2008 French Open – Men's singles

Tennis tournament 2008 French Open ESP Rafael Nadal SUI Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 128 32 2008 French Open Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in a rematch of the two previous years' finals, 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jun/09/frenchopen.tennis Nadal goes into Borg mode to hand Federer his worst humiliation The Guardian 25 July 2025 It was his fourth French Open title and fourth major title overall.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0605/gallery.federernadal/content.17.html SI.com - Photo Gallery - Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal sportsillustrated.cnn.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070527163658/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0605/gallery.federernadal/content.17.html 2007-05-27 Nadal did not lose a set during the tournament (a feat he would repeat in 2010, 2017, and 2020). It marked the third consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open final, and the fourth consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer at the French Open (extending back to the 2005 semifinals). Nadal dropped 41 games throughout the tournament. On all four occasions that Nadal won the French Open, he defeated Federer while the latter was the world No. 1 player. This was Federer's worst loss at a major in his entire career, and the only time he lost a set 0–6 in a major final. The last set would be the only 0–6 set Federer had between 2000 and his career penultimate set in 2021. He was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam; he would achieve the feat the following year. This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1 and three-time champion Gustavo Kuerten; he lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round. It was also the last major for 2004 finalist and former world No. 3 Guillermo Coria; he lost in the first round to Tommy Robredo. It was also the final French Open appearance of former world No. 1 and 1998 champion Carlos Moyá, who lost to Eduardo Schwank in the first round. Seeds 30em 1 1 SUI Roger Federer (final) 2 8 ESP Rafael Nadal (champion) 3 6 SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic (semifinals) 4 3 RUS Nikolay Davydenko (third round) 5 6 ESP David Ferrer (quarterfinals) 6 7 ARG David Nalbandian (second round) 7 5 USA James Blake (second round) 8 FRA Richard Gasquet (withdrew due to a knee injury) 9 2 SUI Stan Wawrinka (third round) 10 7 GBR Andy Murray (third round) 11 5 CZE Tomáš Berdych (second round) 12 4 ESP Tommy Robredo (third round) 13 1 ARG Juan Mónaco (first round) 14 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (withdrew due to a knee injury) 15 8 RUS Mikhail Youzhny (third round) 16 6 ESP Carlos Moyá (first round) 17 5 CYP Marcos Baghdatis (first round) 18 6 FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (fourth round) 19 7 ESP Nicolás Almagro (quarterfinals) 20 1 CRO Ivo Karlović (first round) 21 4 CZE Radek Štěpánek (fourth round) 22 8 ESP Fernando Verdasco (fourth round) 23 3 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (first round, retired) 24 2 CHI Fernando González (quarterfinals) 25 4 AUS Lleyton Hewitt (third round) 26 8 FIN Jarkko Nieminen (third round) 27 2 RUS Igor Andreev (second round) 28 3 CRO Ivan Ljubičić (fourth round) 29 6 ARG Guillermo Cañas (first round) 30 7 RUS Dmitry Tursunov (third round) 31 1 ITA Andreas Seppi (first round) 32 5 SRB 2004 Janko Tipsarević (first round) Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. Qualifying draw 2008 French Open – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinal Semifinals Final 175 SUI Roger Federer 1 2 6 6 6   CHI Fernando González 24 6 2 3 4   FRA Gaël Monfils   6 3 6 6   ESP David Ferrer 5 3 6 3 1   LAT Ernests Gulbis   5 63 5     SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic 3 7 77 7     ESP Nicolás Almagro 19 1 1 1     ESP Rafael Nadal 2 6 6 6     SUI Roger Federer 1 6 5 6 7   FRA Gaël Monfils   2 7 3 5   SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic 3 4 2 63     ESP Rafael Nadal 2 6 6 77     SUI Roger Federer 1 1 3 0     ESP Rafael Nadal 2 6 6 6     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round SUI R Federer 1 6 6 6     USA S Querrey   4 4 3     ESP A Montañés   77 77 77     BEL K Vliegen   65 62 63     ROU V Crivoi Q 3 3 7 4   ESP D Marrero Q 6 6 5 6   CRO M Ančić   6 77 6     ITA A Seppi 31 2 61 2     CRO I Karlović 20 6 64 66 7 4 COL A Falla   3 77 78 5 6 FRA J Benneteau   6 6 3 3 6 USA V Spadea   4 4 6 6 3 GER M Zverev   1 4 2     CHI P Capdeville Q 6 6 6     SWE R Söderling   6 6 6     ARG J Mónaco 13 2 3 1     SUI R Federer 1 65 6 6 6   ESP A Montañés   77 1 0 4   ESP D Marrero Q 6 0 3 2   CRO M Ančić   4 6 6 6   COL A Falla   6 66 3 77 0 FRA J Benneteau   1 78 6 64 6 CHI P Capdeville Q 3 2 4     SWE R Söderling   6 6 6     SUI R Federer 1 6 6 6     CRO M Ančić   3 4 2     FRA J Benneteau   1 78 6 6   SWE R Söderling   6 66 0 1   SUI R Federer 1 6 7 7     FRA J Benneteau   4 5 5     Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round SUI S Wawrinka 9 6 6 6     GER P Kohlschreiber   3 4 3     CRO M Čilić   78 6 77     NED R Haase   66 2 64     ESP P Andújar LL 66 6 6 6   ITA F Volandri   78 2 3 3   URU P Cuevas   3 3 1     CHI F González 24 6 6 6     RUS I Andreev 27 6 63 6 6   ITA P Starace   1 77 1 4   USA D Young   2 6 64 2   USA R Ginepri   6 3 77 6   ISR D Sela   6 2 6 4 3 ROU V Hănescu   4 6 4 6 6 FRA F Serra   6 6 6     COL S Giraldo LL 4 3 2     SUI S Wawrinka 9 77 77 6     CRO M Čilić   63 64 1     ESP P Andújar LL 5 0 77 63   CHI F González 24 7 6 64 77   RUS I Andreev 27 6 2 65 2   USA R Ginepri   4 6 77 6   ROU V Hănescu   4 3 77 65   FRA F Serra   6 6 65 77   SUI S Wawrinka 9 7 6 4 4 4 CHI F González 24 5 3 6 6 6 USA R Ginepri   6 6 6     FRA F Serra   4 4 4     CHI F González 24 77 6 6     USA R Ginepri   64 3 1     Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round RUS N Davydenko 4 6 6 6     SWE T Johansson   3 3 3     MON J-R Lisnard Q 77 1 3 2   RUS M Safin   65 6 6 6   ARG D Junqueira Q 6 6 6     FRA A Mannarino WC 1 2 2     FRA É Prodon WC 5 66 64     CRO I Ljubičić 28 7 78 77     ESP JC Ferrero 23 77 2r     BRA M Daniel   65 2       AUT J Melzer   6 6 6     AUS P Luczak   3 2 4     FRA G Monfils   7 6 6     FRA A Clément   5 3 1     USA S Jenkins Q 4 7 3 0   PER L Horna LL 6 5 6 6   RUS N Davydenko 4 77 6 6     RUS M Safin   64 2 2     ARG D Junqueira Q 3 4 2     CRO I Ljubičić 28 6 6 6     BRA M Daniel   6 3 6 3 4 AUT J Melzer   4 6 2 6 6 FRA G Monfils   77 6 7     PER L Horna LL 65 4 5     RUS N Davydenko 4 6 6 3 2 4 CRO I Ljubičić 28 4 2 6 6 6 AUT J Melzer   6 5 6 0 2 FRA G Monfils   4 7 4 6 6 CRO I Ljubičić 28 61 6 3 2   FRA G Monfils   77 4 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ESP T Robredo 12 5 6 6 6 ARG G Coria PR 7 4 1 4   SRB 2004 V Troicki   4 3 6 5   FRA M Gicquel   6 6 4 7   NED J Huta Galung Q 3 5 2     CZE J Vaněk   6 7 6     FRA G Simon   2 4 1     CZE R Štěpánek 21 6 6 6     AUS L Hewitt 25 6 6 6     FRA N Mahut   4 2 4     ARG A Calleri   78 4 2 4   USA M Fish   66 6 6 6   FRA F Santoro   77 6 6     RUS E Korolev LL 63 1 4     BEL S Darcis   3 4 3     ESP D Ferrer 5 6 6 6     ESP T Robredo 12 67 6 6 6   FRA M Gicquel   79 4 4 4   CZE J Vaněk   1 0 79 3   CZE R Štěpánek 21 6 6 67 6   AUS L Hewitt 25 6 6 6     USA M Fish   4 3 2     FRA F Santoro   0 1 0     ESP D Ferrer 5 6 6 6     ESP T Robredo 12 3 2 1     CZE R Štěpánek 21 6 6 6     AUS L Hewitt 25 2 6 6 3 4 ESP D Ferrer 5 6 3 3 6 6 CZE R Štěpánek 21 6 2 6 3 3 ESP D Ferrer 5 4 6 1 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA J Blake 7 6 6 77     GER R Schüttler   4 1 63     GER S Greul Q 4 0 4     LAT E Gulbis   6 6 6     FRA T Ascione   62 6 3 2   USA B Reynolds   77 4 6 6   ECU N Lapentti   6 4 6 79   SRB 2004 J Tipsarević 32 4 6 1 67   CYP M Baghdatis 17 2 4 2     ITA S Bolelli   6 6 6     FRA J Ouanna LL 3 2 3     ARG JM del Potro   6 6 6     FRA M Llodra   2 77 6 7   FRA O Patience WC 6 61 3 5   AUS R Smeets WC 1 0 0     CZE T Berdych 11 6 6 6     USA J Blake 7 62 6 5 3   LAT E Gulbis   77 3 7 6   USA B Reynolds   5 4 7 5   ECU N Lapentti   7 6 5 7   ITA S Bolelli   3 77 7 6   ARG JM del Potro   6 60 5 2   FRA M Llodra   6 4 5 6 6 CZE T Berdych 11 3 6 7 3 4 LAT E Gulbis   6 7 6     ECU N Lapentti   3 5 2     ITA S Bolelli   62 4 65     FRA M Llodra   77 6 77     LAT E Gulbis   6 77 6     FRA M Llodra   4 64 3     Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ESP C Moyá 16 64 2 77 6 3 ARG E Schwank Q 77 6 61 4 6 ESP M Granollers   6 3 6 6   GER M Berrer   3 6 2 3   ESP Ó Hernández   4 77 6 7   CZE I Minář   6 65 3 5   BRA G Kuerten WC 3 4 2     FRA P-H Mathieu 18 6 6 6     ARG G Cañas 29 66 63 68     USA W Odesnik WC 78 77 710     SWE J Björkman   4 4 3     KOR 1997 H-t Lee   6 6 6     CAN F Dancevic   66 6 5 62   ESP MA López Jaén Q 78 3 7 77   GER D Gremelmayr   6 3 5 2   SRB 2004 N Djokovic 3 4 6 7 6   ARG E Schwank Q 65 6 6 6   ESP M Granollers   77 2 4 4   ESP Ó Hernández   6 6 4 3 2 FRA P-H Mathieu 18 2 1 6 6 6 USA W Odesnik WC 6 4 6 6   KOR 1997 H-t Lee   2 6 3 2   ESP MA López Jaén Q 1 1 3     SRB 2004 N Djokovic 3 6 6 6     ARG E Schwank Q 2 3 6 69   FRA P-H Mathieu 18 6 6 3 711   USA W Odesnik WC 5 4 2     SRB 2004 N Djokovic 3 7 6 6     FRA P-H Mathieu 18 4 3 4     SRB 2004 N Djokovic 3 6 6 6     Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ARG D Nalbandian 6 6 6 6     ARG C Berlocq   2 4 1     FRA J Chardy WC 6 6 77     POR F Gil Q 3 2 61     ESP G García López   6 6 77     ARG S Roitman   2 4 65     GER D Brands Q 2 4 5     RUS D Tursunov 30 6 6 7     ESP N Almagro 19 6 7 6     SRB 2004 B Pašanski   4 5 1     ARG S Decoud LL 3 6 6 68 6 BEL O Rochus   6 4 3 710 1 SVK D Hrbatý PR 4 2 4     ARG J Acasuso   6 6 6     FRA J Eysseric WC 2 6 6 0 2 GBR A Murray 10 6 1 4 6 6 ARG D Nalbandian 6 6 6 2 1 2 FRA J Chardy WC 3 4 6 6 6 ESP G García López   64 0 0     RUS D Tursunov 30 77 6 6     ESP N Almagro 19 77 6 6     ARG S Decoud LL 62 2 1     Argentina J Acasuso   4 0 4     GBR A Murray 10 6 6 6     FRA J Chardy WC 77 6 6     RUS D Tursunov 30 61 3 4     ESP N Almagro 19 6 63 6 7   GBR A Murray 10 3 77 3 5   FRA J Chardy WC 60 67 5     ESP N Almagro 19 77 79 7     Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round RUS M Youzhny 15 6 6 77     GER B Becker   1 3 64     ARG M González Q 6 7 4 3 6 CRO R Karanušić Q 3 5 6 6 2 USA J Isner   6 6 5 3 4 ARG JI Chela   2 3 7 6 6 ESP S Ventura   6 3 4 78 1 ESP F Verdasco 22 4 6 6 66 6 FIN J Nieminen 26 2 6 6 6   ESP M López LL 6 3 4 3   ARG M Vassallo Argüello   77 6 3 4 6 ESP F López   61 4 6 6 3 AUS C Guccione   4 1 4     FRA N Devilder Q 6 6 6     BRA T Bellucci Q 5 3 1     ESP R Nadal 2 7 6 6     RUS M Youzhny 15 6 6 6     ARG M González Q 3 2 2     ARG JI Chela   5 6 3 5   ESP F Verdasco 22 7 4 6 7   FIN J Nieminen 26 7 6 3 77   ARG M Vassallo Argüello   5 1 6 62   FRA N Devilder Q 4 0 1     ESP R Nadal 2 6 6 6     RUS M Youzhny 15 65 7 5 1   ESP F Verdasco 22 77 5 7 6   FIN J Nieminen 26 1 3 1     ESP R Nadal 2 6 6 6     ESP F Verdasco 22 1 0 2     ESP R Nadal 2 6 6 6     References External links Official Roland Garros 2008 Men's Singles Draw Main Draw Qualifying Draw 2008 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2008 Australian Open – Men's singles Grand Slam men's singles 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Men's Singles Category:French Open by year – Men's singles French Open - Men's Singles