Gilles Simon was the defending champion in the singles. He was eliminated in the quarterfinals this year. In the final, Andy Murray, seeded four, won in two sets 6: 3 and 6: 4 against the wild card starter Mario Ančić . Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra were successful in doubles last year. This year they withdrew their participation in doubles and only competed in singles. In the final, Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner prevailed against Yves Allegro and Jeff Coetzee in two sets with 7: 6 0 and 7: 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 513,000 euros, the total financial liabilities were 534,000 euros.
The qualification took place from February 9th to 11th, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.
The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from 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. The amounts for the double competition apply to each team.