2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Champions	Yung-jan Chan Chia-jung Chuang
Runners-up	Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová
Final score	7–6^(7–5), 6–2

Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy chose not to participate, and only Santangelo competed that year.
Santangelo partnered with Alicia Molik, but lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska.

Yung-jan Chan and Chia-jung Chuang won in the final 7–6^(7–5), 6–2, against Iveta Benešová and Janette Husárová.

Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

1. Cara Black / Liezel Huber (Quarterfinals)
2. Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama (Second Round)
3. Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs (Quarterfinals)
4. Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo (Second Round)
5. Yung-jan Chan / Chia-jung Chuang (Champions)
6. Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (Second Round)
7. Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko (Second Round)
8. Dinara Safina / Ágnes Szávay (withdrew due to a low back injury for Safina)
9. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Peng Shuai   Sun Tiantian	4	2
	5	Yung-jan Chan   Chia-jung Chuang	6	6
								5	Yung-jan Chan   Chia-jung Chuang	7	6
									Iveta Benešová   Janette Husárová	6^5	3
		Iveta Benešová   Janette Husárová	5	6	[10]
	ALT	Klaudia Jans   Mervana Jugić-Salkić	7	3	[2]

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	C Black   L Huber	6	6
	J Craybas   A Kudryavtseva	6	6					J Craybas   A Kudryavtseva	3	3
	T Poutchek   A Rodionova	3	4											1	C Black   L Huber	6	5	[6]
	S Peng   T Sun	6	2	[10]											S Peng   T Sun	4	7	[10]
	A Amanmuradova   E Vesnina	4	6	[5]				S Peng   T Sun	7	6
	G Navrátilová   A Rosolska	1	5				7	A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	6^2	1
7	A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	6	7																			S Peng   T Sun	4	2
																					5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	6	6
							3	K Peschke   R Stubbs	4	6	[11]
	L Hradecká   M Krajicek	6	6					L Hradecká   M Krajicek	6	3	[9]
	N Petrova   Y Shvedova	3	4											3	K Peschke   R Stubbs	5	2
	V Dushevina   E Likhovtseva	7	6											5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	7	6
	T Garbin   R Vinci	5	4					V Dushevina   E Likhovtseva	2	5
	M Koryttseva   V Uhlířová	5	1				5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	6	7
5	Y-j Chan   C-j Chuang	7	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	L Raymond   S Stosur	7	6
	C Ji   S Sun	5	2				6	L Raymond   S Stosur	4	6	[2]
	I Benešová   J Husárová	3	6	[10]				I Benešová   J Husárová	6	2	[10]
	A Kleybanova   G Voskoboeva	6	2	[8]											I Benešová   J Husárová	6^4	6	[10]
WC	S Errani   K Knapp	2	6^6												M Kirilenko   A Radwańska	7	3	[4]
	M Kirilenko   A Radwańska	6	7					M Kirilenko   A Radwańska	6	6
							4	A Molik   M Santangelo	4	3
																						I Benešová   J Husárová	5	6	[10]
9	Z Yan   J Zheng	7	6																		ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	7	3	[2]
WC	C Dentoni   C Wozniacki	5	3				9	Z Yan   J Zheng	4	2
	A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	6					A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	6	6
	ME Camerin   G Dulko	4	2												A Medina Garrigues   V Ruano Pascual	7	3	[9]
ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	7	6											ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	6^2	6	[11]
WC	A Chakvetadze   N Vaidišová	6^4	3				ALT	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	1	7	[10]
							2	K Srebotnik   A Sugiyama	6	5	[4]

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