2008 China Open (tennis)

TennisEventInfo|2008|China Open
date=September 22 – September 28
edition=10th
champms=flagicon|USA Andy Roddick
champws=flagicon|SRB Jelena Jankovic
champmd=flagicon|AUS Stephen Huss / flagicon|GBR Ross Hutchins
champwd=flagicon|ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues / flagicon|DEN Caroline Wozniacki

The 2008 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the China Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Beijing Tennis Center in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from September 22 through September 28, 2008.

The men's draw featured ATP No. 5, Australian Open and French Open quarterfinalist, Valencia and 's-Hertogenbosch winner David Ferrer, US Open quarterfinalist, Dubai, San Jose champion Andy Roddick, and Olympic silver medalist, Viña del Mar, Munich titlist, Beijing defending champion Fernando Gonzalez. Also lined up were Stuttgart finalist Richard Gasquet, Umag winner Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Robredo, Rainer Schuettler and Sam Querrey.

The women's field featured WTA No. 2, US Open runner-up, Rome winner Jelena Jankovic, French Open, Indian Wells champion Ana Ivanovic, and Olympic silver medalist, French Open finalist, US Open semifinalist, Berlin, Montreal and Tokyo winner Dinara Safina. Also present were French Open semifinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, Prague titlist Vera Zvonareva, Agnieszka Radwanska, Daniela Hantuchova, Anna Chakvetadze.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|USA Andy Roddick def. flagicon|ISR Dudi Sela, 6–4, 6–7(6), 6–3
*It was Andy Roddick's 3rd title of the year, and his 26th overall.

Women's Singles

flagicon|SRB Jelena Jankovic def. flagicon|RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–3, 6–2
*It was Jelena Jankovic's 2nd title of the year, and her 7th overall.

Men's Doubles

flagicon|AUS Stephen Huss / flagicon|GBR Ross Hutchins def. flagicon|AUS Ashley Fisher / flagicon|USA Bobby Reynolds, 7–5 , 6–4

Women's Doubles

flagicon|ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues / flagicon|DEN Caroline Wozniacki def. flagicon|CHN Xinyun Han / flagicon|CHN Yi-fan Xu, 6–1, 6–3

External links

* [http://www.chinaopen.com.cn/ Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/747/mds.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/747/mdd.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/747/qs.pdf Men's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/global/Pdfs/events/2008/beijing_draws.pdf Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Draw]