2008 French Open – Men's singles

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

Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in a rematch of the two previous years' finals, 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. It was his fourth French Open title and his fourth major title overall. This marks Federer's worst loss at a major in his entire career.^[1] It also marked the third consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open final, and the fourth consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer at Roland Garros (extending back to their 2005 semifinal encounter). On all four occasions that Nadal won the French Open, he defeated Federer while the latter was the world No. 1 player. Nadal won the title without losing a set, becoming the third man in the Open Era after Ilie Năstase and Björn Borg to do so. He would later replicate this feat in 2010, 2017, and 2020. Federer was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam; he would achieve the feat the following year.

This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1 and three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten; he lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round. It was also the last major for 2004 French Open finalist and former world No. 3 Guillermo Coria, who lost in the first round to Tommy Robredo.

Seeds edit

01.

Roger Federer (final)

02.

Rafael Nadal (champion)

03.

Novak Djokovic (semifinals)

04.

Nikolay Davydenko (third round)

05.

David Ferrer (quarterfinals)

06.

David Nalbandian (second round)

07.

James Blake (second round)

08.

~~Richard Gasquet~~ (withdrew due to a knee injury)

09.

Stan Wawrinka (third round)

10.

Andy Murray (third round)

11.

Tomáš Berdych (second round)

12.

Tommy Robredo (third round)

13.

Juan Mónaco (first round)

14.

~~Jo-Wilfried Tsonga~~ (withdrew due to a knee injury)

15.

Mikhail Youzhny (third round)

16.

Carlos Moyá (first round)

17.

Marcos Baghdatis (first round)

18.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (fourth round)

19.

Nicolás Almagro (quarterfinals)

20.

Ivo Karlović (first round)

21.

Radek Štěpánek (fourth round)

22.

Fernando Verdasco (fourth round)

23.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (first round, retired)

24.

Fernando González (quarterfinals)

25.

Lleyton Hewitt (third round)

26.

Jarkko Nieminen (third round)

27.

Igor Andreev (second round)

28.

Ivan Ljubičić (fourth round)

29.

Guillermo Cañas (first round)

30.

Dmitry Tursunov (third round)

31.

Andreas Seppi (first round)

32.

Janko Tipsarević (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying draw edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

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 edit

Section 1 edit

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	7⁷	7⁷	7⁷				A Montañés	7⁷	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	7⁷	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	7⁷	7⁸	5	6		A Falla	6	6⁶	3	7⁷	0
	J Benneteau	6	6	3	3	6		J Benneteau	1	7⁸	6	6⁴	6
	V Spadea	4	4	6	6	3									J Benneteau	1	7⁸	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 edit

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

9	S Wawrinka	6	6	6
	P Kohlschreiber	3	4	3			9	S Wawrinka	7⁷	7⁷	6
	M Čilić	7⁸	6	7⁷				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	7⁸	2	3	3		LL	P Andújar	5	0	7⁷	6³
	P Cuevas	3	3	1			24	F González	7	6	6⁴	7⁷
24	F González	6	6	6																24	F González	7⁷	6	6
27	I Andreev	6	6³	6	6																R Ginepri	6⁴	3	1
	P Starace	1	7⁷	1	4		27	I Andreev	6	2	6⁵	2
	D Young	2	6	6⁴	2			R Ginepri	4	6	7⁷	6
	R Ginepri	6	3	7⁷	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	7⁷	6⁵
	F Serra	6	6	6				F Serra	6	6	6⁵	7⁷
LL	S Giraldo	4	3	2

Section 3 edit

First round						Second round							Third round							Fourth round

4	N Davydenko	6	6	6
	T Johansson	3	3	3		4	N Davydenko	7⁷	6	6
Q	J-R Lisnard	7⁷	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	7⁸	7⁷																28	I Ljubičić	6¹	6	3	2
23	JC Ferrero	7⁷	2^r																		G Monfils	7⁷	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	7⁷	6	7
Q	S Jenkins	4	7	3	0	LL	L Horna	6⁵	4	5
LL	L Horna	6	5	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round						Second round						Third round							Fourth round

12	T Robredo	5	6	6	6
PR	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	7⁹	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	7⁸	4	2	4		M Fish	4	3	2
	M Fish	6⁶	6	6	6							25	L Hewitt	2	6	6	3	4
	F Santoro	7⁷	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 edit

Section 5 edit

First round						Second round							Third round					Fourth round

7	J Blake	6	6	7⁷
	R Schüttler	4	1	6³		7	J Blake	6²	6	5	3
Q	S Greul	4	0	4			E Gulbis	7⁷	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	7⁷	4	6	6		B Reynolds	5	4	7	5
	N Lapentti	6	4	6	7⁹		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	7⁷	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	7⁷	6	7									M Llodra	7⁷	6	7⁷
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 edit

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

16	C Moyá	6⁴	2	7⁷	6	3
Q	E Schwank	7⁷	6	6¹	4	6	Q	E Schwank	6⁵	6	6	6
	M Granollers	6	3	6	6			M Granollers	7⁷	2	4	4
	M Berrer	3	6	2	3									Q	E Schwank	2	3	6	6⁹
	Ó Hernández	4	7⁷	6	7									18	P-H Mathieu	6	6	3	7¹¹
	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	7⁸	7⁷	7¹⁰			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	7⁸	3	7	7⁷		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 edit

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	7⁷			WC	J Chardy	3	4	6	6	6
Q	F Gil	3	2	6¹										WC	J Chardy	7⁷	6	6
	G García López	6	6	7⁷										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	7⁷	6	6
30	D Tursunov	6	6	7																WC	J Chardy	6⁰	6⁷	5
19	N Almagro	6	7	6																19	N Almagro	7⁷	7⁹	7
	B Pašanski	4	5	1			19	N Almagro	7⁷	6	6
LL	S Decoud	3	6	6	6⁸	6	LL	S Decoud	6²	2	1
	O Rochus	6	4	3	7¹⁰	1								19	N Almagro	6	6³	6	7
PR	D Hrbatý	4	2	4										10	A Murray	3	7⁷	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 edit

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

15	M Youzhny	6	6	7⁷
	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	7⁷	5	7	6
	JI Chela	2	3	7	6	6		JI Chela	5	6	3	5
	S Ventura	6	3	4	7⁸	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	7⁷
	M Vassallo Argüello	7⁷	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 edit

^ "SI.com - Photo Gallery - Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27.

External links edit

Preceded by 2008 Australian Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

[1] "SI.com - Photo Gallery - Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27.

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