2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles lost to Ivanovic in the fourth round. 2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Jelena Janković. Maria Sharapova, the runner-up to Williams in 2007, won in the final 7–5, 6–3, against Ana Ivanovic to win her third Grand Slam title and her first at the Australian Open. She was also the first Russian woman to win this tournament. Ivanovic lost in a Grand Slam final for the second time, though she would eventually win the French Open a few months later. This was the first Australian Open appearance
2008 Family Circle Cup – Singles 2008 Family Circle Cup – Singles The 2008 Family Circle Cup – Singles was the singles event of the 2008 Family Circle Cup, a WTA Tier I tennis tournament held in April. Jelena Janković was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Vera Zvonareva. Serena Williams went on to win the title beating Zvonareva in her second Family Circle Cup final appearance. This was the third successive title for Williams in the 2008 season and the first time she had won a clay court tournament since the 2002 French Open. The top 8 seeds received a bye into