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The 2008 Paris Masters was a tennis

Tennis

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tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the Paris Masters

Paris Masters

The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

, and was part of the ATP Masters Series

ATP Masters Series

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of the 2008 ATP Tour

2008 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Opened in 1984, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, often abbreviated as POPB or Bercy, is an indoor sports arena on boulevard de Bercy located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris...

in Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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, from October 25 through November 2, 2008.

The singles draw was headlined by year-end World No. 1, Beijing Olympics singles gold medalist

Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....

, French Open

2008 French Open

The 2008 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 107th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 25 through June 8, 2008....

and Wimbledon

2008 Wimbledon Championships

The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year...

, Monte Carlo

2008 Monte Carlo Masters

The 2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 102nd edition of the Monte Carlo Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...

, Hamburg

2008 Hamburg Masters

The 2008 Masters Series Hamburg was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 101st edition of the Masters Series Hamburg, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from May 10 through May 18,...

, Toronto

2008 Canada Masters

The 2008 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 119th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...

Masters champion Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal

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, ATP

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No. 2, US Open

2008 U.S. Open (tennis)

The 2008 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 128th edition of the US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year...

, Estoril

2008 Estoril Open

The 2008 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Estoril Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...

, Halle

2008 Gerry Weber Open

The 2008 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 16th edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from June 7 through...

and Basel

2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors

The 2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from...

titlist, Olympic doubles gold medalist

Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....

Roger Federer

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, and Australian Open

2008 Australian Open

The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.After twenty years of playing on...

, Indian Wells

2008 Indian Wells Masters

The 2008 Indian Wells Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...

, Rome

2008 Rome Masters

The 2008 Rome Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 65th edition of the Rome Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...

Masters winner Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...

. Also announced were US Open

2008 U.S. Open (tennis)

The 2008 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 128th edition of the US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year...

runner-up, Cincinnati

2008 Cincinnati Masters

The 2008 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts...

, Madrid Masters and recent St. Petersburg

2008 St. Petersburg Open

The 2008 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October...

titlist Andy Murray, Valencia

2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana

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and 's-Hertogenbosch

2008 Ordina Open

The 2008 Ordina Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 19th edition of the Ordina Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...

champion David Ferrer

David Ferrer

David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...

, Nikolay Davydenko

Nikolay Davydenko

Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...

, Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick

Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....

and David Nalbandian

David Nalbandian

David Pablo Nalbandian is an Argentine professional tennis player and former world no. 3. He was runner-up at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.-Biography:...

Race to the championships

As the final tournament of the season before the Tennis Masters Cup

2008 Tennis Masters Cup

The 2008 Tennis Masters Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 34th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and part of the 2008 ATP Tour...

, several players battled for the remaining spots at the year-end singles event, which plays host to the world's top eight players. Coming into the tournament, twelve players were vying for the final three spots (in descending order of race ranking): Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick

Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....

, Juan Martín del Potro

Juan Martin Del Potro

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, Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...

, David Ferrer

David Ferrer

, James Blake

James Blake

James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...

, Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...

, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, David Nalbandian

David Nalbandian

, Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco

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, Gaël Monfils

Gaël Monfils

Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the...

, and Robin Söderling

Robin Söderling

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. Roddick was the first to qualify, when he defeated Madrid Masters runner-up Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...

in the third round. The semifinals wins of Nalbandian over Nikolay Davydenko

Nikolay Davydenko

and Tsonga over Blake assured del Potro of a place, with the championship match set to decide the final qualifier. Home favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga eventually defeated defending champion

2007 Paris Masters

The 2007 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour...

David Nalbandian in three sets, to move to the eight place in the ATP Race

ATP Race

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, and qualify for the year-end championships.

The doubles event also included a pursuit between Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Mariusz Fyrstenberg is a left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Marcin Matkowski; they have been playing together since 2003....

and Marcin Matkowski

Marcin Matkowski

Marcin Matkowski is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003, he occasionally plays mixed doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth...

, South Africans Jeff Coetzee

Jeff Coetzee

Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist....

and Wesley Moodie

Wesley Moodie

Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:...

, and Brazilians Marcelo Melo

Marcelo Melo

Marcelo Melo is a Brazilian tennis player, currently ranked 22nd in the world in doubles. Alongside regular teammate André Sá, he has reached the Mens Doubles semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinal at the 2007 US Open...

and André Sá

André Sá

André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:...

for the last spot of the year-end doubles championships. Melo and Sa lost their chance to qualify when they were defeated by Jonas Björkman

Jonas Björkman

Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

and Kevin Ullyett

Kevin Ullyett

Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...

in the quarterfinals, while the two other teams advanced to meet in the semis, in a match to decide of the last qualifiers. Coetzee and Moodie eventually came out on top in straight sets to clinch their first Tennis Masters Cup

Tennis Masters Cup

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....

ticket together, the first ever for Coetzee, and the second for Moodie, who had already participated to the 2005 edition

2005 Tennis Masters Cup - Doubles

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro won in the final 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, against Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić.-Seeds:...

with Stephen Huss

Stephen Huss (tennis)

Stephen Huss , is a professional tennis player from Australia. He is also citizen of Sweden....

Singles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def.

David Nalbandian

6–3, 4–6, 6–4

It was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's 2nd title of the year, and overall. It was his 1st career Masters title.

Doubles

Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

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Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...

def.

Jeff Coetzee

Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist....

Wesley Moodie

Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:...

6–2, 6–2

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