Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid 2008

ATP World Tour
Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid 2008
date	October 13, 2008 - October 19, 2008
Edition	7th
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Madrid Spain Spain
Tournament number	1536
category	ATP Masters Series
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	48E / 24Q / 24D
Prize money	€ 2,057,000
Financial. Obligation	€ 2,270,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Argentina David Nalbandian
Last year's winner (double)	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States

Winner (singles)	United Kingdom Andy Murray
Winner (doubles)	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland

Tournament director	Manola Santana
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes Mark Darby
Last direct assumption	Spain Carlos Moyá (42)

As of April 10, 2016

The Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from October 13th to 19th, 2008 in Madrid . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on a hard court. This season it was the eighth of nine tournaments in the ATP Masters Series .

David Nalbandian was the defending champion in the singles, who failed this year in the round of 16 against his compatriot Juan Martín del Potro . In the final, Andy Murray, fourth on the seeding list, won in two sets 6: 4, 7: 6 ⁶ against Frenchman Gilles Simon, who surprisingly made it into the final . With that he won his seventh career title and the fourth title of the year. Bob and Mike Bryan were successful in doubles last year, but failed in the quarterfinals this year. In the final, the Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski prevailed against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 6: 4, 6: 2.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 48 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 24 pairs. The 16 seeded players in singles and eight pairings in doubles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was 2,057,000 euros; the total financial liabilities were 2,270,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 11th to 12th, 2008. Six qualifying places that entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament were played out. 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
Belgium Steve Darcis	Romania Victor Hănescu	Italy Simone Bolelli
France Florent Serra	United States Robby Ginepri
Belgium Olivier Rochus	Spain Marcel Granollers

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 to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	€ 360,000
final	350	€ 180,000
Semifinals	225	€ 90,000
Quarter finals	125	€ 46,000
Round of 16	75	€ 24,200
Second round	35	€ 15,000
First round	5	€ 7,000

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	15th
Qualifying round	8th	€ 1,700
First round	0	€ 850

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	€ 111,000
final	350	€ 63,500
Semifinals	225	€ 29,000
Quarter finals	125	€ 12,020
Round of 16	75	€ 6,400
First round	0	€ 2,975

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Rafael Nadal	Semifinals
02.	Switzerland Roger Federer	Semifinals
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Round of 16
04th	United Kingdom Andy Murray	victory
05.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	2nd round
06th	Spain David Ferrer	2nd round
07th	Argentina David Nalbandian	Round of 16
08th.	United States Andy Roddick	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
09.	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	Quarter finals
10.	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka	Round of 16
11.	United States James Blake	2nd round
12.	Chile Fernando González	2nd round
13.	Spain Fernando Verdasco	2nd round
14th	Croatia Ivo Karlović	Quarter finals
15th	France Richard Gasquet	Round of 16
16.	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	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

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Rafael Nadal

6th

5

6 ⁶

France Gilles Simon

3

7th

Gilles Simon

4th

6 ⁶

4th

United Kingdom Andy Murray

6th

7th

4th

United Kingdom Andy Murray

3

6th

7th

2

Roger Federer

6th

3

5

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Spain R. Nadal

7th

3

6th

N. jaw

7th

4th

5

E. Gulbis

5

6th

3

Latvia E. Gulbis

5

6th

7th

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

Q

S. Darcis

1

4th

15th

R. Gasquet

4th

2

United States M. Fish

6th

M. Fish

7th

4th

3

15th

France R. Gasquet

6 ³

6th

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

F. López

4th

10

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

3

7th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

P. Kohlschreiber

6th

5

6 ⁵

C. Moyá

2

10

S. Wawrinka

4th

Spain F. López

7th

6th

Spain F. López

6th

WC

A. Montañés

6 ⁴

3

Spain F. López

6th

7th

6th

D. Ferrer

4th

6 ⁴

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6 ⁸

7th

3

D. Tursunov

6th

2

3

Q

V. Hănescu

7th

6 ⁶

1r

Q

Romania V. Hănescu

4th

6th

3

N. Đoković

6 ⁴

6 ⁵

Q

F. Serra

3

4th

14th

Croatia I. Karlović

7th

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

R. Soderling

6 ⁷

6 ⁸

14th

Croatia I. Karlović

7th

I. Karlović

6 ¹

6th

6 ²

France G. Simon

7th

4th

7th

11

J. Blake

6th

1

4th

France G. Simon

4th

6th

7th

France G. Simon

3

6th

I. Andreev

6th

1

6 ⁷

France G. Simon

6 ⁶

6th

7th

M. Llodra

4th

R. Ginepri

7th

4th

6 ⁶

Q

United States R. Ginepri

6th

United States R. Ginepri

4th

6th

5

N. Dawydenko

6th

4th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

8th

United States A. Roddick

6th

A. Seppi

6 ⁵

6th

3

T. Robredo

3

4th

Spain T. Robredo

7th

3

6th

8th

A. Roddick

4th

6th

3

France G. Monfils

6th

France G. Monfils

6th

3

6th

WC

F. Fognini

2

4th

France G. Monfils

6th

12

F. González

3

4th

G. Monfils

2

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

13

F. Verdasco

2

3

Q

O. Rochus

3

5

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

7th

M. Čilić

5

6 ²

LL

Italy S. Bolelli

7th

6th

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

7th

N. Almagro

6 ⁴

1

LL

S. Bolelli

0

1

r

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

2

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

6 ⁵

6th

R. Schüttler

1

2

T. Berdych

2

7th

1

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

7th

D. Nalbandian

4th

2

M. Juschny

5

6th

2

9

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

Finland J. Nieminen

7th

3

6th

J. Nieminen

2

r

9

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

4th

JM del Potro

3

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

16

France J.-W. Tsonga

3

6th

7th

JM del Potro

4th

Q

M. Granollers

6th

3

6 ⁵

Q

Spain M. Granollers

6th

16

J.-W. Tsonga

4th

1

J. Mónaco

1

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

6th

R. Štěpánek

3

6 ⁶

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	Quarter finals
02.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	Quarter finals
03.	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	Round of 16
04th	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	final

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Sweden Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	Semifinals
06th	Sweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle Austria	Quarter finals
07th	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland	victory
08th.	South Africa Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie South Africa	Semifinals