Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel 2008

ATP World Tour
Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel 2008

date	10/20/2008 - 10/26/2008
Edition	39
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Basel Switzerland Switzerland
Tournament number	328
category	International Series
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 870,000
Financial. Obligation	€ 891,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Switzerland Roger Federer
Last year's winner (double)	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States

Winner (singles)	Switzerland Roger Federer
Winner (doubles)	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas

Tournament director	Roger Brennwald
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Germany Denis Gremelmayr (87)

As of February 12, 2016

The Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from October 20th to 26th, 2008 in Basel . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on hard court. The venue for the tournament was the St. Jakobshalle , which is located just behind the Basel city limits in Münchenstein . In the same week, the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon and St. Petersburg the St. Petersburg Open were held in Lyon , both of which, like the tournament in Basel, belonged to the category of the International Series .

Defending champion in the singles was Roger Federer , who was able to defend the title for the second time. When he entered the final for the fifth time, it was Federer's third victory in Basel and his 57th overall title on the ATP Tour. In the final he won against David Nalbandian 6: 3, 6: 4. In doubles, the brothers Bob and Mike Bryan no longer competed to defend their title. In this year's final Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles prevailed in two sets against Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber 6: 3 and 6: 3.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize money was 870,000 euros; the total financial liabilities were 891,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 18-20, 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 players had passed the qualifications and were thus in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Switzerland George Bastl	Germany Andreas Beck
Germany Benjamin Becker
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Belgium Kristof Viegen

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 amounts for the double competition apply per team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	€ 145,200
final	175	€ 78,475
Semifinals	110	€ 43,600
Quarter finals	60	€ 24,300
Round of 16	25th	€ 14,200
First round	0	€ 8,300

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	10
Qualifying finals	0	985 €
First round	0	€ 560
First round	0	0 €

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	€ 46,500
final	175	€ 27,300
Semifinals	110	€ 17,550
Quarter finals	60	€ 10,800
First round	0	€ 1,700

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Switzerland Roger Federer	victory
02.	Argentina David Nalbandian	final
03.	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	Semifinals
04th	United States James Blake	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka	1 round
06th	Russia Igor Andreyev	Quarter finals
07th	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	1 round
08th.	United States Mardy Fish	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

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

6 ⁶

6th

B. Reynolds

3

7th

3

1

Switzerland R. Federer

7th

E. Schwank

2

4th

J. Nieminen

6 ⁶

6 ¹

Finland J. Nieminen

6th

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

Spain M. Granollers

6th

4th

6th

S. Bolelli

2

3

M. Baghdatis

2

6th

2

M. Granollers

4th

2

Italy S. Bolelli

6th

7th

Italy S. Bolelli

6th

7th

T. Berdych

4th

5

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

4th

United States J. Blake

3

6th

F. López

3

2

N. jaw

6th

3

4th

United States J. Blake

6 ⁴

6th

Spain O. Hernández

7th

6 ⁵

6th

O. Hernández

7th

2

4th

Q

L. Dlouhy

6 ⁶

7th

1

4th

J. Blake

4th

6 ⁷

Spain F. López

7th

Spain F. López

6th

7th

WC

M. Chiudinelli

6 ⁵

6 ⁷

Spain F. López

7th

6th

A. Calleri

6 ⁵

2

8th

M. Fish

6 ⁹

4th

8th

United States M. Fish

7th

6th

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

6th

Russia I. Andreev

7th

2

D. Nalbandian

3

4th

J. Melzer

6 ⁵

5

6th

Russia I. Andreev

7th

6 ⁰

7th

D. Gremelmayr

4th

6 ⁵

P. Kohlschreiber

6 ⁶

7th

5

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

7th

6th

I. Andreev

4th

5

J. Acasuso

3

2

3

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

7th

WC

Switzerland S. Bohli

6th

WC

S. Bohli

3

Q

G. Bastl

2

4th

3

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

3

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

3

JM del Potro

4th

5

S. Wawrinka

6th

6 ⁵

2

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

Q

Germany B. Becker

3

7th

Q

Germany B. Becker

3

6th

LL

Germany A. Beck

6th

LL

A. Beck

6th

3

4th

N. Devilder

4th

Q

B. Becker

6 ⁴

4th

Q

Belgium K. Viegen

6th

2

Argentina D. Nalbandian

7th

6th

WC

P. Petzschner

2

3

Q

K. Viegen

4th

7th

6 ⁴

A. Montañés

4th

2

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

5

7th

2

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	1 round
02.	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	victory
03.	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	Quarter finals
04th	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland	1 round