{{TennisEventInfo|2008|Kremlin Cup| | date=6–12 October | edition=19th (men) / 13th (women) | surface=Hard / indoor | location=[[Moscow]], Russia | venue=[[Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)|Olympic Stadium]] | champms={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Kunitsyn]] | champws={{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] | champmd={{flagicon|UKR}} [[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Potito Starace]] | champwd={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] / {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] }}

The '''2008 Kremlin Cup''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Tennis court#Indoor courts|indoor hard courts]]. It was the 19th edition of the [[Kremlin Cup]], and was part of the [[ATP International Series|International Series]] of the [[2008 ATP Tour]], and of the [[WTA Tier I Events|Tier I Series]] of the [[2008 WTA Tour]]. It took place at the [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)|Olympic Stadium]] in Moscow, Russia, from 6 October through 12 October 2008.

The men's field was headlined by [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 6, [[2008 Miami Masters|Miami Masters]], [[2008 Hypo Group Tennis International|Portschach]], [[2008 Orange Warsaw Open|Warsaw]] champion, and [[Kremlin Cup|Moscow three-time winner, defending champion]] [[Nikolay Davydenko]], [[2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad|Gstaad]] and [[2008 Croatia Open Umag|Umag]] runner-up [[Igor Andreev]], and [[2008 Australian Open – Men's Singles#Finals|Australian Open quarterfinalist]], [[2008 Chennai Open|Chennai]] champion [[Mikhail Youzhny]]. Also lined up were [[2008 Open de Moselle|Metz]] finalist, [[2002 Kremlin Cup|2002 Moscow]] champion [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], [[2008 Medibank International|Sydney]] and [[2008 Open de Moselle|Metz]] titlist [[Dmitry Tursunov]], [[Michaël Llodra]], [[Marat Safin]] and [[Janko Tipsarević]].

The women's draw –the strongest in nineteen years–<ref name="mauresmo">{{cite web|website=BBC Sport|title=Mauresmo overcomes Cornet scare| url =https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7655609.stm|date=6 October 2008}}</ref> was led by [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]], [[2008 U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]] runner-up, [[2008 Rome Masters|Rome]], [[2008 China Open (tennis)|Beijing]], [[2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|Stuttgart]] titlist [[Jelena Janković]], [[2008 French Open|French Open]] finalist, [[2008 Qatar Telecom German Open|Berlin]], [[2008 East West Bank Classic|Los Angeles]], [[2008 Canada Masters|Montreal]], [[2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]] titlist [[Dinara Safina]], and [[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic gold]], [[2008 Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]] winner, [[2007 Kremlin Cup|defending champion]] [[Elena Dementieva]]. Other seeds included [[2008 French Open|French Open]] champion and [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] finalist [[Ana Ivanovic]], [[2008 Indian Wells Masters|Indian Wells]], [[2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]], and [[2008 China Open (tennis)|Beijing]] runner-up [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]], [[Venus Williams]], [[Vera Zvonareva]] and [[Anna Chakvetadze]]. First-seeded [[Jelena Janković]] won the singles title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jankovic secures title hat-trick |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7665986.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=12 October 2008}}</ref>

==Finals==

===Men's singles=== {{Main|2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Kunitsyn]] defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marat Safin]], 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–3 *It was Igor Kunitsyn's 1st career title, and proved to be Marat Safin's last final before his retirement in 2009.

===Women's singles=== {{Main|2008 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]], 6–2, 6–4 *It was Jelena Janković's 4th title of the year, and her 9th overall. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year, and her 4th overall.

===Men's doubles=== {{Main|2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles}} {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Potito Starace]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stephen Huss (tennis)|Stephen Huss]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ross Hutchins]], 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 2–6, [10–6] * It was Stakhovsky's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Starace's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

===Women's doubles=== {{Main|2008 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] / {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] defeated {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]], 6–4, 6–4 * It was Petrova's 3rd title of the year and the 15th of his career. It was Srebotnik's 3rd title of the year and the 19th of his career.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://kremlincup.ru/en/ Official website] {{in lang|en}} * [http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/438/mds.pdf Men's singles draw] * [http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/438/mdd.pdf Men's doubles draw] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2008/730.pdf WTA tournament draws]

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