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2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Jill Craybas
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Runners-upJapan Ayumi Morita
Japan Aiko Nakamura
Score4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 2007 · AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships · 2009 →

Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi were the defending champions, but Yan chose not to participate, and only Sun competed that year.
Sun partnered with Vania King, but lost in the semifinals to Aiko Nakamura and Ayumi Morita.

Jill Craybas and Marina Erakovic won in the final 4–6, 7–5, [10–6], against Aiko Nakamura and Ayumi Morita.

Seeds

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  1. Czech Republic Iveta Benešová / Israel Shahar Pe'er (first round)
  2. United States Vania King / China Sun Tiantian (semifinals)
  3. Chinese Taipei Chia-jung Chuang / Chinese Taipei Su-wei Hsieh (first round)
  4. Argentina Gisela Dulko / Russia Maria Kirilenko (first round, withdrew due to a left hip injury for Kirilenko)

Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Czech Republic I Benešová
Israel S Pe'er
1 6 [5]
  Japan J Namigata
Japan A Yonemura
6 4 [10]   Japan J Namigata
Japan A Yonemura
6 65 [9]
  United States J Craybas
New Zealand M Erakovic
6 6     United States J Craybas
New Zealand M Erakovic
4 7 [11]
  Canada S Dubois
United States C Fusano
4 2     United States J Craybas
New Zealand M Erakovic
6 6  
4 Argentina G Dulko
Russia M Kirilenko
        Russia A Pavlyuchenkova
Belgium Y Wickmayer
4 1  
  Russia A Pavlyuchenkova
Belgium Y Wickmayer
w/o       Russia A Pavlyuchenkova
Belgium Y Wickmayer
64 6 [15]
  Chinese Taipei Y-j Chan
Italy M Santangelo
6 7     Chinese Taipei Y-j Chan
Italy M Santangelo
7 3 [13]
  Russia M Kondratieva
France S Lefèvre
1 64     United States J Craybas
New Zealand M Erakovic
4 7 [10]
WC Japan K Date-Krumm
Japan R Fujiwara
6 64 [10]   Japan A Morita
Japan A Nakamura
6 5 [6]
  Czech Republic P Cetkovská
Czech Republic L Šafářová
4 7 [7] WC Japan K Date-Krumm
Japan R Fujiwara
2 6 [5]
  Japan A Morita
Japan A Nakamura
4 6 [10]   Japan A Morita
Japan A Nakamura
6 1 [10]
3 Chinese Taipei C-j Chuang
Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh
6 4 [6]   Japan A Morita
Japan A Nakamura
7 6  
  India S Uberoi
United States M Washington
6 6   2 United States V King
China T Sun
5 2  
  Poland M Domachowska
Czech Republic K Zakopalová
4 4     India S Uberoi
United States M Washington
3 4  
  Chinese Taipei C-w Chan
South Africa N Grandin
2 5   2 United States V King
China T Sun
6 6  
2 United States V King
China T Sun
6 7  
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