2008 tennis event results
Defending championVenus Williams defeatedher sister Serena Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the2008 Wimbledon Championships .[ 1] It was her fifthWimbledon title and seventh and lastmajor singles title overall.[ 2] Venusdid not lose a set during the tournament , the second time she did so at a major.
Ana Ivanovic ,Jelena Janković ,Maria Sharapova andSvetlana Kuznetsova were in contention for theworld No. 1 singles ranking . Ivanovic retained the top ranking despite losing in the third round toZheng Jie . Janković, Sharapova and Kuznetsova also lost in the first four rounds, marking the first time in history that none of the top four seeds advanced to the quarterfinals.[ 3]
Zheng went on to reach the semifinals, the first Chinese player to do so at a singles major, and the firstwild card to reach the Wimbledon women's singles semifinals.[ 4] Zheng's win over Ivanovic made her, as the world No. 133, the lowest-ranked player to defeat a reigning world No. 1;[citation needed ] this record would be broken only two months later byJulie Coin at the2008 US Open , who also defeated Ivanovic.[citation needed ] Tamarine Tanasugarn was the first Thai player to reach a major singles quarterfinal.[ 5]
This tournament marked the first Wimbledon appearance ofPetra Kvitová , who would go on to win twice at this major.
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Championship match statistics [ edit ] Category V. Williams S. Williams1st serve % 57/91 (63%) 44/66 (67%) 1st serve points won 35 of 57 = 61% 33 of 44 = 75% 2nd serve points won 19 of 34 = 56% 5 of 22 = 23% Total service points won 54 of 91 = 59.34% 38 of 66 = 57.58% Aces 4 9 Double faults 3 1 Winners 20 23 Unforced errors 18 25 Net points won 17 of 19 = 89% 12 of 15 = 80% Break points converted 4 of 7 = 57% 2 of 13 = 15% Return points won 28 of 66 = 42% 37 of 91 = 41% Total points won 82 75 Source
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