Tennis Masters Cup 2008

Tennis Masters Cup 2008
date	11/9/2008 - 11/16/2008
Edition	39
navigation	2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP World Tour
venue	Shanghai People's Republic of China
Tournament number	605
category	Tennis Masters Cup
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	8E / 8D
Prize money	US $ 4,550,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Roger Federer
Last year's winner (double)	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Winner (singles)	Novak Đoković
Winner (doubles)	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
Tournament director	Brad Drewett
Tournament supervisor	Wayne McKeweny (ITF) Mark Darby (ATP)
As of February 8, 2016

The Tennis Masters Cup 2008 took place in Shanghai from November 9th to 16th . In addition to the four Grand Slam tournaments , the Masters Cup is the most important competition in men's professional tennis; it takes place at the end of the tennis year. World number one Rafael Nadal did not take part in the Masters Cup due to an injury.

The winner in the individual was for the first time the Serb Novak Đoković . The double-final was won by the Canadian-Serbian team Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić .

Prize money and points

The prize money was $ 4.55 million.

round	singles	Double 1	Points
Tournament winner	+ $ 625,000	+ $ 100,000	+ 250
Semi-final winner	+ $ 315,000	+ $ 25,000	+ 200
Group stage (3 wins)	$ 400,000	$ 95,000	300
Group stage (3 matches, 2 wins)	$ 300,000	$ 80,000	200
Group stage (3 matches, one win)	$ 200,000	$ 65,000	100
Group stage (3 matches, no win)	$ 100,000	$ 50,000	0
Substitute (no win)	$ 50,000	$ 20,000	-

¹ Prize money is paid per team.

singles

Qualified players

Seeding list	rank	player
1	2	Roger Federer
2	3	Novak Đoković
3	4th	Andy Murray
4th	5	Nikolai Davydenko
5	6th	Andy Roddick
6th	7th	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
7th	8th	Juan Martín del Potro
8th	9	Gilles Simon replaced Rafael Nadal
1. Substitute player		Radek Štěpánek
2. Substitute player		Nicolas Kiefer

Red group

Results

player	player	Result
Roger Federer	Gilles Simon	6: 4, 4: 6, 3: 6
Andy Murray	Andy Roddick	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 1
Andy Murray	Gilles Simon	6: 4, 6: 2
Roger Federer	Radek Štěpánek 1	7: 6 4 , 6: 4
Roger Federer	Andy Murray	6: 4, 6: 7 3 , 5: 7
Radek Štěpánek	Gilles Simon	1: 6, 4: 6

¹ Štěpánek replaced Roddick after his ankle injury.

table

Item	Seeding list	player	sentences	Points
1	3	Andy Murray	6: 2	3-0
2	8th	Gilles Simon	4: 3	2: 1
3	1	Roger Federer	4: 4	1: 2
4th	IT 1	Radek Štěpánek	1: 6	0: 3

¹ ES = substitute player

Golden group

Results

player	player	Result
Novak Đoković	Juan Martín del Potro	7: 5, 6: 3
Nikolai Davydenko	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6: 7 6 , 6: 4, 7: 6 0
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Juan Martín del Potro	6: 7 4 , 6: 7 5
Novak Đoković	Nikolai Davydenko	7: 6 3 , 0: 6, 7: 5
Novak Đoković	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6: 1, 5: 7, 1: 6
Nikolai Davydenko	Juan Martín del Potro	6: 4, 6: 2

table

Item	Seeding list	player	sentences	Points
1	2	Novak Đoković	5: 3	2: 1
2	4th	Nikolai Davydenko	5: 3	2: 1
3	7th	Juan Martín del Potro	2: 4	1: 2
4th	6th	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3: 5	1: 2

Semifinals

player	player	Result
Novak Đoković	Gilles Simon	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
Andy Murray	Nikolai Davydenko	5: 7, 2: 6

final

player	player	Result
Nikolai Davydenko	Novak Đoković	1: 6, 5: 7

Double

Qualified players

Seeding list	rank	player
1	1	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
2	2	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
3	3	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles
4th	4th	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett
5	6th	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie
6th	7th	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes
7th	8th	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
8th	13	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna

Red group

Results

player	player	Result
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	6: 1, 7: 6 4
Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6: 2, 6: 3
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 4]
Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6: 2, 6: 7 2 , [11: 9]
Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 2, 2: 6, [12:10]
Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6: 7 3 , 7: 6 4 , [10: 5]

table

Item	Seeding list	player	sentences	Points
1	1	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5: 3	2: 1
2	8th	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	4: 4	2: 1
3	3	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	4: 4	1: 2
4th	5	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	3: 5	1: 2

Yellow group

Results

player	player	Result
Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7: 6 4 , 5: 7, [10: 4]
Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6: 3, 7: 5
Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	6: 1, 6: 4
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	7: 6 2 , 6: 3
Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6: 1, 6: 4
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	6: 2, 1: 6, [10: 6]

table

Item	Seeding list	player	sentences	Points
1	2	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6: 1	3-0
2	7th	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	5: 3	2: 1
3	4th	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	3: 5	1: 2
4th	6th	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	0: 6	0: 3

Semifinals

player	player	Result
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 4, 6: 4
Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	6: 1, 6: 3

final

player	player	Result
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6: 7 3 , 2: 6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nadal pulls out of Masters Cup. In: www.smh.com.au. November 4, 2008, accessed November 3, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Rafael Nadal out of Shanghai Masters Cup. In: telegraph.co.uk. November 3, 2008, accessed November 3, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Andy Roddick pulls out of the Masters Cup. In: telegraph.co.uk. November 12, 2008, accessed November 3, 2016 . 

Web links

Commons : Tennis Masters Cup 2008  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Homepage of the tournament (English)
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 22 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 25 kB)