ATP Studena Croatia Open 2008

ATP World Tour
ATP Studena Croatia Open 2008
date	July 14, 2008 - July 20, 2008
Edition	19th
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Umag Croatia Croatia
Tournament number	439
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	28E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 305,000
Financial. Obligation	€ 326,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Spain Carlos Moyá
Last year's winner (double)	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Michal Mertiňák Slovakia

Winner (singles)	Spain Fernando Verdasco
Winner (doubles)	Slovakia Michal Mertiňák Petr Pála Czech Republic

Tournament director	Slavko Rasberger
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong
Last direct assumption	Argentina Máximo González (137)

As of February 6, 2016

The ATP Studena Croatia Open 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from July 14th to 20th, 2008 in Umag . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on sand. In the same week the Dutch Open Tennis was played in Amersfoort , the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in Indianapolis and the Austrian Open in Kitzbühel . The latter belonged to the International Series Gold category , while the tournaments in Indianapolis, Umag and Amersfoort belonged to the lower endowed category of the International Series .

Defending champion in singles was Carlos Moyá , who was eliminated in the quarter-finals this year. In the final, seeding list leader Fernando Verdasco prevailed 3: 6, 6: 4 and 7: 6 ⁴ against Igor Andrejew and won his second individual title. The pairing of Lukáš Dlouhý and Michal Mertiňák won in doubles last year. Mertiňák played with Petr Pála this year and was able to defend his title. In the final they beat Carlos Berlocq and Fabio Fognini with 2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5].

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was 305,000 euros; the total financial liabilities were 326,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from July 12th to 13th, 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
France Mathieu Montcourt
Italy Gianluca Naso
Italy Francesco Piccari
Sweden Filip Prpic

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	175	€ 163,750
final	120	€ 81,000
Semifinals	75	€ 40,250
Quarter finals	40	€ 20,000
Round of 16	15th	€ 10,575
First round	0	€ 5,590

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	5
Qualifying round	0	500 €
First round	0	0 €

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	175	€ 15,000
final	120	€ 9,000
Semifinals	75	€ 4,650
Quarter finals	40	€ 2,860
First round	0	€ 1,700

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Fernando Verdasco	victory
02.	Croatia Ivo Karlović	Round of 16
03.	Spain Carlos Moyá	Quarter finals
04th	Russia Igor Andreyev	final

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Croatia Ivan Ljubičić	Round of 16
06th	Argentina Guillermo Cañas	Quarter finals
07th	Italy Fabio Fognini	Semifinals
08th.	Brazil Marcos Daniel	Round of 16

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 F. Verdasco

7th

6th

Q

France M. Montcourt

6th

Q

M. Montcourt

6 ⁵

1

WC

A. Veić

4th

2

1

Spain F. Verdasco

7th

WC

L. Belic

2

3

M. Zverev

5

Germany M. Zverev

6th

Germany M. Zverev

6th

C. Berlocq

3

6th

4th

8th

M. Daniel

4th

2

8th

Brazil M. Daniel

6th

4th

6th

1

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

7th

F. Fognini

1

3

Spain C. Moyá

3

7th

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

V. Troicki

6th

6 ²

5

J. Vaněk

3

1

3

C. Moyá

4th

3

F. Cipolla

1

4th

7th

Italy F. Fognini

6th

Italy F. Volandri

6th

F. Volandri

4th

WC

R. Berankis

3

2

7th

Italy F. Fognini

6th

7th

Italy F. Fognini

6th

1

Spain F. Verdasco

3

6th

7th

6th

Argentina G. Cañas

7th

6th

4th

I. Andreev

6th

4th

6 ⁴

N. Massu

5

2

6th

Argentina G. Cañas

6 ³

6th

7th

Serbia B. Pašanski

6th

2

7th

B. Pašanski

7th

3

5

Q

G. Naso

3

6th

6 ⁹

6th

G. Cañas

5

4th

Spain D. Gimeno Traver

6th

4th

Russia I. Andreev

7th

6th

O. Patience

2

D. Gimeno Traver

2

6 ³

4th

Russia I. Andreev

6th

7th

4th

Russia I. Andreev

6th

7th

5

Croatia I. Ljubičić

6th

M. González

2

6 ²

M. Kukushkin

1

2

5

I. Ljubičić

Q

F. Piccari

2

Croatia R. Karanušić

w.

O.

Croatia R. Karanušić

6th

R. Karanušić

6th

3

6 ⁴

Argentina M. González

7th

6th

Argentina M. González

2

6th

7th

Q

F. Prpic

5

3

Argentina M. González

3

6th

2

I. Karlović

6th

3

4th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Czech Republic David Škoch Lovro Zovko Croatia	Semifinals
02.	Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek Slovakia	Semifinals
03.	Slovakia Michal Mertiňák Petr Pála Czech Republic	victory
04th	Australia Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins United Kingdom	1 round