# 2008 Kangaroo Cup – Singles

Chan Yung-jan was the defending champion, but decided not to compete that year.
Tamarine Tanasugarn won the title, defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Aiko Nakamura (quarterfinals)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (champion)
* Melanie South (semifinals)
* Junri Namigata (first round)
* Rika Fujiwara (first round)
* Kumiko Iijima (second round)
* Akiko Yonemura (quarterfinals)
* Nicole Thijssen (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Q | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Melanie South | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | Melanie South | 6$^5$ | 3 | Q | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | 2 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Q | Ana Savić | 3 | 1 | 2 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | A Nakamura | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Hisamatsu | 1 | 0 | | 1 | A Nakamura | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Koshino | 1 | 6 | 3 | | E Takao | 0 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Takao | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | A Nakamura | 6$^7$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | A Yamasoto | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | K Date-Krumm | 7$^9$ | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | S de Beer | 6 | 4 | 3 | WC | A Yamasoto | 6$^8$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Date-Krumm | 2 | 6 | 6 | Q | K Date-Krumm | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Fujiwara | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | K Date-Krumm | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 3 | M South | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M South | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| | Y Zhao | 2 | 2 | | 3 | M South | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Liu | 5 | 1 | | WC | Y Kuroda | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Kuroda | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M South | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Hisami | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | E Barry | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | E Barry | 6 | 6 | | | E Barry | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Yelsey | 6 | 6$^2$ | 2 | 6 | K Iijima | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Iijima | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | N Thijssen | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Savić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Q | A Savić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Nara | 6 | 6 | | WC | K Nara | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Okadaue | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Q | A Savić | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | T Yonemura | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Yonemura | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | |
| | M Kato | 2 | 2 | | | T Yonemura | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kriz | 6 | 6 | | | N Kriz | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Namigata | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Savić | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | A Yonemura | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 |
| | T Priachin | 6$^6$ | 0 | | 7 | A Yonemura | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Lykina | 6 | 4 | 7$^1$ | Q | K Lykina | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bai | 0 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | | 7 | A Yonemura | 6 | 6$^3$ | 0 | | | | |
| | M Tanaka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | K Watanabe | 0 | 1 | | | M Tanaka | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Pavlovic | 1 | 2 | | 2 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |