US Men's Clay Court Championships 2008

US Men's Clay Court Championships 2008
date	April 14, 2008 - April 20, 2008
Edition	21st
navigation	2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP World Tour
venue	Houston United States
Tournament number	717
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 14Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 436,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 411,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Ivo Karlović
Last year's winner (double)	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Winner (singles)	Marcel Granollers
Winner (doubles)	Ernests Gulbis Rainer Schüttler
Tournament director	Van Barry
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Wayne Odesnik (119)
As of January 10, 2016

The US Men's Clay Court Championships 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from April 14th to 20th, 2008 in Houston . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on a clay court. In the same week the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana and in Estoril the Estoril Open were played in Valencia , which, like the US Men's Clay Court Championships, belonged to the category of the ATP International Series .

Defending champion in the singles was Ivo Karlović , who did not start again this year. The individual competition was won by the Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6: 4, 1: 6, 7: 5 against the American James Blake and thus won his first title on the ATP tour after his first finals in both singles and doubles reached. The brothers Bob and Mike Bryan were victorious in doubles the previous year. They didn’t run in 2008 either. In the final, the pairing Ernests Gulbis and Rainer Schüttler won 7: 5, 7: 6 ³ against Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers.

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 411,000 euros, the total financial liabilities were 436,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from April 13-14, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : US Men's Clay Court Championships 2008 / Qualification

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

Qualifiers
Diego Hartfield
Harel Levy
Fernando Vicente
Ryan Harrison

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 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.  James Blake final 02.  Tommy Haas 1 round 03.  Mardy Fish Quarter finals 04th  Sam Querrey 1 round

No. player Round reached 05.  Agustín Calleri Quarter finals 06th  Dudi Sela Round of 16 07th  Marcel Granollers victory 08th.  Óscar Hernández 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

J. Blake

6th

6th

WC

K. Nishikori

4th

4th

1

J. Blake

6th

6th

Q

R. Harrison

6th

6th

Q

R. Harrison

3

2

P. Cuevas

4th

3

1

J. Blake

6th

6th

P. Capdeville

6th

6th

5

A. Calleri

4th

3

Q

D. Hartfield

0

4th

P. Capdeville

2

1

V. Spadea

4th

3

5

A. Calleri

6th

6th

5

A. Calleri

6th

6th

1

J. Blake

6th

7th

3

M. Fish

7th

6th

8th

O. Hernández

3

6 3

R. Schüttler

6 4

3

3

M. Fish

6th

6th

C. Berlocq

3

6th

5

WC

H. Armando

3

2

WC

H. Armando

6th

4th

7th

3

M. Fish

2

6 5

Q

F. Vicente

3

6 5

8th

O. Hernández

6th

7th

D. Young

6th

7th

D. Young

4th

4th

JP Brzezicki

6th

3

2

8th

O. Hernández

6th

6th

8th

O. Hernández

3

6th

6th

1

J. Blake

4th

6th

5

7th

M. Granollers

6th

6th

7th

M. Granollers

6th

1

7th

E. Gulbis

2

0

7th

M. Granollers

6th

6th

P. Luczak

6th

6th

P. Luczak

3

2

Q

H. Levy

4th

4th

7th

M. Granollers

6th

6th

V. Troicki

3

4th

M. Daniel

3

2

M. Daniel

6th

6th

M. Daniel

7th

6th

N. Massu

5

6th

6th

N. Massu

6 3

2

4th

S. Querrey

7th

4th

4th

7th

M. Granollers

3

7th

6th

6th

D. Sela

7th

6th

W. Odesnik

6th

5

3

R. Ginepri

6 5

2

6th

D. Sela

3

5

W. Odesnik

6th

6th

W. Odesnik

6th

7th

WC

A. Delic

3

3

W. Odesnik

2

7th

6th

S. Roitman

3

7th

6th

S. Roitman

6th

6 4

1

J. Isner

6th

6 6

3

S. Roitman

6th

7th

I. Kunitsyn

5

6th

6th

I. Kunitsyn

3

6 3

2

T. Haas

7th

4th

4th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Scott Lipsky David Martin   1 round 02.  Eric Butorac Ashley Fisher   1 round 03.  Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers   final 04th  Harel Levy Jim Thomas   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

S. Lipsky D. Martin

6th

4th

[8th]

P. Luczak V. Spadea

4th

6th

[10]

P. Luczak V. Spadea

6 5

6th

[7]

WC

H. Armando W. Odesnik

6th

7th

WC

H. Armando W. Odesnik

7th

1

[10]

WC

R. Harrison K. Nishikori

4th

6 5

WC

H. Armando W. Odesnik

2

4th

4th

H. Levy J. Thomas

5

0

E. Gulbis R. Shaker

6th

6th

E. Gulbis R. Shaker

7th

6th

E. Gulbis R. Shaker

6th

6 4

[10]

OLD

A. Reichel C. Wettengel

2

3

C. Haggard I. Kunitsyn

2

7th

[8th]

C. Haggard I. Kunitsyn

6th

6th

E. Gulbis R. Shaker

7th

7th

A. Calleri D. Hartfield

7th

4th

[13]

3

P. Cuevas M. Granollers

5

6 3

A. Delic J. Isner

6 8

6th

[11]

A. Calleri D. Hartfield

6 6

4th

J. Blake M. Fish

2

2

3

P. Cuevas M. Granollers

7th

6th

3

P. Cuevas M. Granollers

6th

6th

3

P. Cuevas M. Granollers

6th

6th

D. Sela V. Troicki

5

2

M. Daniel S. Roitman

0

2

C. Berlocq Ó. Hernández

7th

6th

C. Berlocq Ó. Hernández

6th

3

[8th]

M. Daniel S. Roitman

3

6th

[12]

M. Daniel S. Roitman

1

6th

[10]

2

E. Butorac A. Fisher

6th

3

[10]

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 200 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 211 kB)
• Tournament schedule for individual qualifications on the ATP homepage (PDF; 163 kB)