2008 US Open (tennis)

2008 US Open
2008 US Open
Date	August 25 – September 8
Edition	128th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Hardcourt
Location	New York City, U.S.
Venue	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
	Roger Federer
Women's singles
	Serena Williams
Men's doubles
	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
	Cara Black / Liezel Huber
Mixed doubles
	Cara Black / Leander Paes
Boys' singles
	Grigor Dimitrov
Girls' singles
	CoCo Vandeweghe
Boys' doubles
	Niki Moser / Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Girls' doubles
	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sandra Roma
Men's champions invitational
	Pat Cash
Women's champions invitational
	Martina Navratilova
Mixed champions invitational
	Anne Smith / Stan Smith

The 2008 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 128th edition of the US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States, from August 25 through September 8, 2008.

The men's defending champion, Roger Federer, won the US Open for a fifth consecutive time. Justine Henin, the women's defending champion, did not return to defend her title due to her retirement from tennis, for personal reasons, earlier in the year.^[1] Serena Williams was the champion on the women's side, winning her third US Open title; she had last won the event in 2002. Federer and Williams's opponents, Andy Murray and Jelena Janković, were making their débuts in Grand Slam finals. World number ones Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic went out in the semifinal and second round, respectively. This was Nadal's best ever result at the US Open; for Ivanovic, it was her second early exit at a Grand Slam since her win at the 2008 French Open.

The home nation had success; Serena Williams was the first American to win a singles title since Andy Roddick in 2003. Twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won their second US Open title, and Liezel Huber (who became an American citizen in 2007)^[2] won the women's doubles with Zimbabwean Cara Black.

^ "Henin announces shock retirement". BBC Sport. May 14, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
^ "Black & Huber win women's doubles". BBC Sport. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.

[Heninretires-1] "Henin announces shock retirement". BBC Sport. May 14, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2008.

[HuberBlack-2] "Black & Huber win women's doubles". BBC Sport. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.

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