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2008 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić
Runners-up	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi
Score	7–6, 6–4
Details
Seeds	8
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Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić won the mixed doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi in the final 7–6, 6–4.

Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Likhovtseva did not participate in this Australian Open. Nestor partnered with Zheng Jie, but lost in the first round to Chan Yung-jan and Eric Butorac.

Seeds

1. Cara Black / Paul Hanley (quarterfinals)
2. Lisa Raymond / Simon Aspelin (second round)
3. Yan Zi / Mark Knowles (semifinals)
4. Zheng Jie / Daniel Nestor (first round)
5. Sun Tiantian / Nenad Zimonjić (champions)
6. Chuang Chia-jung / Jonathan Erlich (quarterfinals)
7. Květa Peschke / Martin Damm (quarterfinals)
8. Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram (semifinals)

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							Final
	5	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić	4	7
	3	Yan Zi Mark Knowles	6	5
								5	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić	7	6
									Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi	6	4
	8	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	4	2
		Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	C Black P Hanley	7	6
		B Mattek J Kerr	6	2				1	C Black P Hanley	6	6
	WC	J Moore G Jones	4	6				WC	J Moore G Jones	1	1
		R Stubbs T Perry	6	4											1	C Black P Hanley	6	6
		A Medina Garrigues M García	5	6											5	T Sun N Zimonjić	4	7
		L Huber J Murray	7	7					L Huber J Murray	2	4
		V King K Ullyett	1	3				5	T Sun N Zimonjić	6	6
	5	T Sun N Zimonjić	6	6																		5	T Sun N Zimonjić	4	7
	3	Z Yan M Knowles	6	3																		3	Z Yan M Knowles	6	5
		V Uhlířová J Coetzee	3	6				3	Z Yan M Knowles	7	6
		V Azarenka M Mirnyi	3	6					M Tu M Matkowski	5	2
		M Tu M Matkowski	6	7											3	Z Yan M Knowles	6	6
		Á Szávay L Paes	2	6											6	C-j Chuang J Erlich	4	4
		R Voráčová D Škoch	6	2					Á Szávay L Paes
	WC	J Gajdosova S Groth	6	1	r			6	C-j Chuang J Erlich	w/o
	6	C-j Chuang J Erlich	4	4

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	N Dechy A Ram	6	6
	WC	S Ferguson A Feeney	3	4				8	N Dechy A Ram	6	5
		J Husárová M Fyrstenberg	6	7					J Husárová M Fyrstenberg	3	7
		T Paszek M Melo	3	5											8	N Dechy A Ram	6	6
		V Razzano A Roddick	6	6												Y-j Chan E Butorac	1	2
	WC	M Adamczak S Huss	4	2					V Razzano A Roddick	6	5
		Y-j Chan E Butorac	7	7					Y-j Chan E Butorac	1	7
	4	J Zheng D Nestor	5	6																		8	N Dechy A Ram	4	2
	7	K Peschke M Damm	6	7																			S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	6
	WC	I Holland B Klein	1	6				7	K Peschke M Damm	6	6
	Alt	Z Ondrášková P Frelich	0	1				Alt	G Voskoboeva F Čermák	1	1
	Alt	G Voskoboeva F Čermák	6	6											7	K Peschke M Damm
	WC	A Molik N Healey	1	4												S Mirza M Bhupathi	w/o
		S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	6					S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	2
		I Benešová L Friedl	4	2				2	L Raymond S Aspelin	3	6
	2	L Raymond S Aspelin	6	6

External links

• Draw
• 2008 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

• 2008 Australian Open
• Australian Open (tennis) by year – Mixed doubles