Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

The women's doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. The defending champions were Li Ting and Sun Tiantian, but Li retired from tennis in 2007. Sun partnered Peng Shuai, and the pair were defeated in the first round by Olga Govortsova and Darya Kustova of Belarus.

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Champions	Serena Williams Venus Williams (USA)
Runners-up	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Final score	6–2, 6–0

Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Tennis Centre
Date	10 to 17 August
Competitors	64 from 21 nations
Medalists
Serena Williams Venus Williams  United States Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual  Spain Yan Zi Zheng Jie  China

Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States defeated Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final 6–2, 6–0. The bronze medal was won by Yan Zi and Zheng Jie of China, who defeated Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko in the bronze medal match 6–2, 6–2. This was the Williams sisters' second Olympic gold medal in Women's Doubles.

Medalists

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

Calendar

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

Seeds

1.  Svetlana Kuznetsova / Dinara Safina (RUS) (Quarterfinals)
2.  Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) (Champions, Gold Medalists)
3.  Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) (Second Round)
4.  Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (Final, Silver Medalists)
5.  Lindsay Davenport / Liezel Huber (USA) (Quarterfinals)
6.  Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) (Semifinals, Fourth Place)
7.  Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) (Quarterfinals)
8.  Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (CHN) (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)

Draw

Key

INV = Tripartite Invitation IP = ITF Place ALT = Alternate

r = Retired w/o = Walkover

Finals

	Semifinals							Final (gold medal match)
	8	Yan Zi (CHN)  Zheng Jie (CHN)	4	6^5
	4	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	7^7
								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

Top half

	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)	w/o					IP	S Mirza (IND)  S Rao (IND)	4	4
	IP	S Mirza (IND)  S Rao (IND)													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	6^2
		D Hantuchová (SVK)  J Husárová (SVK)	1	6^9				8	Yan Z (CHN)  Zheng J (CHN)	6	7^7
	8	Yan Z (CHN)  Zheng J (CHN)	6	7^11																		8	Yan Z (CHN)  Zheng J (CHN)	4	6^5
	4	A Medina Garrigues (ESP)  V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6																		4	A Medina Garrigues (ESP)  V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	7^7
		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	7^8	8
	IP	M Ani (EST)  K Kanepi (EST)	2	2											5	L Davenport (USA)  L Huber (USA)	7	6^6	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

Bottom half

	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)	7^7	7^7					O Govortsova (BLR)  D Kustova (BLR)	1	3
		S Peng (CHN)  T Sun (CHN)	6^1	6^3											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)	7^7	1	8
		A Cornet (FRA)  V Razzano (FRA)	6^2	7^7	5			3	Y-j Chan (TPE)  C-j Chuang (TPE)	6^1	6	6
	3	Y-j Chan (TPE)  C-j Chuang (TPE)	7^7	6^3	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

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