2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors

TennisEventInfo|2008|PBZ Zagreb Indoors
date=February 23 – March 1
edition=6th
champs= flagicon|UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky
champd= flagicon|AUS Paul Hanley / flagicon|AUS Jordan Kerr

The 2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia, from February 23 through March 1, 2008.

The singles field was headlined by Doha semifinalist and recent South African Airways Open Challenger titlist Ivan Ljubicic, Rotterdam semifinalist Ivo Karlovic, and Marseille quarterfinalist and Rotterdam semifinalist Gilles Simon. Also present in the field were Sydney semifinalist Fabrice Santoro, Chennai semifinalist Mario Ancic, Nicolas Mahut, Andreas Seppi and Janko Tipsarevic.

Notable Stories

Lucky Loser Wins Title

Twenty-two-year-old Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, who entered the tournament as world number 209, became the first lucky loser to reach an ATP Tour final since Nicklas Kulti at Halle in 1999. In winning the title he became the first lucky loser to take a trophy home since Christian Miniussi at São Paulo in 1991, and only the fourth to do it in the history of the ATP Tour.cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Stakhovsky to Face Ljubicic in Zagreb Final| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/zagreb_friday.asp|date =2008-02-29| accessdate =2008-03-01| language =English]

Champions

ingles

flagicon|UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky def. flagicon|CRO Ivan Ljubicic, 7–5, 6–4
*It was Sergiy Stakhovsky's 1st career title.

Doubles

flagicon|AUS Paul Hanley / flagicon|AUS Jordan Kerr def. flagicon|GER Christopher Kas / flagicon|NED Rogier Wassen, 6–3, 3–6, 10–8

References

External links

* [http://www.zagrebindoors.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/2276/MDS.pdf Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/2276/MDD.pdf Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/2276/QS.pdf Qualifying Singles Draw]