2008 Medibank International

2008 Medibank International

TennisEventInfo|2008|Medibank International
date=January 6 – January 12
edition=41st
champms=flagicon|RUS Dmitry Tursunov
champws=flagicon|BEL Justine Henin
champmd=flagicon|FRA Richard Gasquet / flagicon|FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
champwd=flagicon|CHN Zi Yan / flagicon|CHN Jie Zheng

The 2008 Medibank International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Medibank International, 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 NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from January 6 through January 12, 2008.

The men's draw was led by ATP No. 8 and 2007 Mumbai champion Richard Gasquet, 2007 Metz winner Tommy Robredo, and defending champion and recent 2007 Davis Cup titlist James Blake. Other top seeds competing were 2007 Tokyo semifinalist Tomas Berdych, Chennai semifinalist Carlos Moya, Lleyton Hewitt, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Fernando Verdasco.

The women's field featured World No. 1 and 2007 WTA Tour Championships titlist Justine Henin, WTA No. 2 and 2007 U.S. Open runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, and WTA No. 3 and Beijing finalist Jelena Jankovic. Also present were 2007 Luxembourg Tier II champion Ana Ivanovic, 2007 U.S. Open semifinalist Anna Chakvetadze, Daniela Hantuchova, Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|RUS Dmitry Tursunov def. flagicon|AUS Chris Guccione, 7–6(3), 7–6(4)
*It was Dmitry Tursunov's 1st title of the year, and his 4th overall.

Women's Singles

flagicon|BEL Justine Henin def. flagicon|RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
*It was Justine Henin's 1st title of the year, and her 40th overall.

Men's Doubles

flagicon|FRA Richard Gasquet / flagicon|FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. flagicon|USA Bob Bryan / flagicon|USA Mike Bryan, 4–6, 6–4, 11–9

Women's Doubles

flagicon|CHN Zi Yan / flagicon|CHN Jie Zheng def. flagicon|UKR Tatiana Perebiynis / flagicon|BLR Tatiana Poutchek, 6–4, 7–6(5)

External links

* [http://www.medibankinternational.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/338/MDS.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/338/MDD.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/338/QS.pdf Men's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/Pdfs/events/2008/sydney_draws.pdf Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draw]


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