- 2008 WTA Tour Championships
TennisEventInfo|2008|WTA Tour Championships
date=November 4 -November 9
edition=38th
location=flagicon|QATDoha ,Qatar
defchamps= flagicon|BELJustine Henin
defchampd= flagicon|ZIMCara Black & flagicon|USALiezel Huber
champs=
champd= The 2008 Sony EricssonWTA Tour Championships will be held inDoha ,Qatar onNovember 4 -9,2008 . [cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1483 |title= Tour Board Approves 2008, 2009 Calendars |accessdate=2007-06-29 |format=HTML |work=WTA Tour]Defending singles champion is
Justine Henin ofBelgium . Defending doubles champions areCara Black ofZimbabwe andLiezel Huber of theUnited States .However due to the retirement of former World Number One and defending champion Justine Henin there will now be a new champion this year.
Players
The top eight players and the top four doubles teams in the
2008 WTA Tour will qualify for the Championships.Qualified Singles Players
*flagicon|SRB
Jelena Jankovic (4355) [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2482 Top 2 Qualify for Sony Ericsson Championships] ]
*flagicon|USASerena Williams (3681)
*flagicon|RUSDinara Safina (3628)
*flagicon|RUSElena Dementieva (3040)
*flagicon|SRBAna Ivanovic (2952)Unqualified Singles Players
As of October 6, 2008 the other 3 players who are currently leading the race for the 2008 WTA Tour Championships, but are not officially the other 3 qualified players for the event, are:
*flagicon|RUSSvetlana Kuznetsova (2513)
*flagicon|USAVenus Williams (2246)
*flagicon|RUSVera Zvonareva (2135)Withdrawn Players
*flagicon|RUS
Maria Sharapova (2515). Sharapova would have qualified sixth, however she decided to take the rest of the season off due to a shoulder injury.Qualified Doubles Teams
*flagicon|ZIM
Cara Black & flagicon|USALiezel Huber [cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2544 |title= Black, Huber First Team to Qualify for Doha |format=HTML |work=WTA Tour]References
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