Open Sabadell Atlantico Barcelona 2008
| Open Sabadell Atlantico Barcelona 2008 | |
| date | April 28, 2008 - May 4, 2008 |
| Edition | 55 |
| navigation | 2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009 |
| ATP World Tour | |
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| venue |
Barcelona Spain
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| Tournament number | 425 |
| category | International Series Gold |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | sand |
| draw | 56E / 28Q / 24D |
| Prize money | € 803,000 |
| Financial. Obligation | € 824,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
Rafael Nadal
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| Last year's winner (double) |
 Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske
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| Winner (singles) |
Rafael Nadal
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| Winner (doubles) |
 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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| Tournament director | Sixte Cambra |
| Tournament supervisor | Carlos Sanches |
| Last direct assumption |
 Kevin Anderson (121)
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| As of January 26, 2016 | |
The Open Sabadell Atlantico Barcelona 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from April 28th to May 4th, 2008 in Barcelona . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on sand. In the same week the BMW Open was played in Munich , which, in contrast to the Sabadell Atlantico Barcelona Open, which belonged to the International Series Gold category, only belonged to the International Series category .
The winner of the individual competition was defending champion and seeding list first Rafael Nadal , who had now won four titles in a row (25 individual titles in total). In the final he prevailed against his compatriot David Ferrer 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1. In doubles, the brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won their second title in Barcelona after 2003. The Bryans won the final against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in straight sets 6: 3 and 6: 2, which meant their 46th joint title. Last year's winners Alexander Waske and Andrei Pavel did not take part in the tournament again.
The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 56 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 24 pairs. The eight top seeded players in singles or pairings in doubles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was 803,000 euros, the total financial liabilities were 824,000 euros.
qualification
The qualification took place on April 26th and 27th, 2008. Seven qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There were also two lucky losers.
The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:
| Qualifiers | Lucky Loser | |
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 Matteo Marrai
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.svg){kind=small} Max Mirny
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Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
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Marc López
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Daniel Gimeno Traver
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 Yuri Shchukin
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Mikhail Kukushkin
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Gabriel Trujillo Soler
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José Antonio Sánchez de Luna
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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 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 prize money for the double competition is valid per team.
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singles
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
Semi-finals, finals
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Rafael Nadal
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6th | 6th | |||||||||
| Denis Gremelmayr
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1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rafael Nadal
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6th | 4th | 6th | ||||||||
| 2 | David Ferrer
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1 | 6th | 1 | ||||||||
| 14th |  Stanislas Wawrinka
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6 8 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | David Ferrer
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7th | 6th | |||||||||
Upper half
Upper half 1
| First round | Second round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | R. Nadal
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 P. Luczak
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6 4 | 1 | P. Starace
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4th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| P. Starace
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7th | 6th | 1 | R. Nadal
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M. Marrai
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3 | 3 | 16 | F. López
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4th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | A. Martín
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6th | 6th | WC | A. Martín
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6th | 2 | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
 J. Acasuso
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2 | r | 16 | F. López
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3 | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | F. López
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5 | 1 | R. Nadal
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| JI Chela
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6 2 | 6th | 6th | JI Chela
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4th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G. García-López
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7th | 4th | 2 | JI Chela
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5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 I. Minář
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1 | r | Q | M. López
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1 | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M. López
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3 | JI Chela
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2 | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
 E. Gulbis
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6th | 4th | E. Gulbis
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6th | 4th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} J. Tipsarevic
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4th | 2 | r | E. Gulbis
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4th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | C. Moyá
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6th | 1 | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||
Upper half 2
| First round | Second round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | J. Blake
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1 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D. Gremelmayr
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7th | 2 | D. Gremelmayr
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | R. Ramírez Hidalgo
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6 7 | 1 | r | D. Gremelmayr
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
 M. Daniel
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6th | 6th | 15th | D. Tursunov
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4th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| I. Navarro
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1 | 4th | M. Daniel
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4th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K. Anderson
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4th | 3 | 15th | D. Tursunov
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15th | D. Tursunov
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6th | 6th | D. Gremelmayr
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6th | 3 | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | N. Almagro
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6th | 10 | N. Almagro
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2 | 6th | 6 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| V. Troicki
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2 | r | 10 | N. Almagro
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6th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||
 J. Melzer
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2 | 4th | F. Volandri
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4th | 6 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| F. Volandri
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6th | 6th | 10 | N. Almagro
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7th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M. Ančić
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6th | 6th | WC | M. Ančić
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6 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M. Zverev
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1 | 0 | WC | M. Ančić
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th |  A. Murray
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4th | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
Lower half 1
| First round | Second round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | I. Karlović
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7th | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M. Granollers
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6th | 3 | 2 | A. Montañés
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6 7 | 6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. Montañés
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2 | 6th | 6th | A. Montañés
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6th | 3 | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| JP Brzezicki
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3 | 6 3 | Q | M. Kukushkin
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3 | 6th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 P. Cuevas
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6th | 7th | P. Cuevas
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0 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M. Kukushkin
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6th | 6th | Q | M. Kukushkin
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  J. Nieminen
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4th | 4th | A. Montañés
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3 | 7th | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | S. Wawrinka
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6th | 6th | 14th | S. Wawrinka
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6th | 6 6 | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
| Q | JA Sánchez de Luna
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3 | 3 | 14th | S. Wawrinka
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| LL | J. Shchukin
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6th | 6th | LL | J. Shchukin
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3 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||
| R. Ginepri
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4th | 2 | 14th | S. Wawrinka
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| A. Calleri
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6th | 6th | 3 | D. Nalbandian
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3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 T. Johansson
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1 | 3 | A. Calleri
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6th | 6 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | D. Nalbandian
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1 | 7th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower half 2
| First round | Second round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | T. Robredo
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 R. Haase
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6th | 6th | R. Haase
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2 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M. Mirny
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2 | 2 | 6th | T. Robredo
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6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
| T. Gabashvili
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5 | 6th | 6th | 9 | G. Cañas
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1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| G. Coria
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7th | 4th | 4th | T. Gabashvili
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| O. Hernández
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1 | 4th | 9 | G. Cañas
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | G. Cañas
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6th | 6th | 6th | T. Robredo
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6 4 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | F. Verdasco
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3 | 4th | 2 | D. Ferrer
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7th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
 N. Lapentti
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6th | 6th | N. Lapentti
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6th | 6 5 | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||
| S. Ventura
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2 | 1 | Q | D. Gimeno Traver
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3 | 7th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Q | D. Gimeno Traver
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6th | 6th | N. Lapentti
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6th | 4th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| W. Eschauer
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4th | 6th | 2 | 2 | D. Ferrer
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4th | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
| Q | G. Trujillo Soler
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6th | 4th | 6th | Q | G. Trujillo Soler
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1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D. Ferrer
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Double
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
Web links and sources
- Official homepage of the tournament
- Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 25 kB)
- Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 25 kB)
- Tournament schedule for individual qualifications on the ATP homepage (PDF; 26 kB)