AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships 2008 / Men

ATP World Tour
AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships 2008
date	September 29, 2008 - October 5, 2008
Edition	36
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Tokyo Japan Japan
Tournament number	329
category	International Series Gold
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	48E / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 769,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 869,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Spain David Ferrer
Last year's winner (double)	Australia Jordan Kerr Robert Lindstedt Sweden

Winner (singles)	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Winner (doubles)	Russia Michail Juschny Mischa Zverev Germany

Tournament director	Sanji Arisawa
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption	Australia Joseph Sirianni (149)

As of February 16, 2016

The AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from September 29th to October 5th, 2008 in Tokyo . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week, the Open de Moselle , which belonged to the International Series category , was played in Metz , while the tournament in Tokyo belonged to the higher endowed International Series Gold category .

David Ferrer was the defending champion in the singles, this year failed in the quarterfinals at the later finalist Juan Martín del Potro . This was defeated in the final by the seeding list ninth Tomáš Berdych in two sets with 1: 6, 4: 6. Jordan Kerr and Robert Lindstedt were successful in doubles last year. They were eliminated in the semifinals this year. The final decided the duo Michail Juschny and Mischa Zverev against Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes 6: 3, 6: 4 for themselves.

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 48 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The 16 top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize pool was $ 769,000; total financial liabilities were $ 869,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 27th to 28th, 2008. Six qualifying places that entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament were played out. There was also a lucky loser.

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

Qualifiers		Lucky Loser
Thailand Danai Udomchoke	Japan Yūichi Itō	United States Brendan Evans
Philippines Cecil Mamiit	Slovenia Luka Gregorc
Austria Martin Slanar	Japan Hiroki Kondo

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 moved into the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not cumulative (prize money for the double competition per team).

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 135,000
final	175	$ 69,000
Semifinals	110	$ 37,000
Quarter finals	60	$ 20,000
Round of 16	25th	$ 11,000
Second round	15th	$ 5,300
First round	0	$ 2,825

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	5
Qualifying round	3	$ 810
First round	0	$ 425

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 47,000
final	175	$ 25,500
Semifinals	110	$ 13,000
Quarter finals	60	$ 6,000
First round	0	$ 3,000

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain David Ferrer	Quarter finals
02.	United States Andy Roddick	Semifinals
03.	Chile Fernando González	Quarter finals
04th	France Richard Gasquet	Semifinals
05.	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	final
06th	Spain Tommy Robredo	Round of 16
07th	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Round of 16
08th.	Russia Mikhail Juschny	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
09.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	victory
10.	France Gaël Monfils	retreat
11.	Finland Jarkko Nieminen	Round of 16
12.	Germany Rainer Schüttler	Quarter finals
13.	United States Sam Querrey	2nd round
14th	Austria Jürgen Melzer	Round of 16
15th	Italy Simone Bolelli	2nd round
16.	Spain Guillermo García-López	2nd 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

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

5

Argentina Juan Martín del Potro

6th

4th

7th

4th

Richard Gasquet

3

6th

5

Juan Martín del Potro

1

4th

Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych

6th

9

Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych

6 ³

7th

2

Andy Roddick

7th

5

6 ³

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

4th

6th

United States J. Levine

4th

6th

J. Levine

4th

6th

1

Q

D. Udomchoke

6th

1

0

1

Spain D. Ferrer

4th

6th

WC

Y. Sugita

3

6 ⁶

T. Suzuki

6th

3

2

WC

Japan T. Suzuki

6th

7th

WC

Japan T. Suzuki

7th

4th

7th

15th

S. Bolelli

6 ⁵

6th

6 ⁵

1

D. Ferrer

1

5

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

7th

11

Finland J. Nieminen

7th

6th

Q

Philippines C. Mamiit

3

7th

6th

Q

C. Mamiit

6 ⁷

4th

LL

B. Evans

6th

5

4th

11

J. Nieminen

1

3

Israel D. Sela

7th

6th

5

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

B. Phau

5

1

D. Sela

5

0

5

Argentina JM del Potro

7th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

France R. Gasquet

6th

Q

Austria M. Slanar

4th

6th

Q

M. Slanar

4th

2

D. Young

6th

3

2

4th

France R. Gasquet

6th

Japan K. Nishikori

7th

6 ⁵

6th

K. Nishikori

1

2

R. Kendrick

6 ³

7th

2

Japan K. Nishikori

6th

16

G. García-López

4th

France R. Gasquet

6th

12

R. Schüttler

3

2

12

Germany R. Schüttler

6th

6 ³

6th

WC

S. Iwabuchi

1

4th

H.-t. lee

3

7th

3

Korea South H.-t. lee

6th

12

Germany R. Schüttler

6th

6 ¹²

6th

Italy F. Cipolla

7th

8th

M. Juschny

3

7th

4th

I. Navarro

6 ⁵

6 ⁴

F. Cipolla

2

8th

Russia M. Juschny

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

6th

Spain T. Robredo

6th

Australia J. Sirianni

6th

J. Sirianni

2

Q

Y. Itō

3

2

6th

T. Robredo

6 ⁶

2

Croatia R. Karanušić

6th

Czech Republic T. Berdych

7th

6th

Q

H. Kondo

2

R. Karanušić

3

4th

9

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

9

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

F. González

0

4th

13

S. Querrey

6 ⁵

3

G. Soeda

4th

2

United States A. Delic

7th

6th

United States A. Delic

6th

A. Delic

4th

6 ⁴

Chinese Taipei Y.-h. Lu

6th

7th

3

Chile F. González

6th

7th

Q

L. Gregorc

4th

6 ⁵

Y.-h. Lu

6th

5

3

Chile F. González

1

7th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

France J.-W. Tsonga

4th

7th

6th

United States B. Reynolds

6th

B. Reynolds

6th

6 ⁴

4th

WC

T. Itō

3

1

7th

J.-W. Tsonga

7th

1

r

United States W. Odesnik

6th

Serbia V. Troicki

5

2

K. Kim

4th

3

W. Odesnik

2

1

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

V. Troicki

3

4th

2

United States A. Roddick

6th

14th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

Germany S. Stadler

6th

S. Stadler

2

3

P. Petzschner

2

4th

14th

J. Melzer

6 ²

2

Czech Republic I. Minář

7th

2

6th

2

United States A. Roddick

7th

6th

M. Zverev

6 ⁹

6th

2

I. Minář

6 ¹¹

7th

6 ²

2

United States A. Roddick

7th

6 ⁴

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	final
02.	Sweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle Austria	Quarter finals
03.	Australia Jordan Kerr Robert Lindstedt Sweden	Semifinals
04th	Czech Republic František Čermák Rogier Wassen Netherlands	1 round