2008 Medibank International

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2008 Medibank International
Date:		January 6 – January 12
Edition:		41th
Champions
Men's Singles
Dmitry Tursunov
Women's Singles
Justine Henin
Men's Doubles
Richard Gasquet / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Women's Doubles
Zi Yan / Jie Zheng
Medibank International  < 2007 2009 >

Women's singles semifinalist Ana Ivanovic

Women's doubles runner-up Tatiana Perebiynis

The 2008 Medibank International was a tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Medibank International, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from January 6 through January 12, 2008.

The men's draw was led by ATP No. 8 and 2007 Mumbai champion Richard Gasquet, 2007 Metz winner Tommy Robredo, and defending champion and recent 2007 Davis Cup titlist James Blake. Other top seeds competing were 2007 Tokyo semifinalist Tomas Berdych, Chennai semifinalist Carlos Moya, Lleyton Hewitt, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Fernando Verdasco.

The women's field featured World No. 1 and 2007 WTA Tour Championships titlist Justine Henin, WTA No. 2 and 2007 U.S. Open runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, and WTA No. 3 and Beijing finalist Jelena Jankovic. Also present were 2007 Luxembourg Tier II champion Ana Ivanovic, 2007 U.S. Open semifinalist Anna Chakvetadze, Daniela Hantuchova, Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva.

[edit] Champions

[edit] Men's Singles

Main article: 2008 Medibank International - Men's Singles

Dmitry Tursunov def. Chris Guccione, 7–6(3), 7–6(4)

• It was Dmitry Tursunov's 1st title of the year, and 4th overall.

[edit] Women's Singles

Main article: 2008 Medibank International - Women's Singles

Justine Henin def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

• It was Justine Henin's 1st title of the year, and 40th overall.

[edit] Men's Doubles

Main article: 2008 Medibank International - Men's Doubles

Richard Gasquet / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 4–6, 6–4, 11–9

[edit] Women's Doubles

Main article: 2008 Medibank International - Women's Doubles

Zi Yan / Jie Zheng def. Tatiana Perebiynis / Tatiana Poutchek, 6–4, 7–6(5)

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Men's Singles Draw
• Men's Doubles Draw
• Men's Qualifying Singles Draw
• Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draw