# 2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles

Dinara Safina defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Pan Pacific Open. It was her fourth title of the season.
Martina Hingis was the reigning champion, but she retired from professional tennis the previous year.
This was the first edition of the Pan Pacific Open to be held on outdoor hard courts; the tournament had previously been held on indoor carpet courts.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Jelena Janković (quarterfinals)
* Ana Ivanovic (second round)
* Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
* Dinara Safina (champion)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (final)
* Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)
* Daniela Hantuchová (first round)
* Anna Chakvetadze (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 |
| 5 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Katarina Srebotnik | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | |
| Q | Katarina Srebotnik | 6$^5$ | 2 | 5 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | 4 | Dinara Safina | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Dinara Safina | 6 | 6 | 4 | Dinara Safina | 6 | 6 |
| | Nadia Petrova | 1 | 0 | | | | |

### Top 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | F Pennetta | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pe'er | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | J Janković | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | A Morita | 6$^7$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | 5 | S Kuznetsova | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | Á Szávay | 7$^9$ | 5 | 4 | WC | A Morita | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Li | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | S Kuznetsova | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | K Srebotnik | 6$^5$ | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A Cornet | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Wozniak | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 3 | E Dementieva | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | C Wozniacki | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Q | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | Q | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Schiavone | 6 | 7 | | | F Schiavone | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | D Hantuchová | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | A Chakvetadze | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Kanepi | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Razzano | 6 | 6 | | | V Razzano | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | K Kanepi | 4 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | |
| | D Cibulková | 0 | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | 4 | D Safina | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Mauresmo | 6 | 1 | 6$^8$ | | D Cibulková | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | D Safina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Safina | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Petrova | 1 | 0 |
| WC | A Nakamura | 1 | 4 | | 6 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko | 2 | 2 | | | M Bartoli | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bartoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Radwańska | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| Q | A Rezaï | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Petrova | 7 | 6 | | | N Petrova | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Ivanovic | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |