2008 Dubai Tennis Championships

2008 Dubai Tennis Championships

TennisEventInfo|2008|Dubai Tennis Championships
date=February 25 – March 8
edition=16th
champms= flagicon|USA Andy Roddick
champws= flagicon|RUS Elena Dementieva
champmd= flagicon|IND Mahesh Bhupathi / flagicon|BAH Mark Knowles
champwd= flagicon|ZIM Cara Black / flagicon|USA Liezel Huber

The 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Dubai Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai, 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 semifinalist Rafael Nadal, and new Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Other top seeds were Masters Cup runner-up David Ferrer, Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick, Richard Gasquet and Tomas 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 finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic. Also competing in the field were Australian Open semifinalist Jelena Jankovic, Doha Tier I and Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova, Anna Chakvetadze, Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|USA Andy Roddick def. flagicon|ESP Feliciano 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

flagicon|RUS Elena Dementieva def. flagicon|RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
*It was Elena Dementieva's 1st title of the year, and her 9th overall.

Men's Doubles

flagicon|IND Mahesh Bhupathi / flagicon|BAH Mark Knowles def. flagicon|CZE Martin Damm / flagicon|CZE Pavel Vizner, 7–5, 7–6(7)

Women's Doubles

flagicon|ZIM Cara Black / flagicon|USA Liezel Huber def. flagicon|CHN Zi Yan / flagicon|CHN Jie Zheng, 7–5, 6–2

External 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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