Australian Open 2008 / men's singles

Australian Open 2008
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Australian Open men's singles
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Men's singles at the Australian Open 2008 .

Defending champion was Roger Federer . The final was played by Novak Đoković and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , which Đoković won in four sets. This was his first Grand Slam title.

qualification

The qualification of the Australian Open 2008 took place for the men from May 9th to May 12th, 2008. 16 qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : Australian Open 2008 / Men's Singles / Qualification

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

Qualifiers
Amer Delic	Sam Warburg
Robin Haase	Harel Levy
Konstantinos Economidis	Viktor Troicki
Rajeev Ram	Roco Karanušić
Lukáš Lacko	Marcel Granollers
Denis Gremelmayr	Lukáš Dlouhý
Wayne Odesnik	Jamie Baker
Kevin Anderson	Martin Slanar

Prize money and world ranking points

At the French Open 2008 the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative.

singles round Points Prize money victory 1000 $ 1,370,000 final 700 $ 685,000 Semifinals 450 $ 342,500 Quarter finals 250 $ 171,250 Round of 16 150 $ 85,625 Third round 75 $ 50,000 Second round 35 $ 30,250 First round 5 $ 19,400

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 15th Qualifying round 8th $ 11,440 Second round 4th $ 5,710 First round 0 $ 2,860

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Roger Federer Semifinals 02.  Rafael Nadal Semifinals 03.  Novak Đoković victory 04th  Nikolai Davydenko Round of 16 05.  David Ferrer Quarter finals 06th  Andy Roddick 3rd round 07th  Fernando González 3rd round 08th.  Richard Gasquet Round of 16 09.  Andy Murray 1 round 10.  David Nalbandian 3rd round 11.  Tommy Robredo 2nd round 12.  James Blake Quarter finals 13.  Tomáš Berdych Round of 16 14th  Mikhail Juschny Quarter finals 15th  Marcos Baghdatis 3rd round 16.  Carlos Moyá 1 round

No. player Round reached 17th  Ivan Ljubičić 1 round 18th  Juan Ignacio Chela 1 round 19th  Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16 20th  Ivo Karlović 3rd round 21st  Juan Mónaco 3rd round 22nd  Juan Carlos Ferrero Round of 16 23.  Paul-Henri Mathieu Round of 16 24.  Jarkko Nieminen Quarter finals 25th  Fernando Verdasco 2nd round 26th  Stanislas Wawrinka 2nd round 27.  Nicolás Almagro 1 round 28.  Gilles Simon 3rd round 29  Philipp Kohlschreiber Round of 16 30th  Radek Štěpánek 1 round 31.  Igor Andreyev 3rd round 32.  Dmitri Tursunov 2nd round

Main 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

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	Roger Federer	7th	7th	6th
	12	James Blake	5	6 5	4th
										1	Roger Federer	5	3	6 5
										3	Novak Đoković	7th	6th	7th
	3	Novak Đoković	6th	6th	7th
	5	David Ferrer	0	3	5
																			3	Novak Đoković	4th	6th	6th	7th
																				Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6th	4th	3	6 2
		Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7th	6th	7th
	14th	Mikhail Juschny	5	0	6 6
											Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6th	6th	6th
										2	Rafael Nadal	2	3	2
	24	Jarkko Nieminen	5	3	1
	2	Rafael Nadal	7th	6th	6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

1

R. Federer

6th

6th

6th

D. Hartfield

0

3

0

1

R. Federer

6th

6th

6th

F. Santoro

6th

6th

6th

F. Santoro

1

2

0

OLD

J. Isner

2

2

4th

1

R. Federer

6 5

7th

5

6th

10

J. Tipsarevic

7th

6th

6 6

0

6th

J. Tipsarevic

7th

6 1

7th

1

8th

WC

J. Sirianni

5

2

7th

6th

0

J. Tipsarevic

7th

7th

7th

T. Ascione

4th

0

3

25th

F. Verdasco

5

6 3

6 3

25th

F. Verdasco

6th

6th

6th

1

R. Federer

6th

7th

6th

21st

J. Mónaco

7th

7th

6th

13

T. Berdych

4th

6 7

3

C. Berlocq

6 5

5

1

21st

J. Mónaco

6th

7th

5

6 8

8th

OLD

R. Kendrick

4th

5

2

Q

A. Delic

3

6 6

7th

7th

6th

Q

A. Delic

6th

7th

6th

21st

J. Mónaco

6th

3

6 5

2

O. Hernández

1

7th

6th

6th

13

T. Berdych

3

6th

7th

6th

I. Minář

6th

6 5

2

1

O. Hernández

2

1

3

W. Eschauer

4th

4th

4th

13

T. Berdych

6th

6th

6th

13

T. Berdych

6th

6th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

12

J. Blake

6th

6th

6th

N. Massu

3

2

2

12

J. Blake

6th

6th

6th

M. Russell

6th

4th

6th

3

6th

M. Russell

3

2

2

F. Fognini

1

6th

2

6th

3

12

J. Blake

4th

2

6th

7th

6th

S. Grosjean

7th

6th

7th

S. Grosjean

6th

6th

0

6 5

2

F. Volandri

6 3

3

6 0

S. Grosjean

4th

6th

6th

6 4

6th

Q

R. Haase

6 2

6th

6th

7th

Q

R. Haase

6th

4th

0

7th

4th

17th

I. Ljubičić

7th

3

0

6 1

12

J. Blake

6th

6th

6th

27

N. Almagro

6 4

5

2

M. Čilić

3

4th

4th

M. Čilić

7th

7th

6th

M. Čilić

6th

6th

6th

J. Vaněk

3

4th

4th

J. Melzer

4th

3

4th

J. Melzer

6th

6th

6th

M. Čilić

6th

6 4

6th

6th

H.-t. lee

7th

6th

6th

7th

F. González

2

7th

3

1

C. Guccione

6 6

3

4th

H.-t. lee

6th

3

2

4th

Q

K. Economidis

4th

6 2

1

7th

F. González

4th

6th

6th

6th

7th

F. González

6th

7th

6th

Upper half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

3

N. Đoković

6th

6th

7th

B. Becker

0

2

6 5

3

N. Đoković

6th

6th

6th

Q

R. Ram

6 5

6th

4th

6th

3

S. Bolelli

1

2

2

S. Bolelli

7th

3

6th

2

6th

3

N. Đoković

6th

6th

6th

S. Querrey

6th

6th

7th

S. Querrey

3

1

3

O. Rochus

3

2

5

S. Querrey

7th

4th

6th

6th

PR

X. Malisse

7th

7th

2

1

3

32

D. Tursunov

6 5

6th

4th

2

32

D. Tursunov

6 1

5

6th

6th

6th

3

N. Đoković

7th

6th

6th

19th

L. Hewitt

6th

6th

6th

19th

L. Hewitt

5

3

3

S. Darcis

0

3

0

19th

L. Hewitt

7th

6th

5

6th

WC

D. Istomin

6th

6 1

7th

6th

WC

D. Istomin

6 5

3

7th

1

Q

L. Lacko

3

7th

6 4

1

19th

L. Hewitt

4th

7th

7th

6 4

6th

E. Gulbis

0

4th

6 2

15th

M. Baghdatis

6th

5

5

7th

3

M. Safin

6th

6th

7th

M. Safin

4th

4th

6th

6th

2

T. Johansson

6 0

2

6th

3

15th

M. Baghdatis

6th

6th

2

3

6th

15th

M. Baghdatis

7th

6th

3

6th

Upper half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

10

D. Nalbandian

6th

6th

7th

WC

R. Smeets

1

1

6 3

10

D. Nalbandian

4th

7th

6th

6th

OLD

M. Zabaleta

1

7th

3

4th

P. Luczak

6th

5

4th

1

P. Luczak

6th

6 2

6th

6th

10

D. Nalbandian

1

2

3

WC

A. Jones

6th

6th

3

6th

22nd

JC Ferrero

6th

6th

6th

A. Montañés

4th

3

6th

2

WC

A. Jones

4th

4th

2

N. jaw

4th

3

1

22nd

JC Ferrero

6th

6th

6th

22nd

JC Ferrero

6th

6th

6th

22nd

JC Ferrero

5

6th

4th

1

30th

R. Štěpánek

6th

6th

5

2

3

5

D. Ferrer

7th

3

6th

6th

V. Spadea

2

2

7th

6th

6th

V. Spadea

4th

6th

6th

2

9

Q

D. Gremelmayr

6th

0

6th

7th

Q

D. Gremelmayr

6th

2

3

6th

7th

S. Roitman

1

6th

4th

5

V. Spadea

3

3

2

S. Ventura

3

1

3

5

D. Ferrer

6th

6th

6th

JM del Potro

6th

6th

6th

JM del Potro

3

4th

r

É. Roger Vasselin

2

2

1

5

D. Ferrer

6th

6th

5

D. Ferrer

6th

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

8th

R. Gasquet

6th

6th

3

6th

WC

N. Lindahl

0

1

6th

2

8th

R. Gasquet

6th

6th

6th

F. López

7th

6th

6th

F. López

2

1

3

Q

W. Odesnik

6 6

1

4th

8th

R. Gasquet

6th

6th

4th

6th

K. Viegen

6th

6th

7th

31

I. Andreev

3

2

6th

4th

OLD

O. Patience

0

1

6 3

K. Viegen

5

5

2

A. Pavel

7th

2

6 4

3

31

I. Andreev

7th

7th

6th

31

I. Andreev

5

6th

7th

6th

8th

R. Gasquet

2

7th

6 6

3

18th

JI Chela

4th

2

6th

2

J.-W. Tsonga

6th

6 5

7th

6th

G. García-López

6th

6th

1

6th

G. García-López

6th

5

6th

7th

A. Falla

5

7th

6 8

6th

7th

A. Falla

4th

7th

4th

6 6

Q

K. Anderson

7th

5

7th

2

5

G. García-López

3

4th

2

Q

S. Warburg

2

6th

6th

2

6th

J.-W. Tsonga

6th

6th

6th

OLD

JP Brzezicki

6th

2

3

6th

4th

Q

S. Warburg

4th

6 4

2

J.-W. Tsonga

7th

6th

0

7th

J.-W. Tsonga

6th

7th

6th

9

A. Murray

5

4th

6th

6 5

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

14th

M. Juschny

6th

6th

7th

WC

M. Montcourt

0

2

6 3

14th

M. Juschny

4th

7th

6th

7th

Q

H. Levy

4th

2

1

A. Seppi

6th

5

3

6 4

A. Seppi

6th

6th

6th

14th

M. Juschny

6th

6th

6th

D. Sela

6th

6th

6th

20th

I. Karlović

2

4th

2

Q

M. Slanar

2

4th

2

D. Sela

7th

4th

3

1

Q

J. Baker

4th

4th

7th

4th

20th

I. Karlović

6 5

6th

6th

6th

20th

I. Karlović

6th

6th

6 1

6th

14th

M. Juschny

7th

6th

6th

26th

S. Wawrinka

6th

6th

6th

4th

N. Dawydenko

6 2

3

1

J. Benneteau

3

3

3

26th

S. Wawrinka

2

6th

6 5

1

r

OLD

Y.-H. Lu

3

6th

7th

4th

2

M. Gicquel

6th

3

7th

2

M. Gicquel

6th

4th

6 6

6th

6th

M. Gicquel

3

2

3

N. Mahut

7th

5

6th

3

7th

4th

N. Dawydenko

6th

6th

6th

J. Acasuso

6 2

7th

2

6th

5

N. Mahut

4th

0

3

M. Llodra

5

5

3

4th

N. Dawydenko

6th

6th

6th

4th

N. Dawydenko

7th

7th

6th

Lower half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

6th

A. Roddick

6th

6th

7th

Q

L. Dlouhy

3

4th

5

6th

A. Roddick

6th

6th

6th

D. Young

7th

6 4

3

6 5

M. Berrer

2

2

4th

M. Berrer

6 5

7th

6th

7th

6th

A. Roddick

4th

6th

6 9

7th

6th

J. Korolyov

7th

6th

6th

29

P. Kohlschreiber

6th

3

7th

6 3

8th

Q

M. Granollers

5

2

0

J. Korolyov

4th

2

1

r

Q

R. Karanušić

4th

6 5

1

29

P. Kohlschreiber

6th

6th

0

29

P. Kohlschreiber

6th

7th

6th

29

P. Kohlschreiber

6th

6 7

6 9

3

24

J. Nieminen

6th

6th

5

2

6th

24

J. Nieminen

3

7th

7th

6th

F. Dancevic

3

1

7th

6th

1

24

J. Nieminen

6th

7th

7th

WC

J. Levine

6th

7th

6th

WC

J. Levine

2

5

6 2

M. Vassallo Argüello

1

5

1

24

J. Nieminen

3

7th

6th

6th

M. Fish

6th

6th

3

6th

M. Fish

6th

6 4

3

1

B. Pašanski

2

3

6th

3

M. Fish

6th

6th

6th

M. Zverev

6th

6th

6 2

4th

5

11

T. Robredo

1

2

3

11

T. Robredo

4th

2

7th

6th

7th

Lower half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

16

C. Moyá

6 5

7th

5

4th

S. Koubek

7th

6 2

7th

6th

S. Koubek

6th

7th

7th

L. Horna

4th

7th

3

4th

A. Calleri

3

6 6

6 5

A. Calleri

6th

6 6

6th

6th

S. Koubek

6th

6 4

6th

5

6th

P. Capdeville

6th

7th

6th

23

P.-H. Mathieu

4th

7th

2

7th

8th

WC

B. Small

4th

5

4th

P. Capdeville

7th

0

4th

4th

V. Hănescu

1

6 4

2

23

P.-H. Mathieu

6 5

6th

6th

6th

23

P.-H. Mathieu

6th

7th

6th

23

P.-H. Mathieu

4th

0

r

28

G. Simon

4th

6th

6th

6 3

6th

2

R. Nadal

6th

3

OLD

B. Reynolds

6th

4th

2

7th

4th

28

G. Simon

6th

6th

6th

A. Clement

4th

2

7th

4th

R. Schüttler

2

2

1

R. Schüttler

6th

6th

6 3

6th

28

G. Simon

5

2

3

F. Serra

6th

7th

7th

2

R. Nadal

7th

6th

6th

F. Mayer

3

6 2

6 5

F. Serra

0

2

2

Q

V. Troicki

6 3

5

1

2

R. Nadal

6th

6th

6th

2

R. Nadal

7th

7th

6th

Web links

• Tournament schedule men’s singles on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 37 kB)
• Tournament schedule for men’s individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 35 kB)
• Tournament information on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 54 kB)