2008 Kangaroo Cup

2008 Kangaroo Cup
Date	28 April – 4 May
Edition	12th
Surface	Carpet / Outdoor
Location	Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Champions
Singles
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Doubles
Kimiko Date-Krumm / Kurumi Nara

The 2008 Kangaroo Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Gifu, Gifu, Japan between 28 April and 4 May 2008. The total prize money offered at this event was US$50,000.

This tournament marked the return of Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm,^[1] who returned to professional tennis almost 12 years after retiring, at the age of 37. Date entered the qualifying with the help of a wildcard, and she not only qualified, but had a run to the singles final, where she was beaten by Tamarine Tanasugarn. She also won the doubles title here, with compatriot Kurumi Nara.

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Aiko Nakamura	80	1
THA	Tamarine Tanasugarn	86	2
GBR	Melanie South	159	3
JPN	Junri Namigata	180	4
JPN	Rika Fujiwara	183	5
JPN	Kumiko Iijima	210	6
JPN	Akiko Yonemura	220	7
NED	Nicole Thijssen	222	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 21, 2008.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Yuka Kuroda
• Kurumi Nara
• Kana Watanabe
• Aki Yamasoto

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kimiko Date-Krumm
• Yurina Koshino
• Ksenia Lykina
• Ana Savić

Champions

Singles

• Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

• Kimiko Date-Krumm / Kurumi Nara def. Melanie South / Nicole Thijssen, 6–1, 6–7^(8–10), [10–7]

External links

• ITF search

References