BNP Paribas Masters 2008

ATP World Tour
BNP Paribas Masters 2008

date	October 26, 2008 - November 2, 2008
Edition	34
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Paris France France
Tournament number	352
category	ATP Masters Series
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	48E / 24Q / 24D
Prize money	€ 2,057,000
Financial. Obligation	€ 2,270,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Argentina David Nalbandian
Last year's winner (double)	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States

Winner (singles)	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Winner (doubles)	Sweden Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe

Tournament director	Jean-François Caujolle
Tournament supervisor	Thomas Karlberg Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Serbia Janko Tipsarevic (43)

As of February 26, 2016

The BNP Paribas Masters 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from October 26th to November 2nd, 2008 in Paris . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on a hard court. This season it was the last of nine tournaments in the ATP Masters Series .

David Nalbandian was the defending champion in the singles, who advanced to the final again this year as seeding list eight, but had to admit defeat to 13 seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets with 3: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6. Tsonga won his second title after winning the tournament in Bangkok . In doubles, Bob and Mike Bryan were successful last year, this year they were eliminated in their first match against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski . This year's final won Jonas Björkman and Kevin Ullyett against Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie 6: 2, 6: 2.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 48 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 24 pairs. The 16 seeded players in singles and eight pairings in doubles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was 2,057,000 euros; the total financial liabilities were 2,270,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 24th to 25th, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There were also two lucky losers.

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

Qualifiers		Lucky Loser
Argentina Juan Mónaco	Spain Marcel Granollers	Argentina Guillermo Cañas
United States Robby Ginepri	Italy Simone Bolelli	France Florent Serra
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić	Serbia Viktor Troicki

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 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. The prize money for the double competition was valid for each team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	€ 363,600
final	350	€ 181,800
Semifinals	225	€ 90,900
Quarter finals	125	€ 46,500
Round of 16	75	€ 24,470
Second round	35	€ 15,150
First round	5	€ 7,070

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	15th
Qualifying round	8th	€ 1,700
First round	0	€ 850

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	€ 116,000
final	350	€ 66,400
Semifinals	225	€ 30,300
Quarter finals	125	€ 12,550
Round of 16	75	€ 6,650
First round	0	€ 3,100

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Rafael Nadal	Quarter finals
02.	Switzerland Roger Federer	Quarter finals
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Round of 16
04th	United Kingdom Andy Murray	Quarter finals
05.	Spain David Ferrer	2nd round
06th	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Semifinals
07th	United States Andy Roddick	Quarter finals
08th.	Argentina David Nalbandian	final

No.	player	Round reached
09.	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	Round of 16
10.	France Gilles Simon	Round of 16
11.	United States James Blake	Semifinals
12.	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka	2nd round
13.	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	victory
14th	France Richard Gasquet	retreat
15th	Spain Fernando Verdasco	Round of 16
16.	France Gaël Monfils	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

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

6th

Nikolai Davydenko

1

7th

4th

8th

Argentina David Nalbandian

6th

5

6th

8th

David Nalbandian

3

6th

4th

13

France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

6th

4th

6th

13

France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

6th

11

James Blake

4th

3

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

LL

G. Cañas

4th

7th

6th

F. Serra

2

4th

LL

France F. Serra

6th

5

3

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

M. Safin

0

6th

16

G. Monfils

3

2

Q

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

7th

J. Mónaco

4th

16

France G. Monfils

6th

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

6th

N. Dawydenko

1

r

12

S. Wawrinka

3

5

Q

R. Ginepri

4th

5

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

7th

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

7th

T. Berdych

1

Q

Croatia I. Ljubičić

6th

6th

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

Q

V. Troicki

3

4th

Q

I. Ljubičić

6 ⁵

5

6th

Russia N. Dawydenko

7th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

M. Baghdatis

5

7th

2r

S. Querrey

2

4th

United States S. Querrey

7th

6 ⁵

3

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

7th

Spain T. Robredo

7th

15th

F. Verdasco

3

6 ⁶

WC

J. Chardy

6 ⁴

6 ⁵

T. Robredo

2

7th

2

15th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

6 ⁶

6th

4th

A. Murray

6 ³

3

8th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

7th

6th

9

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

Croatia M. Ančić

6th

3

6th

M. Ančić

0

4th

R. Schüttler

4th

6th

1

9

JM del Potro

4th

0

Germany N. jaw

6th

7th

8th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

I. Karlović

4th

5

N. jaw

6 ⁵

3

8th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

7th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

United States A. Roddick

6th

J. Tipsarevic

3

4th

F. López

3

4th

Spain F. López

6th

7th

United States A. Roddick

6th

7th

P.-H. Mathieu

6 ⁶

3

10

G. Simon

3

5

Russia I. Andreev

7th

6th

I. Andreev

3

5

10

France G. Simon

6th

7th

7th

A. Roddick

7th

4th

6 ⁵

13

France J.-W. Tsonga

5

6th

7th

13

France J.-W. Tsonga

3

6th

M. Gicquel

4th

6th

4th

R. Štěpánek

6th

4th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

6th

3

6th

13

France J.-W. Tsonga

3

6th

WC

A. Mannarino

3

2

3

N. Đoković

6th

4th

Russia D. Tursunov

6th

D. Tursunov

2

3

r

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

4th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

D. Ferrer

3

2

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

M. Juschny

1

4th

P. Kohlschreiber

6th

Q

Italy S. Bolelli

7th

6th

11

United States J. Blake

3

2

J. Nieminen

5

4th

Q

S. Bolelli

7th

3

4th

11

United States J. Blake

6 ¹⁰

6th

11

United States J. Blake

w.

O.

2

R. Federer

Q

M. Granollers

4th

6 ²

Croatia M. Čilić

7th

6th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

7th

A. Seppi

6 ⁵

2

M. Čilić

3

4th

WC

J. Ouanna

3

4th

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

R. Soderling

4th

6 ⁷

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	Round of 16
02.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	Round of 16
03.	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	Round of 16
04th	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	Round of 16

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Sweden Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	victory
06th	South Africa Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie South Africa	final
07th	Sweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle Austria	Quarter finals
08th.	Israel Andy Ram Bruno Soares Brazil	Quarter finals