Sony Ericsson Challenger Open 2008

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Sony Ericsson Challenger Open 2008
date February 11, 2008 - February 17, 2008
Edition 6th
navigation 2006  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP Challenger Tour
venue Belgrade Serbia
SerbiaSerbia 
Tournament number 835
category Challenger
Tournament type Indoor tournament
Game surface carpet
draw 32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money 106,500 
Last year's winner (individual) SerbiaSerbia Janko Tipsarevic
Last year's winner (double) GermanyGermany Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske
GermanyGermany 
Winner (singles) CroatiaCroatia Roco Karanušić
Winner (doubles) ItalyItaly Flavio Cipolla Konstantinos Economidis
GreeceGreece 
Tournament director Aleksandar Bolić
Tournament supervisor Miro Bratoev
Last direct assumption SerbiaSerbia Ilija Bozoljac (203)
As of October 23, 2018

The Sony Ericsson Challenger Open 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from February 11th to 17th, 2008 in Belgrade . It was part of the ATP Challenger Series 2008 and was played indoors on carpet.

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. SerbiaSerbia Janko Tipsarevic 1 round
02. FranceFrance Édouard Roger-Vasselin Round of 16
03. SerbiaSerbia Viktor Troicki Semifinals
04th ItalyItaly Flavio Cipolla 1 round
No. player Round reached
05. CroatiaCroatia Roco Karanušić victory

06th AustraliaAustralia Alun Jones Round of 16

07th ItalyItaly Federico Luzzi Quarter finals

08th. SlovakiaSlovakia Lukáš Lacko 1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1 toilet  SerbiaSerbia J. Tipsarevic 5 r                        
 SerbiaSerbia I. Bozoljac 6th    SerbiaSerbia I. Bozoljac 7th 4th 7th
WC  SerbiaSerbia D. Katic 2 2    GermanyGermany M. Bachinger 6 5 6th 5  
 GermanyGermany M. Bachinger 6th 6th      SerbiaSerbia I. Bozoljac 6 1 0 r
 AustriaAustria A. Peya 7th 6th   5  CroatiaCroatia R. Karanušić 7th 0  
 GermanyGermany S. Stadler 6 2 4th    AustriaAustria A. Peya 1 3  
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Zíb 2 6th 3   5  CroatiaCroatia R. Karanušić 6th 6th  
5  CroatiaCroatia R. Karanušić 6th 3 6th     5  CroatiaCroatia R. Karanušić 6th 6th
3  SerbiaSerbia V. Troicki 5 6th 6th   3  SerbiaSerbia V. Troicki 4th 4th  
 United StatesUnited States K. Kim 7th 3 2   3  SerbiaSerbia V. Troicki 6th 6th  
 GermanyGermany D. Meffert 4th 4th    United KingdomUnited Kingdom A. Bogdanovic 4th 2  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom A. Bogdanovic 6th 6th     3  SerbiaSerbia V. Troicki 3 6th 7th
WC  CroatiaCroatia L. Belic 2 4th    AustraliaAustralia R. Smeets 6th 3 6 5  
 AustraliaAustralia R. Smeets 6th 6th    AustraliaAustralia R. Smeets 6th 5 6th  
 GreeceGreece K. Economidis 3 6 6   6th  AustraliaAustralia A. Jones 0 7th 1  
6th  AustraliaAustralia A. Jones 6th 7th     5  CroatiaCroatia R. Karanušić 5 6th 7th
7th  ItalyItaly F. Luzzi 7th 6th    GermanyGermany P. Petzschner 7th 1 6 5
Q  GermanyGermany A. Beck 6 6 3   7th  ItalyItaly F. Luzzi 6th 6 5 6th  
 BelgiumBelgium D. Norman 6th 6th    BelgiumBelgium D. Norman 4th 7th 4th  
 SpainSpain F. Vicente 4th 1     7th  ItalyItaly F. Luzzi 3 3
 FranceFrance A. Dupuis 1 1   Q  SlovakiaSlovakia K. Beck 6th 6th  
Q  SlovakiaSlovakia K. Beck 6th 6th   Q  SlovakiaSlovakia K. Beck 7th 6th  
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic L. Dlouhy 6th 7th    Czech RepublicCzech Republic L. Dlouhy 6 6 1  
4th  ItalyItaly F. Cipolla 2 5     Q  SlovakiaSlovakia K. Beck 6th 6 3 3
8th  SlovakiaSlovakia L. Lacko 4th 2    GermanyGermany P. Petzschner 1 7th 6th  
 SerbiaSerbia D. Vemic 6th 6th    SerbiaSerbia D. Vemic 7th 6th  
LL  UkraineUkraine S. Bubka 6 3 6th 6 4   Q  SloveniaSlovenia M. Tkalec 6 6 4th  
Q  SloveniaSlovenia M. Tkalec 7th 4th 7th      SerbiaSerbia D. Vemic 6th 6 4 4th
Q  Czech RepublicCzech Republic J. Minář 3 2    GermanyGermany P. Petzschner 3 7th 6th  
 GermanyGermany P. Petzschner 6th 6th    GermanyGermany P. Petzschner 6th 7th  
 NetherlandsNetherlands R. Sluiter 4th 4th   2  FranceFrance É. Roger Vasselin 3 6 4  
2  FranceFrance É. Roger Vasselin 6th 6th    

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. GermanyGermany Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya
AustriaAustria 
Quarter finals
02. United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Auckland Jamie Delgado
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
1 round
03. ItalyItaly Alessandro Motti Filip Polášek
SlovakiaSlovakia 
final
04th NetherlandsNetherlands Jasper Smit Martijn van Haasteren
NetherlandsNetherlands 
1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  GermanyGermany P. Petzschner A. Peya
 AustriaAustria 
6th 6th        
 SlovakiaSlovakia L. Lacko T. Zíb
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4th 4th     1  GermanyGermany P. Petzschner A. Peya
 AustriaAustria 
6th 4th [5]  
WC  CroatiaCroatia L. Belic, M. Tkalec
 SloveniaSlovenia 
4th 4th    ItalyItaly F. Cipolla K. Economidis
 GreeceGreece 
4th 6th [10]  
 ItalyItaly F. Cipolla K. Economidis
 GreeceGreece 
6th 6th        ItalyItaly F. Cipolla K. Economidis
 GreeceGreece 
7th 6 4 [10]  
4th  NetherlandsNetherlands J. Smit M. van Haasteren
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
6 5 4th      United StatesUnited States P. Briaud D. Norman
 BelgiumBelgium 
6 4 7th [8th]  
 United StatesUnited States P. Briaud D. Norman
 BelgiumBelgium 
7th 6th      United StatesUnited States P. Briaud D. Norman
 BelgiumBelgium 
7th 6th  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom A. Bogdanovic R. Karanušić
 CroatiaCroatia 
4th 6 3    United StatesUnited States J. Cerretani I. Zelenay
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
6 0 4th  
 United StatesUnited States J. Cerretani I. Zelenay
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
6th 7th        ItalyItaly F. Cipolla K. Economidis
 GreeceGreece 
4th 6th [10]
WC  SerbiaSerbia D. Madjarovski A. Zlatanović
 SerbiaSerbia 
3 3     3  ItalyItaly A. Motti F. Polášek
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
6th 2 [8th]
 GermanyGermany D. Meffert J.-C. Scherrer
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
6th 6th      GermanyGermany D. Meffert J.-C. Scherrer
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
2 2    
 ItalyItaly F. Luzzi S. Stachowskyj
 UkraineUkraine 
2 4th   3  ItalyItaly A. Motti F. Polášek
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
6th 6th  
3  ItalyItaly A. Motti F. Polášek
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
6th 6th       3  ItalyItaly A. Motti F. Polášek
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
7th 6th
 United StatesUnited States K. Kim F. Vicente
 SpainSpain 
4th 0      UkraineUkraine S. Bubka F. Moser
 GermanyGermany 
5 3  
WC  SerbiaSerbia I. Bozoljac D. Vemic
 SerbiaSerbia 
6th 6th     WC  SerbiaSerbia I. Bozoljac D. Vemic
 SerbiaSerbia 
4th 6 7  
 UkraineUkraine S. Bubka F. Moser
 GermanyGermany 
6th 6 7 [10]    UkraineUkraine S. Bubka F. Moser
 GermanyGermany 
6th 7th  
2  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Auckland J. Delgado
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
3 7th [7]    

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