SAP Open 2008

SAP Open 2008
date	February 18, 2008 - February 24, 2008
Edition	119
navigation	2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP World Tour
venue	San Jose United States
Tournament number	424
category	International Series
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 411,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 436,000
Last year's winner (individual)	Andy Murray
Last year's winner (double)	Eric Butorac Jamie Murray
Winner (singles)	Andy Roddick
Winner (doubles)	Scott Lipsky David Martin
Tournament director	Bill Rapp
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
As of January 13, 2016

The SAP Open 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from February 18 to 24, 2008 in San José . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week the Copa Telmex was played in Buenos Aires and the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam . The former, like the SAP Open, was part of the International Series , while the tournament in Rotterdam was part of the International Series Gold .

Andy Murray was the defending champion in the singles, but this year he did not appear in the tournament. In the final, the first seeding listener Andy Roddick won in two sets 6: 4 and 7: 5 against the fourth seeded Radek Štěpánek . Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray were successful in doubles the previous year; they competed with other partners this year and dropped out early. In the final, Scott Lipsky and David Martin prevailed against the Bryan brothers Bob and Mike 7: 6 ⁴ , 7: 5.

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 US $ 411,000 and the total financial liabilities were US $ 436,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 16-18, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There were also three lucky losers.

→ Main article : SAP Open 2008 / Qualification

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Denis Gremelmayr	Chris Guccione
Sam Warburg	Wayne Odesnik
Benedict Dorsch	Jesse Witten
Tim Smyczek

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 175 $ 68,800 final 120 $ 37,350 Semifinals 75 $ 20,750 Quarter finals 40 $ 11,500 Round of 16 15th $ 6,800 First round 0 $ 4,000

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 5 Qualifying round 0 $ 500 Second round 0 $ 0 First round 0 $ 0

Double round Points Prize money victory 175 $ 20,500 final 120 $ 11,750 Semifinals 75 $ 7,000 Quarter finals 40 $ 3,800 First round 0 $ 2,000

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Andy Roddick victory 02.  James Blake Quarter finals 03.  Tommy Haas Round of 16 04th  Radek Štěpánek final

No. player Round reached 05.  Juan Carlos Ferrero retreat 06th  Jürgen Melzer 1 round 07th  Sam Querrey 1 round 08th.  Kristof Viegen Round of 16

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

A. Roddick

6th

6 3

7th

LL

C. Guccione

3

7th

6 5

1

A. Roddick

6th

6th

SE

K. Nishikori

7th

6th

SE

K. Nishikori

2

4th

D. Hartfield

5

3

1

A. Roddick

7th

1

7th

M. Fish

6th

6th

M. Fish

6 6

6th

5

Q

T. Smyczek

3

4th

M. Fish

6 4

6th

6th

Q

D. Gremelmayr

5

7th

6th

Q

D. Gremelmayr

7th

3

3

7th

S. Querrey

7th

6 1

3

1

A. Roddick

7th

6th

3

T. Haas

6th

4th

6th

G. García-López

6 2

1

R. Kendrick

3

6th

2

3

T. Haas

6th

6 6

3

F. Serra

6 5

4th

J. Isner

4th

7th

6th

J. Isner

7th

6th

J. Isner

6 4

7th

6 11

B. Becker

6th

3

G. García-López

7th

6 1

7th

M. Daniel

1

0

r

B. Becker

6th

6 3

4th

G. García-López

6th

6 5

7th

G. García-López

3

7th

6th

6th

J. Melzer

2

7th

6 6

1

A. Roddick

6th

7th

LL

W. Odesnik

6th

5

6th

4th

R. Štěpánek

4th

5

D. Young

1

7th

4th

LL

W. Odesnik

4th

4th

WC

M. Mirny

6 4

7th

2

Y.-h. Lu

6th

6th

Y.-h. Lu

7th

5

6th

Y.-h. Lu

2

6 5

B. Reynolds

7th

6th

4th

R. Štěpánek

6th

7th

Q

B. Cod

5

4th

Q

B. Reynolds

5

6 5

P. Capdeville

6 2

1

4th

R. Štěpánek

7th

7th

4th

R. Štěpánek

7th

6th

4th

R. Štěpánek

6 5

6th

6th

8th

K. Viegen

6th

7th

WC

R. Ginepri

7th

4th

1

V. Hănescu

4th

6 4

8th

K. Viegen

2

3

LL

J. Witten

2

7th

4th

WC

R. Ginepri

6th

6th

WC

R. Ginepri

6th

5

6th

WC

R. Ginepri

6th

6th

S. Darcis

3

6th

4th

2

J. Blake

2

2

WC

J. Levine

6th

2

6th

WC

J. Levine

3

4th

Q

S. Warburg

3

1

2

J. Blake

6th

6th

2

J. Blake

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   final 02.  Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles   Round of 16 03.  Max Mirny Jamie Murray   Round of 16 04th  Eric Butorac Todd Perry   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

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

7th

C. Haggard B. Reynolds

3

6 4

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

4th

[10]

WC

J. Isner D. Young

6th

6th

WC

J. Isner D. Young

3

6th

[5]

M. Fish J. Melzer

4th

4th

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

7th

3

M. Mirny J. Murray

6th

6th

S. Darcis K. Viegen

2

6 2

R. Bopanna A.-ul-H. Qureshi

4th

4th

3

M. Mirny J. Murray

4th

6th

[6]

WC

J.-M. Gambill S. Warburg

6th

6 8

[7]

S. Darcis K. Viegen

6th

3

[10]

S. Darcis K. Viegen

2

7th

[10]

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6 4

5

R. Kendrick S. Querrey

6 4

4th

S. Lipsky D. Martin

7th

7th

OLD

V. Hănescu R. Hutchins

7th

6th

OLD

V. Hănescu R. Hutchins

6 8

5

S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana

7th

6th

S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana

7th

7th

4th

E. Butorac T. Perry

6th

4th

S. Ratiwatana S. Ratiwatana

6 3

4th

I. Kunitsyn J. Thomas

6th

3

[10]

S. Lipsky D. Martin

7th

6th

S. Lipsky D. Martin

4th

6th

[12]

S. Lipsky D. Martin

2

7th

[10]

J. Levinský R. Štěpánek

2

3

2

M. Bhupathi M. Knowles

6th

6 5

[8th]

2

M. Bhupathi M. Knowles

6th

6th

Web links and sources

• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage
• Tournament schedule for individual qualifications on the ATP homepage (PDF; 40 kB)
• Information about prize money on the ATP website (PDF; 24 kB)