Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Women's doubles tennis; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Tennis Centre
Date	10 to 17 August 2008
Competitors	64 from 21 nations
Medalists
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Women's doubles
Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions	Serena Williams ; Venus Williams (USA)
Runners-up	Anabel Medina Garrigues ; Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Score	6–2, 6–0
Events
	Qualification
	Qualification

The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–2, 6–2. This was the Williams sisters' second Olympic gold medal in Women's Doubles.

The tournament was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing, China. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament.

China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the reigning gold medalists, but Li retired from tennis in 2007. Sun partnered with Peng Shuai, but they were defeated in the first round by Belarus' Olga Govortsova and Darya Kustova.

Medalists

Gold	Serena Williams / Venus Williams United States
Silver	Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain
Bronze	Yan Zi / Zheng Jie China

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

Svetlana Kuznetsova / Dinara Safina (RUS) (quarterfinals)
Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) (second round)
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (final, silver medalists)
Lindsay Davenport / Liezel Huber (USA) (quarterfinals)
Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) (semifinals, fourth place)
Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) (quarterfinals)
Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (CHN) (semifinals, bronze medalists)

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

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

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