Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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 defending champions were Li Ting and Sun Tiantian, but Li retired from tennis in 2007. Sun partnered Peng Shuai, and the pair were defeated in the first round by Olga Govortsova and Darya Kustova of Belarus.

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Champions Serena Williams
Venus Williams (USA)
Runners-up Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Final score6–2, 6–0
Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Green Tennis Centre
Date10 to 17 August
Competitors64 from 21 nations
Medalists
Serena Williams
Venus Williams		  United States
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual		  Spain
Yan Zi
Zheng Jie		  China

Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States defeated Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final 6–2, 6–0. The bronze medal was won by Yan Zi and Zheng Jie of China, who defeated Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko in the bronze medal match 6–2, 6–2. This was the Williams sisters' second Olympic gold medal in Women's Doubles.

Medalists
GoldSerena Williams / Venus Williams
 United States
SilverAnabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual
 Spain
BronzeYan 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
  1.  Svetlana Kuznetsova / Dinara Safina (RUS) (Quarterfinals)
  2.  Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) (Champions, Gold Medalists)
  3.  Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) (Second Round)
  4.  Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (Final, Silver Medalists)
  5.  Lindsay Davenport / Liezel Huber (USA) (Quarterfinals)
  6.  Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) (Semifinals, Fourth Place)
  7.  Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) (Quarterfinals)
  8.  Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (CHN) (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)

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) 		w/o     IP  S Mirza (IND)
 S Rao (IND) 		4 4  
IP  S Mirza (IND)
 S Rao (IND) 		      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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