# 2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Stéphanie Dubois was the defending champion but chose to compete at Los Angeles during the same week, reaching the second round.
16-year old Melanie Oudin won the title by defeating Carly Gullickson 6–4, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Elena Baltacha (first round)
* Varvara Lepchenko (second round)
* Junri Namigata (quarterfinals)
* Kumiko Iijima (first round, retired)
* Lee Ye-ra (semifinals)
* Lauren Albanese (first round)
* Chan Chin-wei (semifinals)
* Melanie Oudin (champion)

## 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 |
| | Carly Gullickson | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Chan Chin-wei | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| 7 | Chan Chin-wei | 6 | 3 | 1 | | Carly Gullickson | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 8 | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Lee Ye-ra | 4 | 2 | | 8 | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Melanie Oudin | 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | E Baltacha | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Gullickson | 6 | 2 | 6 | | C Gullickson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Maureen Diaz | 4 | 3 | | | G Paz | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Paz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Gullickson | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | N Uberoi | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | Q | L Lee-Waters | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | C McHale | 6 | 7 | | Q | C McHale | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Lee-Waters | 6 | 5 | 6 | Q | L Lee-Waters | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Albanese | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | C Gullickson | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | K Iijima | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C-w Chan | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| WC | A Prousis | 6 | | | WC | A Prousis | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Fraňková | 4 | 4 | | | S Tweedie-Yates | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Tweedie-Yates | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Tweedie-Yates | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| WC | M Gambale | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | C-w Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Mueller | 6 | 6 | | | A Mueller | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Fichman | 4 | 4 | | 7 | C-w Chan | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C-w Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | Y-r Lee | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Tiya Rolle | 6$^9$ | 2 | | 5 | Y-r Lee | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Grajdek | 0 | 1 | | | N Kriz | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kriz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | Y-r Lee | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Liggan | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | J Namigata | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | I-h Hwang | 6 | 6 | | | I-h Hwang | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Rampre | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | J Namigata | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | J Namigata | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Y-r Lee | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | M Oudin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Oudin | 6 | 6 |
| | MF Alves | 1 | 4 | | 8 | M Oudin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K-c Chang | 4 | 6 | 4 | | K Couts | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Couts | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | M Oudin | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| SR | G Gent | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | SR | G Gent | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | H Barte | 6 | 4 | 0 | SR | G Gent | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cohen | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ | | 2 | V Lepchenko | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | V Lepchenko | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |