The 2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, England from 11 to 19 October 2008.

Ranking points

In 2008, the points breakdown were as follows:

Seeds

• # Nicol David (champion) • # 🇦🇺 Rachael Grinham (second round) • # Natalie Grinham (quarter-finals) • # 🇺🇸 Natalie Grainger (second round) • # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jenny Duncalf (semi-finals, retired due to injury) • # 🇳🇿 Shelley Kitchen (second round) • # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alison Waters (quarter-finals) • # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (second round) • # 🇪🇬 Omneya Abdel Kawy (quarter-finals) • # Vanessa Atkinson (first round) • # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vicky Botwright (final) • # 🇦🇺 Kasey Brown (second round) • # 🇭🇰 Rebecca Chiu (second round) • # 🇮🇪 Madeline Perry (semi-finals) • # 🇫🇷 Isabelle Stoehr (second round) • # 🇲🇽 Samantha Terán (first round)

Draw and results

Note: * Q = Qualifier, * WC = Wild Card, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired