Tommy Robredo was the defending champion in the singles, but this year he did not appear in the tournament. In the final, the fifth seeded Dmitri Tursunow won in three sets with 7: 6, 6 , 1: 6, 6: 4 against the four seeded local heroes Paul-Henri Mathieu and won his fifth title on the tour. Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra successfully defended their title in doubles . In the final they prevailed 5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8] against the seeding list leaders Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski from Poland.
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 349,000 euros; the total financial liabilities were 370,000 euros.
The qualification took place September 27-29, 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 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).
Tommy Robredo
Dmitri Tursunov
Rik De Voest
I. Karlović
M. Baghdatis
J. Acasuso
R. Štěpánek
V. Hănescu
E. Gulbis
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J. Tipsarevic
A. Seppi
