- 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships
TennisEventInfo|2008|Dubai Tennis Championships
date=February 25 – March 8
edition=16th
champms= flagicon|USAAndy Roddick
champws= flagicon|RUSElena Dementieva
champmd= flagicon|INDMahesh Bhupathi / flagicon|BAHMark Knowles
champwd= flagicon|ZIMCara Black / flagicon|USALiezel Huber The 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships was a
tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of theDubai Tennis Championships , and was part of the International Series Gold of the2008 ATP Tour , and of the Tier II Series of the2008 WTA Tour . Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Dubai Tennis Stadium inDubai ,United Arab Emirates , with the women playing from February 25 through March 1, 2008, and the men from March 3 through March 8, 2008.The men's field was led by World No. 1, Masters Cup champion, Australian Open semifinalist and four-time Dubai winner and defending champion
Roger Federer , ATP No. 2, Chennai runner-up and Australian Open semifinalistRafael Nadal , and new Australian Open championNovak Djokovic . Other top seeds were Masters Cup runner-upDavid Ferrer , Moscow winnerNikolay Davydenko ,Andy Roddick ,Richard Gasquet andTomas Berdych .The women's singles announced World No. 1, Tour Championships and Sydney winner, four-time Dubai titlist and defending champion
Justine Henin , WTA No. 3 and Sydney finalistSvetlana Kuznetsova , and Australian Open runner-upAna Ivanovic . Also competing in the field were Australian Open semifinalistJelena Jankovic , Doha Tier I and Australian Open championMaria Sharapova ,Anna Chakvetadze ,Marion Bartoli andElena Dementieva .Champions
Men's Singles
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Andy Roddick def. flagicon|ESPFeliciano Lopez , 6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2
*It was Andy Roddick's 2nd title of the year, and his 25th overall.Women's Singles
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Elena Dementieva def. flagicon|RUSSvetlana Kuznetsova , 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
*It was Elena Dementieva's 1st title of the year, and her 9th overall.Men's Doubles
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Mahesh Bhupathi / flagicon|BAHMark Knowles def. flagicon|CZEMartin Damm / flagicon|CZEPavel Vizner , 7–5, 7–6(7)Women's Doubles
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Cara Black / flagicon|USALiezel Huber def. flagicon|CHN Zi Yan / flagicon|CHN Jie Zheng, 7–5, 6–2External links
* [http://www.barclaysdubaitennischampionships.com Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/495/mds.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/495/mdd.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/495/qs.pdf Men's Singles Qualifying Draw]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/Pdfs/events/2008/dubai_draws.pdf Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws]
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