- 2008 Open Gaz de France
TennisEventInfo|2008|Open Gaz de France
date=February 4 –February 10
edition=16th
champs=flagicon|RUSAnna Chakvetadze
champd=flagicon|UKRAlyona Bondarenko / flagicon|UKRKateryna Bondarenko The 2008 Open Gaz de France is the 2008 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held
Open Gaz de France tennis tournament. It was held from February 4-10, 2008.The total prize pot for the tournament was US$600,000 with the winner of the singles receiving $95,500 and the losing finalist $51,000. The winners of the doubles competition received $30,000.
Seven of the top twenty players in the world competed in the tournament. Among them were
Daniela Hantuchová andÁgnes Szávay . There was a strong Russian presence on display, withAnna Chakvetadze ,Elena Dementieva and defending championNadia Petrova all present. Local fans hadMarion Bartoli ,Amélie Mauresmo andVirginie Razzano to support.Champions
ingles
flagicon|RUS
Anna Chakvetadze def. flagicon|HUNAgnes Szavay , 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
*It was Chakvetadze's first title of the year, and 7th of her career. ----Doubles
flagicon|UKR
Alyona Bondarenko / flagicon|UKRKateryna Bondarenko def. flagicon|CZE E Hrdinová / flagicon|CZE V Uhlířová, 6-1, 6-4References
External links
* [http://www.opengazdefrance.com/open_2008/a_la_une.html Official website]
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