Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Champions  Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams (USA)
Runners-up  Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Final score 6–2, 6–0
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Green Tennis Centre
Date 10 to 17 August
Competitors 64 from 21 nations
Medalists
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1st Serena Williams
Venus Williams
 United States
2nd Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual
 Spain
3rd Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
 China
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The women's doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament.

The results returned the gold to the United States, after the only Olympiad at which they had not won the gold medal since the event's re-introduction in 1988. It was also the second occasion on which the team of Serena and Venus Williams emerged as Olympic champions, having previously captured the gold in Sydney. Spanish Olympian Virginia Ruano Pascual successfully defended her silver medal from Athens, albeit with a different partner. Although China failed to repeat its historic championship performance from Athens, it did return to the medal stand for a bronze. Russia, whose doubles teams were composed of individuals who had won all the medals in this Olympiad's singles event, failed to advance past the quarterfinals.

Medalists

Gold Serena Williams / Venus Williams
 United States
Silver Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual
 Spain
Bronze Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
 China

Calendar

August 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Morning 10.30 10.30 10.30
Afternoon 17.00 17.00 17.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00
Round of 32 Round of 32 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze
Final

Seeds

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Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final (gold medal match)
                       
8   Yan Zi (CHN)
  Zheng Jie (CHN)
4 65    
4   Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
6 77    
  4   Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
2 0  
  2   Serena Williams (USA)
  Venus Williams (USA)
6 6  
6   Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
  Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
6 4 1
2   Serena Williams (USA)
  Venus Williams (USA)
4 6 6     Bronze medal match
8   Yan Zi (CHN)
  Zheng Jie (CHN)
6 6  
6   Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
  Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
2 2  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  S Kuznetsova (RUS)
 D Safina (RUS)
6 3 7
   M Santangelo (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA)
1 6 5 1  S Kuznetsova (RUS)
 D Safina (RUS)
6 6  
   T Golovin (FRA)
 P Parmentier (FRA)
      IP  S Mirza (IND)
 S Rao (IND)
4 4  
IP  S Mirza (IND)
 S Rao (IND)
w/o     1  S Kuznetsova (RUS)
 D Safina (RUS)
3 7 8
IP  E Gagliardi (SUI)
 P Schnyder (SUI)
6 6   8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN)
6 5 10
IP  E Daniilidou (GRE)
 A Gerasimou (GRE)
0 4      E Gagliardi (SUI)
 P Schnyder (SUI)
3 62  
   D Hantuchová (SVK)
 J Husárová (SVK)
1 69   8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN)
6 77  
8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN)
6 711   8  Yan Z (CHN)
 Zheng J (CHN)
4 65
4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP)
6 6   4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP)
6 77
   M Koryttseva (UKR)
 T Perebiynis (UKR)
3 4   4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP)
4 6 6
   S Stosur (AUS)
 R Stubbs (AUS)
6 6      S Stosur (AUS)
 R Stubbs (AUS)
6 4 4
   P Kvitová (CZE)
 L Šafářová (CZE)
1 0   4  A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 V Ruano Pascual (ESP)
5 78 8
IP  M Ani (EST)
 K Kanepi (EST)
2 2   5  L Davenport (USA)
 L Huber (USA)
7 66 6
   V Azarenka (BLR)
 T Poutchek (BLR)
6 6      V Azarenka (BLR)
 T Poutchek (BLR)
4 6 3
IP  K Jans (POL)
 A Rosolska (POL)
2 1   5  L Davenport (USA)
 L Huber (USA)
6 4 6
5  L Davenport (USA)
 L Huber (USA)
6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6  A Bondarenko (UKR)
 K Bondarenko (UKR)
6 6  
   M Domachowska (POL)
 A Radwańska (POL)
3 2   6  A Bondarenko (UKR)
 K Bondarenko (UKR)
6 6  
   O Govortsova (BLR)
 D Kustova (BLR)
77 77      O Govortsova (BLR)
 D Kustova (BLR)
1 3  
   S Peng (CHN)
 T Sun (CHN)
61 63   6  A Bondarenko (UKR)
 K Bondarenko (UKR)
6 3 7
   C Dellacqua (AUS)
 A Molik (AUS)
4 4      F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA)
1 6 5
   F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA)
6 6      F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA)
77 1 8
   A Cornet (FRA)
 V Razzano (FRA)
62 77 5 3  Y-j Chan (TPE)
 C-j Chuang (TPE)
61 6 6
3  Y-j Chan (TPE)
 C-j Chuang (TPE)
77 63 7 6  A Bondarenko (UKR)
 K Bondarenko (UKR)
6 4 1
7  E Vesnina (RUS)
 V Zvonareva (RUS)
2 6 6 2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA)
4 6 6
   N Llagostera Vives (ESP)
 MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP)
6 1 3 7  E Vesnina (RUS)
 V Zvonareva (RUS)
6 6  
IP  T Obziler (ISR)
 S Pe'er (ISR)
3 2   IP  G Dulko (ARG)
 B Jozami (ARG)
2 3  
IP  G Dulko (ARG)
 B Jozami (ARG)
6 6   7  E Vesnina (RUS)
 V Zvonareva (RUS)
4 0  
   A Morita (JPN)
 A Sugiyama (JPN)
6 6   2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA)
6 6  
IP  G Arn (HUN)
 Á Szávay (HUN)
3 3      A Morita (JPN)
 A Sugiyama (JPN)
5 2  
   I Benešová (CZE)
 N Vaidišová (CZE)
6 5 1 2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA)
7 6  
2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA)
4 7 6

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