2008 Kremlin Cup


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 ATP Tour">Association of Tennis Professionals">ATP Tour, and of the WTA [Tier I Events|Tier I Series] of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 6 October through 12 October 2008.
The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 6, Miami Masters, Portschach, Warsaw Open|Warsaw] champion, and Moscow three-time winner, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, Gstaad and 2008 [Croatia Open Umag|Umag] runner-up Igor Andreev, and Australian Open – Men's Singles#Finals|Australian Open quarterfinalist], Chennai Open|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 List of [WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1], US Open runner-up, Rome Masters|Rome], 2008 [China Open (tennis)|Beijing], Stuttgart titlist Jelena Janković, French Open finalist, 2008 [Qatar Telecom German Open|Berlin], 2008 [East West Bank Classic|Los Angeles], Montreal, 2008 Toray [Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo] titlist Dinara Safina, and Olympic gold, Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai] winner, defending champion Elena Dementieva. Other seeds included French Open champion and Australian Open finalist Ana Ivanovic, Indian Wells Masters|Indian Wells], Tokyo, and Beijing runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Anna Chakvetadze. First-seeded Jelena Janković won the singles title.

Finals

Men's singles

defeated Marat Safin, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
  • It was Igor Kunitsyn's 1st career title, and proved to be Marat Safin's last final before his retirement in 2009.

    Women's singles

defeated Vera Zvonareva, 6–2, 6–4
  • It was Jelena Janković's 4th title of the year, and her 9th overall. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year, and her 4th overall.

    Men's doubles

/ Potito Starace defeated Stephen Huss / Ross Hutchins, 7–6, 2–6,
  • It was Stakhovsky's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Starace's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

    Women's doubles

/ Katarina Srebotnik defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–4, 6–4
  • It was Petrova's 3rd title of the year and the 15th of his career. It was Srebotnik's 3rd title of the year and the 19th of his career.