Riviera di Rimini Challenger 2008

ATP Challenger Tour
Riviera di Rimini Challenger 2008
date	July 14, 2008 - July 20, 2008
Edition	5
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Rimini Italy Italy
Tournament number	2117
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 29Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 42,500

Last year's winner (individual)	Austria Oliver Marach
Last year's winner (double)	Spain Carlos Poch-Gradin Santiago Ventura Spain

Winner (singles)	Argentina Diego Junqueira
Winner (doubles)	Italy Leonardo Azzaro Marco Crugnola Italy

Tournament director	Nicola Lombardini
Tournament supervisor	Carmelo di Dio
Last direct assumption	Italy Andrea Arnaboldi (366)

Status: February 20, 2019

The Riviera di Rimini Challenger 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place in Rimini from July 14th to 20th, 2008 . It was part of the ATP Challenger Series 2008 and was played outdoors on sand.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Argentina Diego Junqueira	victory
02.	Brazil Franco Ferreiro	1 round
03.	Serbia Ilija Bozoljac	Quarter finals
04th	Italy Stefano Galvani	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	France David Guez	1 round
06th	Argentina Cristian Villagrán	Semifinals
07th	Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop	Quarter finals
08th.	Italy Paolo Lorenzi	1 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

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1 toilet

Argentina D. Junqueira

6th

WC

G. Di Meo

3

2

1 toilet

Argentina D. Junqueira

7th

6th

LL

Italy L. Vanni

6th

LL

L. Vanni

5

3

M. van Gemerden

4th

3

1 toilet

Argentina D. Junqueira

6th

Belgium R. Bemelmans

4th

7th

6th

7th

M. Middelkoop

2

1

Q

L. Azzaro

6th

6 ³

3

R. Bemelmans

6th

3

P. Wessels

6th

4th

3

7th

Netherlands M. Middelkoop

3

6th

7th

Netherlands M. Middelkoop

4th

6th

1 toilet

Argentina D. Junqueira

6th

1

6th

3

Serbia I. Bozoljac

6th

7th

6th

C. Villagrán

3

6th

3

T. Fabbiano

3

5

3

Serbia I. Bozoljac

6th

1

7th

Algeria L. Ouahab

6th

L. Ouahab

3

6th

6 ⁴

Q

C. Grassi

4th

3

I. Bozoljac

3

5

K. Kravchuk

7th

4th

1

6th

Argentina C. Villagrán

6th

7th

Spain C. Poch-Gradin

5

6th

C. Poch-Gradin

3

2

A. Arnaboldi

0

2

6th

Argentina C. Villagrán

6th

6th

Argentina C. Villagrán

6th

1 toilet

Argentina D. Junqueira

6th

5

D. Guez

2

1

Q

W. Trusendi

4th

3

Spain A. Menéndez

6th

A. Menéndez

6th

2

6 ⁴

R. Junaid

1

2

Q

Italy W. Trusendi

1

6th

7th

Q

Italy W. Trusendi

6th

Q

Italy W. Trusendi

6th

Italy G. Petrazzuolo

6th

4 toilets

S. Galvani

2

A. Sidorenko

2

G. Petrazzuolo

4th

2

JA Sánchez de Luna

4th

5

4 toilets

Italy S. Galvani

6th

4 toilets

Italy S. Galvani

6th

7th

Q

Italy W. Trusendi

4th

6th

8th

P. Lorenzi

4th

7th

4th

WC

A. di Mauro

6th

3

4th

WC

Italy A. di Mauro

6th

6 ¹

6th

WC

Italy A. di Mauro

6th

LL

M. Raditschnigg

3

5

C.-I. Gârd

2

3

Romania C.-I. Gârd

6th

7th

WC

Italy A. di Mauro

6th

Belgium J. Masson

6th

Q

M. Crugnola

4th

0

D. Veronelli

2

J. Masson

6 ⁶

2

Q

Italy M. Crugnola

6th

Q

Italy M. Crugnola

7th

6th

2

F. Ferreiro

4th

1

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Italy Leonardo Azzaro Marco Crugnola Italy	victory
02.	Serbia Ilija Bozoljac Carlos Poch-Gradin Spain	Quarter finals
03.	Algeria Lamine Ouahab José Antonio Sánchez de Luna Spain	1 round
04th	India Stephen Amritraj Mustafa Ghouse India	Semifinals