3
		A Pavlyuchenkova	6	4	6										15	P Schnyder	7	6
		G Dulko	4	0												M Rybáriková	64	4
		M Rybáriková	6	6					M Rybáriková	6	6
		T Paszek	6	3	6				T Paszek	1	2
	22	M Kirilenko	3	6	4																	15	P Schnyder	4	6	6
	28	K Srebotnik	3	6	6																	28	K Srebotnik	6	3	3
		Y Wickmayer	6	0	3			28	K Srebotnik	6	6
		L Domínguez Lino	1	2					Y Meusburger	1	3
		Y Meusburger	6	6											28	K Srebotnik	6	61	6
		L ?afá?ová	4	6	2										3	S Kuznetsova	3	7	3
		S Cîrstea	6	4	6				S Cîrstea	63	1
	Q	S Zhang	4	2				3	S Kuznetsova	7	6
	3	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	8	V Zvonareva	6	6
			4	3				8	V Zvonareva	3	3
		T Perebiynis	6	6					T Perebiynis	6	6
		M Koryttseva	1	4													3	0
		A Rezaï	6	6											29	S Bammer	6	6
	WC	A Muhammad	2	4					A Rezaï	1	5
		A Nakamura	4	2				29	S Bammer	6	7
	29	S Bammer	6	6																		29		7	0	6
	23	L Davenport	6	6																		12	M Bartoli	63	6	4
		A Wozniak	4	2				23	L Davenport	7	6
		A Kleybanova	6	7					A Kleybanova	5	3
		C Suárez Navarro	2	5											23	L Davenport	1	63
		P Kvitová	7	4	2										12	M Bartoli	6	7
		V Ruano Pascual	63	6	6					4	2
		G Voskoboeva	2	3				12	M Bartoli	6	6
	12	M Bartoli	6	6

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	14	V Azarenka	6	6
		K Zakopalová	2	1				14	V Azarenka	6	6
		K Knapp	0	3					I Bene?ová	2	3
		I Bene?ová	6	6											14	V Azarenka	4	4
		É Loit	0	2											21		6	6
	Q	ME Camerin	6	6				Q	ME Camerin	1	2
	WC	A Rolle	2	1				21	C Wozniacki	6	6
	21	C Wozniacki	6	6																		21		6	2	1
	26		6	7																		2	J Jankovi?	3	6	6
		T Pironkova	4	5				26		1	4
		J Zheng	6	6					J Zheng	6	6
	Q	S Perry	2	3												J Zheng	5	5
		Z Yan	2	4											2	J Jankovi?	7	7
		S Arvidsson	6	6					S Arvidsson	3	7	5
	WC	C Vandeweghe	3	1				2	J Jankovi?	6	65	7
	2	J Jankovi?	6	6

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