ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament 2008

ATP World Tour
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament 2008

date	February 18, 2008 - February 24, 2008
Edition	35
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Rotterdam Netherlands Netherlands
Tournament number	407
category	International Series Gold
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 803,000
Financial. Obligation	€ 824,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Russia Mikhail Juschny
Last year's winner (double)	Czech Republic Martin Damm Leander Paes India

Winner (singles)	France Michaël Llodra
Winner (doubles)	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Dmitri Tursunow Russia

Tournament director	Richard Krajicek
Tournament supervisor	Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption	Italy Simone Bolelli (69)

As of January 11, 2016

The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place in Rotterdam from February 18 to 24, 2008 . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week the SAP Open were played in San José and the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires . In contrast to the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, which belonged to the International Series Gold category, these were part of the lower endowed International Series .

Defending champion in the singles was Mikhail Juschny , who was eliminated in the first round this year. In the final, the unseeded Frenchman Michaël Llodra prevailed against Robin Söderling in three sets with 6: 7 ³ , 6: 3 and 7: 6 ⁴ . All eight seeded players were eliminated from the individual in the round of 16 at the latest. Martin Damm and Leander Paes won the doubles title last year. Only Damm started again and failed in the first round. Tomáš Berdych and Dmitri Tursunow prevailed in the final against the duo Philipp Kohlschreiber and Michail Juschny with 7: 5, 3: 6 and [10: 7].

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize money was 803,000 euros, the total financial liabilities were 824,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 16-17, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Russia Teimuras Gabashvili
Germany Mischa Zverev
Netherlands Robin Haase
Czech Republic Jan Hernych

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who passed the qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise, the amounts are not cumulative (amounts for the double competition per team).

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	300	€ 171,000
final	210	€ 84,700
Semifinals	135	€ 42,000
Quarter finals	75	€ 20,900
Round of 16	25th	€ 11,000
First round	0	€ 5,850

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	10
Qualifying round	5	€ 845
First round	0	445 €

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	300	€ 49,500
final	210	€ 26,850
Semifinals	135	€ 14,300
Quarter finals	75	€ 6,900
First round	0	€ 2,550

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Rafael Nadal	Round of 16
02.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Round of 16
03.	Spain David Ferrer	Round of 16
04th	Russia Mikhail Juschny	1 round

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	Round of 16
06th	United Kingdom Andy Murray	1 round
07th	Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero	1 round
08th.	Cyprus Republic Marcos Baghdatis	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

D. Tursunov

4th

1

R. Nadal

6th

3

4th

L. Hewitt

6th

6 ⁴

Italy A. Seppi

3

6th

Italy A. Seppi

3

7th

A. Seppi

3

2

J. Nieminen

2

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

F. Verdasco

4th

1

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

3

6th

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

8th

M. Baghdatis

3

6th

4th

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

4th

M. Juschny

6 ³

4th

G. Simon

2

1

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

7th

6th

J. Tipsarevic

6 ⁴

F. López

3

4th

France G. Simon

7th

France G. Simon

6th

France G. Simon

6th

France N. Mahut

7th

6th

Q

T. Gabashvili

3

2

T. Robredo

5

4th

N. Mahut

2

6 ⁷

Q

Russia T. Gabashvili

7th

6th

Q

Russia T. Gabashvili

6th

7th

7th

JC Ferrero

5

1

R. Soderling

7th

3

6 ⁴

5

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

France M. Llodra

6 ³

6th

7th

I. Ljubičić

3

5

T. Berdych

4th

Croatia I. Karlović

6th

Croatia I. Karlović

6th

O. Rochus

1

2

Croatia I. Karlović

6th

Q

Germany M. Zverev

7th

Q

M. Zverev

3

1

P. Kohlschreiber

5

Q

Germany M. Zverev

6th

7th

S. Bolelli

4th

5

3

D. Ferrer

2

5

3

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

7th

I. Karlović

5

6 ⁴

6th

A. Murray

5

3

France M. Llodra

7th

WC

Netherlands R. Haase

7th

6th

WC

Netherlands R. Haase

5

6th

Q

M. Bachinger

3

2

M. Berrer

7th

3

Germany M. Berrer

6th

WC

R. Haase

6 ⁵

WC

R. Sluiter

1

6 ⁶

France M. Llodra

7th

France M. Llodra

6th

7th

France M. Llodra

6th

7th

Q

J. Hernych

3

2

N. Dawydenko

3

5

2

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	1 round
02.	Sweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle Austria	Semifinals
03.	Israel Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Israel	Semifinals
04th	Czech Republic Martin dam Pavel Vízner Czech Republic	1 round