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2008 Qatar Open

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Edition
  
16th

Draw
  
32S / 16D

Surface
  
Hard / Outdoor

Category
  
International Series

Prize money
  
$1,110,250

Date
  
December 31 – January 5

The 2008 Qatar Open, known as the 2008 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from December 31, 2007 through January 5, 2008.

Contents

The men's singles field was led by ATP No. 4, US Open semifinalist and Moscow champion Nikolay Davydenko, Metz titlist Tommy Robredo, and St. Petersburg winner and 2007 Doha runner-up Andy Murray. Among other top seeds competing were Doha defending champion Ivan Ljubičić, Stockholm winner Ivo Karlović, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov.

Singles

Andy Murray defeated Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles

Philipp Kohlschreiber / David Škoch defeated Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie, 6–4, 4–6, [11–9]

References

2008 Qatar Open Wikipedia