2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships

TennisEventInfo|2008|Bausch & Lomb Championships
date=April 7 – April 13
edition=29th
champs=flagicon|RUS Maria Sharapova
champd=flagicon|USA Bethanie Mattek / flagicon|CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová

The 2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a women's tennis event on the 2008 WTA Tour, which took place from 7–April 13. The event was hosted in the Racquet Park at the Amelia Island Plantation, in Amelia Island, Florida, USA and was the first clay court event of the season. 2008 was the 29th staging of the event.Fact|date=September 2008

The tournament is a Tier II tournament on the WTA Tour and therefore offers a total prize fund of US$600,000. Tatiana Golovin of France was the defending singles champion. [cite web|url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/tournaments/profiles/ameliaisland.asp|title=Bausch & Lomb Championships|last=unattributed|date=2008|publisher=sonyericssonwtatour.com|accessdate=2008-09-14]

Maria Sharapova, in her first event appearance, defeated Dominika Cibulková in the final to become the champion. This was also her first clay court title. Other top ten players appearing included Anna Chakvetadze, Australian Open semi-finalist Daniela Hantuchová and Marion Bartoli. Other notable names participating were three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport and Amélie Mauresmo.Fact|date=September 2008

Champions

ingles

flagicon|RUS Maria Sharapova def. flagicon|SVK Dominika Cibulková, 7–6(7), 6–3
*This was Sharapova's third title of the year and 19th of her career.

Doubles

flagicon|USA Bethanie Mattek / flagicon|CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová def. flagicon|BLR Victoria Azarenka / flagicon|RUS Elena Vesnina, 6–3, 6–1

References

External links

* [http://www.blchamps.com/ Official website]