Regions Morgan Keegan Championships 2008

ATP World Tour
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships 2008
date	February 25, 2008 - March 2, 2008
Edition	38
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Memphis United States United States
Tournament number	402
category	International Series Gold
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 769,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 769,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Germany Tommy Haas
Last year's winner (double)	United States Eric Butorac Jamie Murray United Kingdom

Winner (singles)	France Steve Darcis
Winner (doubles)	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas

Tournament director	Phil Chamberlain
Tournament supervisor	Mark Darby
Last direct assumption	Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun (112)

As of January 5, 2016

The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from February 22 to March 2, 2008 in Memphis , USA . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week the PBZ Zagreb Indoors was held in Zagreb and the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco . The latter, like the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, belongs to the International Series Gold category , while the tournament in Zagreb belongs to the lower endowed International Series .

Defending champion in the singles was the German Tommy Haas , who was eliminated this year as three seeded in the round of 16. In the final, the unseeded Steve Darcis won against Robin Söderling in two sets with 6: 3 and 7: 6 ⁵ . In doubles, Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray were the defending champions. Both competed this year with different partners and were eliminated in the first round. This year Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles won the title. They prevailed in the final against the twins Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana with 7: 6 ⁵ and 6: 2.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 769,000, as was total financial liabilities.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 24th to 25th, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. 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
Luxembourg Gilles Muller	United States Sam Warburg
Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
United States Bobby Reynolds
United States Jesse Levine

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 passed the qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise, the amounts are not cumulative (amounts for the double competition per team).

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 163,750
final	175	$ 81,000
Semifinals	110	$ 40,250
Quarter finals	60	$ 20,000
Round of 16	25th	$ 10,575
First round	0	$ 5,590

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	10
Qualifying round	5	$ 810
First round	0	$ 425

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 47,000
final	175	$ 25,500
Semifinals	110	$ 13,000
Quarter finals	60	$ 6,000
First round	0	$ 3,000

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	United States Andy Roddick	Quarter finals
02.	United States James Blake	retreat
03.	Germany Tommy Haas	Round of 16
04th	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	Semifinals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	United States Sam Querrey	Round of 16
06th	Sweden Thomas Johansson	Round of 16
07th	Austria Jürgen Melzer	Round of 16
08th.	Sweden Robin Soderling	final

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

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

United States A. Roddick

6th

7th

Q

G. Muller

4th

6 ⁴

1

United States A. Roddick

6th

Q

B. Reynolds

7th

4th

2

M. Fish

4th

2

United States M. Fish

6 ³

6th

1

A. Roddick

6 ⁶

3

Y.-h. Lu

3

1

r

8th

Sweden R. Soderling

7th

6th

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

2

V. Hănescu

2

1

Q

F. Niemeyer

2

1

8th

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

8th

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

8th

Sweden R. Soderling

7th

6th

4th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

6th

4th

R. Štěpánek

6 ²

3

Q

J. Levine

1

4th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

7th

2

7th

France F. Serra

6th

F. Serra

6 ⁶

6th

5

M. Daniel

1

2

4th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

7th

6th

Australia C. Guccione

7th

C. Guccione

6 ⁴

1

R. Kendrick

6 ⁶

6 ⁵

Australia C. Guccione

6th

WC

M. Safin

6 ⁵

6 ²

6th

T. Johansson

3

4th

6th

Sweden T. Johansson

7th

8th

R. Soderling

3

6 ⁵

7th

Austria J. Melzer

6 ⁸

6th

7th

Belgium S. Darcis

6th

7th

WC

J. Isner

7th

3

6 ⁴

7th

J. Melzer

3

6 ⁴

Belgium S. Darcis

7th

4th

7th

Belgium S. Darcis

6th

7th

V. Spadea

5

6th

6 ⁴

Belgium S. Darcis

6th

K. Viegen

5

6 ¹

B. Becker

1

0

Germany B. Becker

7th

Germany B. Becker

3

6th

7th

D. Hartfield

3

2

3

T. Haas

6th

2

5

3

Germany T. Haas

6th

Belgium S. Darcis

4th

6th

5

United States S. Querrey

3

6th

7th

J. Bjorkman

6th

1

4th

M. Russell

6th

3

5

S. Querrey

4th

6th

6 ⁴

P. Capdeville

3

1

Sweden J. Bjorkman

6th

4th

7th

Sweden J. Bjorkman

6th

Sweden J. Bjorkman

1

6th

7th

Colombia A. Falla

6th

D. Young

6th

2

6 ⁶

D. Sela

4th

2

A. Falla

1

6th

3

United States D. Young

6th

United States D. Young

6th

1

6th

LL

S. Warburg

4th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	victory
02.	Sweden Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	1 round
03.	Belarus 1995 Max Mirny Jamie Murray United Kingdom	1 round
04th	Brazil Marcelo Melo André Sá Brazil	Semifinals