2008 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles
2008 Australian Open
Champions	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić
Runners-up	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi
Final score	7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Likhovtseva chose not to participate, and only Nestor competed that year.
Nestor partnered with Zheng Jie, but lost in the first round to Chan Yung-jan and Eric Butorac.

Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić won the mixed doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open tennis tournament defeating Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi in the final 7–6, 6–4.

Seeds

1. Cara Black / Paul Hanley (Quarterfinals)
2. Lisa Raymond / Simon Aspelin (Second round)
3. Yan Zi / Mark Knowles (Semifinals)
4. Zheng Jie / Daniel Nestor (First round)
5. Sun Tiantian / Nenad Zimonjić (Champions)
6. Chuang Chia-jung / Jonathan Erlich (Quarterfinals)
7. Květa Peschke / Martin Damm (Quarterfinals)
8. Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Sun Tiantian   Nenad Zimonjić	4	7	[10]
	3	Yan Zi   Mark Knowles	6	5	[6]
								5	Sun Tiantian   Nenad Zimonjić	7^7	6
									Sania Mirza   Mahesh Bhupathi	6^4	4
	8	Nathalie Dechy   Andy Ram	4	2
		Sania Mirza   Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	C Black P Hanley	7^7	6
		B Mattek J Kerr	6^5	2				1	C Black P Hanley	6	6
	WC	J Moore G Jones	4	6	[10]			WC	J Moore G Jones	1	1
		R Stubbs T Perry	6	4	[4]										1	C Black P Hanley	6	6^7	[8]
		A Medina Garrigues M García	5	6^3											5	T Sun N Zimonjić	4	7^9	[10]
		L Huber J Murray	7	7^7					L Huber J Murray	2	4
		V King K Ullyett	1	3				5	T Sun N Zimonjić	6	6
	5	T Sun N Zimonjić	6	6																		5	T Sun N Zimonjić	4	7	[10]
	3	Z Yan M Knowles	6	3	[10]																	3	Z Yan M Knowles	6	5	[6]
		V Uhlířová J Coetzee	3	6	[6]			3	Z Yan M Knowles	7	6
		V Azarenka M Mirnyi	3	6^4					M Tu M Matkowski	5	2
		M Tu M Matkowski	6	7^7											3	Z Yan M Knowles	6	6
		Á Szávay L Paes	2	6	[10]										6	C-j Chuang J Erlich	4	4
		R Voráčová D Škoch	6	2	[6]				Á Szávay L Paes
	WC	J Gajdosova S Groth	6	1	r			6	C-j Chuang J Erlich	w/o
	6	C-j Chuang J Erlich	4	4

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	N Dechy A Ram	6	6
	WC	S Ferguson A Feeney	3	4				8	N Dechy A Ram	6	5	[10]
		J Husárová M Fyrstenberg	6	7					J Husárová M Fyrstenberg	3	7	[4]
		T Paszek M Melo	3	5											8	N Dechy A Ram	6	6
		V Razzano A Roddick	6	6												Y-j Chan E Butorac	1	2
	WC	M Adamczak S Huss	4	2					V Razzano A Roddick	6	5	[5]
		Y-j Chan E Butorac	7	7^7					Y-j Chan E Butorac	1	7	[10]
	4	J Zheng D Nestor	5	6^1																		8	N Dechy A Ram	4	2
	7	K Peschke M Damm	6	7^7																			S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	6
	WC	I Holland B Klein	1	6^5				7	K Peschke M Damm	6	6
	Alt	Z Ondrášková P Frelich	0	1				Alt	G Voskoboeva F Čermák	1	1
	Alt	G Voskoboeva F Čermák	6	6											7	K Peschke M Damm
	WC	A Molik N Healy	1	4												S Mirza M Bhupathi	w/o
		S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	6					S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	2	[10]
		I Benešová L Friedl	4	2				2	L Raymond S Aspelin	3	6	[7]
	2	L Raymond S Aspelin	6	6

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