Estoril Open 2008 / Men

ATP World Tour
Estoril Open 2008
date	April 14, 2008 - April 20, 2008
Edition	18th
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Oeiras Portugal Portugal
Tournament number	468
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 349,000
Financial. Obligation	€ 370,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Serbia Novak Đoković
Last year's winner (double)	Brazil Marcelo Melo André Sá Brazil

Winner (singles)	Switzerland Roger Federer
Winner (doubles)	South Africa Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie South Africa

Tournament director	João Lagos
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Italy Flavio Cipolla (121)

As of January 18, 2016

The Estoril Open 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from April 14th to 20th, 2008 in Oeiras . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on sand. In the same week were in Houston , the US Men's Clay Court Championships and in Valencia the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana played exactly like the Estoril Open for the category International Series included.

Last year's winner in the individual was Novak Đoković , who no longer took part in the tournament this year. In the final, Roger Federer benefited from a task by Nikolai Dawydenko with a score of 7: 6 ⁵ , 1: 2. The defending champion in doubles was the pairing of Marcelo Melo and André Sá . Only Melo took part again and was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the final, the South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie won against Jamie Murray and Kevin Ullyett 6: 2, 4: 6, [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 money was 349,000 euros, the total financial liabilities were 370,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from April 12-14, 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
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev
Portugal João Sousa
Austria Oliver Marach
Italy Gianluca Naso

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	€ 59,100
final	120	€ 31,000
Semifinals	75	17,450 €
Quarter finals	40	€ 9,200
Round of 16	15th	€ 5,850
First round	0	€ 3,470

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	€ 18,500
final	120	€ 10,300
Semifinals	75	€ 5,800
Quarter finals	40	€ 3,100
First round	0	€ 1,700

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Switzerland Roger Federer	victory
02.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	final
03.	Croatia Ivo Karlović	1 round
04th	Finland Jarkko Nieminen	1 round

No.	player	Round reached
05.	France Gilles Simon	Round of 16
06th	France Nicolas Mahut	1 round
07th	France Marc Gicquel	Quarter finals
08th.	Germany Michael Berrer	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

4th

6th

O. Rochus

6th

3

2

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

O. Patience

1

6 ²

V. Hănescu

3

2

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

7th

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

Q

O. Marach

1

3

WC

F. Gil

4th

1

Q

Portugal J. Sousa

6th

Q

J. Sousa

6 ⁵

2

WC

Portugal F. Gil

6th

WC

Portugal F. Gil

7th

6th

6th

N. Mahut

0

3

1

Switzerland R. Federer

2

7th

6th

4th

J. Nieminen

6th

1

2

D. Gremelmayr

6th

5

1

Germany D. Gremelmayr

3

6th

Germany D. Gremelmayr

7th

6th

F. Mayer

5

T. Gabashvili

6 ⁶

1

Russia T. Gabashvili

7th

Germany D. Gremelmayr

6th

3

6th

Czech Republic J. Vaněk

4th

6th

J. Vaněk

2

6th

2

P. Petzschner

6th

3

4th

Czech Republic J. Vaněk

6th

3

7th

WC

G. Elias

4th

5

8th

M. Berrer

3

6th

5

8th

Germany M. Berrer

6th

7th

1

Switzerland R. Federer

7th

1

5

France G. Simon

7th

2

N. Dawydenko

6 ⁵

2

r

R. Karanušić

5

G. Simon

2

3

r

Italy F. Cipolla

6th

5

6th

Italy F. Cipolla

6th

5

É. Roger Vasselin

4th

7th

4th

F. Cipolla

1

Q

G. Naso

1

2

France F. Serra

6th

France F. Serra

6th

France F. Serra

7th

6th

WC

Portugal R. Machado

6th

1

WC

R. Machado

6 ⁵

1

3

I. Karlović

4th

0

r

F. Serra

2

7th

France M. Gicquel

6th

2

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

B. Pašanski

4th

3

7th

France M. Gicquel

7th

6th

France T. Ascione

6th

T. Ascione

6 ²

3

Q

A. Kudryavtsev

1

4th

7th

France M. Gicquel

4th

7th

6th

Czech Republic I. Minář

7th

6th

2

N. Dawydenko

6th

5

3

M. Vassallo Argüello

5

1

I. Minář

6th

2

4th

J. Melzer

3

1

2

Russia N. Dawydenko

2

6th

2

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	South Africa Jeff Coetze Wesley Moodie South Africa	victory
02.	United Kingdom Jamie Murray Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	final
03.	Czech Republic František Čermák Jordan Kerr Australia	Semifinals
04th	Brazil Marcelo Melo Sebastián Prieto Argentina	Quarter finals