Pacific Life Open 2008 / Men

ATP World Tour
Pacific Life Open 2008
date	March 10, 2008 - March 23, 2008
Edition	22nd
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Indian Wells United States United States
Tournament number	404
category	ATP Masters Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	96E / 48Q / 32D
Prize money	US $ 3,339,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 3,677,245
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Last year's winner (double)	Czech Republic Martin Damm Leander Paes India

Winner (singles)	Serbia Novak Đoković
Winner (doubles)	Israel Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Israel

Tournament director	Steve Simon
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption	Germany Benjamin Becker (83)

As of January 22, 2016

The Pacific Life Open 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from March 10 to 23, 2008 in Indian Wells . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. This season it was the first of nine tournaments in the ATP Masters Series category . At the same time, the women's Pacific Life Open 2008 was held in Indian Wells . The tournament lasts two weeks and no other ATP tournaments take place in the same weeks.

Defending champion in singles was Rafael Nadal . However, he was eliminated in the semifinals against the three later winner Novak Đoković . He defeated the unseeded Mardy Fish in three sets with 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 3 and won his first title in Indian Wells and ninth individual title on the ATP World Tour . In doubles, Martin Damm and Leander Paes no longer competed together to defend their title. Both competed with a different partner and were eliminated in the first round or in the quarter-finals. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won the doubles . In the final, they defeated Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in straight sets 6-4 and 6-4 .

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 96 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 32 pairs. The 32 top seeded players in the singles each received a bye into the second round. The total prize pool was $ 3,339,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 3,589,000.

qualification

The qualification took place on March 8th and 9th, 2008. Twelve 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
Russia Igor Kunitsyn	United States Wayne Odesnik	Germany Rainer Schüttler
Serbia Dušan Vemić	Netherlands Robin Haase	Italy Fabio Fognini
France Florent Serra	Chile Paul Capdeville
Chinese Taipei Yen-hsun Lu	Belarus 1995 Max Mirny
Japan Kei Nishikori	South Africa Rik De Voest
Colombia Santiago Giraldo	United States Bobby Reynolds

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 amounts for the double competition apply to each team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 555,000
final	350	$ 277,500
Semifinals	225	$ 138,750
Quarter finals	125	$ 73,000
Round of 16	75	$ 37,000
Third round	35	$ 20,000
Second round	20th	$ 9,900
First round	5	$ 5,000

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	5
Qualifying round	3	$ 0
First round	0	$ 2,000

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 195,000
final	350	$ 112,000
Semifinals	225	$ 50,000
Quarter finals	125	$ 21,100
Round of 16	75	$ 11,000
First round	0	$ 3,500

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Switzerland Roger Federer	Semifinals
02.	Spain Rafael Nadal	Semifinals
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	victory
04th	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	3rd round
05.	Spain David Ferrer	3rd round
06th	United States Andy Roddick	2nd round
07th	Argentina David Nalbandian	Quarter finals
08th.	France Richard Gasquet	Round of 16
09.	United States James Blake	Quarter finals
10.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	2nd round
11.	United Kingdom Andy Murray	Round of 16
12.	Chile Fernando González	2nd round
13.	Russia Mikhail Juschny	3rd round
14th	France Paul-Henri Mathieu	3rd round
15th	Spain Tommy Robredo	3rd round
16.	Argentina Guillermo Cañas	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
17th	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Round of 16
18th	Cyprus Republic Marcos Baghdatis	3rd round
19th	Spain Carlos Moyá	3rd round
20th	Croatia Ivo Karlović	3rd round
21st	Argentina Juan Mónaco	3rd round
22nd	Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero	Round of 16
23.	Croatia Ivan Ljubičić	Round of 16
24.	Australia Lleyton Hewitt	Round of 16
25th	Spain Nicolás Almagro	2nd round
26th	Finland Jarkko Nieminen	2nd round
27.	Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber	3rd round
28.	Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela	3rd round
29	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	3rd round
30th	Spain Fernando Verdasco	3rd round
31.	Russia Igor Andreyev	2nd round
32.	Spain Feliciano López	2nd round

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

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Switzerland Roger Federer

w.

O.

Tommy Haas

1

Roger Federer

3

2

United States Mardy Fish

6th

United States Mardy Fish

6th

6 ⁵

7th

7th

David Nalbandian

3

7th

6 ⁴

Mardy Fish

2

7th

3

Serbia Novak Đoković

6th

5

6th

Stan Wawrinka

6 ⁵

2

3

Serbia Novak Đoković

7th

6th

3

Serbia Novak Đoković

6th

2

Rafael Nadal

3

2

9

James Blake

5

6th

3

2

Spain Rafael Nadal

7th

3

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

S. Roitman

1

4th

G. García-López

3

2

Spain G. García-López

6th

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

J. Korolyov

6th

2

N. Mahut

1

France N. Mahut

3

6th

France N. Mahut

7th

6th

25th

N. Almagro

6 ¹

2

1

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

23

I. Ljubičić

3

4th

23

Croatia I. Ljubičić

7th

Q

K. Nishikori

2

4th

M. Čilić

6 ⁷

5

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

23

Croatia I. Ljubičić

6th

J. Tipsarevic

4th

6th

6 ⁴

15th

T. Robredo

3

4th

Chile N. Massu

6th

3

7th

N. Massu

4th

7th

6 ⁵

15th

Spain T. Robredo

6th

5

7th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

11

United Kingdom A. Murray

3

6th

Austria J. Melzer

7th

2

6th

J. Melzer

6th

3

M. Safin

6 ⁵

6th

2

11

United Kingdom A. Murray

7th

6 ³

6th

Q

South Africa R. De Voest

7th

20th

I. Karlović

6 ⁷

7th

3

M. Berrer

6 ⁴

5

Q

R. De Voest

3

6 ²

20th

Croatia I. Karlović

6th

7th

11

A. Murray

6th

5

3

Germany T. Haas

2

7th

6th

30th

Spain F. Verdasco

4th

6th

Romania V. Hănescu

1

6th

V. Hănescu

6th

4th

3

A. Montañés

6th

4th

30th

F. Verdasco

6 ⁵

6th

1

Germany T. Haas

3

6th

Germany T. Haas

7th

4th

6th

J. Benneteau

6th

0

2

Germany T. Haas

6th

6th

A. Roddick

4th

Upper half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

4th

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

7th

S. Bolelli

3

7th

6 ²

WC

J. Isner

2

6 ³

WC

United States J. Isner

6th

6 ⁵

7th

4th

N. Dawydenko

3

2

F. Mayer

5

4th

United States M. Fish

6th

United States M. Fish

7th

6th

United States M. Fish

6th

31

I. Andreev

4th

3

United States M. Fish

7th

3

7th

24

L. Hewitt

5

6th

6 ⁴

24

Australia L. Hewitt

6th

L. Horna

6 ⁵

3

S. Querrey

4th

3

United States S. Querrey

7th

6th

24

Australia L. Hewitt

7th

6th

France G. Simon

6th

13

M. Juschny

5

1

C. Berlocq

2

3

G. Simon

5

4th

13

Russia M. Juschny

7th

6th

Upper half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

12

F. González

5

6th

3

WC

Croatia M. Ančić

6th

WC

Croatia M. Ančić

7th

3

6th

G. Monfils

3

2

WC

M. Ančić

5

6th

6 ⁷

Sweden T. Johansson

6th

6 ²

6th

22nd

Spain JC Ferrero

7th

4th

7th

Q

Y.-h. Lu

4th

7th

4th

T. Johansson

4th

22nd

Spain JC Ferrero

6th

22nd

JC Ferrero

2

7th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

29

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

6th

J. Acasuso

5

Q

M. Mirny

4th

2

Q

Belarus 1995 M. Mirny

7th

29

R. Štěpánek

6 ¹

6th

6 ⁶

O. Hernández

2

1

7th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

7th

0

7th

Latvia E. Gulbis

6th

E. Gulbis

4th

6th

6 ⁴

7th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

4th

7th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

5

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

A. Clement

4th

O. Rochus

2

Belgium O. Rochus

6th

5

D. Ferrer

6 ⁵

7th

6 ³

Korea South H.-t. lee

6th

Korea South H.-t. lee

7th

6 ⁵

7th

M. Llodra

2

3

Korea South H.-t. lee

4th

7th

6th

26th

J. Nieminen

6th

6 ⁵

3

H.-t. lee

1

7th

4th

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

5

6th

18th

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

7th

1

6th

Q

I. Kunitsyn

6th

6 ³

3

Q

W. Odesnik

6 ²

6th

3

Q

United States W. Odesnik

2

7th

6th

18th

M. Baghdatis

3

7th

0

WC

J. Levine

5

6th

4th

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

6 ¹

6th

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

7th

4th

6th

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

2

7th

6th

10

T. Berdych

6th

6 ³

4th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

16

Argentina G. Cañas

6th

7th

F. Volandri

3

6 ⁵

J. Bjorkman

2

6 ⁴

Sweden J. Bjorkman

6th

7th

16

Argentina G. Cañas

6th

6 ¹

6th

Q

D. Vemic

6th

3

2

21st

J. Mónaco

3

7th

2

Q

Netherlands R. Haase

3

6th

Q

R. Haase

2

4th

21st

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

16

G. Cañas

2

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

27

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

5

6th

Belgium X. Malisse

6 ⁵

6th

X. Malisse

2

7th

4th

Q

F. Serra

7th

2

0

27

P. Kohlschreiber

3

2

Italy A. Seppi

4th

7th

6th

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Q

P. Capdeville

6th

6 ³

2

A. Seppi

3

6 ³

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

7th

Lower half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

8th

France R. Gasquet

6th

S. Grosjean

3

R. Soderling

3

2

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

8th

France R. Gasquet

6th

Russia D. Tursunov

7th

6th

28

JI Chela

2

1

B. Becker

6 ⁴

3

D. Tursunov

7th

6 ⁶

4th

28

Argentina JI Chela

6 ¹

7th

6th

8th

R. Gasquet

4th

2

9

United States J. Blake

6th

19th

Spain C. Moyá

2

6th

WC

United States R. Ginepri

6th

WC

R. Ginepri

6th

2

4th

V. Spadea

1

19th

C.Moyá

3

4th

P. Starace

4th

3

9

United States J. Blake

6th

France M. Gicquel

6th

M. Gicquel

3

7th

1

9

United States J. Blake

6th

6 ⁵

6th

Lower half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

14th

France P.-H. Mathieu

6th

7th

LL

Italy F. Fognini

2

6th

LL

F. Fognini

1

6 ⁷

LL

R. Schüttler

6th

3

14th

P.-H. Mathieu

6 ⁵

4th

Israel D. Sela

6th

6 ⁴

6th

17th

France J.-W. Tsonga

7th

6th

N. jaw

4th

7th

3

D. Sela

2

4th

17th

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

17th

J.-W. Tsonga

7th

6 ³

5

2

Spain R. Nadal

6 ⁴

7th

32

F. López

4th

7th

2

Q

B. Reynolds

3

4th

WC

United States D. Young

6th

6 ³

6th

WC

United States D. Young

6th

WC

D. Young

1

3

Q

Colombia S. Giraldo

7th

6th

2

Spain R. Nadal

6th

W. Eschauer

6 ⁵

4th

Q

S. Giraldo

3

2

Spain R. Nadal

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	Quarter finals
02.	Sweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle Austria	1 round
03.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	final
04th	Israel Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Israel	victory

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Czech Republic Martin dam Pavel Vízner Czech Republic	1 round
06th	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	Quarter finals
07th	France Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra France	2nd round
08th.	Australia Paul Hanley Leander Paes India	Quarter finals