Kremlin Cup 2008 / men

ATP World Tour
Kremlin Cup 2008

date	October 6, 2008 - October 12, 2008
Edition	19th
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Moscow Russia Russia
Tournament number	438
category	International Series
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 1,024,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 1,049,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Russia Nikolai Davydenko
Last year's winner (double)	Russia Marat Safin Dmitri Tursunov Russia

Winner (singles)	Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Winner (doubles)	Ukraine Serhiy Stachowskyj Potito Starace Italy

Tournament director	Sergey Leionyuk
Tournament supervisor	Mark Darby
Last direct assumption	Germany Mischa Zverev (94)

As of February 8, 2016

The Kremlin Cup 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from October 6th to 12th, 2008 in the Olimpijski in Moscow . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week the If Stockholm Open were played in Stockholm and the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna . The former counted just like the Kremlin Cup to the category of the International Series , while the tournament in Vienna counted to the higher endowed International Series Gold .

Nikolai Dawydenko won the tournament in the previous year and started this year as the first seeder. He failed in the quarterfinals against his compatriot Marat Safin in three sets. Safin reached the final, in which he was defeated by another Russian, Igor Kunitsyn , 6: 7 ⁶ , 7: 6 ⁴ , 3: 6. Kunizyn started the tournament unset and won his only career title on the ATP Tour. Safin was successful in doubles with Dmitri Tursunow the previous year. They competed with other partners this year and were eliminated early in the first round or in the quarter-finals. In the final Serhij Stachowskyj and Potito Starace prevailed against Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins 7: 6 ⁴ , 2: 6, [10: 6].

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 $ 1,024,000; total financial liabilities were $ 1,049,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 4th 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
Israel Harel Levy	Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin
Israel Noam Okun
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk

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	250	$ 171,000
final	175	$ 92,400
Semifinals	110	$ 51,300
Quarter finals	60	$ 28,600
Round of 16	25th	$ 16,750
First round	0	$ 9,750

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	10
Qualifying round	0	$ 1,160
Second round	0	$ 660
First round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 55,000
final	175	$ 34,000
Semifinals	110	$ 20,000
Quarter finals	60	$ 12,500
First round	0	$ 2,000

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Quarter finals
02.	Russia Igor Andreyev	Round of 16
03.	Russia Mikhail Juschny	1 round
04th	France Paul-Henri Mathieu	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Russia Dmitri Tursunov	retreat
06th	France Michaël Llodra	1 round
07th	Russia Marat Safin	final
08th.	Serbia Janko Tipsarevic	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

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

7th

F. Serra

1

5

1

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

N. Devilder

2

4th

G. García-López

1

Spain G. García-López

6th

1

Russia N. Dawydenko

6 ⁵

6th

4th

Q

H. Levy

4th

3

7th

Russia M. Safin

7th

4th

6th

France J. Benneteau

6th

J. Benneteau

4th

6th

2

Q

N. Okun

6 ⁵

6th

4th

7th

Russia M. Safin

6th

0

6th

7th

Russia M. Safin

7th

3

6th

7th

Russia M. Safin

w.

O.

3

M. Juschny

5

6th

6 ¹

M. Zverev

Russia T. Gabashvili

7th

4th

7th

T. Gabashvili

2

6th

1

Germany M. Zverev

6th

7th

Germany M. Zverev

6th

2

6th

D. Gremelmayr

3

6 ⁷

Germany M. Zverev

6th

3

7th

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

V. Troicki

4th

6th

5

WC

J. Donskoi

1

3

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

WC

A. Kudryavtsev

6th

3

6 ⁶

8th

J. Tipsarevic

3

4th

8th

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

4th

6th

7th

7th

M. Safin

6 ⁶

7th

3

6th

M. Llodra

6 ²

3

Russia I. Kunitsyn

7th

6 ⁴

6th

Q

Uzbekistan D. Istomin

7th

6th

Q

D. Istomin

2

4th

France F. Santoro

4th

7th

6th

France F. Santoro

6th

WC

J. Shchukin

6th

6 ²

4th

France F. Santoro

6th

2

Israel D. Sela

6th

3

6th

4th

P.-H. Mathieu

3

0

r

V. Hănescu

3

6th

2

D. Sela

7th

5

6 ⁰

S. Stachowskyj

3

2

4th

France P.-H. Mathieu

6 ³

7th

4th

France P.-H. Mathieu

6th

F. Santoro

4th

3

LL

M. Kukushkin

1

6th

1

Russia I. Kunitsyn

6th

Russia I. Kunitsyn

6th

4th

6th

Russia I. Kunitsyn

6th

United States R. Ginepri

6th

R. Ginepri

4th

3

Q

J. Vaněk

3

4th

Russia I. Kunitsyn

6th

P. Starace

6th

1

4th

J. Chardy

4th

2

France J. Chardy

3

6th

France J. Chardy

3

7th

6th

Y.-h. Lu

2

r

2

I. Andreev

6th

5

4th

2

Russia I. Andreev

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Australia Jordan Kerr Jamie Murray United Kingdom	1 round
02.	Czech Republic František Čermák Rogier Wassen Netherlands	Quarter finals
03.	France Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro France	Semifinals
04th	Russia Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov Russia	Quarter finals