2008 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries one in the second, to claim the 2008 Wimbledon doubles title after a mere fifty-eight minutes of play, on the score of 6–2, 6–2. The doubles title was Serena & Venus' third in Wimbledon, and the seventh overall together, since the 1999 French Open. The win also marked the third time the sisters won the doubles title of Wimbledon while one of them won the singles title, and the second in which they won the doubles while both of them played the singles final. The final Sunday, featuring the men's singles final, saw Rafael Nadal win the first Wimbledon title
2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles third round to Zheng Jie. Janković, Sharapova and Kuznetsova also lost in the first four rounds, it marked the first time in Wimbledon history that none of the top four women's seeds had advanced to at least the quarterfinals. Zheng's feat of reaching the semifinals made her the first Chinese player of either sex to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal, and the first wild card ever to reach the semifinals of the women's singles event at Wimbledon. Ana Ivanovic "(Third round)" 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Venus Williams was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating