The Beginning of the year for the Ukrainian wasn't fruitful to say the least, With second-round exits at the 2008 Moorilla Hobart International and 2008 Australian Open, losing to lower-ranked players. Alona, on the other hand, won the Australian Open women's doubles title, partnering with her younger sister Kateryna. They defeated the pairing Shahar Pe'er and Victoria Azarenka 2–6, 6–2, 6–4. They became only the second pairing of sisters to win the title, the first being the Williams sisters. She then followed it up with first-round exits at 2008 Open Gaz de France and 2008 Proximus Diamond Games, once again losing to lower-ranked players. She also lost to eventual champion Elena Dementieva at the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships in the second round. She made her first third round of the year at the 2009 Pacific Life Open, losing to Maria Sharapova, this was the start of good showings from the Ukrainian. She however lost to Kaia Kanepi in the second round of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, after receiving a bye. Continuing her good form from Indian Wells she reached the quarterfinals of 2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships, 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open, and 2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg. In the middle of this she lost in the second round of 2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia reasonably to Serena Williams. Her performance at a Major once again was a disappointment as she lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Petra Cetkovská.
She then again made great showing at the grass when she reached the quarterfinals of 2008 DFS Classic and the semi-finals of the 2008 Ordina Open, losing to eventual champion Tamarine Tanasugarn, she however lost at the second round of the 2008 Wimbledon. She then represented Ukraine at the 2008 Olympics, losing to Serbian Jelena Janković in the second round, in the doubles she partnered with sister Kateryna were they came in fourth place. She then reached the third round of the 2008 US Open, losing to Venus Williams. She then lost in the second rounds of 2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and 2008 Zürich Open nad the first round of 2008 Kremlin Cup, this seems like a disappointment for Alona, however she lost to higher rankes players Jelena Janković, Venus Williams, and Katarina Srebotnik respectively. She ended the year competing in the 2008 Generali Ladies Linz were she lost in the quarterfinals to Marion Bartoli.
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