| 2008 Family Circle Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | April 14–20 | |||
| Edition | 36th | |||
| Category | WTA Tier I | |||
| Draw | 56S / 28D | |||
| Prize money | $1,340,000 | |||
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
| Location | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | |||
| Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center | |||
| Attendance | 90,437 | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Serena Williams | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama | ||||
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The2008 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennisTier I event on the2008 WTA Tour, which took place from April 14 to April 20, 2008. The event was hosted at theFamily Circle Tennis Center, inCharleston, South Carolina,United States and was the second event of the clay court season, played on greenclay courts. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,340,000.
Defending championJelena Janković led the field as the number one seed.Maria Sharapova,Anna Chakvetadze,Elena Dementieva and eventual championSerena Williams joined her as the other four of five top ten players in the field. Other notable names that participated were 2007 Wimbledon finalistMarion Bartoli and Charleston standoutPatty Schnyder, a two-time runner-up at this event.
Serena Williams defeated
Vera Zvonareva, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Katarina Srebotnik /Ai Sugiyama defeated
Edina Gallovits /
Olga Govortsova, 6–2, 6–2
