Date October 6 – October 12 Venue Olympic Stadium | ||
Edition 19th (men) / 13th (women) | ||
The 2008 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from October 6 through October 12, 2008.
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The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 6, Miami Masters, Portschach, Warsaw champion, and Moscow three-time winner, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, Gstaad and Umag runner-up Igor Andreev, and Australian Open quarterfinalist, Chennai champion Mikhail Youzhny. Also lined up were Metz finalist, 2002 Moscow champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, Sydney and Metz titlist Dmitry Tursunov, Michaël Llodra, Marat Safin and Janko Tipsarević.
The women's draw –the strongest in nineteen years– was led by World No. 1, US Open runner-up, Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart titlist Jelena Janković, French Open finalist, Berlin, Los Angeles, Montreal, Tokyo titlist Dinara Safina, and Olympic gold, Dubai winner, defending champion Elena Dementieva. Other seeds included French Open champion and Australian Open finalist Ana Ivanovic, Indian Wells, Tokyo, and Beijing runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Anna Chakvetadze.
Men's Singles
Igor Kunitsyn defeated Marat Safin, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Women's Singles
Jelena Janković defeated Vera Zvonareva, 6–2, 6–4
Men's Doubles
Sergiy Stakhovsky / Potito Starace defeated Stephen Huss / Ross Hutchins, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Women's Doubles
Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–4