Grand Prix Hassan II 2008

ATP World Tour
Grand Prix Hassan II 2008
date	May 19, 2008 - May 25, 2008
Edition	23
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Casablanca Morocco Morocco
Tournament number	360
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 370,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	France Paul-Henri Mathieu
Last year's winner (double)	Australia Jordan Kerr David Škoch Czech Republic

Winner (singles)	France Gilles Simon
Winner (doubles)	Spain Albert Montañés Santiago Ventura Spain

Tournament director	Mohamed M'jid
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanchez
Last direct assumption	France Olivier Patience (114)

As of January 22, 2016

The Grand Prix Hassan II 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from May 19-25, 2008 in Casablanca . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on sand. The same week the Hypo Group Tennis International took place in Pörtschach and the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf . Like the Grand Prix Hassan II, both belong to the International Series category .

Last year's winner in the individual was Paul-Henri Mathieu , who did not compete again this year. In the final, Frenchman Gilles Simon , who started as a qualifier in the main draw, won , who defeated his five seeded compatriot Julien Benneteau 7: 5, 6: 2 in the final. That meant Simon's third title in individual. In doubles, the pairing Jordan Kerr / David Škoch won last year. They participated this year with other partners and were eliminated in the first round or in the quarter-finals. In doubles, the Spaniards Albert Montañés / Santiago Ventura won 6: 1, 6: 2 against the pairing of James Cerretani and Todd Perry .

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 May 17th to 19th, 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
France Gilles Simon
Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Canada Peter Polansky
Korea South Jun Woong-sun

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.	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Semifinals
02.	France Gaël Monfils	Round of 16
03.	Argentina Agustín Calleri	Semifinals
04th	France Marc Gicquel	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	France Julien Benneteau	final
06th	Australia Chris Guccione	1 round
07th	France Florent Serra	1 round
08th.	Romania Victor Hănescu	1 round

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

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

7th

A. Montañés

4th

6 ¹⁰

1

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

M. Vassallo Argüello

5

2

WC

L. Ouahab

3

2

WC

Algeria L. Ouahab

7th

6th

1

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

A. Clement

6 ⁶

1

S. Ventura

3

Spain S. Ventura

7th

6th

Spain S. Ventura

2

6th

Germany R. Schüttler

6th

6 ⁵

6th

R. Schüttler

6th

4th

0

6th

C. Guccione

4th

7th

2

1

J.-W. Tsonga

4th

France M. Gicquel

6th

Q

France G. Simon

w.

O.

Q

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

3

0

4th

France M. Gicquel

6th

2

7th

Argentina G. Coria

4th

6th

G. Coria

1

6th

6 ²

Q

P. Polansky

6th

4th

3

4th

M. Gicquel

3

2

Serbia B. Pašanski

2

6th

7th

Q

France G. Simon

6th

B. Becker

6th

3

6 ³

B. Pašanski

6th

4th

3

Q

France G. Simon

6th

5

6th

Q

France G. Simon

3

6th

7th

F. Serra

2

7th

3

Q

France G. Simon

7th

6th

8th

V. Hănescu

2

7th

3

5

J. Benneteau

5

2

WC

Morocco Y. El Aynaoui

6th

6 ⁶

6th

WC

Morocco Y. El Aynaoui

6th

7th

P. Luczak

1

r

D. Hrbatý

3

5

Slovakia D. Hrbatý

2

WC

Y. El Aynaoui

M. Daniel

7th

6 ⁰

4th

3

Argentina A. Calleri

w.

O.

France O. Patience

6 ⁵

7th

6th

O. Patience

2

5

T. Ascione

6th

1

2

3

Argentina A. Calleri

6th

7th

3

Argentina A. Calleri

3

6th

3

A. Calleri

6th

1

3

5

France J. Benneteau

2

6th

5

France J. Benneteau

1

6th

F. Mayer

6th

3

4th

5

France J. Benneteau

6th

Uruguay P. Cuevas

6th

P. Cuevas

4th

Q

W.-s. Jun

4th

1

5

France J. Benneteau

6th

5

F. Dancevic

7th

4th

6 ⁵

O. Hernández

3

2

r

Spain O. Hernández

6 ⁴

6th

7th

Spain O. Hernández

6th

G. García-López

7th

5

0

2

G. Monfils

3

2

France G. Monfils

6 ⁸

7th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Czech Republic František Čermák Jordan Kerr Australia	1 round
02.	Argentina Agustín Calleri Pablo Cuevas Uruguay	Semifinals
03.	Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch Czech Republic	Quarter finals
04th	Switzerland Yves Allegro Horia Tecau Romania	1 round