Rogers Cup 2008 / men

ATP World Tour
Rogers Cup 2008

date	July 21, 2008 - July 27, 2008
Edition	128
navigation	2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009
venue	Toronto Canada Canada
Tournament number	421
category	ATP Masters Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	56E / 28Q / 32D
Prize money	US $ 2,365,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 2,615,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Serbia Novak Đoković
Last year's winner (double)	India Mahesh Bhupathi Pavel Vízner Czech Republic

Winner (singles)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Winner (doubles)	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia

Tournament director	Karl Hale
Tournament supervisor	Mark Darby Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Brazil Thomaz Bellucci (68)

As of February 8, 2016

The Rogers Cup 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from July 21 to 27, 2008 in Toronto . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. This season it was the sixth of nine tournaments in the ATP Masters Series . The women's Rogers Cup also took place parallel to the tournament . No further ATP tournaments were held in the same week. The Cincinnati Masters followed suit the following week .

Novak Đoković was the defending champion in the singles, who failed in the quarterfinals at the later semi-finalist Andy Murray in two sets. In the final, the second seeding list Rafael Nadal won in two sets 6: 3, 6: 2 against the unset German surprise finalist Nicolas Kiefer . Nadal won his seventh title in 2008 (including Wimbledon and the French Open ). The first seeding list, Roger Federer , surprisingly failed in his first match against Gilles Simon , which advanced to the semifinals. Mahesh Bhupathi and Pavel Vízner were successful in doubles the previous year. They competed with other partners this year and were eliminated in the second round or quarter-finals. In the final, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić prevailed against Bob and Mike Bryan with 6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 6].

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 and doubles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was $ 2,365,000; total financial liabilities were $ 2,615,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from July 19-20, 2008. Seven 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
Sweden Jonas Björkman	Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev	Sweden Thomas Johansson
France Arnaud Clément	United States Donald Young
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý	Kazakhstan Andrei Golubev
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 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 to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 420,000
final	350	$ 210,000
Semifinals	225	$ 105,000
Quarter finals	125	$ 51,000
Round of 16	75	$ 26,200
Second round	35	$ 17,250
First round	5	$ 8,500

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	15th
Qualifying round	8th	$ 2,000
First round	0	$ 1,000

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 130,000
final	350	$ 75,000
Semifinals	225	$ 34,200
Quarter finals	125	$ 14,100
Round of 16	75	$ 7,600
First round	35	$ 3,500

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Switzerland Roger Federer	2nd round
02.	Spain Rafael Nadal	victory
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Quarter finals
04th	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Round of 16
05.	Spain David Ferrer	Round of 16
06th	United States Andy Roddick	Round of 16
07th	United States James Blake	Quarter finals
08th.	United Kingdom Andy Murray	Semifinals

No.	player	Round reached
09.	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka	Round of 16
10.	France Richard Gasquet	Quarter finals
11.	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	1 round
12.	Spain Tommy Robredo	2nd round
13.	Spain Fernando Verdasco	2nd round
14th	Chile Fernando González	2nd round
15th	Russia Mikhail Juschny	2nd round
16.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	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

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

Gilles Simon

7th

3

6 ⁵

Germany Nicolas Kiefer

6 ⁴

6th

7th

Nicolas Kiefer

3

2

Spain Rafael Nadal

6th

8th

Andy Murray

6 ²

3

2

Spain Rafael Nadal

7th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

R. Federer

6th

5

4th

Q

D. Young

1

3

France G. Simon

2

7th

6th

France G. Simon

6th

France G. Simon

6th

Argentina J. Acasuso

6 ¹

6th

7th

J. Acasuso

3

4th

E. Gulbis

7th

3

5

Argentina J. Acasuso

6th

3

6th

J. Benneteau

2

1

14th

F. González

3

6th

3

14th

Chile F. González

6th

France G. Simon

3

6th

12

Spain T. Robredo

7th

6th

6th

A. Roddick

6th

2

3

WC

F. Niemeyer

6 ⁴

1

12

T. Robredo

3

4th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

4th

6th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

Q

L. Dlouhy

3

6th

2

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

4th

6th

J. Tipsarevic

3

7th

2

6th

A. Roddick

4th

6th

4th

France N. Mahut

6th

6 ⁵

6th

N. Mahut

1

7th

3

6th

United States A. Roddick

6th

6 ⁶

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

7th

C. Moyá

3

2

T. Haas

3

6 ⁶

Germany T. Haas

6th

4th

N. Dawydenko

6th

4th

M. Fish

5

6 ⁴

Germany N. jaw

4th

6th

Germany N. jaw

7th

Germany N. jaw

7th

A. Seppi

6 ¹

2

15th

M. Juschny

6 ⁴

5

15th

Russia M. Juschny

7th

6th

Germany N. jaw

6th

11

R. Štěpánek

6th

3

4th

7th

J. Blake

1

2

Spain F. López

4th

6th

F. López

3

6 ⁶

Russia D. Tursunov

6th

Russia D. Tursunov

6th

7th

N. Lapentti

3

4th

D. Tursunov

6th

1

4th

Q

Sweden J. Bjorkman

6th

3

6th

7th

United States J. Blake

4th

6th

Q

A. Clement

3

6th

0

Q

J. Bjorkman

6th

1

2

7th

United States J. Blake

1

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

8th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

Q

A. Golubev

6 ⁴

1

LL

T. Johansson

4th

LL

Sweden T. Johansson

7th

6th

8th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

0

6th

WC

Russia M. Safin

6th

9

S. Wawrinka

2

6th

4th

S. Querrey

3

WC

M. Safin

3

4th

S. Bolelli

4th

6 ⁴

9

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

9

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

7th

8th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

7th

13

Spain F. Verdasco

1

6th

3

N. Đoković

3

6 ³

T. Bellucci

6th

3

2

13

F. Verdasco

4th

7th

4th

G. Cañas

5

1

Sweden R. Soderling

6th

6 ⁴

6th

Sweden R. Soderling

7th

6th

R. Soderling

4th

WC

Canada F. Dancevic

6th

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

M. Ančić

3

4th

WC

F. Dancevic

4th

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

United States R. Ginepri

6th

4th

6th

R. Ginepri

4th

P.-H. Mathieu

3

6th

4th

5

D. Ferrer

3

Q

Russia A. Kudryavtsev

6th

7th

10

France R. Gasquet

6th

P. Kohlschreiber

2

6 ⁷

Q

A. Kudryavtsev

5

3

M. Llodra

2

6th

3

10

France R. Gasquet

7th

6th

10

France R. Gasquet

6th

4th

6th

10

R. Gasquet

7th

2

1

16

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

2

Spain R. Nadal

6 ¹²

6th

J. Nieminen

3

1

16

T. Berdych

4th

6th

4th

G. Monfils

6 ⁵

6 ³

Russia I. Andreev

6th

3

6th

Russia I. Andreev

7th

I. Andreev

2

6 ¹

WC

P. Polansky

2

4th

2

Spain R. Nadal

6th

7th

Q

United States J. Levine

6th

Q

J. Levine

4th

2

Spain R. Nadal

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	final
02.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	victory
03.	Israel Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Israel	Round of 16
04th	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	Quarter finals

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Sweden Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	Quarter finals
06th	Sweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle Austria	Round of 16
07th	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	Semifinals
08th.	Czech Republic Martin dam Pavel Vízner Czech Republic	Round of 16