2008 Wimbledon Championships
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{{TennisEventInfo|2008|Wimbledon Championships|
| date=[[June 23]] – [[July 6]]
| edition=122nd
| champms={{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]]
| champws={{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]
| champmd={{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nenad Zimonjic]]
| champwd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]
| champxd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bryan]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]
}}
The '''2008 Wimbledon Championships''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Tennis court#Grass courts|grass courts]]. It was the 122nd edition of the [[Wimbledon Championships]], and the third [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event of the year. It took place at the [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]] in [[Wimbledon, London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]], from [[June 23]] through [[July 6]], [[2008]].
[[Spanish people|Spanish]] player [[Rafael Nadal]] won the first [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] title of his career; the first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament he had won other than the [[French Open]]. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion [[Roger Federer]] in the final in what some regard as one of the greatest matches of all time.<ref>{{cite news|author=Alistair Magowan|title=Roger v Rafa - the best final ever?| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7493099.stm|date =[[2008-07-07]]| accessdate =2008-07-09| language =English}}</ref><ref name=McEnroe>{{cite news|author=Caroline Cheese|title=Federer stung by 'hardest loss'| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7492517.stm|date =[[2008-07-06]]| accessdate =2008-07-09| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[International Herald Tribune]], [[Associated Press]]|title=Federer-Nadal rivalry as good as it gets| url =http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/07/sports/TEN-On-Tennis-Rafa---Roger.php|date =[[2008-07-07]]| accessdate =2008-07-09| language =English}}</ref> In the women's singles, [[Venus Williams]] claimed her fifth title, and first win over her sister [[Serena Williams|Serena]] in a Wimbledon final (she had lost the previous two). The performances of Britons [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]] in the men's singles and [[Laura Robson]] in the girls' singles were able to arouse significant interest from the home crowd.
Following the completion of the 2007 Championships, the new fixed roof was put in place, in time for the 2008 Championships. The retractable section of the new roof is scheduled to be completed for the 2009 Championships.
==Notable stories==
===Betting scandal===
There were allegations in a dossier that several matches, including eight at Wimbledon, were under suspicion of being [[match fixing|fixed]] by professional gambling syndicates after bookmakers noted unexpected spikes in betting patterns.<ref>{{cite news|author=reuters.com|title=Wimbledon betting controversy played down| url =http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSL2270241520080622?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews|date =[[2008-06-22]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref> The dossier, released on the Sunday prior to the first day of play, had been commissioned by the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP), [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA), [[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF), and four Grand Slams earlier in the year, and was compiled by bookmakers. An official said, "If you look at a tournament, you might see one match for £23,000 [in betting turnover], one for £27,000, one for £36,000 and one for £4.5m. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that something is going on in the last one."<ref name="Wimbledon match betting scam">{{cite news|author=The Times|title=Wimbledon match betting scam| url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article4187780.ece|date =[[2008-06-22]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref> Betting on Wimbledon matches was popular in 2007, with over £420m wagered on bets.
To help deal with any potential gambling problems, the All England Club restricted access to player's changing rooms this year, allowing only the player and their coach permission. It was hoped that this would make communication between gamblers and players more difficult.<ref name="Wimbledon match betting scam"/> Match fixing became a prominent issue in the media after the [[2007 Orange Prokom Open]], where the then World No. 4 [[Nikolay Davydenko]] came under suspicion of colluding with gamblers, and gambling company [[Betfair]] took the unprecedented step of voiding all bets on a match of his with [[Martin Vassallo Arguello]].
===Pigeon killing controversy===
The [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]], the sport club that plays host to the Championships, came under fire from animal activists for using [[marksmen]] to shoot down dive-bombing [[pigeon]]s. The marksmen were ordered to use [[hawk]]s to scare them away, but when some failed to do so, the marksmen killed them, which led to the [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA) group releasing a statement admonishing the practice and subsequently, referring to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, contacting the [[Metropolitan Police]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Reuters, ESPN|title=Wimbledon under fire for pigeon cull| url =http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon08/news/story?id=3458900|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref>
Several players complained about the pigeons distracting them during play, and because of the inefficient nature of the hawks, rapid action was sought on the Sunday evening before the tournament began.<ref name="Pigeon killing">{{cite news|author=Nick Harris|title=Wimbledon 'breaking law by killing pigeons'| url =http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon-breaking-law-by-killing-pigeons-853509.html|date =[[2008-06-25]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref> The marksmen were hired by the All England Club and, armed with [[rifle]]s, shot several birds. When the media broke the story on Monday, a spokesman for the All England Club defended the club's approach, saying that, "The hawks are our first line of deterrent, and by and large they do the job. But unfortunately there were one or two areas where the hawks didn't deter the pigeons, so it was deemed necessary to take a harder approach."<ref>{{cite news|author=Bangkok Post|title=Wimbledon calls in the big guns to combat pesky pigeons| url =http://www.bangkokpost.com/sportsplus/sportsplus.php?id=128506|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref> By Tuesday however, the Metropolitan Police wildlife crime unit had been alerted to the practice by PETA, after allegedly infringing the [[Animal Welfare Act|Animal Welfare Act 2006]]. [[Bruce Friedrich]], vice-president of PETA, wrote in a letter to the All England Club chairman Tim Phillips, that the birds did not represent "a demonstrable risk to public health and safety", and the activity was therefore in violation of the Act.<ref name="Pigeon killing"/> A Wimbledon spokesperson subsequently announced that they had reneged on their policy, and that the All England Club would no longer shoot pigeons.<ref>{{cite news|author=Isabel Cowles |title=Pigeons and Peta Pose Problem for Wimbledon | url =http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/sports/May-June-08/Pigeons-and-PETA-Pose-Problems-for-Wimbledon.html|date =[[2008-06-25]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref>
A similar, but more inconspicuous, incident also occurred on the Sunday evening before the Championships. A [[Swarming (honey bee)|swarm]] of [[bees]] descended upon the area surrounding the All England Club; this caused the clearing out of the players' lawn (where competitors gather after play) and a temporary cessation of some interviews.<ref name=WimBees>{{cite news|author=Caroline Gammell |title=Wimbledon preparations disrupted by bees | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2176054/Wimbledon-Preparations-disrupted-by-bees.html|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-07-09| language =English}}</ref><ref name=WimBees2>{{cite news|author=[[thelondonpaper]] |title=Bee invasion sets Wimbledon abuzz as top players complain of the 'nightmare' | url =http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157152892855?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-07-09| language =English}}</ref> Further disruption was caused because organizers had to alter the overnight queuing system, in order to protect people. This was the first time that bees had caused disruptions at the All England Club. Some media outlets reported that the bees deserted the grounds after around 90 minutes,<ref name=WimBees2/><ref>{{cite news|author=[[The Independent]] |title=Wimbledon invaded by bees | url =http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/sport/wimbledon-invaded-by-bees-1418707.html|date =[[2008-06-22]]| accessdate =2008-07-09| language =English}}</ref> whilst others claimed that a similar resolution to the pigeon problem was sought, with the bees being professionally exterminated.<ref name=WimBees/>
===British performance===
[[Image:Laura Robson.JPG|thumb|[[Laura Robson]] (l), in her first round juniors match against [[Alexa Guarachi]].]]
The British public were left with some palpable success, as London-based [[Laura Robson]] became the first British girl to win the [[List of Wimbledon champions#Girls.27 Singles|Girls' juniors]] competition since [[Annabel Croft]] in [[1984 Wimbledon Championships|1984]]. Robson, aged 14 and the youngest player in the Girls' juniors, had to beat players aged up to 18, the maximum age allowed for entry in to the juniors.<ref name=Robson>{{cite news|author=Chris Bevan |title=Robson flies flag for Britain | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7488551.stm|date =[[2008-07-03]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Piers Newbery |title=Briton Robson wins girls' title | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7491442.stm|date =[[2008-07-05]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref> She garnered considerable media attention,<ref name=Robson/><ref>{{cite news|author=Patrick Foster |title=Laura Robson repels trickery of Slovak to earn final treat | url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article4272532.ece|date =[[2008-07-05]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|author=Esther Addley |title=Never mind Murray. Look out for Laura | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/05/wimbledon.tennis6|date =[[2008-07-05]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref> and, with a large crowd gathered to watch both her semi-final and final matches (the latter of which was on [[Court One]]), she called it an "overwhelming experience."<ref>{{cite news|author=Chris Bevan |title=Robson sweeps into girls' final | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7489951.stm|date =[[2008-07-04]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref> British based gambling company [[Ladbrokes]] slashed her odds of winning Wimbledon before [[2020]] from 50/1 to 20/1.<ref name=Guardian/> In the seniors, 2007 mixed doubles champion [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] could not replicate his triumph of the [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles|previous year]] with new partner [[Liezel Huber]] after his 2007 partner, [[Jelena Jankovic]], opted not to play in order to concentrate on the singles competition.<ref>{{cite news|author=BBC Sport |title=Jamie Murray seeks new partner | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7450516.stm|date =[[2008-06-12]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref> Murray & Huber were able to reach the semi-finals.
In the seniors singles competition [[Scot]] [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]] made the most significant impact, becoming the first Brit since [[Tim Henman]] in [[2004 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles|2004]] to reach the quarterfinals. Murray, often castigated in the British media for his surly manner, won the crowd's affections with his five-set victory over [[Richard Gasquet]] (''for further details on this match, see the [[2008 Wimbledon Championships#Day 7|Day 7]] summary'').<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Henderson |title=Now that he's a proper North Briton, how about a smile? | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/02/wimbledon.tennis|date =[[2008-07-02]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Piers Newbery |title=Murray wins after epic fightback | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7482226.stm|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref> In the [[UK]], the Murray-Gasquet match was watched by over 10m people, and in his native [[Scotland]] more than 50% of the potential viewing public watched the match.<ref>{{cite news|author=BBC Sport |title=Murray viewing figures exceed 10m | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7482966.stm|date =[[2008-07-01]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref> [[Chris Eaton]] from [[Surrey]], the [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 661, began his campaign in qualifying, succeeded in doing so, and then beat ATP No. 114 [[Boris Pashanski]], causing a huge surprise.<ref>{{cite news|author=Chris Bevan |title=Briton Eaton continues progress | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7472420.stm|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-07-05| language =English}}</ref> No British women made it beyond the second round.
==Day by day==
===Day 1===
The first day of the competition saw [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] and [[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|five-time Wimbledon winner]] [[Roger Federer]] breeze by his opponent to reach the second round<ref name=Karlovic defeats Monfils to reach Nottingham final>{{cite news|author=BBC Sport|title=Federer v Hrbaty as it happened| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7469153.stm|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-06-23| language =English}}</ref>, alongside [[Marcos Baghdatis]], [[Fernando Gonzalez]], [[Feliciano Lopez]], [[Andreas Seppi]], [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]], [[Novak Djokovic]], [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], [[Fernando Verdasco]] and [[David Ferrer]]. [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist]] [[Tomas Berdych]] was pushed in a five-setter by [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 78 [[Evgeny Korolev]], but eventually prevailed on the final score of 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, after three hours of play, while [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|former World No. 1]] and [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002 Wimbledon]] champion [[Lleyton Hewitt]] survived a close, three-hours-and-a-half-long five-setter against [[Robin Haase]], winning 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–3, 6–7(1), 6–2. Recent [[2008 French Open - Men's Singles#Finals|French Open semifinalist]] [[Gael Monfils]] was forced to withdraw before his first match due to a shoulder injury contracted during his [[2008 Nottingham Open - Singles#Finals|Nottingham Open semifinal]] against [[Ivo Karlovic]].<ref name=InjuredMonfils>{{cite news|author=David Bates|title=Injured Monfils withdraws| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-23/200806231214229764875.html|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-06-23| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Karlovic defeats Monfils to reach Nottingham final>{{cite news|author=tennis.com|title=Karlovic defeats Monfils to reach Nottingham final| url =http://www.tennis.com/news/news.aspx?id=135684|date =[[2008-06-20]]| accessdate =2008-06-23| language =English}}</ref> [[Ivo Karlovic|Karlovic]] was himself upset later in the day by qualifier [[Simon Stadler]], while thirty-second seed [[Michael Llodra]] retired against [[Mario Ancic]] due to a left arm injury. Canadian [[Tennis terminology#W|wild card]] [[Frank Dancevic]] produced the biggest upset of the day knocking out [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|former finalist]] [[David Nalbandian]] in straight sets, and in a mere ninety-six minutes.<ref name=Monday23Tale>{{cite news|author=Drew Lilley|title=Monday 23 June: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-23/200806231214214950071.html|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Federer Begins Title Defense in Style>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Federer Begins Title Defense in Style| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_monday.asp|date =[[2008-06-23]]|
accessdate =2008-06-23| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Djokovic, Hewitt Make Winning Starts; Nalbandian Upset>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Djokovic, Hewitt Make Winning Starts; Nalbandian Upset| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_monday1.asp|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-06-23| language =English}}</ref>
[[Image:Serena Wimbledon 2008.jpg|thumb|Serena Williams serving against Kaia Kanepi.]]
In the women's singles, [[2008 French Open|French Open]] champion and new [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] [[Ana Ivanovic]] easily defeated her first round adversary, and was followed in the second round by [[Nicole Vaidisova]], [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]], [[Agnieszka Radwanska]], [[Agnes Szavay]], [[Alona Bondarenko]], [[Amelie Mauresmo]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007 Wimbledon runner-up]] [[Marion Bartoli]], as well as [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|two-time Wimbledon champion]] [[Serena Williams]], who was tested against [[2008 French Open - Women's Singles#Finals|Roland-Garros quarterfinalist]] [[Kaia Kanepi]], before winning the match on the score of 7–5, 6–3, and sixth seed [[Anna Chakvetadze]], who won her first round encounter 2–6, 6–1, 8–6, saving all four match points her opponent [[Stephanie Dubois]] held against her. Many women seeds fell on the first day, such as [[Virginie Razzano]], who lost to [[Evgeniya Rodina]] despite winning the first set with a [[Tennis terminology#B|bagel]], [[Dominika Cibulkova]], who fell to [[Zheng Jie|Jie Zheng]], [[Alize Cornet]], who was defeated by [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]], [[Maria Kirilenko]], who lost to [[Vera Dushevina]], and [[Patty Schnyder]], who was upset by [[Casey Dellacqua]].<ref name=Monday23Tale/><ref name=Ivanovic Cruises in Opener; Russians Pushed to Limit>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Ivanovic Cruises in Opener; Russians Pushed to Limit| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2367|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-06-23| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Gael Monfils]] ''(withdrawal)'', [[Ivo Karlovic]], [[Michael Llodra]] ''(retirement)'', [[David Nalbandian]]; [[Dominika Cibulkova]], [[Virginie Razzano]], [[Alize Cornet]], [[Maria Kirilenko]], [[Patty Schnyder]].
The men's doubles competition saw no seeds advancing but [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] runners-up and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon defending champions]] [[Arnaud Clement]] & [[Michael Llodra]] were forced to withdraw before their first match, because of Llodra's left arm injury, which had already caused his retirement in the singles earlier in the day.<ref name=Monday23Tale/><ref name=Huss & Hutchins Win Wimbledon Opener>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Huss & Hutchins Win Wimbledon Opener| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon1.asp|date =[[2008-06-23]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref>
In the women's doubles competition, [[2008 French Open|French Open]] mixed doubles champion [[Victoria Azarenka]] & partner [[Shahar Peer]] proceeded to the next round.<ref name=Monday23Tale/><ref name=WD1R>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Black, Huber Continue Streak as First Round Wraps Up| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2378|date =[[2008-06-27]]| accessdate =2008-06-27| language =English}}</ref><ref name=WDWeek1>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Surprising Week 1 Results in Singles, Doubles Alike| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2382|date =[[2008-06-28]]| accessdate =2008-06-29| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Michael Llodra]] / [[Arnaud Clement]] ''(withdrawal)''.
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7469452.stm Pictures] from Day 1)</small>
===Day 2===
In the men's singles, [[2008 Queen's Club Championships|Queen's Club]] champion, [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007 Wimbledon]] runner-up [[Rafael Nadal]] scored his first win, securing a second round spot along with [[Jarkko Nieminen]], [[Nicolas Kiefer]], [[Tommy Robredo]], [[Richard Gasquet]], [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], [[Radek Stepanek]], [[Gilles Simon]], [[Nicolas Almagro]], [[Mikhail Youzhny]], [[James Blake]], [[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|two-time finalist]] [[Andy Roddick]], and twelfth seed [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]], who overcame 'The Magician' [[Fabrice Santoro]] 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(5), in little more than two hours, while twenty-fifth seed [[Dmitry Tursunov]] battled during nearly four hours before claiming a 6–4, 6–7(8), 7–6(7), 3–6, 7–5 win over [[2007 Queen's Club Championships|2007 Queen's Club]] finalist [[Nicolas Mahut]]. [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 116 [[Benjamin Becker]] provided the biggest upset of the tournament thus far with a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 win over fourth seed [[Nikolay Davydenko]], whose first round exit was the fifth in seven [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] appearances, and Croatian [[Ivan Ljubicic]] was upset in a close five-setter by 72nd-ranked, Austrian [[Jurgen Melzer]], on the final score of 6–4, 7–6(7), 4–6, 2–6, 6–3.<ref name=Tuesday24Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Tuesday 24 June: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-24/200806241214301013906.html|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Gasquet, Mathieu Advance; Becker Ousts Davydenko>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Gasquet, Mathieu Advance; Becker Ousts Davydenko| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_tuesday.asp|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Nadal Begins Quest for Historic Double>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Nadal Begins Quest for Historic Double| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_tuesday1.asp|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Roddick, Blake, Murray Reach 2nd Rd.; Tursunov Prevails>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Roddick, Blake, Murray Reach 2nd Rd.; Tursunov Prevails| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_tuesday2.asp|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref>
[[Image:V Azarenka wim08 1.JPG|thumb|Victoria Azarenka preparing to hit a forehand in her match against [[Tsvetana Pironkova]].]]
On the women's side, [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Venus Williams]] proceeded to the next round past British hope [[Naomi Cavaday]], alongside [[Flavia Pennetta]], [[Caroline Wozniacki]], [[Sania Mirza]], [[Sybille Bammer]], [[Maria Sharapova]], [[Francesca Schiavone]], [[Victoria Azarenka]], [[Vera Zvonareva]], [[Nadia Petrova]], [[Shahar Peer]], [[Daniela Hantuchova]], [[Jelena Jankovic]], [[2008 French Open|Roland-Garros runner-up]] [[Dinara Safina]] and [[1999 Wimbledon Championships|1999 Wimbledon]] champion [[Lindsay Davenport]], in her first appearance since [[2005 Wimbledon Championships|2005]]. Twenty-third seed [[Katarina Srebotnik]] was knocked out of the tournament at the end of an almost-four-hours-long thriller, in which she held four match points, before her opponent, [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 102 [[Julia Goerges]] eventually won on the score of 4–6, 7–6(8), 16–14.<ref name=Tuesday24Tale/><ref name=Former Champions Move Past First Opponents>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Former Champions Move Past First Opponents| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2369|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-24| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Nikolay Davydenko]], [[Ivan Ljubicic]]; [[Katarina Srebotnik]].
In the men's doubles, South Africans [[Jeff Coetzee]] & [[Wesley Moodie]] won their first round match, as well as [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] champions [[Jonathan Erlich]] & [[Andy Ram]], who completed their encounter after it was stopped by bad light on Day 1, on the final score of 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 11–9, and [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]], who after five sets of play eventually claimed a 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 victory. Polish tenth seeds [[Mariusz Fyrstenberg]] & [[Marcin Matkowski]] were upset in straight sets by [[Rohan Bopanna]] & [[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]].<ref name=Tuesday24Tale/><ref name=Erlich & Ram Survive Marathon Opening Match>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Erlich & Ram Survive Marathon Opening Match| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon2.asp|date =[[2008-06-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref>
In the women's draw, eleventh-seeded [[2000 Wimbledon Championships|2000]] and [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002]] [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|Wimbledon doubles champions]] [[Serena Williams]] & [[Venus Williams]] advanced past their first round adversaries in less than an hour.<ref name=Tuesday24Tale/><ref name=WD1R/><ref name=WDWeek1/>
* Seeded players out: [[Mariusz Fyrstenberg]] / [[Marcin Matkowski]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7471191.stm Pictures] from Day 2)</small>
===Day 3===
[[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Roger Federer]], [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], [[Lleyton Hewitt]], [[Feliciano Lopez]], [[Marcos Baghdatis]], [[David Ferrer]], [[Fernando Verdasco]] and [[Tomas Berdych]] advanced to the next round of the men's top half of the draw, alongside twenty-ninth seed [[Andreas Seppi]], who overcame Frenchman [[Florent Serra]] at the end of a close five-setter, on the final score of 6–3, 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–4. The shock of the day came as [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|former World No. 1]], [[2000 U.S. Open (tennis)|2000 US Open]] and [[2005 Australian Open]] champion, and now 75th-ranked [[Marat Safin]] took out [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 3, [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon semifinalist]] and reigning [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] champion [[Novak Djokovic]] in straight sets, winning 6–4, 7–6(3), 6–2, after two hours of play. Twenty-first seed [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]] also left the tournament, retiring due to a neck injury in the third set of his second round against [[2008 Gerry Weber Open|Halle]] doubles champion [[Mischa Zverev]], and fifteenth seed and [[2008 French Open - Men's Singles#Finals|French Open quarterfinalist]] [[Fernando Gonzalez]] lost a close encounter to Italian [[Simone Bolelli]], on the score of 7–6(8), 7–6(7), 3–6, 7–6(4).<ref name=Wednesday25Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Wednesday 25 June: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-25/200806251214387414398.html|date =[[2008-06-25]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Vintage Safin Upsets Djokovic; Wawrinka Progresses>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Vintage Safin Upsets Djokovic; Wawrinka Progresses| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_wednesday.asp|date =[[2008-06-25]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Federer Produces Masterclass; Baghdatis Advances>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Federer Produces Masterclass; Baghdatis Advances| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_wednesday1.asp|date =[[2008-06-25]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref>
In the women's singles, [[Elena Dementieva]] won her first round, and [[Nicole Vaidisova]], [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]], [[Serena Williams]], [[Agnes Szavay]], [[Anna Chakvetadze]], [[Amelie Mauresmo]], [[Agnieszka Radwanska]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007 Wimbledon]] runner-up [[Marion Bartoli]] won their second round matches. New [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] and [[2008 French Open|French Open]] winner [[Ana Ivanovic]] was pushed to the limit, as she saved two match points in the three-hours-and-twenty-minutes thriller that opposed her to [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 97 [[Nathalie Dechy]], and of which she came out the victor on the score of 6–7(2) 7–6(3), 10–8. Twenty-eighth seed and [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] doubles champion [[Alona Bondarenko]] retired against qualifier [[Barbora Zahlavova Strycova]] due to a right leg injury, and twentieth seed [[Francesca Schiavone]] lost in three sets to [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]], despite holding three consecutive match points in the deciding set.<ref name=Wednesday25Tale/><ref name=Ivanovic Passes Dechy Test; Serena, Amelie To Clash>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Ivanovic Passes Dechy Test; Serena, Amelie To Clash| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2373|date =[[2008-06-25]]| accessdate =2008-06-25| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Novak Djokovic]], [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]] ''(retirement)'', [[Fernando Gonzalez]]; [[Alona Bondarenko]] ''(retirement)'', [[Francesca Schiavone]]
In the men's doubles, World No. 1 team [[Bob Bryan]] & [[Mike Bryan]] proceeded to the second round, along with Brazilian pair [[Marcelo Melo]] & [[Andre Sa]], who won their first round encounter in five sets 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & [[Kevin Ullyett]], [[Frantisek Cermak]] & [[Jordan Kerr]] and [[Julien Benneteau]] & [[Nicolas Mahut]]. [[2007 U.S. Open (tennis)|2007 US Open]] champions and fifth seeds [[Simon Aspelin]] & [[Julian Knowle]] were upset in four sets by [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] & [[Robert Lindstedt]].<ref name=Wednesday25Tale/><ref name=Bryans Begin Wimbledon Title Campaign>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Bryans Begin Wimbledon Title Campaign| url=http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon3.asp|date =[[2008-06-25]]| accessdate =2008-06-26| language =English}}</ref>
World No. 1 team and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champions]] [[Cara Black]] & [[Liezel Huber]], [[Iveta Benesova]] & [[Janette Husarova]], [[Kveta Peschke]] & [[Rennae Stubbs]], [[Ai Sugiyama]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik]], [[Lisa Raymond]] & [[Samantha Stosur]], [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Zi Yan]] & [[Zheng Jie|Jie Zheng]] and [[Dinara Safina]] & [[Agnes Szavay]] were among the teams advancing past the first round of the women's doubles event. Meanwhile, eighth seeds [[Shuai Peng]] & [[Tiantian Sun]] were upset in three sets by [[Catalina Castano]] & [[Kaia Kanepi]], fourth seeds [[Chan Yung-Jan|Yung-jan Chan]] & [[Chuang Chia-Jung|Chia-jung Chuang]] fell to [[Akgul Amanmuradova]] & [[Darya Kustova]], and in the last match of the day, fourteenth seeds [[Alicia Molik]] & [[Mara Santangelo]] lost in three sets to [[Tatiana Perebiynis]] & [[Alicja Rosolska]].<ref name=Wednesday25Tale/><ref name=WD1R/><ref name=WDWeek1/>
* Seeded players out: [[Simon Aspelin]] / [[Julian Knowle]]; [[Shuai Peng]] / [[Tiantian Sun]], [[Chan Yung-Jan|Yung-jan Chan]] / [[Chuang Chia-Jung|Chia-jung Chuang]], [[Alicia Molik]] / [[Mara Santangelo]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7473310.stm Pictures] from Day 3)</small>
===Day 4===
Among the seeds advancing to the third round in the bottom half of the men's draw were [[Nicolas Kiefer]], [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]], [[Richard Gasquet]], [[Dmitry Tursunov]], [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], [[Gilles Simon]], [[Mikhail Youzhny]], who prevailed at the end of a three-hours-and-a-half-long five-setter against [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 201, qualifier [[Stefano Galvani]], on the score of 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, and [[Radek Stepanek]], who came back from being down two-sets-to-love to defeat Serbian [[Viktor Troicki]] 6–7(1), 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–1, 6–2. Second seed, [[List of French Open Men's Singles champions and finalists|four-time French Open champion]], [[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|two-time Wimbledon finalist]] [[Rafael Nadal]] had to battle during three hours against [[2008 French Open - Men's Singles#Finals|Roland-Garros quarterfinalist]] [[Ernests Gulbis]], before claiming a 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–3 victory, and also proceed to the next round. Meanwhile, twenty-third seed [[Tommy Robredo]] fell in straight sets to [[Tommy Haas]], twenty-fourth seed [[Jarkko Nieminen]] lost in a close match to [[Marin Cilic]] on the score of 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(6), 7–5, [[2008 French Open - Men's Singles#Finals|French Open quarterfinalist]] [[Nicolas Almagro]] was upset 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 by [[Guillermo Garcia-Lopez]], and [[2003 Australian Open]] runner-up, and now 94th-ranked [[Rainer Schuettler]] eliminated ninth seed [[James Blake]] after a five-set-marathon, 6–3, 6–7(8), 4–6, 6–4, 6–4. Sixth seed [[Andy Roddick]] fell before the third round for the first time in eight appearances, as the [[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|two-time Wimbledon finalist]] was knocked out of the tournament by [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 40 [[Janko Tipsarevic]], 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(4).<ref name=Thursday26Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Thursday 26 June: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-26/200806261214474374359.html|date =[[2008-06-26]]| accessdate =2008-06-26| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Nadal Survives Scare to Win; Murray Thrills Home Crowd>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Nadal Survives Scare to Win; Murray Thrills Home Crowd| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_thursday.asp|date =[[2008-06-26]]| accessdate =2008-06-26| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Americans Roddick, Blake Crash Out>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Americans Roddick, Blake Crash Out| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_thursday1.asp|date =[[2008-06-26]]| accessdate =2008-06-26| language =English}}</ref>
In the women's singles, [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Venus Williams]] advanced to the third round, alongside [[Caroline Wozniacki]], [[Dinara Safina]], [[Shahar Peer]], [[Jelena Jankovic]], [[Victoria Azarenka]], [[Elena Dementieva]] and [[Nadia Petrova]]. Thirty-second seed [[Sania Mirza]] was taken to three sets by [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 101 [[Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez]], and eventually lost 6–0, 4–6, 9–7, while thirteenth seed [[Vera Zvonareva]] fell to recent [[2008 Ordina Open|'s-Hertogenbosch]] winner [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]], Austrian [[Sybille Bammer]] lost in three sets to [[Shuai Peng]], tenth seed [[Daniela Hantuchova]] was upset by [[Alisa Kleybanova]], and twenty-second seed [[Flavia Pennetta]] was knocked out by [[Ai Sugiyama]]. [[1999 Wimbledon Championships|1999 Wimbledon]] champion [[Lindsay Davenport]] decided to withdraw from the tournament before her match against [[Gisela Dulko]], due to a knee injury. [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 159, Russian [[Alla Kudryavtseva]] produced the biggest upset of the women's field thus far, as she upset compatriot, [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|former World No. 1]], [[2004 Wimbledon Championships|2004 Wimbledon]] winner, reigning [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] champion, and third seed [[Maria Sharapova]] in straight sets, on the score of 6–2, 6–4.<ref name=Thursday26Tale/><ref name=Sharapova Shocked; Jelena, Venus Reach Third Round>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Sharapova Shocked; Jelena, Venus Reach Third Round| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2376|date =[[2008-06-26]]| accessdate =2008-06-26| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Tommy Robredo]], [[James Blake]], [[Jarkko Nieminen]], [[Andy Roddick]], [[Nicolas Almagro]]; [[Lindsay Davenport]] ''(withdrawal)'', [[Sania Mirza]], [[Vera Zvonareva]], [[Maria Sharapova]], [[Sybille Bammer]], [[Daniela Hantuchova]], [[Flavia Pennetta]].
In the men's doubles, [[Christopher Kas]] & [[Rogier Wassen]], [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Nenad Zimonjic]] and [[Max Mirnyi]] & [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] advanced to the next round, whereas Czech pair [[Martin Damm]] & [[Pavel Vizner]] fell, after four sets, to [[Travis Parrott]] & [[Filip Polasek]], and fourth seeds [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] & [[Mark Knowles]] lost to [[Philipp Petzschner]] & [[Alexander Peya]]. Ninth seeds [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]] were among the first teams to reach the third round, along with [[Christopher Kas]] & [[Rogier Wassen]], who advanced for the second time in the day, when they received a [[Tennis terminology#W|walkover]].<ref name=Thursday26Tale/><ref name=Nestor/Zimonjic, Mirnyi/Murray Enjoy Safe Passage>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Nestor/Zimonjic, Mirnyi/Murray Enjoy Safe Passage| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon4.asp|date =[[2008-06-26]]| accessdate =2008-06-27| language =English}}</ref>
On the women's side, [[2008 French Open|French Open]] champions [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] & [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]] cruised to the second round, along with [[Bethanie Mattek]] & [[Sania Mirza]], and [[Serena Williams]] & [[Venus Williams]] were the first pair to advance to the third round. [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] champions [[Alona Bondarenko]] & [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] withdrew from the competition, due to the right leg injury which had already forced Alona Bondarenko to retire in her singles match on the previous day, and twelfth seeds [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] & [[Amelie Mauresmo]] also chose to withdraw.<ref name=Thursday26Tale/><ref name=WD1R/><ref name=WDWeek1/>
* Seeded players out: [[Martin Damm]] / [[Pavel Vizner]], [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] / [[Mark Knowles]]; [[Alona Bondarenko]] / [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] ''(withdrawal)'', [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] / [[Amelie Mauresmo]] ''(withdrawal)''.
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7475328.stm Pictures] from Day 4)</small>
===Day 5===
Rain interrupted play for about an hour and a half during the early afternoon in what was the first rain delay of the 2008 Championships.<ref>{{cite news|author=BBC Sport|title=Wimbledon day five as it happened| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7476365.stm|date =[[2008-06-27]]| accessdate =2008-07-06| language =English}}</ref>
[[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] and [[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|five-time Wimbledon winner]] [[Roger Federer]] cruised to the fourth round of the men's singles, along with [[Lleyton Hewitt]], [[Feliciano Lopez]], [[2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2006 semifinalist]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2007 quarterfinalist]] [[Marcos Baghdatis]], and thirteenth seed [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], who was leading two-sets-to-love when his opponent [[Mischa Zverev]] retired. Twenty-second seed and [[2008 Nottingham Open|Nottingham finalist]] [[Fernando Verdasco]] knocked out eleventh seed and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist]] [[Tomas Berdych]], crushing the Czech in the third set to win 6–4, 6–4, 6–0, in little more than an-hour-and-a-half, [[2004 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2004 Wimbledon semifinalist]] [[Mario Ancic]] edged fifth seed and [[2008 Ordina Open|'s-Hertogenbosch]] titlist [[David Ferrer]] after more than three hours of play, on the final score of 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 7–6(3), and [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|former World No. 1]] and now [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 75 [[Marat Safin]] continued his run in the tournament, taking out twenty-ninth seed [[Andreas Seppi]] in four sets 7–6(5), 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–4.<ref name=Friday27Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Friday 27 June: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-27/200806271214558291875.html|date =[[2008-06-27]]| accessdate =2008-06-27| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Federer Sets Up Hewitt Clash; Verdasco Advances>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Federer Sets Up Hewitt Clash; Verdasco Advances| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_friday.asp|date =[[2008-06-27]]| accessdate =2008-06-27| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Ancic, Safin Come Through Late Evening Thrillers>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Ancic, Safin Come Through Late Evening Thrillers| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_friday1.asp|date =[[2008-06-27]]| accessdate =2008-06-27| language =English}}</ref>
In the women's singles, [[Nicole Vaidisova]], [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]], [[Anna Chakvetadze]], [[Agnieszka Radwanska]] and [[Agnes Szavay]] advanced to the fourth round, alongside [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|two-time Wimbledon champion]] [[Serena Williams]], who defeated [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006 champion]] [[Amelie Mauresmo]] 7–6(5), 6–1. Meanwhile, unseeded American [[Bethanie Mattek]] upset [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending finalist]] and eleventh seed [[Marion Bartoli]] in straight sets. The shock of the day was produced by [[2006 Australian Open]] and [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006 Wimbledon]] doubles champion and [[Tennis terminology#W|wild card]] [[Jie Zheng]], as the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 133 knocked out of the tournament [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]], [[2008 French Open|French Open]] champion and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon semifinalist]] [[Ana Ivanovic]] in straight sets, on the score of 6–1, 6–4.<ref name=Friday27Tale/><ref name=Ivanovic Follows Sharapova To Sidelines; Bartoli Falls>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Ivanovic Follows Sharapova To Sidelines; Bartoli Falls| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2379|date =[[2008-06-27]]| accessdate =2008-06-27| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Tomas Berdych]], [[David Ferrer]], [[Andreas Seppi]]; [[Marion Bartoli]], [[Amelie Mauresmo]], [[Ana Ivanovic]].
Among the teams advancing to the men's doubles' third round were top ranked [[Bob Bryan]] & [[Mike Bryan]], [[Frantisek Cermak]] & [[Jordan Kerr]], [[Marcelo Melo]] & [[Andre Sa]], [[Julien Benneteau]] & [[Nicolas Mahut]], [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & [[Kevin Ullyett]] and [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] champions [[Jonathan Erlich]] & [[Andy Ram]], who overcame [[Stephen Huss (tennis)|Stephen Huss]] & [[Ross Hutchins]] after five sets 6–7(3), 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.<ref name=Friday27Tale/><ref name=Bryans Progress; Erlich/Ram Fight Through>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Bryans Progress; Erlich/Ram Fight Through| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon5.asp|date =[[2008-06-27]]| accessdate =2008-06-29| language =English}}</ref>
In the women's doubles competition, World No. 1 team and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champions]] [[Cara Black]] & [[Liezel Huber]], [[Kveta Peschke]] & [[Rennae Stubbs]], [[Victoria Azarenka]] & [[Shahar Peer]], [[Lisa Raymond]] & [[Samantha Stosur]] and [[Dinara Safina]] & [[Agnes Szavay]] proceeded to the third round, while fifteenth seeds [[Iveta Benesova]] & [[Janette Husarova]] were taken out in straight sets by [[Vania King]] & [[Alla Kudryavtseva]], and second seeds [[Ai Sugiyama]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik]] lost on the score of 2–6, 6–3, 11–9 to [[Raquel Kops-Jones]] & [[Abigail Spears]].<ref name=Friday27Tale/><ref name=WDWeek1/>
* Seeded players out: [[Iveta Benesova]] / [[Janette Husarova]], [[Ai Sugiyama]] / [[Katarina Srebotnik]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7477371.stm Pictures] from Day 5)</small>
===Day 6===
In the men's singles, [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007 Wimbledon]] runner-up [[Rafael Nadal]] advanced past German twenty-seventh seed [[Nicolas Kiefer]] in straight sets, [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon semifinalist]] [[Richard Gasquet]] edged compatriot, twenty-eighth-seeded [[Gilles Simon]] after four sets and little more than two hours on the score of 6–3, 6–3, 6–7(3), 6–3, and unseeded Serbian [[Janko Tipsarevic]] matched his [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Section 2|2007 Wimbledon performance]], as he qualified for the fourth round in defeating twenty-fifth seed [[Dmitry Tursunov]] in straight sets 7–6(1), 7–6(3), 6–3. Twelfth seed [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]] lost one set to his opponent, former [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 2 [[Tommy Haas]], but eventually won the match after two-hours-and-a-half of play, on the final score of 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–2, nineteen-year-old Croatian [[Marin Cilic]] defeated fourteenth seed [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], and [[Mikhail Youzhny]] prevailed at the end of a four-hours-and-fourteen-minutes-long five-setter against [[Radek Stepanek]], on the score of 7–5, 6–7(5),6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3.<ref name=Saturday28Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Saturday 28 June: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-28/200806281214644326738.html|date =[[2008-06-28]]| accessdate =2008-06-29| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Gasquet Defeats Countryman; Murray, Tipsarevic Advance>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Gasquet Defeats Countryman; Murray, Tipsarevic Advance| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_saturday.asp|date =[[2008-06-28]]| accessdate =2008-06-29| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Nadal Extends Winning Streak; Youzhny, Cilic Reach 4th Rd.>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Nadal Extends Winning Streak; Youzhny, Cilic Reach 4th Rd.| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_saturday1.asp|date =[[2008-06-28]]| accessdate =2008-06-29| language =English}}</ref>
On the women's side, [[Elena Dementieva]] and [[Venus Williams]] advanced to the fourth round, alongside second seed [[Jelena Jankovic]] who fought back from being led one-set-to-love, to defeat thirty-first seed [[Caroline Wozniacki]] 2–6, 6–4, 6–2, and twenty-first seed [[Nadia Petrova]], who upset [[2007 U.S. Open (tennis)|2007 US Open]] and [[2008 French Open]] mixed doubles champion and sixteenth seed [[Victoria Azarenka]] in straight sets and two tie-breaks 7–6(11), 7–6(4). [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] doubles runner-up [[Shahar Peer]] and [[2008 French Open|French Open]] singles runner-up [[Dinara Safina]] battled during three-hours-and-twenty-five-minutes, with Peer dominating up to the midst of the second set, when the Russian came back, saving one match point, and Safina dominating up to the end of the third set, when Peer came back, breaking her adversary one final time to claim a 7–5, 6–7(4), 8–6 victory.<ref name=Saturday28Tale/><ref name=Jankovic Edges Wozniacki; Fourth Round Line-Up Set>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Jankovic Edges Wozniacki; Fourth Round Line-Up Set| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2381|date =[[2008-06-28]]| accessdate =2008-06-29| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Dmitry Tursunov]], [[Gilles Simon]], [[Nicolas Kiefer]], [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], [[Radek Stepanek]]; [[Caroline Wozniacki]], [[Victoria Azarenka]], [[Dinara Safina]].
Top ranked [[Bob Bryan]] & [[Mike Bryan]] came back from a one set deficit to defeat thirteenth seeds [[Frantisek Cermak]] & [[Jordan Kerr]], and reach the quarterfinals of the men's doubles. [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Nenad Zimonjic]], [[Max Mirnyi]] & [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] advanced to the third round, while South Africans eleventh seeds [[Jeff Coetzee]] & [[Wesley Moodie]] were upset in straight sets 7–6(2) ,6–2, 7–6(3), by unseeded [[Feliciano Lopez]] & [[Fernando Verdasco]], and fifteenth seeds [[Christopher Kas]] & [[Rogier Wassen]] lost to [[Philipp Petzschner]] & [[Alexander Peya]].<ref name=Saturday28Tale/><ref name=Bryans, Two Unseeded Teams Advance to Quarterfinals>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Bryans, Two Unseeded Teams Advance to Quarterfinals| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon6.asp|date =[[2008-06-28]]| accessdate =2008-06-30| language =English}}</ref>
[[2008 French Open]] champions and fifth seeds [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] & [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]], thirteenth seeds [[Bethanie Mattek]] & [[Sania Mirza]], ninth seeds [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Zi Yan]] & [[Jie Zheng]] cruised to the third round of the women's doubles, while top ranked [[Cara Black]] & [[Liezel Huber]] advanced to the quarterfinals.<ref name=Saturday28Tale/><ref name=WDWeek1/>
Almost all seeds in the mixed doubles advanced to the third round, among which [[Pavel Vizner]] & [[Kveta Peschke]], [[Simon Aspelin]] & [[Lisa Raymond]], [[Mike Bryan]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik]], [[Andy Ram]] & [[Nathalie Dechy]], [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Chia-jung Chuang]], [[Julian Knowle]] & [[Chan Yung-Jan|Yung-jan Chan]] and [[Kevin Ullyett]] & [[Ai Sugiyama]]. [[Nenad Zimonjic]] & [[Tiantian Sun]] lost in straight sets, however, to [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Nicole Vaidisova]], [[Mark Knowles]] & [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Zi Yan]] were upset by [[Scott Lipsky]] & [[Casey Dellacqua]], [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] & [[Sania Mirza]] fell to [[Igor Andreev]] & [[Maria Kirilenko]], and [[Leander Paes]] & [[Rennae Stubbs]] were knocked out by [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & [[Alicia Molik]].<ref name=Saturday28Tale/>
* Seeded players out: [[Frantisek Cermak]] / [[Jordan Kerr]], [[Jeff Coetzee]] / [[Wesley Moodie]], [[Christopher Kas]] / [[Rogier Wassen]]; [[Nenad Zimonjic]] / [[Tiantian Sun]], [[Mark Knowles]] / [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Zi Yan]], [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] / [[Sania Mirza]], [[Leander Paes]] / [[Rennae Stubbs]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7479129.stm Pictures] from Day 6)</small>
===Middle Sunday===
[[Wimbledon Championships#Schedule|Middle Sunday]] in [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] is traditionally a rest day, without any play, and this was the case in 2008. The seventh day of the competition, consequently, was Monday, June 30.
===Day 7===
[[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|Five-time Wimbledon winner, defending champion]] and [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] [[Roger Federer]] advanced to the tournament's quarterfinals for the seventh time in ten participations past [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|former World No. 1]] and [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002 Wimbledon]] titlist [[Lleyton Hewitt]] after less than two hours of play, on the score of 7–6(7), 6–2, 6–4, while second seed, [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007 finalist]] [[Rafael Nadal]] left no hopes to seventeenth seed [[Mikhail Youzhny]], as he defeated the Russian 6–3, 6–3, 6–1. [[2004 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2004 Wimbledon semifinalist]] and [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 43 [[Mario Ancic]] was led two-sets-to-love by [[2008 Nottingham Open|Nottingham]] finalist and twenty-second seed [[Fernando Verdasco]], when he started a comeback, winning the third set, and overcoming Verdasco's 4–1 lead to take the fourth, to ultimately win the match, after the two players repeatedly broke each other in the one-hour-and-half-long fifth set, on the final score of 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 13–11, after nearly four hours of play, and set a rematch of the [[2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2006 Wimbledon quarterfinal]] against [[Roger Federer|Federer]]. Thirty-first-seeded [[Feliciano Lopez]] climbed back from being led two-sets-to-one, and saved three match points, the third one with an ace on his second service, to finally beat tenth seed, [[2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2006 semifinalist]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist]] [[Marcos Baghdatis]] after almost four hours of play, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(4), 8–6. In the first fourth round match involving two unseeded players, [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 94 and [[2003 Australian Open]] runner-up [[Rainer Schuettler]] dominated [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 40, victor of [[Andy Roddick]], Serbian [[Janko Tipsarevic]] 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(4), and in the second one, [[2001 Australian Open]] runner-up and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007 Wimbledon]] doubles champion, [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 145 [[Arnaud Clement]] outplayed nineteen-year-old Croatian, [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 55 [[Marin Cilic]], in straight sets 6–3, 7–5, 6–2. [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|Former World No. 1]] [[Marat Safin]] eliminated a third consecutive seed in the tournament, as he beat [[2008 Rome Masters|Rome Masters]] finalist [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] for the first time in three encounters, on the score of 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, to match his best result in [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], a [[2001 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2001 quarterfinal]]. Eighth seed, [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon semifinalist]], Frenchman [[Richard Gasquet]] entirely dominated his adversary, twelfth seed, British [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]] during two sets, and up to the end of the third one, when he served to win the match, before Murray broke the Frenchman back and won the set's tie-break, eventually taking back the control of the encounter, racing through the fourth set and breaking early in the fifth to win, in almost complete darkness, at 21:30 ([[UTC+1]]), after four hours of play, on the score of 5–7, 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–2, 6–4, and, reaching his first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] quarterfinal, complete the round of eight line up.<ref name=Monday30Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Monday 30 June: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-30/200806301214817111143.html|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-06-30| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Federer Marches On at SW19, Faces Ancic Next>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Federer Marches On at SW19, Faces Ancic Next| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_monday2.asp|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-06-30| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Murray Completes Comeback; Nadal Cruises into QFs>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Murray Completes Comeback; Nadal Cruises into QFs| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_monday2.1.asp|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-07-01| language =English}}</ref>
The women's competition saw top seeds continue to fall, as [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 60 and [[2008 Ordina Open|'s-Hertogenbosch]] titlist [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]] knocked out second seed [[Jelena Jankovic]] 6–3, 6–2, in a mere seventy-five minutes, to advance for the first time in her career to the quarterfinals of a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event, and [[2008 International Women's Open|Eastbourne]] titlist and fourteenth seed [[Agnieszka Radwanska]] took back the control of her match, after scoring only one game in the second set, to defeat her opponent [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 4 and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles#Finals|2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist]] [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] 6–4, 1–6, 7–5. Kuznetsova and Jankovic's losses, together with the defeats of Ivanovic and Sharapova earlier in the tournament, meant that none of the top four seeds reached the quarterfinals of a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] for the first time in the [[History of tennis#Open Era|Open Era]]. The 133rd-ranked [[Jie Zheng]] also continued her run in the tournament, defeating fifteenth seed [[Agnes Szavay]] 6–3, 6–4, and progressing to become the first women's [[Tennis terminology#W|wild card]] entry to reach the [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite news|author=BBC Sport|title=Cool Radwanska stuns Kuznetsova| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7481589.stm|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-06-30| language =English}}</ref> [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|Defending champion]] [[Venus Williams]] advanced to her ninth quarterfinals at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] in twelve appearances, past 42nd-ranked Russian [[Alisa Kleybanova]], and her sister [[Serena Williams]] dispatched compatriot [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 69 [[Bethanie Mattek]] in straight sets 6–3, 6–3. Eighteenth seed [[Nicole Vaidisova]] recovered from the loss of the first set to win the second in a tie-break, and eventually overcome her opponent eighth seed [[Anna Chakvetadze]] after two hours of play, on the score of 4–6, 7–6(0), 6–3, Russian twenty-first seed and recent [[2008 International Women's Open|Eastbourne]] runner-up [[Nadia Petrova]] easily defeated compatriot and victor of [[Maria Sharapova]], 154th-ranked [[Alla Kudryavtseva]] 6–1, 6–4, in little more than an hour, and [[Elena Dementieva]], the highest seed remaining in the draw, crushed Israeli twenty-fourth seed [[Shahar Peer]] 6–2, 6–1.<ref name=Monday30Tale/><ref>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Jankovic, Kuznetsova Out; Williamses Keep Moving| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2388|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-06-30| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Tanasugarn Ousts Jankovic, Reaches First Wimbledon QF| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2386|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-06-30| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Lleyton Hewitt]], [[Fernando Verdasco]], [[Marcos Baghdatis]], [[Mikhail Youzhny]], [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], [[Richard Gasquet]]; [[Jelena Jankovic]], [[Agnes Szavay]], [[Anna Chakvetadze]], [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]], [[Shahar Peer]].
In the men's doubles, ninth seeds [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]] proceeded to the quarterfinals, alongside [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] champions [[Jonathan Erlich]] & [[Andy Ram]], who defeated sixteenth-seeded Frenchmen [[Julien Benneteau]] & [[Nicolas Mahut]] 4–6, 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 6–3, 6–4, and second seeds [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Nenad Zimonjic]], who beat fourteenth-seeded [[Max Mirnyi]] & [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Muray]] in straight sets. Meanwhile, Brazilian twelfth seeds [[Marcelo Melo]] & [[Andre Sa]] decided to withdraw from the tournament, giving a [[Tennis terminology#W|walkover]] to unseeded [[Kevin Anderson]] & [[Robert Lindstedt]], and [[Feliciano Lopez]] & [[Fernando Verdasco]]'s withdrawal allowed eight-seeded team [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & [[Kevin Ullyett]] to complete the quarterfinals' line up.<ref name=Monday30Tale/><ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Nestor/Zimonjic, Erlich/Ram Advance to Quarterfinals| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon7.asp|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-07-01| language =English}}</ref>
On the women's side, sixteenth-seeded pair [[Lisa Raymond]] & [[Rennae Stubbs]] beat third seeds [[Kveta Peschke]] & [[Rennae Stubbs]] to reach the quarterfinals, along with sixth seeds [[Victoria Azarenka]] & [[Shahar Peer]], who defeated tenth seeds [[Dinara Safina]] & [[Agnes Szavay]], unseeded [[Ekaterina Makarova]] & [[Selima Sfar]], who upset ninth-seeded Chinese pair [[Zi Yan]] & [[Jie Zheng]], [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|two-time champions]] [[Serena Williams]] & [[Venus Williams]], who knocked out fifth seeds and [[2008 French Open|French Open]] champions [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] & [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]], and thirteenth seeds [[Bethanie Mattek]] & [[Sania Mirza]].<ref name=Monday30Tale/><ref name=WD3R>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Doubles Third Round Wrap| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2385|date =[[2008-06-30]]| accessdate =2008-07-01| language =English}}</ref>
In the mixed event, fourteenth seeds [[Martin Damm]] & [[Peng Shuai|Shuai Peng]] obtained a [[Tennis terminology#W|walkover]] to the third round as their unseeded opponents withdrew, while unseeded team of [[2008 French Open|French Open]] mixed doubles champion [[Bob Bryan]] & partner [[Samantha Stosur]] dispatched sixteenth seeds [[Jordan Kerr]] & [[Kateryna Bondarenko]], unseeded Belarusians [[Max Mirnyi]] & [[Olga Govortsova]] beat fifteenth seeds [[Jeff Coetzee]] & [[Vladimira Uhlirova]], and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] and partner [[Liezel Huber]] also advanced. Czech team [[Pavel Vizner]] & [[Kveta Peschke]] were the first pair to advance to the quarterfinals, as their scheduled third round adversaries thirteenth seeds [[Simon Aspelin]] & [[Lisa Raymond]] decided to withdraw.<ref name=Monday30Tale/>
* Seeded players out: [[Marcelo Melo]] / [[Andre Sa]] ''(withdrawal)'', [[Julien Benneteau]] / [[Nicolas Mahut]], [[Max Mirnyi]] / [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]]; [[Kveta Peschke]] / [[Rennae Stubbs]], [[Dinara Safina]] / [[Agnes Szavay]], [[Zi Yan]] / [[Jie Zheng]], [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] / [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]]; [[Jordan Kerr]] / [[Kateryna Bondarenko]], [[Jeff Coetzee]] / [[Vladimira Uhlirova]], [[Simon Aspelin]] / [[Lisa Raymond]] ''(withdrawal)''.
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7481373.stm Pictures] from Day 7)</small>
===Day 8===
On 'Ladies Day' in [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], seventh seed, [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|four-time winner]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Venus Williams]] easily defeated [[2008 Ordina Open|'s-Hertogenbosch]] titlist, [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 60 [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]] in straight sets 6–4, 6–3 for the seventh time in seven meetings, to advance to the semifinals. Fifth seed [[Elena Dementieva]], the highest seeded player remaining in the draw, survived a comeback by opponent and compatriot, [[2008 International Women's Open|Eastbourne]] runner-up [[Nadia Petrova]], as the twenty-first seed climbed back from being down one-set-to-love, 1–5, to win the second set in a tie-break, forcing Dementieva to raise her level of play to eventually claim a 6–1, 6–7(6), 6–3 victory, and advance to her first semifinal appearance in [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], against [[Venus Williams]]. Sixth seed, [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|two-time Wimbledon champion]] [[Serena Williams]] needed only fifty-one minutes to dispatch her quarterfinal opponent, fourteenth seed, recent [[2008 International Women's Open|Eastbourne]] winner, nineteen-year-old [[Agnieszka Radwanska]] 6–4, 6–0, and proceed to her fifth [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] semifinal in nine appearances. In the last quarterfinal of the women's event, Chinese [[Tennis terminology#W|wild card]], 133rd-ranked [[Jie Zheng]], upset eighteenth seed [[Nicole Vaidisova]] after three sets and nearly two hours, on the score of 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, to continue her run in the tournament and reach her first ever [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] semifinal in a singles draw, to meet [[Serena Williams]]. Zheng, who had already set a record for the furthest progression by a women's wild card at Wimbledon, also became the first [[Chinese]] player to reach the singles' semifinals in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament.<ref>{{cite news|author=BBC Sport|title=Wimbledon day eight as it happened| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7482539.stm|date =[[2008-07-01]]| accessdate =2008-07-01| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Tuesday01Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Tuesday 1 July: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-01/200807011214909304065.html|date =[[2008-07-01]]| accessdate =2008-07-01| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Williams Sisters One Win Away From Title Clash| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2389|date =[[2008-07-01]]| accessdate =2008-07-01| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Nadia Petrova]], [[Agnieszka Radwanska]], [[Nicole Vaidisova]].
In the men's doubles event, ninth-seeded [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]] knocked out [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] champions, Isreaeli third seeds [[Jonathan Erlich]] & [[Andy Ram]] 6–3, 6–3, 6–3, to reach the semifinals. They were joined by second seeds [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Nenad Zimonjic]], who needed four sets to beat unseeded [[Kevin Anderson]] & [[Robert Lindstedt]] 7–6(5), 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3, top ranked [[Bob Bryan]] & [[Mike Bryan]], who defeated unseeded [[Marcel Granollers]] & [[Santiago Ventura Bertomeu|Santiago Ventura]] 7–6(3), 6–2, 6–0, and eight seeds [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & [[Kevin Ullyett]] who prevailed over unseeded [[Philipp Petzschner]] & [[Alexander Peya]] after four hours and five sets, on the score of 7–6(5), 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–2.<ref name=Tuesday01Tale/>
Mixed doubles fourth seeds [[Paul Hanley (tennis)|Paul Hanley]] & [[Cara Black]] advanced to the third round, while [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] & partner [[Liezel Huber]] proceeded past sixth-seeded [[Julian Knowle]] & [[Chan Yung-Jan|Yung-jan Chan]] to the quarterfinals of the event, alongside ninth seeds and [[2007 French Open]] champions [[Andy Ram]] & [[Nathalie Dechy]], and second seeds [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Chia-jung Chuang]].<ref name=Tuesday01Tale/>
* Seeded players out: [[Jonathan Erlich]] / [[Andy Ram]]; [[Julian Knowle]] / [[Chan Yung-Jan|Yung-jan Chan]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7483357.stm Pictures] from Day 8)</small>
===Day 9===
For the second time of the competition, rain perturbated the play in [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], stopping all ongoing matches in the morning, and once more for an hour in the early afternoon, allowing the play to resume only around 16:30 ([[UTC+1]]).
[[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|Five-time Wimbledon winner and defending champion]], [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] [[Roger Federer]] scored his sixth straight win over [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 43 [[Mario Ancic]] since the Croatian won [[2002 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Section 2|their first encounter in the first round of the 2002 Wimbledon Championships]], the last match to date Federer lost at the [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]], as the Swiss ace defeated his opponent 6–1, 7–5, 6–4, in less than two hours of play, and advanced to his record-setting seventeenth consecutive [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] semifinal. In the second quarterfinal of the day, which decided of Federer's opponent, [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 75, [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|former World No. 1]] [[Marat Safin]] secured his seventh career semifinal spot in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event, the first since he won the [[2005 Australian Open]], as the Russian came back from a one set deficit to beat thirty-first seed, [[2008 Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]] runner-up [[Feliciano Lopez]], on the score of 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(1), 6–3. In the first quarterfinal of the bottom half of the draw, [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007 Wimbledon]] finalist and [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 2 [[Rafael Nadal]] completely dominated his opponent, twelfth seed [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]], in less than two hours, defeating the British in straight sets 6–3, 6–2, 6–4. The match between [[Rainer Schuettler]] and [[Arnaud Clement]] to decide of the last semifinalist, Nadal's opponent, was stopped due to darkness right after Clement evened to score to one-set-all.<ref name=Wednesday02Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Wednesday 2 July: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-02/200807021214990452093.html|date =[[2008-07-02]]| accessdate =2008-07-03| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Federer Crushes Ancic for Semifinal Spot; Faces Safin Next| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_wednesday2.asp|date =[[2008-07-02]]| accessdate =2008-07-03| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Awesome Nadal Ends Murray Wimbledon Hopes| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_wednesday2.1.asp|date =[[2008-07-02]]| accessdate =2008-07-03| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Feliciano Lopez]], [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]].
In the women's doubles competition, sixteenth seeds, [[2001 Wimbledon Championships|2001 Wimbledon]] doubles champion [[Lisa Raymond]] & partner [[Samantha Stosur]] came out the winners of the first of the four quarterfinals matches, defeating unseeded pair [[Ekaterina Makarova]] & [[Selima Sfar]] 6–4, 6–3. [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|Two-time Wimbledon doubles champions]] and semifinalists in the ongoing singles event, eleventh-seeded [[Serena Williams]] & [[Venus Williams]] outplayed thirteenth-seeded duo of American [[Bethanie Mattek]] and Indian [[Sania Mirza]] on the score of 6–4, 6–3, to secure a spot in the semifinals. The third match of the day saw top ranked and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champions]] [[Cara Black]] & [[Liezel Huber]] overcome [[2008 Australian Open|Australian Open]] runners-up and [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] sixth seeds [[Victoria Azarenka]] & [[Shahar Peer]] 7–5, 7–6(4), to advance to a semifinal against Raymond & Stosur. In an encounter between unseeded teams, Frenchwoman [[Nathalie Dechy]] & Australian [[Casey Dellacqua]] prevailed over Spanish duo [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]] & [[Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez]] 2–6, 6–7(6), 6–4, to meet the Williams sisters, and complete the semifinals line up.<ref name=Wednesday02Tale/><ref name=WDQF>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Doubles Semifinals Set| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2398|date =[[2008-07-02]]| accessdate =2008-07-03| language =English}}</ref>
In the mixed doubles event, fifth seeds [[Kevin Ullyett]] & [[Ai Sugiyama]] proceeded past [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & [[Alicia Molik]] to the quarterfinals, along with top seeded [[Mike Bryan]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik]], who defeated fourteenth seeds [[Martin Damm]] & [[Shuai Peng]] 7–6(4), 6–2, and unseeded [[Bob Bryan]] & [[Samantha Stosur]], who upset fourth-seeded [[Paul Hanley (tennis)|Paul Hanley]] & [[Cara Black]]. Meanwhile, [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] & partner [[Liezel Huber]] defeated second seeds [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Chia-jung Chuang]] in the first quarterfinals match of the event.<ref name=Wednesday02Tale/>
* Seeded players out: [[Bethanie Mattek]] / [[Sania Mirza]], [[Victoria Azarenka]] / [[Shahar Peer]]; [[Martin Damm]] / [[Shuai Peng]], [[Paul Hanley (tennis)|Paul Hanley]] / [[Cara Black]], [[Daniel Nestor]] / [[Chia-jung Chuang]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7485512.stm Pictures] from Day 9)</small>
===Day 10===
Rain delayed play again, stopping all matches for a short time in the mid-afternoon, and once more for a longer period in the late afternoon. Play resumed at around 18:00 ([[UTC+1]]).
The men's last quarterfinal, stopped before the night on Day 9, resumed on the score of 6–3, 5–7, to see [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 94 [[Rainer Schuettler]] win the third set's tie-break, [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 145 [[Arnaud Clement]] win the fourth's after a rain delay, and the two former [[Australian Open]] runners-up battle through the fifth set, with Clement first holding a match point on the German's serve, Schuettler breaking but immediately being broken back, the rain stopping the play at 6–6, 40-all on the Frenchman's serve, and, eventually, Schuettler breaking Clement right after the play resumed and win, on his third match point on the score of 3–6, 7–5, 6–7(6), 7–6(7), 8–6, after five hours and twelve minutes played on two days, and reach his second [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] semifinal, setting up a clash with [[Rafael Nadal]]. The match became historically significant as the second longest men's match in terms of time played, in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] history, the longest remaining a [[1989 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles#Section 8|1989 second round match]] between [[Greg Holmes (tennis)|Greg Holmes]] and [[Todd Witsken]], which lasted five hours and twenty-eight minutes.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Barden|title=Schuettler win sets up Nadal semi| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7487883.stm|date =[[2008-07-03]]| accessdate =2008-07-03| language =English}}</ref><ref name=Thursday03Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Thursday 3 July: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-03/200807031215077549968.html|date =[[2008-07-03]]| accessdate =2008-07-04| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Schuettler Weathers the Storm and saves M.P. to Reach SF| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_thursday2.asp|date =[[2008-07-03]]| accessdate =2008-07-04| language =English}}</ref>
The first semifinal of the women's singles saw [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|four-time winner and defending champion]], seventh seed [[Venus Williams]] dominate her opponent [[Elena Dementieva]] during the first set, winning it 6–1 in thirty-eight minutes, before the Russian fifth seed fought back in the second, breaking Williams right after losing her serve to even the score, and holding to a second set tie-break. The American then left no chances to Dementieva, breaking her repeatedly to win the tie-break 7–3, and claim a 6–1, 7–6(3) victory, after nearly two hours of play, to advance to her thirteenth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final since the [[1997 U.S. Open (tennis)|1997 US Open]], her seventh in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]. The second semifinal between [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|two-time champion]], sixth seed [[Serena Williams]] and [[Tennis terminology#W|wild card]], [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 133 [[Jie Zheng]] followed the same pattern as the first, with Williams dominating her opponent in the first set, winning it 6–2, and the Chinese fighting back in the second, taking the match to a tie-break after holding a set point on Williams's serve. Williams, though, kept her edge on Zheng, winning the tie-break 7–5, to claim a 6–2, 7–6(5) victory, and proceed to her eleventh [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final since the [[1999 U.S. Open (tennis)|1999 US Open]], the fourth in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]. Venus and Serena Williams's wins marked the first time since [[2003 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon 2003]] the two sisters would meet in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final, the seventh time overall, with Serena having won five of their six previous [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final meetings, including the two played in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], in [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002]] and [[2003 Wimbledon Championships|2003]].<ref name=Thursday03Tale/><ref>{{cite news|author=sonyericssonwtatour.com|title=Venus, Serena Survive Late Challenges, Move Into Final| url =http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2400|date =[[2008-07-03]]| accessdate =2008-07-04| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: [[Elena Dementieva]].
In the first men's doubles semifinal, which lasted more than three hours, being interrupted several times by rain delays, World No. 1s and [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006 Wimbledon]] champions [[Bob Bryan]] & [[Mike Bryan]] battled a close match against eighth-seeded [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|2002, 2003 and 2004 champion]] [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & partner [[Kevin Ullyett]], but the top-ranked Americans lost all three tie-breaks played against their adversaries, allowing Bjorkman & Ullyett to win on the score of 7–6(3), 5–7, 7–6(5), 7–6(9). The win meant Bjorkman would reach his fifteenth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] doubles final since the [[1994 French Open]], Ullyett would reach his third one since the [[2001 U.S. Open (tennis)|2001 US Open]], and the pair would reach their first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final together. The other semifinal, between ninth seeds [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]] and second seeds [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Nenad Zimonjic]] was stopped due to darkness as the latter led 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–1, 3–3.<ref name=Thursday03Tale/><ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Bjorkman/Ullyett Triumph Over Bryans| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/wimbledon9.asp|date =[[2008-07-03]]| accessdate =2008-07-04| language =English}}</ref>
The quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event continued, and saw all-Russian, unseeded pair of [[Igor Andreev]] & [[Maria Kirilenko]] upset all-Czech pair and third seeds [[Pavel Vizner]] & [[Kveta Peschke]] in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, to reach their first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] semifinal together. In the second quarterfinal of the bottom half of the draw, unseeded team of men's doubles No. 1 [[Bob Bryan]] & former women's doubles No. 1 [[Samantha Stosur]] defeated ninth seeds and [[2007 French Open]] mixed champions [[Andy Ram]] & [[Nathalie Dechy]] 6–4, 6–2, to join [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] & [[Liezel Huber]] in the semifinals. Finally, top seeds [[Mike Bryan]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik]] took three sets to beat their quarterfinal opponents, fifth-seeded [[Kevin Ullyett]], who had just won his men's doubles semifinal, & [[Ai Sugiyama]], Srebotnik's usual partner in women's doubles, on the score of 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, to set-up to a clash with Andreev & Kirilenko, and complete the semifinals line up.<ref name=Thursday03Tale/>
* Seeded players out: [[Bob Bryan]] / [[Mike Bryan]]; [[Pavel Vizner]] / [[Kveta Peschke]], [[Andy Ram]] / [[Nathalie Dechy]], [[Kevin Ullyett]] / [[Ai Sugiyama]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7487790.stm Pictures] from Day 10)</small>
===Day 11===
The first semifinal of the men's singles was the eleventh encounter between [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Roger Federer]], and [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|former World No. 1]], now 75th-ranked and victor, earlier in the tournament, of [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 3 [[Novak Djokovic]], Russian [[Marat Safin]], whose appearance in the semifinals was the first in a [[Grand Slam (Tennis)|Grand Slam]] since he won the [[2005 Australian Open]], where he defeated Federer [[2005 Australian Open - Men's Singles#Finals|in the semifinal]]. The Swiss broke Safin in his first service game, racing through the first set to take it 6–3, before the Russian raised his level of play, and both players went on keeping their serves to a second set tie-break, which Safin eventually lost 3–7, letting Federer take his two-sets-to-love advantage to pressure him, and eventually break in the last game of the third set to claim a 6–3, 7–6(3), 6–4 victory, in less than two hours. The win meant Federer would reach his sixteenth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final, and his sixth consecutive one in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], already equalling [[Bjorn Borg]]'s record of runs at the tournament, from his first win at the [[1976 Wimbledon Championships]] to his lost final, after having won five consecutive ones, to [[John McEnroe]] at the [[1981 Wimbledon Championships]]. The second semifinal opposed [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 2, [[2008 French Open|French Open]] and [[2008 Queen's Club Championships|Queen's Club Championships]] winner, and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending finalist]] [[Rafael Nadal]], to unseeded, [[2003 Australian Open]] runner-up [[Rainer Schuettler]], [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 94, who finished his semifinal against [[Arnaud Clement]] only on the previous afternoon, after three-hours-and-a-half of play. Nadal raced early to a 4–0 lead, taking the first set 6–1, before Schuettler started to fight back, breaking the Spanish and dominating him through the second set, keeping his serve until 5–4, when serving to even the score to one-set-all, Nadal broke him, eventually winning the set in a tie-break 7–3, and keeping his edge on the German up to the end of the third set to win, in little more than two hours, on the score of 6–1, 7–6(3), 6–4. The win allowed Nadal to advance to his seventh [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final, his third consecutive one in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], and set-up [[Federer versus Nadal|his eighteenth meeting against Roger Federer]], the seventh in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final.<ref name=Friday04Tale>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Friday 4 July: As it happened| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-04/200807041215166101421.html|date =[[2008-07-04]]| accessdate =2008-07-04| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Unstoppable Federer to Face Nadal in Blockbuster Final| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_friday2.asp|date =[[2008-07-04]]| accessdate =2008-07-04| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Nadal Sets Up Dream Wimbledon Final Against Federer| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_friday2.1.asp|date =[[2008-07-04]]| accessdate =2008-07-04| language =English}}</ref>
* Seeded players out: ''None''.
The second men's doubles semifinal, between ninth seeds [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]] and second seeds [[Daniel Nestor]] & [[Nenad Zimonjic]], and which was stopped by the night on Day 10 as the latter were leading 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–1, 3–3, resumed, to see the Czech Dlouhy and the Indian, [[1999 Wimbledon Championships|1999 Wimbledon champion]] Paes break their opponents and win the fourth set, taking the match to a fifth one, in which [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002 Wimbledon]] doubles runner-up Nestor & [[2004 Wimbledon Championships|2004]] and [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006]] runner-up Zimonjic made the difference, ultimately clinching a 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–1, 4–6, 8–6 victory, to face [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & [[Kevin Ullyett]], and try, for Nestor, to finally complete a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam|career Grand Slam]] and for Zimonjic, to win his first ever [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] title.<ref name=Friday04Tale/>
The semifinals of the women's doubles took place, first confronting [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|2000 and 2002 champions]] and eleventh seeds [[Serena Williams]] & [[Venus Williams]], to unseeded Frenchwoman [[Nathalie Dechy]] & Australian [[Casey Dellacqua]], with the Williams sisters, who lost no set since the beginning of the competition, dominating their opponents throughout the encounter, winning the match 6–3, 6–3, after only a hour of play and advance to their third doubles final in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], having won the two first ones. That win also marked the second time since the [[2002 Wimbledon Championships]] Serena and Venus Williams would be facing each other in the singles final, and be present together in the doubles final. The top half of the draw's semifinal took place between top ranked, recent [[2008 DFS Classic|Birmingham]] and [[2008 International Women's Open|Eastbourne]] winners and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champions]] [[Cara Black]] & [[Liezel Huber]], and sixteenth-seeded [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|2001 doubles champion]] [[Lisa Raymond]] & partner [[Samantha Stosur]], with the latter taking the early advantages in each set, breaking the World No. 1s four times during the encounter and eventually knocking them out of the tournament on the score of 6–3, 6–3, in little more than an hour, to reach their fourth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final together, after the [[2005 U.S. Open (tennis)|2005 US Open]], the [[2006 Australian Open]] and the [[2006 French Open]].<ref name=Friday04Tale/>
In the first semifinal of the mixed event, top seeds [[Mike Bryan]] & [[Katarina Srebotnik]] entirely dominated their unseeded opponents [[Igor Andreev]] & [[Maria Kirilenko]] to win the match on the final score of 6–4, 6–2, after little more than an hour, and proceed to their first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final together. The win allowed Mike Bryan to advance to his fourth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] mixed final, his second in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] after finishing as the runner-up in [[2001 Wimbledon Championships|2001]], and Srebotnik to advance to her eighth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] mixed final, her first in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]. Twelfth-seeded [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|defending champion]] [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] & partner, women's doubles No. 1 [[Liezel Huber]] made the strongest start of their semifinal against unseeded [[Bob Bryan]] & [[Samantha Stosur]] quickly taking the first set 6–2 in twenty-one minutes, before Bryan & Stosur started to fight back, taking the second set to a tie-break, easily winning it 7–1, and extending their domination in the third set, eventually taking the match 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–4, to reach their first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] mixed doubles final together. The final would be Bob Bryan's sixth, the second in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], after a [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006]] loss, and Stosur's second, after the [[2005 Australian Open]]. The win marked the second time in the year [[Bob Bryan]] and [[Katarina Srebotnik]] would face each other in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] mixed doubles final, having already confronted at the [[2008 French Open|French Open]], set-up the first ever meeting in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final of [[Bob and Mike Bryan]], and marked the first time, with Stosur's win, a player would be present in both the doubles and the mixed doubles final of [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] since [[Cara Black]] in [[2004 Wimbledon Championships|2004]].<ref name=Friday04Tale/>
* Seeded players out: [[Lukas Dlouhy]] / [[Leander Paes]]; [[Cara Black]] / [[Liezel Huber]]; [[Jamie Murray (tennis)|Jamie Murray]] / [[Liezel Huber]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7489799.stm Pictures] from Day 11)</small>
===Day 12===
The final of the women's singles competition started at 14:00 ([[UTC+1]]) on the [[Centre Court]] of the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon's]] [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]]. [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 6 and sixth seed, [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|2002 and 2003 Wimbledon Champion]] [[Serena Williams]] and [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] No. 7 and seventh seed, [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007 champion]] [[Venus Williams]] met for the third time in a [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] final, and for the seventh time overall in [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] finals, with Serena winning five of the six previous encounters. Serena made the stronger start, breaking her sister in her first service game, and quickly took a 4–2 lead, as Venus struggled with her return. The momentum of the first set then shifted, when Venus started to play more aggressively, breaking Serena to even the score, and breaking her again in the last game to win the set 7–5 after fifty-three minutes. Venus struggled again with her serve in the beginning of the second set, saving a break point in her first service game, She was broken in her second, but broke back to 2–2. Both players then held their serve up to 5–4, when Serena found herself serving to stay in the match at 15-40, saving the first match point, but losing the second on an unforced error to give Venus the break and a 7–5, 6–4 victory after one hour and eleven minutes of play.<ref>{{cite news|author=Caroline Cheese|title=Venus triumphs in Wimbledon final| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7489696.stm|date =[[2008-07-05]]| accessdate =2008-07-07| language =English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ian Westbrook|title=Wimbedon day 12 as it happened| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7490749.stm|date =[[2008-07-05]]| accessdate =2008-07-07| language =English}}</ref> The win allowed Venus to defend her title and was her [[List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions|fifth Wimbledon title]], her seventh [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] title overall.
The men's doubles final followed the women's singles' one on [[Centre Court]]. The eighth-seeded team of [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP doubles]] No. 21 and former World No. 1 and [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|three-time Wimbledon doubles champion]] [[Jonas Bjorkman]] & current [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP doubles]] No. 14, partner [[Kevin Ullyett]], the oldest pair in the field, both aged thirty-six, met the World No. 2 duo of [[Daniel Nestor]], a [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon 2002]] runner-up & [[Nenad Zimonjic]], a finalist at the [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]] in [[2004 Wimbledon Championships|2004]] and [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|2006]]. Both teams remained close through the first two sets, with neither pair breaking the other, and each set going to a tie-break, the first won 14–12 by Nestor & Zimonjic, the second 7–3 by Bjorkman & Ullyett. The second seeds proved more efficient in the third set, winning their only break point and holding their advantage to the end to take a two-sets-to-one lead. The fourth set resembled the third, with Nestor & Zimonjic converting their two break points, while their opponents were unable to attack them on their service games. Nestor & Zimonjic won the match 7–6(12), 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–3, after more than two-hours-and-a-half of play, making them the [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|2008 Wimbledon champions]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Ian Westbrook|title=Nestor/Zimonjic win men's doubles| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7491717.stm|date =[[2008-07-05]]| accessdate =2008-07-07| language =English}}</ref> The victory marked Nestor & Zimonjic's first as a team in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament, after finishing as the runners-up of the [[2008 French Open|French Open]]. It also allowed Nestor to become the twenty-first player in tennis history and the eleventh in the [[Open Era]] to complete a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam|career Grand Slam]], after winning previously at the [[2002 Australian Open]], the [[2004 U.S. Open (tennis)|2004 US Open]] and the [[2007 French Open]]. He is also the third male player to complete a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Golden Slam|career Golden Slam]], as Nestor also won the Gold Medal at the [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Summer Olympics]].
The last final of the day to be played on the [[Centre Court]] was the women's doubles'. Eleventh-seeded [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|two-time winning pair]] of [[Serena Williams]] & [[Venus Williams]], who had just won the women's singles crown, met sixteenth-seeded [[Lisa Raymond]], & [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002]] champion [[Samantha Stosur]], also in course to play the mixed doubles final in the tournament. The Williams sisters proved to be as dominant through the final as they were during the whole competition, in which they lost no set and knocked out several seeded teams, among them [[2008 French Open|French Open]] champions [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] & [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]], as Serena & Venus broke twice in each of the sets, saving three break points in the first set, and not facing a single one in the second, to claim the [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|2008 Wimbledon doubles]] title after a mere fifty-eight minutes of play, on the score of 6–2, 6–2.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ian Westbrook|title=Williams pair take doubles crown| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7491749.stm|date =[[2008-07-05]]| accessdate =2008-07-07| language =English}}</ref> The doubles title was Serena & Venus' third in [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], and the seventh overall together, since the [[1999 French Open]]. The win also marked the third time the sisters won the doubles title of [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] while one of them won the singles title, and the second in which they won the doubles while both of them played the singles final.
* Seeded players out: [[Serena Williams]]; [[Jonas Bjorkman]] / [[Kevin Ullyett]]; [[Lisa Raymond]] / [[Samantha Stosur]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7491262.stm Pictures] from Day 12)</small>
===Day 13===
[[Image:Wimbledon Men's final 2008, Federer serves for 3rd set.jpg|thumb|[[Roger Federer]] serves to win the third set tie-break.]]
The final Sunday, featuring the men's singles final, saw [[Rafael Nadal]] win the first Wimbledon title of his career and fifth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament. No. 1 seed and [[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|five time champion]] [[Roger Federer]] was aiming to equal [[William Renshaw]]'s record of six consecutive Wimbledon titles (1881–86), and edge ever closer to [[Pete Sampras]]'s record of 14 Grand Slam titles, of which Federer had 12. Nadal, the No. 2 seed and [[List of French Open Men's Singles champions and finalists|four-time]] [[French Open]] champion was Federer's challenger for the third consecutive year, and was aiming to become the first man since [[Björn Borg]] to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year. Nadal's countryman, [[Manuel Santana]], the last [[Spanish people|Spaniard]] to have won the Wimbledon title (in [[1966 Wimbledon Championships|1966]]), said Nadal could take inspiration from [[Spain national football team|Spain's]] victory in the recent [[2008 European Championships|European Championships]], which Spain had last won in [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]].
[[Image:Nadal-Royal Box.jpg|left|thumb|[[Rafael Nadal]] climbs over a commentary box roof to receive the congratulations of [[Felipe, Prince of Asturias|Felipe]], [[Prince of Asturias]] and his [[Letizia, Princess of Asturias|wife]].]]
Rain and lightning delayed the final, scheduled for 14:00, until 14:35 ([[UTC+1]]). The final itself was a fragmented affair, with two rain delays hindering the possibility of an uninterrupted final. However, the amount of playing time that Federer and Nadal spent on [[Centre Court]] made it the longest final in Wimbledon history, at four hours and 48 minutes.<ref name="Nadal wins epic Wimbledon final">{{cite news|author=Piers Newbury|title=Nadal wins epic Wimbledon final| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7490443.stm|date =[[2008-07-06]]| accessdate =2008-07-06| language =English}}</ref> Nadal began well, winning the first set 6–4 in just under an hour, and taking the second by the same scoreline, despite having been 4–1 down at one point.<ref name="Federer v Nadal as it happened">{{cite news|author=Caroline Cheese|title=Federer v Nadal as it happened| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7491696.stm|date =[[2008-07-06]]| accessdate =2008-07-06| language =English}}</ref> The third set was interrupted by rain delays but the players returned to finish the set with a tie break, which Federer won by seven points to five. The fourth mirrored the third by also going to a tie break, in which Nadal took a 5–2 lead. Nadal was on serve but served a double fault and then was forced by Federer in to a hitting a [[backhand]] in to the net. Later in the tie break, Nadal had two Championship points, including one on his serve, which he squandered, with Federer triumphing 10-8, and forcing a final set.<ref name="Federer v Nadal as it happened"/> The fifth set produced only 4 games before another rain delay; the score was 2–2 (40–40) when they returned. Nadal eventually prevailed, winning the final set 9–7, at 21:16 local time. Nadal celebrated his win by climbing to his family in the crowd, including coach [[Toni Nadal]], and then traversed a roofed area to shake hands with members of [[Spanish royalty]].<ref name="Nadal wins epic Wimbledon final"/> Pundit and [[List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions|three-time]] Wimbledon champion [[John McEnroe]] lauded it as "the greatest match I have ever seen.<ref name=McEnroe/>
* Seeded players out: [[Roger Federer]].
In the mixed doubles' final, the [[Bob and Mike Bryan|Bryan brothers]], [[Bob Bryan|Bob]] and [[Mike Bryan|Mike]], met each other in the second siblings final of this year's tournament. The unseeded Bob and [[Samantha Stosur]] won the match in straight sets, 7–5, 6–4 against the first seeded Mike and [[Katarina Srebotnik]], after one hour and one minute.
* Seeded players out: [[Mike Bryan]] / [[Katarina Srebotnik]].
<small>([http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7492053.stm Pictures] from Day 13)</small>
==Seniors==
===Men's Singles===
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{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Rafael Nadal]]''' def. {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]], 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7
* It was Rafael Nadal's 6th title of the year, and his 29th overall. It was his 2nd Grand Slam title of the year, and his 5th overall.
===Women's Singles===
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{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Venus Williams]]''' def. {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]], 7–5, 6–4
* It was Venus Williams's 1st title of the year, and her 37th overall. It was her 7th Grand Slam title overall, and her 5th win at the event, after [[2000 Wimbledon Championships|2000]], [[2001 Wimbledon Championships|2001]], [[2005 Wimbledon Championships|2005]] and [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|2007]].
===Men's Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles}}
{{flagicon|CAN}} '''[[Daniel Nestor]]''' / {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Nenad Zimonjic]]''' def. {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Bjorkman]] / {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Kevin Ullyett]], 7–6(12), 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–3
===Women's Doubles===
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{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Serena Williams]]''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Venus Williams]]''' def. {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]], 6–2, 6–2
===Mixed Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Bob Bryan]]''' / {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Samantha Stosur]]''' def. {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] / {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]], 7–5, 6–4
==Juniors==
===Boys' Singles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles}}
{{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Grigor Dimitrov]]''' def. {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Henri Kontinen]], 7–5, 6–3
===Girls' Singles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles}}
'''{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Laura Robson]]''' def. {{flagicon|THA}} [[Noppawan Lertcheewakarn]], 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
===Boys' Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Doubles}}
'''{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Cheng-peng Hsieh]]''' / '''{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tsung-hua Yang]]''' def. {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matt Reid]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bernard Tomic]], 6–4, 2–6, 12–10
===Girls' Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles}}
{{flagicon|SLO}} '''[[Polona Hercog]]''' / {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Jessica Moore (tennis)|Jessica Moore]]''' def. {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Isabella Holland]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sally Peers]], 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
==Other events==
===Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Donald Johnson]]''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Jared Palmer]]''' def. {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jacco Eltingh]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Paul Haarhuis]], walkover
===Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Ken Flach]]''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Robert Seguso]]''' def. {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jeremy Bates]] / {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Jarryd]], 7–6(1), 6–7(5), 10–7
===Ladies' Invitation Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Invitation Doubles}}
{{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Jana Novotna]]''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Kathy Rinaldi]]''' def. {{flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Helena Sukova]], 5–7, 6–3, 10–5
===Men's Wheelchair Doubles===
{{Main|2008 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Wheelchair Doubles}}
{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Robin Ammerlaan]]''' / {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Ronald Vink]]''' def. {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stephane Houdet]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Peifer]], 6–7(8), 6–1, 6–3
==Seeds==
Withdrawals: [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]],<ref name=Tsonga out of French & Wimbledon >{{cite news|author=BBC Sport|title=Tsonga out of French & Wimbledon| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7418703.stm|date =[[2008-05-24]]| accessdate =2008-06-14| language =English}}</ref> [[Juan Monaco]],<ref name=WimbledonWithdrawals>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Wimbledon Withdrawals|| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-18/200806161213624809250.html|date =[[2008-06-18]]| accessdate =2008-06-18| language =English}}</ref> [[Carlos Moya]],<ref name=WimbledonWithdrawals/> [[Tatiana Golovin]],<ref name=WimbledonWithdrawals/> [[Gael Monfils]].<ref name=InjuredMonfils/>
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===Men's Singles===
# {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] ''(Final, lost to [[Rafael Nadal]])
# {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Rafael Nadal]] (Champion)'''
# {{flagicon|SER}} [[Novak Djokovic]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Marat Safin]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolay Davydenko]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Benjamin Becker]])
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Ferrer]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Mario Ancic]])
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Roddick]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Janko Tipsarevic]])
# {{flagicon|ARG}} [[David Nalbandian]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Frank Dancevic]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Richard Gasquet]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]])
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Blake]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Rainer Schuettler]])
# {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Marcos Baghdatis]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Feliciano Lopez]])
# {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomas Berdych]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Fernando Verdasco]])
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]] ''(Quarterfinals, lost to [[Rafael Nadal]])
# {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Marat Safin]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Marin Cilic]])
# {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Fernando Gonzalez]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Simone Bolelli]])
# {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Stepanek]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Mikhail Youzhny]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Youzhny]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Rafael Nadal]])
# {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivo Karlovic]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Simon Stadler]])
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nicolas Almagro]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Guillermo Garcia-Lopez]])
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lleyton Hewitt]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Roger Federer]])
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]] ''(Second Round, retired against [[Mischa Zverev]])
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Verdasco]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Mario Ancic]])
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Tommy Robredo]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Tommy Haas]])
# {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Nieminen]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Marin Cilic]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitry Tursunov]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Janko Tipsarevic]])
# {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Ljubicic]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Jurgen Melzer]])
# {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Nicolas Kiefer]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Rafael Nadal]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gilles Simon]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Richard Gasquet]])
# {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andreas Seppi]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Marat Safin]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gael Monfils]] ''(withdrew due to a shoulder injury)''
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Feliciano Lopez]] ''(Quarterfinals, lost to [[Marat Safin]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michael Llodra]] ''(First Round, retired against [[Mario Ancic]])
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===Women's Singles===
# {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ana Ivanovic]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Jie Zheng]])
# {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Jankovic]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Alla Kudryavtseva]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Agnieszka Radwanska]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] ''(Semifinals, lost to [[Venus Williams]])
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] ''(Final, lost to [[Venus Williams]])
# {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Venus Williams]] (Champion)'''
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Chakvetadze]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Nicole Vaidisova]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Shahar Peer]])
# {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchova]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Alisa Kleybanova]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marion Bartoli]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Bethanie Mattek]])
# {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patty Schnyder]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Casey Dellacqua]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]])
# {{flagicon|POL}} [[Agnieszka Radwanska]] ''(Quarterfinals, lost to [[Serena Williams]])
# {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Agnes Szavay]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Jie Zheng]])
# {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Nadia Petrova]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alize Cornet]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]])
# {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Nicole Vaidisova]] ''(Quarterfinals, lost to [[Jie Zheng]]
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Vera Dushevina]])
# {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]])
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] ''(Quarterfinals, lost to [[Elena Dementieva]])
# {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Ai Sugiyama]])
# {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Julia Goerges]])
# {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Peer]] ''(Fourth Round, lost to [[Elena Dementieva]])
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] ''(Second Round, withdrew against [[Gisela Dulko]])
# {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Sybille Bammer]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Shuai Peng]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Virginie Razzano]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Evgeniya Rodina]])
# {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Alona Bondarenko]] ''(Second Round, retired against [[Barbora Zahlavova Strycova]])
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amelie Mauresmo]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Serena Williams]])
# {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulkova]] ''(First Round, lost to [[Jie Zheng]])
# {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]] ''(Third Round, lost to [[Jelena Jankovic]])
# {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] ''(Second Round, lost to [[Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez]])
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==Wildcard Entries==
Below are the lists of the [[Tennis terminology#W|wild card]] awardees, in the main draws, and the [[Tennis terminology#Q|qualifiers]].<ref name=Wimbledon wild cards announced>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Wimbledon wild cards announced| url =http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-06-13/200806101213108347563.html|date =[[2008-06-13]]| accessdate =2008-06-15| language =English}}</ref>
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===Men's Singles Wildcard Entries===
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Baker (tennis)|Jamie Baker]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Alex Bogdanovic]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jeremy Chardy]]
# {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Frank Dancevic]]
# {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Xavier Malisse]]
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Kunitsyn]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vincent Spadea]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Ascione]]
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===Women's Singles Wildcard Entries===
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Elena Baltacha]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Naomi Cavaday]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Katie O'Brien]]
# {{flagicon|POL}} [[Urszula Radwanska]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Melanie South]]
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carla Suarez Navarro]]
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]
# {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie|Jie Zheng]]
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===Men's Doubles Wildcard Entries===
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Auckland]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Delgado]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Neil Bamford]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Joshua Goodall]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Bloomfield]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kenneth Skupski]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Alex Bogdanovic]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jonathan Marray]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chris Eaton (tennis)|Chris Eaton]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Alexander Slabinsky]]
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===Women's Doubles Wildcard Entries===
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Elena Baltacha]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Naomi Cavaday]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amanda Elliot]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Katie O'Brien]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Anne Keothavong]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Melanie South]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Anna Fitzpatrick]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Anna Hawkins]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sarah Borwell]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jocelyn Rae]]
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===Qualifying Men's Singles Entries===
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Bloomfield]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Edward Seator]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kenneth Skupski]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jonathan Marray]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Daniel Cox]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Morgan Phillips (tennis)|Morgan Phillips]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chris Eaton (tennis)|Chris Eaton]]
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===Qualifying Women's Singles Entries===
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sarah Borwell]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amanda Elliot]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Anna Fitzpatrick]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Georgie Stoop]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Anna Smith (tennis)|Anna Smith]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Elizabeth Thomas (tennis)|Elizabeth Thomas]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Naomi Broady]]
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tara Moore]]
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==Prize money==
In 2008 the All England Club awarded £11,812,000 in prize money to competitors at The Championships.<ref name=Prize money summary>{{cite news|author=wimbledon.org|title=Prize money summary| url =http://aeltc.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/guide/prizemoney.html|date =[[2008-06-15]]| accessdate =2008-06-15| language =English}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Prize money (rounded to the nearest tenth)
|-
! Category
! 2007
! 2008
! Increase
|-
| align="left" | Total prize money
| £11,282,710
| £11,812,000
| 4.7%
|-
| align="left" | Gentlemen's Singles Winner
| £700,000
| £750,000
| 7.1%
|-
| align="left" | Gentlemen's Singles Runner-up
| £350,000
| £375,000
| 7.1%
|-
| align="left" | Ladies' Singles Winner
| £700,000
| £750,000
| 7.1%
|-
| align="left" | Ladies' Singles Runner-up
| £350,000
| £375,000
| 7.1%
|-
| align="left" | Gentlemen's Doubles Winner
| £229,000
| £230,000
| 0.4%
|-
| align="left" | Gentlemen's Doubles Runners-up
| £111,440
| £115,000
| 3.2%
|-
| align="left" | Ladies' Doubles Winner
| £229,000
| £230,000
| 0.4%
|-
| align="left" | Ladies' Doubles Runners-up
| £111,440
| £115,000
| 3.2%
|-
| align="left" | Mixed Doubles Winners
| £90,000
| £92,000
| 2.2%
|-
| align="left" | Mixed Doubles Runners-up
| £45,000
| £46,000
| 2.2%
|}
==References==
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==External links==
{{commonscat|2008 Wimbledon Championships}}
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/ms/msdraw.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/ws/wsdraw.pdf Women's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/md/mddraw.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/wd/wddraw.pdf Women's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/qs/qsdraw.pdf Men's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/us/usdraw.pdf Women's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/qd/qddraw.pdf Men's Qualifying Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/ud/uddraw.pdf Women's Qualifying Doubles Draw]
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