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.
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 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).