Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams (USA)
Runners-up Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Score6–2, 6–0
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
Qualification
← 2004 · Summer Olympics · 2012 →
Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue
Olympic Green Tennis Centre
Date10 to 17 August 2008
Competitors64 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Serena Williams
Venus Williams		  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual		  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yan Zi
Zheng Jie		  China
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Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The

Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–2, 6–2. This was the Williams sisters
' second Olympic gold medal in Women's Doubles.

The tournament was held from 10 August to 17 August at the

Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing, China. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt
tournament.

China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the reigning gold medalists, but Li retired from tennis in 2007. Sun partnered with Peng Shuai, but they were defeated in the first round by Belarus' Olga Govortsova and Darya Kustova.

Medalists

Gold Serena Williams / Venus Williams
 United States
Silver Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual
 Spain
Bronze Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
 China

Calendar

August 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Morning 10.30 10.30 10.30
Afternoon 17.00 17.00 17.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00
Round of 32 Round of 32 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze
Final

Seeds

  1.  Svetlana Kuznetsova / Dinara Safina (RUS) (quarterfinals)
  2.  Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
  3.  Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) (second round)
  4.  Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (final, silver medalists)
  5.  Lindsay Davenport / Liezel Huber (USA) (quarterfinals)
  6.  
    Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR
    ) (semifinals, fourth place)
  7.  Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) (quarterfinals)
  8.  Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (CHN) (semifinals, bronze medalists)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final (gold medal match)
          
8  Yan Zi (CHN)
 Zheng Jie (CHN) 		4 65  
4  Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 		6 77  
4  Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 		2 0  
2  Serena Williams (USA)
 Venus Williams (USA) 		6 6  
6  
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR
) 		6 4 1
2  Serena Williams (USA)
 Venus Williams (USA) 		4 6 6 Bronze medal match
8  Yan Zi (CHN)
 Zheng Jie (CHN) 		6 6  
6  
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR
) 		2 2  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  S Kuznetsova (RUS)
 D Safina (RUS) 		6 3 7
   M Santangelo (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA) 		1 6 5 1  S Kuznetsova (RUS)
 D Safina (RUS) 		6 6  
   T Golovin (FRA)
 P Parmentier (FRA) 		    IP  S Mirza (IND)
 S Rao (IND) 		4 4  
IP  S Mirza (IND)
 S Rao (IND) 		w/o     1  S Kuznetsova (RUS)
 D Safina (RUS) 		3 7 8
IP  E Gagliardi (SUI)
 P Schnyder (SUI) 		6 6   8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN) 		6 5 10
IP  E Daniilidou (GRE)
 A Gerasimou (GRE) 		0 4      E Gagliardi (SUI)
 P Schnyder (SUI) 		3 62  
   D Hantuchová (SVK)
 J Husárová (SVK) 		1 69   8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN) 		6 77  
8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN) 		6 711   8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN) 		4 65
4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP) 		6 6   4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP) 		6 77
   M Koryttseva (UKR)
 T Perebiynis (UKR) 		3 4   4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP) 		4 6 6
   S Stosur (AUS)
 R Stubbs (AUS) 		6 6      S Stosur (AUS)
 R Stubbs (AUS) 		6 4 4
   P Kvitová (CZE)
 L Šafářová (CZE) 		1 0   4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP) 		5 78 8
IP  M Ani (EST)
 K Kanepi (EST) 		2 2   5  L Davenport (USA)
 L Huber (USA) 		7 66 6
   V Azarenka (BLR)
 T Poutchek (BLR) 		6 6      V Azarenka (BLR)
 T Poutchek (BLR) 		4 6 3
IP  
K Jans (POL)
 A Rosolska (POL
) 		2 1   5  L Davenport (USA)
 L Huber (USA) 		6 4 6
5  L Davenport (USA)
 L Huber (USA) 		6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6  
K Bondarenko (UKR
) 		6 6  
   M Domachowska (POL)
 A Radwańska (POL) 		3 2   6  
K Bondarenko (UKR
) 		6 6  
   O Govortsova (BLR)
 D Kustova (BLR) 		77 77      O Govortsova (BLR)
 D Kustova (BLR) 		1 3  
   S Peng (CHN)
 T Sun (CHN) 		61 63   6  
K Bondarenko (UKR
) 		6 3 7
   C Dellacqua (AUS)
 A Molik (AUS) 		4 4      F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA) 		1 6 5
   F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA) 		6 6      F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA) 		77 1 8
   A Cornet (FRA)
 V Razzano (FRA) 		62 77 5 3  
C-j Chuang (TPE
) 		61 6 6
3  
C-j Chuang (TPE
) 		77 63 7 6  
K Bondarenko (UKR
) 		6 4 1
7  E Vesnina (RUS)
 V Zvonareva (RUS) 		2 6 6 2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		4 6 6
   N Llagostera Vives (ESP)
 MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 		6 1 3 7  E Vesnina (RUS)
 V Zvonareva (RUS) 		6 6  
IP  T Obziler (ISR)
 S Pe'er (ISR) 		3 2   IP  G Dulko (ARG)
 B Jozami (ARG) 		2 3  
IP  G Dulko (ARG)
 B Jozami (ARG) 		6 6   7  E Vesnina (RUS)
 V Zvonareva (RUS) 		4 0  
   A Morita (JPN)
 A Sugiyama (JPN) 		6 6   2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		6 6  
IP  G Arn (HUN)
 Á Szávay (HUN) 		3 3      A Morita (JPN)
 A Sugiyama (JPN) 		5 2  
   I Benešová (CZE)
 N Vaidišová (CZE) 		6 5 1 2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		7 6  
2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		4 7 6

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