2008 Italian Open – Men's singles

2008 Italian Open SRB Novak Djokovic SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 56 (4WC Wild cards/7Q Qualifiers) 16 2008 Italian Open (tennis) Novak Djokovic defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 Italian Open.Djokovic rallies past Wawrinka to win Rome https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/sports/11iht-tennisatp11.12772712.html 5 December 2022 The New York Times 11 May 2008Djokovic se impone a Wawrinka y gana el Masters Series de Roma Djokovic overpass Wawrinka and wins the Rome Masters Series https://as.com/tenis/2008/05/11/mas_tenis/1210456802_850215.html 5 December 2022 Diario AS EFE 11 May 2008 es Rafael Nadal was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Juan Carlos Ferrero.Nadal loses to Ferrero in Rome https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/sports/07iht-tennisatp7.12652113.html 5 December 2022 The New York Times 7 May 2008Virgo Paul Ferrero elimina a Nadal en Roma, gana González Ferrero defeated Nadal at Rome. González wins https://www.reuters.com/article/deportes-tenis-roma-sol-idLTAN0723967320080507 5 December 2022 Reuters 7 May 2008 Rome es This marked the first of only two instances in which Nadal lost his opening match at a clay court tournament (alongside the 2024 French Open). In a six-year span from 2005 and 2010, this marked Nadal's only defeat at the event. Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em SUI Roger Federer (quarterfinals) ESP Rafael Nadal (second round) SRB Novak Djokovic (champion) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (third round) ESP David Ferrer (second round) USA Andy Roddick (semifinals, retired due to a back injury) ARG David Nalbandian (second round) USA James Blake (quarterfinals) FRA Richard Gasquet (first round) FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (first round) ESP Carlos Moyá (first round) CHI Fernando González (third round, withdrew due to a right hamstring injury) ARG Juan Mónaco (second round) ESP Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals) FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round) GBR Andy Murray (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 SUI Roger Federer 64 67     CZE Radek Štěpánek 7 7   3 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 1     ESP Nicolás Almagro 1 0r 6 USA Andy Roddick 6 4 7 14 ESP Tommy Robredo 3 6 64 8 USA James Blake 7 65 1   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 65 7 6   CZE Radek Štěpánek 0 0r 3 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 1   6 USA Andy Roddick 0r     SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 3     3 SRB Novak Djokovic 4 6 6   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 6 3 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ARG G Cañas 68 6 6 WC ITA G Naso 7 3 2   ITA P Starace 6 2 6   CRO M Čilić 4 6 4   CRO I Karlović 7 6   15 FRA P-H Mathieu 64 2   9 FRA R Gasquet 4 1   Q PER L Horna 6 6     RUS D Tursunov 4 2     ARG J Acasuso 6 6     FIN J Nieminen 3 6 3   CZE R Štěpánek 6 3 6 1 SUI R Federer 6 6     ARG G Cañas 3 3     ITA P Starace 3 7 63   CRO I Karlović 6 65 7 Q PER L Horna 6 7     ARG J Acasuso 3 61     CZE R Štěpánek 4 6 6 5 ESP D Ferrer 6 2 1 1 SUI R Federer 7 6     CRO I Karlović 64 3   Q PER L Horna 4 6 3   CZE R Štěpánek 6 1 6 1 SUI R Federer 64 67     CZE R Štěpánek 7 7   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   BEL S Darcis 7 7     CRO I Ljubičić 5 65     KOR H-t Lee 4 5     RUS I Andreev 6 7   Q URU P Cuevas 0 4   13 ARG J Mónaco 6 6   12 CHI F González 3 7 7   SRB J Tipsarević 6 60 66 Q RUS E Korolev 1 6 6   SWE R Söderling 6 3 4   ESP N Almagro 6 6   WC ITA F Cipolla 1 3   3 SRB N Djokovic 6 6     BEL S Darcis 4 0     RUS I Andreev 4 6 6 13 ARG J Mónaco 6 1 4 12 CHI F González 6 6   Q RUS E Korolev 3 2     ESP N Almagro 6 7   7 ARG D Nalbandian 4 5   3 SRB N Djokovic 6 3 6   RUS I Andreev 3 6 3 12 CHI F González         ESP N Almagro w/o     3 SRB N Djokovic 6 1     ESP N Almagro 1 0r Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA M Llodra 5 6 62   USA M Fish 7 3 7   ITA S Bolelli 6 6   Q FRA O Patience 0 3     FRA G Simon 6 4 7 10 FRA J-W Tsonga 2 6 66 14 ESP T Robredo 6 6     ARG JI Chela 4 1     FRA N Mahut 65 6 7 Q ITA T Fabbiano 7 4 5 WC CRO M Ančić 6 6     ESP F López 4 4   6 USA A Roddick 6 6     USA M Fish 1 4     ITA S Bolelli 6 6     FRA G Simon 4 4   14 ESP T Robredo 7 7     FRA N Mahut 5 65   WC CRO M Ančić 2 2   4 RUS N Davydenko 6 6   6 USA A Roddick 7 6     ITA S Bolelli 65 3   14 ESP T Robredo 4 6 7 4 RUS N Davydenko 6 2 64 6 USA A Roddick 6 4 7 14 ESP T Robredo 3 6 64 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ITA A Seppi 6 6     FRA F Santoro 4 2     ITA F Volandri 66 6 2 Q ECU N Lapentti 7 2 6   ESP F Verdasco 6 6   11 ESP C Moyá 3 4   16 GBR A Murray 5 6 1 Q ARG JM del Potro 7 4 0r WC RUS M Safin 7 2 1   SUI S Wawrinka 65 6 6   ESP JC Ferrero 65 6 6   GER N Kiefer 7 3 4 8 USA J Blake 7 3 6   ITA A Seppi 65 6 1 Q ECU N Lapentti 2 7 2   ESP F Verdasco 6 5 6 16 GBR A Murray 2 65     SUI S Wawrinka 6 7     ESP JC Ferrero 7 6   2 ESP R Nadal 5 1   8 USA J Blake 5 7 6   ESP F Verdasco 7 5 2   SUI S Wawrinka 6 6     ESP JC Ferrero 4 3   8 USA J Blake 7 65 1   SUI S Wawrinka 65 7 6 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em FRA Gaël Monfils (qualifying competition, retired) SWE Jonas Björkman (qualifying competition) ROM Victor Hănescu (first round, retired) GER Mischa Zverev (qualifying competition) ARG Juan Martín del Potro (qualified) ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti (qualified) FRA Arnaud Clément (qualifying competition) RUS Evgeny Korolev (qualified) SRB Boris Pašanski (qualifying competition) URU Pablo Cuevas (qualified) GER Benjamin Becker (qualifying competition) PER Luis Horna (qualified) FRA Olivier Patience (qualified) FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em FRA Olivier Patience RUS Evgeny Korolev ITA Thomas Fabbiano PER Luis Horna ARG Juan Martín del Potro ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti URU Pablo Cuevas Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 FRA Gaël Monfils 6 6 Alt MEX Manuel Sánchez 4 2 ITA Stefano Galvani 2 6 4 13 FRA Olivier Patience 6 4 6 1 FRA Gaël Monfils 3 0r 13 FRA Olivier Patience 6 1 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 SWE Jonas Björkman 6 3 77 WC ITA Matteo Trevisan 4 6 65 RUS Andrey Golubev 3 3 8 RUS Evgeny Korolev 6 6 2 SWE Jonas Björkman 66 2 8 RUS Evgeny Korolev 78 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 ROM Victor Hănescu 4 0r WC ITA Thomas Fabbiano 6 3 WC ITA Andrea Arnaboldi 6 3 3 9 SRB Boris Pašanski 4 6 6 WC ITA Thomas Fabbiano 3 7 6 9 SRB Boris Pašanski 6 5 3 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 GER Mischa Zverev 6 5 6 KAZ Yuri Schukin 4 7 2 BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 4 6 4 12 PER Luis Horna 6 2 6 4 GER Mischa Zverev 2 5 12 PER Luis Horna 6 7 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 6 4 6 ITA Francesco Aldi 0 6 2 ITA Simone Vagnozzi 6 4 2 11 GER Benjamin Becker 4 6 6 5 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 6 6 11 GER Benjamin Becker 1 1 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 3 6 7 ITA Paolo Lorenzi 6 1 5 CHI Adrián García 4 3 14 FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6 6 6 ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 14 FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 2 0 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Arnaud Clément 4 6 6 ITA Leonardo Azzaro 6 2 3 WC ITA Matteo Marrai 3 6 1 10 URU Pablo Cuevas 6 4 6 7 FRA Arnaud Clément 3 3 10 URU Pablo Cuevas 6 6 References 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