Austrian Open 2008 (tennis)

ATP World Tour
Austrian Open 2008
date	July 14, 2008 - July 20, 2008
Edition	64
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Kitzbühel Austria Austria
Tournament number	319
category	International Series Gold
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 555,000
Financial. Obligation	€ 571,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Argentina Juan Mónaco
Last year's winner (double)	Italy Potito Starace Luis Horna Peru

Winner (singles)	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Winner (doubles)	United States James Cerretani Victor Hănescu Romania

Tournament director	Jürgen Pfauth
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Argentina Leonardo mayer (156)

As of January 22, 2016

The Austrian Open 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from July 14th to 20th, 2008 in Kitzbühel . 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 ATP Studena Croatia Open in Umag . Unlike the Austrian Open, which belonged to the higher endowed International Series Gold , these three belonged to the lower endowed International Series .

Juan Mónaco was the defending champion in the singles, but this year he did not appear in the tournament. In the final, the seventh seed list Juan Martín del Potro won in two sets 6: 2, 6: 1 against the six seeded Austrian Jürgen Melzer . With that, del Potro won his second title in singles, just a week after his first win at the tournament in Stuttgart . Potito Starace and Luis Horna were successful in doubles last year, and this year they were eliminated in the first round. In the final, James Cerretani and Victor Hănescu prevailed against Lucas Arnold Ker and Olivier Rochus 6: 3, 7: 5.

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 555,000 euros; the total financial liabilities were 571,000 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. 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
France Josselin Ouanna	Germany Matthias Bachinger
Germany Daniel Brands
Austria Potito Oswald
Colombia Santiago Giraldo

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	€ 117,000
final	175	€ 58,000
Semifinals	110	€ 28,800
Quarter finals	60	€ 14,330
Round of 16	25th	€ 7,550
First round	0	€ 4,000

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	10
Qualifying round	5	€ 580
First round	0	€ 300

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	€ 30,500
final	175	€ 15,500
Semifinals	110	€ 8,500
Quarter finals	60	€ 5,350
First round	0	€ 2,550

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Italy Andreas Seppi	retreat
02.	Germany Rainer Schüttler	Quarter finals
03.	Argentina Augstín Calleri	1 round
04th	Italy Potito Starace	Semifinals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Argentina Eduardo Schwank	Quarter finals
06th	Austria Juerger Melzer	final
07th	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	victory
08th.	Belgium Olivier Rochus	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

LL

M. Bachinger

3

France N. Devilder

6th

France N. Devilder

6th

G. Coria

7th

r

WC

A. Peya

4th

WC

Austria A. Peya

5

N. Devilder

2

3

Argentina S. Roitman

6th

7th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

WC

M. Fischer

4th

2

S. Roitman

2

4th

Q

J. Ouanna

3

7th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

7th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

7th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

7th

3

A. Calleri

4th

V. Hănescu

3

6 ⁵

Spain G. García-López

6th

G. García-López

2

1

P. Andújar

3

6th

6 ²

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

1

7th

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

Argentina B. Dabul

6th

B. Dabul

3

4th

S. Bohli

1

Argentina B. Dabul

6th

Czech Republic I. Minář

3

6th

I. Minář

4th

3

8th

O. Rochus

6th

4th

0

7th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

5

Argentina E. Schwank

6th

6th

J. Melzer

2

1

M. Berrer

4th

1

5

Argentina E. Schwank

6th

É. Prodon

3

4th

Q

D. Brands

1

4th

Q

Germany D. Brands

6th

5

E. Schwank

1

2

WC

Austria D. Köllerer

7th

4th

Italy P. Starace

6th

Q

P. Oswald

6 ⁵

6 ⁴

WC

D. Köllerer

4th

3

Q

S. Giraldo

1

2

4th

Italy P. Starace

6th

4th

Italy P. Starace

6th

4th

P. Starace

4th

7th

3

6th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

6th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

6 ⁶

6th

L. Horna

3

1

6th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

D. Gremelmayr

1

6 ³

L. Mayer

4th

2

Argentina L. Mayer

6th

7th

6th

Austria J. Melzer

2

7th

Czech Republic J. Hernych

7th

2

R. Schüttler

6th

5

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

5

J. Hernych

6th

4th

5

A. Beck

6th

6 ⁵

2

Germany R. Schüttler

2

6th

7th

2

Germany R. Schüttler

3

7th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Austria Julian Knowle Simon Aspelin Sweden	retreat
02.	Sweden Robert Lindstedt Jürgen Melzer Austria	Semifinals
03.	Germany Christopher Kas Alexander Peya Austria	1 round
04th	Peru Luis Horna Potito Starace Italy	1 round