Indianapolis Tennis Championships 2008

Indianapolis Tennis Championships 2008
date	July 14, 2008 - July 20, 2008
Edition	21st
navigation	2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP World Tour
venue	Indianapolis United States
Tournament number	419
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 500,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 525,000
Last year's winner (individual)	Dmitri Tursunov
Last year's winner (double)	Juan Martín del Potro Travis Parrott
Winner (singles)	Gilles Simon
Winner (doubles)	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips
Tournament director	Kevin Martin
Tournament supervisor	Mark Darby
Last direct assumption	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (150)
As of February 10, 2016

The Indianapolis Tennis Championships 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place July 14-20, 2008 in Indianapolis . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week the Dutch Open Tennis was played in Amersfoort , the ATP Studena Croatia Open in Umag and the Austrian Open in Kitzbühel . The latter belonged to the International Series Gold category , while the tournaments in Indianapolis, Umag and Amersfoort belonged to the lower endowed category of the International Series .

Defending champion in the singles was Dmitri Tursunow , who lost 4-6, 4-6 to the tournament winner Gilles Simon in the final . With this, Simon won his fourth title in his individual career. In doubles, Juan Martín del Potro and Travis Parrott were the defending champions. Both did not run again that year. The title was won by Ashley Fisher and Tripp Phillips , who prevailed in the final against Scott Lipsky  and David Martin with 3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5].

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 $ 500,000; total financial liabilities were $ 525,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from July 12th to 13th, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : Indianapolis Tennis Championships 2008 / Qualifications

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Jun Woong-sun
Justin O'Neal
Joseph Sirianni
Mikhail Ledovskich

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 moved into the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not cumulative (prize money for the double competition per team).

singles round Points Prize money victory 175 $ 83,500 final 120 $ 45,100 Semifinals 75 $ 25,050 Quarter finals 40 $ 14,000 Round of 16 15th $ 8,610 First round 0 $ 4,760

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 $ 25,300 final 120 $ 14,900 Semifinals 75 $ 8,800 Quarter finals 40 $ 5,360 First round 0 $ 2,000

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  James Blake Semifinals 02.  Gilles Simon victory 03.  Dmitri Tursunov final 04th  Sam Querrey Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Tommy Haas Quarter finals 06th  Fabrice Santoro 1 round 07th  Robby Ginepri 1 round 08th.  Thomaz Bellucci 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

J. Blake

7th

6th

D. Sela

6 2

2

1

J. Blake

6th

7th

Q

W.-s. Jun

6th

7th

Q

W.-s. Jun

3

5

C. Guccione

4th

6 4

1

J. Blake

6th

6th

Y.-h. Lu

7th

7th

Y.-h. Lu

2

0

Q

J. O'Neal

6 2

6 12

Y.-h. Lu

6th

7th

WC

R. Ram

7th

6th

WC

R. Ram

1

6 1

6 toilets

F. Santoro

6 6

4th

1

J. Blake

6th

3

4th

3

D. Tursunov

6th

7th

3

D. Tursunov

4th

6th

6th

I. Kunitsyn

3

5

3

D. Tursunov

w.

O.

W. Odesnik

6th

7th

W. Odesnik

A.-ul-H. Qureshi

4th

5

3

D. Tursunov

3

6th

6th

Q

J. Sirianni

6th

1

P. Capdeville

6th

3

1

Q

M. Ledowskich

3

2

r

Q

J. Sirianni

3

4th

P. Capdeville

6th

6th

P. Capdeville

6th

6th

7th

R. Ginepri

4th

2

3

D. Tursunov

4th

4th

8th

T. Bellucci

6th

4th

1

2

G. Simon

6th

6th

A. Falla

3

6th

6th

A. Falla

1

1

B. Reynolds

6 6

6th

6th

B. Reynolds

6th

6th

F. Dancevic

7th

3

2

B. Reynolds

1

6th

3

D. Young

2

4th

4th

S. Querrey

6th

3

6th

V. Spadea

6th

6th

V. Spadea

6th

3

4th

G. Soeda

4th

4th

4th

S. Querrey

4th

6th

6th

4th

S. Querrey

6th

6th

4th

S. Querrey

3

6th

4th

5 toilets

T. Haas

7th

6th

2

G. Simon

6th

4th

6th

J. Levine

6 4

2

5 toilets

T. Haas

6th

6th

J. Isner

7th

6th

J. Isner

3

4th

R. Kendrick

5

4th

5

T. Haas

6th

4th

2

K. Pless

3

4th

2

G. Simon

4th

6th

6th

B. Becker

6th

6th

B. Becker

5

6th

0

N. Mahut

2

6th

3

2

G. Simon

7th

3

6th

2

G. Simon

6th

3

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes   1 round 02.  Martin dam Pavel Vízner   Quarter finals 03.  Paul Hanley Jordan Kerr   Quarter finals 04th  Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov   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

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Bhupathi L. Paes

4th

6th

[10]

WC

D. Nestor F. Niemeyer

6th

3

[12]

WC

D. Nestor F. Niemeyer

1

6 4

S. Lipsky D. Martin

6th

6th

S Lipsky D. Martin

6th

7th

Y.-h. Lu K. Pless

0

0

S. Lipsky D. Martin

7th

7th

3

P. Hanley J. Kerr

4th

6th

[10]

H. Levy J. Thomas

6 4

5

J. Blake S. Querrey

6th

3

[6]

3

P. Hanley J. Kerr

4th

6th

[9]

H. Levy J. Thomas

6th

6th

H. Levy J. Thomas

6th

3

[11]

WC

B. Battistone D. Battistone

2

3

S. Lipsky D. Martin

6th

3

[5]

N Mahut G. Simon

4th

4th

A. Fisher T. Phillips

3

6th

[10]

A. Fisher T. Phillips

6th

6th

A Fisher T. Phillips

6th

1

R. Bopanna A.-ul-H. Qureshi

2

7th

[10]

R. Bopanna A.-ul-H. Qureshi

2

0

r

4th

I. Kunitsyn D. Tursunov

6th

5

[6]

A. Fisher T. Phillips

6th

7th

C. Guccione R. Kendrick

6 5

6th

[4]

R. Ram B. Reynolds

4th

6 3

R. Ram B. Reynolds

7th

4th

[10]

R Ram B. Reynolds

6th

7th

S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana

5

3

2

M. Dam P. Vízner

3

6 4

2

M. Dam P. Vízner

7th

6th

Web links

• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 36 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 76 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 32 kB)