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2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

Coordinates: 28°01′00″S 153°24′00″E / 28.0167°S 153.4°E / -28.0167; 153.4 (Gold Coast, Queensland)
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Doubles
2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts
Final
ChampionsRussia Dinara Safina
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Runners-upChina Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
Score6–1, 6–2
Events
Singles Doubles
← 2007 · Australian Hard Court Championships

Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but Srebotnik chose not to participate. Safina partnered with Ágnes Szávay and won the title, defeating Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the final 6–1, 6–2.

This was the final edition of the tournament. The following year, the Brisbane International was held, merging the men's and women's tournaments together.

Seeds

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  1. Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber (semifinals)
  2. China Yan Zi / China Zheng Jie (final)
  3. Russia Dinara Safina / Hungary Ágnes Szávay (champions)
  4. Italy Tathiana Garbin / United States Meghann Shaughnessy (withdrew due to a knee injury for Shaughnessy)

Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Zimbabwe C Black
United States L Huber
6 6  
WC Switzerland P Schnyder
Czech Republic N Vaidišová
2 3   1 Zimbabwe C Black
United States L Huber
67 6 [10]
  Belarus D Kustova
Belarus T Poutchek
2 1     Italy F Pennetta
Italy F Schiavone
7 4 [7]
  Italy F Pennetta
Italy F Schiavone
6 6   1 Zimbabwe C Black
United States L Huber
3 1  
3 Russia D Safina
Hungary A Szávay
6 6   3 Russia D Safina
Hungary A Szávay
6 6  
  Ukraine Y Fedak
Japan A Nakamura
3 2   3 Russia D Safina
Hungary A Szávay
6 6  
WC Australia C Dellacqua
Australia T Musgrave
3 5     Russia N Petrova
Russia E Vesnina
3 4  
  Russia N Petrova
Russia E Vesnina
6 7   3 Russia D Safina
Hungary A Szávay
6 6  
  France N Dechy
France S Foretz
6 3 [10] 2 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
1 2  
  China C Ji
China S Sun
2 6 [4]   France N Dechy
France S Foretz
     
  Czech Republic I Benešová
Russia G Voskoboeva
6 4 [10]   Czech Republic I Benešová
Russia G Voskoboeva
w/o    
ALT Russia A Kleybanova
Russia Y Shvedova
3 6 [1]   Czech Republic I Benešová
Russia G Voskoboeva
3 5  
  Russia A Kudryavtseva
Ukraine T Perebiynis
2 2   2 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 7  
  Belarus V Azarenka
Israel S Pe'er
6 6     Belarus V Azarenka
Israel S Pe'er
6 3 [10]
  Australia J Gajdošová
Australia B Stewart
3 4   2 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
4 6 [12]
2 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 6  
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28°01′00″S 153°24′00″E / 28.0167°S 153.4°E / -28.0167; 153.4 (Gold Coast, Queensland)