French Open 2008

◄ French Open 2008 ►
Date:	May 25 - June 8, 2008
Edition:	107th  French Open
Place:	Paris
Covering:	sand
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles :	Justin Henin-Hardenne
Men's double :	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Ladies doubles :	Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo
Mixed :	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram
winner
Men's singles :	Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles :	Ana Ivanović
Men's double :	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna
Ladies doubles :	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
Mixed :	Viktoria Azaranka Bob Bryan
Grand Slams 2008
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

The 107th French Open 2008 took place from May 25th to June 8th, 2008 in Paris , France .

Defending champions in the singles were Rafael Nadal in the men and Justine Henin in the women. In the men's doubles were Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor , in women's doubles Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo , the defending champion. Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram were the defending champions in mixed .

Since Justine Henin announced the end of her career in May 2008, she was unable to defend her title. She missed the opportunity to become the first woman in the Open Era to win the French Open four times in a row .

In the men's singles, Rafael Nadal, who did not drop a set during the tournament, won for the fourth time in a row, equaling Björn Borg's Open Era record . With her victory in women's singles, Ana Ivanović became the new number one in the women's world rankings . Unseen Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna won in the men's doubles, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the ladies doubles . Wiktoryja Asaranka and Bob Bryan won the mixed title .

Men's singles

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Seeding list

Withdrawals: Andy Roddick , Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Richard Gasquet .

No. player Round reached 01.  Roger Federer final 02.  Rafael Nadal victory 03.  Novak Đoković Semifinals 04th  Nikolai Davydenko 3rd round 05.  David Ferrer Quarter finals 06th  David Nalbandian 2nd round 07th  James Blake 2nd round 08th.  Richard Gasquet retreat 09.  Stanislas Wawrinka 3rd round 10.  Andy Murray 3rd round 11.  Tomáš Berdych 2nd round 12.  Tommy Robredo 3rd round 13.  Juan Mónaco 1 round 14th  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retreat 15th  Mikhail Juschny 3rd round 16.  Carlos Moyá 1 round

No. player Round reached 17th  Marcos Baghdatis 1 round 18th  Paul-Henri Mathieu Round of 16 19th  Nicolás Almagro Quarter finals 20th  Ivo Karlović 1 round 21st  Radek Štěpánek Round of 16 22nd  Fernando Verdasco Round of 16 23.  Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 round 24.  Fernando González Quarter finals 25th  Lleyton Hewitt 3rd round 26th  Jarkko Nieminen 3rd round 27.  Igor Andreyev 2nd round 28.  Ivan Ljubičić Round of 16 29  Guillermo Cañas 1 round 30th  Dmitri Tursunov 3rd round 31.  Andreas Seppi 1 round 32.  Janko Tipsarevic 1 round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

Withdrawals: Tatiana Golovin , Sania Mirza , Lindsay Davenport , Daniela Hantuchová ,

No. Player Round reached 01.  Maria Sharapova Round of 16 02.  Ana Ivanović victory 03.  Jelena Janković Semifinals 04th  Svetlana Kuznetsova Semifinals 05.  Serena Williams 3rd round 06th  Anna Chakvetadze 2nd round 07th  Jelena Dementjewa Quarter finals 08th.  Venus Williams 3rd round 09.  Marion Bartoli 1 round 10.  Patty Schnyder Quarter finals 11.  Vera Swonaryova Round of 16 12.  Ágnes Szávay 3rd round 13.  Dinara Safina final 14th  Agnieszka Radwańska Round of 16 15th  Nicole Vaidišová 1 round 16.  Viktoriya Azaranka Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 17th  Shahar Peer 1 round 18th  Francesca Schiavone 3rd round 19th  Alizé Cornet 3rd round 20th  Sybille Bammer 1 round 21st  Maria Kirilenko 2nd round 22nd  Amélie Mauresmo 2nd round 23.  Alyona Bondarenko 1 round 24.  Virginie Razzano 1 round 25th  Nadia Petrova 3rd round 26th  Flavia Pennetta Round of 16 27.  Katarina Srebotnik Round of 16 28.  Dominika Cibulková 3rd round 29  Anabel Medina Garrigues 3rd round 30th  Caroline Wozniacki 3rd round 31.  Ai Sugiyama 2nd round 32.  Karin Knapp 3rd round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   Quarter finals 02.  Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić   final 03.  Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram   Round of 16 04th  Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles   1 round 05.  Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle   Round of 16 06th  Martin dam Pavel Vízner   1 round 07th  Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra   1 round 08th.  Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes   Round of 16 10.  Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie   2nd round 11.  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski   2nd round 12.  Max Mirny Jamie Murray   1 round 13.  František Čermák Jordan Kerr   2nd round 14th  Marcelo Melo André Sá   2nd round 15th  Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen   2nd round 16.  Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut   retreat

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Cara Black Liezel Huber   Semifinals 02.  Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama   2nd round 03.  Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs   Round of 16 04th  Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung   Quarter finals 05.  Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo   1 round 06th  Wiktoryja Asaranka Shahar Peer   Quarter finals 07th  Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko   Semifinals 08th.  Yan Zi Zheng Jie   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Dinara Safina Ágnes Szávay   Round of 16 10.  Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual   victory 11.  Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian   Round of 16 12.  Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur   Round of 16 13.  Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová   1 round 14th  Nathalie Dechy Jelena Lichowzewa   2nd round 15th  Marija Korytzewa Vladimíra Uhlířová   Round of 16 16.  Tazzjana Putschak Anastasija Rodionova   2nd round

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić   final 02.  Květa Peschke Pavel Vízner   Semifinals 03.  Viktoria Azaranka Bob Bryan   victory 04th  Chuang Chia-jung Jonathan Erlich   1 round

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Zheng Jie Mark Knowles   Round of 16 06th  Cara Black Paul Hanley   Round of 16 07th  Lisa Raymond Simon Aspelin   1 round 08th.  Alicia Molik Jonas Björkman   1 round

Juniors

Junior singles

The junior title was won by the unseeded Taiwanese Yang Tsung-hua , who beat the number twelve on the seeding list Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) in the final in two sets with 6: 3 and 7: 6 .

Junior singles

The Romanian and number nine of the seeding list Simona Halep prevailed among the juniors . In the final, she won in three sets 6: 4, 6: 7 and 6: 2 against her compatriot Elena Bogdan .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Roddick and Golovin out, Coria in ( Memento from May 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Tsonga out ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Richard Aikman: French Open: Baghdatis beaten by little-known Bolelli. In: theguardian.com. May 26, 2008, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
4. ^ Injured Sania Mirza pulls out of the French Open
5. ^ Davenport pulls out of the French Open
6. ^ Daniela withdraws from the French Open ( Memento from May 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : French Open 2008  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Tournament schedule men’s singles on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 53 kB)
• Tournament schedule men’s doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 47 kB)
• Tournament schedule men’s individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 52 kB)
• Tournament information on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 27 kB)
• Schedule at the WTA (mixed / women; PDF; 589 kB)