2008 French Open (tennis)
| 2008 French Open | |
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| Date | May 25 – June 8 |
| Edition | 107th |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Surface | Clay |
| Location | Paris (XVIe), France |
| Venue | Stade Roland Garros |
| Champions | |
| Men's Singles | |
 Rafael Nadal
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| Women's Singles | |
 Ana Ivanovic
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| Men's Doubles | |
 Pablo Cuevas /  Luis Horna
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| Women's Doubles | |
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Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual
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| Mixed Doubles | |
 Victoria Azarenka /  Bob Bryan
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| Boys' Singles | |
 Yang Tsung-hua
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| Girls' Singles | |
 Simona Halep
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| Boys' Doubles | |
 Henri Kontinen /  Christopher Rungkat
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| Girls' Doubles | |
 Polona Hercog /  Jessica Moore
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| Legends Under 45 Doubles | |
 Goran Ivanišević /  Michael Stich
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| Legends Over 45 Doubles | |
 Anders Järryd / John McEnroe
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| Wheelchair Men's Singles | |
 Shingo Kunieda
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| Wheelchair Women's Singles | |
 Esther Vergeer
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| Wheelchair Men's Doubles | |
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Shingo Kunieda / Maikel Scheffers
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| Wheelchair Women's Doubles | |
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Jiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer
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The 2008 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 107th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 25 through June 8, 2008.
Justine Henin did not defend her trophy due to her retirement from the sport on May 14. Ana Ivanovic, the runner-up to Henin in 2007, won the Women's Singles. On the men's side, Rafael Nadal won the Men's Singles, and equalled Björn Borg's record of four consecutive French Open titles in the open era. Other competitions included men and women's doubles, junior singles and doubles as well as wheelchair and 'veteran' competitions.
On May 14, 2008, less than two weeks before the start of the 2008 French Open, defending champion and World No. 1 Justine Henin, announced in a press conference her immediate retirement from the sport. Four-time winner in Roland-Garros, where she defeated Kim Clijsters in 2003, Mary Pierce in 2005, Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2006 and Ana Ivanovic in 2007, Henin became the first player, at 25, to stop her career while holding the number one rank. Despite undergoing a poor run in the 2008 season, Henin was still considered to be a strong favourite for the French Open crown. Her retirement left Serena Williams, the 2002 champion and the tournament favourite this year, as the only former French Open champion remaining in the women's draw, and allowed WTA World No. 2 Maria Sharapova to be installed as the new World No. 1, and become the top seed for the tournament. Henin's last match was against Dinara Safina, who went on to have a successful French Open, reaching the final, where she was beaten by Ana Ivanovic. Henin returned at the end of the women's tournament, and presented new champion Ana Ivanovic with the trophy.
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