# 2008 China Open – Women's singles

Ágnes Szávay was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Anabel Medina Garrigues.
First-seeded Jelena Janković won in the final 6–3, 6–2, against Svetlana Kuznetsova.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Jelena Janković (champion)
* Ana Ivanovic (quarterfinals)
* Dinara Safina (withdrew due to a low back pain)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (final)
* Vera Zvonareva (semifinals)
* Agnieszka Radwańska (first round)
* Daniela Hantuchová (quarterfinals)
* Anna Chakvetadze (second round)
* Caroline Wozniacki (first round)

## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jelena Janković | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Vera Zvonareva | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 5 | Vera Zvonareva | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Jelena Janković | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 7 | 7 | | 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 3 | 2 |
| | Zheng Jie | 6$^3$ | 5 | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Janković | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Razzano | 7 | 5 | 4 | Q | A Wozniak | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Wozniak | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | J Janković | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | D Hantuchová | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | K Srebotnik | 4 | 5 | | | T Tanasugarn | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dulko | 3 | 1 | | 7 | D Hantuchová | 6 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | D Hantuchová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Janković | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | V Zvonareva | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | 5 | V Zvonareva | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Li | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | F Schiavone | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Schiavone | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Á Szávay | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Medina Garrigues | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | Y Shvedova | 4 | 3 | | | Á Szávay | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues | 7 | 6 | | | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | C Wozniacki | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | 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 | A Chakvetadze | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | I Benešová | 4 | 5 | | 8 | A Chakvetadze | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková | 3 | 6 | 6 | | D Cibulková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Mauresmo | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | D Cibulková | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | S Peng | 5 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A Kudryavtseva | 7 | 6 | | Q | A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | A Radwańska | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Zheng | 6$^3$ | 5 |
| | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Yan | 3 | 4 | | | A Sugiyama | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Zheng | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Zhang | 1 | 6 | 6$^7$ | | | | | 2 | A Ivanovic | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Cornet | 6 | 3 | 7 | | A Cornet | 1 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Ivanovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |