2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

The 2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Fes, Morocco, from 28 April until 4 May 2008.

2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Date28 April – 4 May
Edition8th
Champions
Singles
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Doubles
Romania Sorana Cîrstea / Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
← 2007 ·Morocco Open· 2009 →

Singles

Milagros Sequera was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.

Gisela Dulko won in the final 7–6(2), 7–6(5), against Anabel Medina Garrigues.

Seeds

  1. Anabel Medina Garrigues (final)
  2. Gisela Dulko (champion)
  3. Tathiana Garbin (second round)
  4. Aravane Rezaï (semifinals)
  5. Timea Bacsinszky (second round)
  6. Alisa Kleybanova (quarterfinals)
  7. Sorana Cîrstea (quarterfinals)
  8. Ekaterina Makarova (second round)

Finals

SemifinalsFinal
          
1 Anabel Medina Garrigues67 
  Gréta Arn363 
1 Anabel Medina Garrigues6265 
2 Gisela Dulko77 
4 Aravane Rezaï663 
2 Gisela Dulko76 

Top half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
1 A Medina Garrigues466
  L Domínguez Lino6211 A Medina Garrigues376
  S Karatantcheva76   S Karatantcheva6641
  E Baltacha52 1 A Medina Garrigues66 
  A Kremer630  O Savchuk11 
  O Savchuk466  O Savchuk76 
  A Klepač23 8 E Makarova644 
8 E Makarova66 1 A Medina Garrigues67 
3 T Garbin466  G Arn363 
  C Castaño6333 T Garbin45 
  G Arn66   G Arn67 
Q J Dokić42   G Arn66 
  P Cetkovská67   P Cetkovská22 
  S Kloesel45   P Cetkovská67 
WC N Lalami24 5 T Bacsinszky15 
5 T Bacsinszky66 

Bottom half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
6 A Kleybanova66 
Q A Wozniak23 6 A Kleybanova6366
Q A Rodionova66 Q A Rodionova734
WC L Essaadi11 6 A Kleybanova755
  R de los Ríos66 4 A Rezaï577
  L Osterloh44   R de los Ríos620 
  V King24 4 A Rezaï76 
4 A Rezaï66 4 A Rezaï663 
7 S Cîrstea2662 G Dulko76 
  M Erakovic6327 S Cîrstea66 
Q A Pavlyuchenkova66 Q A Pavlyuchenkova42 
WC FZ El Allami01 7 S Cîrstea03 
  K O'Brien7412 G Dulko66 
  É Loit6766  É Loit32 
  ME Camerin11 2 G Dulko66 
2 G Dulko66 

Doubles

Vania King and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mirza chose not to participate, and only King competed that year.
King partnered with Lourdes Domínguez Lino, but lost in the first round to Sorana Cîrstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Sorana Cîrstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won in the final 6–2, 6–2, against Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova.

Seeds

Draw

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 L Domínguez Lino
V King
685 
  S Cîrstea
A Pavlyuchenkova
77   S Cîrstea
A Pavlyuchenkova
w/o  
  T Bacsinszky
S Kloesel
76   T Bacsinszky
S Kloesel
   
  N Bratchikova
K Milevskaya
52   S Cîrstea
A Pavlyuchenkova
46[16]
4 M Erakovic
A Jidkova
43   M Kondratieva
S Lefèvre
64[14]
  M Kondratieva
S Lefèvre
66   M Kondratieva
S Lefèvre
76 
  P Cetkovská
O Savchuk
46[3]  A Klepač
L Osterloh
631 
  A Klepač
L Osterloh
63[10]  S Cîrstea
A Pavlyuchenkova
66 
  ME Camerin
R de los Ríos
66 3 A Kleybanova
E Makarova
22 
WC FZ El Allami
N Lalami
32   ME Camerin
R de los Ríos
43 
  E Baltacha
A Elliott
0r 3 A Kleybanova
E Makarova
66 
3 A Kleybanova
E Makarova
5  3 A Kleybanova
E Makarova
66 
  K Anderson
K O'Brien
36[2]  J Larsson
A Rodionova
13 
  C Castaño
A Kremer
63[10]  C Castaño
A Kremer
563 
  J Larsson
A Rodionova
76   J Larsson
A Rodionova
77 
2 G Dulko
B Jozami
623 

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