Sporting Challenger 2008

Sporting Challenger 2008
date	July 1, 2008 - July 6, 2008
Edition	7th
navigation	2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Turin Italy
Tournament number	1543
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 25Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 85,000
Last year's winner (individual)	Carlos Berlocq
Last year's winner (double)	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos
Winner (singles)	Fabio Fognini
Winner (doubles)	Carlos Berlocq Frederico Gil
Tournament director	Paolo Bonaiti
Tournament supervisor	Pedro Bravo
Last direct assumption	Adrian Ungur (235)
As of December 19, 2018

The Sporting Challenger 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from July 1st to 6th, 2008 in Turin . 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.  Fabio Fognini victory 02.  Carlos Berlocq 1 round 03.  Daniel Gimeno Traver 1 round 04th  Óscar Hernández Round of 16

No. player Round reached 05.  Frederico Gil Semifinals 06th  Boris Pašanski Round of 16 07th  Filippo Volandri 1 round 08th.  Máximo González Semifinals

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

F. Fognini

6th

4th

6th

D. Meffert

2

6th

4th

1

F. Fognini

6th

7th

WC

G. Naso

3

6 5

S. Giraldo

4th

5

S. Giraldo

6th

7th

1

F. Fognini

6th

2

7th

Q

I. Serheev

4th

6th

5

T. Kamke

3

6th

6 5

T. Kamke

6th

0

7th

T. Kamke

4th

6th

6th

M. Kukushkin

7th

6th

M. Kukushkin

6th

3

1

7th

F. Volandri

6 3

4th

1

F. Fognini

6th

6 2

6th

3

D. Gimeno Traver

7th

2

2

8th

M. González

4th

7th

1

Q

L. Ouahab

6 7

6th

6th

Q

L. Ouahab

6th

6th

JP Brzezicki

7th

7th

JP Brzezicki

2

4th

I. Labadze

5

5

Q

L. Ouahab

3

6th

5

M. López

6th

6th

8th

M. González

6th

4th

7th

M. Slanar

0

3

M. López

3

2

T. Zíb

7th

6 2

3

8th

M. González

6th

6th

8th

M. González

5

7th

6th

1

F. Fognini

6th

6th

5

F. Gil

6th

7th

D. Junqueira

3

1

I. Bozoljac

4th

6 5

5

F. Gil

6th

6th

A. Ungur

4th

6th

6th

A. Ungur

2

4th

Q

J. Kirillov

6th

3

3

5

F. Gil

6th

6th

F. Cipolla

3

6 4

A. Martín

3

3

A. Martín

6th

7th

A. Martín

4th

6th

6th

Q

L. Azzaro

4th

7th

3

4th

O. Hernández

6th

0

3

4th

O. Hernández

6th

6 7

6th

5

F. Gil

6th

3

4th

6th

B. Pašanski

6th

2

D. Junqueira

1

6th

6th

D. Istomin

1

0

r

6th

B. Pašanski

7th

1

4th

WC

A. di Mauro

6th

7th

WC

A. di Mauro

5

6th

6th

WC

S. Vagnozzi

2

6 5

A. di Mauro

6th

0

3

WC

F. Aldi

4th

3

D. Junqueira

3

6th

6th

D. Junqueira

6th

6th

D. Junqueira

6 2

7th

6th

S. Greul

6th

6th

S. Greul

7th

6 5

1

2

C. Berlocq

2

2

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Tomáš Cibulec Jaroslav Levinský   final 02.  Florin Mergea Horia Tecau   Quarter finals 03.  Flavio Cipolla Simone Vagnozzi   Quarter finals 04th  Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan   Quarter finals

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

T. Cibulec J. Levinsky

2

6th

[10]

S. Greul D. Meffert

6th

3

[3]

1

T. Cibulec J. Levinsky

6th

6th

OLD

S. Ianni G. Naso

3

1

M. López L. Ouahab

0

3

M. López L. Ouahab

6th

6th

1

T. Cibulec J. Levinsky

6th

6th

3

F. Cipolla S. Vagnozzi

7th

6th

I. Bozoljac I. Labadze

2

3

WC

F. Aldi A. di Mauro

6 2

2

3

F. Cipolla S. Vagnozzi

2

7th

[8th]

O. Hernández B. Pašanski

1

1

I. Bozoljac I. Labadze

6th

6 5

[10]

I. Bozoljac I. Labadze

6th

6th

1

T. Cibulec J. Levinsky

4th

3

C. Berlocq F. Gil

6th

6th

C. Berlocq F. Gil

6th

6th

M. Slanar T. Zíb

4th

2

C. Berlocq F. Gil

6th

6th

WC

M. González R. Rodríguez

7th

4th

[11]

4th

X. Yu S. Zeng

1

1

4th

X. Yu S. Zeng

6 4

6th

[13]

C. Berlocq F. Gil

6th

6th

WC

A. Giraudo A. Motti

6th

6th

WC

A. Giraudo A. Motti

1

4th

L. Azzaro A. Ungur

2

4th

WC

A. Giraudo A. Motti

6th

3

[14]

H. Armando D. Junqueira

2

6th

[6]

2

F. Mergea H. Tecau

4th

6th

[12]

2

F. Mergea H. Tecau

6th

0

[10]

Web links

• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 33 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 31 kB)
• Tournament schedule for individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 32 kB)