2008 ATP Tour

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[edit] Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 ATP Tour, with player progression documented until the quarter-final stage.^[1]

[edit] January

Novak Djokovic, holding the Australian Open trophy.

The opening week of the year featured three tournaments, across the regions of Oceania, South East Asia, and the Middle East. All three of these events began on December 31, 2007. One of the semi-finals in Chennai, India, between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya featured a notable match in the history of the ATP Tour, with Nadal coming out on top, 6–7(3), 7–6(8), 7–6(1). The contest was significant because it was the longest three-set match since 1993, when Andrei Cherkasov defeated Andrea Gaudenzi, 6–7(6), 7–6(2), 7–5 at the ATP Tel Aviv. Both matches ran for three hours and fifty-four minutes.^[2] Two further tournaments were played in the week prior to the Australian Open; both were in close proximity to the Grand Slam tournament, in Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia.

The Australian Open saw Novak Djokovic claim his first Grand Slam title, and also saw him becoming the first representative of Serbia to win a Grand Slam title.^[3] Djokovic was able to beat Roger Federer in the semi-finals and consequently broke up his monopoly of hard court slam titles, of which he had won the last five. The event also saw the shock emergence of French player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who reached the final and drew comparison with Muhammed Ali due to his appearance and audacious style of play.^[4] This was the first Australian Open to take place on the new Plexicushion surface, which was designed to have lower heat retention and a more predictable bounce.^[5]

On January 28, the Viña del Mar tournament commenced in Chile. This was the first event in a series of South and Central American clay court tournaments.

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
31 December 2007	2008 Next Generation Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia International Series $465,000 Hard	Michael Llodra 6–3, 6–4	Jarkko Nieminen	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Joseph Sirianni	Lleyton Hewitt Vince Spadea Benjamin Becker Paul-Henri Mathieu
31 December 2007		Garcia / Melo 6–3, 3–6, 10–7	Guccione / Smeets	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Joseph Sirianni
31 December 2007	2008 Chennai Open Chennai, India International Series $436,000 Hard	Mikhail Youzhny 6–0, 6–1	Rafael Nadal	Carlos Moya Marin Cilic	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Florent Serra Xavier Malisse Robin Haase
31 December 2007		Sa. Ratiwatana / So. Ratiwatana 6–4, 7–5	Baghdatis / Gicquel	Carlos Moya Marin Cilic
31 December 2007	2008 Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar International Series $1,049,000 Hard	Andy Murray 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	Stanislas Wawrinka	Nikolay Davydenko Ivan Ljubicic	Dmitry Tursunov Thomas Johansson Philipp Kohlschreiber Agustin Calleri
31 December 2007		Kohlschreiber / Skoch 6–4, 4–6, 11–9	Coetzee / Moodie	Nikolay Davydenko Ivan Ljubicic
7 January 2008	2008 Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand International Series $464,000 Hard	Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6(4), 7–5	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Julien Benneteau Juan Monaco	David Ferrer Nicolas Massu Michael Llodra Florian Mayer
7 January 2008		Horna / Monaco 6–4, 3–6, 10–7	Malisse / Melzer	Julien Benneteau Juan Monaco	David Ferrer Nicolas Massu Michael Llodra Florian Mayer
7 January 2008	2008 Medibank International Sydney, Australia International Series $465,000 Hard	Dmitry Tursunov 7–6(3), 7–6(4)	Chris Guccione	Fabrice Santoro Radek Stepanek	Sebastien Grosjean Evgeny Korolev Tomas Berdych Agustin Calleri
7 January 2008		Gasquet / Tsonga 4–6, 6–4, 11–9	B. Bryan / M. Bryan	Fabrice Santoro Radek Stepanek
14 January 2008	2008 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$ 9,609,870 Hard	Novak Djokovic 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(2)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Roger Federer Rafael Nadal	James Blake David Ferrer Mikhail Youzhny Jarkko Nieminen
		Erlich / Ram 7–5, 7–6(4)	Clement / Llodra
		Mixed Doubles: Zimonjic / Sun 7–6(4), 6–4	Bhupathi / Mirza
28 January 2008	2008 Movistar Open Viña del Mar, Chile International Series $462,000 Clay	Fernando Gonzalez W/O	Juan Monaco	Pablo Cuevas Santiago Ventura	Carlos Berlocq Jose Acasuso Juan Pablo Brzezicki Fabio Fognini
28 January 2008		Acasuso / Prieto 6–1, 3–0 ret.	Gonzalez / Monaco	Pablo Cuevas Santiago Ventura

[edit] February

The month of February saw Andy Murray and Michael Llodra sustain their good form from the start of the season, with both picking up their second titles of the year.^[6]^[7] Nicolas Almagro became the third player to win a second title, with both his wins coming during February. He completed the month with a win-loss record of 14–1 (including two Davis Cup ties for Spain).^[8]

Elsewhere, several players continued to lay down important milestones in the history of the ATP Tour. Kei Nishikori, world number 244, shocked number 1 seed James Blake at Delray Beach and became the first Japanese man in nearly 16 years to win an ATP title (the last to do so was Shuzo Matsuoka, at the ATP Seoul in 1992).^[9] Sergiy Stakhovsky, playing at the Zagreb Indoors, became the first man since Christian Miniussi, at the São Paulo event in 1991, to win an ATP Tour event after entering the tournament as a lucky loser. The feat had only been achieved a total of four times since the inception of the tour.^[10] Stakhovsky's win-loss record on the main tour prior to the final had been 6–13.

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
11 February	2008 Brasil Open Costa do Sauípe, Brazil International Series $485,000 Clay	Nicolas Almagro 7–6(4), 3–6, 7–5	Carlos Moya	Nicolas Lapentti Fabio Fognini	Oscar Hernandez Eduardo Schwank Ivo Minar Filippo Volandri
11 February		Melo / Sa 4–6, 6–2, 10–7	Montanes / Ventura	Nicolas Lapentti Fabio Fognini	Oscar Hernandez Eduardo Schwank Ivo Minar Filippo Volandri
11 February	2008 Delray Beach ITC Delray Beach, USA International Series $436,000 Hard	Kei Nishikori 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	James Blake	Robby Ginepri Sam Querrey	Igor Kunitsyn Mardy Fish Vincent Spadea Bobby Reynolds
11 February		Mirnyi / J. Murray 6–4, 3–6, 10–6	B. Bryan / M. Bryan	Robby Ginepri Sam Querrey	Igor Kunitsyn Mardy Fish Vincent Spadea Bobby Reynolds
11 February	2008 Open 13 Marseille, France International Series €534,000 Hard (indoor)	Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4	Mario Ancic	Paul-Henri Mathieu Marcos Baghdatis	Gilles Simon Nicolas Mahut Mikhail Youzhny Robin Soderling
11 February		Damm / Vizner 7–6(0), 7–5	Allegro / Coetzee	Paul-Henri Mathieu Marcos Baghdatis	Gilles Simon Nicolas Mahut Mikhail Youzhny Robin Soderling
18 February	2008 Copa Telmex Buenos Aires, Argentina International Series $485,000 Clay	David Nalbandian 3–6, 7–6(5), 6–4	Jose Acasuso	Juan Ignacio Chela Filippo Volandri	Potito Starace Nicolas Almagro Igor Andreev Agustin Calleri
18 February		Calleri / Horna 6–0, 6–7(6), 10–2	Eschauer / Luczak	Juan Ignacio Chela Filippo Volandri	Potito Starace Nicolas Almagro Igor Andreev Agustin Calleri
18 February	2008 World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands International Series Gold €765,000 Hard (indoor)	Michael Llodra 6–7(3), 3–6, 7–6(4)	Robin Soderling	Gilles Simon Ivo Karlovic	Andreas Seppi Teimuraz Gabashvili Mischa Zverev Robin Haase
18 February		Berdych / Tursunov 7–5, 3–6, 10–7	Kohlschreiber / Youzhny	Gilles Simon Ivo Karlovic	Andreas Seppi Teimuraz Gabashvili Mischa Zverev Robin Haase
18 February	2008 SAP Open San José, USA International Series $436,000 Hard (indoor)	Andy Roddick 6–4, 7–5	Radek Stepanek	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Robby Ginepri	Mardy Fish John Isner Lu Yen-hsun James Blake
18 February		Lipsky / Martin 7–6(4), 7–5	B. Bryan / M. Bryan	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Robby Ginepri	Mardy Fish John Isner Lu Yen-hsun James Blake
25 February	2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico International Series Gold $794,000 Clay	Nicolas Almagro 6–1, 7–6(1)	David Nalbandian	Luis Horna Jose Acasuso	Potito Starace Agustin Calleri Marcel Granollers Nicolas Massu
25 February		Marach / Mertinak 6–2, 6–7(3), 10–7	Calleri / Horna	Luis Horna Jose Acasuso
25 February	2008 M.K. Championships Memphis, USA International Series Gold $769,000 Hard (indoor)	Steve Darcis 6–3, 7–6(5)	Robin Soderling	Radek Stepanek Jonas Bjorkman	Andy Roddick Chris Guccione Benjamin Becker Donald Young
25 February		Bhupathi / Knowles 7–6(5), 6–2	Sa. Ratiwatana / So. Ratiwatana	Radek Stepanek Jonas Bjorkman	Andy Roddick Chris Guccione Benjamin Becker Donald Young
25 February	2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors Zagreb, Croatia International Series €370,250 Hard (indoor)	Sergiy Stakhovsky 7–5, 6–4	Ivan Ljubicic	Mario Ancic Simone Bolelli	Teimuraz Gabashvili Robin Haase Olivier Rochus Janko Tipsarevic
25 February		Hanley / Kerr 6–3, 3–6, 10–8	Kas / Wassen	Mario Ancic Simone Bolelli

[edit] March

Novak Djokovic endured a month of mixed fortunes, but stayed atop the ATP Race.

In March, fewer tournaments were competed, with two of them (Indian Wells and Miami) taking place over a two week period and being played in conjunction with Women's Tennis Association (WTA) events. These were the first Masters Series events of the year. Novak Djokovic, a finalist at Indian Wells in 2007, was able to go one better there, defeating surprise finalist Mardy Fish. However, Djokovic was unable to maintain his good form, and lost to Kevin Anderson in his first match at the Miami event.^[11] Aside from this victory, Anderson had made an earlier breakthrough in Las Vegas, reaching the final before losing to Sam Querrey. At the Dubai Tennis Championships, Andy Roddick was in impressive form, dispatching Rafael Nadal and Djokovic before defeating Feliciano Lopez in the final.^[12]

World number 1 Roger Federer's slump in form continued, with the Swiss making a first round exit in Dubai, and failing to the reach the final of either Indian Wells or Miami. This was the first time since the year 2000, long before Federer became number 1, that he had not won a title in the first three months of the year.^[13] Rafael Nadal's coinciding trophy drought meant that this was the first time since 1999, when Pete Sampras and Carlos Moya occupied the world number 1 and 2 spots, that neither of world's top two players had won a tournament prior to the start of the European clay court season.^[14]

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
3 March	2008 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE International Series Gold $1,426,000 Hard	Andy Roddick 6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2	Feliciano Lopez	Nikolay Davydenko Novak Djokovic	Andy Murray David Ferrer Igor Andreev Rafael Nadal
3 March		Bhupathi / Knowles 7–5, 7–6(7)	Damm / Vizner	Nikolay Davydenko Novak Djokovic	Andy Murray David Ferrer Igor Andreev Rafael Nadal
3 March	2008 Tennis Channel Open Las Vegas, USA International Series $500,000 Hard	Sam Querrey 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Kevin Anderson	Robby Ginepri Guillermo Canas	Evgeny Korolev Ernests Gulbis Amer Delic Julien Benneteau
3 March		Benneteau / Llodra 6–4, 4–6, 10–8	B. Bryan / M. Bryan	Robby Ginepri Guillermo Canas	Evgeny Korolev Ernests Gulbis Amer Delic Julien Benneteau
10 March	2008 Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, USA Masters Series $3,589,000 Hard	Novak Djokovic 6–2, 5–7, 6–3	Mardy Fish	Roger Federer Rafael Nadal	Tommy Haas David Nalbandian Stanislas Wawrinka James Blake
10 March		Erlich / Ram 6–4, 6–4	Nestor / Zimonjic	Roger Federer Rafael Nadal	Tommy Haas David Nalbandian Stanislas Wawrinka James Blake
24 March	2008 Miami Masters Miami, USA Masters Series $3,770,000 Hard	Nikolay Davydenko 6–4, 6–2	Rafael Nadal	Andy Roddick Tomas Berdych	Roger Federer Janko Tipsarevic Igor Andreev James Blake
24 March		B. Bryan / M. Bryan 6–2, 6–2	Bhupathi / Knowles	Andy Roddick Tomas Berdych	Roger Federer Janko Tipsarevic Igor Andreev James Blake

[edit] April

April was a month that augured better for out-of-form world number 1 Roger Federer, who won his first title of the year in Estoril, and reached the final of Monte Carlo for the third year in a row. However, it was Rafael Nadal who proved to be most efficient, winning both tournaments he played on his favoured clay surface. By the end of the month, Nadal had taken his overall record on clay to 108 wins out of his last 109 matches.^[15] Countryman David Ferrer also had a successful month, winning in Valencia and reaching the final of Barcelona.

At the Munich event, Fernando Gonzalez won the tenth title of his career. The event also saw the re-emergence of Younes El Aynaoui, who was the oldest man (36) to reach the semi-final stage of an ATP level event since Jimmy Connors at the SAP Open in 1993. Connors was 40 at the time of his achievement.^[16]

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
14 April	2008 Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal International Series €370,000 Clay	Roger Federer 7–6(5), 1–2 ret.	Nikolay Davydenko	Denis Gremelmayr Florent Serra	Frederico Gil Jiri Vanek Flavio Cipolla Marc Gicquel
14 April		Coetzee / Moodie 6–2, 4–6, 10–8	J. Murray / Ullyett	Denis Gremelmayr Florent Serra	Frederico Gil Jiri Vanek Flavio Cipolla Marc Gicquel
14 April	2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Houston, USA International Series $436,000 Clay	Marcel Granollers Pujol 6–4, 1–6, 7–5	James Blake	Oscar Hernandez Wayne Odesnik	Agustin Calleri Mardy Fish Marcos Daniel Sergio Roitman
14 April		Gulbis / Schuettler 7–5, 7–6(3)	Cuevas / Granollers	Oscar Hernandez Wayne Odesnik	Agustin Calleri Mardy Fish Marcos Daniel Sergio Roitman
14 April	2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana Valencia, Spain International Series €370,000 Clay	David Ferrer 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(2)	Nicolas Almagro	Tommy Robredo Evgeny Korolev	Fernando Verdasco Potito Starace Robin Haase Juan Monaco
14 April		Gonzalez / Monaco 7–5, 7–5	Parrott / Polasek	Tommy Robredo Evgeny Korolev	Fernando Verdasco Potito Starace Robin Haase Juan Monaco
21 April	2008 Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series €2,270,000 Clay	Rafael Nadal 7–5, 7–5	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic Nikolay Davydenko	David Nalbandian Sam Querrey Igor Andreev David Ferrer
21 April		Nadal / Robredo 6–3, 6–3	Bhupathi / Knowles	Novak Djokovic Nikolay Davydenko	David Nalbandian Sam Querrey Igor Andreev David Ferrer
28 April	2008 Torneo Godó Barcelona, Spain International Series Gold €824,000 Clay	Rafael Nadal 6–1, 4–6, 6–1	David Ferrer	Denis Gremelmayr Stanislas Wawrinka	Juan Ignacio Chela Nicolas Almagro Albert Montanes Tommy Robredo
28 April		B. Bryan / M. Bryan 6–3, 6–2	Fyrstenberg / Matkowski	Denis Gremelmayr Stanislas Wawrinka
28 April	2008 BMW Open Munich, Germany International Series €370,000 Clay	Fernando Gonzalez 7–6(4), 6–7(4), 6–3	Simone Bolelli	Paul-Henri Mathieu Younes El Aynaoui	Marin Cilic Lee Hyung-taik Juan Martin del Potro Marat Safin
28 April		Berrer / Schuettler 7–5, 3–6, 10–8	Lipsky / Martin	Paul-Henri Mathieu Younes El Aynaoui

[edit] May

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
5 May	2008 Rome Masters Rome, Italy Masters Series €2,270,000 Clay	Novak Djokovic 4–6, 6–3, 6–3	Stanislas Wawrinka	Radek Stepanek Andy Roddick	Roger Federer Nicolas Almagro Tommy Robredo James Blake
5 May		B. Bryan / M. Bryan 3–6, 6–4, 10–8	Nestor / Zimonjic	Radek Stepanek Andy Roddick	Roger Federer Nicolas Almagro Tommy Robredo James Blake
12 May	2008 Hamburg Masters Hamburg, Germany Masters Series €2,270,000 Clay	Rafael Nadal 7–5, 6–7(3), 6–3	Roger Federer	Andreas Seppi Novak Djokovic	Fernando Verdasco Nicolas Kiefer Albert Montanes Carlos Moya
12 May		Nestor / Zimonjic 6–4, 5–7, 10–8	B. Bryan / M. Bryan	Andreas Seppi Novak Djokovic
19 May	2008 Grand Prix Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco International Series €370,000 Clay	Gilles Simon 7–5, 6–2	Julien Benneteau	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Agustin Calleri	Santiago Ventura Marc Gicquel Younes El Aynaoui Oscar Hernandez
19 May		Montanes / Ventura 6–1, 6–2	Cerretani / Perry	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Agustin Calleri
19 May	2008 Hypo Group Tennis International Pörtschach, Austria International Series €370,000 Clay	Nikolay Davydenko 6–2, 2–6, 6–2	Juan Monaco	Igor Kunitsyn Ivan Ljubicic	Andreas Seppi Jurgen Melzer Daniel Gimeno-Traver Robby Ginepri
19 May		Melo / Sa 7–5, 6–7(3), 13–11	Knowle / Melzer	Igor Kunitsyn Ivan Ljubicic
20 May	2008 World Team Cup Düsseldorf, Germany World Team Cup €1,500,000 Clay	Sweden 2–1	Russia	Italy United States	Spain Germany Argentina Czech Republic
26 May	2008 French Open Paris, France Grand Slam €7,077,680 Clay	Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–3, 6–0	Roger Federer	Gael Monfils Novak Djokovic	Fernando Gonzalez David Ferrer Ernests Gulbis Nicolas Almagro
		Cuevas / Horna 6–2, 6–3	Nestor / Zimonjic
		Mixed Doubles: B. Bryan / Azarenka 6–2, 7–6(4)	Zimonjic / Srebotnik

[edit] June

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
9 June	2008 Gerry Weber Open Halle, NRW, Germany International Series €713,000 Grass		TBA v TBA TBA v TBA	R Federer v M Baghdatis N Kiefer v M Llodra P Kohlschreiber v R Soderling A Beck v J Blake
9 June			TBA v TBA TBA v TBA
9 June	2008 Queen's Club Championships Queen's Club, London, UK International Series €713,000 Grass		TBA v TBA TBA v TBA	R Nadal v I Karlovic A Roddick v A Murray R Gasquet v D Nalbandian L Hewitt v N Djokovic
9 June			TBA v TBA TBA v TBA
9 June	2008 Orange Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland International Series €425,000 Clay		TBA v TBA TBA v TBA	N Davydenko v E Korolev G Canas v F Fognini M Granollers v J Monaco O Hernandez v T Robredo
9 June			TBA v TBA TBA v TBA
16 June	2008 Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands International Series €370,000 Grass
16 June
16 June	Nottingham Open Nottingham, UK International Series €370,000 Grass
16 June
23 June	2008 Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, London, UK Grand Slam $ Grass

		Mixed Doubles:

[edit] July

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
7 July	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden International Series €326,000 Clay
7 July
7 July	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland International Series €389,000 Clay
7 July
7 July	Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships Newport, RI, USA International Series $385,000 Grass
7 July
7 July	Mercedes Cup Stuttgart, Germany International Series Gold €568,000 Clay
7 July
14 July	Priority Telecom Open Amersfoort, Netherlands International Series €326,000 Clay
14 July
14 July	Indianapolis Tennis Championships Indianapolis, USA International Series $525,000 Hard
14 July
14 July	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria International Series Gold €571,000 Clay
14 July
14 July	Croatia Open Umag Umag, Croatia International Series €326,000 Clay
14 July
21 July	Canada Masters Toronto, Canada Masters Series $2,615,000 Hard
21 July
28 July	Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, USA Masters Series $2,615,000 Hard
28 July

[edit] August

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists
4 August	Countrywide Classic Los Angeles, USA International Series $475,000 Hard
4 August
11 August	2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China Olympics Hard	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth Place


11 August	Legg Mason Tennis Classic Washington, D. C., USA International Series $508,000 Hard
11 August
18 August	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, USA International Series $708,000 Hard
18 August
25 August	2008 U.S. Open Flushing, New York, USA Grand Slam $ Hard

		Mixed Doubles:

[edit] September

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
8 September	BCR Open Romania Bucharest, Romania International Series €370,000 Clay
8 September
15 September	Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open Mumbai, India International Series $436,000 Hard
15 September
22 September	Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand International Series $576,000 Hard (indoor)
22 September
22 September	China Open Beijing, China International Series $524,000 Hard
22 September
29 September	Open de Moselle Metz, France International Series €370,000 Hard (indoor)
29 September
29 September	Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan International Series Gold $436,000 Hard
29 September

[edit] October

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
6 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia International Series $1,049,000 Carpet (indoor)
6 October
6 October	if... Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden International Series €713,000 Hard (indoor)
6 October
6 October	BA-CA TennisTrophy Vienna, Austria International Series Gold €674,000 Hard (indoor)
6 October
13 October	Madrid Masters Madrid, Spain Masters Series €2,270,000 Hard (indoor)
13 October
20 October	Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland International Series €891,000 Hard (indoor)
20 October
20 October	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon Lyon, France International Series €713,000 Carpet (indoor)
20 October
20 October	St. Petersburg Open St. Petersburg, Russia International Series $1,049,000 Carpet (indoor)
20 October
27 October	Paris Masters Paris, France Masters Series €2,270,000 Carpet (indoor)
27 October

[edit] November

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
3 November	2008 Tennis Masters Cup Shangai, China Tennis Masters Cup $4,450,000 Hard (indoor)
3 November

[edit] Statistical Information

List of players and titles won (Grand Slam titles in bold), last name alphabetically:

Rafael Nadal - Monte Carlo Masters, Barcelona, Hamburg Masters and French Open (4)
Novak Djokovic - Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters and Rome Masters (3)
Nicolas Almagro - Costa do Sauipe and Acapulco (2)
Nikolay Davydenko - Miami Masters and Portschach (2)
Fernando Gonzalez - Vina del Mar and Munich (2)
Michael Llodra - Adelaide and Rotterdam (2)
Andy Murray - Doha and Marseille (2)
Andy Roddick - San Jose and Dubai (2)
Steve Darcis - Memphis (1)
Roger Federer - Estoril (1)
David Ferrer - Valencia (1)
Marcel Granollers Pujol - Houston (1)
Philipp Kohlschreiber - Auckland (1)
David Nalbandian - Buenos Aires (1)
Kei Nishikori - Delray Beach (1)
Sam Querrey - Las Vegas (1)
Gilles Simon - Casablanca (1)
Sergiy Stakhovsky - Zagreb (1)
Dmitry Tursunov - Sydney (1)
Mikhail Youzhny - Chennai (1)

The following players won their first title:

Kei Nishikori - Delray Beach
Sergiy Stakhovsky - Zagreb
Sam Querrey - Las Vegas
Marcel Granollers Pujol - Houston

Titles won by Nation

Spain 8 (Costa do Sauipe, Acapulco, Valencia, Houston, Monte Carlo Masters, Barcelona, Hamburg Masters and French Open)
Russia 4 (Sydney, Chennai, Miami Masters and Portschach)
France 3 (Adelaide, Rotterdam and Casablanca)
Serbia 3 (Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters and Rome Masters)
United States 3 (San Jose, Dubai and Las Vegas)
Chile 2 (Viña del Mar and Munich)
United Kingdom 2 (Doha and Marseille)
Argentina 1 (Buenos Aires)
Belgium 1 (Memphis)
Germany 1 (Auckland)
Japan 1 (Delray Beach)
Switzerland 1 (Estoril)
Ukraine 1 (Zagreb)

[edit] ATP Entry Rankings

As of 31 December 2007^[17]
Rk	Name	Nation	Points
1	Roger Federer	SUI	7,180
2	Rafael Nadal	ESP	5,735
3	Novak Djokovic	SRB	4,470
4	Nikolay Davydenko	RUS	2,825
5	David Ferrer	ESP	2,750
6	Andy Roddick	USA	2,530
7	Fernando Gonzalez	CHI	2,005
8	Richard Gasquet	FRA	1,930
9	David Nalbandian	ARG	1,775
10	Tommy Robredo	ESP	1,765
11	Andy Murray	GBR	1,755
12	Tommy Haas	GER	1,720
13	James Blake	USA	1,710
14	Tomas Berdych	CZE	1,685
15	Guillermo Canas	ARG	1,653
16	Marcos Baghdatis	CYP	1,600
17	Carlos Moya	ESP	1,585
18	Ivan Ljubicic	CRO	1,580
19	Mikhail Youzhny	RUS	1,570
20	Juan Ignacio Chela	ARG	1,425

Current rankings (9 June 2008)^[18]
Rk	Name	Nation	Points	High	Low	Change
1	Roger Federer	SUI	6,675	1	1	=
2	Rafael Nadal	ESP	5,585	2	2	=
3	Novak Djokovic	SRB	5,225	3	3	=
4	Nikolay Davydenko	RUS	3,050	4	5	=
5	David Ferrer	ESP	2,905	4	5	=
6	Andy Roddick	USA	2,405	6	6	=
7	James Blake	USA	2,015	7	15	+1
8	David Nalbandian	ARG	2,000	7	9	−1
9	Stanislas Wawrinka	SUI	1,615	9	35	+1
10	Richard Gasquet	FRA	1,595	7	10	−1
11	Andy Murray	GBR	1,555	9	22	+1
12	Tomas Berdych	CZE	1,490	9	14	+1
13	Nicolas Almagro	ESP	1,485	13	31	+7
14	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	FRA	1,440	11	38	−3
15	Fernando Gonzalez	CHI	1,405	7	25	+10
16	Radek Stepanek	CZE	1,360	16	36	+6
17	Paul-Henri Mathieu	FRA	1,345	12	25	+2
18	Mikhail Youzhny	RUS	1,335	8	18	−3
19	Tommy Robredo	ESP	1,255	11	19	−5
20	Fernando Verdasco	ESP	1,240	20	31	+3

Points were awarded as follows:^[19]

Tournament Category	Total Financial commitment	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Additional qualifying points
Grand Slam	$6,784,000 to $9,943,000	1000	700	450	250	150	75	35	5	15
Tennis Masters Cup	$4,450,000	750	if undefeated (100 for each round robin match win, +200 for a semifinal win, +250 for the final win)
ATP Masters Series	$2,450,000 to $3,450,000	500	350	225	125	75	35	5(20)	(5)	15*
International Series Gold	$1,000,000	300	210	135	75	25	15	5		10*
International Series Gold	$800,000	250	175	110	60	25	15	5		10*
International Series	$1,000,000	250	175	110	60	25	15	5		10*
International Series	$800,000	225	155	100	55	20	10	5		10*
International Series	$600,000	200	140	90	50	15(20)	5(10)	(5)		5
International Series	$400,000	175	120	75	40	15	5			5
Challenger	$150,000+H	100	70	45	23	10	1			3
Challenger	$150,000	90	63	40	21	9	1			3
Challenger	$125,000	80	56	36	19	8	1			3
Challenger	$100,000	70	49	31	16	7	1			3
Challenger	$75,000	60	42	27	14	6	1			3
Challenger	$37,500+H	55	38	24	13	5	1			2
Challenger	$25,000+H	50	35	22	12	5	1			2
Futures	$15,000+H	24	16	8	4	1
Futures	$15,000	18	12	6	3	1
Futures	$10,000	12	8	4	2	1

+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize money level in that category. $/€ 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€ 50,000. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.

(*): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series)

In addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series and International Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:

Grand Slams: 8 points for a last round loser, 4 points for a second round loser
Tennis Masters Series: 8 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser
International Series Gold: 5 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser,

(*): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).

[edit] ATP Race

[edit] Singles

Grand Slams and Masters Series in bold. Points are shown in order of scoring. The second row shows the result and the week in which it was achieved. Italics indicate that a player is not yet eliminated from a tournament.

18 events count towards the race, split as follows:

4 Grand Slam events
9 Masters Series events

5 other events

If a player has a valid forfeit or may not enter the Grand Slam or Masters Series, he may count the other events towards the race. ATP RACE

Race updated as of 9 June 2008.

Rk	Name	Nation	Grand Slams				Masters Series									Best other					Total
Rk	Name	Nation	AUS	RGA	WIM	USO	IND	MIA	MON	ROM	HAM	TOR	CIN	MAD	PAR	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Rafael Nadal	ESP	90 SF	200 W			45 SF	70 F	100 W	1 R32	100 W					60 W	24 F	15 QF	5 R16		710
2	Novak Djokovic	SRB	200 W	90 SF			100 W	1 R64	45 SF	100 W	45 SF					27 SF	3 R16				611
3	Roger Federer	SUI	90 SF	140 F			45 SF	25 QF	70 F	25 QF	70 F					35 W	0 R32				500
4	Nikolay Davydenko	RUS	30 R16	15 R32			7 R32	100 W	45 SF	15 R16	15 R16					35 W	27 SF	24 F	22 SF	5 R16	340
5	David Ferrer	ESP	50 QF	50 QF			7 R32	1 R64	25 QF	1 R32	15 R16					42 F	35 W	15 QF	8 QF	5 R16	254
6	Nicolas Almagro	ESP	1 R128	50 QF			1 R64	7 R32	15 R16	25 QF	-					50 W	35 W	24 F	15 QF	8 QF	231
7	Andy Roddick	USA	15 R32	-			1 R64	45 SF	-	45 SF	-					60 W	35 W	12 QF			213
8	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	FRA	140 F	-			15 R16	7 R32	-	1 R64	7 R32					15 SF	15 SF	0 R32	0 R32		200
9	Stanislas Wawrinka	SUI	7 R64	15 R32			25 QF	1 R64	1 R64	70 F	7 R32					35 F	27 SF	3 R16	0 R32	0 R32	191
10	James Blake	USA	50 QF	7 R64			25 QF	25 QF	-	25 QF	1 R32					24 F	24 F	8 QF	0 R32	0 R32	189
11	Andy Murray	GBR	1 R128	15 R32			15 R16	1 R64	15 R16	7 R32	15 R16					50 W	40 W	15 QF	0 R32	0 R32	174
12	Fernando Gonzalez	CHI	15 R32	50 QF			1 R64	7 R32	-	15 R16	-					35 W	35 W	3 R16			161
13	Radek Stepanek	CZE	1 R128	30 R16			7 R32	15 R16	1 R32	45 SF	-					24 F	22 SF	15 SF	0 R32		160
14	David Nalbandian	ARG	15 R32	7 R64			25 QF	1 R64	25 QF	1 R32	-					35 W	35 F	5 R16			149
15	Michael Llodra	FRA	1 R128	30 R16			1 R128	1 R128	1 R64	1 R64	7 R32					60 W	35 W	8 QF	3 R16	0 R32	148
16	Robin Soderling	SWE	-	15 R32			4 R64	7 R32	7 R32	1 R64	15 R16					42 F	35 F	10 QF			136
17	Juan Monaco	ARG	15 R32	1 R128			7 R32	7 R32	7 R32	7 R32	15 R16					24 F	24 F	15 SF	8 QF	5 R16	135
18	Mikhail Youzhny	RUS	50 QF	15 R32			7 R32	15 R16	1 R32	-	1 R64					35 W	10 QF	0 R32	0 R32		134
19	Paul-Henri Mathieu	FRA	30 R16	30 R16			7 R32	15 R16	1 R64	1 R64	1 R64					18 SF	15 SF	8 QF	5 R16	0 R32	131
20	Mardy Fish	USA	15 R32	7 R64			70 F	1 R128	-	7 R32	1 R64					8 QF	8 QF	8 QF	5 R16	0 R32	130

[edit] Doubles

Unlike the ATP Singles Race, the Stanford ATP Doubles Race uses only the best fourteen tournaments on a team's ranking with no mandatory tournaments counting towards the ranking.

Rk	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	100 W	100 W	70 F	60 W	50 QF	50 QF	25 QF	25 QF	24 F	24 F	24 F	24 F	576
2	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjic	140 F	100 W	70 F	70 F	50 QF	27 SF	12 QF						469
3	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	200 W	100 W	30 R16	27 SF	25 QF	15 SF	8 QF						406
4	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	90 SF	70 F	70 F	60 W	40 W	25 QF	15 SF	8 QF					374
5	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	90 SF	45 SF	45 SF	42 F	35 W	15 R32	15 R16	15 R16					295
6	Martin Damm Pavel Vizner	50 QF	45 SF	42 F	40 W	25 QF	12 QF	8 QF						222
7	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	30 R16	27 SF	27 SF	27 SF	25 QF	25 QF	25 QF	18 SF	8 QF				213
8	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	200 W												200
9	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	42 F	30 R16	25 QF	15 R32	15 R16	15 R16	15 R16	15 QF	15 SF	10 QF			197
10	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	50 QF	45 SF	45 SF	25 QF	15 R16	15 SF							195

Points Distribution (Singles & Doubles)

Tournament category	Total financial commitment	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Additional qualifying points
Grand Slam	$6,784,000 to $9,943,000	200	140	90	50	30	15	7	1	3
Tennis Masters Cup	$4,450,000	150	if undefeated (20 for each round robin match win, +40 for a semifinal win, +50 for winning finalist)
ATP Masters Series	$2,450,000 to $3,450,000	100	70	45	25	15	7	1(4)	(1)	3*
International Series Gold	$1,000,000	60	42	27	15	5	3	1		2*
International Series Gold	$800,000	50	35	22	12	5	3	1		2*
International Series	$1,000,000	50	35	22	12	5	3	1		2*
International Series	$800,000	45	31	20	11	4	2	1		2*
International Series	$600,000	40	28	18	10	3(4)	1(2)	(1)		1
International Series	$400,000	35	24	15	8	3	1			1

(*) 1 point only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ 2008: Full Calender. ATP. Retrieved on 2008-04-09. This reference includes links to all tournament draws.
^ Nadal Outbattles Moya to Set Up Youzhny Final. ATP (2008-01-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
^ Piers Newbery (2008-01-27). Australian Open 2008 [Reaction]. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
^ Djokovic's win over Tsonga puts new face on Australian title. ESPN (2008-01-31). Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
^ "Open drops Rebound Ace for new surface", The Age, 2007-05-31. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
^ "Murray claims Marseille final win", BBC SPORT, 2007-02-17. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ "Llodra battles to Rotterdam title", BBC SPORT, 2007-02-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ 2008 record for Nicolas Almagro. ATP. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ "Newcomer Nishikori shocks Blake", BBC SPORT, 2008-02-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ Stakhovsky to Face Ljubicic in Zagreb Final. ATP (2008-02-29). Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ "Djokovic suffers shock Miami loss", BBC SPORT, 2008-03-28. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
^ "Roddick seals superb Dubai title", BBC SPORT, 2008-03-08. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
^ "Fish sends Federer crashing out", BBC SPORT, 2008-03-22. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
^ ATP World No. 1 Federer, No. 2-Ranked Nadal Look for First Title in 2008 Entering Clay Court Circuit. ATP (2008-04-07). Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
^ "Nadal wins fourth Barcelona title", BBC SPORT, 2008-05-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
^ "Fernandez Gonzalez beats El Aynaoui at BMW Open", Boston Herald, 2008-05-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
^ ATP rankings, as of 31 December 2007. ATP (2007-12-31). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
^ Current rankings. ATP. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
^ [http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/ATP_Rulebook2008.pdf The 2008 ATP® Official Rulebook. VIII. ATP Rankings 5. Point Table (Page 153)]. ATP. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.

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