Dinara Safina defeated Elena Dementieva in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 WTA German Open.
Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Dementieva.
This was the last tournament in which incumbent world No. 1 Justine Henin participated before announcing her retirement. She was defeated in the third round by Safina.Justine Henin stunned in German Open third round | Justine Henin
Seeds The top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Key Q = Qualifier WC = Wild card LL = Lucky loser r = Retired w/o = Walkover
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser Akgul Amanmuradova
Qualifying draws
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
References
External links Official results archive (World Tennis) Official results archive (WTA)