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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox tennis event The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.

After twenty years of playing on Rebound Ace, the courts were changed to Plexicushion, a marginally faster surface. The new surface is thinner, and therefore has lower heat retention. This decision was made in a bid to reduce the "stick" of the court and the frequency of the extreme heat policy being invoked.[1] However, the new surface faced criticism for being too similar to DecoTurf, the surface used at the US Open.[2] Player reaction to the change of surface was generally ambivalent.[3][4]

Both Roger Federer and Serena Williams were unsuccessful in defending their 2007 titles; Federer losing to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals and Williams losing in the quarter-finals to Jelena Janković. Djokovic won his first Grand Slam singles title, defeating unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final; Maria Sharapova, runner-up to Williams in 2007, defeated Ana Ivanovic to win her first Australian Open title and third Grand Slam title.

For the mixed doubles, in every game, the first team to score four points, won the game. In other words, when a deuce happened in a game, the team who won the next point won the game.

Notable stories

Surface change

On 30 May 2007, Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley announced that as of the 2008 Australian Open, the Rebound Ace surface that had been used since 1988 would be replaced by a newer, faster Plexicushion surface. The Rebound Ace surface had been criticized for several years, from players including Andy Roddick and Mark Philippoussis, who claimed that the "stick" of the court was a contributing factor in many players injuring themselves.[5] This "stick" was a result of the thick rubber mat (10 mm) laid beneath the surface,[2] the high heat retention because of this, and the high temperatures present during the Australian summer, which intermittently resulted in the extreme heat policy being invoked. Conversely, players such as Pete Sampras and Marat Safin put the high number of injuries down to lack of preparation from players; partly due to the fact that the tournament is held so early in the year, but also because there were so few tournaments preceding it. Rebound Ace was also chastised by Lleyton Hewitt for having an inconsistent bounce, in terms of height and pace (shock absorption); and claimed that these factors varied depending on the weather.[6] The heat retention of the surface had also been a point of contention between players.[7]

In announcing the change, Tiley said Plexicushion would have a "lower rubber content than Rebound Ace, was firmer under foot and retained less heat through its thinner top layer."[8] Tiley later said that the change of colour, from green to blue, would also benefit players and officials,[1] although this change was quite arbitrary. The manufacturers of Rebound Ace derided the new surface, with director Paul Bull saying that, "We had an Australian icon event with a unique Australian product and now we are just going to become a clone of the US Open." Bull also said that the inconsistencies in pace were down to the organizers' imperative, who kept asking for the pace to be adjusted to pander for certain players, such as Hewitt. Bull, however, conceded that a change was needed; and said that the suggestion of a Rebound Ace court with a rubber mat thickness of around 5 mm was made.[2]

The Plexicushion surface received a relatively mixed reception from players. Lleyton Hewitt, Justine Henin and Serena Williams were all keen to endorse the new courts; with Hewitt's appraisal focused on the greater consistency of the courts.[1] Henin called it a "good surface" but said she did not find it markedly distinguishable from Rebound Ace, saying the biggest difference was the change of colour. Williams claimed that the court was not as "bouncy" and was causing less physical strain on her feet and ankles.[3] One source of criticism from players was the slower than expected pace, although many of these comments came prior to the event's commencement. Players were exposed to the new courts through other tournaments, played in advance of the Open; and practise on the new surface. Roger Federer described it as slow, with Novak Djokovic, Jelena Janković and James Blake all corroborating this opinion, albeit from experience in preliminary tournaments.[4] Pundit and former World No. 1 Pat Rafter said it was possible that the courts would speed up in time.[9]

Implementation of anti-corruption policing

On 21 December 2007, organizers of the event announced that the tournament would be watched under the scrutiny of anti-corruption officials.[10] A partnership was formed with Victoria Police. This announcement came in the wake of a series of scandals to hit the sport, including World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko coming under suspicion of match fixing; with at least a dozen other players coming forward about having been approached to influence matches in an unethical manner.[11] Tennis Australia chief executive Steve Wood commented that, "Match-fixing and illegal gambling are a threat to the integrity of sport. We're putting our policies, procedures and programme in place to protect it."

This was followed by a statement from the wider community of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and organizers of all four Grand Slams that they would review their anti-corruption policies in the future. This announcement came six days prior to the start of the Open, on 8 January 2008.[12]

Crowd trouble

On 15 January, Day 2 of the tournament, Victoria Police had to intervene when Greek Australian supporters, following Greece's Konstantinos Economidis in his match against Chilean Fernando González, became unruly.[13] The match, in progress at the Margaret Court Arena, was suspended for ten minutes as the police attempted stop the "offensive chanting" and eject certain fans. Approximately forty supporters, heavily outnumbered by Chilean fans,[14] were warned of their disorderly conduct prior to the police deploying pepper spray. The police regiment was heavily outnumbered, with a BBC Radio employee commenting that, "[there were] two guys against maybe 70-80, that's not good."[13] Tournament officials said that 3 people had been sprayed and 5 evicted; a small proportion of the Greek fans left the arena, upset at how events were transpiring and fearing for their safety.

Both players said that the trouble was not something they had witnessed before; and Economidis condemned his supporters, saying that, "It was a really nice atmosphere until this moment. I am really unhappy." Some witnesses have implicated Cypriot and Serbian supporters in the trouble.[15]

Australian Open director, Craig Tiley, had announced in the week preceding the event that police and security forces would "impose a 'zero-tolerance' policy on anti-social behaviour". This statement appeared to be a delayed reaction to the trouble that marred the event in 2007, with Australian youths of Greek, Serbian and Croatian origins involved in mutually abusive sparring. However, the problem was much more pronounced in 2007, with violence breaking out and around 150 fans ejected.[16]

Sexual assault

Police were called to investigate a report that a 12-year-old girl was indecently assaulted by a drunk man at the Australian Open.[17]

In a brief statement, Victoria Police said they received a report that the girl was inappropriately touched on the buttocks on Monday.

"The matter was reported to police this morning and the incident is currently being investigated", the statement said. This event mirrors a series of incidents that occurred at last year's event, when several men attending the tournament were arrested for taking upskirt photographs.[18]

Marcos Baghdatis video controversy

During the Open, a video posted on YouTube almost a year earlier made headlines in the Australian media. The video shows the 2008 fifteenth seed, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, at a barbecue hosted by his Greek Australian fans in Melbourne in early 2007. In it, Baghdatis is holding a flare and taking part in chants against the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Melbourne's Turkish Cypriot community called for Baghdatis to be expelled from Australia,[19] but in a statement issued through his manager, the Cypriot player said he was "supporting the interest of my country, Cyprus, while protesting against a situation that is not recognized by the United Nations".[20]

Serbian performance

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Novak Djokovic became the first Serbian man to win a Grand Slam title.

This tournament saw strong performances from Serbian players.[21][22] The men's side saw Janko Tipsarević, winner of the boys' tournament in 2001, almost cause an upset when he pushed Roger Federer to five sets in the third round, with the final score being 6–7 (5–7), 7–6 (7–1), 5–7, 6–1, 10–8 in Federer's favour. The match, which overlapped into the night session due to rain earlier in the day, took almost four-and-a-half hours to complete.[23][24] Third-seed Novak Djokovic became Serbia's first Grand Slam singles title winner (Ana Ivanovic would later become that country's first Grand Slam women's singles title winner, at the 2008 French Open), and the youngest ever winner of the Australian Open, at 20 years and 250 days of age, when he defeated surprise finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final,[25] having defeated the defending champion Federer in the semi-finals,[26] and Australian hopeful Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets in the fourth round.[27] Coincidentally, Djokovic would also defeat Federer in straight sets en route to his second Australian Open title, in 2011.

The women's draw saw Jelena Janković, the 2001 girls' champion, and Ana Ivanovic produce notable performances to reach the semi-finals and the final, respectively. Janković saved three match points against Tamira Paszek in the first round, before defeating rising Australian player Casey Dellacqua in the fourth round.[28] Janković then ended the title defence of Serena Williams in the quarter-finals,[29] before losing her semi-final to Maria Sharapova.[30] Twenty-four hours after Janković's victory over Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic recorded her first career victory against Venus Williams in her quarter-final,[31] and went on to reach her second Grand Slam final by defeating Daniela Hantuchová in the semi-finals, having to recover from a 0–6, 0–2 deficit to do so.[32] Ivanovic was then defeated in the final by Maria Sharapova, in a match dubbed as the "Glam Slam" final.[33]

Day-by-day summaries

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Seniors

Men's singles

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Tsonga stunned the tennis world by reaching the final.[34][35]

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic[36] defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)

  • It was Djokovic's 1st title of the year, and his 8th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Maria Sharapova[37] defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic, 7–5, 6–3

Men's doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich / Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Ram defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Arnaud Clément / Шаблон:Flagicon Michaël Llodra, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

  • The duo's first Grand Slam win after numerous ATP titles
  • The first ever Grand Slam trophy in Men's Doubles for Israeli players.

Women's doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko / Шаблон:Flagicon Kateryna Bondarenko defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka / Шаблон:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

  • It was Alona and Kateryna's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

Mixed doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Sun Tiantian / Шаблон:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Sania Mirza / Шаблон:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

  • It was Sun's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.
  • It was Zimonjić's 3rd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 2nd at the Australian Open.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Bernard Tomic def Шаблон:Flagicon Yang Tsung-hua, 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0

Girls' singles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Arantxa Rus defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Jessica Moore, 6–3, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Hsieh Cheng-peng / Шаблон:Flagicon Yang Tsung-hua defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Vasek Pospisil / Шаблон:Flagicon César Ramírez, 3–6, 7–5, [10]–[5]

Girls' doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Ksenia Lykina / Шаблон:Flagicon Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Elena Bogdan / Шаблон:Flagicon Misaki Doi, 6–0, 6–4

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's singles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Shingo Kunieda defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Michaël Jérémiasz, 6–1, 6–4

Wheelchair women's singles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Esther Vergeer defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Korie Homan, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair men's doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Shingo Kunieda / Шаблон:Flagicon Satoshi Saida defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Robin Ammerlaan / Шаблон:Flagicon Ronald Vink, 6–4, 6–3

Wheelchair women's doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Jiske Griffioen / Шаблон:Flagicon Esther Vergeer defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Korie Homan / Шаблон:Flagicon Sharon Walraven, 6–3, 6–1

Wheelchair quad singles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Norfolk defeated Шаблон:Flagicon David Wagner, 6–2, 6–3

Wheelchair quad doubles

Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Flagicon Nicholas Taylor / Шаблон:Flagicon David Wagner defeated Шаблон:Flagicon Sarah Hunter / Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Norfolk, 5–7, 6–0, [10]–[3]

Seeds

These were the seeds for the 2008 Australian Open.[38]

On the women's side of the draw, all of the world's top thirty-two players were present; whereas in the men's draw Tommy Haas and Guillermo Cañas were both forced to withdraw due to injury.[39] On the date that the seeds were announced, 11 January 2008, Haas was No. 12 in the world and Cañas No. 17.[40] Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2

Men's singles

  1. Шаблон:Flagicon Roger Federer, (semifinals, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  2. Шаблон:Flagicon Rafael Nadal, (semifinals, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
  3. Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic, (champion)
  4. Шаблон:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko, (4th Round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
  5. Шаблон:Flagicon David Ferrer, (quarterfinals, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  6. Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Roddick, (3rd Round, lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber)
  7. Шаблон:Flagicon Fernando González, (3rd Round, lost to Marin Čilić)
  8. Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Gasquet, (4th Round, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
  9. Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Murray, (1st Round, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
  10. Шаблон:Flagicon David Nalbandian, (3rd Round, lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero)
  11. Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Robredo, (2nd Round, lost to Mardy Fish)
  12. Шаблон:Flagicon James Blake, (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  13. Шаблон:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych, (4th Round, lost to Roger Federer)
  14. Шаблон:Flagicon Mikhail Youzhny, (quarterfinals, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
  15. Шаблон:Flagicon Marcos Baghdatis, (3rd Round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  16. Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Moyá, (1st Round, lost to Stefan Koubek)
  17. Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić, (1st Round, lost to Robin Haase)
  18. Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Chela, (1st Round, lost to Guillermo García López)
  19. Шаблон:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt, (4th Round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  20. Шаблон:Flagicon Ivo Karlović, (3rd Round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
  21. Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Mónaco, (3rd Round, lost to Tomáš Berdych)
  22. Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero, (4th Round, lost to David Ferrer)
  23. Шаблон:Flagicon Paul-Henri Mathieu, (4th Round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  24. Шаблон:Flagicon Jarkko Nieminen, (quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  25. Шаблон:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco, (2nd Round, lost to Janko Tipsarević)
  26. Шаблон:Flagicon Stanislas Wawrinka, (2nd Round, lost to Marc Gicquel)
  27. Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolás Almagro, (1st Round, lost to Marin Čilić)
  28. Шаблон:Flagicon Gilles Simon, (3rd Round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  29. Шаблон:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber, (4th Round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)
  30. Шаблон:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek, (1st Round, lost to Vincent Spadea)
  31. Шаблон:Flagicon Igor Andreev, (3rd Round, lost to Richard Gasquet)
  32. Шаблон:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov, (2nd Round, lost to Sam Querrey)

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Women's singles

  1. Шаблон:Flagicon Justine Henin, (quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  2. Шаблон:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova, (3rd Round, lost to Agnieszka Radwańska)
  3. Шаблон:Flagicon Jelena Janković, (semifinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  4. Шаблон:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic, (final, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  5. Шаблон:Flagicon Maria Sharapova, (champion)
  6. Шаблон:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze, (3rd Round, lost to Maria Kirilenko)
  7. Шаблон:Flagicon Serena Williams, (quarterfinals, lost to Jelena Janković)
  8. Шаблон:Flagicon Venus Williams, (quarterfinals, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
  9. Шаблон:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová, (semifinals, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
  10. Шаблон:Flagicon Marion Bartoli, (1st Round, lost to Sofia Arvidsson)
  11. Шаблон:Flagicon Elena Dementieva, (4th Round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  12. Шаблон:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová, (4th Round, lost to Serena Williams)
  13. Шаблон:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin, (2nd Round, lost to Aravane Rezaï)
  14. Шаблон:Flagicon Nadia Petrova, (4th Round, lost to Agnieszka Radwańska)
  15. Шаблон:Flagicon Patty Schnyder, (2nd Round, lost to Casey Dellacqua)
  16. Шаблон:Flagicon Dinara Safina, (1st Round, lost to Sabine Lisicki)
  17. Шаблон:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er, (3rd Round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  18. Шаблон:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo, (3rd Round, lost to Casey Dellacqua)
  19. Шаблон:Flagicon Sybille Bammer, (2nd Round, lost to Hsieh Su-wei)
  20. Шаблон:Flagicon Ágnes Szávay, (1st Round, lost to Ekaterina Makarova)
  21. Шаблон:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko, (2nd Round, lost to Caroline Wozniacki)
  22. Шаблон:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová, (1st Round, lost to Catalina Castaño)
  23. Шаблон:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva, (1st Round, retired due to injury)
  24. Шаблон:Flagicon Li Na, (3rd Round, lost to Marta Domachowska)
  25. Шаблон:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone, (3rd Round, lost to Justine Henin)
  26. Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka, (3rd Round, lost to Serena Williams)
  27. Шаблон:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko, (4th Round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
  28. Шаблон:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik, (3rd Round, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
  29. Шаблон:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska, (quarterfinals, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
  30. Шаблон:Flagicon Virginie Razzano, (3rd Round, lost to Jelena Janković)
  31. Шаблон:Flagicon Sania Mirza, (3rd Round, lost to Venus Williams)
  32. Шаблон:Flagicon Julia Vakulenko, (1st Round, lost to Elena Vesnina)

Шаблон:Col-end

Main draw wildcard entries

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Men's singles

Шаблон:Col-2

Women's singles

Шаблон:Col-end Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2

Men's doubles

Шаблон:Col-2

Women's doubles

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Mixed doubles

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Qualifier entries

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Men's qualifiers entries

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  1. Шаблон:Flagicon Robin Haase
  2. Шаблон:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý
  3. Шаблон:Flagicon Roko Karanušić
  4. Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Anderson
  5. Шаблон:Flagicon Amer Delić
  6. Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Warburg
  7. Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Gremelmayr
  8. Шаблон:Flagicon Lukáš Lacko
  9. Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Baker
  10. Шаблон:Flagicon Harel Levy
  11. Шаблон:Flagicon Wayne Odesnik
  12. Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Slanar
  13. Шаблон:Flagicon Viktor Troicki
  14. Шаблон:Flagicon Marcel Granollers
  15. Шаблон:Flagicon Rajeev Ram
  16. Шаблон:Flagicon Konstantinos Economidis

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Women's qualifiers entries

Шаблон:Main

  1. Шаблон:Flagicon Monica Niculescu
  2. Шаблон:Flagicon Angelika Bachmann
  3. Шаблон:Flagicon Ekaterina Ivanova
  4. Шаблон:Flagicon Julia Schruff
  5. Шаблон:Flagicon Alisa Kleybanova
  6. Шаблон:Flagicon Tamarine Tanasugarn
  7. Шаблон:Flagicon Hsieh Su-wei
  8. Шаблон:Flagicon Marta Domachowska
  9. Шаблон:Flagicon Timea Bacsinszky
  10. Шаблон:Flagicon Sandra Klösel
  11. Шаблон:Flagicon Yuan Meng
  12. Шаблон:Flagicon Sabine Lisicki

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Withdrawals

Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2

Men's Singles

Шаблон:Col-2

Women's Singles

Шаблон:Col-end

References

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External links

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