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2008 Open 13

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Date
  
11 – 17 February

Category
  
International Series

Prize money
  
€513,000

Edition
  
16th

Draw
  
32S/16D

Surface
  
Hard / indoor

The 2008 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Open 13, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from 11 February through 17 February 2008.

Contents

The field featured World No. 3 and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, ATP No. 7 and 2007 Paris Masters semifinalist Richard Gasquet, and ATP No. 8 and Australian Open quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny. Among other top players were Doha titlist Andy Murray, Auckland runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marcos Baghdatis, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Singles

Andy Murray defeated Mario Ančić, 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Andy Murray's 2nd title of the year, and his 5th overall.
  • Doubles

    Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner defeated Yves Allegro / Jeff Coetzee, 7–6(7–0), 7–5

    References

    2008 Open 13 Wikipedia