2008 ITF Women's Circuit - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

organised by the International Tennis Federation

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

, and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.

The ITF world champions in 2008 were Jelena Janković

Jelena Janković

Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...

(senior singles), Cara Black

Cara Black

Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles...

/ Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...

(senior doubles) and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 150 and doubles tour of 97.-Playing style:...

(combined junior ranking).

Tournament breakdown by event category

Event category	Number of events	Total prize money
$100,000	13	$1,300,000
$75,000	17	$1,275,000
$50,000	47	$2,350,000
$25,000	121	$3,025,000
$10,000	238	$2,380,000
Total	436	$10,330,000

Tournament breakdown by region

Region	Number of events	Total prize money
Africa	15	$195,000
Asia	61	$1,460,000
Central America/Caribbean	20	$405,000
Europe	253	$6,065,000
North America	45	$1,575,000
Oceania	13	$295,000
South America	29	$335,000
Total	436	$10,330,000

Singles titles by nation

Rank	Nation	Titles won
1.	Russia	30
2.	Italy	28
3.	USA	27
4.	Germany	22
=	Slovak Republic	22
6.	Netherlands	18
7.	Czech Republic	17
8.	Argentina	16
=	Spain	16
10.	Japan	15
=	Romania	15
12.	France	13
13.	Great Britain	12
=	Poland	12
15.	Australia	10
=	Brazil	10
17.	China	8
=	Korea	8
=	Ukraine	8
20.	Portugal	7
=	Slovenia	7