 By the end of the season, Puchkova's ranking had fallen to 92, and her record

At the 2008 Australian Open, she won her first round match, but lost 6–1, 7–5 to World No.1 Justine Henin in the second round.Her year would improve slightly as she finished runner-up in the Charlottesville ITF event falling to Alexis King ranked 640 in the world.