# 2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles

Virginie Razzano was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Vera Zvonareva won the title, defeating Peng Shuai in the final 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–0, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Vera Zvonareva (champion)
* Patty Schnyder (withdrew due to a back injury)
* Zheng Jie (semifinals)
* Peng Shuai (final)
* Gisela Dulko (second round)
* Olga Govortsova (second round)
* Pauline Parmentier (second round)
* Mariya Koryttseva (second round)
* Marta Domachowska (withdrew due to a viral illness)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
* NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Vera Zvonareva | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 3 | Zheng Jie | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Zheng Jie | 3 | 5 | 1 | Vera Zvonareva | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | Peng Shuai | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Peng Shuai | 6 | 6 | 4 | Peng Shuai | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| | Camille Pin | 2 | 1 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rodionova | 1 | 2 | | 1 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Dubois | 3 | 1 | | LL | Y-f Xu | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Y-f Xu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Knapp | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | K Knapp | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | S Zhang | 6$^6$ | 6 | 1 | | K Knapp | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova | 4 | 4 | | 8 | M Koryttseva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Koryttseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Zheng | 3 | 5 |
| WC | T Sun | 0 | 1 | | 3 | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kapros | 7 | 4 | 1 | | IR Olaru | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | IR Olaru | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Paszek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Paszek | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | Y-r Lee | 0 | 4 | | | T Paszek | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | X Han | 1 | 5 | | 7 | P Parmentier | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Parmentier | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | O Govortsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Yan | 3 | 2 | | 6 | O Govortsova | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Pivovarova | 2 | 4 | | | J Craybas | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Craybas | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | E Dzehalevich | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | J Lu | 7 | 6 | | WC | J Lu | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Santangelo | 4 | 2 | | 4 | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Peng | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | G Dulko | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | C Pin | 2 | 1 |
| Q | T Poutchek | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 | 5 | G Dulko | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Wickmayer | 7 | 2 | 4 | Q | A Rus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Rus | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | A Rus | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | C Pin | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 4 | 6 | | A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pin | 6 | 6 | | | C Pin | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Y Chen | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |