Heineken Open 2008

ATP World Tour
Heineken Open 2008

date	7.1.2008 - 13.1.2008
Edition	53
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Auckland New Zealand New Zealand
Tournament number	301
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 27Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 439,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 464,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Spain David Ferrer
Last year's winner (double)	Sweden Simon Aspelin Chris Haggard South Africa

Winner (singles)	Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Winner (doubles)	Peru Luis Horna Juan Mónaco Argentina

Tournament director	Graham Pearce
Tournament supervisor	Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption	United States Michael Russell (72)

As of January 30, 2016

The Heineken Open 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from January 7th to 13th, 2008 in Auckland . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week the Medibank International was played in Brisbane , which, like the Heineken Open, was part of the International Series category .

The defending champion in the singles was David Ferrer , who was eliminated in the quarter-finals this year as the first seeding listener. In the final, Philipp Kohlschreiber was the first German to prevail. There he defeated the fourth seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero in two sets with 7: 6 ⁴ and 7: 5. In doubles, Simon Aspelin and Chris Haggard were the defending champions. Only Haggard started again and was eliminated in the first round. In the final, Luis Horna and Juan Mónaco prevailed. They won against Xavier Malisse and Jürgen Melzer 6: 4, 3: 6 and [10: 7].

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 439,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 464,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from January 5th to 6th, 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 qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol	United States Jesse Levine
Czech Republic Tomáš Cakl
Chile Nicolás Massú
Australia DG Jones

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	$ 73,700
final	120	$ 39,650
Semifinals	75	$ 22,000
Quarter finals	40	$ 12,250
Round of 16	15th	$ 7,220
First round	0	$ 4,275

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	$ 22,000
final	120	$ 12,600
Semifinals	75	$ 7,640
Quarter finals	40	$ 4,440
First round	0	$ 2,000

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain David Ferrer	Quarter finals
02.	Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela	Round of 16
03.	Argentina Juan Mónaco	Semifinals
04th	Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero	final

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Finland Jarkko Nieminen	1 round
06th	Spain Nicolás Almagro	Round of 16
07th	Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber	victory
08th.	Spain Albert Montañés	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

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

O. Hernández

1

2

1

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

7th

Argentina S. Roitman

6th

7th

S. Roitman

1

6 ²

Q

L. Rosol

2

5

1

D. Ferrer

4th

0

D. Sela

4th

6 ³

France J. Benneteau

6th

France J. Benneteau

6th

7th

France J. Benneteau

6th

2

6th

J. Acasuso

3

4th

6th

N. Almagro

4th

6th

2

6th

Spain N. Almagro

6th

J. Benneteau

3

4th

Spain JC Ferrero

6th

4th

Spain JC Ferrero

6th

LL

J. Levine

4th

1

4th

Spain JC Ferrero

6th

7th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

1

6th

J. Melzer

3

6 ⁶

W. Eschauer

4th

6th

3

4th

Spain JC Ferrero

4th

6th

Q

Chile N. Massu

6th

Q

N. Massu

6th

3

4th

Q

DG Jones

4th

2

Q

Chile N. Massu

6th

Belgium X. Malisse

7th

6th

X. Malisse

4th

5

J. Nieminen

6 ³

3

4th

JC Ferrero

6 ⁴

5

8th

Spain A. Montañés

6th

7th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

7th

Q

J. Statham

4th

8th

A. Montañés

3

4th

H.-t. lee

1

4th

France M. Llodra

6th

France M. Llodra

6th

M. Llodra

6th

6 ⁵

Belgium O. Rochus

6 ⁸

6th

3

Argentina J. Mónaco

4th

7th

M. Berrer

7th

2

4th

O. Rochus

3

T. Johansson

3

4th

3

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

3

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

3

J. Mónaco

2

1

7th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

7th

6th

7th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

M. Russell

5

2

7th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

6 ⁵

6th

Q

T. Cakl

4th

3

M. Čilić

3

7th

4th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

7th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

S. Querrey

5

3

F. Mayer

3

4th

Germany F. Mayer

7th

6th

Germany F. Mayer

6th

7th

WC

D. King-Turner

7th

2

5

2

JI Chela

3

6 ⁷

2

Argentina JI Chela

5

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec Chris Haggard South Africa	1 round
02.	Brazil Marcelo Melo André Sá Brazil	1 round
03.	Australia Jordan Kerr Todd Perry Australia	1 round
04th	Germany Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen Netherlands	1 round