# 2008 ITF Kolkata Open – Singles

Maria Kirilenko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Ayumi Morita won the title, defeating Elora Dabija in the final, 6–3, 6–1.

## Seeds

* Melanie South (second round)
* Ayumi Morita (champion)
* Chan Chin-wei (first round)
* Ágnes Szatmári (second round)
* Sunitha Rao (second round)
* Liana Ungur (first round)
* Ksenia Palkina (quarterfinals)
* Chang Kai-chen (quarterfinals)

## Main 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Elora Dabija | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Sophie Ferguson | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | Sophie Ferguson | 2 | 6$^4$ | | Elora Dabija | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | 2 | Ayumi Morita | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Bojana Jovanovski | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ayumi Morita | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Ayumi Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M South | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lu | 5 | 3 | | 1 | M South | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lertcheewakarn | 6 | 6 | | | N Lertcheewakarn | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Parasyuk | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Lertcheewakarn | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | |
| | A Roesch | 7$^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | E Dabija | 3 | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | |
| | E Dabija | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | E Dabija | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Mekel | 6 | | | | L Mekel | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Ungur | 3 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | E Dabija | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 4 | Á Szatmári | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Ferguson | 2 | 6$^4$ |
| WC | S Burman | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Á Szatmári | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Segnini | 4 | 5 | | | S Ferguson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Ferguson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | S Ferguson | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | J Glushko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | K Palkina | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| Q | S Disderi | 2 | 3 | | | J Glushko | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Uberoi | 2 | 3 | | 7 | K Palkina | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | K Palkina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | K-c Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bhambri | 2 | 2 | 8 | K-c Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Viratprasert | 6 | 6 | | S Viratprasert | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Chakravarthi | 4 | 1 | | | | | 8 | K-c Chang | 4 | 7 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang | 6 | 6 | | | | | Q | B Jovanovski | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | I-h Hwang | 1 | 2 | | C-j Chuang | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Jovanovski | 6 | 6 | Q | B Jovanovski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C-w Chan | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Q | B Jovanovski | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | S Rao | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Morita | 6 | 6 |
| | A Prousis | 0 | 2 | 5 | S Rao | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Haring | 5 | 4 | Q | E Webley-Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Webley-Smith | 7 | 6 | | | | | Q | E Webley-Smith | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | S Bhambri | 6 | 7 | | | | | 2 | A Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Lakhani | 4 | 5 | WC | S Bhambri | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Siegemund | 1 | 2 | 2 | A Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |