Chennai Open 2008

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Chennai Open 2008
date December 31, 2007 - January 6, 2008
Edition 13
navigation 2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP World Tour
venue Chennai India
IndiaIndia 
Tournament number 891
category International Series
Tournament type Indoor tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US $ 411,000 
Financial. Obligation US $ 436,000 
Website Official website
Last year's winner (individual) BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse
Last year's winner (double) BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse Dick Norman
BelgiumBelgium 
Winner (singles) RussiaRussia Mikhail Juschny
Winner (doubles) ThailandThailand Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
ThailandThailand 
Tournament director Fernando Soler
Tournament supervisor Gerry Armstrong
Last direct assumption SerbiaSerbia Viktor Troicki (122)
As of January 14, 2016

The 2008 Chennai Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Chennai from December 31, 2007 to January 6, 2008 . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week the Qatar ExxonMobil Open was played in Doha and the Next Generation Adelaide International in Adelaide . Like the Chennai Open, both belong to the International Series category .

Defending champion in the singles was Xavier Malisse , who was eliminated this year in the quarter-finals against the eventual winner Michail Juschny . The fourth seeded Juschny prevailed in the final against the top seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal in two sets with 6: 0 and 6: 1. In addition to Dick Norman , Xavier Malisse was also defending champion in doubles. Only Malisse started again and failed in the first round. The title was won this year by the Thai twin brothers Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana , who were able to celebrate their second tournament victory on the ATP tour. In the final they defeated Marcos Baghdatis and Marc Gicquel 6: 4 and 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 pool was $ 411,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 436,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from December 29th to 30th, 2007. 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
RussiaRussia Alexander Kudryavtsev
CroatiaCroatia Lovro Zovko
United StatesUnited States Rajeev Ram
AustriaAustria Alexander Peya

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 175 $ 68,800
final 120 $ 37,350
Semifinals 75 $ 20,750
Quarter finals 40 $ 11,500
Round of 16 15th $ 6,800
First round 0 $ 4,000
Qualification individual
round Points Prize money
Qualifier 5
Qualifying round 0 $ 500
Second round 0 $ 0
First round 0 $ 0
Double
round Points Prize money
victory 175 $ 20,500
final 120 $ 11,750
Semifinals 75 $ 7,000
Quarter finals 40 $ 3,800
First round 0 $ 2,000

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. SpainSpain Rafael Nadal final
02. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 1 round
03. SpainSpain Carlos Moyá Semifinals
04th RussiaRussia Mikhail Juschny victory
No. player Round reached
05. FranceFrance Nicolas Mahut Round of 16

06th AustriaAustria Jürgen Melzer Round of 16

07th AustriaAustria Werner Eschauer Round of 16

08th. FranceFrance Marc Gicquel 1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  SpainSpain R. Nadal 6th 6th                          
   FranceFrance M. Montcourt 2 4th     1  SpainSpain R. Nadal 6th 6th  
Q  United StatesUnited States R. Ram 7th 7th     Q  United StatesUnited States R. Ram 2 1    
   RussiaRussia J. Shchukin 6 6 6 2       1  SpainSpain R. Nadal 6th 6th  
Q  AustriaAustria A. Peya 4th 4th        SpainSpain G. García-López 3 2    
   SpainSpain G. García-López 6th 6th        SpainSpain G. García-López 4th 7th 7th  
WC  SpainSpain B. Salvá-Vidal 6 3 7th 4th   7th  AustriaAustria W. Eschauer 6th 5 6 3  
7th  AustriaAustria W. Eschauer 7th 5 6th     1  SpainSpain R. Nadal 6 3 7th 7th
3  SpainSpain C. Moyá 6th 6th     3  SpainSpain C. Moyá 7th 6 8 6 1  
   RussiaRussia T. Gabashvili 4th 1     3  SpainSpain C. Moyá 6th 6 4 6th  
Q  RussiaRussia A. Kudryavtsev 6th 4th 7th   Q  RussiaRussia A. Kudryavtsev 3 7th 2  
WC  IndiaIndia P. Amritraj 3 6th 6 8     3  SpainSpain C. Moyá 6th 6th  
   SpainSpain I. Navarro 4th 6 6        FranceFrance F. Serra 3 4th    
   FranceFrance F. Serra 6th 7th        FranceFrance F. Serra 7th 4th 7th  
   BelgiumBelgium K. Viegen 7th 6th        BelgiumBelgium K. Viegen 5 6th 6 3  
8th  FranceFrance M. Gicquel 6 5 4th       1  SpainSpain R. Nadal 0 1  
6th  AustriaAustria J. Melzer 6th 6th     4th  RussiaRussia M. Juschny 6th 6th  
   ChileChile P. Capdeville 2 4th     6th  AustriaAustria J. Melzer 6 3 2    
   LuxembourgLuxembourg G. Muller 4th 3        BelgiumBelgium X. Malisse 7th 6th    
   BelgiumBelgium X. Malisse 6th 6th          BelgiumBelgium X. Malisse 4th 4th  
   FranceFrance É. Roger Vasselin 6th 6th     4th  RussiaRussia M. Juschny 6th 6th    
WC  IndiaIndia V. Vardhan 1 2        FranceFrance É. Roger Vasselin 5 6th 2  
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic J. Vaněk 3 2     4th  RussiaRussia M. Juschny 7th 1 6th  
4th  RussiaRussia M. Juschny 6th 6th       4th  RussiaRussia M. Juschny 6th 6th  
5  FranceFrance N. Mahut 6th 6th        CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić 2 3    
   GermanyGermany D. Gremelmayr 3 3     5  FranceFrance N. Mahut 2 4th    
   CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić 3 7th 6th      CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić 6th 6th    
   SerbiaSerbia V. Troicki 6th 6 6 1        CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić 4th 6th 6th
Q  CroatiaCroatia L. Zovko 6th 6th        NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase 6th 2 3  
   FranceFrance T. Ascione 4th 0     Q  CroatiaCroatia L. Zovko 1 5    
   NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase 6th 6th        NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase 6th 7th    
2  Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis 3 4th      

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Yves Allegro Nicolas Mahut
FranceFrance 
Quarter finals
02. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jaroslav Levinský Michal Mertiňák
SlovakiaSlovakia 
Quarter finals
03. AustriaAustria Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya
AustriaAustria 
Quarter finals
04th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Cibulec Lovro Zovko
CroatiaCroatia 
1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  SwitzerlandSwitzerland Y. Allegro N. Mahut
 FranceFrance 
6th 6th          
   AustraliaAustralia S. Huss D. Martin
 United StatesUnited States 
1 2       1  SwitzerlandSwitzerland Y. Allegro N. Mahut
 FranceFrance 
2 2    
   SpainSpain R. Nadal B. Salvá-Vidal
 SpainSpain 
4th 4th        Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis, M. Gicquel
 FranceFrance 
6th 6th    
   Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis, M. Gicquel
 FranceFrance 
6th 6th            Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis, M. Gicquel
 FranceFrance 
6 2 7th [10]  
4th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Cibulec L. Zovko
 CroatiaCroatia 
3 6th [10]        IsraelIsrael H. Levy R. Ram
 United StatesUnited States 
7th 6 5 [8th]  
   IsraelIsrael H. Levy R. Ram
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 4th [12]        IsraelIsrael H. Levy R. Ram
 United StatesUnited States 
3 6th [10]  
   RussiaRussia I. Kunitsyn J. Thomas
 United StatesUnited States 
7th 5 [14]      RussiaRussia I. Kunitsyn J. Thomas
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 3 [6]  
   BelgiumBelgium X. Malisse G. Muller
 LuxembourgLuxembourg 
5 7th [12]          Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis, M. Gicquel
 FranceFrance 
4th 5  
   ThailandThailand S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana
 ThailandThailand 
6th 7th          ThailandThailand S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana
 ThailandThailand 
6th 7th  
   RussiaRussia A. Kudrjawzew M. Juschny
 RussiaRussia 
4th 5          ThailandThailand S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana
 ThailandThailand 
4th 7th [10]    
   AustriaAustria W. Eschauer D. Gremelmayr
 GermanyGermany 
4th 1     3  AustriaAustria J. Melzer A. Peya
 AustriaAustria 
6th 5 [3]  
3  AustriaAustria J. Melzer A. Peya
 AustriaAustria 
6th 6th            ThailandThailand S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana
 ThailandThailand 
2 6th [10]
   CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić A.-ul-H. Qureshi
 PakistanPakistan 
6th 7th          CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić A.-ul-H. Qureshi
 PakistanPakistan 
6th 2 [4]  
WC  IndiaIndia M. Ghouse K. Rastogi
 IndiaIndia 
4th 6 1          CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić A.-ul-H. Qureshi
 PakistanPakistan 
6th 7th    
WC  IndiaIndia S. Amritraj P. Amritraj
 IndiaIndia 
2 6 4     2  Czech RepublicCzech Republic J. Levinský M. Mertiňák
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
1 5    
2  Czech RepublicCzech Republic J. Levinský M. Mertiňák
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
6th 7th      

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