2008 Gerry Weber Open

TennisEventInfo|2008|Gerry Weber Open
date=June 7 – June 15
edition=16th
champs=flagicon|SUI Roger Federer
champd=flagicon|RUS Mikhail Youzhny / flagicon|GER Mischa ZverevThe 2008 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 16th edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from June 7 through June 15, 2008.

The singles draw featured World No. 1, French Open runner-up and 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Halle champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 7, Delray Beach and Houston finalist James Blake, and defending champion Tomas Berdych. Also present were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Chennai titlist Mikhail Youzhny, 2007 Halle runner-up Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Stepanek, Jarkko Nieminen and Ivan Ljubicic.

Champions

ingles

flagicon|SUI Roger Federer def. flagicon|GER Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6–3, 6–4
*It was Roger Federer's 2nd title of the year, and his 55th overall. It was his 5th win at the event.

Doubles

flagicon|RUS Mikhail Youzhny / flagicon|GER Mischa Zverev def. flagicon|CZE Lukas Dlouhy / flagicon|IND Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–4, 10–3

External links

* [http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/ Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/500/mds.pdf Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/500/mdd.pdf Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/500/qs.pdf Qualifying Singles Draw]