2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles


was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating her sister Serena Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. This was Venus's fifth Wimbledon title and her seventh Grand Slam singles title overall. This was also the second time she won a Grand Slam tournament without losing a set.
The top four seeds, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova were in contention for the WTA No. 1 ranking. Ivanovic retained the top ranking despite losing in the third round to Zheng Jie. Janković, Sharapova and Kuznetsova also lost in the first four rounds, it marked the first time in Wimbledon history that none of the top four women's seeds had advanced to at least the quarterfinals.
Zheng's feat of reaching the semifinals made her the first Chinese player of either sex to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal, and the first wild card ever to reach the semifinals of the women's singles event at Wimbledon. Zheng's win against Ana Ivanovic in the third round also made her the lowest-ranked player to defeat a reigning world No. 1. This record would be broken in just two months by Julie Coin at the 2008 US Open, who also defeated Ivanovic.

Seeds

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Jelena Janković '
Maria Sharapova '
Svetlana Kuznetsova '
Elena Dementieva '
Serena Williams '
Venus Williams
Anna Chakvetadze '
Dinara Safina '
Daniela Hantuchová '
Marion Bartoli '
Patty Schnyder '
Vera Zvonareva '
Agnieszka Radwańska '
Ágnes Szávay '
Victoria Azarenka '
Alizé Cornet '
Nicole Vaidišová '
Maria Kirilenko '
Francesca Schiavone '
Nadia Petrova '
Flavia Pennetta '
Katarina Srebotnik '
Shahar Pe'er '
Lindsay Davenport '
Sybille Bammer '
Virginie Razzano '
Alona Bondarenko '
Amélie Mauresmo '
Dominika Cibulková '
Caroline Wozniacki '
Sania Mirza

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8