Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships 2008 / Men

ATP World Tour
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships 2008
date	March 3, 2008 - March 8, 2008
Edition	16
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Dubai United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Tournament number	495
category	International Series Gold
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 1,401,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 1,426,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Switzerland Roger Federer
Last year's winner (double)	France Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić Serbia

Winner (singles)	United States Andy Roddick
Winner (doubles)	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas

Tournament director	Salah Tahlak
Tournament supervisor	Ed Hardisty
Last direct assumption	Croatia Marin Čilić (45)

As of January 15, 2016

The Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from March 3rd to 8th, 2008 in Dubai . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week were in Las Vegas , the Tennis Channel Open 2008 played. Unlike the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, these were part of the International Series , whereas the tournament in Dubai was part of the International Series Gold .

Roger Federer was the defending champion in the singles and failed in the first round against Andy Murray this year . In the final, Andy Roddick, seeded sixth, won in three sets 6: 7, ⁸ , 6: 4 and 6: 2 against Feliciano López . Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić were successful in doubles last year, and this year they competed with other partners and were eliminated in the first round and in the semi-finals. In the final, Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle prevailed against Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner 7: 5, 7: 6 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 $ 1,401,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 1,426,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from March 1st to 3rd, 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:

Qualifiers
Czech Republic Jan Minář
Czech Republic Jan Hernych
Russia Mikhail Ledovskich
Australia Joseph Sirianni

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	300	$ 300,000
final	210	$ 153,000
Semifinals	135	$ 78,000
Quarter finals	75	$ 36,000
Round of 16	25th	$ 19,000
First round	0	$ 9,490

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	10
Qualifying round	5	$ 1,650
First round	0	$ 870

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	300	$ 89,500
final	210	$ 47,100
Semifinals	135	$ 24,800
Quarter finals	75	$ 13,000
First round	0	$ 3,000

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Switzerland Roger Federer	1 round
02.	Spain Rafael Nadal	Quarter finals
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Semifinals
04th	Spain David Ferrer	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Semifinals
06th	United States Andy Roddick	victory
07th	France Richard Gasquet	Round of 16
08th.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	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

R. Federer

7th

3

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6 ⁷

6th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

3

7th

WC

R. Schüttler

6 ⁷

6th

1

F. Verdasco

3

6th

6 ⁵

Spain F. Verdasco

7th

4th

6th

A. Murray

5

4th

S. Wawrinka

4th

5

Russia N. Dawydenko

7th

6th

Q

Czech Republic J. Hernych

6th

Q

J. Hernych

1

4th

WC

JMA Mutawa

4th

0

5

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

5

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

5

N. Dawydenko

4th

6th

5

4th

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

Spain F. López

6th

4th

7th

T. Haas

3

0

4th

Spain D. Ferrer

3

7th

6th

J. Nieminen

1

2

O. Rochus

6th

6th

1

Belgium O. Rochus

6th

4th

D. Ferrer

4th

3

J. Tipsarevic

3

6th

4th

Spain F. López

6th

Spain F. López

6th

4th

6th

Spain F. López

6th

7th

G. Monfils

3

2

8th

T. Berdych

2

5

8th

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

F. López

7th

4th

2

7th

France R. Gasquet

6th

6th

United States A. Roddick

6 ⁸

6th

D. Tursunov

4th

7th

R. Gasquet

3

4th

Q

J. Minář

3

4th

Russia I. Andreev

6th

Russia I. Andreev

6th

I. Andreev

2

1

M. Juschny

3

4th

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

France F. Santoro

6th

F. Santoro

3

6 ³

M. Čilić

4th

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

7th

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

3

N. Đoković

6 ⁵

3

6th

United States A. Roddick

6th

6th

United States A. Roddick

7th

6th

JC Ferrero

2

4th

6th

United States A. Roddick

6th

Q

J. Sirianni

4th

P.-H. Mathieu

3

4th

France P.-H. Mathieu

6th

6th

United States A. Roddick

7th

6th

WC

M.-N. Al Baloushi

1

2

R. Nadal

6 ⁵

2

Q

Russia M. Ledowskich

6th

Q

M. Ledowskich

4th

0

P. Kohlschreiber

6th

1

4th

2

Spain R. Nadal

6th

2

Spain R. Nadal

3

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	Semifinals
02.	Czech Republic Martin dam Pavel Vízner Czech Republic	final
03.	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	victory
04th	Sweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle Austria	Semifinals