Defending champion Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. It was her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh and last major singles title overall. Venus did not lose a set during the tournament, the second time she did so at a major.

Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova were in contention for the world No. 1 singles 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, marking the first time in history that none of the top four seeds advanced to the quarterfinals.

Zheng went on to reach the semifinals, the first Chinese player to do so at a singles major, and the first wild card to reach the Wimbledon women's singles semifinals. Zheng's win over Ivanovic made her, as the world No. 133, the lowest-ranked player to defeat a reigning world No. 1; this record would be broken only two months later by Julie Coin at the 2008 US Open, who also defeated Ivanovic. Tamarine Tanasugarn was the first Thai player to reach a major singles quarterfinal.

This tournament marked the first Wimbledon appearance of Petra Kvitová, who would go on to win twice at this major.

Seeds

Ana Ivanovic (third round) Jelena Janković (fourth round) Maria Sharapova (second round) Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round) Elena Dementieva (semifinals) Serena Williams (final) Venus Williams (champion) Anna Chakvetadze (fourth round) Dinara Safina (third round) Daniela Hantuchová (second round) Marion Bartoli (third round) Patty Schnyder (first round) Vera Zvonareva (second round) Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) Ágnes Szávay (fourth round) Victoria Azarenka (third round)

Alizé Cornet (first round) Nicole Vaidišová (quarterfinals) Maria Kirilenko (first round) Francesca Schiavone (second round) Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals) Flavia Pennetta (second round) Katarina Srebotnik (first round) Shahar Pe'er (fourth round) Lindsay Davenport (second round, withdrew due to a knee injury) Sybille Bammer (second round) Virginie Razzano (first round) Alona Bondarenko (second round, retired due to a right leg injury) Amélie Mauresmo (third round) Dominika Cibulková (first round) Caroline Wozniacki (third round) Sania Mirza (second round)

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics Category V. Williams S. Williams 1st serve % 57/91 (63%) 44/66 (67%) 1st serve points won 35 of 57 = 61% 33 of 44 = 75% 2nd serve points won19 of 34 = 56% 5 of 22 = 23% Total service points won54 of 91 = 59.34% 38 of 66 = 57.58% Aces 4 9 Double faults 3 1 Winners 20 23 Unforced errors18 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 75Source

References

External links

2008 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation