Juan Mónaco was the defending champion in the singles and was eliminated in the first round this year. In the final, the first seeding listener David Nalbandian won in three sets with 3: 6, 7: 6, 6 and 6: 4 against José Acasuso . Martín Alberto García and Sebastián Prieto were successful in doubles last year, but this year they withdrew their participation with other partners or were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In the final, Agustín Calleri and Luis Horna prevailed against Werner Eschauer and Peter Luczak with 6: 0, 6: 7, 5 and [10: 8].
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 $ 441,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 466,000.
The qualification took place from February 16 to 18, 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 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).
Jiří Vaněk (99)
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Eric Prodon
Thomaz Bellucci
P. Luczak
F. Fognini
N. Lapentti
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B. Pašanski
W. Eschauer
I. Andreev
N. Massu
