Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2008 / Men

ATP World Tour
Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2008

date	February 25, 2008 - March 2, 2008
Edition	15th
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Acapulco Mexico Mexico
Tournament number	807
category	International Series Gold
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 769,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 794,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Last year's winner (double)	Italy Potito Starace Martín Vassallo Argüello Argentina

Winner (singles)	Spain Nicolás Almagro
Winner (doubles)	Austria Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák Slovakia

Tournament director	Raúl Zurutuza
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk (99)

As of January 13, 2016

The Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from February 25th to March 2nd, 2008 in Acapulco . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week were in Zagreb , the PBZ Zagreb Indoors and in Memphis the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships played. The latter counted just like the Abierto Mexicano Telcel to the International Series Gold , while the tournament in Zagreb counted to the lower endowed International Series .

Juan Ignacio Chela was the defending champion in the singles, who was eliminated in the round of 16 this year. In the final, the sixth seeding list Nicolás Almagro won in two sets with 6: 1 and 7: 6 ¹ against the top seeded David Nalbandian . Potito Starace and Martín Vassallo Argüello were successful in doubles last year, this year they competed with other partners and were eliminated in the semi-finals and in the first round. In the final, Oliver Marach and Michal Mertiňák prevailed against Agustín Calleri and Luis Horna with 6: 2, 6 ³ : 7 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 pool was $ 769,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 794,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 23 to 24, 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
Czech Republic Ivo Minář
Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Spain Macel Granollers

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	250	$ 163,750
final	175	$ 81,000
Semifinals	110	$ 40,250
Quarter finals	60	$ 20,000
Round of 16	25th	$ 10,575
First round	0	$ 5,590

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	10
Qualifying round	5	$ 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.	Argentina David Nalbandian	final
02.	Spain Carlos Moyá	Round of 16
03.	Argentina Juan Mónaco	Round of 16
04th	Argentina Guillermo Cañas	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela	Round of 16
06th	Spain Nicolás Almagro	victory
07th	Russia Igor Andreyev	1 round
08th.	Italy Potito Starace	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

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

7th

B. Pašanski

2

5

1

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

Spain S. Ventura

6th

S. Ventura

2

3

WC

C. Ramírez

3

1

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

S. Roitman

3

4th

8th

P. Starace

3

Australia P. Luczak

6th

P. Luczak

3

Q

N. Lapentti

4th

2

8th

Italy P. Starace

6th

8th

Italy P. Starace

6th

1

Argentina D. Nalbandian

7th

6th

3

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

2

6th

L. Horna

5

1

JP Brzezicki

3

6th

3

J. Mónaco

6 ⁴

3

Peru L. Horna

6th

7th

Peru L. Horna

7th

6th

F. Fognini

4th

5

Peru L. Horna

6th

3

6th

WC

B. Echagaray

4th

1

A. Calleri

4th

6th

3

Argentina A. Calleri

6th

Argentina A. Calleri

7th

2

6th

Q

P. Cuevas

6 ⁴

4th

5

JI Chela

6 ⁴

6th

1

5

Argentina JI Chela

7th

6th

1

D. Nalbandian

1

6 ¹

7th

I. Andreev

6 ⁴

3

6th

Spain N. Almagro

6th

7th

Spain A. Montañés

7th

6th

A. Montañés

2

6 ⁶

Q

Spain M. Granollers

6th

Q

Spain M. Granollers

6th

7th

WC

B. Rodríguez

3

Q

M. Granollers

6 ²

3

O. Hernández

4th

0

Argentina J. Acasuso

7th

6th

Argentina J. Acasuso

6th

Argentina J. Acasuso

4th

6th

C. Berlocq

4th

7th

4th

G. Cañas

6th

2

4th

Argentina G. Cañas

6th

6 ⁵

6th

J. Acasuso

4th

6th

5

6th

Spain N. Almagro

6th

6th

Spain N. Almagro

6th

3

7th

J. Vaněk

1

2

6th

Spain N. Almagro

6th

Q

I. Minář

4th

5

F. Volandri

3

Italy F. Volandri

6th

7th

6th

Spain N. Almagro

4th

6th

Chile N. Massu

6th

N. Massu

6th

3

M. Vassallo Argüello

3

4th

Chile N. Massu

6th

W. Eschauer

4th

2

C. Moyá

4th

2

Spain C. Moyá

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Czech Republic František Čermák Leoš Friedl Czech Republic	Quarter finals
02.	Austria Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák Slovakia	victory
03.	Spain Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura Spain	1 round
04th	Argentina José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto Argentina	Semifinals