2008 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

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.

Women's Doubles
2008 Italian Open
Champions Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung
Runners-up Iveta Benešová
Janette Husárová
Final score7–6(7–5), 6–2

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

Seeds

The top four seeds received 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. Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung (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

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Peng Shuai
Sun Tiantian
4 2  
5 Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung
6 6  
5 Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung
7 6  
  Iveta Benešová
Janette Husárová
65 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
62 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
64 6 [10]
WC S Errani
K Knapp
2 66     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
62 6 [11]
WC A Chakvetadze
N Vaidišová
64 3   ALT K Jans
M Jugić-Salkić
1 7 [10]
2 K Srebotnik
A Sugiyama
6 5 [4]
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