Volkswagen Challenger 2008

Volkswagen Challenger 2008
date	February 25, 2008 - March 2, 2008
Edition	16
navigation	2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Wolfsburg Germany
Tournament number	504
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 30,000
Last year's winner (individual)	Robin Haase
Last year's winner (double)	Alexander Peya Lars Uebel
Winner (singles)	Louk Sorensen
Winner (doubles)	Carsten Ball Izak van der Merwe
Tournament director	Jürgen Bergmann
Tournament supervisor	Soren Friemel
Last direct assumption	Jan Hajek (250)
Status: October 24, 2018

The Volkswagen Challenger 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from February 25 to March 2, 2008 in Wolfsburg . 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.  Philipp Petzschner 1 round 02.  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 1 round 03.  Peter Wessels 1 round 04th  Robert Smeets 1 round

No. player Round reached 05.  Andreas Beck Quarter finals 06th  Mikhail Ledovskich Quarter finals 07th  Jesse Huta Galung Quarter finals 08th.  Simon Stadler 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

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

P. Petzschner

6th

2

6 5

M. Kukushkin

3

6th

7th

M. Kukushkin

6th

7th

M. Middelkoop

1

3

J. Hájek

3

6 6

J. Hájek

6th

6th

M. Kukushkin

6th

6th

M. Bachinger

6th

6th

7th

J. Huta Galung

2

2

Q

J. Reister

4th

4th

M. Bachinger

6 4

3

J. Mertl

4th

2

7th

J. Huta Galung

7th

6th

7th

J. Huta Galung

6th

6th

M. Kukushkin

6 2

1

4th

R. Smeets

6 5

7th

6 4

Q

L. Sorensen

7th

6th

B. Evans

7th

5

7th

B. Evans

6th

5

2

M. Jelgin

6th

1

1

Q

L. Sorensen

4th

7th

6th

Q

L. Sorensen

3

6th

6th

Q

L. Sorensen

7th

6th

WC

P. Gojowczyk

5

5

5

A. Beck

6 4

4th

Q

L. Uebel

7th

7th

Q

L. Uebel

3

6th

4th

S. Greul

7th

3

4th

5

A. Beck

6th

4th

6th

5

A. Beck

6 7

6th

6th

Q

L. Sorensen

7th

4th

6th

6th

M. Ledowskich

6th

7th

F. Do'stov

6 7

6th

4th

M. Slanar

3

6 3

6th

M. Ledowskich

6th

7th

LL

J. Vacek

7th

4th

6th

LL

J. Vacek

3

6 5

WC

S. Seifert

6 6

6th

3

6th

M. Ledowskich

4th

6 3

P. Šnobel

6 7

1

F. Do'stov

6th

7th

T. Kamke

7th

6th

T. Kamke

3

4th

F. Do'stov

6th

7th

F. Do'stov

6th

6th

3

P. Wessels

4th

6 6

F. Do'stov

4th

6th

7th

8th

S. Stadler

6th

4th

6th

D. Brands

6th

2

6 4

Q

R. Bloomfield

2

6th

4th

8th

S. Stadler

4th

6th

6th

B. Rehnquist

6th

6th

B. Rehnquist

6th

3

2

A. Kudryavtsev

1

2

8th

S. Stadler

4th

3

WC

J.-F. Brunken

6th

6 1

6th

D. Brands

6th

6th

WC

L. Burgsmüller

1

7th

4th

WC

J.-F. Brunken

6 6

6 3

D. Brands

6th

6 4

6th

D. Brands

7th

7th

2

A.-ul-H. Qureshi

3

7th

1

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Alexander Krasnoruzki Alexander Kudryavtsev   Semifinals 02.  Frank Moser Igor Zelenay   1 round 03.  Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen   Semifinals 04th  Carsten Ball Izak van der Merwe   victory

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

A. Krasnoruzki A. Kudryavtsev

6th

6th

J. Hajek F. Do'stov

4th

2

1

A. Krasnoruzki A. Kudryavtsev

6th

6th

WC

N. Holzen P. Schünemann

w.

O.

WC

N. Holzen P. Schünemann

4th

2

J. Huta Galung P. Wessels

1

A. Krasnoruzki A. Kudryavtsev

3

2

4th

C. Ball I. van der Merwe

6th

4th

[10]

4th

C. Ball I. van der Merwe

6th

6th

M. Jelgin M. Kukushkin

2

6th

[5]

4th

C. Ball I. van der Merwe

6th

6th

M. Fischer P. Oswald

7th

4th

[8th]

M. Slanar P. Šnobel

1

2

M. Slanar P. Šnobel

6 4

6th

[10]

4th

C. Ball I. van der Merwe

7th

6th

P. Marx L. Uebel

6th

6th

R. Bloomfield K. Skupski

6 5

3

J. Mertl J. Vacek

3

4th

P. Marx L. Uebel

4th

6 3

R. Nørby J. Reister

3

4th

3

J. Brunström F. Nielsen

6th

7th

3

J. Brunström F. Nielsen

6th

6th

3

J. Brunström F. Nielsen

6 3

6th

[7]

R. Bloomfield K. Skupski

3

6th

[10]

R. Bloomfield K. Skupski

7th

4th

[10]

WC

J.-F. Brunken S. Seifert

6th

1

[5]

R. Bloomfield K. Skupski

4th

6th

[10]

WC

M. Meigel P. Petzschner

7th

6th

WC

M. Meigel P. Petzschner

6th

3

[5]

2

F. Moser I. Zelenay

5

3

Web links

• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 38 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 37 kB)
• Tournament schedule for individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 24 kB)