2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Calendar

The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis season begins on December 31, 2007 at the Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts and ASB Classic tournaments.

The season will end on November 9, 2008 at the Sony Ericsson Championships - Qatar 2008 in Doha, Qatar.

December 31
Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts
Gold Coast, Australia (Tier III)

ASB Classic
Auckland, New Zealand (Tier IV)

January 7
Medibank International
Sydney, Australia (Tier II)

Moorilla Hobart International
Hobart, Australia (Tier IV)

January 14
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia (Grand Slam)

January 28
Fed Cup First Round

February 4
Open Gaz de France
Paris, France (Tier II)

Pattaya Women’s Open
Pattaya City, Thailand (Tier IV)

February 11
Proximus Diamond Games
Antwerp, Belgium (Tier II)

Cachantun Cup
Vina del Mar, Chile (Tier III)

February 18
Qatar Total Open
Doha, Qatar (Tier I)

Copa Colsanitas
Bogota, Colombia (Tier III)

February 25
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Tier II)

Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presented by HSBC
Acapulco, Mexico (Tier III)

Regions Morgan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
Memphis, Tennessee USA (Tier III)

March 3
Bangalore Open
Bangalore, India (Tier II)

March 10
Pacific Life Open
Indian Wells, California (Tier I)

March 24
Sony Ericsson Open
Miami, Florida (Tier I)

April 7
Bausch & Lomb Championships
Amelia Island, Florida (Tier II)

April 14
Family Circle Cup
Charleston, South Carolina (Tier I)

Estoril Open
Estoril, Portugal (Tier IV)

April 21
Fed Cup Semifinals

April 28
Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Fes, Morocco (Tier IV)

May 5
Qatar Telecom German Open
Berlin, Germany (Tier I)

ECM Prague Open
Prague, Czech Republic (Tier IV)

May 12
Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Rome, Italy (Tier I)

May 19
Istanbul Cup
Istanbul, Turkey (Tier III)

Internationaux de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France (Tier III)

May 26
Roland Garros
Paris, France (Grand Slam)

June 9
DFS Classic
Birmingham, England (Tier III)

Torneo Barcelona KIA
Barcelona, Spain (Tier IV)

June 16
International Women’s Open
Eastbourne, England (Tier II)

Ordina Open
’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (Tier III)

June 23
The Championships
Wimbledon, England (Grand Slam)

July 7
Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix
Budapest, Hungary (Tier III)

Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo
Palermo, Italy (Tier IV)

July 14
Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, California (Tier II)

Gastein Ladies
Bad Gastein, Austria (Tier III)

July 21
East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife
Los Angeles, California (Tier II)

Banka Koper Slovenia Open
Portoroz, Slovenia (Tier IV)

July 28
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank
Monreal, Canada (Tier I)

Nordea Nordic Light Open
Stockholm, Sweden (Tier IV)

August 11
Olympic Tennis Event
Beijing, China

August 18
Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick
New Haven, Connecticut (Tier II)

Forest Hills Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Classic presented by Commerce Bank
Forest Hills, New York (Tier IV)

August 25
US Open
Flushing Meadows, New York (Grand Slam)

September 8
Fed Cup Final

Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic
Bali, Indonesia (Tier III)

September 15
Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan (Tier I)

Guangzhou International Women’s Open
Guangzhou, China (Tier III)

September 22
China Open
Beijing, China (Tier II)

Hansol Korea Open
Hansol, Korea (Tier IV)

September 29
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany (Tier II)

AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Tokyo, Japan (Tier III)

Tashkent Open
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Tier IV)

October 6
Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia (Tier I)

Sunfeast Open
Kolkata, India (Tier III)

October 13
Zurich Open
Zurich, Switzerland (Tier II)

October 20
Generali Ladies Linz
Linz, Austria (Tier II)

FORTIS Championships Luxembourg
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Tier III)

October 27
Bell Challenge
Quebec City, Canada (Tier III)

November 3
Sony Ericsson Championships - Qatar 2008
Doha, Qatar (Season-Ending Championships)

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