Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion in the singles to defend his title this year. In the final, the second seeding list won 6: 3, 7: 5 against Prakash Amritraj in two sets . Santoro won his first title of the year and sixth overall; Amritraj played his first and only singles final on the ATP Tour at the tournament. Jordan Kerr and Jim Thomas were successful in doubles the previous year. Only Thomas started again and was eliminated in the first round. In the final the local heroes Mardy Fish and John Isner prevailed 6: 4, 7: 6 1 against Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi .
The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 360,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 385,000.
The qualification took place from July 5th to 6th, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.
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).