2008 US Open (tennis)

2008 US Open
DateAugust 25 – September 8
Edition128th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt
LocationNew York City, U.S.
VenueUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber
Mixed doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / India Leander Paes
Boys' singles
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Girls' singles
United States CoCo Vandeweghe
Boys' doubles
Austria Niki Moser / Germany Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Girls' doubles
Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sweden Sandra Roma
Men's champions invitational
Australia Pat Cash
Women's champions invitational
United States Martina Navratilova
Mixed champions invitational
United States Anne Smith / United States Stan Smith
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The 2008 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 128th edition of the US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States, from August 25 through September 8, 2008.

The men's defending champion, Roger Federer, won the US Open for a fifth consecutive time. Justine Henin, the women's defending champion, did not return to defend her title due to her retirement from tennis, for personal reasons, earlier in the year.[1] Serena Williams was the champion on the women's side, winning her third US Open title; she had last won the event in 2002. Federer and Williams's opponents, Andy Murray and Jelena Janković, were making their débuts in Grand Slam finals. World number ones Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic went out in the semifinal and second round, respectively. This was Nadal's best ever result at the US Open; for Ivanovic, it was her second early exit at a Grand Slam since her win at the 2008 French Open.

The home nation had success; Serena Williams was the first American to win a singles title since Andy Roddick in 2003. Twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won their second US Open title, and Liezel Huber (who became an American citizen in 2007)[2] won the women's doubles with Zimbabwean Cara Black.

  1. ^ "Henin announces shock retirement". BBC Sport. May 14, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
  2. ^ "Black & Huber win women's doubles". BBC Sport. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.