title: 2008 Open Gaz de France – Singles
text: # 2008 Open Gaz de France – Singles
  
  Nadia Petrova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko.
  
  Anna Chakvetadze won the title, defeating Ágnes Szávay in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–2.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Anna Chakvetadze (champion)
  * Daniela Hantuchová (quarterfinals)
  * Marion Bartoli (semifinals)
  * Elena Dementieva (semifinals)
  * Nadia Petrova (first round)
  * Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)
  * Ágnes Szávay (finals)
  * Alona Bondarenko (first round)
  
  ## Draws
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q - Qualifier
  * WC - Wild Card
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Anna Chakvetadze | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 3 | Marion Bartoli | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
  | 3 | Marion Bartoli | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Anna Chakvetadze | 6 | 2 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 7 | Ágnes Szávay | 3 | 6 | 2 |
  | 4 | Elena Dementieva | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Ágnes Szávay | 3 | 6 | 2 |
  | 7 | Ágnes Szávay | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | |
  
  ### Section 1
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | A Chakvetadze | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | N Dechy | 6 | $7^{10}$ | | WC | N Dechy | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Shuai | 4 | $6^8$ | | | | | | 1 | A Chakvetadze | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | V Azarenka | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | 6 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | E Daniilidou | 2 | 6 | 7 | | E Daniilidou | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | J Ditty | 1 | 2 | | 6 | A Mauresmo | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Chakvetadze | 2 | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Bartoli | 6 | 2 | 0 |
  | | | | | | 3 | M Bartoli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | C Pin | 5 | 3 | | | D Cibulková | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Cibulková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | M Bartoli | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | |
  | | A Cornet | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | V Razzano | 1 | $6^3$ | | | | | | |
  | Q | K Zakopalová | 6 | 2 | 1 | | A Cornet | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Razzano | 6 | 4 | 7 | | V Razzano | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | A Bondarenko | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Section 2
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | N Petrova | $6^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Bondarenko | $7^7$ | 3 | 6 | | K Bondarenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Y Fedak | $7^9$ | 4 | 6 | Q | Y Fedak | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Knapp | $6^7$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | K Bondarenko | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
  | Q | P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | E Dementieva | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Medina Garrigues | 2 | 3 | | Q | P Kvitová | $6^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | E Dementieva | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Dementieva | 3 | 6 | 5 |
  | 7 | Á Szávay | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Á Szávay | 6 | 1 | 7 |
  | | O Govortsova | 1 | 1 | | 7 | Á Szávay | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Tu | 3 | 4 | | | T Garbin | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | Á Szávay | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | D Hantuchová | $6^4$ | 1 | | | | | |
  | | É Loit | 2 | 4 | | | K Srebotnik | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | D Hantuchová | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  