- 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis
TennisEventInfo|2008|Pilot Pen Tennis
date=August 15 – August 23
edition=40th
champms=flagicon|CROMarin Cilic
champws=flagicon|DENCaroline Wozniacki
champmd=flagicon|BRAMarcelo Melo / flagicon|BRAAndre Sa
champwd=flagicon|CZEKveta Peschke / flagicon|USALisa Raymond The 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis was atennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of thePilot Pen Tennis , and was part of the International Series of the2008 ATP Tour , and of theTier II Series of the2008 WTA Tour . It took place at theCullman-Heyman Tennis Center inNew Haven ,United States , from August 15 through August 23, 2008.The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 13, Nottingham runner-up and Umag champion
Fernando Verdasco , Cincinnati Masters semifinalist and Nottingham titlistIvo Karlovic , and winner of back-to-back titles in Stuttgart, Kitzbühel, Los Angeles and WashingtonJuan Martin del Potro . Other top seeds are Gstaad and Umag finalistIgor Andreev , Viña del Mar and Pörtschach runner-upJuan Monaco ,Marin Cilic ,Andreas Seppi andMardy Fish .The women's draw was led by WTA No. 10, Rome Tier I semifinalist and Paris champion
Anna Chakvetadze , Australian Open semifinalist and Indian Wells Tier I quarterfinalistDaniela Hantuchova , and Paris, Eastbourne and Montreal semifinalist, Standford finalistMarion Bartoli . Also competing are Paris finalistAgnes Szavay , Bangalore runner-upPatty Schnyder ,Flavia Pennetta ,Alize Cornet andDominika Cibulkova .Champions
Men's Singles
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Marin Cilic def. flagicon|USAMardy Fish , 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
*It was Marin Cilic's 1st career title.Women's Singles
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Caroline Wozniacki def. flagicon|RUSAnna Chakvetadze , 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
*It was Caroline Wozniacki's 2nd title of the year, and overall.Men's Doubles
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Marcelo Melo / flagicon|BRAAndre Sa def. flagicon|INDMahesh Bhupathi / flagicon|BAHMark Knowles , 7–5, 6–2Women's Doubles
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Kveta Peschke / flagicon|USALisa Raymond def. flagicon|ROUSorana Cirstea / flagicon|ROUMonica Niculescu , 4–6, 7–5, 10–7External links
* [http://www.pilotpentennis.com/home/default.sps Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3348/mds.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3348/mdd.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3348/qs.pdf Men's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/global/Pdfs/events/2008/newhaven_draws.pdf Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws]
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