2008 Indian Wells Masters

TennisEventInfo|2008|Indian Wells Masters
date=March 10 – March 23
edition=32nd
champms= flagicon|SRB Novak Djokovic
champws= flagicon|SRB Ana Ivanovic
champmd= flagicon|ISR Jonathan Erlich / flagicon|ISR Andy Ram
champwd= flagicon|RUS Dinara Safina / flagicon|RUS Elena VesninaThe 2008 Indian Wells Masters (also known as the "Pacific Life Open" for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States, from March 10 through March 23, 2008.

The men singles were headlined by World No. 1, reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion and Masters Cup winner Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, Chennai runner-up and defending champion Rafael Nadal, and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Also competing in the field were 2007 Moscow titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Masters Cup finalist David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian and Richard Gasquet.

The women's draw featured WTA No. 2 and Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic, Sydney and Dubai finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Australian Open semifinalist Jelena Jankovic. Other top seeds present were Tour Championships finalist and Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova, defending champion Daniela Hantuchova, Marion Bartoli, Nicole Vaidisova and Dinara Safina.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|SRB Novak Djokovic def. flagicon|USA Mardy Fish, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
*It was Novak Djokovic's 2nd title of the year, and his 9th overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year, and his 3rd overall.

Women's Singles

flagicon|SRB Ana Ivanovic def. flagicon|RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 6–3
*It was Ana Ivanovic's 1st title of the year, and her 6th overall. It was her 3rd Tier I title overall.

Men's Doubles

flagicon|ISR Jonathan Erlich / flagicon|ISR Andy Ram def. flagicon|CAN Daniel Nestor / flagicon|SRB Nenad Zimonjic, 6–4, 6–4

Women's Doubles

flagicon|RUS Dinara Safina / flagicon|RUS Elena Vesnina def. flagicon|CHN Zi Yan / flagicon|CHN Jie Zheng, 6–1, 1–6, 10–8

External links

* [http://www.pacificlifeopen.com Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/404/mds.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/404/mdd.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/404/qs.pdf Men's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/Pdfs/events/2008/indianwells_draws.pdf Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws]