2008 French Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
2008 French Open
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Roger Federer
Final score	6–1, 6–3, 6–0

Rafael Nadal was the 3-time defending champion and retained his title, defeating Roger Federer in the final 6–1, 6–3, 6–0. This was Federer's worst loss in a Grand Slam event in his entire career.^[1] It also marked the third consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer in the Roland Garros final, and the fourth consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer at Roland Garros, starting with his 2005 Roland Garros semifinal defeat. All four years, Rafa defeated Federer while he was the No. 1 player in the world. Nadal won the title without losing a set, becoming the third man in the Open era after Ilie Năstase and Björn Borg to win the French Open without dropping a set for the entire tournament. He would duplicate the feat in 2010 and 2017 at Roland Garros, as well.

This was the final Grand Slam and World Tour appearance of former world No. 1 and three-time champion Gustavo Kuerten. He lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round and retired from professional tennis shortly after.

Seeds

Roger Federer (Final)
Rafael Nadal (Champion)
Novak Djokovic (Semifinals)
Nikolay Davydenko (Third round)
David Ferrer (Quarterfinals)
David Nalbandian (Second round)
James Blake (Second round)
Richard Gasquet (withdrew due to a knee injury, replaced by Luis Horna)
Stanislas Wawrinka (Third round)
Andy Murray (Third round)
Tomáš Berdych (Second round)
Tommy Robredo (Third round)
Juan Mónaco (First round)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (withdrew due to a knee injury, replaced by Santiago Giraldo)
Mikhail Youzhny (Third round)
Carlos Moyá (First round)
Marcos Baghdatis (First round)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fourth round)
Nicolás Almagro (Quarterfinals)
Ivo Karlović (First round)
Radek Štěpánek (Fourth round)
Fernando Verdasco (Fourth round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (First round, retired)
Fernando González (Quarterfinals)
Lleyton Hewitt (Third round)
Jarkko Nieminen (Third round)
Igor Andreev (Second round)
Ivan Ljubičić (Fourth round)
Guillermo Cañas (First round)
Dmitry Tursunov (Third round)
Andreas Seppi (First round)
Janko Tipsarević (First round)

Qualifying draw

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinal						Semifinals						Final


1	Roger Federer	2	6	6	6

24	Fernando González	6	2	3	4
						1	Roger Federer	6	5	6	7

							Gaël Monfils	2	7	3	5
	Gaël Monfils	6	3	6	6

5	David Ferrer	3	6	3	1
												1	Roger Federer	1	3	0

												2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6
	Ernests Gulbis	5	6³	5

3	Novak Djokovic	7	7⁷	7
						3	Novak Djokovic	4	2	6³

						2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	7⁷
19	Nicolás Almagro	1	1	1

2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round						Fourth Round

1	R Federer	6	6	6
	S Querrey	4	4	3			1	R Federer	6⁵	6	6	6
	A Montañés	7	7	7				A Montañés	7	1	0	4
	K Vliegen	6⁵	6²	6³										1	R Federer	6	6	6
Q	V Crivoi	3	3	7	4										M Ančić	3	4	2
Q	D Marrero	6	6	5	6		Q	D Marrero	6	0	3	2
	M Ančić	6	7	6				M Ančić	4	6	6	6
31	A Seppi	2	6¹	2																1	R Federer	6	7	7
20	I Karlović	6	6⁴	6⁶	7	4															J Benneteau	4	5	5
	A Falla	3	7	7	5	6		A Falla	6	6⁶	3	7	0
	J Benneteau	6	6	3	3	6		J Benneteau	1	7	6	6⁴	6
	V Spadea	4	4	6	6	3									J Benneteau	1	7	6	6
	M Zverev	1	4	2											R Söderling	6	6⁶	0	1
Q	P Capdeville	6	6	6			Q	P Capdeville	3	2	4
	R Söderling	6	6	6				R Söderling	6	6	6
13	J Mónaco	2	3	1

Section 2

First Round							Second Round						Third Round							Fourth Round

9	S Wawrinka	6	6	6
	P Kohlschreiber	3	4	3			9	S Wawrinka	7	7	6
	M Čilić	7	6	7				M Čilić	6³	6⁴	1
	R Haase	6⁶	2	6⁴									9	S Wawrinka	7	6	4	4	4
LL	P Andújar	6⁶	6	6	6								24	F González	5	3	6	6	6
	F Volandri	7	2	3	3		LL	P Andújar	5	0	7	6³
	P Cuevas	3	3	1			24	F González	7	6	6⁴	7
24	F González	6	6	6																24	F González	7	6	6
27	I Andreev	6	6³	6	6																R Ginepri	6⁴	3	1
	P Starace	1	7	1	4		27	I Andreev	6	2	6⁵	2
	D Young	2	6	6⁴	2			R Ginepri	4	6	7	6
	R Ginepri	6	3	7	6									R Ginepri	6	6	6
	D Sela	6	2	6	4	3								F Serra	4	4	4
	V Hănescu	4	6	4	6	6		V Hănescu	4	3	7	6⁵
	F Serra	6	6	6				F Serra	6	6	6⁵	7
LL	S Giraldo	4	3	2

Section 3

First Round						Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round

4	N Davydenko	6	6	6
	T Johansson	3	3	3		4	N Davydenko	7	6	6
Q	J-R Lisnard	7	1	3	2		M Safin	6⁴	2	2
	M Safin	6⁵	6	6	6								4	N Davydenko	6	6	3	2	4
Q	D Junqueira	6	6	6									28	I Ljubičić	4	2	6	6	6
WC	A Mannarino	1	2	2		Q	D Junqueira	3	4	2
WC	É Prodon	5	6⁶	6⁴		28	I Ljubičić	6	6	6
28	I Ljubičić	7	7	7																28	I Ljubičić	6¹	6	3	2
23	JC Ferrero	7	2	r																	G Monfils	7	4	6	6
	M Daniel	6⁵	2				M Daniel	6	3	6	3	4
	J Melzer	6	6	6			J Melzer	4	6	2	6	6
	P Luczak	3	2	4										J Melzer	6	5	6	0	2
	G Monfils	7	6	6										G Monfils	4	7	4	6	6
	A Clément	5	3	1			G Monfils	7	6	7
Q	S Jenkins	4	7	3	0	LL	L Horna	6⁵	4	5
LL	L Horna	6	5	6	6

Section 4

First Round						Second Round						Third Round							Fourth Round

12	T Robredo	5	6	6	6
	G Coria	7	4	1	4	12	T Robredo	6⁷	6	6	6
	V Troicki	4	3	6	5		M Gicquel	7⁹	4	4	4
	M Gicquel	6	6	4	7							12	T Robredo	3	2	1
Q	J Huta Galung	3	5	2								21	R Štěpánek	6	6	6
	J Vaněk	6	7	6			J Vaněk	1	0	7	3
	G Simon	2	4	1		21	R Štěpánek	6	6	6⁷	6
21	R Štěpánek	6	6	6															21	R Štěpánek	6	2	6	3	3
25	L Hewitt	6	6	6															5	D Ferrer	4	6	1	6	6
	N Mahut	4	2	4		25	L Hewitt	6	6	6
	A Calleri	7	4	2	4		M Fish	4	3	2
	M Fish	6⁶	6	6	6							25	L Hewitt	2	6	6	3	4
	F Santoro	7	6	6								5	D Ferrer	6	3	3	6	6
LL	E Korolev	6³	1	4			F Santoro	0	1	0
	S Darcis	3	4	3		5	D Ferrer	6	6	6
5	D Ferrer	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First Round						Second Round							Third Round					Fourth Round

7	J Blake	6	6	7
	R Schüttler	4	1	6³		7	J Blake	6²	6	5	3
Q	S Greul	4	0	4			E Gulbis	7	3	7	6
	E Gulbis	6	6	6										E Gulbis	6	7	6
	T Ascione	6²	6	3	2									N Lapentti	3	5	2
	B Reynolds	7	4	6	6		B Reynolds	5	4	7	5
	N Lapentti	6	4	6	7		N Lapentti	7	6	5	7
32	J Tipsarević	4	6	1	6⁷														E Gulbis	6	7⁷	6
17	M Baghdatis	2	4	2															M Llodra	4	6⁴	3
	S Bolelli	6	6	6			S Bolelli	3	7	7	6
LL	J Ouanna	3	2	3			JM del Potro	6	6⁰	5	2
	JM del Potro	6	6	6										S Bolelli	6²	4	6⁵
	M Llodra	2	7	6	7									M Llodra	7	6	7
WC	O Patience	6	6¹	3	5		M Llodra	6	4	5	6	6
WC	R Smeets	1	0	0		11	T Berdych	3	6	7	3	4
11	T Berdych	6	6	6

Section 6

First Round							Second Round							Third Round						Fourth Round

16	C Moyá	6⁴	2	7	6	3
Q	E Schwank	7	6	6¹	4	6	Q	E Schwank	6⁵	6	6	6
	M Granollers	6	3	6	6			M Granollers	7	2	4	4
	M Berrer	3	6	2	3									Q	E Schwank	2	3	6	6⁹
	Ó Hernández	4	7	6	7									18	P-H Mathieu	6	6	3	7
	I Minář	6	6⁵	3	5			Ó Hernández	6	6	4	3	2
WC	G Kuerten	3	4	2			18	P-H Mathieu	2	1	6	6	6
18	P-H Mathieu	6	6	6																18	P-H Mathieu	4	3	4
29	G Cañas	6⁶	6³	6⁸																3	N Djokovic	6	6	6
WC	W Odesnik	7	7	7			WC	W Odesnik	6	4	6	6
	J Björkman	4	4	3				H-t Lee	2	6	3	2
	H-t Lee	6	6	6										WC	W Odesnik	5	4	2
	F Dancevic	6⁶	6	5	6²									3	N Djokovic	7	6	6
Q	MA López Jaén	7	3	7	7		Q	MA López Jaén	1	1	3
	D Gremelmayr	6	3	5	2		3	N Djokovic	6	6	6
3	N Djokovic	4	6	7	6

Section 7

First Round							Second Round							Third Round						Fourth Round

6	D Nalbandian	6	6	6
	C Berlocq	2	4	1			6	D Nalbandian	6	6	2	1	2
WC	J Chardy	6	6	7			WC	J Chardy	3	4	6	6	6
Q	F Gil	3	2	6¹										WC	J Chardy	7	6	6
	G García López	6	6	7										30	D Tursunov	6¹	3	4
	S Roitman	2	4	6⁵				G García López	6⁴	0	0
Q	D Brands	2	4	5			30	D Tursunov	7	6	6
30	D Tursunov	6	6	7																WC	J Chardy	6⁰	6⁷	5
19	N Almagro	6	7	6																19	N Almagro	7	7	7
	B Pašanski	4	5	1			19	N Almagro	7	6	6
LL	S Decoud	3	6	6	6⁸	6	LL	S Decoud	6²	2	1
	O Rochus	6	4	3	7	1								19	N Almagro	6	6³	6	7
	D Hrbatý	4	2	4										10	A Murray	3	7	3	5
	J Acasuso	6	6	6				J Acasuso	4	0	4
WC	J Eysseric	2	6	6	0	2	10	A Murray	6	6	6
10	A Murray	6	1	4	6	6

Section 8

First Round							Second Round						Third Round						Fourth Round

15	M Youzhny	6	6	7
	B Becker	1	3	6⁴			15	M Youzhny	6	6	6
Q	M González	6	7	4	3	6	Q	M González	3	2	2
Q	R Karanušić	3	5	6	6	2							15	M Youzhny	6⁵	7	5	1
	J Isner	6	6	5	3	4							22	F Verdasco	7	5	7	6
	JI Chela	2	3	7	6	6		JI Chela	5	6	3	5
	S Ventura	6	3	4	7	1	22	F Verdasco	7	4	6	7
22	F Verdasco	4	6	6	6⁶	6													22	F Verdasco	1	0	2
26	J Nieminen	2	6	6	6														2	R Nadal	6	6	6
LL	M López	6	3	4	3		26	J Nieminen	7	6	3	7
	M Vassallo Argüello	7	6	3	4	6		M Vassallo Argüello	5	1	6	6²
	F López	6¹	4	6	6	3							26	J Nieminen	1	3	1
	C Guccione	4	1	4									2	R Nadal	6	6	6
Q	N Devilder	6	6	6			Q	N Devilder	4	0	1
Q	T Bellucci	5	3	1			2	R Nadal	6	6	6
2	R Nadal	7	6	6

References

↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0605/gallery.federernadal/content.17.html

External links

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