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2008 Thailand Open (tennis)

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Date
  
22–28 September

Category
  
International Series

Prize money
  
$576,000

Edition
  
6th

Draw
  
32S / 16D

Surface
  
Hard / indoor

The 2008 Thailand Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from 22 September through 28 September 2008.

Contents

The singles field was led by ATP No. 3, Australian Open champion, French Open and US Open semifinalist, Indian Wells and Rome Masters winner Novak Djokovic, Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Miami Masters semifinalist, Båstad finalist Tomáš Berdych. Also lined up were French Open semifinalist Gaël Monfils, Australian Open quarterfinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Robin Söderling, Marat Safin and Jürgen Melzer.

Singles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Novak Djokovic, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

  • It was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's 1st career title.
  • Doubles

    Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes defeated Scott Lipsky / David Martin, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

    References

    2008 Thailand Open (tennis) Wikipedia